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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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  • 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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  • BallCourt - The Kings Court - Is Lebron James The Best Ever?

    This week on BallCourt - Coach Drew brings up the case of Lebron James - Is he the BEST EVER?  Pros and Cons about each side's point of view.

    Additional Topics include:
        ◦    Is Lebron the best ever
        ◦    Lakers vs Heat  Game 5

           ◦   Goat Moves   -  Mark Cuban  reaches out to  DeLonte West

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  • Blitz Sports Magazine Podcast - Why you Hate The Game?

     

    Blitz Sports Magazine Podcast publisher Malik Spann digs in to the current events around politics and sports.  This week: the Democratic Party and Kamala Harris' nomination as Vice President.  No one is listening as long as the games go on as though there are no problems...   Sports and Politics, Politics and Sports.   Coronavirus pandemic, Breonna Taylor, and Russia meddling in the elections.

    Main question:  Should the NBA Players use their platform to bring more awareness to social issues?  Should the playoffs be boycotted?

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  • Trail Blazers beat Grizzlies to Advance to Playoffs

    Damian Lillard Portland Trailblazers

     

    With a 122-126 victory over the Memphis Grizzles on Saturday morning, the Portland Trail Blazers have officially clenched the 8th seed for the Western Conference playoffs. This game marks the first time the NBA has implemented a play-in format for the final playoff berth; in this case, the 9th seed Grizzles had to win Saturday's game in order to force a winner-takes-all match-up on Sunday – if they won that, then they would have made the playoffs instead. But, that didn't happen. The Trail Blazers, behind numerous big performances, managed to pull together a fourth-quarter rally to win the game by four. Players like CJ McCollum and Carmelo Anthony were major contributors in their late-game comeback, with McCollum scoring 12 of his 29 points in the final quarter (including 8 in the final 3:08), and Carmelo hitting a big 3-pointer with under 30 seconds remaining. Additionally, Damian Lillard tallied a double-double – 31 points and 10 assists – and Jusuf Nurkic put up 22 points and grabbed 21 rebounds. For the Grizzlies, Ja Morant led the way with 35 points and 8 assists, while Jonas Valanciunas scored 22 and grabbed 17 rebounds, but it wasn't enough. The Portland Trail Blazers will face the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the playoffs starting Tuesday.

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