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Speaker 1: and NBC analyst with China Robinson to the show. China,
Speaker 1: welcome back to the show.
Speaker 2: Thanks for having me, Christina. I am okay with being
Speaker 2: friends of the show, but I want to be family
Speaker 2: of the show. So I'm gonna keep working towards that's
Speaker 2: my goal. I like that.
Speaker 1: I like that we can change it family to the show.
Speaker 2: I like that.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna start using that, all right, Lochina. Before we
Speaker 1: dive into this week's headlines, we like to start off
Speaker 1: the show with sharing a win of the week, and
Speaker 1: so I'll let you go First, what was a win
Speaker 1: for you this week?
Speaker 2: Oh? Boy, I would say a win for me was
Speaker 2: I got to spend some time on the West Coast.
Speaker 2: I covered a couple games. I had Dallas at Seattle
Speaker 2: and then I had the Aces at the Valkyries, so
Speaker 2: I stayed out west. Beautiful weather for the most part,
Speaker 2: so that was great. But I also got to spend
Speaker 2: time with family and friends. And I just love when
Speaker 2: I can work but also have some ballots. I have
Speaker 2: two brothers that live in California that I don't get
Speaker 2: to see very often. My mom happened to be in
Speaker 2: Cali visiting my brother, so it just felt really warm
Speaker 2: and fuzzy having family and friends around, you know, working
Speaker 2: with Angel and Pam feel like family. My husband joined
Speaker 2: for the trip, so it was just a lot of fun.
Speaker 2: I was that's probably my win. It's just getting to
Speaker 2: be with my people. I spent time with Xena who
Speaker 2: worked with the Valkyrie, and Ashley Stars. Yeah, so it
Speaker 2: was fun. I love that.
Speaker 1: I love that whenever you can find that balance between
Speaker 1: work and family time. I think mine's was something similar
Speaker 1: to yours, and my win of the week was having
Speaker 1: a girl's night out. I went out with Roz and Maria.
Speaker 1: I don't know if you know dj Ria. She uh
Speaker 1: is the intery announcer for the New York Liberty for
Speaker 1: all of their home games. So we had a little
Speaker 1: girls night over over the weekend and it was much
Speaker 1: needed just to have that quality time with the girls.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I love that.
Speaker 2: Listen, I can't play with Roz. You a good one
Speaker 2: because I can't. Roz got me. She always if I know,
Speaker 2: if I want to hang out, if I really want
Speaker 2: to get out, and she knows all the people, all
Speaker 2: the parties on the Hank Spot. So but I try
Speaker 2: to be in a bed of like nine thirty. So
Speaker 2: I don't know if I would have been able to
Speaker 2: hang that night. Listen, I'm young, but I was able
Speaker 2: to hang. So I'm proud of myself. Good for you.
Speaker 1: Let's get into this week's headlines the w NBA season.
Speaker 1: We're about a month into the season, the twenty twenty
Speaker 1: five season, and so there's a lot to dive into.
Speaker 1: But I want to start with the Las Vegas Aces
Speaker 1: because this is a team that retooled in the off
Speaker 1: season in terms of the roster, adding players like Jeweloyd,
Speaker 1: Rookie Alia and I but this team is struggling in
Speaker 1: the first half of the season, and so I want
Speaker 1: to ask you, is it too early to hit the
Speaker 1: panic button on the Las Vegas Aces.
Speaker 2: Christina, I'm gonna say yes. I'm gonna say yes, it's
Speaker 2: too early to hit the panic button on the Las
Speaker 2: Vegas Aces because technically, as of today, they're still fifth
Speaker 2: in the standings right, not bad, and they've only played
Speaker 2: seven games of a forty four game season. However, I
Speaker 2: do have concerns. I do have concerns. I will say.
