All Things Basketball with GD podcast

George Gervin: 6'7", 180 lb (00:29) Played some small forward but mostly shooting guard Born in Detroit, MI on April 27, 1952 Comes from a family of 6; dad left home in his early years; grew up in poverty Started playing basketball at a young age with his cousin & neighborhood kid named Ralph Simpson In his sophomore year at Martin Luther King HS, he tried out for the team Willie Meriweather,...

Week 12 review (00:38) Mon: Ja Morant (MEM) & DeMar DeRozan (CHI) as the most recent Players of the Week League reschedules 11 postponed games; changes times of 10 more games Kevin Porter Jr & Christian Wood (HOU) both suspended one game for detrimental conduct Jimmy Butler (MIA) suffered an ankle injury in a loss to GSW; to miss a few games Anfernee Simon (POR) scored 41 pts as his team b...

Sam Jones (00:31) Played some small forward & point guard but mostly played shooting guard Born in Wilmington, NC on June 24, 1933 Went to a historic African American prep school called Laurinburg Institute Attended a small HBCU school NC College which became NC Central University later Was a 3 times All-CIAA; coached by Hall of Fame coach John McClendon & Floyd Brown Spent 4 years there a...

Week 11 review (00:29) Mon: NBA making adjustments to health & safety protocols; isolation period from 10 to 6 days DeAndre Ayton & coach Monty Williams (PHO) enters protocols Trae Young clears protocols; scores 29 pts in a loss to CHI; DeMar DeRozan 35 pts & Zach LaVine 30 pts MEM on road squeaks by PHO; Ja Morant with 33 pts & Desmond Bane 32 pts BKN on read blows by LAC; James H...

Bob Pettit: 6'9", 205 lb (00:29) Played some center but mostly a power forward Born in Baton Rouge, LA on Dec 12, 1932 Son of a county sheriff who comes from a modest upbringing Attended Baton Rouge HS; was cut from his varsity team twice His dad built him a hoop set in their backyard so he could practice his shooting Growing to 6'4" he tried out again as a junior & made the team; incorporated...

Week 10 review (00:28) Mon: Players of the Week: Jayson Tatum, BOS (East) and Karl Anthony Towns, MIN (West) Steve Kerr named head coach of the USA mens basketball team NBA allowing replacement players amid the COVID crisis in the league Andrew Wiggins (GSW) enters health & safety protocols Damyean Dotson (NYK) signs a 10 day contract Joel Embiid drops 41 pts & 10 rebs as PHI beats BOS 108...

Christmas Day games (00:34) NYK 101, ATL 87 ATL played without Trae Young (COVID) NYK led by Julius Randle and resurgent Kemba Walker who posted a triple double (2nd Knick to do so on Christmas) John Collins and Delon Wright led ATL NYK got back bench firepower: Obi Toppin and rookie Quentin Grimes At 15-18 NYK need to get on a run like last year 50 win formula: at least 21 road wins (slightly abo...

Nate "Tiny" Archibald (00:28) 6'1", 150 lb. Born in South Bronx, NY (Patterson Housing Projects) on 9/2/48 Attended DeWitt Clinton High School; cut from the team as a sophomore Was brought back after a mentor put in a good word about him to the coach Then excelled; named team captain & became All-City selection (1966) Got the nickname Tiny after his father, who was called Big Tiny Struggled wi...

Week 9 review (00:32) Main story for Week 9 in the NBA is COVID & the amount of players out in health & safety protocols Mon: 2 CHI games postponed due to lack of players (up to 10 players in COVID protocols) League officials expecting a spike in COVID cases during the month of January Tue: Steph Curry becomes the all time 3PGs made leader, passing Ray Allen with 2947 made 3s Congrats from...

Player spotlight (00:31) Ray Allen: 6'5", 205 LB, SG Born Walter Ray Allen Jr in Merced, CA (7/20/75) Born on the Castle Air Force Base, parents Flora & Walter Allen Sr A child of a military family that lived in England, Germany, Oklahoma & South Carolina (his years of high school) In Daizell, SC (Sumter County) he attend Hillcrest HS Had an English accent; was picked on because of that St...

Week 8 review (00:24) Mon, 12/6 Donovan Mitchell (UTA) & DeMar DeRozan (CHI) both named Players of the Week DeRozan placed on health & safety protocols (COVID) Alex Caruso to miss at least a week (hamstring) Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL) scored 27 pts on his 27th birthday win over CLE 112-104 Nikola Jokic in DEN loss to CHI records 60th career triple double, passes Larry Bird (8th place all...

Week 7 review, part 1 (00:28) Week 7 review, part 2 (28:30) Player spotlight, Bob McAdoo (37:12) Show notes to come shortly...

Week 6 roundup (00:32) Mon, 11/22 LeBron James suspended 1 game & Isaiah Stewart 2 games Questioning whether other players fear LeBron as opposed to Jordan LeBron's NBA is vastly different than Jordan's Jaylen Brown return from hamstring injury Alvin Gentry loses in his debut as SAC coach after Luke Walton firing Tue, 11/23 NYK beating LeBron-less LAL Tyler Herro impressive for MIA; Most Impro...

