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

Intro (00:00 - 00:50)

Preview of Part 1 of this Week 15 recap episode (00:51 - 03:00)

UNRIVALED:

The league goes to Philly on January 30 (03:01 - 03:50)

Phantom BC vs Breeze BC (03:51 - 05:10)

Lunar Owls BC vs Rose BC (05:11 - 10:17)

A successful night for the league in Philadelphia with a record-attending crowd (10:18 - 10:52)

NBA:

Players of the Week: Dillon Brooks and Brandon Miller (10:53 - 14:00)

TOP STORIES:

Mitch Johnson named as an All Star coach, joining JB Bickerstaff with the 3rd coach to be determined (14:01 - 15:16)

All Star reserves:

East: Scottie Barnes, Jalen Duren, Jalen Johnson, Donovan Mitchell, Norman Powell, Pascal Siakam and Karl Anthony Towns (15:17 - 16:36)

West: Deni Avdija, Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, Anthony Edwards, Chet Holmgren, LeBron James and Jamal Murray (16:37 - 18:39)

All Star snubs: 

East: Bam Adebayo, Paolo Banchero, Joel Embiid, Brandon Ingram, Brandon Miller, Michael Porter Jr, Nikola Vucevic (18:40 - 24:07)

West: Kawhi Leonard, James Harden, Dillon Brooks, Keyonte George, Lauri Markannen, Julius Randle and Alperen Sengun (24:08 - 32:24)

A possible opening in the East if Giannis Antetokounmpo cannot go (32:25 -  34:47)

Paul George suspended 25 games for violating the league's anti-drug policy (34:48 - 41:28)

Giannis perhaps on the move at the trade deadline this week (41:29 - 46:37)

Wrap-up of this episode & a call to action (46:38 - 48:01)

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Intro (00:00 - 00:53)

Preview of Part 2 of this Week 14 recap episode from Hawaii (00:54 - 03:00)

MORE NBA TOP STORIES: 

Derrick Rose get his jersey retired by the Chicago Bulls in a January 24 ceremony (03:01 - 04:40)

Top jersey sales for both the players and teams (04:41 - 10:44)

Postponement of several games including the Golden State Warriors vs Minnesota Timberwolves, Denver Nuggets vs Memphis Grizzlies and Dallas Mavericks vs Milwaukee Bucks as well as the starting game-time changes for the following games: Indiana Pacers vs Atlanta Hawks and Philadelphia 76ers vs Charlotte Hornets (10:45 - 14:04)

Injury news about players like Jonathan Kuminga, Devin Booker, Jalen Green, Austin Reaves, Lauri Markannen, Kevin Porter Jr, RJ Barrett, Josh Giddey and Ben Mathurin (14:05 - 27:17)

Top performances of the week including a big week for Jusuf Nurkic, Joel Embiid, Jalen Johnson, Shai GIlgeous-Alexander, Kevin Durant & Donovan Mitchell, red hot Keyonte George scores 44 over the Minnesota Timberwolves, career nights for Peyton Watson & Saddiq Bey as well as record setting evenings from the Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks and Steph Curry (27:18 - 38:25)

Players of the Week: Luka Doncic and Immanuel Quickley (38:26 - 41:30)

ALL STAR NEWS:

7 players from the Eastern and Western Conference to be named on February 1 during NBC/Peacock doubleheader (41:31 - 42:10)

JB Bickerstaff named as one of the 3 coaches for the All Star Game (42:11 - 43:07)

Mac McClung decided not to participate in the 2026 Dunk Contest (43:08 - 44:36)

Honorary coaches for the Rising Stars Challenge: Carmelo Anthony, Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter and Austin Rivers (44:37 - 45:01)

Participants for the Rising Stars Challenge including Cooper Flagg, Stephon Castle and Kon Knueppel (45:02 - 48:07)

Bam Adebayo wins Bob Lanier Community Assist Award for the month of December (48:08 - 50:05)

GD's Top 5: Oklahoma City Thunder, Detroit Pistons, Denver Nuggets, San Antonio Spurs and Toronto Raptors (50:05 - 55:04)

Wrap-up of this episode & a call to action (55:05 - 56:53)

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Intro (00:00 - 01:13)

Preview of Part 1 of this Week 14 recap episode from Hawaii (01:14 - 01:59)

NBA TOP STORIES: 

Giannis Antetokounmpo out with yet another calf injury; out 4-6 weeks (02:00 - 04:39)

Ja Morant to miss at least 3 weeks after suffering a UCL sprain in his elbow (04:40 - 06:36)

