1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,360 Greetings my peeps and welcome to the all things basketball podcast with your boy GD. 2 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:18,020 In this episode it will be a two parter, it will be my mid-march recap so I'll be giving 3 00:00:18,020 --> 00:00:23,480 you my players of the week for the past two weeks as well as we'll talk about the job 4 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:29,800 and the Ja Morant situation, also injury updates a lot of them so we'll talk about that, some 5 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:35,280 player signings and some milestones that were reached as well so we'll talk about all of 6 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:53,320 that on this side so just sit back relax and enjoy the show. 7 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:59,600 Okay guys so we are back with another episode of the all things basketball podcast with 8 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:03,440 your boy GD. 9 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:08,240 Lot has gone on in these past couple of weeks since I kind of took a little hiatus there 10 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:16,720 so what we'll do is we'll do a mid-march recap so it's a couple of weeks so that we're in 11 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:23,800 the books but a lot is going on so let's get into it shall we so. 12 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:31,160 Alright so we are going to start using how we start normally with the players of the 13 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:37,560 week but we actually have two weeks worth of players and these four players have something 14 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:46,560 in common they're playing for prominent teams right now that are zeroing in on the playoff 15 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:55,200 playoffs, they are very much playoff bound, very much among the top six in their respective 16 00:01:55,200 --> 00:02:02,320 division conferences rather so let's talk about these guys. 17 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:10,800 And week 20 the players of the week was Devin Booker for the Phoenix Suns and then Julius 18 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:19,440 Randall for the New York Knicks so my Knicks got a person up there so Devin Booker he went 19 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:29,400 3-0 and coincidentally during that 3-0 they had these services of Kevin Durant I'll talk 20 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:36,160 about that a little further later but Devin Booker was able to capitalize on having a 21 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:46,360 guy like Kevin Durant next to him so they went 3-0 they beat Charlotte they beat they 22 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:52,520 went on the road to beat Chicago in the tough game against Dallas they were able to win 23 00:02:52,520 --> 00:03:07,520 as well so he went for the week 36 points 7.7 assists 5.3 rebounds he shot it from the field 24 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:19,920 now this a guy with long range capability here 56% from the field 50% from 3 and then 25 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:30,000 37.8% from the free throw line so Devin Booker with such an offensive weapon as Kevin Durant 26 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:38,760 next to him he's able to get his with ease pretty much so Devin Booker receives player 27 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:45,400 of the week for the Western Conference and then you have Julius Randall the embattled 28 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:51,360 Julius Randall I say embattled because you got a wing of the fan base who still doesn't 29 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:59,640 believe in the man but he's all star two times as a Nick and he has put in the work he has 30 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:09,080 improved in his attitude he's improved in his game pretty much still dribbles a little 31 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:16,680 bit too much especially when a guy like Jaylin Brunson is around but he's still getting 32 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:25,680 it done guys so so for the week Randall and the Knicks went 4-0 they beat Boston twice 33 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:32,560 at home and then a double overtime game on the road they beat Brooklyn and they beat 34 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:47,120 Miami as well so and so in those games Randall goes 29.5 points 8.3 rebounds and nearly 5 35 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:55,920 assists he shoots it from the field 52.5% which you would like to see from him 46.5% 36 00:04:55,920 --> 00:05:04,400 from 3 now he's launching more threes now pardon parcel because he's allowed to do so 37 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:14,400 number one and number two he has a foundation that with each each three he makes you know 38 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:24,200 they get a dollar amount so once say it's $1000 for each three so so he went 46.5% which 39 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:33,480 is pretty good from three very good and 72.7% from the free throw line so Julius Randall 40 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:43,360 helping these Knicks soar in the standings right now they're amongst the top five and 41 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:49,960 things are looking up for the Knicks which I'm happy to report so so that's your players 42 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:58,600 of the week for week 20 then you go to week 21 your players of the week the Montess Sabonis 43 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:07,120 and Joel Embiid Sabonis for the Kings the Kings have been such a great story this year 44 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:15,040 they go 3-0 for the week and during the week they beat the New Orleans Pelicans they beat 45 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:21,600 the New York Knicks the Surging Knicks they beat them and then they get a win at Phoenix 46 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:36,480 so and his average for the week 20 points 10.7 rebounds and 8.3 assists he shoots at 47 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:44,040 nearly 58% from the field and 71.4% from the free throw line so to Montess