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Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, y'all,

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Speaker 1: welcome back to another episode of the Full Circle Podcast.

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Speaker 1: I'm Mariah Rose, and I'm here with Lexi Brown.

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Speaker 2: Lexi, how you everybuddy?

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Speaker 3: I'm good.

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Speaker 4: We are in Q four officially of the WNBA season.

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Speaker 4: I think every team has like nine or ten games left.

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Speaker 4: We have nine starting today. We are in Chicago. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: you know, just out here vibing, guys. I'm still eleven

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Speaker 4: points away from a thousand.

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Speaker 3: That was two weeks ago.

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Speaker 2: We need Lexi to get her a thousand.

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Speaker 4: That two weeks ago, guys, two weeks ago, I've gotten

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Speaker 4: four straight dnps. You know, two weeks ago, I thought

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Speaker 4: it was very a very obtainable goal to get my

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Speaker 4: life eleven points, even before like the very end of

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Speaker 4: the season, like the last few games.

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Speaker 3: But now I don't know. I'm not so. I'm not

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Speaker 3: so sure. But well that's out of your control, right.

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Speaker 4: But outside of that, vibes are good. I feel great,

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Speaker 4: I'm healthy, I'm living life still.

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Speaker 3: How are you doing. I'm doing great.

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Speaker 1: I can't believe we're already in Q four. I feel

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Speaker 1: like the season flew.

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Speaker 4: I feel like, yeah, Q three, we didn't even acknowledge

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Speaker 4: that we were in Q three. So if you guys

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Speaker 4: are not keeping up with the Q ones, we have

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Speaker 4: forty four games, so every eleven games was another quarter,

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Speaker 4: so we didn't really tap in during Q three. For

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Speaker 4: us personally, we had a very rough Q three, So

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Speaker 4: that's probably why we kind of like, we're like, all right,

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Speaker 4: let's just get to Q four and figure this out.

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Speaker 4: But there's a lot of teams moving around up and down,

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Speaker 4: positive negative like this last few weeks of the season,

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Speaker 4: like we said, is going to be so exciting.

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Speaker 3: So where do where do we want to start?

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Speaker 2: First?

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Speaker 3: We want to start with first.

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Speaker 1: Let's start Okay, well we'll set the scene. So obviously,

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Speaker 1: as Lexi so beautifully highlighted by calling it Q four,

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Speaker 1: we have four weeks left in the regular season, so

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Speaker 1: the playoff race is tightening. The Links have already clinched

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Speaker 1: their playoff spot, which duh, they have been running through

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Speaker 1: this season with no hurdles, and the real drama is

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Speaker 1: within the two to five spots and the battle for

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Speaker 1: six to eight with five teams fighting for just three

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Speaker 1: playoff berths, so like to clinch. Okay, I've split the teams, Lexi.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if you like like doing it this way.

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Speaker 1: I've split the teams into tiers, Okay, So like we'll

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Speaker 1: talk about the first couple of tiers that really are

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Speaker 1: in battle right now. So tier one we have the

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Speaker 1: Minnesota Links obviously clinch the playoffs. They're three and zero

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Speaker 1: against New York, which is wild still doing well without

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Speaker 1: a FISA colliear Djna is fitting in seamlessly. Uh, Lexi,

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Speaker 1: what have been your takeaways with the Links?

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Speaker 2: Obviously? I feel like we're saying literally.

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Speaker 3: About them over and over now.

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Speaker 4: We really don't even have anything. I don't have anything

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Speaker 4: else to add about the Links. We all have been

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Speaker 4: watching them dominate this entire season, and their cohesiveness is

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Speaker 4: so hard to defend, and it's hard to scout against

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Speaker 4: because you never know which one of them is going

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Speaker 4: to pop off and go for thirty because that's exactly

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Speaker 4: what they've been doing. Came up, will go for thirty,

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Speaker 4: and then you're like, all right, let's shut down Kmack. Okay,

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Speaker 4: here come Corney going for thirty. Okay, let's shut down

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Speaker 4: Courtney Alana Smith going wake.

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Speaker 3: Up one day, go for thirty.

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Speaker 4: You know, Bridget Carlton, will you know hit five threes

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Speaker 4: and you'll look up and be like, when, when the

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Speaker 4: hell does she get twenty points? It's because she's a

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Speaker 4: knockdown shooter.

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Speaker 3: I think that as good as they're playing, this has been.

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Speaker 4: Very, very bad for her fees VP birth because we

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Speaker 4: But the way that the Links have just been dominant

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Speaker 4: we thought it was a runaway MVP and it absolutely

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Speaker 4: is not anymore. But like you mentioned, they are three

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Speaker 4: and zero against the Liberty, with their most recent wins

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Speaker 4: eighty to eighty six and eighty three to seventy one.

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Speaker 4: They play today actually in New York. Kennedy Burke is back,

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Speaker 4: but Stewie is still out. I predict that I don't know,

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Speaker 4: it's hard to beat the team four times. So just

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Speaker 4: based on the law of averages, the Liberty at home

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Speaker 3: One, but they have five losses.

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Speaker 4: The Links they don't lose often, no matter what the

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Speaker 4: law of averages say, so I think this is going

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Speaker 4: to be a really important game for the Liberty.

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Speaker 3: I think the Links.

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Speaker 4: Now remember last year when the Celtics were like so

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Speaker 4: The Links maybe doing something like that, getting all of

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Speaker 4: their bench players ready for the playoffs, throw some new

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Speaker 4: ran before. Like, they have a whole month to really

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Speaker 4: just get ready for the playoffs because they're going to

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Speaker 4: be the number one seed unless something crazy happens, which

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Speaker 4: I don't predict that happening, but they are absolutely going

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Speaker 3: So it's gonna be fun to just watch.

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Speaker 4: What the Links do with this last month of season

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Speaker 4: that really doesn't matter to them at all, but they

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Speaker 4: can do something really special with this record, because I

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Speaker 4: can't remember the last team that lost five or less games,

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Speaker 4: So we'll see if they can carry that into the postseason.

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Speaker 3: We'll see.

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Speaker 2: Speaking of the Liberty.

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Speaker 1: Stewie is practicing, but she's still listed US out. They're

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Speaker 1: targeting a return before August twenty seventh. We talked about

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Speaker 1: Emma coming to the Liberty and how awesome that is

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Speaker 1: and how, oh my god, this great team is just

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Speaker 1: getting greater or lucky for them, thank god, she's stepping

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Speaker 1: up big keeping them afloat. Their recent wins have only

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Speaker 1: teams as well, but like recently they've they've been weird. Lexie,

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Speaker 1: can you make some sense as to what's going on

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Speaker 4: I mean, I think as simple as that, I think

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Speaker 4: You know, JJ has been in and out, and she's

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Speaker 3: She's a rhythm shooter. She's a rhythm scorer.

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Speaker 4: why I'm glad I'm not a post player, because having

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Speaker 4: even at zigar position is frustrating. So I can't even

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Speaker 4: imagine what it's like for a post acclimating a new

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Speaker 4: player like Emma also takes time. But like you said,

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Speaker 4: she's come in and made her mark early. But once

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Speaker 4: she's a new player on a new team, and I

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Speaker 4: think she spoiled the Liberty fans at the beginning with

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Speaker 4: her energy and how seamless she seemed to fit in

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Speaker 4: you know, the ship goes with you, and she's new,

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Speaker 4: she's new to this team, so they're just still trying

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Speaker 3: But I'm not worried.

