1
00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,080
Speaker 1: Full Circle is an Iheartwoman's sports production and partnership with

2
00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:04,439
Speaker 1: Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment.

3
00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:05,440
Speaker 2: You can find us on the.

4
00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:08,680
Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

5
00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:15,040
Speaker 1: Hey yo, welcome back to another episode of Full Circle.

6
00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:15,880
Speaker 3: LEXI.

7
00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:17,160
Speaker 2: How you feeling girl?

8
00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:21,759
Speaker 4: Hey girl? Good, I'm in La, Guys. I'm so happy

9
00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,960
Speaker 4: to be in La. I'm so happy I got to

10
00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:29,680
Speaker 4: see my friends yesterday. I'm in a great mood. The

11
00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:32,160
Speaker 4: La sun is hitting good.

12
00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:33,000
Speaker 2: I'm glad.

13
00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:35,360
Speaker 4: I'm so happy. Yes, how are you?

14
00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:36,360
Speaker 2: I'm good?

15
00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:41,199
Speaker 1: Girls, I know I'm like traveling, running around as always.

16
00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:46,000
Speaker 2: I just moved like I'm I need to like chill girl.

17
00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,840
Speaker 4: Wait, where are you even going?

18
00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:51,280
Speaker 2: I'm I'm going to can I'm going to can France.

19
00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:56,400
Speaker 4: I'm so I never bet anything fun happens in the summer.

20
00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:01,560
Speaker 4: I know it's very rich there. It's like luxury, oh everywhere.

21
00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:06,319
Speaker 4: From what I've been seeing and told, it just is wealth,

22
00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,080
Speaker 4: like a different type of money over there. So interesting.

23
00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:10,720
Speaker 4: Oh my gosh. I can't wait to see the pictures.

24
00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:11,880
Speaker 4: I can't wait to see the video.

25
00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,959
Speaker 1: You know, I brought the digital I'm definitely gonna ye

26
00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:16,000
Speaker 1: get cube picks.

27
00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:20,880
Speaker 4: Oh, I can't I can't wait. Okay, Hi, guys, I

28
00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:22,759
Speaker 4: know last week we said we were gonna have a guest,

29
00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:26,880
Speaker 4: but they had to reschedule unfortunately. But that's okay, more

30
00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:30,240
Speaker 4: time for us to yap about the W and all

31
00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:33,360
Speaker 4: things that are going on this past week because it

32
00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:35,000
Speaker 4: was a it was a crazy week.

33
00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:36,399
Speaker 2: There's a lot we need to talk about.

34
00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:39,679
Speaker 1: Yeah, there is, okay, some big headlines, just like a

35
00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:43,600
Speaker 1: few things that happened around around the league. Caitlin Clark

36
00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:47,080
Speaker 1: dropped thirty two and ended the Liberties undefeated streak.

37
00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:49,120
Speaker 2: Angel Reese gets her first.

38
00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:52,880
Speaker 1: Triple double, which we called the dream or Quiet Man.

39
00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:57,880
Speaker 1: All Star voting is kicked off and there are no

40
00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:01,320
Speaker 1: more undefeated teams left in the W. LAXI, we're gonna

41
00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:04,040
Speaker 1: get into Houston trouble and who's peaking. But what do

42
00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:05,040
Speaker 1: you want to get into first?

43
00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:10,240
Speaker 4: Let's get into Commissioner's Cup update real quick. Okay, So

44
00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:13,760
Speaker 4: I know a lot of you guys having a Commissioner's Cup.

45
00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,840
Speaker 4: I'm glad our episode was able to help y'all understand

46
00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:21,040
Speaker 4: exactly what it is. This Commissioner's Cup compared to the

47
00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,800
Speaker 4: ones in the past, probably is the most interesting down

48
00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:28,200
Speaker 4: to the wire. There is currently a three way tie

49
00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:32,760
Speaker 4: in the East between the Dream, the Fever, and the Liberty,

50
00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,880
Speaker 4: and then there is a first, second third in the West,

51
00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:41,200
Speaker 4: but there are implications for winning and losing for both sides,

52
00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:44,040
Speaker 4: So first in the East. This is the scenarios in

53
00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:49,919
Speaker 4: the East. The last games for Commissioner's Cup are Tuesday,

54
00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:56,200
Speaker 4: I think, yes, Tuesday, just tomorrow. If Atlanta wins against

55
00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:59,519
Speaker 4: New York, So this Atlanta Liberty game is going to

56
00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,720
Speaker 4: be like WNBA Finals, like the way they're going to

57
00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,720
Speaker 4: be playing. So if Atlanta wins, they're going to the

58
00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,440
Speaker 4: Commissioners Cup Championship, which I feel like they have been

59
00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,080
Speaker 4: flying under the radar for a while now and I

60
00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:14,760
Speaker 4: love on the show researching it today. I know, right,

61
00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:19,080
Speaker 4: thanks for our resident Dream fail here and Mariah. I

62
00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:21,519
Speaker 4: had no idea that if they win and or tomorrow

63
00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:24,240
Speaker 4: then they'll be in the championship. So if Atlanta wins

64
00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:27,760
Speaker 4: beats thee Liberty, they will be in the championship. If

65
00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:32,720
Speaker 4: Atlanta loses and the Fever win at Connecticut, they will

66
00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:37,800
Speaker 4: go to the championship. And if Atlanta loses to New

67
00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:41,040
Speaker 4: York and Indiana loses it to Connecticut, then liberally will

68
00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:43,880
Speaker 4: go to the championship. So we will not know who

69
00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:45,840
Speaker 4: is going to be in the championship till the end

70
00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:49,760
Speaker 4: of the night, which is very exciting. Meanwhile, on the West,

71
00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:54,480
Speaker 4: if the Links win and doesn't matter, it doesn't matter

72
00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:56,480
Speaker 4: what anybody else does. If the Links win their last game,

73
00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:59,760
Speaker 4: they're going to the championship. Phoenix is chilling in second,

74
00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:02,400
Speaker 4: but they have no chance to win the championship. Go

75
00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:04,880
Speaker 4: to the championship, which sucks for them, but they had

76
00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:07,200
Speaker 4: a good run. Shout out to the Mercury. We will

77
00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,640
Speaker 4: talk about them later. Seattle. If we win and the

78
00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:14,400
Speaker 4: Links lose, we're going to the championship. So we are

79
00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:16,479
Speaker 4: still a little bit in control of our destiny. We

80
00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:18,840
Speaker 4: tricked off the game in Golden State. We'll also talk

81
00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:21,800
Speaker 4: about that later. But yeah, so I'm praying that the

82
00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:24,760
Speaker 4: Links lose and we have to beat the Sparks because

83
00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:28,920
Speaker 4: I want that money. I want that money, I want

84
00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:34,320
Speaker 4: a trophy, I want another championship. So Commissioner's Cup has

85
00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:37,200
Speaker 4: been exciting, and like we said, it was, the build

86
00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:39,839
Speaker 4: up for it was a little man, but the games

87
00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:42,560
Speaker 4: have been amazing and having this as the final day

88
00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:45,520
Speaker 4: is great for us, it's great for the sport, and

89
00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:48,359
Speaker 4: I'm really excited to see who ends up in the

90
00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:51,359
Speaker 4: Commissioner's Cup Championship because it's a lot of money on

91
00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,880
Speaker 4: the line. I know, a lot of money on the line.

92
00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:55,920
Speaker 2: That's gonna be That's gonna be tea.

93
00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:59,120
Speaker 4: I can't wait. Okay, but now, since we were just

94
00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:00,000
Speaker 4: talking about.

95
00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:01,960
Speaker 2: I was gonna say the same thing, let's getting into.

96
00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:03,839
Speaker 4: The Atlanta Dream a little bit. Yeah, go ahead, So

97
00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:05,039
Speaker 4: what we got going on with the.

98
00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:07,560
Speaker 1: Dream, Let's talk about how the Dream turned into a

99
00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:09,240
Speaker 1: nightmare for the Mystics.

100
00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:10,320
Speaker 2: The Dreams.

101
00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:13,120
Speaker 1: The Dream went up three to zero this week with

102
00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:18,400
Speaker 1: blowout wins, including a thirty three point demolition of the Mystics.

103
00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:23,400
Speaker 1: Ryan Howard ties demolition girl that listen. I couldn't find

104
00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,400
Speaker 1: it word better than that. Ryan Howard tied the single

105
00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:29,760
Speaker 1: game three point record with nine.