Sabonis 48 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:51,280 with tremendous all-around play helping that Kings team that's gonna be a problem in the 49 00:06:51,280 --> 00:06:59,400 playoff got playoff guys that's for sure so and then you have Joel Embiid who's and a 50 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:07,520 lot of people's eyes including mine he is MVP caliber right now for the Philadelphia 51 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:19,080 76ers his team went 4-0 two road wins over Indiana and Minnesota and then two home wins 52 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:31,240 against Portland and Washington his is numbers for the week 38.5 points per game nearly 7 53 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:44,240 rebounds 3.7 assists 2.8 blocks and a steal and a half for Embiid shooting from the field 54 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:53,720 62% he only shot 10 threes in those 10 games I mean not the 10 games in the four games 55 00:07:53,720 --> 00:08:02,320 and he made five so he hit half of his three point attempts which is very good and shooting 56 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:11,800 it nearly 88% from the free throw line so Joel Embiid continues to carry this sixer 57 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:20,200 team and I tell you what they're they're very much formidable amongst those top three in 58 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:26,880 the East so so those are your players of the week guys so what we'll do from here we'll 59 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:36,080 do these top stories and then we'll and then that's the way that will go so of course the 60 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:44,000 number one story in the NBA is the job moran situation I've heard a lot of people weigh 61 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:53,840 in on it from the likes of Stephen A Smith from the likes of Jay Williams Michael Wilbon 62 00:08:53,840 --> 00:09:03,920 all all sorts of others as well I'll get to I'll get to that later so so here's what happened 63 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:14,560 with job moran March 4th again right after playing the Denver Nuggets and losing a tough 64 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:24,640 game to them he goes out out to a gentleman's club a aka a strip club called shotgun willies 65 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:35,440 is in Glendale Colorado while at the club he goes on Instagram live I tell you guys 66 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:43,120 social media man is a blessing in the curse guys I tell you but anyway he goes on Instagram 67 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:55,600 live and on there you know he's you know you know you know being a little extra as the 68 00:09:55,600 --> 00:10:05,840 young folks would say and then he shows a gun on the on the IG live so and of course that's 69 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:17,480 going to raise alarms all over from the Colorado police the Glendale police to the NBA so you 70 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:26,880 got both entities investigating the situation now for the NBA this is their second invest 71 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:37,080 investigation of him the first being when his close friend Devonte pack he gets escorted 72 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:48,200 out of the Indiana Pacers Arena and he is therefore banned for a year for pointing a 73 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:59,720 red dot at the Indiana Pacer bench so so yeah so this is a situation here with one of jobs 74 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:10,880 boys gets called out for it and then also separately of course he and pack are part 75 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:19,320 of a civil lawsuit that was brought against him by a 17 year old who said there that they 76 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:28,360 both assaulted him but the case got dismissed because of insufficient evidence so so already 77 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:36,520 you got these few things that's happening in terms of job Marana hit situation there 78 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:46,360 so compound that on to what has taken place at this strip club so with that with all that 79 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:54,640 in the mix of course the endorsement deals are gonna the endorsers are gonna start questioning 80 00:11:54,640 --> 00:12:03,720 themselves so someone like a power aide who just signed him are now pulling that deal 81 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:12,960 putting it to the side pretty much until the things you know investigations are done and 82 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:22,480 seen what the landscape is from there Nike though is still standing by him they they're 83 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:28,760 in a waiting pattern as well to see what's going on you know he has a shoe deal with 84 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:42,000 them so and in fact the shoe just came out was dropped recently so so with that said 85 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:49,360 first announcement by the Memphis Grizzlies organization said he was out for two games 86 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:59,200 then another announcement he's out for the next four games and then the latest news is 87 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:07,240 that he's in a counseling facility in Florida and is now out indefinitely and now I got 88 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:19,720 the latest word that it's gonna be a eight game suspension so so the NBA concluded along 89 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:30,480 with the Glendale police they couldn't determine if it was his gun or not so so their findings 90 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:38,960 were inconclusive and then the NBA as well once they got that report they said you know 91 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:46,240 what we won't go any further I've but what we will do is tackle an additional two games 92 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:53,200 to the six that he missed so so basically he's doing time served so it's the equivalent 93 00:13:53,200 --> 00:14:10,000 of a game suspension so so so he's now eligible to return to the court on March 20th so and 94 