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Speaker 4: The only thing I'm worried about them is them falling

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Speaker 4: out of the top four, which is possible, but obviously

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Speaker 4: they're going to be a playoff team and once they're healthy,

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Speaker 4: they're going to be scary. So if they do happen

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Speaker 4: to fall out of the top four, that is not

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Speaker 4: a team I want to see first round in the playoffs,

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Speaker 4: with the with them having a chip on their shoulder,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I still have them as a tier Tier one team,

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Speaker 1: so hopefully they get it together.

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Speaker 2: But they are not in second place anymore. No, they're not.

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Speaker 1: The Atlanta Dream are twenty two to twelve and now

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Speaker 1: second in standings. They're seven and one in the last

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Speaker 1: eight games. Ryan Howard is back, Alicia Gray has been

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Speaker 1: being strong BG coming off the bench. Some Jordan Canada

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Speaker 1: is out for at least two weeks with a hamstring injury.

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Speaker 2: Let's see.

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Speaker 4: Shout out to the Dream because I you know what,

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Speaker 4: I think people forget that the Dream have had been

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Speaker 4: like very like solidified in the top of the league,

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Speaker 4: like in the early two twenty tens, like Angel mccattree days.

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Speaker 3: I remember being in high school going to Eastern.

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Speaker 4: Conference finals back that was back when they had conferences

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Speaker 4: guys Eastern Conference Finals, watching Angel mccawtrey with a Dream

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Speaker 4: like they've always been like a really really good organization.

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Speaker 4: They just haven't been able to, you know, finish the

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Speaker 3: So, you know, growing up in Atlanta, it.

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Speaker 4: Is awesome seeing the Dream, you know, having this type

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Speaker 4: of season their games, even though they're in a small arena.

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Speaker 4: They do be lit, they're packed, they're fun. I really

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Speaker 4: do enjoy playing in Atlanta. We've got to play them

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Speaker 4: twice last week, so we're one of We gave them

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Speaker 4: their one loss in the last eight games, but we

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Speaker 4: literally played them in Seattle, and then two days later

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Speaker 4: played them in Vancouver, which shout out to Vancouver.

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Speaker 3: That game was so much fun that it was so fun.

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Speaker 4: I did not play in either one of those games,

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Speaker 4: but what I did get to do in Vancouver was

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Speaker 4: they had like Maybeline is their w BA Toronto or

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Speaker 3: It's like one of their big sponsors.

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Speaker 4: So they had like this beauty suite set up in

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Speaker 4: the hotel. So I got to go and get my

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Speaker 4: makeup done and do some content with the WNBA.

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Speaker 3: Canada And then I assumed I wasn't gonna play that night,

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Speaker 3: so I kept the makeup on during the game.

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Speaker 4: I got to look real beautiful, gorgeous. During the game.

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Speaker 4: On the bench, you said, if I'm gonna be sitting here,

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Speaker 4: I'm pretty you.

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Speaker 3: Know, thank you. What I'm saying is so funny.

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Speaker 4: You know, in the NBA they have like the guys

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Speaker 4: that they say, oh, y'all, you not playing today, so like,

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Speaker 4: just wear your regular clothes on the bench.

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Speaker 3: Sometimes I wish that I had they had that.

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Speaker 4: Conversation with me because I would much rather be sitting

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Speaker 4: there playing zero minutes in a fit than in my

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Speaker 4: damn jersey. Like, y'all let me know that. Oh you're

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Speaker 4: not playing tonight, you can stay right. I'm like, all right, guys,

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Speaker 4: it's been four games. Please, But like you said, we're

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Speaker 4: always staying ready. That's our job, we know, but it

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Speaker 4: would be nice to just be cute on the bench

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Speaker 4: instead of just sitting there.

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Speaker 2: You look cute in your uniform.

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Speaker 3: Thank you so much.

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Speaker 2: Yes, I'll be seeing you.

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Speaker 3: Thank you girls. But yeah, back to Atlanta.

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Speaker 4: They look really good. Ryan looks back really healthy. Last

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Speaker 4: And they have a very underrated bench as well, led

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Speaker 3: Get to go. I'm so happy you get to go

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Speaker 3: stunt at the playoffs.

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Speaker 2: Oh my god, it's going to be legendary.

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Speaker 1: Know that, you know that, But ain't no stunning if

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Speaker 1: if we're losing, So so Dream lock in because yeah,

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Speaker 2: Doing the most, and then we lose everyone's whole thing.

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Speaker 3: So I would say the Dream Games, the Dream Games

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Speaker 4: Mean by that, because it feels like a club in Atlanta.

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Speaker 2: Oh, Atlanta is so lit.

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Speaker 1: All of our teams are the Brave, the Falcons, the

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Speaker 3: Yeah, when y'all are winning, y'all do the most.

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Speaker 2: And when we're losing, the city is quiet.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, the Falcons were in the super Bowl. Wasn't wait?

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Speaker 4: Yes, yep, Dad, Tom Brady, Yeah, I remember because my

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Speaker 3: Right, My mom was like, can they act like they

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Speaker 3: Mom? They haven't. They're not like us in New England.

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Speaker 3: They don't understand. They don't understand.

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Speaker 1: We were up like twenty seven to three and Brady

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Speaker 4: I really do want to see new teams get to

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Speaker 4: the semi finals, like I obviously want the Link I don't.

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Speaker 4: We've seen it happen before, so this playoffs is going

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Speaker 3: How many more t you have in your Tier one?

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Speaker 2: Tier one is done?

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Speaker 3: Here one is done.

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Speaker 1: Well, we're only going to discuss Tier two and Tier

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Speaker 2: I can assume you know who those teams are.

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Speaker 1: No, we can leave Tier four because we're getting into playoffs,

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Speaker 1: Tier one is like contenders, Tier two potential.

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Speaker 2: We're starting with.

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Speaker 1: The Las Vegas Aces, who are twenty one and fourteen.

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Speaker 1: They have won seven straight, which is their best stretch

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Speaker 1: Thank god, Jewel was moved to the bench July twenty seventh,

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Speaker 2: Have been nine and one since.

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Speaker 1: They have had some additions that have boosted their rebounding.

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Speaker 1: Asia had the first time for thirty twenty that we

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Speaker 4: Sure is, man, I'm telling you you gotta hurry back.

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Speaker 3: Girl.

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Speaker 4: Asia is on that ass. Actually At is on your ass.

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Speaker 4: And then ASA's on AT's ass. But Fia, they coming

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Speaker 4: for you. I think that people wanted to dismiss the

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Speaker 4: with Kelsey Mitchell, this is still your core. Then you

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Speaker 3: Why would you think that that.

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Speaker 4: Team was just gonna roll over and be like, you

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Speaker 4: know what, We're just gonna figure this out next year.

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Speaker 4: Like I said, when you bring in a player like

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Speaker 2: Okay.

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Speaker 1: But to be no, no, to be fair, it was

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Speaker 3: It was it was it never.

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Speaker 2: They had some games where what was it? How how

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Speaker 4: That's to Minnesota, Lexi, And that was clearly that that

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Speaker 4: at home was crazy, like they must have just had

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Speaker 4: I've never seen anything like that before. But I feel

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Speaker 4: that's what coaches do. They manipulate things to be.

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Speaker 4: Like they don't just pick and choose one or two

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Speaker 4: but I know, like inside Jewels like damn, like I

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Speaker 3: You know, people were really you.

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Speaker 3: So I'm really happy for KB.

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Speaker 4: I think that I said, when the Aces are good,

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Speaker 3: So y'all doubted, y'all doubted, then.

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Speaker 1: Lexie, I have a question, So if if her minutes

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Speaker 4: Like that, and I think just Asia, I mean Asia,

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Speaker 4: I think inserting Jewel kind of disrupted that a little

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Speaker 4: So I think they were going above and beyond to

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Speaker 3: So I think that not.

