All Things Basketball with GD - 2022-23 Season, Mid March Recap Part 2 (Fines and Suspensions, Pau Gasol Retirement, Dame Lillard's Loyalty, JJ Redick Issues, ESPN All Female Broadcast, David Benner, March Madness)

Intro (00:00 - 01:03)Review of the previous episode and what's ahead for this episode (01:04 - 02:15)Fines for Fred VanVleet and Marcus Smart; one game suspension for Dillon Brooks (02:16 - 09:27)Pau Gasol having his jersey retired with the Los Angeles Lakers; his Hall of Fame resume and career (09:28 - 14:37)Damian Lillard's loyalty to Portland; him appearing on JJ Redick's podcast The Old Man and the Three and what he had to say about the new NBA and the ring culture (14:38 - 22:07)JJ Redick arguing with Kendrick Perkins about Nikola Jokic (the whole stat padding notion and his MVP aspirations); his presence on ESPN as an outside-the-box analyst (22:08 - 27:47)ESPN's all female broadcast team in light of International Women's Month on March 8 (27:48 - 29:58)Passing of longtime former communications director for the Indiana Pacers David Benner and the award he received after his death (29:59 - 33:02)March Madness: NCAA Tournament begins on March 16; the number one seeds and the other teams in contention; the players to watch out for in this tournament (33:03 - 38:25)Call to action (38:26 - 39:44)https://www.allthingsbasketballwithgd.com/--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/allthingsbasketballwithgd/support or https://www.buymeacoffee.com/allthingsbbgd