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:17,480 now prior to this incident Taylor Jenkins said he had talks with Jha prior to this you 95 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:27,760 know to what went on and out there in Colorado so he's talked to him then then you had teammate 96 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:34,080 Steven Adams he had a players only meeting after the Denver game in fact after they lost 97 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:43,800 in Denver and still Jha went out and did this so then you got a faction of people who want 98 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:55,120 to blame T. Morant they his his his dad his what they say oh if he was better father to 99 00:14:55,120 --> 00:15:04,000 him and not a fanboy or what have you maybe this wouldn't happen let's pump the brakes 100 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:16,920 on that because make no mistake about it he has two parents he has two parents but he's 101 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:26,440 a 23-year-old with a young daughter so this is a grown man pretty much I mean he's still 102 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:35,600 a kid at heart but he's a young man now with responsibilities so and who's to say T. Morant 103 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:46,400 isn't this strict father because all all the incidents that has happened with Jha Morant 104 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:52,520 if you take a closer look they could happen on the road they happen to have happened 105 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:59,960 on the road whereas the father is usually at the home game so who's to say you know 106 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:05,400 when his father is around he's active right when his father isn't around then he's kind 107 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:15,160 of you know doing his own thing so and then and then I actually saw a video of this and 108 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:25,120 I it came to my attention that what the NBA did right around a little after the guys were 109 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:34,240 drafted in the draft that he was in they had like this sit-down symposium with NBA father's 110 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:42,760 players new to the NBA as well as play players that's been in the league their father's they 111 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:51,760 had kind of a round table and T. Morant actually posed the question to I believe it was Chris 112 00:16:51,760 --> 00:17:01,520 Paul's father of how how to be a dad to a now famous son you know who's now coming to 113 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:09,520 all these riches and there was a question from an honest place because that is a transition 114 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:17,800 for a parent to go to have now have this child who can you know who's got all this money 115 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:26,720 now so but what I thought Chris Paul's father said to him was poignant he basically advised 116 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:35,720 him regardless of the situation you know him coming into all these riches and so forth 117 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:42,200 you are still his dad I thought that was very striking for him to say that so with that 118 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:51,760 said I I grant T. Morant grace in that he's probably is being the father told me that 119 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:59,080 he needs to be I'm not gonna question that who am I to question that but again these 120 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:07,400 incidents happen on the road so you know that I equate it to John letting off steam 121 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:13,480 my parents ain't around so I can kind of do my thing so so I'm not gonna sit here and 122 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:23,000 criticize the man as a parent he loves his son he's at the games and so forth now here's 123 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:34,960 what I will say now do you want it it is funny this dichotomy here you now is T. Morant two 124 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:44,560 hands off I say no but you had a problem with Lebar ball being two hands on the father of 125 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:50,680 both Lonzo and Lamello ball and remember the Angelo got into that trouble when he went 126 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:57,640 overseas and so forth then you want to blame Levar for that so you what I'm saying guys 127 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:06,840 you can't have it both ways you can't on one hand say Levar ball who I'm not a lover of 128 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:14,520 Levar ball I think just think he's extra with stuff but that's my own hang up but but I will 129 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:22,040 defend him on this the man is hands-on outside of that little incident that happened overseas 130 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:29,400 that again this is a 18 year old young man who did that at the time outside of that you have 131 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:37,080 not heard a peep about Lonzo Lamello ball everything has been on the court so so get the man is 132 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:45,800 credit in that regard that these boys are come to play they're totally into what's happening on 133 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:53,960 the court and so forth so you can't on one hand say Levar ball is two hands on and then come around 134 00:19:53,960 --> 00:20:05,080 and say T. Moran is two hands off you can't do it that way so so I'm not gonna cast any aspersions 135 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:12,760 on T. Moran I believe he's doing what he's doing as a father I believe this is just job Moran 136 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:18,120 going out there doing his thing without the parents around and so forth so 137 00:20:20,360 --> 00:20:26,840 and now to the issue of the old heads giving them advice I've heard you know Channing Sharp 138 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:35,800 um called Stephen A Smith pointing to Alan Iverson as someone who's going down this road 139 