2023-24 Season: Week 17 and 18 Recap, Part 1

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I'll be talking all the fame finalists.

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We'll talk about all who's on the list guys.

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LeBron James passes 40,000 points.

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Steve Kerr gets paid guys.

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Also KD moves up in the All Scores list.

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Also some fights that broke out.

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And we'll talk about the finalists.

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And we'll talk about the finalists.

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Up in the All Scores list.

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Also some fights that broke out.

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And a whole lot more.

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So just sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

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Okay guys, it's your boy GD back with all things basketball with GD podcast.

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And in this episode, I want to combine the weeks, which means there's a lot of news here.

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So let's get right into it.

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Shall we?

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We will start with the Detroit Pistons.

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Isaiah Stewart arrested guys for punching Drew U banks.

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And this happened like prior to the game between Detroit and Phoenix.

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It was a road game for the Detroit Pistons.

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And they got into it so much so Isaiah Stewart got arrested.

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Supposedly it was unprovoked as well, according to all that witnessed it.

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So Isaiah Stewart gets a three game suspension as a result of that.

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Isaiah Stewart, who we've seen have those type of anger management issues.

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We've seen it in the past with him.

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So that's why he gets the three game suspension.

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And speaking of more fights, we have another one that took place.

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This one took place February 23rd.

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And this was a game between the Miami Heat and the New Orleans Pelicans.

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And in that game, Zion Williamson, he's ends up stealing the ball from.

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And this is late in the four quarter happened stealing the ball from Jimmy Butler.

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He goes up for a layup.

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Kevin Love kind of gives him a bear hug, kind of preventing him from going up and dunking the ball or laying it up whatever he was going to do.

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And Zion comes down kind of hard to which a kind of melee ensues.

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You see Najee Marshall going after Jimmy Butler, even kind of choking them a little bit.

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Jimmy Butler not having it going after him.

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And then separately another fight breaks out.

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We have Jose Alvarado going up against Thomas Bryant.

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So much so that Jonas Valachunas had to get over there and deal with Brian as well.

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So in the end guys, Jimmy Butler gets a one game suspension as well as Najee Marshall.

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And then also you have Thomas Bryant and Jose Alvarado getting three game suspensions for leaving the bench and then having their altercation.

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And then also Nikolaj Jovec for the heat.

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He gets a one game suspension as well for leaving the bench.

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So here you have all this going on.

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And the thing was I saw the play wasn't even that big a deal as far as the foul goals.

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It wasn't a takedown by Kevin Love.

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Kevin Love is not built that way.

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He was just kind of preventing Zion from going in there and slamming the ball down for that to end up being all of this kind of a bit much.

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But when all is said and done, the suspensions went down and Joe Dumas, the czar of that sort of thing handed down his suspension.

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So that be that.

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So that is that bit of news.

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Let us move on.

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Naismith basketball Hall of Fame finalist guys.

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We have our list now and it comprise of Vince Carter.

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He's the headliner guys along with Dick Barnett, part of the Veterans Committee, him being with the New York Knicks.

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Also, Chonsy Billups, of course, Mr. Big Shot, Doug Collins as a contributor, giving him being a player as well as his contributions as far as analysts work and everything else.

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Michael Cooper, he's back on the ballot guys.

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Of course, the sixth man for the Lakers during their championship runs, the defensive whiz.

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Also Walter Davis, but this will be done posthumously since he passed in 2023.

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Also, Herb Simon as a contributor as well.

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The longtime governor of the Indiana Pacers.

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Jerry West also as a contributor because he's already in as a player guy.

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So he could get double honor with this one going in as a contributor is working the front office for the Lakers and a few other organizations as well.

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Bull Ryan, college coach, most knowably with Vince Conson.

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Also, you have Simone Augustus of LSU, then she goes on to the WNBA with the Minnesota Lynx, Maryam Washington, longtime college coach.

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Also, Michelle Thames from overseas Australia.

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And also she has played in the W as well.

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Harley Redden, another veteran committee nominee also.

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So that is your list, guys, a finalists missing the cut.

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Marcus Johnson, once again, missing the cut for reasons unbeknownst to me, he should be in guys.

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He's one of the top forwards late 70s, early 80s.

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Well, pretty much the 80s.

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Fabulous small forward during that time.

