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Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we're launching

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Speaker 1: a GoFundMe to keep Trinity Rodman in the NWSL. A

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Speaker 1: right Wait, let me ask borders our Tom Holman. Okay,

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Speaker 1: we're good. It's Wednesday, November nineteenth, and on today show

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Speaker 1: we'll be chatting with four time WNBA champion Chelsea Gray

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Speaker 1: about how the Las Vegas Aces turned their season around

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Speaker 1: and secured dynasty status, why Becky Hammond is the best

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Speaker 1: coach she's ever had, and how being a mom has

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Speaker 1: helped her master the art of letting go. Plus dish

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Speaker 1: the dirt on the NWSL, sending the coastal elite to

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Speaker 1: the middle of America, and do I smell cupcakes? It's

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Speaker 1: all coming up right after this welcome back slices. Here's

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Speaker 1: what you need to know today. Let's start with the

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Speaker 1: NWSL ahead of Saturday's championship game between the Washington Spirit

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Speaker 1: and Got Them FC in San Jose, California. ESPN released

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Speaker 1: its second annual GM survey. Reporter and friend of the show,

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Speaker 1: Jeff Casoof interviewed fifteen general managers, or the highest ranking

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Speaker 1: opinions and insights on a variety of topics before compiling

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Speaker 1: and then anonymizing the results. And let's just say that

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Speaker 1: takeaways are fascinating. For example, eighty five percent of respondents

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Speaker 1: said they believe the NWSL salary cap is holding the

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Speaker 1: Ten of the gms named it as the first rule

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Speaker 1: to the team elevating the league the most, Kansas City

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Speaker 1: was the easy pick, earning twelve votes from gms. As

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Speaker 1: their opinions on Commissioner Jessica Berman, rule breaking expansion, and

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Speaker 1: full survey is definitely worth your time, so we'll link

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Speaker 1: to it in the show notes. A little more NWSL

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Speaker 1: as championship weekend nears, you might remember hearing Gotham FC

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Speaker 1: post Kansas City current upset underdog's my ass, she said.

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Speaker 1: And now after eight seed Gotham continued its reign of

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Speaker 1: terror by taking out last year's champs, the Orlando Pride.

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Speaker 1: Jadenshaw slogan has made its way to T shirts made

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Speaker 1: and sold by the underdogs themselves, Got Them FC, or

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Speaker 1: as the Internet is calling them, Shotham FC. We'll link

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Speaker 1: to the site if you want to buy one. To baseball,

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Speaker 1: you might recall that the new Women's Professional Baseball League

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Speaker 1: that WPBL announced a few weeks ago that its four

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Speaker 1: of Front Office Sports that all of its games in

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Speaker 1: year one will be played at Robin Roberts Stadium in Springfield, Illinois,

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Speaker 1: which holds about fifty two hundred fans. And you're probably

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Speaker 1: now asking yourself, why does friend at the Show and

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Speaker 1: Good Morning America co anchor Robin Roberts have a baseball

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Speaker 2: Well, she doesn't, at least not yet.

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Speaker 1: This Robert Stadium is named after MLB Hall of Famer

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Speaker 1: sixty six. As for why Illinois, I mean, first, why

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Speaker 1: when in his conversation with Annie, he said, quote, our

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Speaker 1: Teams are on these two coasts, it would be good

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Speaker 1: Jack is based in New York and his secret Democratic

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Speaker 1: Make sense for long distance fictional relationships. But in Upstart

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Speaker 1: Baseball League, why name the teams after four cities and

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Speaker 1: Annie's story also includes some new details on the league,

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Speaker 2: That's a tease, y'all. You'll have to wait to volleyball.

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Speaker 1: If you listen to our episode with NCAA volleyball reporter Michelichester,

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Speaker 1: the news that Major League Volleyball has just added a

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Speaker 1: Minnesota franchise majority owned and operated by minnesot to Sports

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Speaker 1: and Entertainment, which owns, among other things, the NHLs Minnesota Wild.

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Speaker 1: The team is set to begin competition in twenty twenty seven,

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Speaker 1: same year as the recently announced Love Minnesota franchise is

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Speaker 1: MLV and Love teams. Huh to College Hoops Number five.

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Speaker 1: LSU is on a hot streak, having put up one

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Speaker 1: Let's hope three and two Duke finds its way before

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Speaker 2: Twenty five at all. Some more hoops, this.

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Speaker 1: Time involving WNBA legend Diana Tarassi, who has just announced

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Speaker 1: Dezone and its Social First publishing division. The Whistle Dinah

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Speaker 1: whose appearance includes sharing the time someone approached her very

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Speaker 1: excited to meet Sophie cutting him. We'll link to DT's

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Speaker 1: State Valkyrie player Billings is getting a show titled Breathe

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Speaker 1: Through It. The show promises to combine billings passion for

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Speaker 1: yoga with in depth interviews. Episode one debut is this Saturday,

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Speaker 1: November twenty second, at ten am Eastern on Players TV.

