All Things Basketball with GD podcast, hosted by GD That Sports Dude

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, hosted by former player Rushia Brown (16:59 - 26:05)

Cheryl Miller's press conference (26:06 - 34:51)

WNBA All Star Game breakdown (34:52 - 54:45)

My message to those who want to replace Team USA & its players after the loss (54:46 - 58:30)

Call to action (58:31 - 60:54)

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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 Bridges trade (08:48 - 09:58)

New York Knicks - acquire Mikal Bridges via trade; resign OG Anunoby; contract extension for Jalen Brunson; breakdown of draft picks (09:59 - 17:46)

Philadelphia 76ers - sign Paul George, Andre Drummond & Caleb Martin via free agency, resign Kelly Oubre Jr; contract extension for Tyrese Maxey (17:47 - 22:00)

Toronto Raptors - resign Immanuel Quickley, pick up team option for Bruce Brown (22:01 - 24:05)

Chicago Bulls - resign Patrick Williams; acquire Josh Giddey & Chris Duarte via trade; sign Jalen Smith (24:06 - 26:14)

Cleveland Cavaliers - contract extension for Donovan Mitchell; fire JB Bickerstaff & hire Kenny Atkinson as head coach (26:15 - 28:01)

Detroit Pistons - Cade Cunningham sign rookie max extension; hire JB Bickerstaff; sign Tobias Harris & Malik Beasley; acquire TIm Hardaway Jr via trade (28:02 - 30:57)

Indiana Pacers - Pascal Siakam's max deal, resign Obi Toppin; sign James Wiseman (30:58 - 32:30)

Milwaukee Bucks - sign Delon Wright, sign BAL's Devine Eze to play in summer league (32:31 - 34:18)

Atlanta Hawks - acquire Larry Nance Jr & Dyson Daniels via Dejounte Murray trade (34:19 - 35:25)

Charlotte Hornets - resign Miles Bridges; longtime Hornet Kemba Walker retires (35:26 - 37:32)

Miami Heat - contract extension for Bam Adebayo, resign Kevin Love, Haywood Highsmith & Thomas Bryant; sign Alec Burks (37:33 - 38:44)

Orlando Magic - Franz Wagner's rookie max deal, resign Gary Harris, Mo Wagner, Goga Bitadze & Jonathan Isaac; sign Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (38:45 - 40:45)

Washington Wizards - sign Jonas Valanciunas; acquire Malcolm Brogdon via trade (40:46 - 42:02)

Call to action (42:03 - 44:02)

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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 - 09:18)

San Antonio Spurs -> sign Chris Paul; acquire Harrison Barnes via trade (09:19 - 11:24)

Northwest Division

Denver Nuggets -> sign Dario Saric; lose Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (11:25 - 12:27)

Minnesota Timberwolves -> resign Luke Garza; sign Joe Ingles & PJ Dozier (12:28 - 13:20)

Oklahoma City Thunder -> acquire Alex Caruso via trade; sign Isaiah Hartenstein; resign Isaiah Joe & Aaron Wiggins (13:21 - 15:36)

Utah Jazz -> sign Drew Eubanks; resign Johnny Juzang; shopping Lauri Markkanen to other teams (15:37 - 17:00)

Portland Trailblazers -> acquire Deni Avdija via trade; pick up team option on Delano Banton (17:01 - 18:20)

Pacific Division

Golden State Warriors -> acquire both Buddy Hield & Kyle Anderson via trades; sign De'Anthony Melton; lose Klay Thompson & Chris Paul; Draymond Green's nonsensical talk about the Knicks (18:21 - 22:46)

Los Angeles Clippers -> resign James Harden; sign Nicolas Batum & Derrick Jones Jr; pick up team option on Russell Westbrook; lose Paul George; Kawhi Leonard out of the Olympics (22:47 - 28:11)

Los Angeles Lakers -> De'Angelo Russell picks up player option; resign Lebron James & Max Christie; sign Bronny James to a guaranteed contract; recruit other players as free agents but to no avail (28:12 - 33:39)

Phoenix Suns -> resign Royce O'Neal, Bol Bol & Damion Lee; add Mason Plumlee & Monte Morris (33:40 - 35:19)

Sacramento Kings -> acquire Demar DeRozan; lose Harrison Barnes and Chris Duarte (35:20 - 36:48)

Call to action (36:49 - 38:48)

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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 - 19:36)

Different storylines coming out of these selections (19:37 - 23:53)

Your boy GD attending the All Star Game (23:54 - 24:22)

What lies ahead for future episodes & my call to action (24:23 - 26:13)

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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 Edey (11:46 - 20:17)

Some notable players in the 1st round of the draft (20:18 - 24:32)

Notable players in the 2nd round of the draft (24:33 - 27:12)

Lakers picking Bronny James & the good aspects of the pick including him overcoming the cardiac arrest that he endured (27:13 - 30:42)

My personal take on how Bronny James may have been done a disservice in this whole process (30:43 - 38:20)

How USA basketball can be saved via the sons of former NBA players (38:21 - 43:56)

What lies ahead for future episodes & my call to action (43:57 - 45:55)

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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 - 15:33)

A look at what's ahead for future episodes on the podcast & call to action (15:34 - 17:29)

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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 - 36:41)

Jeff Van Gundy to be hired as Tyronn Lue's top assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers (36:42 - 37:47)

Pascal Siakam to sign the 4 year, $189.5M max deal with the Indiana Pacers (37:48 - 39:19)

Chicago Bulls trading Alex Caruso to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for Josh Giddey (39:20 - 41:15)

Sending well wishes to Alonzo Mourning after undergoing prostate surgery (41:16 - 41:58)

Cameron Brink of the Los Angeles Sparks out for the season & the Olympics (41:59 - 45:00)

Maddy SIegrist of the Dallas Wings out indefinitely with a broken finger (45:01 - 46:05)

Rhyne Howard of the Atlanta Dream turns her ankle vs the Minnesota Lynx; diagnosis yet to be announced (46:06 - 46:54)

Sending condolences to NY Liberty's Courtney Vandersloot & her family on the passing of her mom Jan (46:55 - 47:34)

Chelsea Gray of the Las Vegas Aces makes her season debut vs the Seattle Storm after recovering from a foot injury (47:35 - 49:21)

My WNBA All Star ballot (49:22 - 52:38)

Call to action (52:39 - 53:45)

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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)

Olympic women's basketball roster announced; among those left - Arike Ogunbowale, Nneka Ogwumike, Skylar Diggins-Smith and Caitlin Clark (17:33 - 20:40)

Reactions from the various talking heads (20:41 - 33:36)

Call to action (33:37 - 34:42)

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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)

#1 Boston Celtics vs #6 Indiana Pacers recap (34:10 - 41:18)

What's next for the Pacers (41:19 - 43:04)

#5 Dallas Mavericks vs #3 Minnesota Timberwolves recap (43:05 - 48:54)

What's next for the TImberwolves (48:55 - 50:15)

Celtics vs Mavericks Finals preview & my prediction (50:16 - 53:33)

Call to action (53:34 - 54:32)

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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 needed spinal fusion surgery that interrupted his stint (17:54 - 25:34)

His passions, his passing & our condolences to his wife Lori and his four sons (25:35 - 29:37)

Bill's accolades (29:38 - 33:47)

Some of Bill's sayings as well as what others has said about him (33:48 - 47:46)

His personal thoughts on Bill (47:47 - 50:27)

Call to action (50:28 - 51:32)

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