WEBVTT - Size Matters at WNBA All-Star 0:00:01.760 --> 0:00:03.840 Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, the Show that 0:00:03.920 --> 0:00:06.920 Wants to Hug our Uber driver for asking if we 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:10.240 were playing in the WNBA All Star Game this weekend 0:00:11.000 --> 0:00:13.960 on today's show. Yes, it's all things WNBA All Star 0:00:14.040 --> 0:00:19.239 weekend records broken, ACL's torn Flowers, given party thrown, we 0:00:19.239 --> 0:00:21.680 were there, a time was had. We'll tell you all 0:00:21.680 --> 0:00:24.639 about it, but first here's what you need to know today. 0:00:27.400 --> 0:00:31.120 Lots of WNBA news from the weekend. As mentioned. WNBA 0:00:31.200 --> 0:00:33.640 All Star Game on Saturday night at the Footprint Center 0:00:33.680 --> 0:00:37.880 in Phoenix and the WNBA All Stars beat Team USA 0:00:38.080 --> 0:00:42.000 one seventeen one oh nine. Same thing happened last time. 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:44.080 This was the format for the game and we're sending 0:00:44.120 --> 0:00:48.960 off Team USA with the l again. Arique Agunbawale went 0:00:49.560 --> 0:00:53.440 off a WNBA All Star Game record thirty four points, 0:00:53.600 --> 0:00:57.040 all of them in the second half, including eight three pointers, 0:00:57.360 --> 0:01:01.440 and she won MVP Honors. Records broken by the Rooks 0:01:01.480 --> 0:01:04.600 to Fever. Rookie Caitlin Clark's ten assists the most ever 0:01:04.680 --> 0:01:06.960 by a rookie in an All Star game, and sky 0:01:07.080 --> 0:01:10.440 forward Angel Reese recorded the first rookie double double ever 0:01:10.560 --> 0:01:13.440 in an All Star Game, finishing with twelve points and 0:01:13.520 --> 0:01:17.600 eleven boards. Friday night, it was the Skills Competition and 0:01:17.640 --> 0:01:20.760 the three Point Contest, and Atlanta dreamguard Alicia Gray had 0:01:20.760 --> 0:01:24.600 a historic evening. She's the first ever to win both 0:01:24.720 --> 0:01:27.520 in the same year. Girl got a bag too. We're 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:30.480 gonna get into that later. Heading into that competition. By 0:01:30.520 --> 0:01:32.800 the way, the biggest storyline we talked about right here 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:35.160 on Good Game was that both Caitlyn Clark and Sabrina 0:01:35.200 --> 0:01:37.880 yan Escu declined invites from the league to compete in 0:01:37.920 --> 0:01:40.399 the three point Contest, and Clark was asked about that 0:01:40.400 --> 0:01:42.360 in a press conference. Here's what she had to say 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:43.440 about choosing to sit out. 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:47.680 Yeah, honestly, like I think this ress, like had been 0:01:47.720 --> 0:01:50.360 planned basketball for a year straight. Like's, It's not an 0:01:50.360 --> 0:01:52.640 easy thing to just show up to and shootout in Iraq's. 0:01:52.680 --> 0:01:54.040 Has something I've ever done before. 0:01:55.240 --> 0:01:56.360 It's not something I've had a lot of. 0:01:56.360 --> 0:01:58.360 Time to practice. I've been focusing on helping my two 0:01:58.400 --> 0:01:58.919 win games. 0:02:00.000 --> 0:02:02.040 I think, just you know, enjoying this break. 0:02:02.080 --> 0:02:03.880 I think there's gonna be plenty of opportunities for you 0:02:03.920 --> 0:02:06.240 to do that as I'm boying it. But at the 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:08.280 same time, like the field, the shooters that we have 0:02:08.400 --> 0:02:10.200 in the competition are really good. They're all like mere 0:02:10.280 --> 0:02:13.639 forty percent shooters, So I'm excited for them. I'll be 0:02:13.680 --> 0:02:16.280 there supporting them and it'll be fun. But yeah, I mean, 0:02:16.320 --> 0:02:18.000 I think the biggest this is the thing on us 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:19.960 for me is just like I need a break. I 0:02:19.960 --> 0:02:21.960 need to take some time to myself to enjoy what 0:02:22.000 --> 0:02:24.000 I want to do, and at times that can be 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:26.400 tough be the physician that I'm in, but I think 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:27.440 he should be healthiest from. 0:02:27.280 --> 0:02:30.000 His own A little more WNBA news. So Connecticut Sun 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:32.919 Power couple do want to? Bonner and Alyssa Thomas are 0:02:32.960 --> 0:02:36.679 on the cover of Slam magazine. Google that check that out. 