1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:03,040 Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we're setting 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:06,280 Speaker 1: a timer every ninety minutes to remind ourselves to reapply 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: our sunscreen. Over here at Big Citrus Enterprises, we're still 4 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:12,640 Speaker 1: on summer break and living the good life. But that 5 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 1: doesn't mean we're leaving y'all contentless. So on today's show, 6 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: it's a Big Citrus summer hang where we're talking about 7 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,919 Speaker 1: our favorite summer sports traditions. Storylines will be watching in 8 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:24,800 Speaker 1: the WNBA, and a couple events going on while we're 9 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:27,479 Speaker 1: out of office, lounging at the pool. It's all coming 10 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: up right after this Welcome back slices. I'm joined now 11 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:41,919 Speaker 1: by producer Meshin, producer Alex. What's up Big Citrus Yo? Hello, 12 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: we consider summer peak big Citrus time. Yeah, we're right. 13 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 2: I feel like citrus is a winter fruit. 14 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: Is it? That's what I'm wondering. It feels like I'm 15 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: using it a lot now. But I feel like, you know, 16 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: in certain places, whether that's you know, Florida or otherwise, 17 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: that are year round nice. It can be really any 18 00:00:58,520 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: time of year. 19 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, the citru I mean where I'm at, the oranges 20 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,559 Speaker 3: have been juicy. The lemons and the limes have been flavorful. 21 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 3: We've been using a lot of them. A lot of 22 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 3: the summer stuff we like to cook has a lot 23 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 3: of citrus in it. So yeah, I think we're at 24 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:12,479 Speaker 3: our best right. 25 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 1: Now, cutting a lot of wedges to put in drinks. Yeah, 26 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: just me, Yeah, baby, that's right. We're recording this on 27 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: June twenty fifth, just a couple of days ahead of 28 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: the start of our summer break and what will eventually 29 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,559 Speaker 1: be the start of season two. We're very excited about 30 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:31,559 Speaker 1: season two for the show, but we need a little 31 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: bit of rest. So if somehow, some way by the 32 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:39,040 Speaker 1: time you're listening to this and this episode drops, I 33 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 1: don't know. Caitlin Clark was shockingly traded to the Connecticut 34 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 1: Sun in exchange for Blaze, the mascot or Wimbledon decided 35 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: to replace all the ball kids at this year's tournament 36 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 1: with rescue dogs. Please make it happen. Just know that 37 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: me and Mish and Alex haven't quite gotten there yet, 38 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: so our conversation is mostly going to be about what's 39 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: going on in sports while we're taking our break, and 40 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 1: one of those things is a couple weeks of WNBA 41 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: action before the All Star break. We're gonna come back 42 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 1: and get you all the stuff you need before All 43 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: Star weekend. But in the meantime, Misha, I gotta ask 44 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: what storylines you're gonna be keeping an eye on during 45 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 1: the break. I know you're gonna be taking your trips 46 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 1: to King's Dominion for roller coaster rides and everything else, 47 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: but I know you'll be watching W two. 48 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 3: Oh absolutely, I think you know where I'm gonna start. 49 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 3: Sarah Washington, miss Sticks, Like you said, we're recording this 50 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 3: on June twenty fifth. June twenty fourth is the day 51 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 3: they slayed the Giants. They took out the Minnesota Lynx, 52 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 3: the number one team at this time in the WNBA, 53 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 3: and my Sticks are kind of good on the low, 54 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 3: Like what's up with that? They're just not consistent, and 55 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 3: I think that's the part that's still kind of pinching 56 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 3: me in the ass. But I feel like I can 57 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 3: say that about all the teams this year that are 58 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 3: in spots five through thirteen. So it's not just a 59 00:02:55,919 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 3: Mystic specific thing, but there's just a lot of really 60 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 3: great basketball being played. I think Seattle, you know I'm 61 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 3: keeping eyes on them. After all of the waterworks and 62 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 3: shared sentiments between Nekka Guomakay and Skyler Diggins after Mekka 63 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 3: one Western Conference Player of the Week. It really put 64 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 3: me in my fields, but it also made me realize, 65 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 3: like this is one of those teams. They're trying to 66 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 3: figure some things out still, but they feel like they're 67 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 3: gonna continue to steadily get better and better and better 68 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:27,359 Speaker 3: with the two of them driving the ship well. 69 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:31,079 Speaker 1: And Gabby Williams, Yes, has been unreal. If you are 70 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: not watching Gabby Williams and what she's been doing in Seattle, 71 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: you are missing out in one of the best stories 72 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: of the season so far. 73 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 3: Oh Man absolutely like talk about a player who could. 