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Speaker 1: Levels to This is an iHeart women's sports production in

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Speaker 2: Hey, what's up?

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Speaker 3: Everybody? Is sha girl, Errica Foster Brasby, what's up, y'all?

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Speaker 3: It's your girl, Cheryl swoops Hey. And this is levels

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Speaker 3: to This. This is the podcast where we talk about

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Speaker 3: all the shit that women go through. And it's been

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Speaker 3: an incredible week if you like winter Wonderlands, because where

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Speaker 3: I live, it's been a domn It's been a damn

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Speaker 3: winter where I open my door and I'm like, damn,

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Speaker 3: do you live in Buffalo? Because all this snow we

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Speaker 3: literally got like thirty inches of snow.

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Speaker 2: We're like over, It's like, did you play in the snow?

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Speaker 3: I absolutely did not. I am a grown ass woman.

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Speaker 3: I am not playing in no town, no.

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Speaker 2: Girl, grown ass people playing the snow. Grown I'm not

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Speaker 2: one of them. I'm not one. I'm not one of them.

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Speaker 2: But I'm just saying no, oh no, no, no no.

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Speaker 3: You know what I can't stand, I'm gonna get on

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Speaker 3: my soapbox. You know what I can't stand?

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Speaker 2: I can't stand.

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Speaker 3: People who'll be like, but you're from Detroit, you live

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Speaker 3: up north, you're used to it, Bitch, I am not

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Speaker 3: fucking used to the snout.

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Speaker 2: This ship is not fun. Well, here's my thing. Here's

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Speaker 2: my thing.

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Speaker 1: When people say that, well, they don't really say that

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Speaker 1: to me, because but I hear it, right, And my

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Speaker 1: thing is this. It's very different growing up in it

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Speaker 1: when you're like a kid, right, because you're like, oh,

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Speaker 1: it's cold, it's snow, there's.

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Speaker 2: No school, like yeah, yeah, so you love it.

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Speaker 1: But then when you're an adult and you actually have

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Speaker 1: do and all of that, like, ain't nobody trying to be.

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Speaker 2: Out and all that snuff? Girl, ain't nobody trying or cold?

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Speaker 2: It's cold.

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Speaker 1: Get the snows for me. You know, we ain't really

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Speaker 1: get snow, but we got the cold. We got the

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Speaker 1: twenty one degree weather. And girl, I opened the door

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Speaker 1: to let my dogs go out at seven am to

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Speaker 1: lost your mind.

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Speaker 2: Oh no, So then I had to literally walk outside

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Speaker 1: The boy dog was like, all right, let me go

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Speaker 2: They don't go do their thing.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but for us it's different, and so for girl

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Speaker 2: She was like, oh, oh, this is absolutely not.

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Speaker 1: So I had to walk outside with her and freeze

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Speaker 1: my ass off too. She was like, if I'm gonna

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Speaker 2: To I could not.

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Speaker 3: I cannot understand, like why people think we're used to this.

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Speaker 3: We are not used to this now. Granted obviously in Connecticut.

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Speaker 3: This is another thing too that I that I personally

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Speaker 3: and so we don't get the type of snow that

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Speaker 3: Having moved to Connecticut, it doesn't always get incredibly cold,

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Speaker 3: but the precipitation of snow is ridiculous, right, And so

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Speaker 3: to your point, it's like, I'm not I am truly

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Speaker 2: Of snow like I am. This is a lot.

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Speaker 3: It is a lot of snow. Now I gotta shovel

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Speaker 2: Lot it is. I just listen. I like I like.

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Speaker 1: I like cold weather when I can stay inside by

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Speaker 1: Right, But when I say cold, I'm talking about like

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Speaker 2: Yeah, like that kind of cold.

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Speaker 1: I'm not talking about this twenty twenty one, twenty one.

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Speaker 1: But anyway, so here's our problem, well, real quick, here's

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Speaker 2: I live, it got really really cold.

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Speaker 1: So I was like, but thankfully, you know, we lost

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Speaker 1: Of pipes bursts. That was my issue. I was like, see,

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Speaker 3: But that makes sense though, because Texas wouldn't have the

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Speaker 3: I remember why I was to live in North Carolina.

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Speaker 3: These motherfucker make me so mad. It would be it

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Speaker 2: Not gonna stay, but it's in the morning.

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Speaker 3: In the morning, it's probably like twenty two to twenty three,

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Speaker 3: but it's gonna warm up.

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Speaker 3: North Carolina would shut down like we There is no school,

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Speaker 2: This is closed. And I'm like, bro, y'all would.