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Tom Chambers, another guy.

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I think I've mentioned in a previous podcast episode, Tom Chambers is one of two players who scored over 20,000 points and is not in the Hall of Fame.

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The other player, Antoine Jameson.

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But Tom Chambers, I would think he would get a sniff of the Hall of Fame.

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Maurice Lucas, longtime enforcer in the NBA and the heck of a player.

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Part of that championship Portland Trailblazer team and just a guy who's been around winners pretty much most of his career.

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So he misses the cut.

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Sean Marion, the Matrix, he misses the cut surprisingly.

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Dick Mada and also Jennifer Az.

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I'm surprised about that too.

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But those are the ones that missed the cut as far as being finalists.

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You do have being inducted in Debbie Antonelli.

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She's getting the Kirk Gowdy Electric Media Award for her analyst work in women's college basketball.

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And also she does analysts work for the WNBA.

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J.A. Adonde, getting the Kirk Gowdy Print Media Award, longtime writer based out in the LA area there.

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Also inside stuff and Slam Magazine headed by Dennis Page.

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They're getting the Kirk Gowdy Transformative Media Award and then Joanne Scott.

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She's getting the John Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award.

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So there to be inducted those names.

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I just named so they'll be a part of the ceremony.

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But your finalists will see what happens there.

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So that is that on that bit of news guys.

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LeBron James, actually who ends up getting Player of the Week for the West for Week 18.

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LeBron James surpasses 40,000 points guys in a loss to the Denver Nuggets.

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Actually this was a home game for them.

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So he does it in front of the fans, reaches 40,000 points guys.

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In a game where they were up actually at the half 66 to 58 but ends up losing that game.

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And he does it guys on a layup at the 10.39 mark in the second quarter.

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So LeBron James entering rarefied air and just obliterating the scoring record guys.

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So you have a guide now at 40,000 points plus over 10,000 rebounds, 10,000 assists.

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The likes of which we may not see for a very, very long time guys.

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And as it stands right now as far as the Denver Nuggets, you get good games from the Joker,

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35 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists.

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Michael Porter Jr. with a perfect game guys, 25 points where he was 10 for 10 from the field,

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5 for 5 from 3, no free throws.

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With 10 rebounds for assists, Jamal Murray had 24 points, 11 assists and 6 rebounds.

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LeBron finished that game 26 points, 9 assists, 4 rebounds, 3 steals.

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Roy Hachimura with 23 points from him and 3 rebounds.

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Anthony Davis only 17 points, 11 rebounds, 3 blocks, 4 hit.

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So as it stands right now, the Los Angeles Lakers 33 and 29 as of this recording,

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which has them 10th in that Western Conference, a half a game behind Golden State.

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I'll talk about Golden State a little bit.

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So they're in that playing spot along with Golden State and I'll delve into that further later.

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Whereas the Denver Nuggets are third right now, a half a game out of that first place spot.

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Actually, scratch that there about a game behind now.

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With that said, that is your news as far as LeBron James breaking yet another milestone guys.

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Let us continue on.

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Endury news guys, and a lot of it.

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So let's get into it.

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Aneka Akanwu of the Atlanta Hawks.

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He's out indefinitely guys with a toe spring.

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One that he hurt February 12th.

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He did it in the home loss to the Chicago Bulls.

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So your backup center over there, they had already been missing Clint Capella at the time,

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but he's actually now back.

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But Akanwu, not sure we're going to see him before season's in.

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We'll see what happens there.

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Patrick Williams for the Chicago Bulls, speaking of Chicago, he underwent foot surgery and he's now out for the season.

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Patrick Williams a forward for them.

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He's had a rise of injuries guys throughout his NBA career.

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And this is yet another one that kind of derails him.

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And he hasn't played since January 25th guys, but Patrick Williams out for the year.

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Trey Young of the Atlanta Hawks talking about Atlanta.

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He has a torn ligament in his hand that he suffered in a February 23rd game, which was a loss actually at home to Toronto.

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He had surgery and he's going to be out for weeks guys.

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Big blow for the Atlanta Hawks right now.

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They are 10th in the East.

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So they're in that play in position there.

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There are only two games up on the Brooklyn Nets.

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So if Brooklyn was to make a move, this probably be over the right time to do so.