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:44,520 he's one of the persons who took T. Moran to task Jalen Rose I love what Jalen Rose had to say 140 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:51,960 right after the incident Michael Wilbond and then the ridiculous notion of Paul Pierce who 141 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:57,720 should be the last person giving out advice with what he did going on Instagram live but 142 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:05,320 that's a story for another day but I like what Jalen Rose said so much so that I think 143 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:13,960 John is people liked it too so what happened was John Moran had to sit down with Jalen Rose so 144 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:21,640 Jalen Rose now reaches uncle status kind of like Channing Sharp there so since many people call 145 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:29,640 Channing Sharp uncle so he sits across from Jalen Rose and he you know he admits to what he's done 146 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:38,920 and so forth the counseling he got and so forth so so he seems very contrite about it he seems 147 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:48,360 willing to pick up and learn from those mistakes and so forth so so hey I'll take him at his word 148 00:21:48,360 --> 00:21:55,720 I'll take him at his word now there's some people today saying that oh he was in the rehab center 149 00:21:55,720 --> 00:22:03,640 for too short a time and so forth here's my question to them do you really think the counseling is 150 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:14,120 over for him who's to say he didn't get counseling set up for him back home in Memphis who's to say 151 00:22:14,120 --> 00:22:20,440 he's not settled with a therapist to talk to them you know maybe on a daily basis who's to say that 152 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:27,400 so for those to say oh it was a rush process and so forth 153 00:22:30,360 --> 00:22:42,200 and I heard um Channing Sharp say the best the best remedy for this I'm kind of paraphrasing 154 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:50,040 is change behavior now does Jaws job Moran's behavior change from here to now we'll see what 155 00:22:50,040 --> 00:23:00,440 happens so will we get a more mature more focused job Moran coming out of this we'll see the juries 156 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:12,600 out but here's why I will say your boys I understand I understand trust me but I grew up in a time where 157 00:23:14,120 --> 00:23:20,520 if you if your boy is doing the right thing and he's doing him and you still into your own foolishness 158 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:29,000 you kind of like you know what well I'm doing really doesn't resonate with what my man is doing here 159 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:37,080 he's out there in the NBA he's the face of it you know he's a prominent face in the NBA maybe I should 160 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:44,760 fall back and let him be him you know it doesn't change us as boys it's just we want your light to 161 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:54,920 shine and if what I'm doing is making that light dim I'll fall back that's the way I grew up so 162 00:23:54,920 --> 00:24:02,360 so to say these guys will do that I don't know but that's kind of where I put the onus on and on 163 00:24:02,360 --> 00:24:10,760 job himself he knows he has to do better he knows that so he's Steve's was at stake he's you know 164 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:18,200 he has a young daughter he's raising so I expect change behavior that's why I'm expecting so 165 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:28,760 so that guys is pretty much my take on the job moran situation so come uh March 20th we'll see 166 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:37,480 what happens from there will he take the court on that Monday we'll see so so that's my take on 167 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:45,800 the whole job situation so let's move on to the next news item next news item injury updates and 168 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:53,560 here's a few of them guys so I talked earlier about Kevin Durant he made his debut against the 169 00:24:53,560 --> 00:25:08,280 charlie hornets back on was it March yeah it was March I want to say it was March first so he made 170 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:19,560 his debut in that debut game he had they played on 27 minutes he had 23 points six rebounds two 171 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:26,840 blocks and two assists so right away see the thing with with Kevin Durant you could plug him into 172 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:36,600 any situation the man's gonna find a way to score so in blending so so so with that said 173 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:41,960 he played ended up playing three games the three games I mentioned when I talked about 174 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:51,800 Devin Booker in those three games he averaged 32.7 points per game no no I'm sorry that's that's the 175 00:25:51,800 --> 00:26:10,280 minutes 32.7 minutes 26.7 points he had a 3.7 assists and 7.3 rebounds he shot it he's ridiculous 176 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:20,200 nearly 70 from the field guys along with nearly 54 percent from three and over 88 percent from the 177 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:26,920 free throw line so you're talking numbers like this the guy is going to flourish in this offense 178 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:35,720 it that's just clear now here's the bad news guys we're talking about injuries he injures his ankle 179 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:45,480 in warm-ups right before his home debut against the Oklahoma City Thunder so now with that injury 180 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:55,640 the ankle injury he's gonna be out at least three weeks so tough blow for Phoenix who just got him 181 00:26:55,640 --> 00:27:06,600 back so this definitely puts a hamper on their playoff aspirations will it totally derail it 182 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:13,400 that remains to be seen but they look good with him no I'm not gonna lie there they look good with 183 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:23,240 him so we'll see what happens but and then the Phoenix organization said you know if there