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Speaker 1: Well tay when you're like you don't know how to function,

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Speaker 2: It was everything that used to be mind blowing.

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Speaker 3: I'm like, bro, we would literally still be like walking

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Speaker 3: I get it. It is what it is. But it's

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Speaker 2: Let me tell you the last thing before we move on.

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Speaker 1: There's so many reasons why I don't like this weather, right,

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Speaker 1: the twenties and all of that, because we got cold,

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Speaker 2: And so I was one of those. I was like,

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Speaker 1: But that meant I had to do my own hair

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Speaker 1: in case you're wondering, my husband told me I looked

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Speaker 2: Does lie?

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Speaker 1: Because I listen, I took my wig off, took her

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Speaker 2: And she real big right now. But you know what

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Speaker 2: He did? He ain't?

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Speaker 1: She was like, baby, you look like I was like, what.

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Speaker 1: First of all, he ain't a ship to say.

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Speaker 3: That, Oh, my god, it hurt my feelings a little.

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Speaker 2: Bit, a little bit. You know what, you got it.

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Speaker 2: You gotta take care of you got to take care

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Speaker 2: right now. But you know what, I bet you she

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Speaker 2: won't be looking like this.

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Speaker 3: I bet you she won't. I mean, at least you

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Speaker 3: since Saturday. Well I'm put because I had things to do.

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Speaker 3: I ain't left this house since Saturday. My house is

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Speaker 2: Get out, Like, get out.

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Speaker 3: You have got to go somewhere because I'm sick of you.

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Speaker 3: And ask me if I've done anything in this month

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Speaker 1: But that's a great feeling though, Like it's nice to

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Speaker 2: Was going to do. Girl.

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Speaker 1: I had one day where it was me and my

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Speaker 2: Shit. It was so it was so amazing it was.

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Speaker 3: I did catch up on some really good shows. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: I watched the show on HBO Max called Heated Rivalry.

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Speaker 3: I then found out that Heated Rivalry is a book series.

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Speaker 3: There are seven books in the series, so I don't

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Speaker 2: It is so good it is.

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Speaker 3: It is sports related, but it is basically different relationships

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Speaker 2: And they're all gay.

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Speaker 3: And when I tell you, the shit is fire, like,

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Speaker 3: I am obsessed.

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Speaker 2: So I've already already know it's fire. If they're all good,

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Speaker 3: So I've read like the first two in the series,

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Speaker 3: and so I'm currently on book three and I'm going

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Speaker 2: And then there's another Warned Rival Yes, yes, yes.

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Speaker 3: And then on the day of this recording, which is

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Speaker 3: January twenty ninth, Brichardton has returned.

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Speaker 2: So let's okay, let me tell you about how my.

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Speaker 3: Silly ass stayed up until three am because I needed

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Speaker 2: See the first episode.

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Speaker 3: I said, I'm gonna I don't usually go to bed

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Speaker 3: watched three episodes before when I am so obsessed.

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Speaker 2: I need But when it's good and you're that obsessed,

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Speaker 2: it's easy to do, Just like easy to keep.

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Speaker 3: Saying to myself, I'm so happy I got a real

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Speaker 2: To go to what facts? Right?

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Speaker 1: You just gave me a great, brilliant idea. Because we've

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Speaker 1: been on our little surface over for a minute. But

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Speaker 1: we need to do an episode or show where we're

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Speaker 1: just talking about great series to watch, movies all that,

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Speaker 1: because I'm here for it. So we need we need

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Speaker 2: Girl here I her.

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Speaker 1: Well, there are several players that I'm super excited about.

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Speaker 1: When you see you see some of these players come

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Speaker 2: They're coming to every game because they want to see.

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Speaker 1: And I believe had it not been for AU, like

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00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:53,959
Speaker 1: the first year, the second year, some of these players

439
00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:56,199
Speaker 1: may not be in the WNBA.

440
00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:57,359
Speaker 2: I really do believe.

441
00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:01,120
Speaker 1: When Honesty Simms came out and played the way she

442
00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:05,880
Speaker 1: did in year two of AU, Lexi Brown came out

443
00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:09,120
Speaker 1: and played really well. Lexi then gets a guaranteed contract

444
00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:12,200
Speaker 1: with the Sparks Odyssey finds herself on the team. Bria

445
00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:16,080
Speaker 1: hardly last year what she did in AU coming off

446
00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:19,800
Speaker 1: of an injury right but playing really well in AU,

447
00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:24,679
Speaker 1: I believe landed her spot with Connecticut because it was

448
00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:28,119
Speaker 1: just giving teams a chance to see and say, let

449
00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,919
Speaker 1: me see what she can do now that she's healthy.

