Episodes

Intro (00:00 - 00:35) Preview of this Week 2 observation with special guest Ty the Pod Guy episode (00:36 - 01:33) Players of the Week: Donovan Mitchell and Devin Booker (01:34 - 04:09) The week starting with all 30 teams playing prior to Election Day (04:10 - 04:24) NBA Week 2 Observations: Rudy Gay and DJ Augustin retires from the league (04:25 - 15:11) Vince Carter's jersey retirement in Toronto (15:12 - 26:52) Jersey retirements and statues erected: doing too much?...

Intro (00:00 - 01:00) Preview of this Week 1 observation episode (01:01 - 01:42) WNBA News: New York Liberty parade and celebration (01:43 - 04:28) WNBA firing of coaches & GMs - Eric & Mike Thibault, Christy Sides, Stephanie White, Natalie Williams (04:29 - 12:53) The WNBPA announces that they are opting out of the 2020 CBA & have until October 31, 2025 to reach a new agreement (12:54 - 15:56) NBA Week 1 Observations: Lebron James and son Bronny make history becoming ...

Intro (00:00 - 00:47) Preview of this NBA Western Conference season preview episode (00:48 - 01:46) Southwest Division: Dallas Mavericks (01:49 - 04:11) Houston Rockets (04:12 - 06:29) Memphis Grizzlies (06:30 - 09:18) New Orleans (09:19 - 12:32) San Antonio Spurs (12:33 - 15:49) Order of finish in the Southwest Division (15:50 - 16:19) Northwest Division: Denver Nuggets (16:20 - 18:16) Minnesota Timberwolves (18:17 - 21:15) Oklahoma City Thunder (21:16 ...

Intro (00:00 - 00:45) Preview of this NBA Eastern Conference season preview episode (00:46 - 01:50) Atlantic Division: Boston Celtics (01:51 - 05:07) Brooklyn Nets (05:08 - 09:23) New York Knicks (09:24 - 17:22) Philadelphia 76ers (17:23 - 21:11) Toronto Raptors (21:12 - 25:14) Order of finish in the Atlantic Division (25:15 - 25:34) Central Division: Chicago Bulls (25:35 - 29:20) Cleveland Cavaliers (29:21 - 32:00) Detroit Pistons (32:01 - 33:45) Indiana Pacers (33:46 - 35:15) Mil...

Intro (00:00 - 00:48) Preview of this episode & an early summation of the WNBA Finals series between the New York Liberty and the Minnesota Lynx (00:49 - 02:19) Game 1 breakdown (02:20 - 07:32) Game 2 breakdown (07:33 - 10:24) Game 3 breakdown (10:25 - 13:26) Game 4 breakdown (13:27 - 16:15) Game 5 breakdown (16:16 - 22:31) Coach Cheryl Reeve's remarks in the post-game press conference and my reaction to what was said (22:32 - 24:29) New York Liberty win their 1st W...

Intro (00:00 - 00:47) Preview of this WNBA finals preview & KAT trade episode (00:48 - 01:24) #1 New York Liberty vs #4 Las Vegas Aces recap (01:25 - 12:40) What's next for the Las Vegas Aces (12:41 - 16:10) #2 Minnesota Lynx vs #3 Connecticut Sun (16:11 - 28:16) What's next for the Connecticut Sun (28:17 - 30:18) New York Liberty vs Minnesota Lynx finals preview (30:19 - 35:13) Karl Anthony Towns traded to the New York Knicks with Julius Randle & Donte DiVincenzo heading to the Minnesota...

Intro (00:00 - 00:50) Preview of this WNBA semifinals preview episode (00:51 - 01:39) #1 New York Liberty vs #8 Atlanta Dream recap (01:40 - 06:55) What's next for the Atlanta Dream (06:56 - 08:52) #4 Las Vegas Aces vs #5 Seattle Storm recap (08:53 - 14:09) What's next for the Seattle Storm (14:10 - 16:09) New York Liberty vs Las Vegas Aces semifinals preview (16:10 - 21:03) #2 Minnesota Lynx vs #7 Phoenix Mercury (21:04 - 26:39) What's next for the Phoenix Mercury ...