106
00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:34,359
Speaker 4: And she took nineteen. Who she took more threes? She

107
00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:38,560
Speaker 4: took two more threes than the other team. I'm pretty

108
00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,719
Speaker 4: sure the Mystics. Was that the Mystics game where she

109
00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:44,600
Speaker 4: shot all those threes. No, no, no, that was the

110
00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:48,800
Speaker 4: Sky game And that makes sense. Yes, she shot nineteen threes.

111
00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:51,560
Speaker 4: The sky shot seventeen in that game.

112
00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:54,159
Speaker 1: Yes, because I wanted to ask you, Yes, Are the

113
00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:59,520
Speaker 1: Dream really as good as I am perceiving them to be?

114
00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:02,839
Speaker 1: Ryan Howard hitting nine threes, all of these things going

115
00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:06,040
Speaker 1: on them going through now? Or are they just having

116
00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:08,839
Speaker 1: a pretty easy schedule? Should I be bracing myself?

117
00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:09,039
Speaker 3: No?

118
00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:12,760
Speaker 4: I think they're legit, all right. No, they're legit because

119
00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:16,680
Speaker 4: we played them and they beat us in Seattle, which

120
00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:21,080
Speaker 4: is not easy to do. They're legit. I think they're

121
00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:24,880
Speaker 4: buying into that coach's play style, which is quick, lots

122
00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:29,800
Speaker 4: of threes. Unfortunately, Beg is having a career low in

123
00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:32,640
Speaker 4: minutes currently, But I think they're going to find a

124
00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:35,200
Speaker 4: way to acclimate her because she's too talented of a

125
00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:40,039
Speaker 4: player to be playing less than half of the games.

126
00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:43,040
Speaker 4: But again, the play style, it doesn't really suit her

127
00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:44,800
Speaker 4: play style. But I think they're going to be able

128
00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:47,640
Speaker 4: to find a way around that because I think Bree

129
00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:51,240
Speaker 4: Jones is fitting in pretty well. It is hard to

130
00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:53,640
Speaker 4: have both of them out there together for an extended

131
00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:57,280
Speaker 4: period of time. I think Ryan and Alisha have been

132
00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:00,000
Speaker 4: leading the way. I think Alisha is going to win

133
00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,360
Speaker 4: Most Improved because I can't really think of any other

134
00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:06,440
Speaker 4: player that is making the leap that she's making offensively

135
00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:09,960
Speaker 4: and defensively. There are last three games. Guess how many

136
00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,160
Speaker 4: threes they've shot.

137
00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:14,400
Speaker 2: And so against the Sky shot nineteen.

138
00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:16,920
Speaker 4: If you're listening, think of a number in your head.

139
00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:20,920
Speaker 4: I promise you're not going to guess this. They've taken

140
00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:23,240
Speaker 4: one hundred and one threes in the last three games.

141
00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:28,720
Speaker 4: So they are shooting that thing. Okay, they're shooting, and

142
00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:30,760
Speaker 4: I love watching it. That's a lot of threes that

143
00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:33,480
Speaker 4: they're shooting. That's the style of play that he brought

144
00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:36,520
Speaker 4: from Floidogulf Coast. So I'm not surprised when you play

145
00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:38,480
Speaker 4: a team like that and you're the Mystics who are

146
00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:41,160
Speaker 4: currently last and three point attempts, you don't really have

147
00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:44,120
Speaker 4: a chance in hell to beat them if they're shooting

148
00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:46,600
Speaker 4: forty two threes in a game and you're not even

149
00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:48,040
Speaker 4: attempting twenty.

150
00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:49,960
Speaker 2: A team that can shoot threes.

151
00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:53,000
Speaker 1: We talk about this all the time, but we both

152
00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:54,960
Speaker 1: are biased to that play style. But like a team

153
00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:59,280
Speaker 1: that can shoot threes effectively and a lot is always

154
00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:01,960
Speaker 1: going to be so dangerous. Now, obviously the other by

155
00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,600
Speaker 1: the three, you die by the three, But like when

156
00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:05,440
Speaker 1: it's working.

157
00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,200
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's working, and you're gonna they're gonna win more

158
00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:10,480
Speaker 4: games than they lose when they get up that many threes.

159
00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,440
Speaker 4: One because when you you have to like let me,

160
00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:15,640
Speaker 4: we say about the Celtics all the time, people are like, hey,

161
00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:17,760
Speaker 4: they shoot too many threes. It's like a you have

162
00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:20,880
Speaker 4: to practice playing that way because there's certain rebounds that

163
00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:22,800
Speaker 4: are gonna come off at you. Guys will only know

164
00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:25,320
Speaker 4: where they're coming off at because you practice that way.

165
00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:28,160
Speaker 4: There's a pace. You got to play fast enough for

166
00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,400
Speaker 4: it to make sense because you still have to score

167
00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:32,320
Speaker 4: layups and score mid range and then you have to

168
00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:35,520
Speaker 4: score your two's out a really high percentage, which they

169
00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:38,520
Speaker 4: do as well. Also with Atlanta, I want to shout

170
00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:42,040
Speaker 4: out nas Hillman what she brings off the bench, the

171
00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:47,320
Speaker 4: energy last game ten eleven and five, Like that's a

172
00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:51,600
Speaker 4: very efficient, great game from a bench player, so top

173
00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:55,200
Speaker 4: to bottom, Like they're very dangerous PopOut comes off the

174
00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,480
Speaker 4: bench sixteen six for eight for I mean four for

175
00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:02,720
Speaker 4: six from three, five no turnovers plus twenty three in

176
00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:06,080
Speaker 4: seventeen minutes. Like when you have players like that coming

177
00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:08,440
Speaker 4: off the bench, like you're a very dangerous team. So

178
00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:12,040
Speaker 4: shout out to the Dream They're playing extremely well, and honestly,

179
00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:15,160
Speaker 4: I wouldn't mind seeing them in the Commissioner's Cup Championship

180
00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:18,120
Speaker 4: because New York won already. Yeah, so I want to

181
00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:20,360
Speaker 4: see a new team in the Commissioner's Cup Championship. No

182
00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,000
Speaker 4: shape to the Liberty, but I think Atlanta they're starting

183
00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:24,760
Speaker 4: to get there shine a little bit. Like we said,

184
00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:27,400
Speaker 4: they're kind of been flying under the radar. I think

185
00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:30,240
Speaker 4: that's over now, especially if they get to the to

186
00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,760
Speaker 4: the Commissioners Cup Championship. So do we want to stay

187
00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:34,880
Speaker 4: in the East. We're going to stay in the East.

188
00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:36,000
Speaker 2: Let's do it.

189
00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:39,360
Speaker 4: Let's okay. We want to give a special shout out

190
00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:43,600
Speaker 4: to our girl, Angel Reese with her first career triple

191
00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:48,160
Speaker 4: double eleven points, thirteen rebounds and eleven assists. Her first

192
00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:50,920
Speaker 4: career triple double in just her first forty four games.

193
00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:54,600
Speaker 4: The only other players that have gotten there faster are

194
00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:56,880
Speaker 4: Caitlin Clark, who got it in twenty two games, and

195
00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:00,880
Speaker 4: Sabrina Yuneska, who got it in six. So shout out

196
00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:02,640
Speaker 4: to the triple double girls.

197
00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:06,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, I know she's gonna do it. I knew that's

198
00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:09,000
Speaker 3: you did, y'all.

199
00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:11,960
Speaker 4: When I call that. If I'm right about something, I'm

200
00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:13,760
Speaker 4: gonna let y'all know I was right about it. And

201
00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:16,240
Speaker 4: I'm pretty sure they probably ain't even clip that part

202
00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:19,120
Speaker 4: of our episode and put that shit on Twitter. But

203
00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:20,480
Speaker 4: I hope y'all do.

204
00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:24,640
Speaker 1: LEXI I know obviously the sky aren't exactly I don't

205
00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:25,640
Speaker 1: have them as contenders.

206
00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,040
Speaker 2: But is this a good sign that Angel is.

207
00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,840
Speaker 1: Stepping into this new role in a more positive way?

208
00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:35,800
Speaker 1: It was all y'all eleven, thirteen, and eleven for those who.

209
00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:39,960
Speaker 4: Didn't see, Yeah, she it's taken her some time. Again,

210
00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:44,920
Speaker 4: it's only eleven games. Taking somebody who was a traditional

211
00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,720
Speaker 4: back to the basket big and putting them on the perimeter.

