All Things Basketball with GD podcast

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Discussing all things related to NBA basketball including weekly highlights, the playoffs, the draft, free agency and spotlights on players from yesteryear as well as fantasy tips and strategies. Also talking some WNBA, college and Olympics play.

  1. 22h ago

    2026-27 NBA Season, Training Camp Position Battles among Eastern Conference Teams

    Intro (00:00 - 00:48) Preview of this NBA training camp episode (00:49 - 02:04) Training camp battles: Atlanta Hawks (02:05 - 05:04) Boston Celtics (05:05 - 07:00) Brooklyn Nets (07:01 - 08:55) Charlotte Hornets (08:56 - 11:29) Chicago Bulls (11:30 - 12:46) Cleveland Cavaliers (12:47 - 14:39) Detroit Pistons, including Jalen Duren signing the long-awaited contract extension (14:40 - 18:41) Indiana Pacers (18:42 - 20:32) Miami Heat (20:33 - 22:18) Milwaukee Bucks (22:19 - 23:56) New York Knicks, including what's happening with Karl-Anthony Towns' contract extension talks (23:57 - 29:45) Orlando Magic (29:46 - 31:18) Philadelphia 76ers, including Lebron almost coming to the Knicks (31:19 - 37:03) Toronto Raptors, including the Kawhi Leonard contract extension (37:04 - 43:10) Washington Wizards (43:11 - 45:36) Preview of upcoming episodes & call to action (45:37 - 46:56) Website: ⁠https://www.allthingsbasketballwithgd.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠allthingsbasketballgd@outlook.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support this podcast: CashApp: $gdthatsportsdude PayPal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠paypal.me/gdthatsportsdude⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    2026-27 NBA Season, Training Camp Position Battles among Eastern Conference Teams

  2. 22h ago

    2026 WNBA Season, Semis Preview

    Intro (00:00 - 00:57) Preview of this WNBA semifinals preview episode (00:58 - 01:56) #4 Atlanta Dream vs #8 New York Liberty semifinals preview, including how each team got here beating the Washington Mystics and Minnesota Lynx respectively (01:57 - 11:01) #2 Golden State Valkyries vs #3 Las Vegas Aces semifinals preview, including defeating the Dallas Wings and Indiana Fever (11:02 - 21:45) What's next for the following teams: Washington Mystics (21:46 - 23:26) Minnesota Lynx (23:27 - 31:22) Dallas Wings (31:23 - 33:31) Indiana Fever including a clip from Kelsey Mitchell's exit interview, GM Amber Cox defending the fanbase, Sophie's idiotic comments about A'ja Wilson & comments from Stephanie White about her future as coach of the team (33:32 - 51:25) Wrap-up of this episode and call to action (51:26 - 53:27) Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.allthingsbasketballwithgd.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠allthingsbasketballgd@outlook.com⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support this podcast: CashApp: $gdthatsportsdude PayPal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠paypal.me/gdthatsportsdude⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    2026 WNBA Season, Semis Preview