74 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 3: She makes it look effortless on the floor too. That's 75 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 3: the part that gets me. She's so fluid in her movement. 76 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 3: She's so athletic, but she can do so many different things. 77 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 3: She can attack the basket, she can hit a mid range. 78 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 3: Has been struggling with that three ball as of late, 79 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 3: but facilitating extremely, extremely well for that squad. So I'm 80 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 3: keeping my eyes on them for sure. And then the 81 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 3: Golden State Valkyries. 82 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, be so th real fight Jess Smith is. 83 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 3: Yes, they they've surprised a lot of people. But I'll 84 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 3: tell you what. They didn't surprise me. 85 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 1: And you know why. 86 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 3: When we first talked about this team, you remember what 87 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 3: I said, this is a team full of six players 88 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 3: of glue players and temmy fact. Ben actually echoed those 89 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 3: sentiments not too long ago in a postgame press conference, saying, like, 90 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,159 Speaker 3: we're a bunch of role players. We know how to 91 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:31,479 Speaker 3: do what we need to do individually for their group 92 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 3: to be successful. 93 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:35,719 Speaker 1: And we talked about a team of a lot of 94 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 1: European players and whether their style of play might be 95 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: different enough that it just takes some other teams off 96 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:43,919 Speaker 1: their game for a little while before they could figure 97 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: it out. 98 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, And I've just been so extremely impressed with that squad. 99 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,600 Speaker 3: I hope they keep it up. Natalie Nicasse is pressing 100 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 3: all of the right buttons. She's finding a way to 101 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 3: give everybody, you know, whether it's somebody who gets signed 102 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 3: on a hardship contract and comes in for a second, 103 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 3: or you know, somebody who's on for the long run 104 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 3: of the season, Like she's given these players individual confidence 105 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 3: to go out there and be great in whatever it 106 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 3: is they're trying to do. So very very impressed with 107 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:09,359 Speaker 3: the Valkyries. 108 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 2: I hope we someday get the behind the scenes story 109 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 2: about what happened leading into the Valks first season, because 110 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 2: I just remember during free agency it was like crickets 111 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 2: over there and we're like, why are they not signing 112 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 2: any big players? Why don't any of the stars want 113 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 2: to go there? And I'm so curious now how much 114 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 2: of it was intentional of Natalie having a vision of 115 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 2: what she wanted versus were there players that she really 116 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 2: did want to sign and just weren't willing to maybe 117 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 2: sign a longer deal because they wanted to be a 118 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 2: free agent after one season, Like, I just want to 119 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 2: know the answers. 120 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:44,239 Speaker 1: Right, That's what I was wondering. If they had any 121 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: conditions around joining the team whereby they wanted to have 122 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: people on longer deals where they were sure they could 123 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,479 Speaker 1: use them to continue to build, that they could have 124 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:56,040 Speaker 1: fans grow attached to members of the roster that they 125 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 1: knew would stick around, And if that was really difficult 126 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:00,280 Speaker 1: at a time when most of the players in the 127 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 1: league don't want to be signed past this season, that 128 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:05,159 Speaker 1: could be one explanation for why they struggled to get 129 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 1: those players. But yeah, I think It's a great point, Alex, 130 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,359 Speaker 1: because we were watching from Afar, like both questioning what 131 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 1: they were doing on there and also questioning top players 132 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 1: for not wanting to go to a place with incredible resources, 133 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 1: great leadership, super ton of support from the men's side, 134 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 1: Like we thought it would be really cool to be 135 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 1: one of the first players in a valx Jersey, even 136 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: if they didn't win a ton right away, and they're 137 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 1: winning a lot more than some other teams that players 138 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:32,799 Speaker 1: chose instead. 