2023-24 Season, Week 6 News and Recap

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Greetings my peeps and welcome to the all things basketball podcast with your boy GD.

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In this episode I'll be doing my week 6 in the NBA, the news and the recap.

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Talking about In-Season tournament guys, we got our quarter finalists so we'll talk about

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that.

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Also Mark Cuban selling his majority share in the Mavericks.

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We'll talk about that as well.

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Andry News of course, Angel Reese is back so we'll cover that.

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Women's basketball hall of fame inductees and a whole lot more including KD reaching

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the top 10 in all time scoring lists.

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So just sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

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Ok guys so it's the all things basketball with GD podcast with yours truly and we are

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entering week 7 which means we have week 6 news in the recap as well.

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Got a lot of news here to cover guys so with that said let's get straight into it.

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So we're going to start with of course as we always start our players of the week.

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And for week 6 you have the Aaron Fox of the Sacramento Kings and his Kings went 2-1 for

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the week.

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They had that big N-Season tournament win over the Golden State Warriors.

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Then that win propelled them into the N-Season tournament which I'll talk about in a minute.

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And they also beat Denver in that week.

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They did lose to the LA Clippers who seems like they're starting to come around a little

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bit.

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So for the week he scored nearly 32 points again almost 9 assists, 6 rebounds and nearly

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2 steals again.

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He shot at 47.6% from the field pretty good.

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He did miss 10 of his 31 free throws during the week which is kind of unlike him but what

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can you do.

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And he had 8 threes for the week.

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So Dearon Fox and remember he had the injury that he overcame.

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Now he's back in the lineup and look like he's in full swing right now guys.

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He's looking good right now so and his team as well.

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And for the East Julius Randall.

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Now this guy here he got a certain segment of the fan base that just don't want to give

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the man his flowers but listen to what he did for week 6.

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The Knicks went 3-0, they beat Charlotte, blew them out and that was a crucial game

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by the way that the Knicks needed to make it into the tournament.

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I'll talk about tournament in a minute like I said.

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But they beat Charlotte, then Detroit, then Toronto and that was at Toronto which is

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not always an easy place for the Knicks to go play but they got to win nonetheless.

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For the week Randall scored nearly 25 points per game over 13 rebounds and over 7 assists.

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He shot it almost 55% from the field guys which remember how he started the season where

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he was at a 25% clip from the field so vastly improved that's for sure.

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He missed 4th 17 free throws for the week so you'll take that.

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He only hit 5-3's but nonetheless Julius Randall put some respect on this guy's name especially

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some of you Nick fans there.

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Every time I look trade them, trade them, trade them.

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This guy is vital to the success of the team so some of y'all need to kill that noise but

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I digress.

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Julius Randall is your player of the week for the Eastern Conference.

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With that said let us talk about the end season tournament.

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So now we are down to the 4 teams that will be taking part in the tournament which actually

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starts Monday December 4th and your teams are in the East, the number 2 seed, the Indiana

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Pacers takes on the number 3 seed, the Boston Celtics.

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And then tomorrow you'll have the number 1 seed the Milwaukee Bucks face in the New York

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Knicks.

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So that's your Tuesday slate there.

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And then for the West on Monday you'll have the number 2 seed Sacramento Kings who I just

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spoke about and they'll be taking on the New Orleans Pelicans and that's for Monday that

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will be the later game.

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And then Tuesday December 5th you have the number 1 seed the LA Lakers taking on the

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4 seed the Phoenix Suns.

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So that's your lineup guys and with that a bit of news ESPN and TNT will be linking up

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unprecedented guys.

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They'll be linking up for the semifinals of the end season tournament which means Stephen

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A Smith and Michael Willbarn will be on set with your inside the NBA guys Ernie Johnson,

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Shaquille O'Neal, Kenny Smith and Charles Barclay.

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So that should be appointment TV nonetheless and I believe that will be on Thursday.

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So interesting stuff here guys that's for sure.

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So that is your end season tournament news.

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Let us talk injury news.

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Terms of injuries Ben Simmons.

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Seemed like that's the name we always associate with injury.

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He got an epidural shot in his back which means he has to miss at least another month.

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He played like the first couple of weeks in the season and then of course the injuries

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will be set him and now he's got an epidural shot in his back so we'll see how he makes

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out with that.

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Laurie Markedon of the Utah Jazz.

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He's out with a hamstring guys.