Week 5 roundup (00:29) TEAM OF THE WEEK: MIL 3-0 (EAST), GSW 4-0 (WEST), PHO 4-0 (WEST) PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Giannis Antetokounmpo runner up: Stephen Curry HIGHLIGHTS: GSW travels to BKN & soundly beats them 117-99, fans chanting MVP for Steph Curry Stephen A. Smith of First Take scolds Kevin Durant for decision going to BKN (Kyrie Irving vaccine fiasco) LAL pretty much a .500 team without LeBr...

Show notes: NBA Next 26 players, Part 2 (00:35) Grant Hill - sensational talent coming out of Duke who could have been more if not for ankle injuries Dwight Howard - dominant center for his 1st 10 seasons; mostly everyone agrees that he was robbed of a spot on the NBA 76 list Kyrie Irving - mercurial oft-injured star who is his own worst enemy at times Nikola Jokic - quite accomplished big man for...

Show notes My NBA next 26 players, part 1 (00:39) Upon the announcement of the NBA's top 76 players of all time, I compiled 26 players who you could make a case for being on the list. My list contains the following: 3 league MVPs 9 Rookie of the Year winners 2 Finals MVPs 13 Hall of Famers 11 players who won championships (6 multi winners) 3 Defense Players of the Year winners 8 who made the All-D...

Eastern Conference (00:27) ATLANTIC Boston (4-6): Jaylen Brown to miss 1-2 weeks (hamstring); Marcus Smart calls out Brown & Jayson Tatum Brooklyn (7-3): Word is no change to NYC vaccine mandate so no Kyrie Irving; James Harden's shooting slump & his adjustment to new foul rules NY Knicks (6-4): dead last: opponents 3PG shooting; Immanuel Quickley's shooting slump; injury issues with Mitch...

NBA's Top 75 list, the last 26 players (00:35) Show notes: The NBA took the top 50 & added 26 players (with a tie between 2 players) which makes up the top 75 So therefore we won't have the luxury of removing the likes of a Bill Walton, Paul Arizin or Dolph Schayes for example The NBA's thinking: if they're on the original top 50 they'll remain on the list So we will talk about those last 26 p...

The All Things Basketball with GD podcast - 2021-22 NBA Western Conference predictions Show Notes: NBA Western Conference predictions (00:25) Southwest Division 1) Dallas Mavericks - Jason Kidd coaching Luka Doncic should be interesting; is the Luka/Kristaps Porginzis rift over? new: Reggie Bullock, Moses Brown, Frank Ntilikina; 2) Memphis Grizzlies - health of Jaren Jackson Jr key to their succes...

The All Things Basketball with GD podcast - 2021-22 NBA Eastern Conference predictions Show Notes: 2021-22 NBA East Conference predictions (00:25) Southeast Division 1) Miami Heat - bringing in Lowry takes pressure off of Jimmy Butler handling the ball as much; Victor Oladipo playing on a one year prove-it deal has a chance to contribute; new: Lowry, PJ Tucker, Markieff Morris 2) Atlanta Hawks - l...

The All Things Basketball with GD podcast - WNBA Championship Edition, Chicago Sky vs Phoenix Mercury breakdown Show Notes: WNBA Championship Edition, Chicago Sky vs Phoenix Mercury series breakdown (00:25) Phoenix Mercury (19-13, 5th place) vs Chicago Sky (16-16, 6th place) Game 1 in Phoenix CHI 91, PHO 77 Blowout win on the road for the Sky Excellent shooting for the team (nearly 53% FG, 100% FT...

The All Things Basketball podcast with GD - Fantasy Basketball 101 Show Notes Fantasy basketball 101 (00:31) Types of leagues (ESPN/Yahoo Fantasy) 1) H2H (Head to Head) Each Category - most popular; who has the highest amount in each category (basic: scoring, FG%, FT%, 3PG made, rebounds, assists, steals, blocked shots) Other categories used: turnovers, FGs made, FTs made, 3PG%, assist/turnover ra...

The All Things Basketball podcast with GD - The Hall of Fame Special, WNBA and College Coaches Show Notes WNBA players (00:35) Of the WNBA players, these are the ones worthy of a conversation as to their worthiness of being inducted into the Hall College coaches (21:11) Of the college coaches mentioned, these are the ones worthy of a conversation as to their worthiness of being inducted into the H...

The All Things Basketball podcast with GD - The Hall of Fame Special, pre-Bird and Magic Era Show Notes pre-Bird and Magic Era players (00:32) Of the players before the Bird and Magic era, these are the players worthy of a conversation as to their worthiness of being inducted into the Hall

The All Things Basketball podcast with GD - The Hall of Fame Special, Bird and Magic Era Show Notes Bird and Magic Era players, part 1 (00:42) Of the players from the Bird and Magic era, these are the players worthy of a conversation as to their worthiness of being inducted into the Hall from Mark Aguirre to Christian Laettner Bird and Magic Era players, part 1 (47:26) Of the players from the Bird...