139 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 2: I did just pull up the Valk's salary cap cheat 140 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 2: sheet courtesy or her hoop stats. And even without signing 141 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 2: those big name players though, they weren't able to get 142 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 2: anyone on a longer contract except for Carla Lay and 143 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 2: Kate Martin, both of whom are on contracts that they 144 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 2: signed as rookies. Everyone else is either an unrestricted or 145 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 2: restricted free agent next year, so still could be a 146 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:55,840 Speaker 2: very different look team. 147 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean, that's just a guess from me that 148 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: they might want folks to sign longer term content to be, 149 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,039 Speaker 1: you know, a part of this process for longer, but 150 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: they also might be thinking, we just need to put 151 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: out a team this first season. Once everybody sees the fans, 152 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 1: season ticket holders, the vibes at Balhalla. We're gonna get 153 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 1: some of those free agents to come start that new 154 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: part of their career post new CBA with us here, 155 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: and boy are those wins gonna help with that. Yeah. 156 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 3: And well, one thing that we did find out this week, 157 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 3: we know who's not going to be headed to Golden State. 158 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 3: It's not gonna be Subrinian Sq. I know there were 159 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 3: so many people before the draft, the expansion draft, and 160 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 3: things were like, is Sabrina going to return to the 161 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 3: Bay and become the franchise. It's not happening, she told. 162 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 3: I think it was the post. She told some publication 163 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 3: that she's she plans on spending the rest of her 164 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 3: WNBA career in New York. What's valid? 165 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 1: Valid? 166 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 3: They got a good thing going over there. But I'm 167 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 3: right there with you, Alex. I hope that one day 168 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 3: we do get a Golden State documentary so they can 169 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 3: tell us exactly all the ins and outs and everything 170 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 3: that happened behind the scenes. But I'm extremely, extremely impressed 171 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 3: with them. 172 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 1: By the way, I love sab saying that for loyalty reasons, 173 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: but girl. 174 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:11,679 Speaker 2: What you're doing, I feel so must. 175 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:16,239 Speaker 1: Leverage use your leverage to make them pay your ass. 176 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 1: I mean they think you might be going to the bay, 177 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 1: they're gonna have to up the amount that you're getting. 178 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 3: Maybe there's other things happening behind the scenes that we 179 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 3: don't know about in our preview too. 180 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: Alex, I'm sure you're gonna be watching the w in 181 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: between checking for the first ripe tomatoes of your harvest 182 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:32,680 Speaker 1: in your garden this summer. So what are you gonna 183 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: be keeping an eye on? 184 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 2: Phoenix Mercury. I did not expect them to beeed third 185 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:41,720 Speaker 2: in the standings as of this recording, and uh, I 186 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 2: just want to see if they can keep it going. 187 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 2: I think it's so funny though. I was thinking back 188 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 2: to our early season predictions and we're recording this on 189 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 2: the day that it was confirmed that Dowana Bonnor no 190 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 2: longer with Indiana. They waved her there's a chance she 191 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 2: could be heading to Phoenix, of course to join her 192 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 2: wife Alyssa. But I had this crazy prediction that if 193 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 2: the Fever won a title it would be because of 194 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:08,840 Speaker 2: the off season signing that was Dowanna Bonner. Butcause early 195 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 2: on in the season it mightense they were saying, hey, 196 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 2: she's the glue in the locker room. Hey, her leadership 197 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 2: is invaluable. Clearly it did not work in the long 198 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 2: term or even the short term. So I'm super curious 199 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 2: to see if she ends up with that Mercury team, because, 200 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:25,960 Speaker 2: as we've seen before, just because you get a star 201 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 2: player doesn't necessarily always mean that the results are going. 202 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 3: To continue going up and up. 203 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:33,680 Speaker 2: But as for the Mercury, they've been really making it 204 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 2: work with a lot of pieces, and I think it 205 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 2: also speaks to how good of a player Alsa Thomas is. 206 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 2: Right like, she during her time at Connecticut was continually 207 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:46,559 Speaker 2: somebody that should have been in the MVP conversation. Sometimes 208 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 2: she was, sometimes she wasn't, but it was just the respect. 209 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 2: She didn't always get it despite her very good play. 210 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 2: And I think she's showing, hey, it doesn't matter where 211 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 2: I am, I can still bring these same results. 