450
00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:31,959
Speaker 2: She's one hundred percent.

451
00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:37,080
Speaker 1: So I don't if I'm a player, I don't take

452
00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:40,840
Speaker 1: this opportunity lightly. Yep, it's a competition. I'm gonna go out,

453
00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:43,680
Speaker 1: I'm gonna play hard, I'm gonna compete. But I'm also

454
00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:44,359
Speaker 1: looking at.

455
00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:45,040
Speaker 2: The bigger picture.

456
00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,720
Speaker 1: If you're trying to land a not only land a

457
00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:50,640
Speaker 1: spot on a WNBA team, but if you also are

458
00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,919
Speaker 1: trying to say, coach, I need more minutes, this is

459
00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,600
Speaker 1: a great time and a great opportunity to do that.

460
00:23:57,119 --> 00:23:59,919
Speaker 1: Other player, I want to mention Bree Haul and Alena.

461
00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:04,120
Speaker 1: I'm a huge fan of both of them. I think

462
00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:10,280
Speaker 1: AU was a smart decision for a whole lot of players,

463
00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:12,880
Speaker 1: but these two players, it was a very smart decision

464
00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:14,320
Speaker 1: for them to choose to play in AU.

465
00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:14,879
Speaker 2: This season.

466
00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:19,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, I like, I love that decision from them as well,

467
00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:23,200
Speaker 3: especially Aleia and I. I mean, you literally are coming

468
00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:25,600
Speaker 3: off of kind of how I felt about Jalen Sharat

469
00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:28,720
Speaker 3: the year before. You're coming off of a championship team

470
00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:30,480
Speaker 3: and a championship run in the w n b A,

471
00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:35,080
Speaker 3: and there are obviously things that you learned on your w.

472
00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:37,320
Speaker 2: Team that you're gonna take with you moving forward.

473
00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:39,680
Speaker 3: But you've gotta you've got to stay right like You've

474
00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:42,680
Speaker 3: gotta You've gotta you've got to know that in order

475
00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:45,760
Speaker 3: to maintain that level, you're gonna have to stay stay working,

476
00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:48,040
Speaker 3: stay grinded, and you want to do that around people

477
00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:50,399
Speaker 3: that's gonna make you better. So I love that Alia

478
00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:53,680
Speaker 3: and I joined this year as well because she's gonna

479
00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,280
Speaker 3: get tested and she's gonna be put in great positions.

480
00:24:56,640 --> 00:25:01,560
Speaker 3: And it's also so tell of the talent that AU

481
00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:04,200
Speaker 3: continually has her in and ar out, because you can

482
00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:07,320
Speaker 3: see every year there are coaches across the W and

483
00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:08,160
Speaker 3: assistance of there.

484
00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:11,320
Speaker 2: I've seen last year we saw Noel.

485
00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:14,600
Speaker 3: Quinn assistant coach Ebony came out.

486
00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:18,080
Speaker 2: We saw Cheryl Reeves come out for a.

487
00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:21,719
Speaker 3: Few games at the time Dallas's head coach Chris ko

488
00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:24,679
Speaker 3: Klanis had came out for a few games, like there's

489
00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:27,560
Speaker 3: just so many people. Over the course of time. I've

490
00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:29,760
Speaker 3: seen Kurt Miller come out to games. I've seen Becky

491
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,360
Speaker 3: Hammond come out to games. Like coaches are out there

492
00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:37,920
Speaker 3: and they're looking and when the unfortunate happens, like for example,

493
00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,439
Speaker 3: in twenty twenty five, Jordan Horsten was playing and it

494
00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:44,760
Speaker 3: ended up tearing her aco And so this provided an

495
00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:49,880
Speaker 3: opportunity for other players to get seen and get noticed

496
00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:53,160
Speaker 3: early enough to where coaches are able to make decisions

497
00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:57,120
Speaker 3: on how or where they should do in replacing players

498
00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:59,480
Speaker 3: or having to do that next man up and seeing

499
00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:01,280
Speaker 3: where they can get some very good talent from.

500
00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:02,840
Speaker 2: So I love that and I agree with that one

501
00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:03,440
Speaker 2: hundred percent.

502
00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:07,600
Speaker 3: Another aspect of athletes unlimited this year, though, that's gonna

503
00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:09,680
Speaker 3: be different that I think is so cool but I'm

504
00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:12,800
Speaker 3: very excited about, is that instead of team Purple, team

505
00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:14,160
Speaker 3: Blue team, Goal team.

