I'll be talking about Rudy Goldberg gets fined.
Also a bunch of Jersey retirements will talk about those.
Dame Lillard climbs up the three point goals made list and a whole lot more.
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OK, guys, it's your boy GD back with the all things basketball with GD podcast.
I gave you the part one of my week 19 recap talked all about the women's games.
There I'm going to do this second half here.
Still a lot of news here, guys, to cover.
So without any further delay, let's get into it.
We'll start with Rudy Goldberg, guys, of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
He gets fine a hundred thousand dollars.
Wow. Forget this for criticizing the rest in an inappropriate gesture.
What was that inappropriate gesture you may ask?
He did the money sign and he did that in an overtime loss on the road to Cleveland
on March 8th in the ruling.
The NBA said because of past behavior in terms of criticizing the rest.
That's why the fine was so high and he did it in front of referee Scott Foster.
Scott Foster, we've mentioned his name on this podcast before in terms of his
involvement with Chris Paul and in other matters as well.
Again, I circle back to the refereeing guys.
It has left a lot to be desired.
I don't think you can get around that.
It has been less than stellar all year long, in my opinion.
But I think this really speaks to a larger issue and it is felt that Rudy
Goldberg and doing the money sign sort of thing that maybe the refs are on the
take and then remember guys, we're living in a day and age where sites like
DraftKings, FanDuel, even ESPN has their own little gambling thing.
ESPN bet you have also Yahoo.
They have it where you can bet on games as well in sports books and all
that sort of stuff.
MGM also they do a lot of advertising on the MSG Network where the next play
is what he kind of conveying here.
Is there any validity to that?
I think that's a question that I don't have to answer to number one,
but a question to be considered.
There's a lot at stake in these NBA games.
I mean, the players, if you talk to them, it doesn't mean anything until post-season,
but I think with the proliferation of, you know, these gambling apps and
these sports books, this is a lot of money.
It's a legitimate issue.
And I think this is one where the NBA has to kind of be vigilant in that regard
because I'm sure he's speculating.
He doesn't have any hard evidence to suggest that the refs are on the take
but and you see it on social media too on these posts.
They'll be like, oh, so and so made me miss my parlay.
So you got the fans sort of rabid about these things.
Has it creeped into the world of refereeing?
I think you have to at least put it in your mind as a possibility.
I think it's something to kind of ponder on to put in the back of your mind,
file it away.
But I mean, the NBA did come down heavy on him and you know how the NBA is
about protecting the brand, protecting their integrity.
So for a player to even suggest something like that, you kind of knew
they were going to come down hard on Rudy.
But I still say follow it in the back of your mind because if something
were to, I don't know, I just say follow the way.
Let me just leave it at that before I go area.
I don't need to go.
So we'll leave it there.
All right.
So that is one bit of news.
The Charlotte Hornets, they hire Jeff Peterson as their executive vice
president of basketball operations guys.
He is replacing long time vice president Mitch Cupcheck who will now
take a advisory role with the organization.
So remember guys, the Charlotte Hornets are under new ownership.
You have now owning them the co-owners Rick Schnoll and Gabe Plotkin.
So these guys want to move in a whole new direction.
Mitch Cupcheck, he was a Jordan guy, but he has now been, I don't know
if you could say kicked upstairs because he's already upstairs, but he's
been moved into a different role.
Now Peterson, he's one of those young guys who's on the rise.
He's had stints as assistant GM with the Brooklyn Nets.
In fact, he was there for four plus seasons.
So he was there to witness the signing of a Kevin Durant signing
of a Kyrie Irving.
Plus he saw deals go down such as the James Harton deal and other deals
over there as well.
He also had a stint with the Atlanta Hawks for three years.
So this is a guy who's, he's not coming into the job kind of wet behind
the ears.
So he's seen deals, he's seen free agencies go down.
So we'll see what happens guys.
Right now the Charlotte Hornets coming up on next season during the
off season, they could have 40 million plus in cat space.