212
00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:50,600
Speaker 4: That's not an easy thing to do, so it has

213
00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:53,520
Speaker 4: taken her some time to really embrace that role. She's

214
00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:55,880
Speaker 4: still going to get them rebounds. I mean, she's still

215
00:10:55,920 --> 00:11:00,680
Speaker 4: averaging me bounds that she's trademarking. If y'all see that,

216
00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:04,400
Speaker 4: she's still gonna go get those And the fact that

217
00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:08,360
Speaker 4: she can consistently still go get those rebounds while playing

218
00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:11,120
Speaker 4: on the perimeter is so impressive. I don't think you

219
00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:16,040
Speaker 4: guys understand how impressive her rebounding is. And the fact

220
00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:18,600
Speaker 4: that she's been able to still do it being on

221
00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:22,400
Speaker 4: the perimeter has made such a difference. Her getting that

222
00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:26,200
Speaker 4: triple double just says a lot about that offense. Like

223
00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,440
Speaker 4: I knew he was going to bring her outside. They

224
00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:31,720
Speaker 4: have so many scoring threats. Hayley van Litt is another

225
00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:34,680
Speaker 4: one that came off the bench scored sixteen points. She

226
00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:37,400
Speaker 4: had a great game. Aerol Atkins is starting to look

227
00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,360
Speaker 4: more comfortable, and yeah, I just think that, yeah, like

228
00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:43,920
Speaker 4: I agree with you, Maryan contenders, I wouldn't say, but

229
00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:46,000
Speaker 4: I think they're about to turn a corner. And a

230
00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,520
Speaker 4: lot of people have been saying that Angel could be

231
00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:52,640
Speaker 4: like the Draymond Green of the W. But I already

232
00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:55,160
Speaker 4: feel like the W already has a player like that,

233
00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:58,199
Speaker 4: and it's Alyssa Thomas. So if we're gonna compare her

234
00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:01,880
Speaker 4: to anybody, it's gonna be like Elisa Thomas, but with

235
00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:05,679
Speaker 4: the Rebecca Brunson rebounding mentality, which is a very dangerous

236
00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:08,400
Speaker 4: player to have on your team. So I've been seeing

237
00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:10,640
Speaker 4: a lot of those Draymond comps. I even caught myself

238
00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:13,559
Speaker 4: saying the Draymond Green comparison too, But I mean Alyssa

239
00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:16,160
Speaker 4: Thomas is right there, like we already got We already

240
00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:18,120
Speaker 4: have a Draymond Green type player that can fill it

241
00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:22,400
Speaker 4: up with points, rebounds and assists, will Laois out on

242
00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:26,800
Speaker 4: the screen, will stop you defensively. So I think Angels

243
00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:30,200
Speaker 4: turning a corner, the Sky turning a corner. They did

244
00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:33,800
Speaker 4: beat the Sun. Not taking anything away from that win,

245
00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:35,760
Speaker 4: but you know, that's a team that I don't know

246
00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,200
Speaker 4: what's going on in Connecticut at the moment.

247
00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:40,800
Speaker 1: If you listen to our podcast, you know you know

248
00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:43,040
Speaker 1: exactly what Lexi means by that.

249
00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:45,200
Speaker 4: But I think any win is a good win in

250
00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:47,160
Speaker 4: this league. It's not easy to win in this league.

251
00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:50,280
Speaker 4: So it was good to see her get that achievement

252
00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:54,000
Speaker 4: on the road at that Like, shout out to Angel,

253
00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:55,959
Speaker 4: shout out to the Sky because y'all was trying to

254
00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,920
Speaker 4: pack up the Sky and the coaches, the coaching staff

255
00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:03,360
Speaker 4: already in eleven games. But trust the process, y'all, like

256
00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:06,640
Speaker 4: not great things aren't built overnight. Right.

257
00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:09,880
Speaker 1: I have a question, Lexi, because earlier I was speaking

258
00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:14,000
Speaker 1: about stat padding. Right, I was talking about stats, and

259
00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:17,960
Speaker 1: it was in the sense of like that does happen

260
00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:21,000
Speaker 1: in sports in a certain kind of way, But I

261
00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:24,360
Speaker 1: don't think people understand how difficult it is to do

262
00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:27,440
Speaker 1: these things like getting a triple double or double double

263
00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:28,840
Speaker 1: or getting rebounds in the.

264
00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:30,079
Speaker 2: WNBA very hard.

265
00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:32,600
Speaker 1: I would just like for you to speak to fans

266
00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:36,200
Speaker 1: about how truly difficult it is to have a triple

267
00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:38,559
Speaker 1: double in a league like the WNBA.

268
00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,880
Speaker 4: Yeah, Like, I've only had one triple double in my life,

269
00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:46,120
Speaker 4: and it was in high school, and I've gotten remotely

270
00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:49,440
Speaker 4: close to one since. Honestly, the double double is the

271
00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:52,920
Speaker 4: hard part. And then you can like stumble up like

272
00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:54,440
Speaker 4: you'll have like a good day, you gonna have like

273
00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:57,079
Speaker 4: a good night. If you're a player that like doesn't

274
00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:00,599
Speaker 4: average like crazy numbers like a yo kid at was

275
00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,720
Speaker 4: even really close to like averaging like two K numbers

276
00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:06,640
Speaker 4: of the triple double, it's like a consistency. But if

277
00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:09,680
Speaker 4: you can show that versatility in your game and your

278
00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:12,520
Speaker 4: teammates recognize that about you and embrace that about you,

279
00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:15,960
Speaker 4: they will help you get your triple doubles. Like maybe

280
00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:18,199
Speaker 4: they'll let you get like they could go get that rebound,

281
00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:20,480
Speaker 4: but no, like she gonna get this rebound for her

282
00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:22,520
Speaker 4: triple double, or you know, maybe they're gonna work a

283
00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:24,240
Speaker 4: little bit harder to make their shots lock in a

284
00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:27,440
Speaker 4: little bit more like it's really a team effort, especially

285
00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:29,920
Speaker 4: when it comes to assists, because that's a two player thing.

286
00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:32,280
Speaker 4: Like you can make the best passes in the world,

287
00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:34,200
Speaker 4: but if your teammate doesn't knock the shot down or

288
00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:36,200
Speaker 4: make the layup, or they take one too many dribbles,

289
00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:39,200
Speaker 4: then you don't get the assists. So I think that

290
00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:43,160
Speaker 4: she'll get multiple this season. She'll definitely get multiple throughout

291
00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:46,240
Speaker 4: her career if it's something that she focuses on and

292
00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,240
Speaker 4: kind of leans into. Like a triple double is a

293
00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:50,360
Speaker 4: triple double, Like who cares if it's like ten ten ten,

294
00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:53,080
Speaker 4: Like a triple double is a triple double. But it

295
00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:57,240
Speaker 4: is a very very hard thing to achieve. And for

296
00:14:57,280 --> 00:14:59,960
Speaker 4: some reason, and I know we're going back to the NBA,

297
00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:03,760
Speaker 4: like when Russell Westbrook was doing it, averaging that the

298
00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:06,000
Speaker 4: way y'all get to averages that, the way Luca almost

299
00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:09,040
Speaker 4: averages that. It's starting to become people think that like

300
00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:11,400
Speaker 4: it's normal and it's easy. It is not easy to

301
00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:15,440
Speaker 4: do that. So I hope that everybody understands that no

302
00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:18,080
Speaker 4: matter what level you're at, what type of player you are,

303
00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:20,120
Speaker 4: if you get a triple double, let alone average a

304
00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:24,200
Speaker 4: triple double. You're like otherworldly in a sense. So shout

305
00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:25,440
Speaker 4: out to the triple double people.

306
00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:27,000
Speaker 2: And you're making your teammates better.

307
00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:30,400
Speaker 1: Because again Alcalaxy said, that's actually what made me bring

308
00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:31,840
Speaker 1: this up because earlier on I speaking about I was

309
00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:35,560
Speaker 1: talking about Asist in particular and how you're relying on

310
00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:37,520
Speaker 1: your teammates to make those shots. You can pass all

311
00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:39,560
Speaker 1: to them and they can break all day and it's

312
00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:40,200
Speaker 1: not gonna count.

313
00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:41,440
Speaker 2: It's not gonna get you anywhere.

314
00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:44,680
Speaker 1: You're not only making great passes and like putting them

315
00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:47,240
Speaker 1: in a great spot to make shots, but also like

316
00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:50,640
Speaker 1: empowering your teammates to be able to knock those shots down.