506
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,480
Speaker 2: Orange, teams have names this year.

507
00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:21,119
Speaker 3: So the purple team will now be Eclipse, the Blue

508
00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:23,920
Speaker 3: team is now Rhythm, the Orange team is now Glow,

509
00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:27,040
Speaker 3: and the gold team is now gold Rush. Now they're

510
00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:29,960
Speaker 3: still going to have the same format, the same scoring.

511
00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:31,879
Speaker 2: Usually it's gold.

512
00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:35,159
Speaker 3: Gold is the player that has the highest they captain

513
00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:38,360
Speaker 3: that team, so it'll still be the order of Gold, Orange, Blue,

514
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:43,760
Speaker 3: and Purple, but they have names now and instead of facilitators,

515
00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:49,960
Speaker 3: they're actual coaches, so that is also exciting. So this

516
00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:54,280
Speaker 3: year coaching in AU, We've got coach at Nisha Curry.

517
00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:59,240
Speaker 3: I'm excited about that first time. It's our first season.

518
00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:03,399
Speaker 3: Chas for coming from Connecticut, it's also his first time.

519
00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:04,879
Speaker 2: Kia Vaughn.

520
00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:08,280
Speaker 3: How excited is it to see Kya Vaughn. We'll be

521
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,560
Speaker 3: talking all the time about players needing to step in

522
00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:14,479
Speaker 3: what they want to do with basketball after playing.

523
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:16,840
Speaker 2: Here's an opportunity for Kiavon.

524
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,280
Speaker 3: And then coach Zach is coming back for year two,

525
00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:25,560
Speaker 3: So I again, this is just great. Yeah, you know,

526
00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:28,440
Speaker 3: for coach Zach to come back for your two, First

527
00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:31,000
Speaker 3: of all, I think it says a lot about how

528
00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:35,520
Speaker 3: much he appreciates AU and he understands what AU is

529
00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:36,600
Speaker 3: doing for these players.

530
00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:38,760
Speaker 2: And the first year he did, I thought he was

531
00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:41,960
Speaker 2: just really, really, really good at connecting with the players.

532
00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:46,320
Speaker 2: But I'm excited because they actually will have more of

533
00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:48,240
Speaker 2: a coaching role this year.

534
00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:53,760
Speaker 1: Versus just a facilitator, right, And to your point, I

535
00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:59,760
Speaker 1: am so excited to see coach Anisha Curry kyavaon You know,

536
00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:04,040
Speaker 1: the these are all former players, and I love seeing

537
00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:07,000
Speaker 1: former players get an opportunity to step in sit in

538
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:10,280
Speaker 1: that seat and show what they can do. And just

539
00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:14,119
Speaker 1: like you know, players are trying to prove themselves and

540
00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:16,960
Speaker 1: get an opportunity to play at the next level. Who knows,

541
00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:20,520
Speaker 1: maybe this is an opportunity for Adnisha and for Kia

542
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:22,840
Speaker 1: to say, you know what I can do?

543
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,240
Speaker 2: This give me an opportunity.

544
00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:28,879
Speaker 1: So super excited about that, and also excited about so

545
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:32,600
Speaker 1: Danielle Biglion, She's a staple, right, She's a staple with AU.

546
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:37,680
Speaker 2: She's a player enhancement specialist, and I'm excited to see.

547
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:42,880
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say Lexi Brown's daddy d Brown. Dee Brown

548
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:47,960
Speaker 1: will be the other player enhancement specialist. So you know, ay,

549
00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:51,800
Speaker 1: you's doing some big things there. Every year it gets bigger,

550
00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:55,960
Speaker 1: it gets better, the talent gets better every year, and

551
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,360
Speaker 1: I'm super excited about the new pieces that they've put

552
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:00,200
Speaker 1: together this year.

553
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:03,479
Speaker 2: I completely agree.

554
00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:10,480
Speaker 3: Any early thoughts on who you think could walk away.

555
00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:12,800
Speaker 2: Being the winner this year.

556
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,760
Speaker 3: I mean it's been so inconsistent, right, you know how

557
00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:19,360
Speaker 3: like you try to say, well, guards have a better shot,

558
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:22,640
Speaker 3: or you know, bigs have a better shot.

559
00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:23,840
Speaker 2: Like you really can't tell.

560
00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:27,960
Speaker 1: Here's what I'll say, based off you can't tell, right,

561
00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:29,040
Speaker 1: but based off of.