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:38.240 You can even get it on a T shirt if 0:02:38.240 --> 0:02:41.240 you want. And speaking of couples we love, on Friday, 0:02:41.280 --> 0:02:44.280 Brittany Grinder and her wife Cherrelle announced that their baby 0:02:44.800 --> 0:02:48.919 bash Raymond, was born on July eighth. Now, it's been 0:02:48.919 --> 0:02:51.600 a difficult last couple of years for them, and that's 0:02:52.160 --> 0:02:55.000 putting it very lightly. So to see the joy on 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:57.960 Beg's face playing on her home court during the All 0:02:58.000 --> 0:03:00.800 Star festivities, knowing that she's about to head to the 0:03:00.800 --> 0:03:04.000 Olympics and rep the USA and now soaking it all 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:06.200 in while she's got a newborn back home. We're just 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:10.320 so happy for the couple and sending Brittany all of 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:13.799 our love and also, I guess we got to call 0:03:13.840 --> 0:03:17.240 her Pops now. Shout out to my girl, Tarika Foster Brasby. 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:20.200 She got this great SoundBite from BG for CBS Sports 0:03:20.200 --> 0:03:20.840 over the weekend. 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:23.839 There's probably one other job that you're about to get 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:26.560 into that is really hard and really scary. 0:03:26.880 --> 0:03:28.040 You're about to be a mom. 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:31.280 How is that feeling, Pops? 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:34.040 Oh, let me get it together. About to be a pops? 0:03:34.520 --> 0:03:38.640 Pops it is, We got you. BG Commissioner kat the 0:03:38.640 --> 0:03:41.040 Engelbert said ahead of Saturday's All Star Game that the 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:45.320 WNBA is considering expanding regular season to forty four games 0:03:45.560 --> 0:03:48.040 for next year's season. Now, forty four games per team 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:50.320 are the most that would be allowed under the current 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:53.440 Collective Bargaining Agreement, and the number of games has grown 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:55.480 over the years, from twenty eight in the first season 0:03:55.480 --> 0:03:58.360 in nineteen ninety seven to thirty four in two thousand 0:03:58.400 --> 0:04:02.480 and three, thirty six two and forty games both last 0:04:02.520 --> 0:04:04.520 year and this year, so we could be getting more 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:08.680 games next year as well. Kathy Engelbert also talked about 0:04:08.680 --> 0:04:12.320 efforts to continue to globalize the game and mentioned Europe, Asia, 0:04:12.400 --> 0:04:14.840 Mexico City, and the Middle East as places that the 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:18.920 WNBA might hold future games. The league previously has held 0:04:18.920 --> 0:04:21.800 a couple exhibition games in Canada. They're also talking about 0:04:21.800 --> 0:04:24.440 potentially having contests in neutral sites in the US to 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:29.200 test out potential expansion markets. So you remember on the show, 0:04:29.200 --> 0:04:31.359 we reported last week that the WNBA is set to 0:04:31.400 --> 0:04:34.240 receive nearly two hundred million dollars a year as part 0:04:34.240 --> 0:04:37.400 of new broadcast rights. Now, this is part of a 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:40.960 larger seventy five billion dollar NBA deal that was negotiated, 0:04:41.279 --> 0:04:44.280 and we're still waiting for the official final word on 0:04:44.360 --> 0:04:46.600 all of the numbers and the deal. But the head 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:50.480 of the WNBA Players Association, Terry Jackson, spoke out with 0:04:50.480 --> 0:04:53.719 some concern that the league is still being undervalued. In 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:56.599 a statement, she said, in part quote, we look forward 0:04:56.640 --> 0:04:58.760 to learning how the NBA arrived at a two hundred 0:04:58.760 --> 0:05:02.599 million dollar valuation if initial reports are accurate or even close. 