Intro (00:00 - 00:50) Preview of this WNBA end of regular season & playoff episode (00:51 - 01:37) Los Angeles Sparks season wrap-up (01:38 - 04:26) Dallas Wings (04:27 - 08:31) Chicago Sky (08:32 - 10:46) Washington Mystics (10:47 - 15:11) 1st round playoff matchups #1 New York Liberty vs #8 Atlanta Dream (15:12 - 19:30) #2 Minnesota Lynx vs #7 Phoenix Mercury (19:31 - 22:46) #3 Connecticut Sun vs #6 Indiana Fever (22:47 - 25:59) #4 Las Vegas Aces vs #5 Seatt...

Intro (00:00 - 01:02) Preview of this episode (01:03 - 02:38) Anthony Edwards in an interview says that there weren't any skilled players other than Michael Jordan back in the day (02:39 -6:33) Former players along with Paul George offer their critique of Edwards' claims (06:34 - 10:04) My take on Edwards' statements (10:05 - 15:19) My view on Anthony Edwards, the player himself (15:20 - 17:04) A glance at the WNBA as the season winds down (17:05 - 18:09) The hottest team in the league be...

Intro (00:00 - 01:00) Preview of this 2024-25 NBA schedule episode (01:00 - 01:54) Opening week starting October 22 thru October 26 (01:55 - 09:19) No games scheduled on Election Day, November 7 (09:20 - 09:47) In-season tournament beginning on November 12 thru December 3, quarterfinals on December 10 and 11, semifinals on December 14 and finals on December 17 (09:48 - 11:19) Christmas Day with 5 games on the slate (11:20 - 14:38) MLK Day with 7 games, including 3 national g...

Intro (00:00 - 00:48) Preview of this special Olympic recap episode (00:49 - 01:51) Team USA Men Opening rounds (01:52 - 08:01) Quarterfinals vs Brazil; semifinals vs Serbia (08:02 - 12:54) Gold medal game vs France (12:55 - 14:48) My final analysis of Team USA as well as the future of Coach Steve Kerr going forward (14:49 - 20:16) Team USA Women Opening rounds (20:17 - 27:36) Quarterfinals vs Nigeria; semifinals vs Australia (27:37 - 30:58) Gold medal game vs France (30:59 - 35:50) M...

Intro (00:00 - 00:47) Preview of this WNBA All Star weekend episode (00:48 - 01:36) My travels to Phoenix, amid a global outage interruption (01:37 - 06:10) Red Carpet Event featuring the tunnel fits of several WNBA players (06:11 - 07:42) Friday night events 3x3 Exhibition Game featuring Team USA vs Team U23 (07:43 - 09:48) Skills Challenge (09:49 - 11:41) 3 Point Shootout, without the likes of Sabrina Ionescu or Caitlin Clark (11:42 - 16:58) Saturday's events WNBA Legends Brunch, host...

Intro (00:00 - 00:43) Preview of the NBA Eastern Conference free agency movement and the WNBA news episode (00:44 - 01:29) NBA has a new media deal: ESPN, ABC, NBC and Amazon Prime (01:30 - 02:54) The salary cap picture including the 1st & 2nd apron as well as the midlevel exceptions (02:55 - 04:23) Boston Celtics - contract extension for Jayson Tatum & Derrick White; team up for sale (04:24 - 08:47) Brooklyn Nets - resign Nic Claxton; acquisition of Bojan Bogdanovic & others in the Mikal B...

Intro (00:00 - 00:39) Preview of the NBA Western Conference player movement episode (00:40 - 01:30) Southwest Division Dallas Mavericks -> sign Klay Thompson & Naji Marshall; acquire Quentin Grimes via trade (01:31 - 04:41) Houston Rockets -> pick up team option on Jae'Sean Tate (04:42 - 05:37) Memphis Grizzlies -> what to do with free agent Luke Kennard? (05:38 - 06:49) New Orleans Pelicans -> acquire Dejounte Murray via trade; what's the plan with free agent Brandon Ingram? (06:50 - 09:1...

Intro (00:00 - 00:47) Preview of this WNBA special episode (00:48 - 01:29) Midseason awards: Coach (01:30 - 04:52) Midseason awards: 6th Player (04:53 - 05:55) Midseason awards: Most Improved (05:56 - 07:31) Midseason awards: Defensive Player (07:32 - 08:37) Midseason awards: Rookie (08:38 - 10:21) Midseason awards: MVP (10:22 - 11:34) WNBA All Star Game selections Team USA representatives (11:35 - 15:40) Team WNBA representatives including rookies Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese (15:41 ...