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Speaker 1: We'll link to the trailer in the show notes. By

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Speaker 1: the way, I looked up Players TV for more info

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Speaker 1: and it's quote the first media network and content provider

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Speaker 1: owned by athletes and their fans end quote, with partners

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Speaker 1: including Chaneogomakay, Natasha Cloud, Aj Andrews, Chris Paul, Travis Kelcey,

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Speaker 2: You can watch it.

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Speaker 1: On DirecTV, YouTube TV, Fubo, Amazon, fireTV, and Filo Filo

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Speaker 1: don't know what that is. You can also check out

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Speaker 1: content at playerstv dot com. Other shows include Aerial View

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Speaker 1: with the Indiana Fevers, Aerial Powers, and The Cheney Show,

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Speaker 1: hosted by WNBA player turned analyst Cheneogoomakay.

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Speaker 2: All right, sliceas wanted to.

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Speaker 1: Do a very quick give me a minute, and this

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Speaker 1: responded to the interview with Elena Beard about Project B

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Speaker 2: It's the point. God. Chelsea Gray joining us now.

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Speaker 1: She's a two time Olympic gold medalist, four time WNBA Champion,

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Speaker 2: It's the point, God, Chelsea Gray.

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Speaker 3: Hi, Chelsea Hi, how are you?

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Speaker 1: I'm good That Asia Wilson quote is never gonna die,

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Speaker 1: never gets old, ah man, And it feels like she's

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Speaker 4: coming with some gin and knock gonna But like there's

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you told Espans Katie Barnes that Asia told you

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you don't want to rely on like a call

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Speaker 4: They were like we had uncomfortable conversations as a team.

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Speaker 4: But Becky always just harped on, like, don't let this

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Speaker 4: were just like, okay, we cooking with some we cook

436
00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:23,280
Speaker 4: them with some heat now, like we took them with

437
00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:25,320
Speaker 4: some grease. And then we went on the road and

438
00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:28,720
Speaker 4: got road winds. That was huge, Like at Atlanta was

439
00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:32,160
Speaker 4: a huge game of seeding purposes. We had that game,

440
00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:33,720
Speaker 4: and then we came home and we had a big

441
00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:36,840
Speaker 4: game against mins, Like we started beating teams that were

442
00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:40,080
Speaker 4: above us and climbing climbing, climbing, and so it was

443
00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:42,440
Speaker 4: just like we really had the mentality of one game

444
00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:44,879
Speaker 4: at a time, and so when you start to string

445
00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:47,359
Speaker 4: together those games that are like okay, now you're playing

446
00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:49,119
Speaker 4: like playoff teams is going to be in the semi

447
00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:53,040
Speaker 4: finals finals, right, that's when we were like, okay, the

448
00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:57,200
Speaker 4: tide like we're seeing we're seeing glimpses of the team

449
00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:58,560
Speaker 4: of a championship team.

450
00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:01,240
Speaker 1: And you play a huge not just because you're the

451
00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:03,639
Speaker 1: point guard, because you've been there, because you have this

452
00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,240
Speaker 1: outsized veteran role, but you even sort of take on

453
00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:06,760
Speaker 1: almost a.

454
00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:10,159
Speaker 2: Player coach role. You wield the whiteboard during timeouts.

455
00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,520
Speaker 1: I want to know when that started, how you felt

456
00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:16,280
Speaker 1: confident enough that you weren't gonna have that whiteboard rip.

457
00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:17,480
Speaker 3: Right out of your end and be like, what are

458
00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:18,560
Speaker 3: you backing him?

459
00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:21,639
Speaker 4: And man, she allowed me to just be me, Like

460
00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:24,639
Speaker 4: she trusts me our conversations. She understands that, like my

461
00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:27,080
Speaker 4: mind and my IQ is my greatest weapon, right, how

462
00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:28,720
Speaker 4: do I bring the best out of each other, get

463
00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:30,840
Speaker 4: the best out of just one possession of stilling one

464
00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:33,159
Speaker 4: possession can change the nature of a game. And she

465
00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:35,560
Speaker 4: understands that as a player and a coach, And so

466
00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:38,399
Speaker 4: there will be so many times throughout like earlier in

467
00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:40,760
Speaker 4: the year I would ask for her white board, but

468
00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:44,119
Speaker 4: she's in because our team, I understood. We started understanding

469
00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:49,520
Speaker 4: that our team was very like like visual learners vigual learners. Yeah,

470
00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:51,600
Speaker 4: there were visual learners. You had to like see it,

471
00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:53,280
Speaker 4: they had to see it on the board and then

472
00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:55,520
Speaker 4: go through it. And so I would bring the board

473
00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:57,640
Speaker 4: over just to show them like, Okay, when we cut here,

474
00:21:57,760 --> 00:21:59,880
Speaker 4: this is what's happening. This is the play that's open

475
00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:03,160
Speaker 4: after the first action, and eventually I guess she got

476
00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,280
Speaker 4: to know it on me's taking her board because she

477
00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:07,919
Speaker 4: would try to withdraw a player say something in her hudel,

478
00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:09,840
Speaker 4: but I had her board and then I would try

479
00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:11,160
Speaker 4: to do it quick and give it back to her.