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:05.520 Neither the NBA nor the WNBA can deny that in 0:05:05.600 --> 0:05:08.880 the last few years we've seen unprecedented growth across all metrics, 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:12.159 the players continue to demonstrate their commitment to building the brand, 0:05:12.360 --> 0:05:14.680 and that the fans keep showing up. There is no 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:18.839 excuse to undervalue the WNBA. Again, she is absolutely right 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:21.359 and we are looking forward to the final numbers on 0:05:21.400 --> 0:05:23.719 that and how that valuation came to be. Remember, in 0:05:23.760 --> 0:05:26.880 that initial agreement, there was still potential room for more 0:05:26.920 --> 0:05:30.040 money because it did not prevent other deals and other 0:05:30.400 --> 0:05:32.880 partnerships from taking place. So we're gonna wait for the 0:05:32.920 --> 0:05:36.520 final word on that one. We also got some NWSL 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:38.839 news over the weekend. The Portland Thorns have announced that 0:05:38.880 --> 0:05:41.760 interim head coach Rob Gail has been made the permanent 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:44.280 head coach. Now you remember he began serving as head 0:05:44.279 --> 0:05:47.560 coach back in April when then head coach Mike Norris 0:05:47.600 --> 0:05:50.600 was reassigned as the club's technical director. And things have 0:05:50.680 --> 0:05:52.839 been looking up for the Thorns ever since since Scale 0:05:52.880 --> 0:05:55.560 took over. They've moved up the NWSL table and they're 0:05:55.600 --> 0:05:59.960 currently sitting in fifth in golf. Chinetti want to say 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:03.000 on of Thailand, recorded back to back Birdie's and won 0:06:03.040 --> 0:06:05.560 the twenty twenty four Dana Open on Sunday. That is 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:12.440 her second career LPGA title. Coming up our organs, our soup, 0:06:12.920 --> 0:06:16.640 our headaches seem maternal, and our voices are several octaves lower. 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:18.680 Misha and I talk about hanging out in Phoenix at 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:26.960 the All Star weekend. Next. Okay, let's get back into 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:30.720 the WNBA All Star festivities because we were there, and 0:06:30.760 --> 0:06:32.919 when I say we, I'm not using the royal we. 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:36.720 Mesh was there too, and Mish and I got to 0:06:36.720 --> 0:06:39.880 meet in person, So Alex, I'm gonna put you on 0:06:39.920 --> 0:06:41.360 some sort of trip. We're going to take a team 0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:43.960 field trip sometime, but for now, it was so nice 0:06:44.000 --> 0:06:47.240 to meet producer Mish in person and uh, have a 0:06:47.279 --> 0:06:51.960 couple adult beverages, watch some good basketball. We never partied 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:54.800 at the same time because we're on different schedules. Meisch 0:06:54.880 --> 0:06:57.200 takes a disco nap like a young person and then 0:06:57.240 --> 0:06:59.800 heads back out. And I got a power straight through 0:06:59.839 --> 0:07:02.160 because if I sit down, my body's like, oh, we're done, 0:07:02.240 --> 0:07:05.240 thank you. Okay, go to sleep. Now. Well, let's start 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:07.600 with Saturday. It's game Meiche. We were in the Gatorade suite. 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:10.280 Shout out to Gatorade and my whole women's Advisory board 0:07:10.640 --> 0:07:12.760 for being so excited to meet Mesh. They had all 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:14.640 listened to the show and they're like, oh, it's Mesh 0:07:14.680 --> 0:07:18.480 from the show. No, oh, no, you and journalists they 0:07:19.040 --> 0:07:23.040 all even knew their social tag so that game. Cheryl 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:26.920 Reef called it probably the greatest spectacle in our league's history. 