Intro (00:00 - 01:02) Preview of this NBA Draft recap episode (01:03 - 02:04) Chronicling the draft being now a 2 day event & the international ramifications of it as a whole (02:05 - 03:25) The French effect on this draft with 4 players going in the 1st round (03:26 - 08:33) A player from Serbia as well as a couple of G League Ignite guys in the draft lottery (08:34 - 11:45) The rest of the lottery picks that are actually college players including two time College Player of the Year Zach E...

Intro (00:00 - 00:51) Preview of this special episode (00:52 - 01:42) Mikal Bridges of the Brooklyn Nets traded to the New York Knicks for Bojan Bogdanovic and a bevy of 1st round picks (01:43 - 06:46) What does this mean for the New York Knicks, free agents OG Anunoby and Isaiah Hartenstein (06:47 - 10:30) Kudos to Leon Rose and the front office (10:31 - 12:07) To those who say you gave up too many draft picks (12:08 - 13:52) Knicks doing the wise thing in adding to their culture (13:53 -...

Intro (00:00 - 00:59) Preview of this episode (01:00 - 01:47) NBA Finals recap: Boston Celtics vs Dallas Mavericks (01:48 - 16:56) What's next for Dallas including my rant about Emmanuel Acho criticizing Kyrie Irving (16:57 - 23:16) What's next for Boston including my take on them being the top winning franchise in the league (23:17 - 28:25) Los Angeles Lakers hire JJ Redick to be their next head coach (28:26 - 31:27) Monty Williams fired as Detroit Pistons head coach (31:28...

Intro (00:00 - 01:06) Preview of this episode (01:07 - 02:07) UConn's Dan Hurley turns down lucrative offer from the Los Angeles Lakers (02:08 - 09:30) Darvin Ham to be the top assistant coach for Doc Rivers with the Milwaukee Bucks (09:31 - 10:51) Tyronn Lue given a 5 year contract to remain the head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers (10:52 - 12:09) The two surprise teams in the East and West for the WNBA (12:10 - 15:57) Olympic 3x3 women's basketball roster announced (15:58 - 17:32) Oly...

Intro (00:00 - 00:57) Preview of this NBA FInals preview episode (00:58 - 01:45) The Chennedy Carter / Caitlin Clark incident (01:46 - 12:05) Caitlin's teammates: where were they? (12:06 - 14:05) Coach Teresa Weatherspoon's statement after the incident (14:06 - 16:03) The absurd takes from the pundits about the WNBA & my assessment of those takes (16:04 - 26:38) Angel Reese: it's not only one person driving audiences to the games (26:39 - 30:26) The physicality of the WNBA (31:13 - 34:09)...

Intro (00:00 - 00:49) Preview of Part 2 of this special player spotlight episode on the late Bill Walton (00:50 - 01:28) His stay with the Portland Trailblazers after winning the NBA Championship (01:29 - 05:03) His playing days with the San Diego/Los Angeles Clippers (05:04 - 09:10) His demand to be traded to either Boston or Los Angeles (09:11 - 12:02) His time with the Boston Celtics and his subsequent retirement (12:03 - 17:53) Bill in his new career as a broadcaster including a much n...

Intro (00:00 - 00:40) Preview of this special player spotlight episode on the late Bill Walton (00:41 - 01:22) Vital statistics and early life (01:40 - 06:37) His playing days with Helix High School (06:38 - 14:28) His illustrious career playing at UCLA under the great John Wooden (14:29 - 31:27) Portland Trailblazers drafted him first overall in the 1974 Draft (31:28 - 33:09) His first two injury-riddled seasons in Portland (33:10 - 35:04) The magical third season where it all came toget...

Intro (00:00 - 00:54) Preview of this special episode (00:55 - 01:27) My snapshot analysis of the overly critical reaction to Caitlin Clark 1st 2 games in the WNBA (01:28 - 23:30) Wrap-up of this episode & call to action (23:31 - 24:47) https://www.allthingsbasketballwithgd.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thatsportsdudegd@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support this podcast: Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allthingsbasketballwithgd/support⁠⁠⁠⁠ Buy Me a Coffee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.b...

Intro (00:00 - 00:48) Preview of this WNBA season preview episode (00:49 - 01:19) Top stories 2024 rookie class including Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Kamilla Cardoso, Cameron Brink, Rickea Jackson, Alissa Pili, Nika Muhl, Dyaisha Fair & Kate Martin (01:20 - 03:16) Expansion teams for Golden State and now Toronto (03:17 - 04:32) TV & League Pass coverage (04:33 - 06:23) Charter flights for all teams thanks to the league partnering with Delta Airlines (06:24 - 08:07) Old faces in new places...