562
00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:30,440
Speaker 2: The scoring system.

563
00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:37,440
Speaker 1: Okay, from from the individual point, I am always going

564
00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:40,840
Speaker 1: to have Odyssey sims up there because you get your

565
00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:47,680
Speaker 1: points from twos, threes, steals, assists, rebounds, all the things, right,

566
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:51,880
Speaker 1: But what I think is gonna, yes, that matters. But

567
00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:55,000
Speaker 1: what I think is really going to make a difference

568
00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:59,400
Speaker 1: this year will be the the.

569
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:01,760
Speaker 2: Team points, like the the win points, right.

570
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:06,600
Speaker 1: Because the talent is going to be i think very

571
00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:11,240
Speaker 1: even across the board. So depending on how many wins

572
00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:13,880
Speaker 1: your team can get, how many quarter wins your team

573
00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:17,320
Speaker 1: can get, because everything you do in AU matters, the

574
00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:21,240
Speaker 1: good and the bad, everything counts. You're taking points away, misshots,

575
00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:25,280
Speaker 1: you're taking points away, right you mose a quarter, the

576
00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:26,920
Speaker 1: winning team gets those points.

577
00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:29,600
Speaker 2: So I'm always.

578
00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:32,320
Speaker 1: Gonna put Odyssey in there just because of her individual

579
00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:34,240
Speaker 1: talent and the things she's able to do.

580
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:36,600
Speaker 2: I'm acciting listen to.

581
00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:39,920
Speaker 1: Melissa Smith is a returning champion so you can't count

582
00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:40,480
Speaker 1: her out.

583
00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:44,360
Speaker 2: But they're with the newcomers we have coming. I don't know.

584
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:47,360
Speaker 2: I really don't know who is gonna be the champ

585
00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:51,560
Speaker 2: this year, but it's gonna be good. Who do you think?

586
00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:52,360
Speaker 2: What about you?

587
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:57,120
Speaker 3: Okay, so I agree with you with Odyssey, She's always

588
00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,280
Speaker 3: top three for me. Well, I'm gonna say four since

589
00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:02,400
Speaker 3: it's fourteen for captains. Yeah, so who could land in

590
00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,280
Speaker 3: the top four? It's Odyssey's always up there for me.

591
00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:09,640
Speaker 3: Bria Hartley is always gonna be up there for me

592
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,120
Speaker 3: because Bria can do all the little things. Well, she

593
00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:15,000
Speaker 3: passes the ball wheel, she sees the floor wheel, she

594
00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:18,960
Speaker 3: can shoot the three like I Bria's always gonna be

595
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:23,680
Speaker 3: a threat. It's just period. Melissa Smith a former champion.

596
00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:25,320
Speaker 3: She knows what it means and knows what it takes

597
00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:28,280
Speaker 3: to win, and she has also gotten better and she's

598
00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:30,280
Speaker 3: got to ask on her chest now because she don't

599
00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:34,360
Speaker 3: want a championship in a WNBA. So Melissa Smith is

600
00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:38,520
Speaker 3: definitely somebody that I'm gonna put up there as being

601
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:42,240
Speaker 3: a player that can win it all and then my

602
00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:48,360
Speaker 3: fourth player and this is gonna be a stretch, but yeah,

603
00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:51,240
Speaker 3: I'm gonna get a rookie some love. I think anis

604
00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:54,160
Speaker 3: tomorrow coming to play with y'all. I think Anissa fin

605
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,240
Speaker 3: abody some people down there, you know what I mean.

606
00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:59,160
Speaker 3: And listen, she keeps working on her scoring, she keeps

607
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:02,000
Speaker 3: working on her shoe. I think this is a perfect

608
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:04,080
Speaker 3: place for her to figure out to do that. I

609
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:07,280
Speaker 3: don't think that she wouldn't may necessarily win the whole competition,

610
00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:09,480
Speaker 3: but I think that she can be put in a

611
00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:12,440
Speaker 3: position to be in the top four just because the

612
00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:15,800
Speaker 3: things you said. Because things matter, things like rebounds, things

613
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:17,240
Speaker 3: like creating turnovers.

614
00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:19,280
Speaker 2: Those things matter in this league.

615
00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:21,960
Speaker 3: And so I'm giving the rookie some love, and I'm

616
00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,400
Speaker 3: gonna say, Anissa gonna be up there with the best

617
00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:24,840
Speaker 3: of them.