0:07:27.680 --> 0:07:31.800 And I mean, multiple records broken, a sold out venue, 0:07:31.920 --> 0:07:34.200 pit bull at the half. We'll talk about that later. 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:37.200 I mean, it did go off, meiche. 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:39.120 It did go off. It absolutely went off. 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:42.480 It was everything and more for me, hands down. 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:44.400 I'm not the first person to say this the best 0:07:44.440 --> 0:07:47.440 All Star experience I have ever personally had. If you 0:07:47.480 --> 0:07:49.720 can't tell by my voice, it's probably gonna crack a 0:07:49.720 --> 0:07:50.680 couple of times, folks. 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:53.200 And that's it, is it. We're both a little lower, 0:07:53.360 --> 0:07:55.400 a little low lower than when we left. 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:58.440 A bit a bit, but it was freaking fantastic. 0:07:59.840 --> 0:08:05.200 I mean, Arikae Gumbawale, she did exactly what I predicted. 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:07.000 Ye I don't want to sound like and know what all, 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:09.840 but I was right, y'all. Like I chatted with Rebecca 0:08:09.880 --> 0:08:13.120 Lobo last week and we kind of predicted this would happen. 0:08:13.200 --> 0:08:19.840 Take a listen, but the last time in twenty twenty one, 0:08:19.920 --> 0:08:22.360 when the Olympians played the All Stars and Arique went 0:08:22.400 --> 0:08:25.360 off and the All Stars won the game. That was 0:08:25.400 --> 0:08:27.400 pretty cool too, because it's always more fun of course, 0:08:27.400 --> 0:08:30.000 when it's competitive and the teams are playing really hard, 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:32.880 and that game was a situation where that was the case. 0:08:33.120 --> 0:08:34.880 A Rika is an interesting one to say when they're 0:08:34.920 --> 0:08:37.319 competitive and it matters, because we've seen her speak out 0:08:37.360 --> 0:08:40.200 about the Team USA roster and kind of saying she 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:42.480 pulled herself out of the process because she didn't think 0:08:42.520 --> 0:08:46.840 it was fair or an honest process for whatever reason, 0:08:47.360 --> 0:08:50.600 and she's gonna want to go off in this game. 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:53.840 I could see Arigae wanting to get MVP, wanting to 0:08:53.880 --> 0:08:56.400 beat Team USA and prove some sort of point. So 0:08:56.440 --> 0:08:57.880 that's a good one to bring up. We might see 0:08:57.920 --> 0:09:02.320 that again. And for those who didn't get what I 0:09:02.360 --> 0:09:06.640 was saying there, Arique has been in the team pool 0:09:06.800 --> 0:09:10.280 for the US team the last two Olympics cycles, didn't 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:13.120 make the team in twenty twenty one, and then a 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:16.679 bit after the roster was announced this year, she said 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:18.880 publicly she took her name out of the mix and 0:09:18.920 --> 0:09:22.079 said there were quote unquote politics in the selection process. 0:09:22.920 --> 0:09:25.720 This is the second time Arikee has not made that 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:28.599 team and then gone on to become MVP in the 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:31.120 All Star Game. Going off. Last time it was twenty 0:09:31.160 --> 0:09:34.360 six points, which was impressive enough. This time thirty four. 0:09:35.000 --> 0:09:36.800 And this is one of those games when you look 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:39.600 at the box score afterwards, it's not the same as 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:42.760 when you're there in the building, not at all. Watching 0:09:42.880 --> 0:09:46.280 her just drain three after three after three, hands in 0:09:46.320 --> 0:09:48.000 her face, falling away didn't matter. 