317
00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:52,480
Speaker 4: So exactly, because you know this being.

318
00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:55,520
Speaker 1: A shooter, there's teams you're gonna be on where coaches

319
00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:57,800
Speaker 1: don't want like everybody taking every shot, you know what

320
00:15:57,840 --> 00:15:58,120
Speaker 1: I mean.

321
00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:01,080
Speaker 2: They don't want everybody like shooting threes or doing this

322
00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:05,000
Speaker 2: or doing that, So it takes it's a full team effort.

323
00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,160
Speaker 2: Getting treble novel is no easy heat.

324
00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:09,440
Speaker 4: Yeah, and it's a level of trust because you can

325
00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:11,520
Speaker 4: make that say, you can make up a great pass

326
00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:15,280
Speaker 4: and the person misses it, it is your obligation as

327
00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:18,200
Speaker 4: a teammate to knock the shot down, But also it

328
00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:20,680
Speaker 4: is an obligation as a teammate too. If that person

329
00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:23,160
Speaker 4: is open again from the same spot and that's a shot,

330
00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:25,040
Speaker 4: you know that they can make you have to give

331
00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:27,600
Speaker 4: them the ball again unless you have a wide open

332
00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:30,080
Speaker 4: shot or something like that. And I think that's the

333
00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:33,040
Speaker 4: trust that the sky are building, and I think that

334
00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:36,000
Speaker 4: it's gonna come along. I mean, there's gonna be eight

335
00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:37,960
Speaker 4: teams in the playoffs. I still think that they can

336
00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:40,480
Speaker 4: make the playoffs for sure, but I mean they still

337
00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:42,960
Speaker 4: got pieces. They just lost their point guard to an injury,

338
00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:45,880
Speaker 4: and that's hard. They have Mariah Jefferson still chilling like

339
00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:48,200
Speaker 4: she's gonna be back soon, so that's gonna be another

340
00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:51,400
Speaker 4: point guard presence that they need. I really love seeing

341
00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:54,760
Speaker 4: Hvo her like her confidence, like went through the roof

342
00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:56,720
Speaker 4: that game, like that's something that you love to see

343
00:16:56,720 --> 00:17:00,520
Speaker 4: as well. Elizabeth Williams looked great, Rachel. It was good

344
00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:02,800
Speaker 4: to see Keia Nurse hit some shots. She you know,

345
00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:04,919
Speaker 4: had kind of a rough start to her season, so

346
00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:07,800
Speaker 4: it's just a comfort thing. And I think they're getting there,

347
00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:10,919
Speaker 4: so I think everyone can like ease up on the

348
00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,280
Speaker 4: sky a little bit because they're figuring it out. So

349
00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:15,280
Speaker 4: shout out to the sky.

350
00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:27,080
Speaker 1: We have to get into another big performance because I

351
00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:31,600
Speaker 1: was shook Caitlin Clark returning from her quad injury and

352
00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:35,680
Speaker 1: going off against the undefeated Liberty, the defending champs.

353
00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:37,000
Speaker 2: Granted the Liberty.

354
00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:39,120
Speaker 1: The Liberty were without some key pieces, like they were

355
00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:41,600
Speaker 1: at full strength. But the way that this game went,

356
00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:43,960
Speaker 1: I don't know, Lex you can probably say differently the beat.

357
00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:47,840
Speaker 1: I still felt like the Fever had a handle on it.

358
00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:51,480
Speaker 1: But Kaitlin Clark dropped thirty two, nine to eight and

359
00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:57,679
Speaker 1: made seven threes, including three in forty three seconds, and

360
00:17:57,680 --> 00:17:59,040
Speaker 1: the Fever beat the undefeated Liberty.

361
00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:01,479
Speaker 4: I almost fell out fell out my bed when I

362
00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:04,360
Speaker 4: was watching that. When she did that, I almost fell

363
00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:06,880
Speaker 4: out of my bed. I was like when she pulled

364
00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:09,159
Speaker 4: up for that third one, the first one, okay, I

365
00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,600
Speaker 4: knew she was gonna shoot it. The second one, I

366
00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:13,720
Speaker 4: was like, oh shit, And then the third one, I

367
00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,160
Speaker 4: already knew she was gonna pull it. When they inbounded

368
00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:18,600
Speaker 4: the ball, like, I said, Oh, she's shooting that third one,

369
00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:21,359
Speaker 4: And when that went in, I was like, Yo, she

370
00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:24,560
Speaker 4: is crazy and for you.

371
00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:29,000
Speaker 1: Guys got to understand against defenders like atash Cloud or

372
00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:31,840
Speaker 1: like stewietor like this is not like these are people

373
00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:33,680
Speaker 1: who have made multiple defensive teams.

374
00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:34,480
Speaker 2: These are good players.

375
00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:42,560
Speaker 5: Like she don't care, She does not care, giggling after Yeah,

376
00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:44,680
Speaker 5: Like I just love sports, Like how do you guys

377
00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,760
Speaker 5: not just watch basketball and just not be happy?

378
00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:51,879
Speaker 4: Like basketball makes me so happy when it's being played

379
00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:55,440
Speaker 4: at a high level. Like I was like giggling with them.

380
00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:57,639
Speaker 4: I was like that was such a cute little moment,

381
00:18:57,720 --> 00:18:59,080
Speaker 4: Like that's what sports is about.

382
00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:00,120
Speaker 2: I loved it too.

383
00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:04,000
Speaker 1: And to come back from being out and like people

384
00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,200
Speaker 1: being excited to see her again it being the defending

385
00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:08,920
Speaker 1: champs then being undefeated and it put up a performance

386
00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:12,160
Speaker 1: like that. It just shows why she gets the hype

387
00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:12,720
Speaker 1: that she does, you.

388
00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:14,280
Speaker 2: Know what I mean, Like she really starves.

389
00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:17,160
Speaker 4: She is super started for sure.

390
00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:20,560
Speaker 1: Keep in mind she's a year and almost a half

391
00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:22,640
Speaker 1: into her WNBA career.

392
00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:24,440
Speaker 2: This is still a baby like in.

393
00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:31,199
Speaker 4: Her baby literally, Like I don't watching her growth from

394
00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:34,240
Speaker 4: year one to year two hasn't been surprising, but it's

395
00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:37,800
Speaker 4: been like really cool to see. It's been refreshing to

396
00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:41,720
Speaker 4: see somebody come in the league, have an amazing first year,

397
00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:46,040
Speaker 4: get all the accolades, all star, all these things, and

398
00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:49,560
Speaker 4: then just come back with an even bigger chip on

399
00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,120
Speaker 4: her shoulder, which I didn't think was possible for her

400
00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:54,720
Speaker 4: to have a more competitive edge to her than she

401
00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,159
Speaker 4: already had. And being out injury. I know that was

402
00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:59,400
Speaker 4: hard for her to do. Sit out, but you got

403
00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,359
Speaker 4: to prioritize health and yourself. It's a long season, so

404
00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:05,399
Speaker 4: for her to come back, she was ready. Like, like

405
00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:08,160
Speaker 4: you said, those three threes she hit in forty seconds,

406
00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:10,120
Speaker 4: I was like, oh, she on one today. But also

407
00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:13,560
Speaker 4: on the flip side, losing squad Sabrina had thirty four,

408
00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:16,320
Speaker 4: so it was a little bit of a shootout. I

409
00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:21,200
Speaker 4: really enjoyed watching that game. The Fever hit seventeen total

410
00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:24,360
Speaker 4: threes in that game, So again, there's not a lot

411
00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:27,400
Speaker 4: you can do when a team is clicking on cylinders.

412
00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:31,800
Speaker 4: As far as that, they went super small. They had

413
00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:34,320
Speaker 4: Sophie and Lexi Hall playing a little bit of four,

414
00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:38,760
Speaker 4: which I think benefits their play style for sure. And

415
00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:40,880
Speaker 4: then I want to give a shout out to Aleah Boston,

416
00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:44,000
Speaker 4: who is shooting sixty percent from the field right now

417
00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:46,760
Speaker 4: and is averaging forces per game, which is a career high.

418
00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:49,760
Speaker 4: So she has figured it out. She has figured out

419
00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:53,159
Speaker 4: how to be a piece to the Rubik's cube in

420
00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:56,480
Speaker 4: the Caitlyn Clark Rubik's que which is adversatile, big that

421
00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,880
Speaker 4: can pass, that can finish. She's stepping out, hitting some threes,

422
00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:02,880
Speaker 4: she sets great screens. They look good. I know everybody

423
00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:07,040
Speaker 4: was like, eh, they're not contenders anymore because they're five hundred,

424
00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:09,639
Speaker 4: but they were missing their point guard and their starring

425
00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:12,120
Speaker 4: Kaitlyn Clark, so I think they held their own. They

426
00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:14,840
Speaker 4: did a decent job holding it down while she was gone.