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Speaker 4: Many coaches would have done that put a player like

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Speaker 4: But Becky was like, you know what, cool, Let's see

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Speaker 3: So watch out.

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Speaker 4: They're peaking at the perfect time, which is great before playoffs.

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Speaker 1: The other teams I want to discuss in Tier two

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Speaker 1: bit and you played them, but they're four and two

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Speaker 1: in their last six. Their defenses back to elite form,

440
00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:49,600
Speaker 1: their second in defensive rating at continues to have this

441
00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:54,240
Speaker 1: triple double dominance twenty career, most all time, and they

442
00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:57,320
Speaker 1: lost the season series to Atlanta, which dropped them to

443
00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:02,040
Speaker 1: number five in the rankings, which is crazy that something, So.

444
00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:06,280
Speaker 2: That's why every game matters. But LEXI, what's going on

445
00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:06,920
Speaker 2: in Phoenix?

446
00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:11,040
Speaker 4: So Phoenix? So yeah, we just played Phoenix. We just

447
00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:16,400
Speaker 4: lost to them. They just go as At goes. At

448
00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:20,040
Speaker 4: is literally their point guard, their starting point guard for

449
00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,560
Speaker 4: the majority of the season was out our game, so

450
00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:25,640
Speaker 4: At pretty much ran the point guard position for most

451
00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:28,639
Speaker 4: of the of the game. And yeah, she got another

452
00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:32,000
Speaker 4: triple double, her fifth this season, and she has the

453
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Speaker 4: most triple doubles in league history at twenty.

454
00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:43,240
Speaker 3: Guess who guess what the next highest is? Just guess

455
00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:51,800
Speaker 3: fifteen or guess waits lower than that much lower?

456
00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:59,160
Speaker 4: Yeah, ten four four, and it's Sabrini and Escu has four.

457
00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:03,320
Speaker 2: So in like At still has time.

458
00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,040
Speaker 4: At has many years left. And it's so funny. I

459
00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:06,719
Speaker 4: saw a post.

460
00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:12,480
Speaker 3: I saw a post four twenty triple doubles is crazy

461
00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:16,320
Speaker 3: and can we put? Can we? And then okay, we're

462
00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:17,359
Speaker 3: not evenna talk about the NBA.

463
00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:19,320
Speaker 4: But like every time I bring up triple doubles, I

464
00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:22,119
Speaker 4: always talk about Russell Westbrook because what he did for

465
00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:24,280
Speaker 4: all those seasons is outrageous.

466
00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:28,280
Speaker 3: But okay, At with their twenty triple doubles.

467
00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:32,400
Speaker 4: People, somebody posted a video of her playing at Maryland

468
00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:35,720
Speaker 4: because if you guys don't didn't know, she has two

469
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,600
Speaker 4: torn labrums, which is in her shoulders, which is why

470
00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:41,400
Speaker 4: she kind of has that like funky shot, which actually

471
00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:45,400
Speaker 4: watching yesterday, her shooting form is like kind of back

472
00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:47,800
Speaker 4: to normal now. So I don't know if like she

473
00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:51,880
Speaker 4: has just internalized all of the pain that she has

474
00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:54,480
Speaker 4: felt in her shoulders and it's just like fit, I'm

475
00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:58,320
Speaker 4: gonna shoot normal again, or like they're feeling better. But

476
00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,520
Speaker 4: I was watching her shoot free throw the other day

477
00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:03,360
Speaker 4: and she kind of like has like a regular shooting

478
00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:04,240
Speaker 4: form now.

479
00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:07,640
Speaker 5: Which could be very dangerous and terrifying to the entire

480
00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:11,800
Speaker 5: league if at gets a regular jump shot going, which

481
00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,800
Speaker 5: she has been shooting the ball very efficiently this season.

482
00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,560
Speaker 5: People put up highlights of her at UMD before she

483
00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:20,800
Speaker 5: had the shoulder things, and I'm like, I was her

484
00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,000
Speaker 5: teammate my freshman year when she was a senior.

485
00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:25,960
Speaker 3: Like she's been playing like this forever.

486
00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:29,520
Speaker 4: And people have just continuously just overlooked her as a player,

487
00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,439
Speaker 4: as a defender, as a passer, as a rebounder. So

488
00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:35,600
Speaker 4: it is nice seeing her finally get some recognition in

489
00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:40,200
Speaker 4: her flowers. I think that she is currently right behind

490
00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:44,600
Speaker 4: Feet in the MVP race. She's top fifteen in scoring, second,

491
00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:48,400
Speaker 4: in rebounding, first, and assist, and she has the highest

492
00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:52,159
Speaker 4: assist total since twenty twenty, which was Courtney Vanderslut, but

493
00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:55,080
Speaker 4: that was a twenty game season because of COVID, so

494
00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:57,679
Speaker 4: the next highest was the year before in twenty nineteen,

495
00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:01,479
Speaker 4: which was also Slute, which was nine point one. And

496
00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:04,200
Speaker 4: At is at like nine point one right now. If

497
00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:07,280
Speaker 4: At is able to get that assist number to ten

498
00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:11,560
Speaker 4: and she finishes this season averaging like what is it sixteen,

499
00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:14,080
Speaker 4: ten and ten right now, I.

500
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,879
Speaker 3: Don't see how you can. I don't see how you

501
00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:19,720
Speaker 3: don't give her the MVP. I'm sorry, Like I.

502
00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:24,040
Speaker 4: Don't a triple double that has never happened before. Your

503
00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:25,400
Speaker 4: team is top four.

504
00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:28,720
Speaker 3: In the league right now, like you're head of the

505
00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:30,639
Speaker 3: snake of the top defense.

506
00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:33,199
Speaker 1: I feel like this year the voting is going to

507
00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:36,800
Speaker 1: be very sticky. I feel like all the voters are

508
00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:38,720
Speaker 1: gonna have different ways of approaching it.

509
00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:43,760
Speaker 4: It's going to be interesting because now Asia is only

510
00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:49,680
Speaker 4: a point under Fee and scoring, she's out rebounding Fee.

511
00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:55,359
Speaker 4: She has more steals than Fee. She they have the

512
00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:57,000
Speaker 4: same number of assists.

513
00:25:57,680 --> 00:25:57,920
Speaker 3: So.

514
00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,879
Speaker 4: Age Asia overtakes fee and scoring, then that's going to

515
00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:05,080
Speaker 4: be very sticky for those two. But if as He

516
00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:08,719
Speaker 4: finishes the season with a triple double and they finished

517
00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,240
Speaker 4: top four, I think Phoenix is gonna have to finish

518
00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:14,679
Speaker 4: top four for her to like really really have a

519
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,840
Speaker 4: really good chance. If they mess around and finish top two,

520
00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:22,119
Speaker 4: I think that you have to give her like a

521
00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:25,600
Speaker 4: really legitimate chance of winning MVP. And then the only

522
00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:29,440
Speaker 4: thing about Asia is that we've seen her MVP type

523
00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:33,879
Speaker 4: numbers like we've seen it, so as amazing as she

524
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:37,760
Speaker 4: is playing right now, it's still not the MVP numbers

525
00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:41,040
Speaker 4: that we have seen her previously. So that's where it

526
00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:43,760
Speaker 4: gets sticky for me as someone who's looking at MVP.

527
00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:45,640
Speaker 3: Feel the same way about All Star.

528
00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:48,160
Speaker 4: You create a baseline for yourself, and that's what happens

529
00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:51,080
Speaker 4: when you're great. You create a baseline for yourself. You

530
00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,040
Speaker 4: gotta exceed it or match it to be considered for

531
00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:54,840
Speaker 4: the same things.