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:49.880 You know what I knew it was going to be 0:09:49.920 --> 0:09:53.440 a special night is when she she was coming right 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:56.200 to left down the court, took a one footed off 0:09:56.240 --> 0:09:59.040 her left foot, one footed shot from the top of 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:01.760 the key switch. I say, yeah, this is you know, 0:10:02.040 --> 0:10:04.120 we just didn't sit back, eat the popcorn and enjoy 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:07.560 this moment because she's about to do some give spectacular stuff, 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:08.840 really truly well. 0:10:08.880 --> 0:10:11.480 And zero points in the first half. So when they 0:10:11.559 --> 0:10:13.960 came back out at the half in the beginning of 0:10:13.960 --> 0:10:16.000 the third, she started to get really hot and they 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:18.360 looked like they were feeding her. I turned to you 0:10:18.559 --> 0:10:21.160 and I said, Okay, do you think they had a 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:23.760 conversation at the break about getting her the MVP? Because 0:10:23.800 --> 0:10:26.160 the thing about All Star games is there are so 0:10:26.280 --> 0:10:30.400 many talented players out there. Everybody wants their time, everybody 0:10:30.400 --> 0:10:32.480 wants their shine, and they all kind of know that 0:10:32.520 --> 0:10:35.360 the fans are there to see their respective favorites, right, 0:10:35.760 --> 0:10:38.640 So when you've got a game where someone gets really hot, 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:41.959 it does sort of have to be a team decision 0:10:42.559 --> 0:10:44.400 because in a regular game, you want to win no 0:10:44.440 --> 0:10:46.360 matter what, so you're feeding the hot hand. But in 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:49.880 an All Star game, it's about showing everybody's skills. It 0:10:49.960 --> 0:10:52.960 got kind of clear to me quickly that the rest 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:54.800 of the team was on board. In fact, after the game, 0:10:54.880 --> 0:10:56.920 Kaitlin Clark said they tried to sub me in for 0:10:56.960 --> 0:10:59.200 a reega in. I was like, absolutely not. You got 0:10:59.200 --> 0:11:01.200 to do that. Pep're in there letter cook. 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:04.120 When you see somebody doing things like that, you don't 0:11:04.120 --> 0:11:06.880 want to stop the spectacle. Like you mentioned, the fans 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:09.320 are there for a show, and if you know somebody's cooking, 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:11.000 why would you not continue to feed the hot hand. 0:11:11.040 --> 0:11:13.319 I also feel like at the All Star break, these 0:11:13.320 --> 0:11:15.920 players are very, very tired, even the ones that are 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:18.160 in the game, and so I'm not mad if I'm 0:11:18.200 --> 0:11:20.480 necho or I'm one of the older you know players 0:11:20.480 --> 0:11:23.080 on that team and Arique's cooking, please make us all 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:25.319 look good. We're all gonna get this win together. We're 0:11:25.360 --> 0:11:26.079 all on the roster. 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:29.400 Come on. So but she had a special night for sure. 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:33.000 Literally, letter Cook, make us all dinner and we'll just 0:11:33.000 --> 0:11:36.440 sit here and watch because we're tired. We're tired. Also 0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:39.600 worth noting they want to win that game. There is 0:11:39.720 --> 0:11:42.760 pride on the line for Team WNBA versus Team USA, 0:11:42.880 --> 0:11:46.400 and for the second straight time, the WNBA All Stars won. 