Greetings my peeps and welcome to the all things basketball podcast with your boy G D in this episode
I'll be doing my part two of my week 20 week 21 recap and in it we'll talk about
entry news guys plenty of that Jamahl Mosley gets an extension Troy Weaver curses fan out also done
with the 90s I'll talk about that and also Rob Parker I got some heat for you as well so just
sit back relax and enjoy the show okay guys it's your boy GD back with the all things basketball
with GD podcast and guys I gave you part one of my week 20 week 21 recap so now we are going to do
part two a lot of news here to get to guys but before I even get to the news let me just rant
for a little bit if you don't mind in part one I talked about women's college basketball how
everything is coming up roses for women's basketball of course you got the Caitlyn
Clark phenomenon then you got the freshman as well that's going off juju Watkins of course
leading the way in that regard also Hannah Hidalgo then in Texas you got Madison Booker and then
for the undefeated South Carolina Gamecocks you have Malaysia for Wally and then for LSU you
have Michaela Williams and the list goes on so you have some buzz and then you still have players
like Paige Beckers still alive in the tournament as well as Cameron Brink who's due to leave and go
to the WNBA so you have that there as well but you have a certain segment of I'll just say a
certain segment of guys that wants to pour cold water on women's college basketball namely Rob
Parker I was just listening to a clip where he basically said the phenomenon that is women's
college basketball is just a mirage it's all about Caitlyn Clark and nothing else and if she
gets knocked out of the tournament no one would care about women's college basketball I vehemently
disagree with that premise as I said you still have an undefeated South Carolina team very deep
team of course coach by the great Doran Staley so you have that you still have blue blood coaches
like Tara Vanderveer as well as Gino Ariyama for UConn Vanderveer of course for Stanford still
alive in this tournament I mentioned the freshmen that are still live in the tournament as well
and you just have some storylines there that will still carry even if Caitlyn Clark gets
knocked out of the tournament so this whole notion that one person is carrying the load and then
you had another guy say the same thing it must be something in the Fox Sports water there because
this guy was Doug Gottlieb a person who used to be a college basketball player so you would think
he has some kind of I don't want to say empathy but some kind of understanding of what's the buzz
is about but no he wants to join the Rob Parker parade and cast doubt and just being a Debbie
Downer on women's college basketball when it is thriving right now I don't get it let me take that
back I do get it it's just a segment that doesn't want to give credit to these ladies and what they
have accomplished and what they're accomplishing the ticket prices are going through the roof so
there is buzz there in that regard Rob Parker tells this little tired joke about leaving the
two tickets on the window shield and then he comes back in his four tickets I'm like that is weak
but again I say the buzz is there for women's college basketball and good for them good for
them I applaud them they should get their due and it seems like that's happening so this whole
notion that and I get it you know you don't want to overshadow the men's game by saying the women's
game is flourishing so much so even more so than the men's why can't two things be true at the same
time you enjoy the men's tournament and you enjoy the women's tournament it's still basketball at
the end of the day but what do I know so that's my little rant in that regard concerning these
talking heads who just got their head in the sand to be honest and want to be contrarian and so forth
and I got a child my boy Chris Bruce odd because he let him spew that nonsense some kind of push
back on Rob Parker's notion of Caitlyn Clark carrying the mail basically for women's college
basketball and once she gets knocked out the buzz is gone I disagree alright so that's my
little rant in that regard with that being said let us turn our attention to the rest of the news
a lot of NBA news to be honest with you so let's get into it guys Ben Simmons of the Brooklyn
Nets he underwent a second back surgery to alter that pinched nerve that pretty much is keeping
him out for the rest of the season so he had successful surgery on his back to kind of alleviate
that all signs point to him being ready for training camp for the 2024-2025 season Ben Simmons
who I've chronicled on this podcast before he is going into his last year on his deal paying him
about I think 42 to 43 million so pretty much next year is show and prove for Ben Simmons well
I have to see if his back is ready and then even more importantly is he ready from the neck up I
think that's the bigger issue more so than the other injuries he sustained let's move on Sadiq