532
00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:57,000
Speaker 2: I believe we discussed this last week.

533
00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,399
Speaker 1: She's getting the not to bring up the MMBA and

534
00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:02,480
Speaker 1: but the Yoki treatment of I mean, you always do

535
00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:07,080
Speaker 1: this exactly exactly are we supposed to award with you exactly.

536
00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:10,280
Speaker 3: And that's the price of being great unfortunately. But this,

537
00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:13,840
Speaker 3: you know, I had my my MVP people.

538
00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:19,840
Speaker 4: I think Kelsey and Leash deserve conversation still.

539
00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:24,680
Speaker 3: But I think it's a three person race right now. Absolutely.

540
00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:41,800
Speaker 2: Speaking of Kelsey Mitchell, we have a lot.

541
00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:43,240
Speaker 1: We have a lot to talk about when it comes

542
00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:49,520
Speaker 1: to Indiana, fever, injuries everywhere, Katley Clark still out, McDonald

543
00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:52,639
Speaker 1: Colson done for the year, Sophie Cunningham has an MRI

544
00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:56,080
Speaker 1: pendang before we get into Kelsey Mitchell and the insane

545
00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:57,720
Speaker 1: thing she's done that I'm going to describe to you

546
00:27:57,760 --> 00:27:58,480
Speaker 1: guys in.

547
00:27:58,480 --> 00:27:59,200
Speaker 2: Just a minute.

548
00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:03,440
Speaker 1: I will wanted to ask Lexi about because there have

549
00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:07,640
Speaker 1: been a lot of talks surrounding Sophie Cunningham and her

550
00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:13,920
Speaker 1: injury and regarding officiating and as well as Sophie is

551
00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:16,919
Speaker 1: a podcast now where she discussed their game against Pagebackers,

552
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:22,200
Speaker 1: which I watched and saying that Paige got a lot

553
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,560
Speaker 1: of calls and whatnot. I'm curious from your perspective because

554
00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:30,240
Speaker 1: I talked about this on my TikTok about WNBA officiating

555
00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,800
Speaker 1: and how WNBA officiating is a little unique in the

556
00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,479
Speaker 1: sense that in the NBA, I believe in the MLB

557
00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:38,240
Speaker 1: or the NFL.

558
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:39,440
Speaker 2: I think it might be all three.

559
00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:42,920
Speaker 1: But regardless, the refs are only allowed to ref those games,

560
00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:46,160
Speaker 1: whereas in the WNBA and in a lot of college sports,

561
00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:49,560
Speaker 1: they're allowed to ref college and different types of basketball,

562
00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:54,040
Speaker 1: and that can be a mixed page for referees are different, yes,

563
00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:59,320
Speaker 1: and so there is some validity to what she's saying,

564
00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:01,320
Speaker 1: But also I know that when it comes to refs,

565
00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:03,360
Speaker 1: refs are humans, so any ref is going to make

566
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:06,520
Speaker 1: a mistake. LEXI as a player in the w what's

567
00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:08,040
Speaker 1: your view on this RERAF situation?

568
00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:10,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I think that you made the best point.

569
00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:15,040
Speaker 4: The fact that they can bounce between w and college

570
00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:18,120
Speaker 4: can be a bit problematic at times because there are

571
00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:24,160
Speaker 4: so many different rules in the WNBA versus college. I

572
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:26,080
Speaker 4: don't know if you guys saw I think it was

573
00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:29,480
Speaker 4: Tina Charles. I forgot whose podcast she was on, but

574
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:31,760
Speaker 4: she basically said that all the players now are like

575
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:34,320
Speaker 4: really soft and they would not even be able to

576
00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:38,120
Speaker 4: stand a chance and a few years ago with the

577
00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,280
Speaker 4: physicality of the league, which.

578
00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:44,160
Speaker 3: I kind of agree with. I'm not calling anybody soft

579
00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:46,800
Speaker 3: because if y'all see me play. I do not like contact.

580
00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:50,120
Speaker 4: That's why I don't go to the lane often because

581
00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:53,680
Speaker 4: it is an extremely physical game. Our league is extremely physical.

582
00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:58,320
Speaker 4: My biggest issue last season was the freedom of movement,

583
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,200
Speaker 4: and I think Kyle and Clark brought a lot of

584
00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:03,320
Speaker 4: attention to that because of how aggressive players were with

585
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,120
Speaker 4: her off the ball. But I feel like every elite

586
00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:10,040
Speaker 4: shooter and guard gets that same type of physicality. But

587
00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:12,160
Speaker 4: I think she just brought it to the forefront, which

588
00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:14,440
Speaker 4: I thought was great because for me, I was like yeah,

589
00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:18,040
Speaker 4: because I it bothers me, like when players are able

590
00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:20,400
Speaker 4: to like grab you and lean on you and prevent

591
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:26,080
Speaker 4: you from moving freely. I think this season the injuries

592
00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:33,120
Speaker 4: have been very tough on everybody. They've been really sad. Again,

593
00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:35,440
Speaker 4: I feel like the league has always been physical. I

594
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:39,800
Speaker 4: think you that's more attributed to the frequency of games,

595
00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:43,680
Speaker 4: the traveling, the heavy minutes that a lot of these

596
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:48,280
Speaker 4: players are playing. So for me personally, I need all

597
00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:50,360
Speaker 4: the help I can get from the referees, so I'm

598
00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:56,320
Speaker 4: not going to shit on them so freely. But I

599
00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:59,239
Speaker 4: do think that there's like a few nuances in our

600
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:02,440
Speaker 4: game that, like the refs don't always get it right,

601
00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:06,160
Speaker 4: like take transition, take fouls in the law of verticality,

602
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:09,920
Speaker 4: and offensive fouls and illegal screens. But I think like

603
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:12,520
Speaker 4: that's in the NBA as well. A lot of those

604
00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:14,960
Speaker 4: calls are like judgment calls, and like you said, they're human,

605
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:18,400
Speaker 4: they're not always gonna get it right. But it has

606
00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:22,880
Speaker 4: been like crazy, especially watching our team, like we don't

607
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:28,800
Speaker 4: get any foul calls, like none actually, so as a

608
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:31,360
Speaker 4: as watching my teammates, who you know, we have a

609
00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:35,880
Speaker 4: very point or paints in the point type of team,

610
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:37,680
Speaker 4: so we're always in the lane, we're always trying to

611
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:40,840
Speaker 4: get layups, and we're always just getting like bumped and

612
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:41,760
Speaker 4: hit and whatever.

613
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,160
Speaker 3: And we have really elite finishers on our team.

614
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:46,360
Speaker 4: But sometimes like they are getting hit and they are

615
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:48,880
Speaker 4: getting foul but because you expect them to make those shots,

616
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,960
Speaker 4: they don't always get the calls. But then people are like, Okay,

617
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,640
Speaker 4: well do I need to fall down? Well no, because

618
00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:57,280
Speaker 4: that's that's how injuries happen when you don't have good

619
00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:00,800
Speaker 4: body control. So it's a given take, you know, with

620
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:03,120
Speaker 4: the refs, I would never want to be a ref,

621
00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:06,440
Speaker 4: So I mean, I always have a lot of respect

622
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:09,320
Speaker 4: for referees because they do, like deal with a lot

623
00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:14,240
Speaker 4: of nonsense from us as players, from fans, from the coaches,

624
00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:17,240
Speaker 4: Like I don't have the patience for that job.

625
00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 3: Like I don't know how they do it.

626
00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:21,120
Speaker 4: That's why I try to be as nice of them

627
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:22,960
Speaker 4: as I can, even when I'm frustrated.

628
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:25,840
Speaker 3: But sometimes they're rude.