was 184 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:29,160 playoff time he'd be out there playing so it seems like they're throwing car they're being cautious 185 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:38,520 in this situation so we'll see what happens but I am a believer in chemistry and all that being 186 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:45,160 in effect especially come playoff time so we'll see what happens with Phoenix so 187 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:55,880 I wouldn't exactly throw dirt on them in terms of title you know chances but this definitely 188 00:27:55,880 --> 00:28:04,760 doesn't help so so let's move on Steph Curry he returns back from missing 11 games and he makes 189 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:14,520 his return versus the Lakers he does it on a Sunday and in that game he plays for 32 minutes 190 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:27,400 27.6 rebounds and six assist rabbit two rebounds but they do lose to LA but Steph is back so 191 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:38,040 all is right with the world for goat and sage so then you have Ken Kenridge Williams of the 192 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:48,600 Oklahoma City Thunder he's gonna be out the rest of the season with a wrist injury so so he's 193 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:56,680 so he's out for the season now for the Oklahoma City Thunder then you have Jonathan Isaacs such 194 00:28:56,680 --> 00:29:07,160 a unfortunate situation Jonathan Isaac who just recently came back from missing two seasons with 195 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:14,200 a knee injury now he has a torn up duct abductor muscles so he's out for the rest of the season 196 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:24,040 he only played in 11 games guys so Jonathan Isaac what happens to him going forward I'm not sure of 197 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:34,200 his contract situation but um um willing to go out on limb here and say Orlando's probably gonna 198 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:41,640 you know kind of cut bait with him um because these are a lot of injuries to 199 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:49,400 overcome so um we'll see what happened with Jonathan Isaac I hope to see him back in the NBA 200 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:56,440 because he is a talent it's just a matter of him getting healthy so Brandon Clark for the 201 00:29:56,440 --> 00:30:03,000 Memphis Grizzlies he's out for the rest of the season with a Achilles tear now you know you 202 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:09,240 couple that with what's going on with Jha and that's definitely not good news for the Memphis 203 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:17,320 Grizzlies and then more news on Stephen Adams who's been out for a few weeks himself now he's out 204 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:25,480 for more weeks because of that spring PCL that he suffered so so that puts him probably in line to 205 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:35,720 return for the playoffs so so you talk about two major pieces guys and of course Jha Morant not 206 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:46,280 being there so the team definitely needs to hold hold water until Jha gets back Jalen Brunson for 207 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:53,560 the New York Knicks he's been out for the last three games with a foot injury he suffered that in the 208 00:30:53,560 --> 00:31:07,560 game versus want to say it was the first road game in Kinsacremental so uh so yeah so so he's 209 00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:14,280 been out for the past three games he could be ready for the Denver game that's coming up 210 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:24,280 on March 18th so we'll see what happens there Knicks have held their own without him but of 211 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:31,880 course you want your floor general back um Emmanuel quickly's been playing out of his mind but of 212 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:41,160 course you want Jalen back and you want quickly uh fortifying that bench that's been playing pretty 213 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:51,560 well so especially with the addition of Josh Hart Zion Williamson for the New Orleans Peligans 214 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:57,160 he's going to be out at least two more weeks with that hamstring member he's been out for a while he 215 00:31:57,160 --> 00:32:05,720 missed the all-star game so Zion Williamson um still two more weeks away and then we'll evaluate 216 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:13,400 and see what happens there Mo Bamba who the LA Lakers acquired at the trade deadline he's going 217 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:21,960 to be out for at least four weeks with a high ankle sprain so tough blow for them so come whether 218 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:30,360 they're in the play in or among the top six which is you know they got an outside chance at that 219 00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:39,240 um Mo Bamba will probably be back for wherever they end up whether it's playing or playoffs so 220 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:48,120 Luca Darktage for the Dallas Mavericks he stayed a day with a thigh injury that he suffered in a 221 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:56,840 game against the New Orleans Peligans on March 8th and he's missed two games so far so that's 222 00:32:56,840 --> 00:33:05,160 the situation it they kind of dodged the bullets so to speak uh the Mavericks did concern in this 223 00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:12,120 injury so it's not as serious but this they're still taking it day by day so and then the last 224 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:19,960 bit of injury news call Anthony Towns he could come back before season's in he's been out with 225 00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:29,320 that calf injury that he suffered early um back I want to say back in January so um there's a chance 226 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:35,560 of him coming back so we'll see what happens there so so that's all the injury news guys 227 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:45,960 let's move on to player signings uh player signings Goren Drogage he is now with the 228 