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  • BallCourt - NBA Draft Day 2020

    This episode of Ballcourt - Coach Drew analyzes the drafts and potential trades for the NBA Draft 2020.  Everything is moving at a fast pace.  The season will be back up in 30 days.  Wow!

    Topics Include:

    •  NBA coming back at a fevered pace
    • Tentative 2020/21 NBA schedule:
      • December 22: Opening night. All-Star Break (minus an ASG): March 5-10May 16: Regular season endsMay 17-to-21: Play-in tournament for 7-to-10 seeds. May 22: First-round playoffsJune 7: Conference semifinalsJune 22: Conference FinalsJuly 8-22: NBA Finals
    •  Draft Results 2020 Draft Notes:
      • Anthony Edwards SG Georgia
        Edwards, at 6-5 with a 6-9 wingspan and elite athletic tools, is a natural shooting guard that could potentially defend 1-3 and even make enough plays for teammates to moonlight as a point guard. His best trait by far is his overall scoring. While Edwards isn't quite an elite shooter yet, he is a sophisticated individual shot-creator for his age that gets to the basket and thrives in transition. He'll put the ball in the basket from Day 1. 
      • James Wiseman C Memphis
        His raw talent virtually guaranteed that would be the case. Wiseman is an elite athlete at 7-1, and with a 7-6 wingspan, he has the tools to be among the NBA's best rim-protectors.
      • Lamelo Ball G Ilwara Hawks
        Ball, a 6-7 point guard, is one of the best passers ever to enter the NBA Draft. He shares his brother's gift for showmanship in transition, but pairs it with a far more functional arsenal of half-court passes that should make him an effective pick-and-roll ball-handler from the moment he steps on an NBA floor. 
      • Obi Toppin  PF Dayton
        Toppin is going to be an excellent pick-and-roll finisher even as a rookie thanks to his elite leaping ability and craft near the basket. That alone makes him a valuable offensive player.
    • The new look NBA ( trades and rumors)

    Suns acquire Chris Paul from the Oklahoma City Thunder have traded Chris Paul to the Phoenix Suns for four players and a first-round draft pick on Monday. The Suns sent Ricky Rubio, Kelly Oubre, Ty Jerome, Jalen Lecque and a 2022 first-round pick to Oklahoma City. The first-round pick is protected from the first 12 picks in 2022, the first 10 picks in 2023, the first eight selections in 2024 and is unprotected in 2025.

    Los Angeles Lakers acquire Dennis Schroder from Oklahoma CityThe Los Angeles Lakers have an agreement in principle to acquire Oklahoma City Thunder guard Dennis Schröder, sources told The Athletic’s Shams Charania. The Lakers would send the No. 28 pick in Wednesday’s NBA Draft to the Thunder as part of the deal, sources said. Guard Danny Green is being discussed as the player going to Oklahoma City in return.


    Bucks trade for Jrue Holiday, Bogdan BogdanovicThe Milwaukee Bucks reshaped their roster around two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo Monday night, agreeing to trade for New Orleans Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday, sources told The Athletic’s Shams Charania. The Bucks are sending Eric Bledsoe, George Hill, three first-round picks and two future draft pick swaps to New Orleans,


    The Philadelphia 76ers are trading veteran shooting guard Josh Richardson to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for veteran shooting guard, Seth Curry, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. Per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, the deal includes the Sixers' No. 36 overall pick.

    • World of Basketball

          ◦    New Zealand Breakers RJ Hampton  goes 24th to Bucks
      Hampton, a 6-foot-5 guard, played a season for the New Zealand Breakers of Australia's National Basketball League for what he called a "small pit-stop in my career."

     

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  • Dwight Howard Signs with Philadelphia 76ers

         

     

         According to his agent, Charles Briscoe, Dwight Howard is signing a one-year deal with the Philadelphia 76ers.

         

         This free agency move follows a championship season with the Los Angeles Lakers, during which he contributed great minutes and a number of solid plays as a rebounding and defensive anchor. His departure will leave a hole in LA's front-court, as he joins the 76ers, who also acquired Danny Green through a trade. According to sources, Howard agreed to a veterans minimum exception of $2.6 million.

         

         Only time will tell how his veteran presence and skill-set will affect the 76ers in the upcoming season.

     

     

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  • BallCourt - Broadie and the Beard One and Done?

    This week on BallCourt - The World of Basketball, Coach Drew asks - Are Brodie and the Beard Over?   Like One and Done?   What's next? Will James Harden stay in Houston?

    Additional topics:  

    •  Broadie and the Beard one and done?
    •  Bucks' Sterling Brown agrees to $750K settlement with city of Milwaukee
    •  Tim Duncan stepping down as Spurs assistant.

    World of Basketball  -

    • Panama 'in harmony' as they gear up to face Brazil, Uruguay
    • Syria head coach Joe Salerno confident of new look for the Qasioun Eagles
    • FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers - FIBA.basketball

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  • Blitz Sports Magazine| Democracy on Fire - Where are the Firemen? | Anthony Gilbert - Slam Magazine

    Even though 80 million people have voted to not have a fascist government - we are still fighting. The fascists in power refuse to give up the power and trying to find a way to overturn democracy. Is this the end of America?
    Why did it come to where the people had to vote to try to save democracy? The institutions in place failed us. We are actually trying to fight to have all votes counted.
    Blitz Sports Audio Magazine publisher Malik Spann digs in on this and more.  

    There are two different Americas - the black/brown/peach people vote from this group is being suppressed. White people only want their votes counted. "Originalist" "Nationalist" key words of racism.

    The People Have Spoken - Now What | Saving Democracy

    In this power episode, grab your headphones, go on a long walk - do a workout - listen, learn and laugh.  

    Musical tracks and movie segments featured in this episode:

    • Thanos speech - Infinity Wars 
    • Commander-In-Chief - Demi Lavato 
    • Loki speech - Avengers 
    • Sarah Kendzior commentary - Gaslit Nation 
    • Hunger Games Speech
    • Rev. Steve Bland - MSNBC interview 
    • Double Up - Lo Da Pilot 
    • Ruth Ben-Ghiat speech - Ruth Ben-Giath Tik Tok 
    • Mr. Smith - The Matrix 
    • CNN Segment - Nov.11th, 2020
    • Black Thought  - Nature of the Beast
    • Tiffany Cross - MSNBC segment Nov. 12, 2020
    • Joker Speech - The Dark Knight (Jail Scene)
    • Bane Speech - The Dark Knight Rise (The People)
    • Black President skit 1 - Richard Pryor Richard Pryor Show 
    • Howard Girls - Tracey Lee 
    • How Many Mics - Fugees 
    • White Women SNL Monologue - Bill Burr 
    • Democracy Now Segment - Eddie Gaulde 
    • Malcolm X Interview at Berkley - Malcolm X 
    • Bald heads - Bob Marley 
    • Interview with Anthony Gilbert - Slam Magazine 
    • One Way Ticket - Benny The Butcher featuring Freddie Gibbs 
    • Look Over Your Shoulder - Buster Rhymes featuring Kendrick Lamar 
    • Black President skit 2 Black QBs - Richard Pryor Richard Pryor Show  
    • Off the Wall - Michael Jackson  

     

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    Length: 3 hours.

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