629
00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:28,960
Speaker 4: They are rude sometimes, but I'm like, Okay, you just

630
00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,480
Speaker 4: got custed out ten minutes ago by that player, so

631
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:34,040
Speaker 4: I'm sure you're like, I don't want to hear anything

632
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:38,000
Speaker 4: from y'all anymore. But there has been like a lot

633
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:40,320
Speaker 4: of there's been a microscope on the refs this year

634
00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:42,320
Speaker 4: and every year before the season starts, we have this

635
00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:44,920
Speaker 4: big meeting with the head of refs and they tell

636
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,120
Speaker 4: us the points of emphasis and the things that they're

637
00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:50,400
Speaker 4: focusing on. And it's always so funny because the things

638
00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:53,520
Speaker 4: that they show us are not the thing, Like it

639
00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:56,320
Speaker 4: doesn't ever match. We're like, they didn't y'all say that y'all

640
00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:58,960
Speaker 4: were paying attention to this this year, and then y'all

641
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,280
Speaker 4: never do. So I hope I don't get fined for

642
00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:04,360
Speaker 4: any of anything I just said, but if I do, oh, well,

643
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:06,720
Speaker 4: like whatever it is, what it is, It's what I

644
00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:07,360
Speaker 4: see all.

645
00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:09,880
Speaker 2: Venmou, thanks, thank you.

646
00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:18,360
Speaker 1: Also, you love to talk about who Lexi always calls

647
00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:21,160
Speaker 1: the most underrated player in the league, Kelsey Mitchell, who

648
00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:24,880
Speaker 1: was carrying the fever through this broken period. And by broken,

649
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:26,600
Speaker 1: I don't mean that by shit eight, I mean like

650
00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:31,520
Speaker 1: literally bodies broken thirty eight point game with thirty four

651
00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:34,640
Speaker 1: in the second half to lead the largest comeback and

652
00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:39,480
Speaker 1: franchised history. Seeking your reaction and all this.

653
00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:42,560
Speaker 4: I mean, I don't have a reaction because y'all, I'm

654
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:45,280
Speaker 4: like her biggest fan, and she knows that too. We've

655
00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:47,840
Speaker 4: played each other since college. She came and played, she

656
00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:51,760
Speaker 4: came and played at AU and just we got drafted together.

657
00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:54,680
Speaker 3: Did we get drafted together? I think so. I don't

658
00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:58,160
Speaker 3: remember if it wasn't the same year, it was one

659
00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:00,560
Speaker 3: year apart. But that's my girl.

660
00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:04,640
Speaker 4: So even seeing everybody so high for her on the

661
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:09,239
Speaker 4: interwebs the other day, I was like, finally, guys, finally

662
00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:12,080
Speaker 4: she's getting this recognition she deserves.

663
00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:15,600
Speaker 3: And I think that that game.

664
00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:18,160
Speaker 4: You know, even though it was against Connecticut, like like

665
00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:21,080
Speaker 4: we said earlier, everybody's like in a must win situation

666
00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:24,920
Speaker 4: like that was a huge win for them, because especially

667
00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:30,080
Speaker 4: against teams like Connecticut and the Dallases and the Chicagos,

668
00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:33,600
Speaker 4: like they have nothing they like, they don't they're not

669
00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:37,160
Speaker 4: playing for anything anymore, like they're playing for, you know,

670
00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:39,720
Speaker 4: to get ready for next season, to tweak some things

671
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,160
Speaker 4: like And when I say they're not playing any for anything,

672
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:44,359
Speaker 4: like they're not in playoff contention, like that doesn't mean

673
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,000
Speaker 4: like they're less important or whatever, like they're just they're tearful, right,

674
00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:50,640
Speaker 4: So those wins are the ones you have to win

675
00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:54,759
Speaker 4: because them losing more games or winning more games is

676
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:57,279
Speaker 4: not gonna affect your position, but you winning that game

677
00:34:57,440 --> 00:34:58,680
Speaker 4: is going to affect your position.

678
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:01,080
Speaker 3: So for her to put the team.

679
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:05,480
Speaker 4: On her back like that on the road in overtime,

680
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:09,080
Speaker 4: like that was like vintage Kelsey Mitchell right there. And

681
00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:11,840
Speaker 4: I shouldn't even say vintage because like she ain't gonnawhere

682
00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:15,480
Speaker 4: like she's she's she's like that been like that. Yeah,

683
00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:18,880
Speaker 4: So what place are they in? They're in fifth place,

684
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:22,480
Speaker 4: sixth place, sixth place, I think sixth.

685
00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:25,399
Speaker 2: Then yeah, so they're nineteen and.

686
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:30,719
Speaker 4: Sixteen and sixteen, So I mean praying for Sophie hope

687
00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:34,279
Speaker 4: that it's nothing serious for her sake and for the

688
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:39,040
Speaker 4: fever's sake, because and for the fever like how also,

689
00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:41,080
Speaker 4: I do want to give us real quick shout out

690
00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:44,000
Speaker 4: to my girl Kyra Lambert, who just was signed to

691
00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:45,840
Speaker 4: a hardship contract.

692
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:47,320
Speaker 3: She was my teammate at Duke.

693
00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:51,759
Speaker 4: And went through some very brutal knee injuries and has

694
00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:54,640
Speaker 4: been killing it overseas for the last few years and

695
00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:58,960
Speaker 4: this is her first opportunity in the w And I

696
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:02,400
Speaker 4: was so happy when I saw that post on Instagram,

697
00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:05,040
Speaker 4: and so shout out to my girl Kira. She was

698
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:09,960
Speaker 4: my point guard at Duke, my little freshie, so shut yeah.

699
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:14,879
Speaker 4: So seeing her overcome her knee injuries and playing overseas

700
00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:17,640
Speaker 4: and staying the course and being ready when her number

701
00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:20,400
Speaker 4: was called, like that's amazing. So shout out to my

702
00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:22,440
Speaker 4: my little dukie Kira.

703
00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:25,480
Speaker 3: For the fever. So make sure y'all show her some love.

704
00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:29,319
Speaker 4: I don't know if she's still on the team or not,

705
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:33,840
Speaker 4: but she was on the team last week, so and

706
00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:36,640
Speaker 4: then I'm sure she'll stay stick around if Sophie does

707
00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:39,680
Speaker 4: end up being hurt. But prayers up to the fever

708
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:41,719
Speaker 4: like they need they need some they need some good

709
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:44,360
Speaker 4: juju over there because they've been good juju.

710
00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:45,480
Speaker 3: They've been going through it.

711
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:49,239
Speaker 4: So let's let's send some positivity to the fever and

712
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:51,200
Speaker 4: shout out to my girl, Kelsey Mitchell.

713
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:56,120
Speaker 1: Next, moving on to Tier three, these are the teams

714
00:36:56,160 --> 00:37:00,319
Speaker 1: that are in the mix, okay, And I'm gonna kind

715
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:02,520
Speaker 1: of speed through the first three unless you have like

716
00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:05,719
Speaker 1: a call out for them, because like we've talked about

717
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:09,759
Speaker 1: them and like nothing's really changed. But the Golden State

718
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:12,600
Speaker 1: Valkyries eighteen and sixteen. Their eighteen wins are the most

719
00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:15,239
Speaker 1: ever for an expansion team in year one, they're eight

720
00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:18,000
Speaker 1: and fource is the All Star Break despite losing Kayla.