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We'll see if Atlanta can hold up without their star player Trey Young, their all star player.

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In fact, Scottie Barnes fractures his hand in the home loss to the Golden State Warriors.

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This all happened on March 1st.

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He's out indefinitely guys.

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We're still waiting to hear words.

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How long but fractured hand, not good guys.

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And then the same kind of news, Russell Westbrook of the Los Angeles Clippers.

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He fractures his hand in a home win over the Washington Wizards.

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And he's out indefinitely.

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So you have these two similar injuries taking place.

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So we will see what happens with those guys and what the prognosis is.

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Good news though for the Gold State Warriors, they get Chris Ball back.

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He makes his return February 27th in a road win over the Washington Wizards.

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And he is actually coming back from a fractured hand and he missed 21 games guys that it took for Chris Paul to come back from a fractured hand.

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Albeit he's an older player than those two guys, but that kind of gives you kind of a baseline as to the kind of time these guys could possibly miss.

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So moving on, Joel and B.

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He's doing on court workouts guys and he's back in the weight room as well, following his knee injury.

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No timetable for him to return yet.

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So there's a thought that he could possibly be shut down for the season.

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We'll see.

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But right now, at least he's getting back in there doing some work.

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He's trying to come back guys.

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It's the way it seems here.

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So we'll see what happens and be.

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And then we'll talk about the New York Knicks.

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Oh, Giannu Nobby.

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He's expected back in a matter of a few weeks coming from that elbow injury that he had.

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Hopefully we'll get to see OG very soon.

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As for Julius Randall, he has no timetable for his return from his shoulder injury.

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And there's still the idea out there that he could possibly require surgery.

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He is out there working, trying to ramp himself back up, but we're not sure how things are going to play out in that regard.

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I mean, with the Knicks, they've been very tight lipped with their injury reports.

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They come out in drips and grabs.

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But as of now, no timetable for Randall.

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As for Mitchell Robinson, he started basketball activities guys.

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Supposed to start after the All-Star game. He did that.

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So it's just a matter of him getting ramped up.

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He's got the walking boot off now after his ankle injury.

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Right now, no timetable for him.

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We could see him before seasons in.

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That remains to be seen.

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And then the latest news guys, Jalen Brunson suffers a knee contusion.

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And that happened in the first minute against the Cleveland Cavaliers on March 3rd.

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And he right now, the X-rays are negative. That's a good thing guys.

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As far as how long he'll be out, really can't say right now.

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Kind of too early to tell, but I would say right now, I say out indefinitely, which is a tremendous blow to the Knicks.

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You're already the walking wounded.

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This just adds kind of salt to the wounds, so to speak.

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So we'll see how the Knicks survive this one.

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And this one really hurts guys.

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So we'll see what happens there.

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Oh, one more piece of injury news.

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Devin Booker, he's going to be out seven to 10 days following an ankle injury for him.

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That he suffered in a loss to the Houston Rockets and that happened on March 2nd.

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So he could possibly miss four to five games.

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So it's not that serious guys.

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It could have been a whole lot worse for Devin, but he's able to kind of dodge a bullet as far as that goes.

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But he's expected back seven to 10 days, guys.

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At least he'll be evaluated and we'll take it from there.

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So that is your injury news, guys.

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Kevin Durant passes Carmelo Anthony on the all time scoring list.

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Now he is in ninth place, guys, and he passed him on February 23rd in a loss to Houston.

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Next on his list, Shaquille O'Neal, who right now he's about less than 300 points behind.

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So he could possibly pass him by seasons in, guys, I would think if form holds.

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But Kevin Durant climbing up the all time scoring lists couldn't make it to eight before the seasons out, guys.

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And then also as a side, he did go on his podcast there with the agent Rich climbing and...

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Boy, you know, these guys can't get the nicks off their lips sometimes.

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So they talked about when he was a free agent coming out of Golden State, how Rich climbing wanted him to be a New York Knicks so bad.

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And that's when he went to Brooklyn and we all know what happened in Brooklyn where he joined up with his buddy Kyrie,

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but they felt short of expectations there, albeit injuries played a part of it, a whole pandemic played a part of it and other factors as well.

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He still makes the claim the nicks weren't cool at the time.

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Now that, you know, when they're winning, they're cool.