ESPN's Baxter Holmes wrote an in-depth article about the Buss family and how the Los Angeles Lakers franchise ended up being sold as well as Jeanie Buss being the only family member still associated with the team (06:37 - 08:30)

How ESPN has taken this article and made it all about Jeanie taking issue with her star player LeBron James (08:31 - 20:17)

Is the Inside the NBA show being deliberately sabotaged by ESPN? / Michael Jordan's special contributions to NBA for this season is done (20:18 - 28:44)

Wrap-up of this episode & a call to action (28:45 - 30:28)

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Intro (00:00 - 00:51)

Preview of this special MLK Day episode (00:52 - 01:23)

Dell Curry to have his jersey retired by the Charlotte Hornets on March 19 (01:24 - 05:15)

Kyle Lowry makes what may be his last appearance as a player in Toronto, a place where he played for 9 seasons (05:16 - 07:23)

MLK DAY GAMES:

Milwaukee Bucks vs Atlanta Hawks (07:24 - 11:08)

Oklahoma City Thunder vs Cleveland Cavaliers (11:09 - 14:19)

Los Angeles Clippers vs Washington Wizards (14:20 - 16:24)

Dallas Mavericks vs New York Knicks (16:25 - 19:22)

Utah Jazz vs San Antonio Spurs (19:23 - 21:45)

Indiana Pacers vs Philadelphia 76ers (21:46 - 23:45)

Phoenix Suns vs Brooklyn Nets (23:46 - 25:54)

Boston Celtics vs Detroit Pistons (25:55 - 27:31)

Miami Heat vs Golden State Warriors (27:32 - 30:32)

Warriors lose Jimmy Butler for the season with a torn ACL; Jonathan Kuminga demands to be traded (30:33 - 33:56)

MIDSEASON AWARDS

Rookie of the Year: Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel, Derik Queen (33:57 - 36:37)

Most Improved Player: Jalen Johnson, Deni Avdija, Keyonte George (36:38 - 40:44)

Defensive Player of the Year: Evan Mobley, Victor Wembanyama, Chet Holmgren (40:45 - 41:33)

6th Man of the Year: Brice Sensabaugh, Keldon Johnson, Anfernee Simons (41:34 - 43:33)

Coach of the Year: JB Bickerstaff, Mitch Johnson, David Adelman (43:34 - 45:25)

MVP: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Victor Wembanyama, Jaylen Brown, Cade Cunningham (in case Wemby does not reach the 65 game threshold) (45:26 - 49:03)

All-NBA:

1st team: SGA, Wemby, Jaylen Brown, Tyrese Maxey, Cade Cunningham

2nd team: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic, Jalen Brunson, Steph Curry, Kevin Durant  (49:04 - 49:50)

Wrap-up of this episode & a call to action (49:51 - 52:41)

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Intro (00:00 - 01:10)

Preview of this Week 13 recap episode (01:11 - 02:09)

Players of the Week: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Bam Adebayo (02:10 - 05:55)

NBA TOP STORIES:

Rich Paul has a podcast with Max Kellerman; talks about the Los Angeles Lakers as not being contenders & possible trade scenarios for Austin Reaves (05:56 - 18:08)

2026 All Star starters revealed (18:09 - 23:06)

MILESTONES:

James Harden passes Shaquille O'Neal to move into 9th on the career scoring list (23:07 - 24:03)

Kevin Durant moves into 6th on the all-time scoring list by passing Dirk Nowitzki (24:04 - 24:53)

Demar DeRozan climbs to 22th on the career scoring list as he passes Kevin Garnett (24:54 - 25:52)

Klay Thompson passes Damian Lillard to 4th on the career 3 point goals made list; also reached 17,000 career points (25:53 - 27:12)

Miami Heat rookie Myron Gardner trash talks Klay then assistant coach Caron Butler makes him apologize to Klay (27:13 - 28:42)

DeAndre Ayton becomes the 3rd Los Angeles Laker to go perfect from the field with at least 10 FG attempts along with 10 or more rebounds, joining Wilt Chamberlain & Mitch Kupchak (28:43 - 31:24)

Injury news about players like Anthony Davis, Zach Edey, Trae Young, Darius Garland, Cooper Flagg, Tyler Herro, Franz Wagner, Domantas Sabonis, Jalen Duren and Ja Morant (31:25 - 42:05)

Top performances of the week including a big week for Jamal Murray & Luka Doncic, red hot Anthony Edwards scores 55 over the San Antonio Spurs, career nights for Brice Sensabaugh, Jay Huff and Jaylon Tyson as well as huge performances from Boston Celtics players like Anfernee Simons, Jaylen Brown and Sam Hauser (42:06 - 52:09)