721
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:20,719
Speaker 1: They're still playing with the chip on their shoulder, not

722
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,040
Speaker 1: just happy to be here, okay. And then we got

723
00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:25,600
Speaker 1: the Sparks that are sixteen and eighteen, three and three

724
00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:28,760
Speaker 1: in their last six they kind of cooled things after

725
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:32,439
Speaker 1: their post All Star break run. They're half a game

726
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:36,799
Speaker 1: behind Seattle but have a series lead. And then we've

727
00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:40,200
Speaker 1: got Washington sixteen and eighteen as well. They're rookie duo

728
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:45,480
Speaker 1: Sonya Citron and Kiki Ria Finn are thriving post Syke's

729
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:50,359
Speaker 1: trade and moving on to the Storm on the other

730
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:52,879
Speaker 1: end of that which Lexi is going to give us

731
00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:53,799
Speaker 1: our full.

732
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:55,640
Speaker 2: Storm up up date, but.

733
00:37:57,239 --> 00:37:59,160
Speaker 1: A little up and downs to the All Star break

734
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:04,239
Speaker 1: losing streak was snapped, okay, but like you said, a

735
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 1: little bit of a momentum killer with Phoenix and then

736
00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:12,200
Speaker 1: since the Britney Sykes trade, just looking for a little

737
00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:15,040
Speaker 1: bit of a you know, check in how that's going,

738
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:18,560
Speaker 1: and y'all are in a little bit of danger, okay,

739
00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:20,760
Speaker 1: after being in the top six for most of the season.

740
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:22,360
Speaker 2: So Lexie, what's happening?

741
00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:28,040
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that again, Like it's just an identity crisis.

742
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:33,360
Speaker 4: We lead the league and paint points, I'm pretty sure,

743
00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:36,839
Speaker 4: but we don't. We still are not shooting a lot

744
00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:39,080
Speaker 4: of outside shots. We're still in the bottom of the

745
00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:44,000
Speaker 4: league in rebounding. Defensive and offensive. Sykes has been a

746
00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:50,279
Speaker 4: great addition, Like she's just offensive firepower. Defensive, she's amazing.

747
00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:53,040
Speaker 4: You know, her IQ was very high on both sides

748
00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:57,000
Speaker 4: of the ball. So as just adding a player an

749
00:38:57,040 --> 00:39:00,800
Speaker 4: all start that this late in the season, Like, there's

750
00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:04,480
Speaker 4: gonna be ups and downs when you do that, Like

751
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:08,840
Speaker 4: I said before, like I'm not even like in the

752
00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:11,960
Speaker 4: rotation at all anymore, which you know, for me, it's

753
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,799
Speaker 4: like disappointing. Like this whole season in general for me

754
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:17,840
Speaker 4: has been very disappointing, and then for us to be

755
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:21,359
Speaker 4: in this position that we're in, and I just feel like, oh,

756
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:23,880
Speaker 4: I think I could have helped a little bit, But

757
00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:27,080
Speaker 4: you know, here we are Q four, Like nothing is

758
00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:30,440
Speaker 4: going to change, like dramatically, Like that's the that's like

759
00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:33,440
Speaker 4: not a realistic thing to feel as a player, as

760
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:36,799
Speaker 4: a pro. So you know, I'm just showing up, you know,

761
00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:39,640
Speaker 4: to do my job at this point and just being

762
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:42,640
Speaker 4: the teammate, best team, and I can be staying locked in,

763
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,440
Speaker 4: you know, knowing all the plays, knowing the scouting reports.

764
00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:48,160
Speaker 4: I think that's something that just continues to keep me engaged.

765
00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:50,799
Speaker 4: This next stretch of games. We're on the road for

766
00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:54,640
Speaker 4: the next five, all very winnable games for us, and

767
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,600
Speaker 4: like there must must win games at this point. So

768
00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:02,080
Speaker 4: we have the Sky tonight, we have Dallas, the Mystics,

769
00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:06,560
Speaker 4: the Fever, and then we finished in Minnesota, and even Minnesota,

770
00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:08,279
Speaker 4: I mean we're one of the teams that we're able to,

771
00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:11,879
Speaker 4: you know, steal one from them. I think that we

772
00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:16,480
Speaker 4: have to at least win like four, three or four

773
00:40:16,520 --> 00:40:19,920
Speaker 4: of these next five games on the road, and we

774
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:24,279
Speaker 4: have not been very good at home either. Like it's

775
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:27,359
Speaker 4: just been again inconsistency. That has just kind of been

776
00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:30,640
Speaker 4: the word of the year for our team. But you

777
00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:33,000
Speaker 4: just have to make it to the playoffs and just

778
00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:36,239
Speaker 4: start getting your shit together at the right time, and

779
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:39,040
Speaker 4: then everything can change for you. When I went in Chicago,

780
00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:44,520
Speaker 4: we finished in sixth place and ended up winning the championships.

781
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:48,880
Speaker 4: So getting to the playoffs is the battle is the

782
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:52,080
Speaker 4: hard part. I don't think anybody expected us to be

783
00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:56,399
Speaker 4: in this position. But it's okay because we're not out

784
00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:59,200
Speaker 4: of the playoffs. We are still very much in the playoffs.

785
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:03,920
Speaker 4: But if we do have like a tie situation with

786
00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:07,799
Speaker 4: the Sparks, we will lose that because we lost the

787
00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:11,520
Speaker 4: series with the Sparks and we I think we lost

788
00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:14,680
Speaker 4: if we know, we lost our series with the Mystics

789
00:41:14,719 --> 00:41:17,480
Speaker 4: as well, So we kind of have to pull away

790
00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:20,440
Speaker 4: because if we get into any type of tiebreaker situation

791
00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:25,880
Speaker 4: with the Sparks or the Mystics, we will lose the tiebreaker.

792
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:28,840
Speaker 4: And that's not a position you want to be in,

793
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,280
Speaker 4: is not being in control of your own destiny.

794
00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:36,200
Speaker 3: So these next five games are so I say it

795
00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:38,640
Speaker 3: every week this game is pivotal.

796
00:41:38,719 --> 00:41:42,000
Speaker 4: This game is important. Like it's been like that that

797
00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:46,080
Speaker 4: the entire season. So it's been it's been a very

798
00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:50,080
Speaker 4: up and down. Oh but positive news. We brought Zaya back,

799
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:52,839
Speaker 4: so I was very happy about that. We signed her

800
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:55,480
Speaker 4: for the rest of the season. So I got I

801
00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:57,600
Speaker 4: got one of my one of my girls back, So

802
00:41:57,920 --> 00:42:01,280
Speaker 4: that was that. Really, that actually made me super happy

803
00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:03,600
Speaker 4: when they told us that they had signed z I

804
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:05,320
Speaker 4: had to come back for the rest of the season

805
00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:08,279
Speaker 4: because you know, that was a really hard moment for her.

806
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:10,200
Speaker 4: And I think she deserves to be on a roster,

807
00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:13,359
Speaker 4: this roster because she put a lot of the work

808
00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:15,920
Speaker 4: in starting from you know, even before training camp she

809
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:16,640
Speaker 4: was in Seattle.

810
00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:22,400
Speaker 3: So positive Zaia. Another positive. The way Dom is playing

811
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:27,399
Speaker 3: has been unbelievable. So we need good vibes too.

812
00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:29,239
Speaker 4: Shit, you know, I was trying to send send the

813
00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:31,479
Speaker 4: vibes to the other team, send some to us too.

814
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:34,640
Speaker 4: You're like, you know a lot of these positive vibes

815
00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:38,120
Speaker 4: over here, but you know, the hunt for a thousand

816
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:40,880
Speaker 4: points is still going strong.

817
00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:43,839
Speaker 3: Guys. You know now, I don't want to.

818
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:46,960
Speaker 4: Put pressure on myself to I wish I didn't look

819
00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:49,120
Speaker 4: sometimes I'm like, Damn, I wish I didn't look and

820
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:50,040
Speaker 4: see that because now.