427
00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,560
Speaker 4: But she's back now and they're back being scary.

428
00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:19,080
Speaker 2: Mind you, it wasn't just Caitlyn.

429
00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:23,320
Speaker 1: They were They had like seven players that were healthy total.

430
00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:24,240
Speaker 2: Yeah at won't point.

431
00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:25,600
Speaker 4: Yeah they were hurt.

432
00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:30,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, they were struggling. Another big performance that we want

433
00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:34,840
Speaker 1: to highlight is Pagebackers, who also came back and scored

434
00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:37,760
Speaker 1: a career high, which her career has been like fifteen minutes,

435
00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:41,320
Speaker 1: but still a career high thirty five points Wednesday night

436
00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:45,560
Speaker 1: in Phoenix. But the Wings did fall ninety three, eight

437
00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:51,280
Speaker 1: to eighty, but still a huge performance from the rookie Pagebackers.

438
00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:53,159
Speaker 2: Actually, what did you see just the.

439
00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:55,080
Speaker 4: Way she plays the game? Like I said, she plays

440
00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:56,879
Speaker 4: the right way. I think we saw a little bit

441
00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:59,040
Speaker 4: of that selfishness come out. You have to be a

442
00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:02,760
Speaker 4: little bit selfish to score thirty five points. She really

443
00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:05,320
Speaker 4: was trying to will her team to win. I don't

444
00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:07,320
Speaker 4: really want to get into much about Dallas. I feel

445
00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,600
Speaker 4: like there's been a lot of conversation around Dallas that's

446
00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,880
Speaker 4: been odd. So I'm just we're just gonna stay away

447
00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:16,080
Speaker 4: from Dallas. Just focus that Page is back, that she's playing, well,

448
00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:18,920
Speaker 4: they're figuring it out. I mean, I'm not really sure

449
00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:23,400
Speaker 4: what's going on in Dallas as far as offensively. Defensively,

450
00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,760
Speaker 4: we just lost our girl Lee to the Wings. So

451
00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:29,520
Speaker 4: maybe she'll she'll be able to give me the inside

452
00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:32,120
Speaker 4: scoop maybe about what's going on over there. Shout out

453
00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:35,120
Speaker 4: to Lee heading over to Dallas. I saw her practicing

454
00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:37,560
Speaker 4: with them, and it was like odd to see her

455
00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:40,880
Speaker 4: in a Wings jersey. But you know, hopefully she helps

456
00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:42,919
Speaker 4: them a little bit. I mean, she's a great player,

457
00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:46,560
Speaker 4: great post presence, can shoot the three. So but shout

458
00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:48,760
Speaker 4: out to Page. Thirty five points fresh off of concussion.

459
00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:53,600
Speaker 4: Very impressive, but again Auntie's baby. Everybody's very proud of her,

460
00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:57,280
Speaker 4: love watching her girl from game to game, and two

461
00:22:57,359 --> 00:22:58,879
Speaker 4: three more games, she probably gonna be back in the

462
00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:00,680
Speaker 4: running for Rookie of the Year. But like we said

463
00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:04,240
Speaker 4: last week, it's Kiki's award right now, but I think

464
00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:06,720
Speaker 4: it's going to be it's gonna be between those two.

465
00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:08,760
Speaker 4: I'm pretty sure for Rookie of the Year. But there's

466
00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:11,520
Speaker 4: a lot of rookies going crazy right now. So shout

467
00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:14,440
Speaker 4: out to Page in Dallas. I hope y'all figure it out,

468
00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,119
Speaker 4: because I know it's frustrating. I mean, we're kind of

469
00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:21,080
Speaker 4: we're not as bad as Dallas, but like we're still,

470
00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:24,040
Speaker 4: you know, not achieving what we want to achieve as

471
00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:24,680
Speaker 4: a team either.

472
00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:26,800
Speaker 2: So you felt where I was going.

473
00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:27,240
Speaker 4: I was.

474
00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:30,080
Speaker 1: I was just about to say, it's time for us

475
00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:33,359
Speaker 1: to give some like brief reaction slash commentary on just

476
00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:37,360
Speaker 1: like teams around the league, things that Lexi seeing, things

477
00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,719
Speaker 1: that I've seen, what's been going on. But we obviously

478
00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:42,960
Speaker 1: have to check in on Lexi, Sam the Seattle Storm.

479
00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:48,040
Speaker 1: I will say, I will say we're starting off on

480
00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:50,320
Speaker 1: a very positive foot because the last time we talked

481
00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:52,480
Speaker 1: to y'all LEXI was about to play with the Storm

482
00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:54,840
Speaker 1: against the Lynx and they added the.

483
00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:55,840
Speaker 2: Links their first out.

484
00:23:56,200 --> 00:24:00,240
Speaker 1: Sure did and shot fifty six point five percent to

485
00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:01,920
Speaker 1: ninety four points.

486
00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,080
Speaker 2: LEXI, what energy like in the building?

487
00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:07,240
Speaker 4: Oh? I was lit in there. Unfortunately I did not

488
00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:11,760
Speaker 4: play that game, but it was fun to be there.

489
00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:15,240
Speaker 4: It was, like I said, we should have won that

490
00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:17,320
Speaker 4: first game in MANI so be able to get that

491
00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,720
Speaker 4: game back so early in the season was great. I

492
00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:24,520
Speaker 4: was really excited to get that win. It was a

493
00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:29,720
Speaker 4: great win for us. But the season moves quickly and

494
00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:33,080
Speaker 4: we quickly had a pivot to play the Valkyries. And

495
00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:35,800
Speaker 4: if y'all saw that game, it didn't go as well

496
00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:38,159
Speaker 4: as the Minnesota game. And that was a game that

497
00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:41,119
Speaker 4: if we don't make it to the Commissioners Cup Championship,

498
00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,440
Speaker 4: this is gonna be the game that haunts me and

499
00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:46,800
Speaker 4: haunts our team for sure. For a little bit, I

500
00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:51,240
Speaker 4: finally scored an actual field goal. I scored a three.

501
00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:59,159
Speaker 4: I hit my first three. WHOA, Yes, I played thirteen minutes.

502
00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:01,639
Speaker 4: I think, you know, most minutes I've played in a

503
00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:04,840
Speaker 4: few games, so I think it was fourteen. Yeah. The

504
00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:08,480
Speaker 4: ups and downs of a WNBA season so that's the

505
00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:11,879
Speaker 4: whole staying ready. Lets you stay ready, Brown. But that

506
00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:14,600
Speaker 4: was a tough game for us because they sat in

507
00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:19,080
Speaker 4: a zone almost the entire game. And if you guys

508
00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:21,479
Speaker 4: have been watching us play, this is not a secret.

509
00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:24,600
Speaker 4: We have been struggling playing against zones. The Aces played

510
00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:27,120
Speaker 4: us in a zone when we lost. Valkyries just beat

511
00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:30,000
Speaker 4: us playing in his zone. We play the Sparks tomorrow.

512
00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:32,960
Speaker 4: We are expecting them to potentially come out in his zone.

513
00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:36,920
Speaker 4: We are prepared to play against the zone people. Okay,

514
00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:40,480
Speaker 4: I have never seen this much zone being played against

515
00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:43,639
Speaker 4: the team that I'm on in my professional career, and

516
00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:47,240
Speaker 4: it's disrespectful and I'm tired of it. But it's smart.

517
00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:49,920
Speaker 4: It's a strategic move because we do not shoot a

518
00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:53,240
Speaker 4: lot of threes, but we are capable. So shout out

519
00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:55,960
Speaker 4: to the Valkyries. They had a great game plan. We

520
00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,320
Speaker 4: are second in the league in paint points, so they

521
00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:02,040
Speaker 4: packed the lane, didn't let Neka get going, shut down

522
00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,600
Speaker 4: our driving lanes, and just sat in that damn zone.

523
00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:09,000
Speaker 4: I think my coach said almost eighty percent of the

524
00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:12,560
Speaker 4: game they played in a zone, which is insane. Wow.