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:49.280 You and I were talking before I had Team USA 0:11:49.360 --> 0:11:51.839 all the way. Yeah, I thought after they lost, getting 0:11:51.840 --> 0:11:53.920 ready for the Tokyo Games, they would just have this 0:11:54.000 --> 0:11:55.559 chip on their shoulder of like, yeah, we got to 0:11:55.640 --> 0:11:57.480 prove we know we're gonna go out there as the 0:11:57.520 --> 0:11:59.599 favorites for gold again. We know we're one of the 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:02.280 most nastic teams in Olympic history. But we still got 0:12:02.320 --> 0:12:05.400 to get this w before we leave. And instead they 0:12:05.400 --> 0:12:08.960 are getting on that plane to Paris, perhaps not as 0:12:09.000 --> 0:12:12.880 happy as they could be, perhaps feeling a little bit like, oh, 0:12:12.920 --> 0:12:15.640 we did not want to enter this Olympic outing with 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:18.319 a big fat l just before we left. 0:12:18.760 --> 0:12:20.920 Yeah, but you know, if you really sit and't think 0:12:20.920 --> 0:12:23.640 about it, Team WNBA was coming in. Of course, there 0:12:23.720 --> 0:12:25.839 was an actual game to lose, but they had nothing 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:28.120 to lose. It was all fun and games for them. 0:12:28.200 --> 0:12:30.840 For Team USA, both teams in the first half looked 0:12:30.840 --> 0:12:32.840 a little tight. I think there were nerves, but Team 0:12:32.920 --> 0:12:35.320 USA looked stiff. They looked like they were, you know, 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:38.040 giving up shots. They weren't playing as loose just because 0:12:38.440 --> 0:12:41.040 you know that that pressure's on. It's real, it exists. 0:12:41.080 --> 0:12:43.440 And they were partying. As we all know, they were 0:12:43.440 --> 0:12:44.360 out there in the streets. 0:12:44.400 --> 0:12:46.880 We'll get to that. We'll get to them being out 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:48.480 in the streets because we saw them and we were 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:50.679 with them. But I also think they might have been 0:12:50.720 --> 0:12:53.480 trying to run plays, work on stuff that they've been 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:56.480 working on in practice, like really prep in a way 0:12:56.520 --> 0:12:59.400 that Team WNBA isn't prepping. And TWNBA knew they were 0:12:59.400 --> 0:13:02.080 about to take a month off, like this is it 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:04.360 on my body? I get a month off, whereas Team 0:13:04.440 --> 0:13:07.439 USA is like, man, we're gonna keep grinding. So all 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:10.839 that is taken into account when we see that WNBA win. 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:17.120 But speaking of wins, Arique, after that incredible performance, we're 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:18.959 all kind of holding our breath to see what kind 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:22.520 of trophy she gets because there's been a lot of 0:13:22.559 --> 0:13:25.079 talk in the past about the trophy size, and I'll 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:28.000 tell you what. We all know, this size matters. And 0:13:28.080 --> 0:13:31.440 when Kelsey Plumb had that little itty bitty trophy that 0:13:31.480 --> 0:13:33.320 looked like something you'd have to save up a bunch 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:37.120 of tokens or tickets at David Buster's to get out 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:40.040 of ice the glass case in front, we were all like, 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:43.880 what the hell is that thing? And so thankfully this 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:49.440 year was a nice appropriately sized glass trophy plaque, whatever 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:52.600 you're gonna call it, for a rique well deserved, well deserved. 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:57.320 Speaking of well deserved, I think we all need to 0:13:57.840 --> 0:14:02.920 hold the dollar real quick from Alicia Gray because she 0:14:03.000 --> 0:14:06.240 went off on Friday and it paid off. Gray got 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:08.520 two thousand, five hundred and seventy five dollars from the 0:14:08.600 --> 0:14:10.560 league for each of her wins for the three point 0:14:10.600 --> 0:14:14.679 and the skills. That's per the WNBACBA, but she also 0:14:14.720 --> 0:14:19.200 got fifty five thousand dollars per event from AFLAC as 0:14:19.240 --> 0:14:22.560 part of a partnership with the WNBA Players Association, So 0:14:22.760 --> 0:14:25.320 one hundred and ten thousand dollars