212 00:09:56,880 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 1: Especially important with Colliacopper missing so many games to start 213 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 1: the season. This is a team that we were like, 214 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 1: oh no, they lost Danna Tarassi, They're gonna be without 215 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 1: Britney Griner. This is going to be a completely different look. 216 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:11,199 Speaker 1: How is this gonna work? And between Alyssa Thomas and 217 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:14,079 Speaker 1: of course to Sabi the Unicorn doing what she does. 218 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 1: They have outperformed my expectations a ton, and they were 219 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 1: for sure one of the teams I was keeping an 220 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:21,560 Speaker 1: eye on two to your point, sitting up there in 221 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 1: third with Ka out for as long as she was 222 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 1: and with a completely new look roster trying to figure 223 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 1: things out has been so impressive. 224 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:32,359 Speaker 3: Yeah, and then just thinking about adding Dewana Bonner. 225 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, all of that, it's just. 226 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 3: Completely unfair, completely insane. But to your point out, you know, 227 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:42,679 Speaker 3: at the beginning of the season, I don't know if 228 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 3: I was thinking that she was going to be the 229 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 3: reason they wanted championship per se, but I did think, 230 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 3: you know, she was gonna have a very particular kind 231 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 3: of impact on this squad, and I'm kind of sad 232 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 3: to see that it didn't work out that way. But 233 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:55,959 Speaker 3: of course, you know, we never know what's actually happening 234 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,959 Speaker 3: in the locker rooms behind the scenes. But I think 235 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 3: Indiana's made it decision about what path they're going to follow. 236 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 3: They're going to be behind Caitlin Clark, which is a 237 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 3: I think that's a pretty pretty good plan, pretty damn 238 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 3: good plan. And Dowana Bonner, I think also deserves to 239 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 3: in year sixteen, this far into her career, to be 240 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 3: somewhere that she feels really good about being. She feels 241 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 3: like she fits, she feels like she's able to contribute 242 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,080 Speaker 3: the way she wants to contribute. So it's sad, but 243 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 3: I also feel like this is the best. 244 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 1: For both parties. And if you look at the advanced 245 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 1: statistics around Lexi Hall, she is whop been. When she 246 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 1: is on the court, the team is playing significantly better. 247 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 1: I don't have the plus minus in front of me, 248 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 1: but her presence on the court changes the style of 249 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 1: play and that works better for them. Even though Dewanna 250 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 1: Bonner is an incredible player, and sometimes it's about fit, 251 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,600 Speaker 1: it's about style, and I think they came into the 252 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 1: season expecting things to look different with Bonner out there, 253 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 1: and at least the silver lining is that they figured 254 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:58,200 Speaker 1: out pretty quick it wasn't going to work. And instead 255 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 1: of her sitting on the bench all see and resenting 256 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,720 Speaker 1: the decision to go there, and the team being fractured 257 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: because they know that they've got this all star sitting 258 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 1: there not being really used right, she's out. Hopefully she 259 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 1: finds a better spot. Although to your point earlier me. 260 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: If it ends up being the Mercury, the rest of 261 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 1: the league is going to be cursing the Fever for 262 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 1: not figuring out how to keep her on the roster. 263 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure. 264 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 1: For sure. Well, in between literally laying down horizontally and 265 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: doing absolutely nothing for as long as possible during this break, 266 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 1: potentially getting up occasionally to pet my dogs, I will 267 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 1: be watching some w and one of the things I 268 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 1: will be watching is the Atlanta Dream you just mentioned, Alex. 269 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 1: The Phoenix Mercury are in third, and the Atlanta Dream, 270 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:44,559 Speaker 1: a team that I did not expect to be ballin 271 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 1: with a new roster, brand new pieces to try to 272 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:51,320 Speaker 1: fit together, is getting it done. And a lot of 273 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:56,360 Speaker 1: that is Alisha Gray. Holy shit, is that girl on 274 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: one right now? It reminds me of the Gabby Williams. 275 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 1: If you are not watching Dream games as painful as 276 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:05,080 Speaker 1: it is because of that court, I don't know what. 277 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 3: I agree, I disagree. 