480
00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,600
Speaker 4: So they brought another board. You know, people say that

481
00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:16,239
Speaker 4: it was my board. I guess I'm the only one

482
00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:18,960
Speaker 4: that used it. But I didn't like request a board,

483
00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:20,840
Speaker 4: and she was probably like, we need another one because

484
00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:23,560
Speaker 4: she's taking mind the whole time. But it was necessary

485
00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:26,760
Speaker 4: for sure, because everybody became a lot more visual even

486
00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:28,760
Speaker 4: the direction we were going. We needed to change the

487
00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:29,439
Speaker 4: board and stuff.

488
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Speaker 3: So it makes sense. It's made sense.

489
00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:34,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I mean, how important and how meaningful is

490
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Speaker 1: it to have someone like Becky that you know, played,

491
00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:40,080
Speaker 1: has been out there and isn't that far removed from

492
00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:43,240
Speaker 1: being the other end of that huddle speech, Because it

493
00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:45,800
Speaker 1: feels like that is why she has so much faith

494
00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:47,960
Speaker 1: in y'all, because she's been in your seat before.

495
00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:50,879
Speaker 4: In people's careers, right, it could be a detriment or

496
00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:54,560
Speaker 4: a great influence in people, like not even just coaches

497
00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:58,280
Speaker 4: or like situations, everybody's like situation in the team, in

498
00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:00,880
Speaker 4: the environment they're in really close av AIA like who

499
00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:02,560
Speaker 4: you are, who you're gonna be as an asset as

500
00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:03,560
Speaker 4: a player, especially.

501
00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:04,800
Speaker 3: Growing up in the league.

502
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Speaker 4: And so each like moment in my career there's been

503
00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:11,399
Speaker 4: like something or someone or like an event or like

504
00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:13,679
Speaker 4: a couple of years that's really changed the trajectory of

505
00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:16,560
Speaker 4: my career. Becky has been one of those people, right,

506
00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:18,840
Speaker 4: She's allowed me to kind of play like she knew

507
00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,320
Speaker 4: I would have these conversations. She'd be like, why don't

508
00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:23,399
Speaker 4: you just say it? Or why don't you just like

509
00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:26,520
Speaker 4: do it? Or just okay, yeah, go do that overalled,

510
00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:28,560
Speaker 4: let's just go do that. That makes sense, like you're

511
00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:30,600
Speaker 4: in You're in the game, Like I'm not in there.

512
00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:34,200
Speaker 4: I know what probably works during like experience and watching hours.

513
00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:37,480
Speaker 4: They watched so much film, and so she gave me

514
00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:39,040
Speaker 4: the confidence to do it, like just with have a

515
00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:41,600
Speaker 4: conversations than the reads that I would do in the

516
00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:44,760
Speaker 4: middle of the game. She'd be like, now that makes sense,

517
00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:47,920
Speaker 4: Like yeah, that's something I would do. And so her

518
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:51,320
Speaker 4: confidence that way has changed, like how I kind of

519
00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:53,840
Speaker 4: direct and see the game and it's and it's made

520
00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:56,000
Speaker 4: me accountable to It's made me better to like, when

521
00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,160
Speaker 4: I'm watching film, this is what I'm looking for now

522
00:23:58,240 --> 00:23:59,200
Speaker 4: in a different way.

523
00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:01,240
Speaker 2: Sounds like you want to be a coach after you're done.

524
00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:03,720
Speaker 4: I don't know, you know, people say that, Peop will

525
00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:06,040
Speaker 4: say that, so we'll see.

526
00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:06,479
Speaker 3: I don't know.

527
00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:08,080
Speaker 2: You got time. You got time.

528
00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:11,600
Speaker 1: So you go on to win it all, just like

529
00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:14,160
Speaker 1: everyone drew it up and some of your.

530
00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,080
Speaker 2: Some of your parade fits kind of pointed to the

531
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Speaker 2: fact that people had their doubts.

532
00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:23,960
Speaker 1: Asia had her regression year tea, you all had the

533
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,000
Speaker 1: tea with the broom for the final sweep. You had

534
00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:29,439
Speaker 1: your T shirt it was picks of you in all

535
00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:31,960
Speaker 1: your title years and said washed more like.

536
00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:33,160
Speaker 2: Wax that ass.

537
00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,639
Speaker 1: Okay, I need to hear about the petty side of

538
00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:39,480
Speaker 1: this team. The doubts and the questions clearly were heard

539
00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:41,879
Speaker 1: by y'all. You shut them up, and instead of shutting

540
00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,200
Speaker 1: them up and taking the w you were like, and also,

541
00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:47,160
Speaker 1: we're bringing a little petty to this parade. Yeah, I'm

542
00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:48,439
Speaker 1: always here for a little petty.

543
00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:49,160
Speaker 2: Tell me about that.

544
00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:51,560
Speaker 4: You know, during the season, like it was rough, like

545
00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:53,160
Speaker 4: we were just like it was get spooky, get.

546
00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:53,679
Speaker 3: A little scared.