So that's pretty significant.
Guys, their last postseason appearance was in 2016-2017 season.
So you're talking about a seven year drought, which is kind of unheard
of in today's NBA because you got to play in as well.
So for them not to even be part of that kind of speaks volumes.
So guys, they do have core players like Lamello Ball, their recent draft
pick Brandon Miller.
Also you have guys like Miles Bridges, who actually is on a one year
deal.
He can be re up in the off season if he so choose and then
promising big man from last year's draft, Mark Williams.
Although Ball and Williams has been out a pretty significant amount
of time with injuries.
So you see what happens there.
And also they'll have a top four pick in this coming 2024 draft.
So you have some promise there guys.
It's just a matter of how you allocate funds and how you build
this team.
So Jeff Peterson will get this opportunity.
We'll see how he's able to move this team in the right direction.
Moving on guys, the Phoenix Suns.
They are to host the 2027 NBA All-Star game and they will do it
in their arena, the footprint arena over there.
And actually guys this year, the WNBA, the Phoenix Mercury, they'll
host the All-Star game, one in which by the way, I will be
attending this summer.
So I look forward to seeing that arena and seeing the fanfare and
so forth.
And I'll definitely give you my report once I come back from there.
So Phoenix Suns getting that All-Star game there kudos to that
franchise for being able to get that 2027 All-Star game, which
means they get the actual game and the festivities that surround it.
Let's move on.
Dame Lillard, he has now moved into four place guys in terms
of all time three point goals made.
He has now passed Reggie Miller.
Wow.
The top three ahead of him, Steph Curry, who's right now obliterating
the record, Ray Allen, who Steph Curry passed some years ago.
And James Hart.
So Dame Lillard amongst fourth all time and three point goals made
and climbing the charts.
I'm sure will he get past Ray Allen?
Who knows?
We'll see what happens there, but he does pass Reggie Miller who Ray
Allen once passed Reggie Miller some time ago.
Dame Lillard climbing up the charts in terms of three point
goals made in his career.
All right, so let us move on.
Jersey retirements guys, there's a few of these that I missed somehow.
I think one I could easily explain why, but we'll talk about it.
So here we go.
Brittany Griner for the Baylor Bears.
She had her Jersey retired actually during All-Star weekend.
I think that's why I missed out on that.
So it was on February 18th that Brittany Griner had her Jersey
retired.
This is what she did during her time at Baylor.
She was there four years.
She played in 148 games averaging over 22 points per game, nearly
nine rebounds and five block shots guys.
She shot it from the field nearly 57% from the free throw line 74
point 7% there.
She is the only player guys with over 2000 points and over 500
block shots rarefied air for BG.
She played there from 2009 up until 2013 and in those 148 games
that she played in guys, she scored in double figures and all
but two of those games.
Wow.
She was four time all big 12 in all defense.
She was freshman of the year, two time national player of the
year, three time big 12 player of the year and also three time
defensive player of the year in the big 12 three time all American.
She set a NCAA record for blocks in a season and as far as the
big 12, she has the most points, most field goals made, most free
throws made, most free throws attempted and of course the most
blocks.
Her teams finished during her four years guys 135 wins with 15
losses.
You're talking about 90% of her games.
She won guys.
She was coached by Kim Mulkey.
I've expressed that in the last episode that I did and they were
national championships when they went 40 and 0 in 2012 and in the
big 12 guys, she went 50 and eight with a win percentage of 86.2%.
Well deserved honor for Brittany Griner long overdue.
I mean, she is pretty much the best player to lace them up for
Baylor University and Baylor's current coach, Nikki Collins
showered her with love on that whole weekend there.
She was round the team and so forth.
So she was definitely being shown loved all weekend long and she
gets her jersey retired there.
She is the seventh player to have their jersey retired and among
those, the great Sophia young and most recently Odyssey Sims who
now plays for the Dallas Wings.
So Brittany Griner, well deserved honor.
We salute you for that.