278 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: I liked the idea of it, and then I tried 279 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:13,959 Speaker 1: to watch a Sky Dream game where the Sky we're 280 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 1: wearing light blue with navy accents, and the Dream we're 281 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 1: wearing navy with light blue accents, and the court was 282 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 1: navy with blue accents, and I was like, I don't 283 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:26,080 Speaker 1: know what's happening. What am I watching right now? So 284 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:28,679 Speaker 1: other than the court, which is a nice idea but 285 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 1: sucks in practice, I'm really enjoying watching this team. And 286 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: you should be watching Ali Schagray and watching Britney Griner 287 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 1: on a new squad and finding your way Ryan Howard, whoa. 288 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 1: I mean? Also nice whenever you can play my Chicago Sky, 289 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:46,320 Speaker 1: because you're probably gonna set some sort of three point 290 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 1: record because our perimeter defense is can trash. It's just 291 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:52,199 Speaker 1: team after team plays the Sky and then comes out 292 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 1: of there with some new record for efficiency from beyond 293 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:57,199 Speaker 1: the arc. But yeah, I've just been really surprised by 294 00:13:57,200 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: the Atlanta Dream. Yeah. 295 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:01,679 Speaker 3: With Ali Chagre is current averaging the most points per 296 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 3: game she's averaged in her entire career, nineteen point seven 297 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 3: per game. She's the sixth leading scorer in the Wright. 298 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 3: Now you mentioned Ryan Howard, the twelfth leading scorer in 299 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 3: the Wright. Now it's seventeen point seven. Like that's a 300 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 3: two headed monster if I've ever seen one. And it's 301 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 3: just it's the confidence. I think we've watched both of 302 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 3: these players grow over the past few years, you know 303 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:22,040 Speaker 3: what I mean, trying to figure out how to be 304 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:26,360 Speaker 3: the top people on a team for a franchise, be 305 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 3: the leaders. And when you're younger it can be a 306 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 3: little bit harder to step into that role. But they're 307 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 3: really figuring it out, coming into their own and it's 308 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:36,520 Speaker 3: a beautiful thing, man, It's a beautiful thing. 309 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 1: The other one, I'm gonna be keeping an eye on 310 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: the Las Vegas Aces. Listen, y'all. You know I'm not 311 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 1: keeping an eye in the sky because it's painful, but 312 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:50,239 Speaker 1: the fact that the Aces only have two more wins 313 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 1: than my sky at the time of this taping tells 314 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 1: you just how dire things are for a team that 315 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: should be much better than that. 316 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 2: Say, I'm gonna make a bold pretty By the time 317 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 2: people are listening to this, I think they're going to 318 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 2: be even in the stand ins. 319 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: The sky and the Aces. Good Lord for that one. 320 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:10,400 Speaker 2: I'm full of bold predictions. 321 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean you you were the one 322 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:15,520 Speaker 1: who came up with the idea of ball dogs at Wimbledon, 323 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 1: which I'm here for. No, but I mean, this is 324 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 1: still a team with Jackie Young, Asia Wilson, Chelsea Gray, 325 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: Jewel Lloyd You should not have that much talent on 326 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: the court and be sitting at six wins. You should 327 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 1: not be able to misuse that much talent at this 328 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 1: point in the season. We should have started to figure 329 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 1: it out by now. Six and seven is just not acceptable. 330 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 1: And I know Becky Hammond comes with a tremendous resume. 331 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 1: I'm not blaming her, but also she's not blame less 332 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 1: in trying to figure out how to get these folks 333 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: together and get a game plan to get them out 334 00:15:58,040 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 1: of this hole. 335 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 3: I'm stumped when it comes to this group because there 336 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 3: have also been moments where they've played their asses off right, 337 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 3: Like I think distinctly back to that last game they 338 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 3: played against the Indiana Fever, it looked like they were 339 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 3: starting to get their lives together a little bit. But 340 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 3: there's just something, some piece is missing, some connection is missing. 341 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 3: When you have one of the best the sisters, the 342 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 3: best point guards in the history of basketball, and you 343 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 3: have one of the most prolific scores in the history 344 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 3: of basketball and jewl Loyd, it doesn't make sense to 345 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 3: be why that's not clicking. And then you've got Asia Wilson, 346 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 3: who admittedly by her own account, has struggled a little 347 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 3: bit offensively. Aliah Boston gave her the work. I can't 348 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 3: lie to you. Aliah Boston gave her the work. The 349 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 3: other night she did. 350 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 1: She did. 351 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 3: I saw a social media post where it was like, 352 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 3: Aliah Boston belongs in the rage baiting Hall of Fame. 353 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 1: Something she does. It was a good night for bigs. 354 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:56,080 Speaker 1: Camilla Cardoza that same night really went off. Yah, yeah, yeah, 355 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 1: the bigs. The Bigs had a night of it. Yeah. 356 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 1: I mean, it's time to start questioning whether there's a 357 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 1: Deerica Hamby curse. 