547
00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:57,840
Speaker 4: Are y'all like, let's not do that again, Like let's

548
00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:01,600
Speaker 4: not that's kind of care. We saw, like you know,

549
00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:05,120
Speaker 4: we're human, like we hear the noise, we see this stuff,

550
00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:06,880
Speaker 4: like we see some of So there were signs where

551
00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:08,600
Speaker 4: we would take social media breaks, and there were so

552
00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:10,399
Speaker 4: many times I was like off Twitter, like all these

553
00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:15,439
Speaker 4: different things, and so like there was little moments and

554
00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,159
Speaker 4: little times like even in an interview like oh your numbers,

555
00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:21,040
Speaker 4: like they'll start off by rattling off something. I'll be

556
00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:24,679
Speaker 4: like okay and answer the question anyways, or I just

557
00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:29,080
Speaker 4: don't And so there was things like okay is Asian

558
00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:33,399
Speaker 4: and aggression, You're absolutely not MVP. And then there was

559
00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:35,359
Speaker 4: a lot of speculation like when Juel came to the

560
00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:37,959
Speaker 4: team and all this different stuff her situation she had

561
00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:40,560
Speaker 4: on her coming here and like our start and so

562
00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:42,960
Speaker 4: that makes sense. And then mine was like, oh no,

563
00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:45,200
Speaker 4: Chelsea Gray is kind of done wash all over there, and.

564
00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,960
Speaker 3: I was like sorry, but I'm not. I'm not. I

565
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:48,919
Speaker 3: got a lot more to go.

566
00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:53,159
Speaker 4: And so everybody kind of had like something or a

567
00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:56,040
Speaker 4: little bit of like what it playstell of like their

568
00:25:56,080 --> 00:26:00,520
Speaker 4: personality and but also like silencing the noise because it champions,

569
00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:01,040
Speaker 4: shut up.

570
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:03,360
Speaker 2: That's it, That's right, the best way to shut everyone up.

571
00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:05,520
Speaker 1: I want to ask just it made me think of something,

572
00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:07,400
Speaker 1: and I've been thinking about this over the last couple

573
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,920
Speaker 1: of years. As the WNBA increases in popularity, there's a

574
00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:12,639
Speaker 1: lot more media coverage, there's a lot more people talking,

575
00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:13,960
Speaker 1: a lot of them don't know a.

576
00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:15,240
Speaker 2: Thing about what they're talking about.

577
00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:19,439
Speaker 1: But how do you find that balance between understanding that

578
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,720
Speaker 1: the more media you get, the more popular you are,

579
00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:24,680
Speaker 1: the more professionalized the league is, the more coverage that

580
00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:26,840
Speaker 1: will be even when you're playing badly, and that some

581
00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,760
Speaker 1: of that coverage is fair even if it's not positive.

582
00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:34,040
Speaker 1: So separating the shit talk or the trash or the

583
00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:37,720
Speaker 1: harassment or the bullshit that happens versus reporters reporting on

584
00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:41,600
Speaker 1: a losing streak or a rough patch and being able

585
00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:43,760
Speaker 1: to be professional and handle that and respond to that,

586
00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:46,760
Speaker 1: because I think that's where I think the women's game

587
00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:50,480
Speaker 1: the next step will be a little bit less requiring

588
00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:52,679
Speaker 1: of cheerleading from the media that does show up.

589
00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:54,720
Speaker 2: That was necessary for a long time because.

590
00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:56,760
Speaker 1: I think the well was so poisoned, and now I

591
00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:59,320
Speaker 1: feel like there needs to be the ability to be critical,

592
00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,440
Speaker 1: because that's what's while being fair and respectful.

593
00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:06,720
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think there's I think the best reporters are

594
00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:11,080
Speaker 4: able to have that balance. I think that the type

595
00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:14,920
Speaker 4: of questions that are asking, the way they're worded is different.

596
00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:20,119
Speaker 4: And I would be curious to see some of the

597
00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:22,280
Speaker 4: articles or some of the things that are said on

598
00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:24,320
Speaker 4: social media or in articles.

599
00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:26,439
Speaker 3: Would you ever say them in person? Right?

600
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,560
Speaker 4: Would you ever like walk up to that person and

601
00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:32,320
Speaker 4: say that, or would you be more careful about your words?

602
00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:38,520
Speaker 4: And there's some moments also where media or outlets state

603
00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,800
Speaker 4: things or write about things and state them as their

604
00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:47,240
Speaker 4: facts and not opinion. And I think that sometimes gets

605
00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:50,120
Speaker 4: in the way too, because everybody like the better you.

606
00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:50,960
Speaker 3: Get, the greater you get.

607
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,159
Speaker 4: There's a lot more eyes than you and scrutiny, you know,

608
00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:56,760
Speaker 4: it comes with the territory when you're winning, or when

609
00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,040
Speaker 4: you're doing well, or when you're in the limelight.

610
00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,360
Speaker 3: And so that's also part of helping our game grow.

611
00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:05,359
Speaker 4: I realize that I have a problem with the way

612
00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:09,160
Speaker 4: in which things are worded totally ams and showcasing them

613
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:13,879
Speaker 4: as facts instead of opinions, and getting some things wrong,

614
00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:17,240
Speaker 4: Like a lot of people do read a lot of

615
00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:19,639
Speaker 4: things that believe things that they read, and so when

616
00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:22,159
Speaker 4: you get things all the way wrong, that's when I

617
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,600
Speaker 4: have an issue totally as well.