Speaker 2: So I had the Aces at New York. When I
Speaker 2: say I had the Aces, I was calling the game
Speaker 2: at New York to open the season that Barclays, and
Speaker 2: then I had them again on the road with the
Speaker 2: Golden State Valkyries. And what I will say is that
Speaker 2: there probably been more stretches this season where I haven't
Speaker 2: recognized Vegas than moments when I have, and that includes
Speaker 2: even watching them on film. And they've picked up some wins,
Speaker 2: but they've just had some really baffling moments. And I
Speaker 2: am a numbers girl. I always like to go back
Speaker 2: to the numbers. So I checked to see kind of
Speaker 2: where Vegas is on paper, and then I'll get into
Speaker 2: kind of how or why I think we're here. So
Speaker 2: Vegas right now is twelfth in field goal percentage in
Speaker 2: the league. This is out of thirteen teams. They're thirteenth
Speaker 2: in assists, tenth in bench points, twelve in rebound margin,
Speaker 2: and twelve in opponent's points in the paint. That is
Speaker 2: not the Vegas team that we all know, not the
Speaker 2: two time champs. And every team is going to have
Speaker 2: it off night, So that's what I'm saying, Like, I
Speaker 2: don't want to over exaggerate this, but at the same time,
Speaker 2: there have been two two many off nights this year,
Speaker 2: and so yeah, I absolutely have concerns. And I know
Speaker 2: that Becky Hammond talked to the media after the Golden
Speaker 2: State Valkyries lost and she was like, hey, we have
Speaker 2: a hard condition. The effort wasn't there where it needed
Speaker 2: to be, that they let their defense affect their offense.
Speaker 2: You know, she had her reasons, and coaches know their team.
Speaker 2: So I'm not saying I know this team any better
Speaker 2: than Becky does, but I just didn't see the same
Speaker 2: level of tenacity, of intensity of connectedness that I'm used
Speaker 2: to seeing. Now, let me also say they are missing
Speaker 2: some pieces that I think would be helpful, right, missing
Speaker 2: Megan Gustison, Cheyenne Parker tyas they are very shorthanded at
Speaker 2: the power forward position, so much so that Chelsea Gray
Speaker 2: has had to play power forward, as has Tiffany Mitchell.
Speaker 2: Nothing against those two, but that's not their best position
Speaker 2: on the floor, and that's where you find yourself down
Speaker 2: in terms of rebound margin. Right. Also you're down a
Speaker 2: little bit in terms of helping the pay defensively missing
Speaker 2: players like that, and you keep me honest if they're
Speaker 2: missing somebody else. Thore's the only two I could think of.
Speaker 2: The Other aspect of this is that they have had
Speaker 2: changes to their coaching staff in the off season. There's
Speaker 2: been some changes to their defense and some very obvious
Speaker 2: changes to their roster, right, And that is one place
Speaker 2: that I want to point because number one, it does
Speaker 2: take time, right, and there's some gelling that clearly hasn't
Speaker 2: happened in the starting lineup. They're trying to incorporate Jewel Lloyd,
Speaker 2: but also coming off the bench, the experience of like
Speaker 2: a Tiffany Hayes at Alicia Klarkke Sidney Coulson even experience wise,
Speaker 2: you know, that's that's a lot and and you're not
Speaker 2: looking at this in terms of one player is better
Speaker 2: than the other or one fit is better than the other.
Speaker 2: I'm talking pure experience. I'm talking players that have been
Speaker 2: in a lot of different situations and have played a
Speaker 2: lot of minutes one, championships, whatever the situation is, been
Speaker 2: in the starting lineup for teams that have made the playoffs.
Speaker 2: So that's where there's a dip in. This bench unit
Speaker 2: is interesting, very talented, but they are a group that
Speaker 2: is going to need to assemble and get comfortable very
Speaker 2: very soon in order to support this Ace's team because
Speaker 2: they need it. Right Like, when your starters aren't going,
Speaker 2: like Becky alluded to, then you need some people that
Speaker 2: can come in and help to make adjustments. So, without
Speaker 2: getting into all the things, because that already was a lot,
Speaker 2: those are some things that I think can help Las
Speaker 2: Vegas and that are different. That familiarity, that chemistry, that
Speaker 2: is something that can build through the course of the season.
Speaker 2: But I am absolutely shocked with what I saw at
Speaker 2: Golden State this past weekend.
Speaker 1: I think the entire women's basketball community was shocked at
Speaker 1: Vegas slipping one to the Valkyries. But to your point,
Speaker 1: you mentioned how Chelsea Gray is playing out of position
Speaker 1: sometimes and it seems like Asia Wilson, although she's been
Speaker 1: dominant this season, she also has to pick up a
Speaker 1: lot of the load for the team. How have you
Speaker 1: seen her carrying that responsibility of even more of a
Speaker 1: load for this Las Vegas Aces team.