358 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:04,919 Speaker 3: Occur. 359 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 1: I'm just saying that ever since Deerica Hanby left and 360 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:12,160 Speaker 1: said there was some bad things going on over there, 361 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 1: that team hasn't seen a title. 362 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:16,920 Speaker 3: It could be that, or it could be the back 363 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 3: to back curse, you know what I mean, because though 364 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:22,439 Speaker 3: they had some success that that season, right after the 365 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 3: back to back, it's I don't know. It's hard, man. 366 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:27,879 Speaker 3: It changes your psyche once you know you can do it. 367 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:30,119 Speaker 3: It's like, are there more moments where you say, ah, 368 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:32,359 Speaker 3: it doesn't matter as much, or ah, this little detail 369 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 3: isn't as important. You know. 370 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:35,359 Speaker 1: It's it's hard. 371 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 3: It's hard to win a championship, and it's even harder to, 372 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 3: you know, have a successful season year in and year out. 373 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:41,239 Speaker 1: So I don't know. 374 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:44,639 Speaker 2: I also wonder if Kelsey Plumb is just sit in 375 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 2: LA thinking to herself every time she sees another L 376 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:56,240 Speaker 2: pop up on the screen, like what's changed? Line is. 377 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:00,920 Speaker 1: Well? I mean, needless to say, there's gonna be a 378 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 1: lot to watch in the w while we're gone, and 379 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 1: I will be watching Page Becker's highlights. I don't know 380 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 1: if I'm willing to commit to full Wings games, but 381 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 1: I'm gonna work with Shade because Page is looking good. 382 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:17,879 Speaker 2: It's kind of like when you get invited to a 383 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 2: JV game for someone that you really love and you're like, oh, 384 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:23,400 Speaker 2: I really want to go support you, but also like. 385 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 1: The ball is bad. Yeah, the ball is bad. They'll 386 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:29,959 Speaker 1: figure it out, hopefully, because I need her to be 387 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,399 Speaker 1: on a team that's thriving, because she looks damn good 388 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 1: and she is smooth with it right now, and so 389 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 1: it's fun to watch except for then, you know the 390 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 1: rest of the game that's happening around her. We got 391 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 1: to take a quick break when we come back. More 392 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 1: happenings while we're on hiatus. Stick around. We're also going 393 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 1: to be off for a couple other sporting events. We're 394 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,919 Speaker 1: gonna be off for all of Wimbledon, which will be 395 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,640 Speaker 1: fun to watch just as a fan and not try 396 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:05,399 Speaker 1: to get into the show, because tennis is one of 397 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:07,160 Speaker 1: the hardest things for us to put into the show 398 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 1: because of how often the games happen and when we record, 399 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:12,200 Speaker 1: so we're always like, oh, they might be playing again 400 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 1: at five am in Europe or whatever before we get 401 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 1: back on the air. So it'll be fun just to 402 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:20,439 Speaker 1: watch and to catch the games that we're interested in. 403 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 1: We're gonna miss a US women's national team friendly against 404 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 1: our neighbors to the north, Canada. I'm not sure who 405 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 1: to root for there. I mean, I will be rooting 406 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:30,680 Speaker 1: for our team, but not our country. Does that make sense? 407 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:34,879 Speaker 3: It does, in fact, I understand. 408 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 1: I'm right there with you, like the idea of our team. 409 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:44,640 Speaker 1: I'm into our actual country. No, So I'll just root 410 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 1: for each individual US women's national team member and somehow 411 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:52,399 Speaker 1: not the whole. Also, every time I go to Canada, 412 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 1: I have such a good time and I'm like, maybe 413 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 1: I should be Canadian. There's so really nice and fun. 414 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:03,679 Speaker 1: We've all that plus we've got a lengthy break for 415 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: the NWSL that leads to a bunch of different sort 416 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 1: of summer exhibition matches, a couple quote unquote cups that 417 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 1: honestly feel tenuous. I don't know what they are. I 418 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 1: don't know what they're for. I don't know what happens 419 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 1: if you win or lose them. I think they're just 420 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,159 Speaker 1: trying to keep these players active during what is a 421 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 1: very very long international break. And of course, Alex, the 422 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 