618
00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:26,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I think part of the investment in

619
00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:28,240
Speaker 1: women's sports is going to be investing in the kind

620
00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:31,240
Speaker 1: of reporting and talent on the media side that lives

621
00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:32,879
Speaker 1: up to the talent that we're seeing on the court,

622
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:36,440
Speaker 1: and also an investment in making sure that there's real,

623
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:39,479
Speaker 1: true voices that people can trust, because when there's bullshit

624
00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:42,160
Speaker 1: on the men's side, like NBA Sentil, people know where

625
00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:43,880
Speaker 1: to go and be like that never happened, no one

626
00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:45,760
Speaker 1: said that, none of the big people are covering it.

627
00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:47,920
Speaker 1: And on the women's side, there just hasn't been as

628
00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:50,120
Speaker 1: much money in the media game and as much coverage

629
00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:51,920
Speaker 1: so that people know exactly where to go and say,

630
00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,800
Speaker 1: if this person or this outlet doesn't have it, it's not true.

631
00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,120
Speaker 1: And that allows so much of the garbage to be

632
00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:00,120
Speaker 1: spread on the like aggregate sites and the sites that

633
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:03,040
Speaker 1: aren't doing real reporting, and that's super frustrating both for

634
00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,440
Speaker 1: the players who are having bullshits spread about them and

635
00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:07,160
Speaker 1: for the media like me that are trying to do

636
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,040
Speaker 1: it in a real journalistic way.

637
00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:12,280
Speaker 2: So I think I'm hoping that with all the.

638
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,960
Speaker 1: Investment and attention just continued to be more investment in,

639
00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:17,680
Speaker 1: like the media coverage of the women's game, so that

640
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:19,320
Speaker 1: the same respect goes both ways.

641
00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:21,719
Speaker 4: Yeah, I agree with that, and I don't think everybody

642
00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:26,240
Speaker 4: deserves I don't know, a credential. I don't think that

643
00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:32,240
Speaker 4: like sometimes credential are just handed out without actually doing

644
00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:34,320
Speaker 4: a background of like Okay, who is this ala, who's

645
00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:37,760
Speaker 4: this person speaking to this athlete? And the protection there

646
00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:39,600
Speaker 4: I think can be a lot better as well.

647
00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:42,600
Speaker 2: I one thousand percent agree. I'm a Chicago girl.

648
00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:45,800
Speaker 1: Feels like bad news for my Chicago Sky the more

649
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,400
Speaker 1: I see other teams getting invested in, because it seems

650
00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:50,880
Speaker 1: like it's happening for my squad quite the same way.

651
00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:52,840
Speaker 1: And we know that Ace's owner Mark Davis has not

652
00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:54,560
Speaker 1: been shy about how much he's willing to put into

653
00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:58,680
Speaker 1: the Aces team, from the dedicated playing facility to Beckyhamond's

654
00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:01,160
Speaker 1: salary to going out and getting the bus players. It's

655
00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:04,320
Speaker 1: a really strong case study for investing in a team

656
00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:06,760
Speaker 1: and seeing the results on the court follow From the

657
00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:09,040
Speaker 1: player side, how much impact do you think it has

658
00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:13,000
Speaker 1: on not just the aces, But any team that can

659
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:16,240
Speaker 1: get the kind of facilities, the kind of talent, the

660
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:19,200
Speaker 1: kind of staff, the kind of trainers and resources, how

661
00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:20,760
Speaker 1: much do you think that shows up on the actual

662
00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:21,640
Speaker 1: basketball side.

663
00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:23,400
Speaker 3: It's a lot of it.

664
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:28,760
Speaker 4: I'm a firm believer that a practice facility in your

665
00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:35,800
Speaker 4: own place, your own things, extends the longevity players' career.

666
00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:38,840
Speaker 4: I think if more people had it earlier in their careers,

667
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:43,800
Speaker 4: they would still be playing. I think access allows for

668
00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:47,080
Speaker 4: people to get better, for them not to like, I

669
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:50,520
Speaker 4: don't know, not level out, but like there's access, and

670
00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:53,000
Speaker 4: there's times, and now you're not paying for gym time

671
00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:57,240
Speaker 4: because you have access right there in your market. And

672
00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:01,600
Speaker 4: so Mark and the front office invest in us as

673
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:05,760
Speaker 4: as women has been huge, not just as players, Like

674
00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:07,480
Speaker 4: want to know what we're interested in so we can

675
00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:10,040
Speaker 4: go do community events. It's more than just on the

676
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:12,800
Speaker 4: court stuff. Like there's so many community events that happen

677
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,880
Speaker 4: at our headquarters and at our facility because we want

678
00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:17,960
Speaker 4: to welcome people in, Like it's just it's a home

679
00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:21,280
Speaker 4: in a place for this organization. And so that was

680
00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:23,800
Speaker 4: the vision when I spoke with Mike Davis years ago,

681
00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:26,480
Speaker 4: and it's continued to be that since I've been a

682
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:27,080
Speaker 4: part of it, and.