618
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:29,280
Speaker 2: So are my players that I'm living. You gave me four,

619
00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:35,920
Speaker 2: you gave me, I gave you two. Oh, and Alyssa,

620
00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:41,760
Speaker 2: you're right. So you went with the rookie, and I'm

621
00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:45,920
Speaker 2: gonna go the other way with OG and Tina Charles.

622
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:50,880
Speaker 2: Come on, now, I can't. I cannot leave my OG out.

623
00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:54,480
Speaker 1: I'm gonna put Tina Charles in there because of all

624
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:59,080
Speaker 1: those things, and then throw in her leadership and her

625
00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:03,240
Speaker 1: ability to score or the ball inside outside. She gonna rebuild.

626
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:06,840
Speaker 1: She gone black shots, So I'm gonna put.

627
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:09,960
Speaker 2: Her there, and then I don't know.

628
00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:13,400
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with this player just because if she's

629
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:19,800
Speaker 1: if she's healthy, and I can get back to kind

630
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:23,560
Speaker 1: of sort of the old player she used to be.

631
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:31,200
Speaker 2: I put ap aerial powers in there, Ap nasty. I'm

632
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,720
Speaker 2: just depending on how healthy she is, you know what

633
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:38,200
Speaker 2: I mean. It's gonna be It's.

634
00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:43,080
Speaker 1: Gonna be spicy this season in AP.

635
00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:46,880
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, AP got that dog in her dog. I love,

636
00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:54,960
Speaker 3: I love, I do too, I love Yes, yes, yeah, yeah.

637
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,400
Speaker 3: AU is gonna be a lot of fun. On the

638
00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:00,760
Speaker 3: other side of the break, though, I wanna really quickly

639
00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:04,520
Speaker 3: into a conversation that I think Cheryl will find interesting in.

640
00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:05,400
Speaker 2: Relation to AU.

641
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:07,320
Speaker 3: And it's a conversation that I've had with other people

642
00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:08,399
Speaker 3: that I really want to get her thoughts.

643
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:09,680
Speaker 2: So we will be right back.

644
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:25,520
Speaker 3: So I've had this conversation with some other folks before

645
00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:30,200
Speaker 3: as it relates to the w NBA finding an opportunity

646
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:33,960
Speaker 3: to give players to partner with the league or partner

647
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:38,240
Speaker 3: with an organization to give players an opportunity to become

648
00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:41,279
Speaker 3: and I hate to use the word developmental because this

649
00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:44,160
Speaker 3: is not the way that I want to that I'm

650
00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:49,280
Speaker 3: trying to say it, but I'm saying the W doesn't

651
00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:51,760
Speaker 3: have a G league, the W doesn't have a league

652
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:55,120
Speaker 3: that they can say this is where we need to

653
00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:58,759
Speaker 3: be giving players the fundamental keys to be successful in

654
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:03,279
Speaker 3: the WNBA. And I truly and half believed for many

655
00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:07,680
Speaker 3: years that AU could absolutely and should absolutely be that

656
00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:11,719
Speaker 3: organization and could be that organization to when they are

657
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,359
Speaker 3: not in season, when they are not doing what they

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Speaker 3: do in February, but could continue to during the WNBA.

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Speaker 2: Season, could continue to be.

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Speaker 3: Like a league because we look at how many players

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Speaker 3: enter the draft and then how many players when the

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00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:31,680
Speaker 3: draft is over are unfortunately their name is not called,

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00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:35,719
Speaker 3: or how many people get to training camp and unfortunately

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Speaker 3: there is no spot for them. But throughout the duration

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00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:42,560
Speaker 3: of the season we see injuries happen, things happen, players

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Speaker 3: are needed.

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Speaker 2: We have what do I need to even go back

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Speaker 2: to the.

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Speaker 3: Dallas years or the years where you know, Connecticut did

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Speaker 3: it at one day that India had a fever this

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00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:55,840
Speaker 3: year at one paint Oh yeah, like lord, yes, like

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00:35:56,239 --> 00:36:00,239
Speaker 3: eight available players, like come on, And I believe that

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00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:04,400
Speaker 3: AU could and should be considered to be that league

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Speaker 3: that could partner with the w NBA to be that

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Speaker 3: developmental system when they are not in their own season.

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Speaker 3: And I would love to know how you feel about that,

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Speaker 3: just given the structure, the five one five, the you know,

678
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Speaker 3: the way that they the way that they operate.

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Speaker 2: What do you think about that?

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Speaker 1: Well, first of all, I absolutely one hundred percent believe

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Speaker 1: that the w needs a G League for every reason

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Speaker 1: that you mentioned, right, and then if this year didn't

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Speaker 1: show them how badly it's needed, right because if there

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Speaker 1: was a G League, the Fever could have gone to

685
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Speaker 1: their G League team and just said all right, we're

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Speaker 1: bringing you up.