  3. Sep 29

    2026 Re-Airing from Season 2021, Episode 132 · Player Spotlight, Bob Pettit

    Intro (00:00 - 00:29) Preview of my Bob Pettit player spotlight episode (00:30 - 00:41) Birth & vital statistics, upbringing in Louisiana (00:42 - 01:21) His basketball career at Baton Rouge HS (01:22 - 02:43) His stellar career at LSU (02:44 - 04:18) Drafted 2nd overall in 1954 NBA Draft by the Milwaukee Hawks (04:19 - 05:51) Owner of the Hawks, Ben Kerner moved the team to St Louis (05:52 - 06:48) Hawks undergoes a major overhaul in the offseason; trading the draft rights for Bill Russell to BOS for Ed Macauley & rookie Cliff Hagan; also added Slater Martin & Alex Hannum (06:49 - 08:01) Hannum became the full time head coach In 1957-58; has Bob play strictly as a power forward after 2 seasons as the team's center; a move that led the team to a NBA championship (08:02 - 10:11) Bob's teams followed their title season with 3 more seasons atop the conference but couldn't capture another title; won a 2nd league MVP in 1958-59 (10:12 - 10:51) Became one of 5 players to average 20 or more rebounds in a season; one of 3 players to average 20 or more in points & rebounds (10:52 - 11:27) In the league's magical season of 1961-62, he finished with 31.1 PPG (3rd in the league) & 18.7 RPG (4th); team finished with only a 29-51 record; Kerner turned to Bob to coach the final 6 games (11:28 - 12:27) Kerner hired former New York Knick Harry "the Horse" Gallatin as the coach for Bob's last 3 seasons; made the playoffs 2 of the 3 but again couldn't reach the Finals (12:28 - 13:26) Retired after the 1964-65 season at age 32; went into the banking industry & later became a financial consultant until his retirement from there in 2006 (13:27 - 14:10) Finished his basketball career as the NBA's leading scorer all time & 2nd in rebounds all time; inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1970 (14:11 - 15:12) Bob's career accolades in basketball (15:13 - 16:17) Bob's place among the great power forwards of the game (16:18 - 17:34) Call to action (17:35 - 18:11) ⁠⁠https://www.allthingsbasketballwithgd.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thatsportsdudegd@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support this podcast: CashApp: $gdthatsportsdude

    2026 Re-Airing from Season 2021, Episode 132 · Player Spotlight, Bob Pettit

  4. Sep 27

    2026 WNBA Season, 1st Round Playoff Preview & End of Season Recap for Non-Playoff Teams

    Intro (00:00 - 00:40) Preview of this WNBA end of regular season & playoff episode (00:41 - 01:40) Season wrap-ups: Seattle Storm (01:41 - 04:36) Connecticut Sun, in their last season there before moving the franchise to Houston (04:37 - 07:30) Toronto Tempo (07:31 - 09:17) Chicago Sky (09:18 - 12:00) Los Angeles Sparks, including the firing of Coach Lynn Roberts (12:01 - 15:35) Phoenix Mercury (15:36 - 16:57) Portland Fire (16:58 - 18:49) 1st round playoff matchups #1 Minnesota Lynx vs #8 New York Liberty (18:50 - 22:00) #2 Golden State Valkyries vs #7 Dallas Wings (22:01 - 23:54) #3 Las Vegas Aces vs #6 Indiana Fever (23:55 - 27:37) #4 Atlanta Dream vs #5 Washington Mystics (27:38 - 30:27) Postseason awards predictions: Rookie of the Year: Olivia Miles (30:27 - 30:54) 6th Player of the Year: Janelle Saluan (30:55 - 31:20) Coach of the Year: Sydney Johnson (31:21 - 32:00) All-Rookie Team: Miles, Azzi Fudd, Awa Fam, Flau'Jae Johnson & Kiki Rice (32:01 - 32:21) Most Improved Player: Jessica Shepard (32:22 - 33:32) Defensive Player of the Year: Angel Reese (33:33 - 35:47) Most Valuable Player: Olivia Miles (35:48 - 37:21) All-WNBA: 1st Team - Miles, A'ja Wilson, Kelsey Mitchell, Caitlin Clark, Breanna Stewart (37:22 - 37:40) All-WNBA: 2nd Team - Jackie Young, Angel Reese, Shakira Austin, Rhyne Howard, Allisha Gray (37:41 - 37:59) Wrap-up of this episode and call to action (38:00 - 39:27) ⁠⁠https://www.allthingsbasketballwithgd.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thatsportsdudegd@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support this podcast: CashApp: $gdthatsportsdude