Bay he toys ACL guys March 10th versus the New Orleans Pelicans and guys he's gonna be out for the
rest of the season that means he joins Trey Young who's on the sideline with that hand injury Jaylin
Johnson who just recently injured his ankle he's gonna be gone seven to ten days and then also
AJ Griffin he's out I believe it's a knee injury if I'm not mistaken so Atlanta barely hanging on
guys right now they're in the 10th spot in that play in spot I don't believe the Brooklyn Nets will
catch them so I think Atlanta will be penciled into that last spot in the play in and hey if
they get Trey young and some of these guys back who knows what noise they can make in the play in
but as it stands now you got a lot of guys sideline so we'll see what happens you still have
John T. Murray there Bojan by Donovitch you still have there and few other guys as well
Clint Capella so we'll see what happens with Atlanta let us move on Steph Curry he makes his
return back to the lineup on March 16th guys after missing three games with an ankle injury he had
hurt his ankle but now he's back and he arrived just in time for a win at the Lakers in a game
where he scored 31 points six rebounds five assists two steals so Steph Curry they need them guys
they need them down the stretch they're in the 10th spot in the West in terms of the play in but
look out because the Houston Rockets I mentioned them in the last episode they're a hot team right
now led by Jalen Green so they're right there nipping at your heels so Golden State's gonna
have to get themselves together to make this run here so we'll see what happens with Steph and
his Golden State Warriors moving on OG Annobe guys he made his return back to the lineup after a
18 game absence with the elbow injury and he made his debut well not his debut but his return
versus the Philadelphia 76ers on March 12th he played in three games guys and then he tweaked
that elbow at Sacramento and that was on March 16th and now he has missed four games and counting
as of this recording here I believe it's up to five now so OG who has been a major major piece
for the Knicks now sideline yet again good news guys you have Mitchell Robinson who's working his
way back into the lineup so he should be back soon Julius Randall's that's still a question mark
guys still don't know what's going on in that regard so we will see with him Knicks right now
teetering around fourth place third place right in that area there it's like a bunch of teams like
I said in the previous episode it's the Knicks right there along with Cleveland along with Orlando
Magic and just above them is the Milwaukee Bucks who hasn't been playing well as of late so the
Knicks they have to maintain guys and keep winning the games they're supposed to win and let the
chips forward they may you can't control what other teams do you can control what you do so
Knicks keep winning and we'll see if those around them stumble or rise to occasion as well so let
us move on Joel and be guys for the Sixes he is according to Nick Nurse he's progressing well in
his recovery from his knee injury guys he's been out since January 30th right now we're in about the
eighth week so it was supposed to be a six to eight week injury but he's getting close to a return
guys possibly as the calendar turns to April you'll see and be back out there and guys they need him
they really need him because right now they're in the eighth spot they're about a half game from the
Miami Heat and then a game and a half from the Indiana Pacers so right now they could climb but it
all depends on those around them like the heat in the Pacers so you want to get him be back in
time for playoffs that's for sure and you want to make sure he's a hundred percent because you
don't want him going out there less than that and be we'll see when he returns to the court if I had
to guess I would say April sometime early April just before the season ends I would think he would
make his return let's move on Donovan Mitchell he's been in and out of the lineup guys he's out
now with a nasal fracture he's missed five games prior to that he missed seven games with a knee
injury so guys not sure what's going on with Donovan Mitchell but Cleveland is scratching and
clawing trying to survive without him they just recently got back Evan Mobley who returned to the
lineup after missing nine games with an ankle injury and he returned on a road loss to Miami so
Evan Mobley is back for the Cavaliers but guys you need a full deck especially going into the
playoffs so hopefully Donovan's injuries aren't too serious where he missed a great chunk of time
hopefully he'll be back soon Christian Wood he's had arthroscopic surgery guys and he had it on
March 19th so he's out for the season for the Los Angeles Lakers the Lakers already down a few
guys Jared Vanderbilt he has the foot injury that's kept him out since February 1st gave Vincent
who's only played five games for them guys remember they got him in free agency from the Miami
Heat he's only played five games guys and he's had a knee injury and then Kam Reddish he has an