from AFLAC in addition 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:28.200 to what she got from the WNBA. Folks, we did 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:31.120 the math for you. Her base salary from the Dream 0:14:31.240 --> 0:14:33.680 this year is one hundred and eighty five thousand dollars 0:14:34.080 --> 0:14:37.120 and on Friday Night she won one hundred and fifteen thousand, 0:14:37.120 --> 0:14:40.120 one hundred and fifty dollars. That's sixty two percent of 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:44.600 her season salary in one night. Talk about it. Come 0:14:44.680 --> 0:14:47.720 up for Alicia Gray. We love to see it. And 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:50.400 Mesh was also really fun. She was wearing her goggles 0:14:50.640 --> 0:14:54.120 and he rode kind of goggles. Yeah. Holly Road kind 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:56.120 of called her out and was like, those are non prescription, right, 0:14:56.160 --> 0:14:58.360 and she was like, oh, secrets out right. I wear 0:14:58.400 --> 0:14:59.760 them because I got poked in the eye before and 0:14:59.760 --> 0:15:01.760 now it's just kind of my look. But they cut 0:15:01.800 --> 0:15:06.200 over and Alicia's former college teammate Asia Wilson was wearing 0:15:06.240 --> 0:15:10.160 the glasses the goggles in solitude court side while watching, 0:15:10.600 --> 0:15:12.640 and then of course Asia said after the big wins, 0:15:12.840 --> 0:15:15.040 she's not paying for another dinner, and I don't blame her. 0:15:15.400 --> 0:15:18.240 Yeah, when somebody comes up big like that, we're all eating. 0:15:18.480 --> 0:15:20.200 That's the whole point, right. 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:23.000 We were we were with you shooting in the gym. Literally, 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:24.960 Asia was with Alsia Gray shooting in the gym. So 0:15:25.080 --> 0:15:28.840 I'm just I'm ecstatic for her. And she's so sweet. 0:15:28.880 --> 0:15:31.240 That's the one thing I love about her. Everybody saw 0:15:31.280 --> 0:15:33.440 that viral video of her and Angel Reese at the 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:35.200 scorer is table too, just cheesing. 0:15:35.560 --> 0:15:36.240 I love it all. 0:15:36.320 --> 0:15:38.360 She's such a sweet human, so southern. 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:41.520 I love it. I can appreciate that very much. But big, big, 0:15:41.560 --> 0:15:42.040 but she's a. 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:45.480 Killer, big big, but she's a killer because she went 0:15:45.520 --> 0:15:48.480 out there and the Power of the Dream. It's not 0:15:48.560 --> 0:15:52.120 just a documentary, y'all. It's Alisia Gray, Power of the Dream, 0:15:52.160 --> 0:15:56.040 taken both on Friday night, one bummer mesh and like, 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:58.440 thankfully you and I were not affected, but a lot 0:15:58.480 --> 0:16:02.880 of people were that, like somebody hit refresh on our 0:16:03.040 --> 0:16:07.040 entire societal technology and it really focks some people up 0:16:07.080 --> 0:16:09.640 for this weekend, And one of them was Erica Wheeler 0:16:09.720 --> 0:16:11.520 of the Fever. She was supposed to compete in the 0:16:11.560 --> 0:16:14.440 Skills Challenge on Friday, but her flight got canceled, so 0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:17.040 Kelsey Mitchell, also of the Fever, stepped in. She was 0:16:17.080 --> 0:16:19.080 already in Phoenix as part of the All Star Game 0:16:19.440 --> 0:16:21.760 and competed. But that's just a bummer, Like you have 0:16:21.800 --> 0:16:23.560 to hope. I know Eric has been an MVP in 0:16:23.600 --> 0:16:25.600 the All Star Game, before and she's had her moments there, 0:16:25.640 --> 0:16:27.200 but you just don't know how many of those you're 0:16:27.200 --> 0:16:29.640 gonna get and for it to be like, imagine how 0:16:29.680 --> 0:16:31.480 pissed we are when we're just like going to a 0:16:31.520 --> 0:16:34.200 girl's weekend and our flight gets canceled, Like you're going 0:16:34.680 --> 0:16:37.880 to potentially win fifty five thousand dollars, yeah, and your 0:16:37.920 --> 0:16:40.400 flight doesn't go like that was a real. 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:42.160 Bummer, big, big, big bummer. 