    2026 WNBA Season, 1st Round Playoff Preview & End of Season Recap for Non-Playoff Teams

  5. Sep 15

    2026 Season, FIBA World Cup Wrap-up

    Intro (00:00 - 00:55) Preview of this FIBA World Cup wrap-up episode (00:56 - 01:36) FIBA: Quarterfinals between Team USA & Team Hungary, also the other matchups (01:37 - 07:28) Semifinals which included Team USA vs Team Spain (07:29 - 10:03) Finals: Team USA vs Team France (10:04 - 13:19) Bronze game between Team Spain vs Team Germany (13:20 - 14:14) My take on each player on Team USA, starting with Sonia Cintron & Kiki Iriafen (14:15 - 15:36) Rhyne Howard, Paige Bueckers & Aliyah Boston (15:37 - 17:11) Caitlin Clark (17:13 - 21:07) Angel Reese (21:08 - 23:13) Napheesa Collier (23:14 - 24:32) Chelsea Gray & Jackie Young (24:33 - 26:22) Breanna Stewart (26:23 - 28:43) Reciting Coach Kara Lawson's resume as a player & as a coach (28:44 - 33:52) My view on the job Coach Lawson did for Team USA in this World Cup (33:53 - 36:07) Shout out to the assistant coaches: Stephanie White, Natalie Nakase & Nate Tibbetts (36:08 - 36:54) Recognizing the broadcast team for TNT Sports, Brendan Glasheen & Sarak Kustok as well as sideline reporter Allie LaForce (36:55 - 38:02) Discussing the in-studio team at TNT Sports: Lauren Jbara, Renee Montgomery & Tina Charles as well as Candace Parker who came in for the semifinals & finals (38:03 - 42:34) WNBA: Minnesota Lynx sign Aari McDonald for the rest of the season & the playoffs (42:35 - 43:23) Sophie Cunningham in an interview says she's drowning out the outside distractions, which she caused by the way, to concentrate on the last 4 games of the season & the playoffs (43:24 - 47:59) Preview of upcoming episodes & call to action (48:00 - 49:37) Website: ⁠https://www.allthingsbasketballwithgd.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email: ⁠allthingsbasketballgd@outlook.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support this podcast: CashApp: $gdthatsportsdude

    2026 Season, FIBA World Cup Wrap-up

  6. Sep 10

    2026-27 NBA Season: Conclusion of the Clippers Probe, Ben is Back, Phil Statue & More News

    Intro (00:00 - 00:58) Preview of this NBA latest news episode (00:59 - 01:36) The conclusion of the Los Angeles Clippers probe which includes fines for the team & Kawhi as well as forfeiture of 5 1st round picks & a year long ban for owner Steve Ballmer (01:37 - 07:02) Commissioner Adam Silver & Kawhi Leonard's statements in the aftermath of the probe (07:03 - 09:17) My thoughts on the repercussions of the penalties attached to the probe (09:35 - 10:36) Ben Simmons returns to the league, joining the Sacramento Kings after receiving a 1 year, $3.5M deal (10:37 - 14:21) Los Angeles Lakers to unveil a statue for Phil Jackson during April 2027 (14:22 - 16:10) Amen Thompson signs his rookie contract extension with the Houston Rockets for 5 years, $208M (16:11 - 17:28) To make room for Ben Mathurin's contract, the New Orleans Pelicans trade young guard Jordan Hawkins to the Memphis Grizzlies (17:29 - 18:32) NBA TV releases their 2026-27 season schedule of games (18:33 - 21:13) Atlanta Hawks gives front office promotions for Ben Dinwiddie, Tim Bontemps & Matthew Kupchak (21:14 - 22:16) On a side note, Linda Cohn has backtracked her statements about A'ja Wilson not being with Team USA for the FIBA World Cup games (22:17 - 23:20) Call to action (23:21 - 24:26) Website: ⁠https://www.allthingsbasketballwithgd.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email: ⁠allthingsbasketballgd@outlook.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support this podcast: CashApp: $gdthatsportsdude PayPal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠paypal.me/gdthatsportsdude⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    2026-27 NBA Season: Conclusion of the Clippers Probe, Ben is Back, Phil Statue & More News