525
00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:16,040
Speaker 4: It's usually you get a team up out a zone

526
00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:18,680
Speaker 4: quickly with some shots, some easy layups, but we could

527
00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:21,840
Speaker 4: not figure that zone out. But today in practice we

528
00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:24,920
Speaker 4: talked very in depth about how we're going to break

529
00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:27,240
Speaker 4: a zone if we ever see one again. So shout

530
00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:29,480
Speaker 4: out to the Valkyries. That game, like that atmosphere or

531
00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,720
Speaker 4: that arena was incredible, it was amazing, it was positive,

532
00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:35,720
Speaker 4: it was fun. And that Valkyrie team, like we said

533
00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,400
Speaker 4: in our preseason episode that they're going to be better

534
00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:40,119
Speaker 4: than what people think that they're going to be. And

535
00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:42,399
Speaker 4: I think Timmy said the best thing in her media

536
00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:45,159
Speaker 4: after our game was that she said, our team is

537
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,760
Speaker 4: full of six women, like we know what it takes

538
00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:50,400
Speaker 4: to win games, we know what to do, or adaptable,

539
00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:54,440
Speaker 4: we've all been here before. So there's like a difference

540
00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,159
Speaker 4: between like when you talk about yourself like as a

541
00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,879
Speaker 4: six woman like versus like a role player or like

542
00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,600
Speaker 4: a bench player. Like, no, a six woman is basically

543
00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:05,359
Speaker 4: a starter, but they on a bench. So that's a

544
00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:09,040
Speaker 4: completely different mindset of being like a role player on

545
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:11,520
Speaker 4: the bench. Not saying that none of them are important.

546
00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:15,840
Speaker 4: They're all important, but that six woman mentality is completely different.

547
00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:18,640
Speaker 4: It's like you basically are a starter, but there's only

548
00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,080
Speaker 4: five starting spots. So for her to say that like

549
00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,320
Speaker 4: that makes a ton of sense because that's why they're

550
00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:25,920
Speaker 4: all playing the way they're playing. They play hard like

551
00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,399
Speaker 4: I said they would. They play hard as hell. They

552
00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:33,040
Speaker 4: go after rebounds. Yeah, Like I wish we could get

553
00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:35,000
Speaker 4: that game back and we go back there in a

554
00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,760
Speaker 4: few in a few weeks I think, or maybe less

555
00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:40,080
Speaker 4: than a week. I don't know, all the games run

556
00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:42,960
Speaker 4: together to be you go back. If we go back there,

557
00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:44,800
Speaker 4: and we're gonna have to get our get back. But

558
00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,800
Speaker 4: that's been like the theme of our season so far,

559
00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:50,159
Speaker 4: like just we'll have a great game and then a

560
00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,160
Speaker 4: not so great game, and then a really good game

561
00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,080
Speaker 4: and then a not so great game. We'll beat the

562
00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,119
Speaker 4: best team in the league, and then we'll lose to

563
00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,639
Speaker 4: a team that we think that we should beat. I mean,

564
00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:00,720
Speaker 4: but that's the thing about a season, and it has

565
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,359
Speaker 4: its ebbs and if its flows, and it's ups and

566
00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:06,119
Speaker 4: its downs. But I will say that this team has

567
00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:08,399
Speaker 4: done a really good job of sticking together and staying

568
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:11,720
Speaker 4: positive and always getting up the next day and working

569
00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,600
Speaker 4: on what we need to work on. Everyone stays in

570
00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:17,080
Speaker 4: the gym, getting their shots up, keeping their bodies right,

571
00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,960
Speaker 4: taking care of themselves. So forty four games, we're what

572
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:25,560
Speaker 4: is this? Eleven games Q one We just finished Q one.

573
00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:30,520
Speaker 4: Not the start that we probably wanted or were expecting.

574
00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:33,040
Speaker 4: But thank god, we got three more quarters to go

575
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,200
Speaker 4: in this season, and I think we're gonna be fine.

576
00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:36,200
Speaker 4: We're gonna be just fine.

577
00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:38,760
Speaker 1: Now let's get into some brief reactions about some of

578
00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:39,720
Speaker 1: the other teams.

579
00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:41,320
Speaker 2: Now we'll start.

580
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:45,840
Speaker 1: Let's start with the Mercury. Okay, they're in their best

581
00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:48,920
Speaker 1: start since twenty eighteen. Top defense in the league, LAXI

582
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,000
Speaker 1: anything do you want to tell the people about the Mercury.

583
00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:55,640
Speaker 4: They are basically the team that I was expecting them

584
00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:58,720
Speaker 4: to be, even without call. We were able to finally

585
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:02,280
Speaker 4: see Ka play their last game, shot eleven points in

586
00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:05,120
Speaker 4: eighteen minutes, so it was really good seeing her back

587
00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:09,640
Speaker 4: on the court. At and Sawtu are just like the

588
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:11,960
Speaker 4: head of the snake right now, until Kyg gets back

589
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:15,560
Speaker 4: acclimated after being out with an injury. At is in

590
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:19,080
Speaker 4: the midst of a three game streak of ten plus assists,

591
00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:23,080
Speaker 4: which is incredible. Like I said, the Joymond Green of

592
00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:26,800
Speaker 4: the WNBA is at. They have a top five defense,

593
00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:31,320
Speaker 4: their offensive rating is kind of bottom half of the league.

594
00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:33,280
Speaker 4: But like we said, until they get all of their

595
00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:36,640
Speaker 4: pieces back, Natasha mac back playing after being out the

596
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:40,560
Speaker 4: injury caused back, I think that their offensive rating we'll

597
00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:43,240
Speaker 4: go back up. But the players that they put around

598
00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:47,320
Speaker 4: saw too and at are like Chef's kiss, like they

599
00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:51,239
Speaker 4: assembled a great team with great pieces. So shout out

600
00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:53,840
Speaker 4: to Phoenix. They look really good. They've been playing really

601
00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:56,120
Speaker 4: well and I'm just excited to see them at full

602
00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,440
Speaker 4: strength because we haven't able to see them at full

603
00:29:58,440 --> 00:29:59,000
Speaker 4: strength yet.

604
00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:01,360
Speaker 1: Now we already sp about the fever and the five

605
00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:04,200
Speaker 1: hundred club, but they are dangerous again. Bat with Caitlin

606
00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:06,800
Speaker 1: Clark back healthy and similar, she's in her villain era

607
00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:07,680
Speaker 1: or like, I.

608
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:09,480
Speaker 2: Don't know what she's got going on, but she's going nuts.

609
00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:11,840
Speaker 1: The Dream who have been the most efficient team of

610
00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:14,880
Speaker 1: the week with their statement wins, and let's talk about

611
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:18,520
Speaker 1: the undefeated teams that are not so undefeated anymore. The

612
00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:22,480
Speaker 1: Links celebrated to Mont Augustus Day, which we'll get into

613
00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:24,720
Speaker 1: some of that at our flower giving a little later,

614
00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:27,600
Speaker 1: but they had a bounce back blowout against the Sparks.

615
00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:30,920
Speaker 1: Sorry to them having to deal with the Links team

616
00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:35,760
Speaker 1: after what y'all did to them. But Lexi, what did

617
00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:39,000
Speaker 1: you see in that game that was able to get

618
00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:40,200
Speaker 1: y'all over the hump to beat them?

619
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:43,920
Speaker 4: Well, it was our defense on Fee, So huge shout

620
00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:47,840
Speaker 4: out to Ezzie, Neka and Dom who have been the

621
00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:52,160
Speaker 4: first players defensively that kind of had Fee a little

622
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:55,320
Speaker 4: frustrated and off her game. And ain't nothing worse than

623
00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:58,200
Speaker 4: a frustrated Fee because you don't get frustrated often. If

624
00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:02,240
Speaker 4: y'all haven't noticed about her demeanor, she's very chill and

625
00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,239
Speaker 4: when she fished, she's fished, and she took it out

626
00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:08,520
Speaker 4: on the Sparks. So I think the biggest takeaway from

627
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,400
Speaker 4: our game was the defense that we played, the team

628
00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:13,840
Speaker 4: defense that we played on Fee, and then also the

629
00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:16,440
Speaker 4: team defense that we played on Courtney Williams. You know,

630
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:18,920
Speaker 4: we made her uncomfortable with the ball. We didn't allow

631
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:21,440
Speaker 4: her to get into a rhythm. Shet her mid range jumpers.