GD's Top 5: Oklahoma City Thunder, Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics (52:10 - 54:52)

Wrap-up of this episode & a call to action (54:53 - 56:25)

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Intro (00:00 - 01:01)

Preview of Part 2 of this Week 12 recap episode (01:01 - 02:14)

NBA TOP STORIES: 

League suspends Dennis Schroder 3 games for going after Luka Doncic following a 12/28 Sacramento Kings loss to the Los Angeles Lakers (02:15 - 04:37)

1/8 game between the Chicago Bulls & the Miami postponed due to condensation on the floor thus making it an unplayable situation; to be rescheduled for 1/29 (04:38 - 06:07)

Anthony Edwards becomes the 3rd youngest player to reach 10,000 points; also the 28th fastest & one of 3 Minnesota Timberwolves to reach that number (06:08 - 09:02)

FINES/SUSPENSIONS/EJECTIONS:

Steve Kerr get ejected from a 1/5 Golden State Warriors loss to the Los Angeles Clippers for arguing a missed goaltending call (09:03 - 14:43)

Rudy Gobert suspended one game after receiving his 6th flagrant foul of the season in a 1/11 Minnesota Timberwolves win over the San Antonio Spurs (14:44 - 16:42)

Jaylen Brown fined $35K for criticizing the refs in a post-game presser and on social media regarding the free throw disparity in the Boston Celtics loss to the Spurs (16:43 - 19:04)

Injury news about players like Anthony Davis, Keegan Murray, Max Strus, Jakob Poeltl, RJ Barrett, Franz Wagner, Mo Wagner, Tyler Herro and Deni Avdija (19:05 - 28:04)

Top performances of the week including huge week for the Charlotte Hornets, Trey Murphy III, Deni Avdija & Lauri Markannen, a career night for Isaiah Stewart, triple doubles for Luka Doncic, Derik Queen & Dyson Daniels, a duel between Paolo Banchero & Michael Porter Jr, Kevin Durant gets his revenge against his old team, a 46 point night for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (28:05 - 43:03)

Former NBA player Jawann Oldham passes away at age 68 (43:04 - 46:28)

GD's Top 5: Oklahoma City Thunder, Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves (46:29 - 50:47)

Wrap-up of this episode & a call to action (50:48 - 53:37)

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Intro (00:00 - 01:03)

Preview of Part 1 of this Week 12 recap episode (01:04 - 01:42)

WBB NEWS:

No CBA agreement at the January 9 deadline; still working behind the scenes to get a deal done (01:43 - 06:45)

Unrivaled president Alex Bazzell says his league is open to partnering with the WNBA (06:46 - 08:19)

Unrivaled standings after Week 1 (08:20 - 14:56)

Sunday's college women's basketball:

#12 LSU knocks #2 Texas from the ranks of the undefeated (14:57 - 16:16)

Unranked West Virginia sends #10 Iowa St to their 3rd straight loss (16:17 - 17:23)

NBA:

Players of the Week: Peyton Watson and Scottie Barnes (17:24 - 20:22)

TOP STORIES:Atlanta Hawks trade Trae Young to the Washington Wizards for CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert (20:23 - 24:20)

Will the Wizards play Trae this season? (24:21 - 29:12)

Are the Hawks done making trades? (29:13 - 30:52)

Is Ja Morant the next player to be move? Some trade destinations for Ja (30:53 - 39:12)

Rick Carlisle finally reaches 1,000 wins as a coach to become the 11th coach to do so (39:13 - 41:32)

Wrap-up of this episode & a call to action (41:33 - 43:25)

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Intro (00:00 - 00:55)

Preview of Part 2 of this Week 11 recap episode (00:56 - 02:00)

NBA TOP STORIES: 

2nd round of All Star voting results (02:01 - 06:38)

Nikola Jokic goes down with a hyperextended knee & then in the following game his backup Jonas Valanciunas strains his calf; both will miss at least 4 weeks (06:39 - 12:28)

Steph Curry moved past Kevin Garnett on the all-time scoring list into 21st; also is honored by his alma mater Davidson University with a highway exit named after him (12:29 - 14:17)

Doc Rivers passes George Karl for 6th place on the all-time coaches' wins list (14:18 - 15:22)

Rick Carlisle still in search of his 1,000 win as a coach (15:23 - 17:31)

Injury news about players like Victor Wembanyama, Alperen Sengun, Trae Young, Kyshawn George, Jalen Green, Josh Giddey, Coby White, Jalen Duren, Aaron Gordon, Christian Braun, Jonathan Kuminga and Zach LaVine (17:32 - 30:12)