821
00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:52,120
Speaker 3: I'm like, I have to get these eleven points. But

822
00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:53,799
Speaker 3: last time we were in Chicago.

823
00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:57,400
Speaker 4: But it's not your fault. It's not last time in Chicago.

824
00:42:57,440 --> 00:43:00,879
Speaker 4: I did score twelve points. So but the Chicago team

825
00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:03,880
Speaker 4: is very different than the Chicago team we played a

826
00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:09,600
Speaker 4: month ago. Like Ariel Atkins wasn't playing, Mikayla wasn't playing,

827
00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:14,600
Speaker 4: Angel wasn't playing. They have a new point guard, SEVG,

828
00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:18,720
Speaker 4: so like we can like throw that whole game away

829
00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:20,680
Speaker 4: because this is not the same team that we played

830
00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:21,239
Speaker 4: a month ago.

831
00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:23,239
Speaker 3: So I'm hoping that we come in.

832
00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:26,440
Speaker 4: Ready and punch him in a mouse because the faster

833
00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:28,680
Speaker 4: they punched him in the mouse, the better chances that

834
00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:32,879
Speaker 4: I get to play are, you know, So a man

835
00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:35,399
Speaker 4: like I want us to win, but I also want

836
00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:38,560
Speaker 4: us to get some leads so we can go get

837
00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:41,359
Speaker 4: some run because I haven't played in light two weeks.

838
00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:45,720
Speaker 1: So yeah, well, LEXI I'm hoping that that that happens

839
00:43:45,719 --> 00:43:50,600
Speaker 1: for you tonight. You're in Chicago right now tonight, yep, yes, okay,

840
00:43:51,080 --> 00:43:55,879
Speaker 1: we're praying whole full circle thing. Last thing I want

841
00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:58,080
Speaker 1: to ask you about before we dip up out of here.

842
00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:01,920
Speaker 1: Is obviously a little CBA check because the rumor mill

843
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:06,319
Speaker 1: is spinning. People are saying that y'all were offered this

844
00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:10,320
Speaker 1: hell of money that's like ten xing what the minimum

845
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:13,080
Speaker 1: is now, and you guys said it was a slap

846
00:44:13,120 --> 00:44:16,240
Speaker 1: in the face, said no, And people are throwing numbers

847
00:44:16,239 --> 00:44:18,560
Speaker 1: out there. I don't know where they're getting these numbers

848
00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:21,160
Speaker 1: from or the valid validity to them, which is why

849
00:44:21,239 --> 00:44:24,759
Speaker 1: I'm asking a WNBA player and somebody who is involved

850
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:28,520
Speaker 1: in these meetings and conversations myself straight to the horse's mouth.

851
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:33,360
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean what the people are reporting is technically true,

852
00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:37,759
Speaker 4: like yeah, they are offering ten x minimum style, like

853
00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:41,400
Speaker 4: they are offering a lot of money. But what a

854
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:47,120
Speaker 4: lot of people are still failing to comprehend is the pie. Okay,

855
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:50,760
Speaker 4: we still want bigger slice of the pie.

856
00:44:50,960 --> 00:44:51,400
Speaker 3: Okay.

857
00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:58,160
Speaker 4: So the current CBA they have, you know, salary cap

858
00:44:58,239 --> 00:45:01,880
Speaker 4: increases already in place. There's like revenue markers that you

859
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:04,759
Speaker 4: have to hit to like activate more money, and like

860
00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:08,120
Speaker 4: all of these you know, stipulations and restrictions on how

861
00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:11,879
Speaker 4: to activate more money for the players when all we

862
00:45:11,960 --> 00:45:14,920
Speaker 4: want is just a bigger percentage of the money that

863
00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:16,360
Speaker 4: the league is making that the.

864
00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:17,160
Speaker 3: Teams are making.

865
00:45:17,600 --> 00:45:21,640
Speaker 4: So yes, would it be nice to agree to those

866
00:45:23,080 --> 00:45:24,960
Speaker 4: salaries that are much higher than the ones that we

867
00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:28,080
Speaker 4: have now. Yes, But like we're going to go five

868
00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:30,279
Speaker 4: years down the line, we're gonna find ourselves in the

869
00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:33,279
Speaker 4: same exact situation that we're in right now, seeing the

870
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:37,120
Speaker 4: league continuing to grow, make more money, adding more teams,

871
00:45:37,760 --> 00:45:40,960
Speaker 4: and now the pie that used to be a little

872
00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:44,120
Speaker 4: pie is a huge pie. But we're still getting the

873
00:45:44,160 --> 00:45:46,480
Speaker 4: same tiny slice that we had when there was a

874
00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:49,879
Speaker 4: small pie instead of our slices increasing as the pie

875
00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:53,560
Speaker 4: gets bigger. So that's like, that's the drama with the

876
00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:55,840
Speaker 4: CBA guys. It's not the slap in the face.

877
00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:56,680
Speaker 3: Is not the money.

878
00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:59,640
Speaker 4: Like, we are so blessed and grateful to be able

879
00:45:59,640 --> 00:46:01,200
Speaker 4: to play professional basketball for a living.

880
00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:03,120
Speaker 3: I don't want anybody to ever think that.

881
00:46:03,480 --> 00:46:06,200
Speaker 4: This league is full of players that are ungrateful and

882
00:46:06,239 --> 00:46:09,120
Speaker 4: sticking their nose up at four five hundred K minimum

883
00:46:09,120 --> 00:46:14,000
Speaker 4: salaries and things like that. That's not like, that's that's

884
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:18,120
Speaker 4: the point. They're trying to confuse people and get people

885
00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:22,600
Speaker 4: to question what we're doing as the players and the

886
00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:27,839
Speaker 4: Players Association, but yeah, it's a good start, Like that's

887
00:46:27,880 --> 00:46:30,480
Speaker 4: a good start, but we're going to find ourselves in

888
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:33,320
Speaker 4: the same situation in five years when the league continues

889
00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:36,120
Speaker 4: to grow and we're still like not feeling like we're

890
00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:39,200
Speaker 4: getting an equal share of the pie. So that's what

891
00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:42,640
Speaker 4: that's what that slap in the face is is them

892
00:46:42,719 --> 00:46:46,160
Speaker 4: basically being like, Okay, we hear you, and we're going.

893
00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:49,359
Speaker 3: To ignore you, but here's more money.

894
00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:51,880
Speaker 4: But we know what we ask for, we know what

895
00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:55,440
Speaker 4: we want, so hopefully we can. There's no there's been

896
00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:59,040
Speaker 4: no other conversations about anything else other than salaries, and

897
00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:01,600
Speaker 4: that's that's a little frustrating because we're in August now,

898
00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:05,160
Speaker 4: so there's so many things to be addressed in the

899
00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:07,840
Speaker 4: CBA and the fact that we're still stuck on salaries

900
00:47:08,680 --> 00:47:11,240
Speaker 4: is like it's tough because there's.

901
00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:13,080
Speaker 3: So many things in a CBA.

902
00:47:14,239 --> 00:47:16,360
Speaker 2: So to make sure that we're understanding what you're saying.

903
00:47:16,760 --> 00:47:21,600
Speaker 1: Basically, obviously the money, that the number that was being reported.

904
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:24,800
Speaker 3: Is correct, it's like accurate.

905
00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:28,080
Speaker 2: Is it's correct that it was a larger number.