632
00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:26,040
Speaker 4: Kmack had a really good game against us. Unfortunately, you

633
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:28,680
Speaker 4: can't stop everybody, but we can try. And then I

634
00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:31,840
Speaker 4: think they just went into that the Sparks game, which

635
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:34,320
Speaker 4: is they were just mad that they lost and Fi

636
00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:36,760
Speaker 4: had an amazing game. We were watching some of the

637
00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:39,000
Speaker 4: film today of that game, and I don't like the

638
00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:43,040
Speaker 4: Sparks just like weren't locked in defensively at all. They

639
00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:46,240
Speaker 4: kind of were just getting whatever they wanted, especially Fee.

640
00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:48,360
Speaker 4: I think she had almost thirty points at the half

641
00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:50,600
Speaker 4: or something crazy like that. But I'm going to take

642
00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:53,880
Speaker 4: I'm going to like charge that off like to the Sparks.

643
00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:56,880
Speaker 4: I think every team has one or two games a

644
00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:59,320
Speaker 4: year where they're just kind of like ours was our

645
00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:01,720
Speaker 4: first game of the year in Phoenix. But you know,

646
00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:06,160
Speaker 4: we watched clips from that game and the Sparks just

647
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:09,120
Speaker 4: did not look very strong defensively. So hopefully that's something

648
00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:11,960
Speaker 4: that we can also take advantage of, especially at the

649
00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:14,920
Speaker 4: post Ncca didn't have a great game against Golden State,

650
00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:17,120
Speaker 4: so I can assume that she's going to come in.

651
00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:21,560
Speaker 4: Hopefully Meika will take that energy that Fee had against them,

652
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:25,400
Speaker 4: see what she can get open get herself going, because

653
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:29,040
Speaker 4: her last game in Golden State probably wasn't great to

654
00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:32,440
Speaker 4: her standards, anybody's standards, and Mecca's standards for herself are

655
00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:34,880
Speaker 4: extremely high, so I'm excited for her to get her

656
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:38,800
Speaker 4: bounce back game in LA. I'm excited to be back

657
00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:41,520
Speaker 4: in La playing Crypto one of my favorite arenas to

658
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,880
Speaker 4: play in, So hopefully I get on the court shoot

659
00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:48,920
Speaker 4: some threes. It's definitely a shooter's gym. So I'm excited

660
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:50,560
Speaker 4: for our game against the Sparks.

661
00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:52,440
Speaker 2: That's something you're familiar with.

662
00:32:52,760 --> 00:33:04,800
Speaker 3: So next, let's talk about likely.

663
00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:06,880
Speaker 1: I need you to give me some answers about the aces,

664
00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:10,600
Speaker 1: I mean, injuries and consistency, tension.

665
00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:12,400
Speaker 2: What is going on?

666
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:18,480
Speaker 4: Yeah, well, I think that everyone definitely was focused on

667
00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:22,120
Speaker 4: the loss of Kelsey Plumb, but they also lost two

668
00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:24,880
Speaker 4: of their assistant coaches that helped them win championships, and

669
00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:30,040
Speaker 4: they both have obviously left a gaping hole on that bench.

670
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:32,800
Speaker 4: With their presence, with their knowledge, you can see what

671
00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:36,040
Speaker 4: nat is doing with the Valkyries, what Tyler's doing with

672
00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:40,480
Speaker 4: the Sky Like. Those are two really amazing coaches and

673
00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:45,320
Speaker 4: coaching minds and basketball IQs that no longer exist in Vegas.

674
00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:48,040
Speaker 4: I mean not saying that their new coaches aren't up

675
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,320
Speaker 4: to par. They absolutely are. They're there for a reason,

676
00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:54,360
Speaker 4: but relationships building, learning new coaches, the coaches, learning the players.

677
00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:56,400
Speaker 4: They have a lot of new faces on that team.

678
00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:00,920
Speaker 4: They've been playing without their MVP. Wilson who's been out

679
00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:04,800
Speaker 4: with the concussion. But on the bright side, Jule is

680
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:08,160
Speaker 4: starting to look a little bit more comfortable. Last two games,

681
00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:12,680
Speaker 4: She's had twenty one points and seventeen points. Jackie also

682
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:16,640
Speaker 4: has been her silent assass itself been carrying the load

683
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:20,080
Speaker 4: of scoring since Age has been gone. Also, Chelsea has

684
00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:24,239
Speaker 4: been shooting a lot more. She's averaging fifteen points a game,

685
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:26,839
Speaker 4: I want to say, which is tying her career high

686
00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:30,400
Speaker 4: average in points per game. So she is taking more

687
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:33,960
Speaker 4: of an offensive load. But unfortunately for the Aces, not

688
00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:36,200
Speaker 4: for Chelsea, because she can play however she wants. But

689
00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:39,080
Speaker 4: she is the point God for a reason. She's averaging

690
00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:42,720
Speaker 4: under forress per game for the first time since twenty sixteen.

691
00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:47,760
Speaker 4: So point God is doing a little bit more scoring,

692
00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:51,480
Speaker 4: a little less facilitating. And I think that's also one

693
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:53,560
Speaker 4: of the reasons why Vegas just doesn't look like the

694
00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:56,160
Speaker 4: Vegas that we're used to seeing, because the point God

695
00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:00,040
Speaker 4: is not distributing the ball. Also, it could be we

696
00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:02,359
Speaker 4: are not knocking dunshots. Like I said, assists are two

697
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:03,960
Speaker 4: way street, and they're figured.

698
00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:06,080
Speaker 2: Out, as I say, could because of the personnel changes.

699
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:09,799
Speaker 1: Like you you spoke about earlier, how that also being

700
00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:11,040
Speaker 1: a person who gets a lot of a sess.

701
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:13,080
Speaker 2: It's trust related as well.

702
00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:15,960
Speaker 1: Not saying that she doesn't trust her teammates, but you

703
00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:17,600
Speaker 1: always trust yourself a.

704
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:19,239
Speaker 2: Little bit more maybe than other people.

705
00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:21,480
Speaker 1: So might put you in that mode, especially about the

706
00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:25,040
Speaker 1: MVP right there with you, like where you're like, Okay,

707
00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:26,600
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go out and get mine because.

708
00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:27,360
Speaker 2: We gotta win, you know.

709
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,760
Speaker 4: Yeah, yep. And she I mean we watched her and unrivaled.

710
00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:33,160
Speaker 4: We've watched her over her career, like she can go

711
00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:36,439
Speaker 4: for thirty any given night. Chelsea is a very high

712
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:39,440
Speaker 4: level score, three level score. But I just think that

713
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:41,719
Speaker 4: they're figuring it out. Their last two games they had

714
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:44,920
Speaker 4: Dallas and Phoenix, and they had two different starting lineups.

715
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:47,759
Speaker 4: They went big with Liz Kitley against Dallas. They went

716
00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:50,640
Speaker 4: a little smaller against Phoenix with Tiffany Mitchell in the lineup.

717
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:53,480
Speaker 4: So they're just trying to They're just trying to figure

718
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:56,319
Speaker 4: it out, just like so many teams are right now

719
00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:59,040
Speaker 4: this season, are simply trying to figure it out because

720
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:01,920
Speaker 4: they have so many new pieces. I don't know when

721
00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:05,600
Speaker 4: Age will be back. Concussions are hard. I've had one,

722
00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:08,000
Speaker 4: and you could be back in a few days. You

723
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,200
Speaker 4: could be back in a few weeks. So one thing

724
00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:12,560
Speaker 4: you don't want to do is rush because you don't play,

725
00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:17,080
Speaker 4: you don't play about that brain. So sending healing wishes

726
00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:20,879
Speaker 4: to Asia for sure, because the gay misses you were

727
00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:24,160
Speaker 4: you out there, We miss watching you play. So I

728
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:28,640
Speaker 4: hope you feel better soon. And I hope Vegas figures

729
00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:31,680
Speaker 4: it out because the league is more fun when Vegas

730
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:34,880
Speaker 4: is good. Also, they're a fun team to watch, So

731
00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:37,719
Speaker 4: I think they're gonna be fine. Jewel. The important thing

732
00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:39,840
Speaker 4: is Jewels getting more comfortable. That's why they brought her

733
00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:41,680
Speaker 4: there to be a scoring threat. And I think right

734
00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:44,040
Speaker 4: now is a perfect time for her to get acclimated

735
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,560
Speaker 4: because there's there's shots there for her to have since

736
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:49,239
Speaker 4: age is not on the court. So I think they're

737
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,480
Speaker 4: gonna be They're also going to be fine. Like there's

738
00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:53,319
Speaker 4: a lot of teams that people are like, what's going

739
00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:56,920
Speaker 4: on again? We just think Q one, y'all, or just

740
00:36:57,040 --> 00:37:00,880
Speaker 4: think Q one. Everybody relax. Everybody relaxed. Unless you in Connecticut,

741
00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:05,239
Speaker 4: Ordelas or Dallas, you can panic.