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Speaker 2: And for players coming back from injury, we're going to

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Speaker 2: send you to the G League.

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Speaker 1: Let you play a little bit, get healthy, come back

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Speaker 1: and play, versus just trying to go and find a

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Speaker 1: player that is still working out in shape and saying hey,

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Speaker 1: we want you to come play.

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Speaker 2: I love the thought of it being AU.

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Speaker 1: And to your point, what I wouldn't want to happen,

695
00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:12,880
Speaker 1: know is for them to say, okay, we want a

696
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Speaker 1: you to be our G league per se, but you

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00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:22,239
Speaker 1: can't continue to have you your month long season right.

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Speaker 1: I don't think they should have to give that up

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Speaker 1: because I think they can still get what they're doing,

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Speaker 1: play in the month of February, whatever month that is,

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Speaker 1: and then take a month off or whatever that time

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00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:36,759
Speaker 1: looks like, and be that G League.

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Speaker 2: The reason I like it is.

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Speaker 1: Because they're already established, right, They've already proven. Yeah, the

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00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:47,160
Speaker 1: scoring system and all that's different, but when the G

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00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:51,319
Speaker 1: League season starts, it would be regular scoring, right. It

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Speaker 1: wouldn't be the you know, ten points for a three

708
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Speaker 1: or whatever. It would be the regular scoring. And I

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Speaker 1: think it's a It's just my opinion. I think it's

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Speaker 1: a lot easier to take a league that's already established

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00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:13,600
Speaker 1: and set and build some type of a partnership with

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Speaker 1: them and say we want you to be the WG

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Speaker 1: League versus trying to have a startup lo yep. So

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Speaker 1: I've said this for a while team, and I just

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Speaker 1: it baffles me that we.

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Speaker 2: Still don't have a w NBA G League because it's

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00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:37,240
Speaker 2: so needed. I don't it's so needed.

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Speaker 3: And what I like is when I look at these

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Speaker 3: four teams, we got sixteen teams in the league. I

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Speaker 3: believe now you know each in my head, you know

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Speaker 3: you got four teams already. Each team comprises of one

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Speaker 3: of the four w teams, you know, And so when

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Speaker 3: you're looking at your player pool, when you're looking at

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Speaker 3: who can whose system you can help, you know, or

725
00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:02,799
Speaker 3: whatever it is that you're doing. You know, I can

726
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:04,799
Speaker 3: pull the player from gold Rush, I can pull a

727
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:06,080
Speaker 3: player from Glow, I can pull.

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Speaker 2: A player from Rhythm whatever.

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Speaker 3: I just I just think that they already have a

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00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:15,160
Speaker 3: relationship given AU games are shown on the WNBA app,

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Speaker 3: they have AU has a relationship with ESPN, so some

732
00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:22,920
Speaker 3: of their games are broadcast on ESPN. They're using w

733
00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:27,680
Speaker 3: NBA coaches to be then facilitators, now coaches, Like, there's

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00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:33,799
Speaker 3: already clearly a relationship there that exists. So capitalized on

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00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:37,880
Speaker 3: the existing relationship when your season is not there to

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Speaker 3: really help elevate and grow the game, you know what

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00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:44,000
Speaker 3: I mean. And it at least would give players who

738
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Speaker 3: aren't drafted or who don't make a training camp roster

739
00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:50,279
Speaker 3: an opportunity to still grow and still develop within a

740
00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:53,720
Speaker 3: WNBA like system, So they aren't completely just out.

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00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:54,719
Speaker 2: Here lost, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 3: So I just I always wondered, you know, how folks

743
00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:01,800
Speaker 3: were would be feel about that and their thoughts on that.

744
00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:06,320
Speaker 3: But at anyway, we are again excited about Athletes Unlimited.

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00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:10,680
Speaker 3: For those who are unfamiliar, the season officially begins on

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Speaker 3: February fourth. I believe our girl Cheryl is gonna be

747
00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:19,839
Speaker 3: up in that thing. It is a four week it's

748
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Speaker 3: a four weeks thing. So first game is on February fourth,

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Speaker 3: starts at six thirty, and I need y'all to make

750
00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:30,160
Speaker 3: sure that y'all are checking that out. Check your local

751
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:32,279
Speaker 3: listings for where you can find that thing.