906
00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:31,680
Speaker 1: However, the issue isn't the number and the salary that

907
00:47:32,120 --> 00:47:35,000
Speaker 1: you guys are grateful for the money and the opportunity

908
00:47:35,120 --> 00:47:38,880
Speaker 1: and the salary. The issue is, you guys, are not

909
00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:41,560
Speaker 1: asking for a dollar figure. You're asking for a certain

910
00:47:41,600 --> 00:47:43,759
Speaker 1: percentage point of the piece of the pie, and that

911
00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:48,160
Speaker 1: that percentage point is reflected so long as the league grows,

912
00:47:48,160 --> 00:47:50,719
Speaker 1: so that you're not stuck with this number that you

913
00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:54,240
Speaker 1: agree to now, but if that changes in a couple

914
00:47:54,239 --> 00:47:58,120
Speaker 1: of years, you're back right here having the same conversation exactly.

915
00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:01,840
Speaker 3: It feels like it's a it's simple, but you start.

916
00:48:01,600 --> 00:48:05,880
Speaker 4: Throwing big numbers out and you know, people started saying like, well,

917
00:48:05,880 --> 00:48:08,759
Speaker 4: why would you not accept that? But really, like, no,

918
00:48:09,360 --> 00:48:11,600
Speaker 4: it's not about the like it is about the money,

919
00:48:11,600 --> 00:48:13,239
Speaker 4: but it's a little deeper than that.

920
00:48:13,440 --> 00:48:16,400
Speaker 3: So I did see that post and the way they like,

921
00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:19,040
Speaker 3: but like the caption was long. The caption kind of

922
00:48:19,080 --> 00:48:22,600
Speaker 3: I couldn't tell if they were being like snarky or not,

923
00:48:22,840 --> 00:48:23,239
Speaker 3: Like I.

924
00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:26,600
Speaker 4: Forgot what what page wrote it, but like I couldn't

925
00:48:26,640 --> 00:48:30,080
Speaker 4: tell if they were like genuine genuine about it or not.

926
00:48:30,239 --> 00:48:32,880
Speaker 3: I couldn't tell, but like they did.

927
00:48:32,719 --> 00:48:36,640
Speaker 1: Excel all of it has felt Yeah, I'm like these.

928
00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:40,440
Speaker 3: I don't know.

929
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:42,600
Speaker 4: I read the caption and I was like Okay, well

930
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:46,560
Speaker 4: they got the facts right, but like the way they

931
00:48:46,600 --> 00:48:49,520
Speaker 4: worded it, the way it was delivered was kind of

932
00:48:49,520 --> 00:48:53,720
Speaker 4: odd to me. So it was delivered like you guys

933
00:48:53,719 --> 00:48:57,040
Speaker 4: were scoffing at the idea of making ten x. And

934
00:48:57,080 --> 00:48:59,399
Speaker 4: it's not about the number again, and it's also about

935
00:48:59,440 --> 00:49:01,680
Speaker 4: setting yourself up for the future and not just jumping

936
00:49:01,680 --> 00:49:03,280
Speaker 4: for joy at the first number you're presented.

937
00:49:03,320 --> 00:49:06,920
Speaker 1: But that's also how a negotiation works. Like, obviously, if

938
00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:09,319
Speaker 1: you're being offered that number that feels.

939
00:49:09,040 --> 00:49:10,759
Speaker 2: Like, oh my god, it's so much bigger, they should

940
00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:11,440
Speaker 2: just agree.

941
00:49:11,719 --> 00:49:14,279
Speaker 1: That means that there's something further going on to where

942
00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:16,799
Speaker 1: they're trying to get exactly, you know.

943
00:49:16,840 --> 00:49:19,160
Speaker 4: And you guys exactly, And it's just like there's gonna

944
00:49:19,160 --> 00:49:21,400
Speaker 4: be more teams, there's gonna be more games, the season

945
00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:24,880
Speaker 4: could be longer, Like there's just so many there's like

946
00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:27,000
Speaker 4: we haven't even touched on that player.

947
00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:32,279
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, breaking news. I just got a notification.

948
00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:33,319
Speaker 3: Uh.

949
00:49:33,560 --> 00:49:37,480
Speaker 1: This is reported by bleacher Report. Sophie Cunningham is out

950
00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:39,320
Speaker 1: for the season with a knee injury.

951
00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:44,160
Speaker 4: Oh no, Yeah, there's a curse on the Indiana fever

952
00:49:44,320 --> 00:49:51,239
Speaker 4: right now. That's really sad. That's really sad. So how

953
00:49:51,239 --> 00:49:52,319
Speaker 4: many injuries is that?

954
00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:55,360
Speaker 3: Was that? Four injuries?

955
00:49:55,920 --> 00:49:59,160
Speaker 1: Indiana Fever have dealt with injury concerns throughout the season.

956
00:49:59,480 --> 00:50:01,880
Speaker 2: They were dealt well with another blow on Tuesday.

957
00:50:01,920 --> 00:50:05,000
Speaker 1: Indiana has announced that guard Sophie unnehamp will missed the

958
00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:07,279
Speaker 1: remainder of the twenty twenty five campaign with the right

959
00:50:07,360 --> 00:50:09,759
Speaker 1: knee injury that she suffered during Sunday's contact against the

960
00:50:09,760 --> 00:50:13,279
Speaker 1: Connecticut sign They didn't say the exact jury, but.

961
00:50:13,280 --> 00:50:14,480
Speaker 3: It has to be serious.

962
00:50:15,520 --> 00:50:18,680
Speaker 4: They said, the whole season or regular season, the remainder

963
00:50:18,719 --> 00:50:19,640
Speaker 4: of the season.

964
00:50:22,080 --> 00:50:23,080
Speaker 2: WNBA season.

965
00:50:23,120 --> 00:50:24,600
Speaker 3: Goodness, So what is that?

966
00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:26,200
Speaker 2: Twenty twenty five.

967
00:50:26,360 --> 00:50:36,920
Speaker 4: Caitlin, Sydney, Sophie Arry. That's four players, four players dB

968
00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:38,640
Speaker 4: lefts five.

969
00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:45,000
Speaker 3: Man. That's that's really bad. That's not good.

970
00:50:45,800 --> 00:50:48,279
Speaker 4: Well, prayers out to Sophie because you hate to see

971
00:50:48,320 --> 00:50:51,799
Speaker 4: anybody go down, especially with a knee injury, which has

972
00:50:51,960 --> 00:50:58,240
Speaker 4: been plaguing women's basketball for years and years and years.

973
00:50:58,640 --> 00:51:00,239
Speaker 3: Oh, I hate that. I don't want to and the

974
00:51:00,320 --> 00:51:00,879
Speaker 3: show like.

975
00:51:00,880 --> 00:51:04,200
Speaker 2: That, but dang, I know, but I had to say it.

976
00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:07,600
Speaker 4: Since we're here, my gosh, Okay, well, guys, I hope

977
00:51:07,640 --> 00:51:11,360
Speaker 4: you guys enjoyed this this week's episode, it was a

978
00:51:11,400 --> 00:51:13,279
Speaker 4: little bit this is a fun, a little all over

979
00:51:13,320 --> 00:51:16,600
Speaker 4: the place, but it was really fun. If you guys

980
00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:19,800
Speaker 4: get a chance, send some positive and healing vibes across

981
00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:24,359
Speaker 4: the entire league please as we finish these last nine

982
00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:28,000
Speaker 4: to ten games and get into playoffs. And thank you

983
00:51:28,080 --> 00:51:30,880
Speaker 4: for tuning in. We will see y'all next week for

984
00:51:31,080 --> 00:51:32,720
Speaker 4: another episode of Full Circle.

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Speaker 1: Bye bye, thanks for listening to Full Circle. We'll be

986
00:51:38,440 --> 00:51:41,319
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992
00:51:51,680 --> 00:51:55,239
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993
00:51:55,280 --> 00:51:59,320
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