742
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:08,120
Speaker 1: You can or you could just like play free. But anyways,

743
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:12,080
Speaker 1: All Star voting has begun. I just wanted to make

744
00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:14,960
Speaker 1: sure all the fans now so crazy. Yes it's it's

745
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:15,759
Speaker 1: still Q one, but.

746
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:19,880
Speaker 4: Ten games, but ten games in All Star voting is

747
00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:20,480
Speaker 4: and you have.

748
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:22,880
Speaker 2: From the twelfth to the twenty eighth to vote for

749
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:24,080
Speaker 2: who you might want to see.

750
00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:26,920
Speaker 4: Vote for me, guys, I got you, Lexi, I got

751
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:30,640
Speaker 4: you trust especially on the double vote, Yes for sure,

752
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:33,680
Speaker 4: So make sure you're voting. Thanks, No, in all seriousness,

753
00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:36,040
Speaker 4: if you're if you're really going to use a vote,

754
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:41,800
Speaker 4: vote for Gabby, Skyler and Mekka and Edsie, like especially Gabby.

755
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:44,200
Speaker 4: Like obviously I want Skyler and Mekka, Azzi, all of

756
00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:46,520
Speaker 4: them to make All Star, but I really would love

757
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:49,360
Speaker 4: Gabby to make an All Star Game this year. The

758
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:53,560
Speaker 4: way she's playing has been so amazing, so great. So

759
00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:55,640
Speaker 4: if y'all are going to go vote, go vote for

760
00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:57,200
Speaker 4: Gabby and the rest of my teammates.

761
00:37:57,239 --> 00:37:59,960
Speaker 1: But definitely yeah, before we go, I just want to

762
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:02,399
Speaker 1: to give a quick shout out to the twenty twenty

763
00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:05,399
Speaker 1: five class for the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, which

764
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:06,879
Speaker 1: is such a huge deal.

765
00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:08,720
Speaker 2: We also had Simota gust to stay.

766
00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:11,759
Speaker 1: She was honored this week, and I just wanted to

767
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:15,239
Speaker 1: give Lexi an opportunity to say, maybe somebody like a

768
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:18,120
Speaker 1: Hall of Famer or a past w player, someone in

769
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:21,040
Speaker 1: women's basketball that's inspired you in your career, maybe we

770
00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:21,880
Speaker 1: give our flowers.

771
00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:24,759
Speaker 4: Oh, this is perfect. Simone is the perfect person to

772
00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:28,360
Speaker 4: give my flowers too, for today because my second season

773
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:31,440
Speaker 4: in Minnesota, she was there still as a player, and

774
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:34,560
Speaker 4: she was in and out dealing with the nagging injury.

775
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:37,120
Speaker 4: But she was like the first veteran that really took

776
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:39,680
Speaker 4: me under her wing and taught me like the ins

777
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:42,239
Speaker 4: and out of like what the business of WNBA is

778
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:44,080
Speaker 4: and how to play the game and how to be

779
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:46,839
Speaker 4: a pro whether things are going your way things are

780
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:49,600
Speaker 4: not going your way. And she just taught me a lot.

781
00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:54,920
Speaker 4: And she's such a great vibe. Like if anybody has

782
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:57,840
Speaker 4: ever been around Simone or met her or heard her speak,

783
00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:00,640
Speaker 4: like even her Hall of Fame speech she sang a song,

784
00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:04,400
Speaker 4: wrote a poem, Like that's so like her personality, Like

785
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:07,359
Speaker 4: in a nutshell is her writing a poem as her

786
00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:10,680
Speaker 4: acceptance speech for her Hall of Fame, Like she is

787
00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:13,560
Speaker 4: one of the dopest human beings that I've ever been around.

788
00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:17,680
Speaker 4: And I do have a fun little story time about

789
00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:20,839
Speaker 4: Simone that she if she ever hears that, she's gonna laugh.

790
00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:24,880
Speaker 4: But we would have shooting competitions during shoot around or pregame,

791
00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:26,640
Speaker 4: like we would just always try to outshoot each other.

792
00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:29,920
Speaker 4: And one day I bet her because I always have

793
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:32,480
Speaker 4: my nails done as y'all see, hot pink, I bet

794
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:33,880
Speaker 4: her if I beat her in the shooting game, she

795
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:37,600
Speaker 4: had to pay her nails hot pink, and she lost,

796
00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:43,640
Speaker 4: so she had to pay her nails because I know.

797
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:47,279
Speaker 4: So we had an appearance like a day or two

798
00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:49,800
Speaker 4: after she had to get her nails painted at the

799
00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:52,319
Speaker 4: Minnesota State Fair. We were like signing autographs to take

800
00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:55,480
Speaker 4: a picture, so all these people saw her with her

801
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:57,560
Speaker 4: bright pink nails and she kept them for a while.

802
00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:01,080
Speaker 4: She kind of liked them, but yeah, that yeah, so

803
00:40:01,239 --> 00:40:04,080
Speaker 4: I mean, I mean, Samona Gus is in a shooting

804
00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:05,760
Speaker 4: competition multiple times, guys.

805
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:07,279
Speaker 2: So that's exactly why you need to be in the

806
00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:08,319
Speaker 2: three point contest.

807
00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:09,800
Speaker 4: Exactly why I need to be in the three point contest.

808
00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:12,880
Speaker 4: What a plug, Maria, What a plug? Y'all? Get me

809
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:16,399
Speaker 4: to the three point contest, y'all? Okay, pay my girl.

810
00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:17,879
Speaker 2: She wanted to be in that contest, so bad.

811
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:21,080
Speaker 4: I told you, if I'm not there, I'm doing I'm

812
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:24,040
Speaker 4: doing my own I'm gonna have my own Hull Circle

813
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:29,520
Speaker 4: before Full Circle three point contest. If I don't participate

814
00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:32,600
Speaker 4: at least one time before I retire, oh you will,

815
00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:36,239
Speaker 4: I have to, Like, I literally cannot retire until I

816
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:41,520
Speaker 4: at least participate in one, just one. But that's enough

817
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:42,480
Speaker 4: of that for the episode.

818
00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:45,120
Speaker 1: You guys, Me and Lexi have like today has been

819
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:48,400
Speaker 1: a day, but it's always the most beautiful thing to

820
00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:50,000
Speaker 1: come and talk basketball with y'all.

821
00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:51,799
Speaker 2: Hopefully next week we are like.

822
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:54,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, we had a pivot today because we were supposed

823
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:56,120
Speaker 4: to have our guests, so we kind of had to

824
00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:58,800
Speaker 4: throw this episode together. So bear with us, guys. It

825
00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:02,120
Speaker 4: was so fun talking about everything going on w BA.

826
00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:04,239
Speaker 4: Like Mariah said earlier, it kind of was in our

827
00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:07,960
Speaker 4: favor because this week was too good to not talk about.

828
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:10,160
Speaker 4: So I feel like everything happens for a reason.

829
00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:13,759
Speaker 1: Well I need to go do my altar wodding because

830
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:16,400
Speaker 1: I haven't yet. But thank you guys for listening to

831
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:17,799
Speaker 1: this episode or watching if you're.

832
00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:19,279
Speaker 4: Watching us, see y'all later.

833
00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:22,000
Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to Full Circle.

834
00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:24,640
Speaker 1: We'll be back next week with more Basketball for the

835
00:41:24,719 --> 00:41:25,840
Speaker 1: Girls by the girls.

836
00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:27,080
Speaker 2: We want to hear from you.

837
00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:29,759
Speaker 1: Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, and tell us

838
00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:32,160
Speaker 1: what you want us to talk about. Full Circle is

839
00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:35,520
Speaker 1: hosted by Lexi Brown and Mariah Rose. Our executive producer

840
00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:39,160
Speaker 1: is Jesse Katz. Our supervising producer is Grace Fuse. Our

841
00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:43,280
Speaker 1: producer is Zoe Dangla. Listen to Full Circle on America's

842
00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:46,839
Speaker 1: number one podcast network iHeart open your free iHeart app

843
00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:49,319
Speaker 1: and search full Circle with Lexi Brown and Mariah Rose

844
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:50,120
Speaker 1: and start listening