Speaker 2: I mean, she's carrying you very well. As this weekend
Speaker 2: she was first in steels in the league, first in blocks,
Speaker 2: second and rebounding, second in points, so individually she's doing great.
Speaker 2: But I will say that Asia looked very frustrated this weekend,
Speaker 2: like she was very frustrated. I know a lot of
Speaker 2: that was pointed at the officials, but there was no
Speaker 2: room in the pain for her to operate. She had
Speaker 2: two and three people on her everywhere, and so I
Speaker 2: do absolutely believe that there has to be more balance.
Speaker 2: And we know what Chelsea Gray is capable of, we
Speaker 2: know what Young is capable of. Who Jackie, I feel terrible.
Speaker 2: She never has a bad night. I'm not gonna say
Speaker 2: she never, but it's not often. If she's healthy, it's
Speaker 2: not often. She walt. We looking at the box score
Speaker 2: and she has zero points, which I think was zero
Speaker 2: field goals, which I think was the case for a
Speaker 2: long time this weekend, and so you know what these
Speaker 2: players can do. You know what joll Lolly can do.
Speaker 2: But Asia definitely has started off strong, but needs some
Speaker 2: help and probably more so at that power forward position.
Speaker 1: Well, we know that teams have the ability to make
Speaker 1: trades during the regular season. I think the trade that
Speaker 1: line is sometime in August. But what do you think
Speaker 1: from your perspective as an analyst, what do you think
Speaker 1: the Las Vegas Aces have to do in order to
Speaker 1: play their best basketball?
Speaker 2: Yeah? Well, you know what I would if I put
Speaker 2: my GM hat on. Your hope is that the pieces
Speaker 2: that you have brought together start to click. Someone like
Speaker 2: a Crystal Bradford who Game one when I had the Aces,
Speaker 2: the expectations were high of her, and now Becky's like
Speaker 2: she's got some work to do on defense. Or you
Speaker 2: know a player like Tiffany Mitchell, you know, continues to
Speaker 2: get comfortable and can contribute in a significant way, Dana Evans.
Speaker 2: And so that's the number one hope as a GM
Speaker 2: because making changes or trades during the season does not
Speaker 2: sound sexy, right Like It's like okay, because then you're
Speaker 2: starting all over again. So if you truly believe you
Speaker 2: know Becky and I think you know Nicky Fargus is
Speaker 2: is filling in in that GM position for right now
Speaker 2: or doing handling some of those responsibilities. But if you
Speaker 2: believe this is the group, they have to show it.
Speaker 2: But also your starters. And so when you start to
Speaker 2: talk about the starting unit gelling, it's maybe there's something
Speaker 2: in this new defense that just isn't really catching or
Speaker 2: maybe there's just too much change in what they're trying
Speaker 2: to do schematically that isn't catching on. But when you
Speaker 2: bring in a player like Jewel Lloyd, who is very
Speaker 2: different from Kelsey Plumb. I hate when people talk about
Speaker 2: plug and play, you know they're saying just you know,
Speaker 2: a trade off. No, every player is different. You've got
Speaker 2: to figure out what works best for this particular group.
Speaker 2: That's what you hope happens.
Speaker 1: Well, hopefully the Las Vegas Aces can find a way
Speaker 1: to turn it around sooner than later. But moving right
Speaker 1: along the Commissioner's Cup. Play has started already in the WNBA,
Speaker 1: and teams like the New York Liberty and Minnesota Links
Speaker 1: are standing at the top of the respective conferences. Aside
Speaker 1: for the aside from the financial incentive that the Commissioner
Speaker 1: Cup offers the players and the team, how do you
Speaker 1: see teams approaching the first half of the season knowing
Speaker 1: like they have a chance at winning five hundred thousand dollars?
Speaker 1: But also how do you see them approaching the first
Speaker 1: half of the season.
Speaker 2: If I'm being one hundred percent honest, Christina, I think
Speaker 2: these teams this year are just focused on getting their footing.
Speaker 2: And that's nothing against the Commissioners Cup because everybody wants
Speaker 2: five hundred thousand dollars. I would like five hundred thousand dollars, okay,
Speaker 2: same see, So nothing against the Commissioner's Cup. And I
Speaker 2: think it's a great event. I think it's wonderful. But
Speaker 2: I also think most of these teams wish it was
Speaker 2: happening in August because this is the I'm not going
Speaker 2: to call it downside, but the growing pains of the
Speaker 2: activity of free agency is that teams take time to gel.