752
00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:36,600
Speaker 2: But in the meantime, we will be good. It will

753
00:40:36,640 --> 00:41:00,480
Speaker 2: be good. It will be good. We'll be back, y'all. Okay.

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Speaker 3: So for anybody looking to where they can find AU,

755
00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:08,080
Speaker 3: you can definitely find it on the WNBA app. They

756
00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:10,319
Speaker 3: have had a partnership with the WNBA for the last

757
00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:12,799
Speaker 3: several years where they have been airing their games and

758
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:15,480
Speaker 3: replays on the WNBA app, so y'all make sure y'all

759
00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:17,800
Speaker 3: tune it in there. You can also see the games

760
00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:21,880
Speaker 3: on ESPN Plus, so I love the fact that listen.

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00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:25,120
Speaker 3: If you got ESPN, you can definitely tap in to

762
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:30,919
Speaker 3: some AU. And they've got different simulcasts this year, so

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00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:33,560
Speaker 3: you can check out Cindy and Cheryl, but then you

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Speaker 3: can also hear Sick Colson from a fans perspective. My

765
00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:41,160
Speaker 3: girl TP is like a special correspondent this year. Like

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00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:44,279
Speaker 3: it is so much fun stuff with AU. So like

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00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:47,760
Speaker 3: you know, like we said, Cheryl, I'm just I'm just excited.

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00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:51,000
Speaker 1: And listen and if you're in Nashville, pull up on that,

769
00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:53,120
Speaker 1: just come catch a game in person.

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00:41:53,239 --> 00:41:53,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, but.

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00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:57,640
Speaker 1: Like you said, I do, I really I think the

772
00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:03,480
Speaker 1: talent level this year is probably the best overall talent

773
00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:05,080
Speaker 1: that we've had in AU so far.

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00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:08,440
Speaker 2: And uh, I can't wait to get started, super excited,

775
00:42:08,520 --> 00:42:10,080
Speaker 2: definitely can't wait to get started.

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00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:13,719
Speaker 3: So before we had out of here, Cheryl, just go

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00:42:13,719 --> 00:42:16,160
Speaker 3: ahead and level us, level us up today.

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Speaker 1: Oh okay, this this has zero to do with like

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00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:26,239
Speaker 1: this conversation that we had, and usually that's what I

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00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:29,520
Speaker 1: try to do. But I found this. I didn't find it.

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00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:34,960
Speaker 1: I saw this and it just made so much sense

782
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:38,520
Speaker 1: and I had to I reposted and now I want

783
00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:39,520
Speaker 1: to share with everybody.

784
00:42:40,560 --> 00:42:41,480
Speaker 2: And it says.

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00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:48,160
Speaker 1: Sometimes the things that break your heart end up fixing

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Speaker 1: your vision.

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Speaker 3: M h.

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Speaker 1: I yeah, yeah, I don't even want to say nothing

789
00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:04,960
Speaker 1: else because I read that and I was like out,

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00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:06,160
Speaker 1: like I get it.

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00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:10,960
Speaker 2: Like I so good. So it was, yeah, one hundred percent.

792
00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:16,439
Speaker 2: And right now I'm I'm feeling I feel that one

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00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:18,040
Speaker 2: hundred percent it is.

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Speaker 3: I feel that we've had a few conversations over the

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00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:24,280
Speaker 3: last couple of days where that just makes so much sense.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, friends, thank you guys so much for tuning

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Speaker 3: in and kicking it with us at Levels to this.

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Speaker 3: You know, we say this all the time that you

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Speaker 3: know this is not just our show, it's our show,

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Speaker 3: So we absolutely want you guys to continue to chat

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Speaker 3: with us, to talk to us, to send us your thoughts.

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00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:48,120
Speaker 2: It's season two, guys, like we.

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Speaker 3: Definitely want to keep the same flavor and same energy

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Speaker 3: from season one, so you make sure that you send

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Speaker 3: Email on Gmail at Levels of This Podcast at gmail

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Speaker 3: dot com. Let us know if there's a topic you

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Speaker 3: want to talk about, if there's a guest that you'd

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Speaker 3: like for us to chat with, all of that good stuff,

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Speaker 3: and please make sure that you are leaving us a

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Speaker 2: I'll be reading the reviews.

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Speaker 3: They lucky I can't respond because if I could respond,

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00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:21,520
Speaker 3: I would respond back to the review. They're good reviews,

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Speaker 3: so I would respond, you know, thank you, appreciate you

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Speaker 3: all that good stuff. But at any rate, until next time, friends,

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Speaker 3: keep your mentals ground level and we'll be back next week.

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