ankle injury and he's been out since March 8th so you're really playing with a thin deck I know
they recently picked up Spencer Denwitte recently signed him so you're gonna need bodies guys so
they're looking to perhaps climb up but we'll see what happens there a couple of piston injuries
guys oh sir Thompson has been declared out for the season and that's for blood clot treatment
your rookie the team declared out for the rest of the season so you want to err on the side of
caution especially when we're talking blood clots we can recall Chris Bosch when he started to deal
with those you definitely want to make sure the kid is okay and that that blood clot is treated
guys those blood clots are nothing to play with guys I've known people who lost family members
because of blood clots so you want to be careful with these sort of things and the Detroit Pistons
seems to be doing the right thing in that regard so we wish oh sir well and that we get to see him
next season and then Isaiah Stewart he's also gonna be out for the season with a hamstring injury
guys and he suffered that on March 18th at the Boston Celtics so Isaiah Stewart we've heard his
name a lot and not for the best of reasons but now out for the season so we wish him well also
in that he'll be on the road to recovery and back for the pistons next year let us move on Kevin
Herter for the Sacramento Kings guys he's out for the season and the playoffs with a disc located
shoulder that he suffered on March 18 versus the Memphis Grizzlies so here you have another guy with
a shoulder injury and he's being declared out for the season which makes you wonder I got a circle
back to my Knicks Julius Randall in his shoulder situation you really don't know what's happening
you know he's trying to ramp up but the shoulder that's a tricky situation guys so we'll see what
happens there right now the Sacramento Kings are six in the Western Conference they're actually
tied with Dallas as of this recording and then they're a half game above Phoenix so Sacramento
Kings guys with Kevin Herter out you need a guy like Malik Monk to step up and replace his
production which Monk has had a good season by the way guys so let us move on Brandon Ingram
he's out for two weeks guys for the New Orleans Pelicans with a bone contusion in his knee right
now they're in fourth place tied with the LA Clippers so quietly the New Orleans Pelicans
has had a pretty good year you've had production from Zion Williamson he's been healthy pretty
much the whole season long you have guys like CJ McCollum there you're probably gonna need a Herb
Jones to kind of step up also a Trey Murphy as well in Brandon Ingram's absence but you got to
give a lot of credit to the coach over there a lot of credit to Willie Green guys in that regard
so New Orleans Pelicans doing a bang-up job guys they're in fourth in that tough Western
Conference let us move on Miami Heat Tyler Hero guys he's missed the last 15 games first it was
a knee injury then it's now foot injury so he's missed 15 games Kevin Love he's been out with a
heel injury he's missed 13 games and now you got Duncan Robinson with a back issues he's been out
for games and then of course you got guys like Jimmy Butler who's in and out of the lineup as well so
Miami kind of teetering guys they're in that bottom rung right around 7-8 right in that area there
just within the plan as of this recording but that's a lot of guys missing for that Heat team so
Eric Spolstra he's a guy he's a mad scientist over there he'll figure out some pieces to fill in in
the interim and then the last injury I'll talk about well actually is someone coming back from
injury and that's Russell Westbrook for the LA Clippers he returns after being out 12 games with
their hand fracture guys and he comes back to a loss to the Indiana Pacers on March 25th so this
is kind of spilling into this week so in Westbrook's absence the team went six and six so 500
record not what you like to see but thankfully you get a steadying force like Westbrook back in
there that's helping them because they've been kind of meandering as of late so hopefully the
presence of Russ will kind of galvanize this team all right so that is it for your injury news let
us continue with other news Detroit GM Troy Weaver gets heckled by a fan in a home loss to the Dallas
Mavericks 142 to 124 and in that game he delivers a expletitive filled reaction to the guy I guess
the guy was telling him oh you suck at your job the team sucks blah blah blah and then he just
let him have it with some choice words and then subsequently he had the fan removed mind you the
fan was there with a Detroit Red Wings jersey and I never understand that you're at a pistons game
but you're wearing a Detroit Red Wings jersey it's not like it's a hockey game going on but I digress
but Troy Weaver the embattled GM over there his record out of 300 games he's only won 70 under his
watch he's been there three and a half years guys so he's definitely feeling the proverbial heat if