Speaker 2: It's also a byproduct of eight head coaches that are
Speaker 2: on different teams this year, either new to the league
Speaker 2: or you know, changed, like Stephanie White being one of
Speaker 2: those eight. She was already a head coach but you know,
Speaker 2: doing it for another organization, And so what that spells
Speaker 2: out to me is that we're not seeing the best
Speaker 2: basketball right now. You know, teams are trying to figure
Speaker 2: it out. There's just been wholesale changes to not just
Speaker 2: starting lineups, but like WNBA All Stars and champions, changing
Speaker 2: teams supporting cast I don't know if there's ever been
Speaker 2: a year where I've seen more first year players like
Speaker 2: that graduated from so and so university three years ago,
Speaker 2: didn't get drafted, went overseas, but hey, now we're back
Speaker 2: and we actually made a roster. Like I'm just it's
Speaker 2: gonna take time. So I don't know that teams are
Speaker 2: as honed in. Of course they would love to win
Speaker 2: the Commissioners Cup, but I think a lot of these
Speaker 2: teams would like to just be playing well and get
Speaker 2: into a rhythm and figure things out for their own
Speaker 2: team and organization for the long run.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's definitely an interesting perspective and take on like
Speaker 1: how teams are approaching the Commissioners Cup games in the
Speaker 1: first half of the season, and you're right, teams are
Speaker 1: just simply trying to figure it out in the first
Speaker 1: half of this season. But I do feel like the
Speaker 1: Commissioner's Cup to some point it sort of indicates or
Speaker 1: foreshadows the teams that we might see later on in
Speaker 1: like the postseason or potentially the finals. I mean, last
Speaker 1: year you had the New York Liperty Minnesota Links both
Speaker 1: compete at the Commissioner's Cup and then also was the
Speaker 1: finals team as well in the year before, the Aces
Speaker 1: Liberty the same thing. So it's very interesting how the
Speaker 1: Commissioner's Cup can serve as some sort of foreshadowing farli
Speaker 1: on in this year.
Speaker 2: And I was gonna say, those are the probably the
Speaker 2: teams that are excited about the Commissioner's cupping that five
Speaker 2: hundred thousand dollars is New York in Minnesota because they
Speaker 2: look great, right like they came in strong, they're undefeated, Like, yeah,
Speaker 2: they they have moved past that phase one if we're
Speaker 2: trying to get it together that everybody else is kind
Speaker 2: of in And you know, Atlanta's played well, Phoenix has
Speaker 2: played well, Aces and stretches, the Seattle stretches. Get that.
Speaker 2: But I think most teams that are not Minnesota New
Speaker 2: York are like, let's find our consistent groove, let's find
Speaker 2: our consistent starting lineup, Let's figure out our rotations, like
Speaker 2: all of those things, Who's going to EuroBasket, who we
Speaker 2: got to replace? Like, those are the kind of things
Speaker 2: I think these teams are more concerned about right now.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Liberty and Links are, like your problems are not
Speaker 1: my problem that part. But sticking with those two teams,
Speaker 1: I mean, both teams as of today are still undefeated
Speaker 1: to start the season, some of their best starts in
Speaker 1: franchise history. I know that you've been covering the game
Speaker 1: for a really, really long time, but have you ever
Speaker 1: seen something like this where two teams have been dominating
Speaker 1: out the gate at the same time.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm sure there has been. But again, I go
Speaker 2: back to the free agency period, which is, you know,
Speaker 2: not historically what we're used to, and so teams probably
Speaker 2: came in a little more balanced, fewer changes. I know,
Speaker 2: there weren't as many head coaching changes as we're seeing
Speaker 2: this year, and so it was probably a little more
Speaker 2: difficult for two teams to just kind of extend the
Speaker 2: way that the Liberty and Links have. But they look strong.
Speaker 2: You know, I'm really impressed with both teams, both organizations,
Speaker 2: and it just gives me chills to think about how
Speaker 2: we ended last year, the fact that we get seven
Speaker 2: games in the finals this year, and not to say
Speaker 2: that I'm like deadlocked on Liberty and Links being there,
Speaker 2: but right now, if you ask me to put my
Speaker 2: money on it, that's who I would say it's going
Speaker 2: to play in the finals.