  7. Sep 9

    2026 Season, FIBA & WNBA News For 9/8

    Intro (00:00 - 01:00) Preview of this FIBA & WNBA latest news episode (01:01 - 01:42) FIBA: Recapping Team USA's 3-0 start in the tournament (01:43 - 01:58) Team USA vs Team China (01:59 - 05:39) Team USA vs Team Italy (05:40 - 11:36) Team USA vs Team Czechia (11:37 - 14:48) My takeaways from Team USA's start at the World Cup (14:49 - 18:15) The standout teams thus far in the tournament: Team France & Team Belgium (18:16 - 20:51) Team China without Li Yueru due to a lost passport (20:52 - 21:21) My rant regarding Linda Cohn's disingenuous questions about A'ja Wilson's absence from the tournament (21:22 - 32:35) WNBA: Cathy Engelbert to retire after the calendar year from being the commissioner of the league (32:36 - 36:14) Some of the names talked about as being the successor to Cathy (36:15 - 38:00) Satou Sabally & Skylar Diggins declared out for the rest of the season for the New York Liberty & Chicago Sky respectively (38:01 - 41:23) Los Angeles Sparks hire Ariana Andonian as their next GM replacing Raegan Pebley (41:24 - 43:07) Preview of upcoming episodes & call to action (43:08 - 44:56) Website: ⁠https://www.allthingsbasketballwithgd.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email: ⁠allthingsbasketballgd@outlook.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support this podcast: CashApp: $gdthatsportsdude PayPal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠paypal.me/gdthatsportsdude⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    2026 Season, FIBA & WNBA News For 9/8

  8. Sep 3

    2026-27 NBA Season: Lakers Sold Again, Russ Retires, Klay & DeRozan Moves On plus Harden Resigns with the Cavs

    Intro (00:00 - 01:06) Preview of this NBA latest news & a few WNBA items episode (01:07 - 01:35) WNBA: Diana Taurasi gets her jersey retired by the Phoenix Mercury (01:36 - 02:55) Coach Stephanie White fights back against the social media sycophants (02:56 - 09:03) Caitlin Clark speaks out on the vitriol aimed at Coach White (09:04 - 11:16) My take on what the real problem is with these sycophants railing about Coach White (11:17 - 12:46) NBA: Owner Mark Walters sells his majority share of the Los Angeles Lakers to Bob Iger & Josh Kushner for $12.5M (12:47 - 14:11) Jeanie Buss in a legal battle with the rest of the Buss family about them possibly selling their share as well (14:12 - 18:29) 5 team deal that lands Peyton Watson with the Cleveland Cavaliers in a sign & trade involving his old team, the Denver Nuggets (18:30 - 22:10) As part of the 5 team trade, Max Strus goes to the Los Angeles Clippers; an update on the Kawhi Leonard probe by the league office (22:11 - 23:21) Also in the 5 team trade, Dennis Schroder gets moved yet again; this time going to the Charlotte Hornets (23:22 - 24:15) Dallas Mavericks buys out Klay Thompson's contract; lands with the Miami Heat on a 2 year deal (24:16 - 26:23) Sacramento Kings waive DeMar DeRozan & he ends up with the Denver Nuggets on a 1 year, $3.9M deal (26:24 - 28:00) James Harden resigns with the Cleveland Cavaliers for a 3 year, $97M contract (28:01 - 30:48) Russell Westbrook retired from the game of basketball (30:49 - 35:06) Media types who tried to tear down Russ & what he did as a player (35:06 - 35:55) Patrick Beverly & Kenyon Martin speaks out about those trying to sully what Russell did in the league (35:56 - 40:56) My take on what's being said about Westbrook (40:57 - 44:30) Kevin Durant's statement on social media about his former teammate, Russell Westbrook (44:31 - 47:34) Call to action (47:35 - 49:17) Website: ⁠https://www.allthingsbasketballwithgd.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email: ⁠allthingsbasketballgd@outlook.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support this podcast: CashApp: $gdthatsportsdude

    2026-27 NBA Season: Lakers Sold Again, Russ Retires, Klay & DeRozan Moves On plus Harden Resigns with the Cavs
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Discussing all things related to NBA basketball including weekly highlights, the playoffs, the draft, free agency and spotlights on players from yesteryear as well as fantasy tips and strategies. Also talking some WNBA, college and Olympics play.

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