you will but we'll see what happens when season's in I imagine Monty Williams will probably survive
the head coach Troy Weaver not so much that's kind of my prediction we'll see what happens
moving on Orlando coach Jamal Mosley gets a contract extension guys he is now signed through
2027 2028 season this is his third season as head coach over there guys he's been a assistant coach
for 15 years prior to that he had stents with Denver also in Cleveland and then the Dallas
Mavericks where he spent seven years right now he has those Orlando magic poise for the playoffs
for the first time since 2020 and they could have their best record in 13 seasons guys all
under Mosley's tenure this year he has core pieces like Paulo Boncaro and Franz Wagner I say guys
they're probably a veteran floor general and a solid dependable center away from really being a
major issue in that eastern conference guys but hats off to Jamal Mosley for doing a great job
and guys this is just one of those examples of you can't always throw out the coach after a
couple of bad seasons you have to wait it out you have to see if there's progress and Orlando
did the patient thing they gave him some good pieces to work with and now he has this team
pretty much overachieving to be honest with you for that hard work he gets rewarded good for him
we salute you Jamal Mosley for getting that contract extension and hopefully this will be a
harbinger of good things to come for that Orlando magic franchise let us move on oh this one I've
been waiting to talk about on March 12th guys senior NBA writer Vince Goodwill he sat down with
Shaq via video and they discuss these most recent memes floating around that kind of discredits the
ball players from the 1990s and 2000s guys like magic guys like Jordan I think the hashtag was
done with the 90s so it was these series of memes and all kind of stuff you know how social media is
and Shaq kind of empathize with these new school guys who's kind of poo-pooing the old school guys
he said he understands because I guess when he was coming up you know they talked about
Wilke Chamberlain and he said how he would cook Wilke Chamberlain and that the footage of him
he saw was black and white and all kind of stuff but he seemed to took the side of these
youngsters there if you will and here's what I will say in this regard I think the talking heads
the guys you see on TV the skip bailises of the world even my boy Shannon Shaq got caught up in it
the Stephen A's of the world the Chris Broussards of the world the Rob Parker's of the world
you don't hear so much on inside the NBA thankfully they don't really indulge in that
NBA today on ESPN they kind of talk about who's the goat who's the goat and all that sort of stuff
and all that sort of stuff so when you do it that way and I think I've talked about this before
to me I don't discuss goat on this show I just don't do it because I understand the fact that
the 60s is the 60s the 70s is the 70s the 80s is the 80s 90s and so forth so if you want to ask me
who was the best during a certain era then we can have that conversation but if you want to go
into this goat stuff as an overall all-time I can't have that discussion because different
circumstances different situations like Wilchamelin he was in a league with about when he first started
about 18 so I have to judge it on that and then you have pretty much when the merger took place
so it's around the 70s or so so probably the full 70s then I would have to think about a player
for that era then you go into the 80s maybe spilling into the early 90s then you're probably talking
magic bird in that regard then later Jordan does his thing in the late 80s of course into the 90s
and then after Jordan leaves you have a guy like Kobe who comes into his own you have the Tim Duncan's
of the world so forth and then of course after that you have LeBron James so I'm all for having
a discussion about eras so when you have these guys say who's the goat who's the goat and the
thing is you lose the younger crowd because of course the older heads are gonna say Jordan
the younger guys are gonna say LeBron and then you go out of your way to discredit why LeBron
is not it and Jordan is and then vice versa there's no appreciation for the past players
there's not that kind of looking admirably to the older players there's none of that
it's like oh man go to bed which was why I'm coming back to women's college basketball again
I watched a video with juju Watkins who I've been talked about and she had a sit down with
Cheryl Miller Cheryl Miller one of the greatest women's basketball players actually I did a
profile on her on this very podcast here it was a wonderful conversation I suggest for anybody
listening to go listen to that conversation it was such reverence both ways by the way and I think
we need more of that in the game of basketball instead of this demeaning the old school and this
discrediting the new school you need kind of a shaking hands between the old and the new
and I really don't see that being done in the NBA I think the last kind of sit down I saw like