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It's funny with these guys.

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They rather go to a nice cushy situation and kind of things come easy to them as opposed to going there and trying to build something.

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And you kind of take it from there.

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But that's water on the bridge.

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He made his choice.

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He went to Brooklyn and worked out exactly how I predicted it worked out and how it ended up.

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So he's in Phoenix now.

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Let us move on.

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Steve Kerr, he gets rewarded with a contract extension guys.

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He gets additional two years.

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So he'll be coaching Golden State.

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It form holds through the 2025 2026 season.

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Steve Kerr also recently won his 500 game that he did in 764 games.

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The fifth fastest in league history guys.

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So right now he's at, as of this recording, 505 wins against 265 losses and a 65.6% win percentage.

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Very good.

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He's been to the finals six times as a coach.

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He's four and two in those times.

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He's coached 10 years now for the Golden State Warriors and he has a total of nine NBA titles.

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He has five as a player, four as a coach.

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So rare five there for Steve Kerr.

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But Steve Kerr, he gets rewarded guys.

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So the way I see it by about 2026, I would think probably Steph Curry being unretired by then.

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Seems like Clay is on his way out.

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Draemon, he would probably be, because he just signed the four year deal.

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We'll see what happens with Steve Kerr, but he gets well rewarded for the work he's done in Golden State.

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So you can't take that away from him.

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So congrats to Steve Kerr on getting its extension.

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And what is probably an NBA first guys, you have Del Curry, an analyst for the Charlotte Hornets.

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As you know, his son, Seth, was traded there during the trade deadline.

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On February 23rd, he actually got to call a game in which Seth Curry went up against his brother, Steph Curry.

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And Del Curry got to call that game guys.

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And it was actually a home game for Golden State.

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So Del Curry traveled to Golden State to call that game, a game in which Golden State won.

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So something of note, something I thought was pretty cool.

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You know, for Del Curry to have that opportunity to call a game with both his sons there.

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Pretty nice.

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New Orleans Pelicans, they troll Stephen A. Smith after he once again fat shames Zion Williamson on first take.

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There was a, you know, segment where they talked about it was quick takes.

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They talked about New Orleans Pelicans who were actually on a four game win streak,

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but that didn't stop Stephen A. from talking about he eats too much hamburgers to chef and New Orleans are looking for him.

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You know, that sort of stuff.

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So New Orleans Pelicans.

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I'm not even going to say the pelicans, someone who runs their social media account because that's the way the stuff works.

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This is not like the owner has the account and he's posting stuff.

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This is a social media person thought it would be pretty clever to string together some of Stephen A's gas, if you will, pitching off the rubber at Yankee Stadium and not looking so well.

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Him out there trying to box, loses weight, then showed him missing a shot.

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Then of course had a picture of him, you know, the Wilke Chamberlain where he holds up the hundred.

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It had Stephen A holding up the 1.5, which is his average at Winston Salem.

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I thought it was pretty clever.

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But of course, Stephen A being the thin skin person that he is, he strikes back at them on his podcast.

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Still fat shame in the guy, which is unfortunate. And then also he attacks the organization for their lack of winning over the years.

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And also he's critical of Antonio Daniels, who shot back at Stephen A for his criticism of Zion Williamson.

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He called it lazy, you know, uninformed. So Stephen A went back at him.

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My whole thing is Stephen A can dish it out, but he can't take it. And that's the problem.

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He can troll the Dallas Cowboys. He has that video that he runs with, you know, the people.

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Sad after a playoff loss. The one girl that looked pissed off.

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Then he had the guy hugging the girl that wasn't his girlfriend or whatever the case was.

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So he can troll, but he can't allow someone to troll him.

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Instead of taking it in stride, letting it be water falling off his back, he has to go on his podcast and shoot back at him.

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I just think it's lame to be honest with you.

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So it was pretty clever. But apparently when you got thin skin, I guess it's not all that clever in your eyes.

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So, yeah, so take it for what it is.

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So with that said, I think I'm going to cut it off here, guys.

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I do have a second half that I want to do, but I'll just cut it off here.

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All right, guys. So this is part one. Got another bit to go. Actually, some substantial stuff here.

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So, all right, guys, so I thank you for listening as always. Part two is on the way, guys. All right.

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