683
00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:28,720
Speaker 3: It's really really cool to see.

684
00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:31,400
Speaker 4: And when you're signing up to be part of our franchise,

685
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:34,200
Speaker 4: you're signing up for all of that, the access, the ability,

686
00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:37,000
Speaker 4: and so there's a standard on and off the court,

687
00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:42,440
Speaker 4: and there's no secret that's what creates an environment and

688
00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:45,360
Speaker 4: cultivates a culture for people that people want to be

689
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:45,800
Speaker 4: a part of.

690
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:48,720
Speaker 1: Yeah, you also got the Usher clause in the contract

691
00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:51,760
Speaker 1: where you're automatically guaranteed one on one with Usher whenever

692
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:52,680
Speaker 1: he's doing live shows.

693
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:55,000
Speaker 2: Right, they feel like that's part of the team.

694
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:57,200
Speaker 3: You know, he's been around a lot.

695
00:31:57,480 --> 00:31:58,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, I love it.

696
00:31:58,080 --> 00:31:59,560
Speaker 3: I love he's been at games and stuff.

697
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:01,680
Speaker 2: It's a good place to have off days.

698
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:03,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure.

699
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:06,560
Speaker 1: You're the primary player rep for the aces for the

700
00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:07,440
Speaker 1: Players Association.

701
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:10,120
Speaker 2: How'd you decide that that was a position you wanted?

702
00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:10,959
Speaker 2: What do you do for that?

703
00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:12,800
Speaker 3: I wanted to just be a part of it.

704
00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,560
Speaker 4: I know it's the negotiations this year, but I've been

705
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:17,560
Speaker 4: a part of it for years now, and I wanted

706
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:19,320
Speaker 4: to be on those phone calls to see a league

707
00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:22,840
Speaker 4: that you know that I'm playing in that hopefully I'm

708
00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:26,000
Speaker 4: being a part of like some change for future players.

709
00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:30,080
Speaker 4: I just wanted to know what's going on and have

710
00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:32,320
Speaker 4: a voice in this league for not just myself, but

711
00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:37,080
Speaker 4: for my teammates other players. Because I've been around I'm

712
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:39,720
Speaker 4: kind of like this middle child kind of thing, like

713
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:41,520
Speaker 4: I've been with older players and I'm also with the

714
00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:44,320
Speaker 4: younger ones. So it's like it's been pretty cool to

715
00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:47,920
Speaker 4: see the evolution and the conversations kind of change. But

716
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,360
Speaker 4: I just I wanted to be a part of it,

717
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:53,160
Speaker 4: especially this negotiation thing and and relay messages to my

718
00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:54,160
Speaker 4: teammates and everything.

719
00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:56,720
Speaker 1: Yeah, how has this off season been different for you

720
00:32:56,880 --> 00:33:00,120
Speaker 1: as you sort of work through the CBA negotiation to

721
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 1: understand that the timeline's a little muddier than the average

722
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:02,840
Speaker 1: off season.

723
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:06,000
Speaker 4: It's been pretty cool to like be on falls and

724
00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:09,600
Speaker 4: hear like people's perspective. Obviously, I don't get everything because

725
00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:12,600
Speaker 4: I'm not on the executive committee and so those like

726
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:16,480
Speaker 4: there's like hierarchy and times and stuff. But they've done

727
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:19,880
Speaker 4: the WNBPA, They've done a great job of welcoming everybody

728
00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:25,280
Speaker 4: and not just player reps, and so like everybody's informed

729
00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:27,680
Speaker 4: and understand like where this is heading, where this is

730
00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:31,040
Speaker 4: going what's the timeline if there's not a timeline, And

731
00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:34,240
Speaker 4: so it's been constant conversation throughout the season.

732
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:36,960
Speaker 1: It's a really weird thing to have almost the entire

733
00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:40,800
Speaker 1: league of veteran players not on contracts with a team. Yeah,

734
00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:43,840
Speaker 1: it could get real spicy. A lot of text message,

735
00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:46,040
Speaker 1: a lot of group chats, a lot of recruiting, a

736
00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:48,840
Speaker 1: lot of going yeah, it's not happening yet though.

737
00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:50,800
Speaker 2: Are people waiting you think until the deal's done?

738
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:54,360
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean there's nothing really to kind of converse about,

739
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:57,280
Speaker 4: like like we don't understand budget.

740
00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:00,120
Speaker 1: Right, but you could be just messaging your besties that

741
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:03,760
Speaker 1: play for somewhere else, just checking in more regularly, sending

742
00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:10,759
Speaker 1: more Yeah, you also have Unrivaled coming up this calendar year.

743
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:11,719
Speaker 2: You also won an.

744
00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:15,080
Speaker 1: Unrivaled Championship with roseby CS, so not too bad. Unrivaled Championship,

745
00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:17,680
Speaker 1: Unrivaled Finals, MVP W NBA Championship.

746
00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:19,279
Speaker 2: You know, pretty good year for you.

747
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:22,440
Speaker 1: And also the first year that you've won titles being

748
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,560
Speaker 1: a mom with your son Lennox, So how does that

749
00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:28,879
Speaker 1: change your attitude towards like competing and winning knowing that

750
00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:31,080
Speaker 1: you got this little boy looking up to you.