Speaker 1: No, I agree, I mean, right now, those are the
Speaker 1: two teams that I would predict, obviously, and it's pretty
Speaker 1: easy to predict because they're playing so well right now.
Speaker 1: But you talked about how continuity has been like the
Speaker 1: through line for these two teams in terms of having
Speaker 1: an advantage in the first half of the season chemistry wise,
Speaker 1: to make everything click when you look at these two teams, No,
Speaker 1: Visa Collier is playing out of this world right now.
Speaker 1: She's leading the league in scoring and fifty forty ninety
Speaker 1: as well. From your eyes, what's clicking for NEFISA and
Speaker 1: this Minnesota Links team on both ends of the floor.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, we're seeing a meteoric rise by Anfisa Collier.
Speaker 2: And I can't even sit here and say this hasn't
Speaker 2: always been who she was. I think in coming to Minnesota,
Speaker 2: she obviously became a mother fought back from that, you know,
Speaker 2: giving birth to get into great shape and really got
Speaker 2: in the gym. But also in her early years there,
Speaker 2: I think she was really deferring to Sylvia fouls. She
Speaker 2: has so much respect for sel and really just wanted
Speaker 2: to learn from her, wanted to play alongside her, just
Speaker 2: wanted to, you know, be the perfect robin to the batman.
Speaker 2: And now we're just seeing a monster being unleashed. Like
Speaker 2: not only has the playing style of Minnesota kind of
Speaker 2: changed after the retirement of Sylvia Fowls and we're seeing
Speaker 2: more open floor, we're seeing more opportunity for slashing in
Speaker 2: back cuts, which are things that no Fisa is a
Speaker 2: genius at. But she is just very unique with her
Speaker 2: skill set. And what I mean is like we forget
Speaker 2: she's six'. One she takes up so much space on
Speaker 2: the basketball. Court she is uber, skilled like you, know
Speaker 2: can do, anything can score from. Anywhere BUT i think
Speaker 2: the part that really stands out to me this year
Speaker 2: is how well she's shooting the three. Ball AND i
Speaker 2: WISH i had looked at her. Numbers i'm gonna try
Speaker 2: to pull them up, here BUT i don't know that
Speaker 2: she's ever shot this well in her. Career AND i
Speaker 2: Know this is a short sample, size but it just
Speaker 2: extends all the places on the floor that you have
Speaker 2: to guard, her and all of the different skill sets
Speaker 2: that she can put on display when she's shooting well
Speaker 2: from long, Range LIKE i think it says this year
Speaker 2: she's shooting forty three percent from from, three AND i
Speaker 2: know the fifty forty ninety is in play for her right.
Speaker 2: Now but her best shooting last year she shot thirty one.
Speaker 2: Percent the year before that she shot twenty nine point eight,
Speaker 2: percent the year before that she shot twenty five, Percent
Speaker 2: and the only year she was closed was in twenty
Speaker 2: twenty she shot forty one, percent but that was only
Speaker 2: in twenty two. Games so to, me that's the aspect
Speaker 2: of her game that is opening up even. More it's
Speaker 2: just her comfort, level BUT i love seeing. It she
Speaker 2: is the front runner in it FOR mvp right, now
Speaker 2: and none of those numbers speak to her impact defensively
Speaker 2: and how versatile she is and the number of types
Speaker 2: of players that she can. Defend she's just such a
Speaker 2: unique player AND i love seeing her blossom to start the.
Speaker 1: Season so With, CHINA i know that The liberty and
Speaker 1: The aces they have a history and a Rivalry, brandish
Speaker 1: who are alluded to it in one of her postgame
Speaker 1: press conferences that she feels like The aces are more
Speaker 1: of a rival to The liberty than The. Links but
Speaker 1: after last year's finals, loss and with how great both
Speaker 1: teams are, playing would you that this would be the
Speaker 1: new rivalry of the W, nba The liberty and The.
Speaker 2: Lakes. YEAH i think it's gonna take a couple more
Speaker 2: chapters for that to be the. Case and it sounds
Speaker 2: wild saying that because The liberty In vegas's rivalry was
Speaker 2: almost like. Overnight BUT i do think the difference is,
Speaker 2: that and in that is that the number of players
Speaker 2: that had won, championships, Right Brianna stewart was coming in
Speaker 2: having already won champion some, championships you, know The, aces
Speaker 2: obviously we were, champs and so, like there was a
Speaker 2: certain level of proof in those resumes that championship was
Speaker 2: in the. PEDIGREE i Think minnesota still has to prove
Speaker 2: that THE fisa hasn't won one. Courtney williams hasn't won
Speaker 2: one THAT i can think. OF i know she's played in.