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He missed the last five games.

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In fact he didn't go on their road trip that they had.

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His next possible game will be Wednesday at the Dallas Mavericks so there's a slight

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chance of him making that.

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They're listening to him as questionable right now.

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Dreymont Green not injury related but a return nonetheless.

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He returns after his five game suspension and actually he's played in three games thus

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far guys.

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The team one and two right now.

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Golden State is nine and eleven.

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Not what you're expecting guys.

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But since Dreymont's return he's averaged 14 points a game guys along with 6.7 rebounds

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and four assists.

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With that said let's continue with Golden State news here.

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Andrew Wiggins who had a tough COVID last year.

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Now he missed the last two games with a hand injury.

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Oh by the way guys he slammed his hand with the car door.

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Right there so we'll see if he's available for the next game.

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And then Chris Paul and Gary Payton the second.

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There to be reevaluated sometime this week in fact.

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Chris Paul with a leg injury and Gary Payton the second with a calf injury respectively.

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And they missed two games so far guys so Golden State.

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A lot of injury here news for them which is not good.

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So the Mellow Ball we talked about him last week.

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He's going to be reevaluated for his ankle sprain.

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So far he's missed three games.

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This week we should hear some more concrete news in that regard.

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Chris Stap porzingis another person we talked about last week.

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Could return this week after missing three games with the calf injury.

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Trade Murphy has made his debut.

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He made it on December 1st after missing the first 19 game.

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Then we had the knee injury guys.

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So he's back in the fold.

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And another person who was out for a minute.

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Jamal Murray he returned to the lineup for the Denver Nuggets after missing 11 games.

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Pretty much most of November with an injured ankle.

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But he's now back in the fold guys.

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So that is your injury news guys.

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Let us move on to other items.

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LeBron James suffers his worst regular season loss.

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And that happened last Monday November 25th.

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And that loss was to the Philadelphia 76ers in Philly 138 to 94 a 44 point loss.

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Good gracious.

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And in that game Tyrese Maxey who's again making the case for being the All-Star this

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year he had 31 points drop 5 3s in that game by the way with eight assists and three rebounds.

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And Joel Embiid the star of the game he dropped a triple double on him 30 points 11 rebounds

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11 assists.

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And for LeBron and his Lakers he led them with 18 points and five assists.

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No rebounds by the way for LeBron which actually is an anomaly.

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And then you had Anthony Davis 17 points and 11 rebounds.

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Not what you want to see.

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You'd like to see more production especially with AD having to go against the likes of

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the reigning MVP Joel Embiid but that's not to be.

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LeBron James worse regular season loss in his career.

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Mark Cuban he's going to sell his majority share to Las Vegas casino magnate Miriam

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Addison in her family.

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Now the caveat is Cuban will still have a minority share but he will still get to keep

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his position as head of basketball operations.

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Now remember guys in 2000 he bought the Dallas Mavericks for 285 million.

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You know what he's selling them for?

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3.5 billion.

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So you're talking about turning in a profit.

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He's getting 10 times his money and then some.

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Mark Cuban man.

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That is a shrewd operator there.

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And the fact that he still gets to stay on as head of basketball operations.

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Cause let us be clear.

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Mark Cuban loves the game of basketball.

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I couldn't see him selling his majority share without still having a place as far as the

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basketball operations go.

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So he was able to manage and maneuver that.

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Really kudos to him for being able to pull that off.

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So with that said let's move on to other news items.

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Kevin Durant enters the top 10 in terms of all time scoring.

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He's in the top 10 now and he passes the late great Moses Malone.

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And now at his current number Kevin Durant can possibly before seasons in he could possibly

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push past Carmelo Anthony and Shaquille O'Neal health permitting of course.

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I strongly doubt he reaches will Chamberlain who right now is seven for Nellis.

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I don't see him passing Chamberlain by the season but he has a shot at passing Mello.

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He's about 800 away from Mello.

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About another 1100 or so away from Shaq.

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So Kevin Durant you know the man can score that's what you know but he's really among

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the immortals now.

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Definitely shout out to Kevin Durant for making the top 10 all time on the scoring list.

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Let us move on.

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Chicago Bulls on thin ice guys.

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Right now they're 7 and 14 not looking really good guys.

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We have Zach Levine who's been unhappy for a good minute now seems like he wants out

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for the most part right now he's and now he has a foot injury so he's to be reevaluated

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in a week's time.