0:16:42.600 --> 0:16:45.560 And not to mention just the fact that we all 0:16:45.600 --> 0:16:47.400 talked about it, this was probably the best All Star 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:49.880 that the WNBA's had, and to miss out on that 0:16:50.000 --> 0:16:52.000 is also just a huge, huge letdown. 0:16:52.080 --> 0:16:55.000 So so sorry, Erica Wheeler. Hopefully you get. 0:16:54.840 --> 0:16:57.560 Another opportunity to do this even bigger, even better next 0:16:57.640 --> 0:16:58.680 year or in the future. 0:16:59.200 --> 0:17:02.080 The only person who potentially had a worse weekend was 0:17:02.120 --> 0:17:06.159 Aubrey Plaza. Now I'm not laughing because it's funny, but 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:08.639 it's kind of funny only because how are you going 0:17:08.720 --> 0:17:10.720 to show up to the WNBA All Star as an 0:17:10.800 --> 0:17:13.840 actress and fan and be the one who tears your 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:16.560 acl Like you got people out here fighting for money 0:17:16.960 --> 0:17:20.360 and prestige and MVP awards and they're okay and you're 0:17:20.440 --> 0:17:23.359 just playing Knockout at the Phoenix Mercury New Facility and 0:17:23.400 --> 0:17:27.480 you tear your ACL. H the Parks and rec star 0:17:27.560 --> 0:17:30.200 of TV and film, one of my all time fabs 0:17:30.240 --> 0:17:34.000 who is straight up a vibe at all times. Whether 0:17:34.080 --> 0:17:37.000 she's given double middle fingers on the jumbotront or not, 0:17:37.080 --> 0:17:40.240 she's pretty much always a vibe. But she literally tore 0:17:40.320 --> 0:17:43.399 her ACL midweekend. So like we saw her in a 0:17:43.440 --> 0:17:45.520 bunch of places, she was doing a podcast with Sue 0:17:45.520 --> 0:17:48.240 Byrd and Meghan Rapino. She was court sided for the 0:17:48.280 --> 0:17:51.200 Skills and the three point. At some point between when 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:54.640 we saw her Friday night and Saturday Night's All Star Game, 0:17:55.280 --> 0:17:58.639 we look courtsied and she's got crutches and a brace, 0:17:58.760 --> 0:18:01.240 and Sue Bird is changing her ice pack and we 0:18:01.320 --> 0:18:03.879 find out via the broadcast and Ryan Roco that she 0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:05.800 tory cl. 0:18:07.840 --> 0:18:11.720 That's the kind of stuff that makes women's sports so spectacular, 0:18:11.760 --> 0:18:15.480 because when have you heard a storyline like that at 0:18:15.480 --> 0:18:16.960 the at the NBA All Star Game? 0:18:17.080 --> 0:18:19.280 You don't, because you just don't. 0:18:19.440 --> 0:18:22.680 Aubrey Plaza that you're gracing the WNBA with your presence again, 0:18:22.760 --> 0:18:24.840 because I also love everything. 0:18:24.520 --> 0:18:25.159 She's ever been in. 0:18:26.520 --> 0:18:29.399 But yeah, you're you're not even spectating, right, Just sit still, 0:18:29.480 --> 0:18:33.200 don't do nothing, you know what, you know what, Props 0:18:33.200 --> 0:18:34.320 to her forgiving it her all. 0:18:34.359 --> 0:18:37.000 It sounds like she was playing more defense in in 0:18:37.200 --> 0:18:38.560 that knockout game than you didn't. 0:18:38.840 --> 0:18:41.920 She was walking somebody from getting the ball she was. 0:18:42.040 --> 0:18:43.480 I see it for her, I do. 0:18:43.560 --> 0:18:46.320 That's right, that's right. One last thing about that Saturday night, 0:18:46.359 --> 0:18:48.520 A lot of people were mad about Pitbull being the 0:18:48.680 --> 0:18:51.280 halftime performer, which, like, to be honest, I was kind 0:18:51.280 --> 0:18:53.720 of surprised about. But then it made sense and I 0:18:53.760 --> 0:18:55.320 was thinking about it. I was like, wait, I'm really 0:18:55.400 --> 0:18:58.440 enjoying this, and I'm like definitely shouting along with him fireball, 0:18:58.720 --> 0:19:01.720 and I'm like, Hi, I'm the problem. It's me? Is 0:19:01.760 --> 0:19:04.479 this me not getting that it's like contributing to anti 0:19:04.480 --> 0:19:07.280 feminism because there's like scantily clad women dancing with them 0:19:07.800 --> 0:19:10.480 and I don't know what it is, amish. Maybe you disagree, 0:19:10.480 --> 0:19:13.000 but you know, there's a hip hop squad for the 0:19:13.040 --> 0:19:16.720 Phoenix Mercury and there's men and women dancing, and it's 0:19:17.200 --> 0:19:20.719 reminiscent of the dance squads at NBA games that sometimes 0:19:20.720 --> 0:19:24.199