Speaker 2: Finals kaylen, McBride i believe has. It so this is
Speaker 2: a group that is not quite BUT i think once
Speaker 2: they take that step of winning a, championship then people
Speaker 2: will start to look at them as more of a.
Speaker 2: Rival BUT i think because of what bringing A steward
Speaker 2: bought in Because John Quell jones was a FORMER. MVP i,
Speaker 2: mean no one on The Minnesota lynks team has even
Speaker 2: won AN mvp. AWARD i, mean if i'm if i'm
Speaker 2: If i'm miss, speaking you, know you tell. Me but that's,
Speaker 2: real that's, real and so that kind of heavyweight comes with,
Speaker 2: expectations and that's where that top of the food chain
Speaker 2: rivalry was born With Asiah wilson And company and The
Speaker 2: New York, liberty WHICH i think The links are on
Speaker 2: their way, there but not.
Speaker 1: Quite, well that's a great perspective of a great way
Speaker 1: to look at. It you have to add some more
Speaker 1: to your.
Speaker 2: Resume that's the, Trophy, okay you got to.
Speaker 1: Have. Yeah, Well i'm certainly looking forward to seeing what
Speaker 1: The links do for the rest of the. Season BUT
Speaker 1: i want to move right along To. Dallas Page beckers
Speaker 1: has been clear to, return and she's been out for
Speaker 1: a couple of games due to an. Illness so when
Speaker 1: you look at This dallas, team you know they've built
Speaker 1: it Around page And Arika gumbwalle to help with rebuild the. Team,
Speaker 1: however we talked about the eight new coaches in THE,
Speaker 1: wnba And dallas is a team that is suffering FROM
Speaker 1: i only want to say. Suffering there's a lot to
Speaker 1: be figured out with this new, system new, coach new.
Speaker 1: Roster they start the season one. Nine how much pressure
Speaker 1: do you think there is on this young core to
Speaker 1: turn things around in this.
Speaker 2: SEASON i don't think there's a lot of pressure from
Speaker 2: being one hundred percent, honest AND i don't mean any
Speaker 2: disrespect to this roster whatsoever BECAUSE i like the, pieces
Speaker 2: BUT i believe and let me see How i'm gonna
Speaker 2: get around to. This, well first of, all we just
Speaker 2: talked about new, teams new. PLAYERS i think they only
Speaker 2: returned three players from last, Year tierra mcow And Matti
Speaker 2: segress And Arika. Gooble so that's a completely new, roster
Speaker 2: a first TIME wnba head coach right In chris, Coklanis
Speaker 2: so there's some kinks to be worked out. There like
Speaker 2: that's the difference in the conversation we were having about
Speaker 2: The aces And Becky hammond is because even though her
Speaker 2: assistants have Changed becky has done this at a high
Speaker 2: level in won and played all those, things and so
Speaker 2: there is a lot of grace. There but WHAT i
Speaker 2: will tell you About, dallas AND i believe this, wholeheartedly
Speaker 2: their season will be won or lost in the post
Speaker 2: and that's. Period Like Melissa smith has so much potential
Speaker 2: AND i don't think we have even scratched what she's capable.
Speaker 2: Of she's gonna have to find that next. Level she's
Speaker 2: gonna have to play like that number two pick every,
Speaker 2: night like she has the weight of the world on her.
Speaker 2: Shoulders mai sha Heinz, allen WHO i think is, outstanding
Speaker 2: who is a versatile, player who's a great, leader who
Speaker 2: has the most playoff experience on that, team she is
Speaker 2: going to have to show up and show out for that.
Speaker 2: Team and Then tierra, McCowan Like, dallas has yet to
Speaker 2: figure out how to consistently make her an. Advantage AND
Speaker 2: i don't know if that's an end season thing or
Speaker 2: an off season, thing OR i don't know exactly what it.
Speaker 2: Is i'm not with their organization in and out every,
Speaker 2: day but there has to be a way to figure
Speaker 2: out how to incorporate her more Consistently i'm set in the.