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:56,040 uh Milwaukee Bucks so it's another guard added to the mix there along with Miles Leonard who was 229 00:33:56,040 --> 00:34:02,760 signed to a 10-day contract then a second one and then now they're just going to keep him so Miles 230 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:10,360 Leonard uh joining the Milwaukee Bucks to fortify that bench there both Drogage and 231 00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:21,000 Miles Leonard so and then in Utah Chris Dunn uh name that we haven't heard in a while uh I've 232 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:30,600 always equated Chris Dunn to kind of a poor man's Rajon Rondo I mean the man can pass he can uh put 233 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:40,280 you know definitely get steals but his issue has always been shooting so uh but he's he's now with 234 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:46,520 the Utah Jazz and he's really taken advantage of his opportunities there with the injuries to 235 00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:55,560 Colin Sexton and to Jordan Clark so Chris Dunn with Utah and playing well for them 236 00:34:55,560 --> 00:35:06,680 um fact guys if you have have like a one of those injury reserve listen you got guys like 237 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:13,800 Jarmaran out you got guys like Kyrie Irvin who's he's been injured as of late maybe you want to 238 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:20,120 grab a Chris Dunn if he's on the waiver wire because he you know at least you'll get the assist 239 00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:27,400 you'll get the steals and rebounds of course so he so Chris Dunn someone to consider for fantasy 240 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:38,360 basketball and so that's your player signings guys let's move on to milestones and then I'll 241 00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:47,800 probably cut it off from there because uh I got a few more issues on the table but um some of them 242 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:53,400 I want to talk at length about so let's talk about milestones right quick and then we'll cut it off 243 00:35:53,400 --> 00:36:04,280 there Kevin Durant who talked about previously he passes Oscar Robinson for 13th among career 244 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:12,120 point scored so Kevin Durant still climbing up the charts in that regard next on the list 245 00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:23,640 in his eyes sites Hakim Elijah on that 12 so so we'll see if uh Katie can pass degree Hakim Elijah 246 00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:32,600 on Russell Westbrook he passes Isaiah Thomas for ninth on the career assist list so Russell 247 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:40,280 Russell Westbrook continuing to do Russell Westbrook type things when it comes to assists 248 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:49,000 next on the list for him to pass he's in the top 10 now so next on the list for him is Oscar 249 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:58,920 Robinson at at eight so um who he sat across from and you know they talked about triple 250 00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:11,640 doubles and so forth so someone that Russell Westbrook really admires he can pass his idol um for eighth 251 00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:20,120 eighth place uh if as he continues on Mike Brown joins Rick Adelman I couldn't believe this this uh 252 00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:28,760 this one guys Mike Brown joins Rick Adelman as the only coaches for the Sacramento Kings 253 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:37,320 with at least 40 wins in a season ah that's that's amazing now Sacramento's 254 00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:45,400 remember they moved from Kansas City previously before that they were in oh they're kind of in 255 00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:51,720 Kansas City Omaha before that they were in Cincinnati so they've been in Sacramento for the 256 00:37:52,600 --> 00:38:01,960 for the past uh 20 38 years now so yeah so um 257 00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:09,000 so 38 years man and they've only had 258 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:19,880 uh this amazing they only had two coaches pass 40 wins in a season 40 wins guys is 259 00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:28,280 nearly 500 that tells you the ineptitude of the Sacramento Kings franchise but 260 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:35,800 Mike Brown has them going in the right direction to me right now close all the books and everything 261 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:43,000 else I believe he is the coach of the year Mike Brown is so that's my money's on him so 262 00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:52,040 and then the last bit of milestone news here Joel and Bede and James Harton are trying to 263 00:38:52,040 --> 00:39:05,400 become the first duo since 1981 82 season with George Gerrit and Johnny Moore to be the first 264 00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:14,600 duo to lead the league in scoring and assists so it's been done six times I believe in NBA history so 265 00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:23,160 Joel and Bede and James Harton looking to add to that history so um they could do that if 266 00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:30,520 and Bede continues to score at the radio scoring as well as Harton with his assists so 267 00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:37,160 so all right guys so I'm going to cut it off here I still have more news to get to we'll talk about 268 00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:45,480 some of the finds that's been levied we'll talk about Paul Gasol uh his jersey was retired so 269 00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:53,160 we'll talk about that I want to circle back to an issue concerning Dame Lillard and his loyalty 270 00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:59,880 to Portland because there's been an article written recently I want to address that we'll 271 00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:08,280 talk about is there bias in the MVP voting we'll talk about that as well it's women's 272 00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:15,720 months so 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