751
00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:34,120
Speaker 3: It's been. It's been really cool. You know.

752
00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:36,480
Speaker 4: Obviously my wife has been there for all of them,

753
00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:41,719
Speaker 4: for everything, and so like the pictures now like are

754
00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:45,040
Speaker 4: changing and the moments are changing. Obviously the schedule and

755
00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:49,120
Speaker 4: being everywhere is changing. But at the Unrivaled Championship, he

756
00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:51,799
Speaker 4: was he was too young. Uh, he understands. And then

757
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:53,520
Speaker 4: I brought a trophy home and he was like hitting

758
00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:55,640
Speaker 4: it and stuff, but he had no idea. Even to

759
00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:58,960
Speaker 4: this day, like the WBA Championship, he barely understands.

760
00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:02,080
Speaker 3: Was there. And so it was.

761
00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:04,680
Speaker 4: Cool, like we came home like mommy won, Mommy won

762
00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:07,360
Speaker 4: a championship, and like I just wanted to share with

763
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:09,719
Speaker 4: him and he and it's just for me, it's for us,

764
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:11,880
Speaker 4: like it has He has no idea, he's just like, great,

765
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:17,759
Speaker 4: where is my basketball? And then like the WNBA Championship,

766
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:19,560
Speaker 4: it was just so cool to see like them in

767
00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:21,319
Speaker 4: the stands and her coming down to me and like

768
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:24,440
Speaker 4: holding him, Like those are moments you you dream of.

769
00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:27,360
Speaker 4: Like he might not understand that, but there's gonna be

770
00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:29,520
Speaker 4: photos ten years on the line and it's gonna be like, wow,

771
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:31,680
Speaker 4: my mom was really cool, Like this is cool that

772
00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:33,520
Speaker 4: I was a part of it. And then my wife

773
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,319
Speaker 4: got to experience it with me but also holding him

774
00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:39,480
Speaker 4: and just like see man, see Lenox. This is what

775
00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:41,799
Speaker 4: you know, this is what our family go about. So

776
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:45,040
Speaker 4: it's it's cool. We get an opportunity to travel, he

777
00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:48,120
Speaker 4: gets the opportunity to be around my teammates and legendary players.

778
00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:52,439
Speaker 4: He's had so many experiences, like it's just super cool

779
00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:55,880
Speaker 4: for him. And you know, this is the this is

780
00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:58,600
Speaker 4: a life that like you dream of as a kid,

781
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,160
Speaker 4: and so I just love him being able to be

782
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:01,600
Speaker 4: around this.

783
00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:02,840
Speaker 2: That's so sweet.

784
00:36:03,239 --> 00:36:06,279
Speaker 1: Your wife described you post baby as someone who has

785
00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:07,920
Speaker 1: finally learned the art of letting go.

786
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:10,239
Speaker 2: I want to hear about that. What does that mean?

787
00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:13,440
Speaker 4: And I have to I mean I said it earlier, compartmentalized,

788
00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:15,560
Speaker 4: and I have to let it go because like like

789
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:18,319
Speaker 4: I said, he doesn't he doesn't care that I had

790
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:20,440
Speaker 4: a bad game. He's just like he's up and I'm

791
00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:25,120
Speaker 4: ready to have some milk, or he's he's awakening, like okay,

792
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:28,480
Speaker 4: let's go outside on our bike. Like it's allowed me

793
00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:33,120
Speaker 4: to let go a little bit faster, and it allows

794
00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:34,680
Speaker 4: me to kind of come with it, to come back

795
00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:37,279
Speaker 4: to it with fresh eyes, which I really really appreciate

796
00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:39,440
Speaker 4: because you ever do like a puzzle and you go

797
00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:41,160
Speaker 4: away and do something coming to it like that's the

798
00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:44,239
Speaker 4: piece I was looking for. That's you know, that's that's

799
00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:47,920
Speaker 4: the freedom that he's allowed me to have. And it's

800
00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:50,640
Speaker 4: been different. Like with my wife, she's would sometimes do that,

801
00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:52,560
Speaker 4: but like we're able to talk the game so much

802
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:55,280
Speaker 4: that it's not like I really get a break sometimes

803
00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:57,960
Speaker 4: because I was like, wait, another thing hit. But with him,

804
00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:00,680
Speaker 4: I can't be like wait another thing. Like He's just

805
00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:03,200
Speaker 4: like no, we're going to legos, we're going to cars,

806
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:06,440
Speaker 4: we're going to jump in. So it is I had

807
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:09,200
Speaker 4: to had to be able to do that, be present

808
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:11,759
Speaker 4: for him, but also present for her because when I'm

809
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:15,359
Speaker 4: out doing mycraft, she's responsible for making sure that our

810
00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:18,280
Speaker 4: life is great and she does it. She does everything

811
00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:22,720
Speaker 4: for us and our family. So it allows some freedom

812
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,640
Speaker 4: for us as a couple, but her as individual as well.