Top performances of the week including huge week for Kawhi Leonard, Donovan Mitchell & Norman Powell, a scorching night for 3 point range for Julian Champagnie, triple doubles for Paolo Banchero, Scottie Barnes & Jalen Johnson, Michael Porter getting the win over his old Nuggets team, Luka drops 36 points vs Memphis, a 50 point career night for Jaylen Brown and Devin Booker's game winning 3PG vs the Oklahoma City Thunder (30:13 - 42:00)

FINES AND EJECTIONS:

Jalen Green - $25K, publicly criticizing the refs (42:01 - 43:08)

Draymond Green - ejected in the 2nd quarter for arguing with the ref over a missed call during a Golden State Warriors win over the Utah Jazz (43:09 - 50:12)

GD's Top 5: Oklahoma City Thunder, Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics (50:13 - 55:16)

Wrap-up of this episode & a call to action (55:17 - 57:16)

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Intro (00:00 - 00:55)

Preview of Part 1 of this Week 11 recap episode (00:56 - 01:30)

WBB NEWS:

Napheesa Collier out 4 to 6 months with surgery due on both ankles; will miss the entire Unrivaled season (01:31 - 05:50)

Napheesa speaks on the WNBA negotiations while interviewed during an Unrivaled game (05:51 - 10:00)

Sunday's college women's basketball: Stanford defeats #16 North Carolina (10:01 - 11:30)

Duke upsets #16 Notre Dame (11:31 - 13:04)

#3 South Carolina takes care of Florida (13:05 - 14:31)

#22 Baylor pulls the upset over #10 Iowa St (14:32 - 18:07)

#12 Vanderbilt stays undefeated by beating #5 LSU (18:08 - 21:49)

#2 Texas remains undefeated with a win over #15 Ole Miss (21:50 - 23:16)

NBA TOP STORIES:

Players of the Week: Deni Avdija and Tyrese Maxey (23:17 - 29:06)

December honors:

Players of the Month: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Brunson (29:06 - 30:15)

Coaches of the Month: Mitch Johnson and Joe Mazzula (30:16 - 30:54)

Rookies of the Month: Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel (30:55 - 31:16)

Defensive Players of the Month: Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Stewart (31:17 - 31:28)

Wrap-up of this episode & a call to action (31:29 - 32:18)

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Intro (00:00 - 00:43)

Preview of this special Unrivaled League season preview episode (00:44 - 01:47)

The networks for the Unrivaled League: TNT, Tru TV and HBO Max (01:48 - 02:37)

The schedule of regular season games, the playoff format and the 1-on-1 tournament (02:38 - 04:10)

Unrivaled League teams and rosters:

Breeze: Paige Bueckers, Aari McDonald, Kate Martin, Cam Brink, Dominique Malonga, Rickea Jackson (04:11 - 06:34)

Hive: Sonia Citron, Monique Billings, Saniya Rivers, Natisha Hiedeman, Ezi Magbegor, Kelsey Mitchell (06:35 - 09:34)

Laces: Jackie Young, Alyssa Thomas, Naz Hillmon, Maddy Siegrist, Jordin Canada, Brittany Sykes (09:35 - 11:44)

Lunar Owls: Napheesa Collier, Skylar Diggins, Aaliyah Edwards, Rebecca Allen, Marina Mabrey, Rachel Banham (11:45 - 13:22)

Mist: Breanna Stewart, Arike Ogunbowale, Veronica Burton, Alanna Smith, Li Yueru, Allisha Gray (13:23 - 14:55)

Phantom: Kelsey Plum, *Satou Sabally, Natasha Cloud, Dana Evans, Aliyah Boston, Kiki Irafen, Sabrina Ionescu, Tiffany Hayes (relief player) (14:56 - 17:12)

Rose: Chelsea Gray, Shakira Austin, Lexie Hull, Sug Sutton, Azura Stevens, Kahleah Copper (17:13 - 19:29)

Vinyl: Dearica Hamby, Brittney Griner, Rae Burrell, Erica Wheeler, Rhyne Howard, Courtney Williams (19:30 - 21:40)

Players not returning to Unrivaled: Kayla McBride, Stephanie Dolson, Jewell Loyd, Courtney Vandersloot, DiJonai Carrington, Sabrina Ionescu, Katie Lou Samuelson, Angel Reese (21:41 - 23:50)

Locations of the games: Miami, with the exception of January 30 games being in Philadelphia (23:51 - 24:13)

My prediction of the top 4 teams in the league (24:14 - 29:18)

Wrap-up of this episode & call to action (29:19 - 30:50)

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