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So to add insult to injury actually literally injury you have this situation with Zach Levine

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and then rumors came out that DeMar DeRosin if he were to be traded he's only looking

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at two situations the New York Knicks and the Miami Heat.

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Let me say this I know people are kind of thinking about it kicking around the idea

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but right now DeMar DeRosin at the age of 35 if we were right on the cusp of championship

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and he would be that missing piece to get us over the hump I'll be with that but as

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it stands now he's a guy he's not going to give you a lot of defense he doesn't shoot

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it from 3 which was a glaring knee for the Knicks in the playoffs last year so that's

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not going to really help the Knicks and then what do you deal to get him you'll probably

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want a low 40s contract a lot of people talking about quitting grinds sending him as well

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it's probably going to take something else Miami I would say them but who do they move

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right now you would move probably Duncan Robinson's contract what else do you move

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in order to bring DeRosin in the fold I don't think they want to deal hero especially after

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what they put hero through with the Dame Lilith stuff so I don't see that I know those are

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the desired places that he would like to go I'm being honest I I don't see either one

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probably won't see any trade movement until after December 15th because that's when all

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the summer deals as far as free agency stuff that's when you can kind of move guys then

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so I don't see any trades coming down the pike until about mid December but more likely

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than not probably in January you'll start to see some trade movement so that is that

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story and actually let us talk about college basketball Angel Reese's back guys for the

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LSU lady Tigers and she came back just in the nick of time because she came back for

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the ACC SEC challenge where LSU face Virginia Tech a team that they faced in the final four

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last year on their way to a national championship and Angel Reese she missed the last four games

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guys this game was played on November 30th LSU won the game 82 to 64 in that game Angel

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Reese is a game that I watch guys Angel Reese 19 points nine rebounds to assist including

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a very nice pass out of the post to a cutting for J Johnson Angel Reese she kind of left

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some points on the board because she missed about seven three throws but you can kind

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of see the rust in her game as I was watching you can see she's still trying to work herself

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in but make no mistake I came away from this game guys impressed with a few other players

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Michaela Williams she had 20.6 rebounds five assists and two steals man I look forward

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to seeing her for the next four years she looks great Anisa Morrow she looked good as

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well 19.15 rebounds three steals and two blocks in that game and Flage Johnson in her second

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season she was such a presence especially on the defensive end you can see the vast

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improvement in her game this team is loaded man and let us be clear my only worry is the

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bench the bench is in all that deep you still got Katari Poole who's still away from the

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team don't know what's going on with that situation and then Samaya Smith just last

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week she tore up a knee her MCL so she's gonna be out for the rest of the year so depth

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is my only problem with this team Haley Vanlif she's still getting acclimated guys but she's

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looking good in spots she had to follow Georgia Amor all game which was attached within itself

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Haley she's she's doing fine all things considered that's for sure so I also listen to the post

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game that it was Angel Reese along with Kim Moukey and then also Anisa Morrow as well and

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of course you know they're gonna ask Saint Joel all the questions and so forth she said

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well here's what I'm saying I think it was more of a kind of mental health break although

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Kim Moukey kind of denied it right there on the spot but I think it was more so that than

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anything else I think she just kind of needed to get away from things it wasn't grades guys

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because and I actually explained it on social media if it was about grades you don't come

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back in a couple of weeks time if her grades were that low she would have to wait out the

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semester and then rejoin the team so we can rule out grades it wasn't great so all you

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knuckle draggers on social media talking about her grades it wasn't that so kill that it wasn't

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any pregnancy it wasn't that either I know you want to talk about that too it wasn't

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that I just think social media you know how I feel about it guys I think it's the bane

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of society right now and I just think and you can even hear it in way she answered the

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questions how everybody's projecting what they thought it was when it's not so she sees

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and reads everything and these keyboard bullies just want to talk their crap but I think the

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social media was getting to her a bit where she just needed that break and shout out to

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Shaquille O'Neal for checking up on her she said daily he was checking up on her so to

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which Kim Malkie says she's not too surprised by that because Shaquille O'Neal is family

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you know he's LSU through and through so it was great to hear that he was checking up

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on her because she needed that she really needed somebody in the corner with that said I did

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say in the last episode there that or was it a couple of episodes before anyhow about

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Angel Reese when she does come back her being a good teammate it seemed like she was that