813
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,640
Speaker 1: There's a lot of science behind that shutting your brain

814
00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:30,360
Speaker 1: off and then coming back to the thing and having

815
00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:33,239
Speaker 1: a function differently, a baby is a bold choice. You

816
00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:35,080
Speaker 1: could just choose meditation, but you went with a whole

817
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:35,680
Speaker 1: lot of baby.

818
00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:37,160
Speaker 2: But that's cool. It's working for you.

819
00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:39,480
Speaker 3: So that's good, something something different.

820
00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:41,400
Speaker 2: I guess a couple more. Who have you looked to

821
00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 2: for advice on balancing baby and basketball? When you were

822
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:44,920
Speaker 2: talking about him traveling everywhere?

823
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:48,040
Speaker 1: Is just remembering always talking to Candas Parker about like

824
00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:51,520
Speaker 1: what a crazy lifestyle Layla had coming up, just going

825
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:53,640
Speaker 1: everywhere all the time. Like who have you looked to

826
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:56,040
Speaker 1: that knows the very specific situation you're in.

827
00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:59,560
Speaker 4: Candice and Elena Beard, they both have been through it.

828
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:02,200
Speaker 4: I know me and Lena were teammates when she had

829
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:06,239
Speaker 4: had her had her son, and her first road trip away.

830
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:08,759
Speaker 4: She was just like, oh, I can't believe, like I'm leaving,

831
00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:10,640
Speaker 4: but it's the nature of our job, Like we have

832
00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:13,120
Speaker 4: to get used. We always are after you used to

833
00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:18,000
Speaker 4: leaving family, leaving friends, leaving our home because we're always

834
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,440
Speaker 4: on the move, And so I would there are moments

835
00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:22,959
Speaker 4: where I would call them like I's just I'm going

836
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:26,360
Speaker 4: through it, like being away. Those ten days road trips

837
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:29,440
Speaker 4: were tough, especially when he was first born and her

838
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:32,799
Speaker 4: by herself, Like to this day, it's still like I

839
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:34,719
Speaker 4: have like the nature of my job, I have to

840
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:38,279
Speaker 4: leave and I hate I hate doing it. So conversations

841
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:42,360
Speaker 4: with them all the time. We're always key. There's I

842
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:44,319
Speaker 4: remember last year I came in and I was having

843
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:47,520
Speaker 4: a tough time and Tyler Marsh, actually, you're in Chicago's

844
00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:50,680
Speaker 4: guy coach. I just cried to him because I was like,

845
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:54,239
Speaker 4: I'm I'm having a hard time. Becky has even had

846
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:58,240
Speaker 4: even seen that. Teammates, you know, it's just there's there's moments,

847
00:38:58,239 --> 00:39:01,720
Speaker 4: and there's conversations and they understand it, but you don't

848
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:04,400
Speaker 4: fully understand unless you, like you go through it, and

849
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:08,600
Speaker 4: so Canice and Atlanta. Leading in on actual experience and

850
00:39:08,719 --> 00:39:11,959
Speaker 4: other people is more so like just a sounding board

851
00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:14,359
Speaker 4: and latting my eye emotions just kind of take over.

852
00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:18,839
Speaker 1: Yeah, you've established this incredible support system in Vegas. You've

853
00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:22,480
Speaker 1: established a team that keeps winning. Who knows where everyone's

854
00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:24,640
Speaker 1: going to land in the offseason. Is it your hope

855
00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:26,839
Speaker 1: that you bring back as many of the players that

856
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:29,880
Speaker 1: have been there, no matter what happens with the CBA.

857
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:32,560
Speaker 3: Oh, for sure. You know what I'm saying, I'm trying

858
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:34,320
Speaker 3: to do some special things in Vegas.

859
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:37,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, you haven't already done enough special things. Got some

860
00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:38,280
Speaker 1: more on your plate.

861
00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:40,400
Speaker 3: As long as I'm playing, there's still more to do.

862
00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:43,440
Speaker 2: That was my last question for you. Four titles finals, MVP.

863
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:46,000
Speaker 1: You've played in more finals games than any other player.

864
00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:49,879
Speaker 1: You've won more titles than any other active player. If

865
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:52,239
Speaker 1: you're putting a list together, you're writing it down to

866
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:54,120
Speaker 1: manifest it for the upcoming seasons.

867
00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:54,919
Speaker 2: What's still on there?

868
00:39:55,960 --> 00:40:00,560
Speaker 4: Another championship, personally, all star appearance. I want to try

869
00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:02,840
Speaker 4: to average a double double. I haven't done that yet.

870
00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:05,360
Speaker 4: So those are just like little things. I mean, the

871
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Speaker 1: Yeah, just little things, just little things like another championship,

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Speaker 1: bhy not making five one for every finger. Chelsea, thanks

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Speaker 1: so much for the time. I know you're enjoying this

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Speaker 2: Talk to you.

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Speaker 3: Thank you, Thank you for having me.

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Speaker 1: Thanks again to Chelsea for hanging out with us.

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Speaker 2: We got to take another break. When we come back.

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Speaker 2: Just press abab up.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back, Slices.

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Speaker 2: We love that you're listening, but we want you to

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Speaker 1: So here's our good game play of the day. If

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