Speaker 2: Backcourt you. KNOW i know people have their issues With
Speaker 2: Rique gobwal and her shots and all that. Stuff, listen
Speaker 2: you would want her on your team rather not having
Speaker 2: her on your, team, Right that doesn't concern. Me djna's, great, Ty.
Speaker 2: Harris you can denound the list of, players Even maddie
Speaker 2: secrets who could play at the, three and she may
Speaker 2: be end up being the answer in the post because
Speaker 2: she's been playing so. Well but their front line has to,
Speaker 2: perform AND i Think geiselsolder is starting to kind of
Speaker 2: come along, Too AND i can't remember who else they
Speaker 2: have in their post, rotation but looking at their starting
Speaker 2: unit With Heinz, allen With Melissa, smith that's where this
Speaker 2: conversation begins and ends for me in terms of What
Speaker 2: dallas has to do or has to have in order
Speaker 2: to start to find their way in addition to getting
Speaker 2: paid back. Healthy of, course, yes of.
Speaker 1: Course and so my last question for you in terms
Speaker 1: of the, Headlines so he talked about their front court
Speaker 1: and how it starts and ends with their front. Court,
Speaker 1: well last Week Lee yoru requested a Trade Crum, seattle
Speaker 1: And i'm told that there could be a deal done
Speaker 1: as soon as the end of, tonight when you're recording
Speaker 1: this or, tomorrow, okay when this show. Releases so when
Speaker 1: you look at the market, realistically the trade, market what
Speaker 1: are some teams that you think will be a good
Speaker 1: thing For. LEE i Think dallas could probably make a,
Speaker 1: move not just my own, OPINION i think she could
Speaker 1: be a good fit there With tierra McCallan sent working
Speaker 1: out what do you think she?
Speaker 2: Could but if you're not able to properly Incorporate tia,
Speaker 2: macaw what you're gonna do with links? Now he, is
Speaker 2: he is more. SKILLED i think she plays with more.
Speaker 2: Pace she also is can stretch the floor from What
Speaker 2: i've seen as a recent right that, Part i'm not
Speaker 2: sure what would be the best. FIT i don't know
Speaker 2: that It's. Dallas but WHAT i would say About lee
Speaker 2: is that what we saw last year in the finals
Speaker 2: was two teams that really played positionless basketball and played
Speaker 2: more of a five out. Look AND i do think
Speaker 2: that in order to compete with those, teams you have
Speaker 2: to that has to be the emphasis of your focus
Speaker 2: in terms of your core. Group and so While, lee
Speaker 2: from WHAT i, understand was saying she didn't think she
Speaker 2: was playing a big enough. ROLE i don't know if
Speaker 2: that had as much to do with the team as
Speaker 2: it does her, position, RIGHT.
Speaker 1: I think it was. HER i think it was like
Speaker 1: a little bit of, both because she's playing behind so many, people,
Speaker 1: RIGHT i think that's what it.
Speaker 2: Was, Yeah AND i, mean don't get me. WRONG i
Speaker 2: think she's a phenomenal, player BUT i think she has
Speaker 2: to really make it clear what is she looking for
Speaker 2: in terms of minutes and playing time. Exactly teams are
Speaker 2: already solidifying their, rotation SO i don't know that this
Speaker 2: is a smart move for. HER i think if you
Speaker 2: start to look at teams like A, connecticut you, know,
Speaker 2: MAYBE i, Mean washington plays at such a fast pace
Speaker 2: and they've actually been looking pretty. GOOD i Think camilla
Speaker 2: needs to be getting a boatload of the minutes In.
Speaker 2: CHICAGO i wouldn't have to go through and. Look BUT
Speaker 2: i just don't feel either in terms of current rotation
Speaker 2: or playing. Style it's not a huge free agency move
Speaker 2: in my. Opinion it's not necessarily something where everyone is
Speaker 2: circling the wagons to try to get. IT i think
Speaker 2: she's going to have to figure it.
Speaker 1: Out and on that, Note La, CHINA i want to
Speaker 1: thank you for joining us this week on In Case
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Speaker 2: To say thank, You. CHRISTINA i feel so. Honored DO
Speaker 2: i get to give a speech? Now, No i'm. Kidding
Speaker 2: thank you and keep doing a great job with all your.
Speaker 2: COVERAGE i love it AND i am happy to join any.
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