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it seemed like she was there supporting the team she saw what the team did without her

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so I think it's just a matter of her finding her way in and listen Vytec was doubling her

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just about every time she got the ball anyway the fact that you got shooters like Mikaela

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and Anissa also Flajie she hit a couple of outside shots man lift as well I think that's

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gonna really help Angel Reese the fact that you got these shooters that can bring you

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out and keep them from sagging on her I think that's gonna help her so with that said I'm

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glad to see her back glad to see her where she belongs on the court and I tell you if

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this team puts it all together come February nobody's gonna want to see them trust me they

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look that good so with that said let me get to a couple of more news items and then I'll

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be done guys with the women's basketball Hall of Fame speaking of women's basketball the

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inductees were just announced for 2024 and they are Maya Moore of Yukon then of course

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of the Minnesota Lynx her illustrious career so she's being inducted into that Hall Simone

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Augustus coming out of LSU we've talked about LSU she's a LSU alum and she too played on

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that Minnesota Lynx team Taj McWilliams Franklin another player from one of those Minnesota

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Lynx teams she also played with the New York Liberty and she won a WMBA championship with

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the Detroit shot as well so you got three Minnesota Lynx going in then you have Rita

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Gale Esterling out of Mississippi College and then she would later go on to the WBL which

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is like a predecessor of the WMBA then you have coaches like Sue Phillips and she coached

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at Archbishop Middy in California also Mary Ruini Scovell who coached Junior College at

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Gulf Coast State College and then you also have Violet Palmer a long time referee in

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fact she was the first woman referee for the NBA so she's refereed in the NBA the WMBA

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and also college and then Cheyenne University was also inducted Cheyenne University HBCU

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that made the Final Four one of the first HBCUs to make a Final Four in women's college basketball

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and they were coached by the legendary C Vivian Stringer so that is your inductees into the

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women's basketball hall of fame which is located in Knoxville Tennessee so kudos to

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all those ladies and congratulations to you and the one last thing I want to talk about

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more of a human interest story and I love it Mitchell Robinson and former high school

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coach butch Stockton becomes the modern day version of the odd couple let's show I actually

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love back in the day here's how it went Rebecca Harlow a sideline reporter for the Knicks for

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the MSG network she did a sideline interview with Mitchell Robinson's former high school

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head coach butch Stockton and he revealed to her that Mitchell Robinson how close they

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are and how his wife had fell ill she was battling cancer and how Mitchell Robinson

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would come up to the hospital every day to see her until she passed away in September

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at the funeral he was there supporting his coach in every possible way and then afterwards

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he tells his coach he says to get your spirits up he invites him up to New York to come live

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with him while he's in mourning over the passing of his wife coach Stockton takes him up on

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the deal and he comes up to New York and now their roommates at least for the time being

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guys and Stockton actually recruited Robinson on a whim somebody told him about a tall kid

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walking in the neighborhood where butch Stockton was living down there in St. Bernard Parish

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in Louisiana so after speaking with Mitchell Robinson's mom Mitchell Robinson was soon

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enrolled in Shaw Mett High School in Louisiana and as they say the rest is history and actually

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coach Stockton just instilled in him the fact that he got what it takes to go to the next

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level and with hard work with persevering Mitchell Robinson in the NBA drafted second

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round by the Knicks in 2018 just had a contract extension last summer and here we are well

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not last summer summer 2022 and here we are this is one of those stories especially this

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time of year you know it's the holiday season so heartwarming stories like this is always

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good to hear how Mitchell Robinson in a selfless manner looked to his former coach so I'm hurting

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it in need and he met that need so definitely a major shout out to Mitchell Robinson and

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I've been writing all over social media when they posted Mitchell Robinson he's a real one

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for him to do that that's a real one right there make no mistake about it so with that

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said guys that is it I could talk about the LeBron James and it may aduca little confrontation

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but yeah it is what it is yeah it's nothing to get lavered up over you know they had

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words you know that's just the way things are two guys join at each other once the coach

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wants to play or yeah it's much to do about nothing trust me anyway so with that said

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alright guys that's going to do it for this episode the next episode I'll have for you

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guys is a recap of the end season tournament we should have our winner by then and then

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other little news items as well things are trinketing and hopefully we get a little bit

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more word on the Josh Giddy situation alright guys so that is it for me I thank you as always

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for listening much appreciated and we will talk soon take care hello my peeps thank

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