that was Shaq and Kareem because there was a misunderstanding between those two and they had
a kind of a sit down and kind of clear the air sort of thing but you need more of that guys you
need more instances like that like the respect that Russell Westbrook has for Oscar Robinson
that's a wonderful thing that's a great thing so this whole notion that the old school y'all go to
bed be quiet and the new school it doesn't serve the sport well is what I'm saying so I'm just
gonna leave it there but I definitely blame the talking heads for this issue even coming up and
of course nobody's willing to talk about this issue but I'm going to talk about it here so
that's my rant in that regard all right so let us move on would like to send condolences to
RJ Barrett and his family on the passing of his younger brother Nathan and that happened on March
12th guys cause of death is unknown hey I've been there definitely understand the sentiment of the
family in that regard they want to keep things private and so forth and that's their right
the young man was studying to be a pilot definitely sending condolences love and light to RJ Barrett
and his family during this difficult time with that said let us gently move on Kevin Durant
remember guys a few episodes ago I told you he had passed believe it was Carmelo he passed
now he's passed Shaquille O'Neal I told you Shaquille was next on the horizon and Durant he
passed him so now Kevin Durant is in eighth place among the all-time scoring lists next up for him
Wilke Chamberlain but guys he is as of this recording over 2700 points behind Wilke Chamberlain
that's a lot of points guys it's going to take him at least two seasons to get to that number
does he have it in him well he's been relatively healthy for this season for the most part so
it could be within his reach I say it's going to take a couple of seasons to get there he probably
won't get there until 2025-26 season if he goes at the current rate that he's going so just leave
it at that a few more items then we're done guys finds and suspensions Evan Fornie remember him
former Nick now a Detroit Pistone he gets fined $25,000 guys for get this for kicking the ball
a basketball that is into the stands following a March 17th loss at home to the Miami Heat
Evan Fornie we haven't heard a lot about him so this whole incident kind of puts him on the spotlight
a bit he's only played in 20 games for the Detroit Pistons he's averaging over seven points a game
two rebounds not even to assist shooting it bad guys 37.5% from the field and not even 30% from three
Evan Fornie his house of horrors continues I say probably once the season is done he'll look for a
fresh start maybe with a contender but not sure what he has left guys he's a three-point shooter
in a league that's thirsty for three-point shooting so I don't think he stays unemployed I think
somebody will pick him up where he goes have no idea his kind of shooting his kind of services
are definitely needed you just got to bear in mind you might suffer on the defensive end but that's
the risk you take with him and then guys we have suspensions Chris Dunn of the Utah Jazz suspended
two games and Jabari Smith Jr of the Houston Rockets suspended one game for a skirmish I'm using
air quotes during a 147-18 team home win for the Houston Rockets and this incident happened
early in the second quarter between those two you know when these kind of things happen what can
you do so you got suspensions for Chris Dunn and for Jabari Smith Jr and then the last thing I'll
talk about guys G League Ignite wraps up its last season on actually this week they'll wrap it up
and they're closing up shop due to changes in college basketball you know with the NIL with the
transfer portal so it doesn't seem that having the G League Ignite is profitable anymore so
they're disbanding it I just feel bad for those that are employed of course the different cities
that these teams were playing in the coaching staffs medical people so forth that were depending on
the revenue for the G League Ignite so you kind of feel bad in that regard but they're closing up
shop guys so the focus now is really on college basketball and hopefully developing these guys
because now the onus is on players coming into the league whether they're ready for prime time or
not I mean you still have the G League itself but the G League Ignite is no more so all right guys
so that is it for this episode guys I am one more episode which will probably be a final four
preview and some other NBA news to go with that and then guys mark your calendars April 13th
April 13th I'll be doing my 200th episode it's gonna be a live show so I'll let you know as the
days approach I'll begin advertising for it as well but it's gonna be a special show already
got a few people that's gonna be in studio so I look forward to it so April 13th guys a Saturday
afternoon mark your calendars all right so with that said I thank you for listening as always
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