Let us continue on Rip Hamilton, Richard Hamilton of the Yukon
Huskies.
He has his jersey retired and that was done on February 24th and guys,
this is the second Jersey to be retired in that new arena that
gamble pavilion that they play in the other being Ray Allen's
number 34 Jersey.
So Rip Hamilton's number 32 Jersey is being retired there.
Well, has been retired there.
He played in 103 games guys average and nearly 20 points per
game for and a half rebounds and over two and a half assists
shooting it from the field 42.6% from 337.8 and then from the
free throw line, he shot it 82.6%.
He is second all time and scoring for Yukon right behind Chris
Smith.
He's a two time all American and his Yukon team of 1998 99 is
the only Yukon team to win the regular season title and the
national championship.
So Rip Hamilton getting his just do at his alma mater Yukon.
So we definitely give kudos to Hamilton for getting his well
deserved honor long overdue as well.
And then the last Jersey to be retired that we'll talk about a
Mari Stottemeyer for the Phoenix sons and it's his number 32
Jersey and that was done on March 2nd.
He spent eight years there guys played in 516 games of those
games.
He started in nearly 500 about 499.
He averaged 21.4 points per game nearly nine rebounds and nearly
a block and a half for Stottemeyer shooting it from the field
54.4% from the free throw line 75.8.
A Mari during his time at Phoenix a five time all star four
times all NBA.
He was three times second team and once first team.
He was a rookie of the year as well which of course means he
was on the all rookie team.
He is the 11 player guys to have their Jersey retired among
those Dick Van Arsdale Walter Davis Kevin Johnson Dan Marley
Thunder Dan Steve Nash Tom Chambers Alvin Adams Charles
Barkley Connie Hawkins and Paul Westphal and there will be a
12 player in fact guys Sean Marion he's due to have his Jersey
retired as well and you know what you have all these player
jerseys retired so this actually and it's been the talk lately
of the talking heads around and so forth LeBron James when he
retires will the Lakers retire his Jersey you've actually had guys some
Laker fans I mean these are the never LeBron Laker lovers these
are people who will never see LeBron as a Laker they have such
an allegiance to the late Kobe Bryant and rightfully so but
so much so that they cannot wrap their arms around LeBron James
for reasons unbeknownst to me I thought both of those guys got
along famously but what do I know so let us step back and take
a look let's talk about the guys with retired jerseys for the
Lakers Kobe Bryant 20 years there five championships we know
about that will Chamberlain during his five years the only
one the one championship Paul Gasol one two championships there
in his six and a half years Elgin Baylor he spent 14 years
there never won the championship Gail Goodridge he spent nine
years there he has that one championship Magic Johnson of
course we know 13 years there with his five championships
Kareem also he's has his five in his 14 seasons there Shaquille
O'Neal eight years three championships James Wervie he was
a part of for those championships Jerry West the logo of
course 14 years there and he has one championship Jamal Wilkes
and he has a few there in his eight years and then you have
George Mike and of course one of the first superstars of the
NBA only spent seven years there guys and he's won their
multiple times so we go back to LeBron James the Bron James
is in his sixth season with the Los Angeles Lakers he's won
one championship that he won in the bubble probably the best
parallel of those on this list here would be Wilke Chamberlain
Wilke Chamberlain who oh by the way he ended up being the
lead and score all time in the NBA when he retired as a Laker
and he won one championship so for those Laker fans to say
that oh don't retire LeBron's Jersey as a Laker what are we
doing here guys of course they're gonna retire his Jersey
that's just lunacy if you think that they won't and then
think about this he broke the scoring championship as a
Laker he reached 40,000 as a Laker what lies ahead for him in
terms of championships don't know can't say but even if he
wants to stay at the one he still will get his Jersey retired
just because of the other things he did as a Laker so this
whole notion of no way we can retire his Jersey and you know
that crowd I don't know what you're talking about you lose me
with that so with that said I'm gonna end the rant right there
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