1: question is always like, where's that fine line between staying 423 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 1: in shape and staying ready for when the season comes back, 424 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 1: versus overuse for a bunch of players that are playing 425 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:37,640 Speaker 1: more soccer than ever. 426 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:39,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure. 427 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:40,920 Speaker 2: I feel like every time I get to this point 428 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 2: in the NWSL season, I look at some of the 429 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 2: programming that they put up in place of the NWSL 430 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,359 Speaker 2: games and I just want to be like why. And 431 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:51,399 Speaker 2: I maybe shouldn't admit this as somebody that's you know, 432 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:53,159 Speaker 2: worked in this space for a while, but I sometimes 433 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:55,320 Speaker 2: look at it and I'm like, what is this? Why 434 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,399 Speaker 2: are they playing it? What's the stakes? 435 00:20:57,440 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 3: Like? 436 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:00,480 Speaker 2: Uh, it's and it's hard to on that. 437 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 1: Info, right. I think for soccer too, it's like you'd 438 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: have to ask all these individual players who are not 439 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:10,480 Speaker 1: on their national teams and not playing in these friendlies 440 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 1: and not playing in these cups, would you rather have 441 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:16,680 Speaker 1: games every once in a while because training straight through 442 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 1: for a month plus y woof, And for them it 443 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:22,439 Speaker 1: might actually be better and more interesting to play a 444 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 1: friendly against Brazil or some other country than it is 445 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 1: to literally just be in whatever city they're in for 446 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 1: a month and a half straight of going to practice 447 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 1: every day with no games on the horizon to look 448 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:32,919 Speaker 1: forward to. 449 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure, we need to sign out our own 450 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 2: good game with Sarah Spain end up USL player survey 451 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 2: to get their thoughts on this, because I do want 452 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 2: to hear their thoughts and I think that probably their 453 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 2: input is the most important, and in the past, I 454 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 2: will say it hasn't necessarily felt like their voices are 455 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 2: being heard, even just when you consider the whole length 456 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:53,239 Speaker 2: of the season and the fact that they conclude their 457 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 2: season in November, have December off, and then are literally 458 00:21:56,119 --> 00:21:58,440 Speaker 2: back at preseason very early on in the new year. 459 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:01,639 Speaker 2: To me, I'm just like, that doesn't always feel like 460 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 2: a recipe for success when you then also couple it 461 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:06,320 Speaker 2: with all of the injuries that we see, and so 462 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:11,680 Speaker 2: finding that balance between players staying in shape, having competitive opportunities, 463 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,159 Speaker 2: not having to just run sprints on the field with 464 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:15,719 Speaker 2: their teammates at their home fields. 465 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, did you hear, Misha, just remembering what running a 466 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 1: sprint was? 467 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 2: Like? 468 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 3: No, thank you. 469 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 1: I know. They skipped out of those whatever they could. 470 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 1: They were like, oh my arm, odd thing is broke. 471 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,119 Speaker 3: Oh no, I did them. I was mad the whole time, 472 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:32,199 Speaker 3: but I did them. I did them in soccer and 473 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:34,919 Speaker 3: in basketball. Actually I did them in soccer when we 474 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 3: were playing in the heat outside. I still don't understand 475 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 3: why people decide to do that on purpose. I love 476 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:44,120 Speaker 3: to watch, I love to watch, but yeah, the thought 477 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:47,280 Speaker 3: of training for a month street running sprints and just 478 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:51,320 Speaker 3: being outside in this swampy weather, don't We've talked about 479 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:52,160 Speaker 3: the heat wave, y'all. 480 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:54,119 Speaker 1: Mesh, you've never sound so washed before. 481 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 3: Oh. I'm leaning into it these days. 482 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 1: I'm leaning And imagine how I feel. 483 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:04,200 Speaker 2: I've been playing in a field hockey league the last 484 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 2: couple of years, and I think I'm not gonna play 485 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:08,240 Speaker 2: this year. I think I'm ready. 486 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:11,679 Speaker 1: Why no, no, no, please do it for me, Do 487 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 1: it for me as someone who literally this morning spent 488 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:17,440 Speaker 1: like five minutes telling my trainer how sad I am 489 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:20,239 Speaker 1: that I can't go out and compete in anything. We 490 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:23,679 Speaker 1: were trying to list off things I am physically allowed 491 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,200 Speaker 1: to do, and we ended on like golf and bowling, 492 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:29,840 Speaker 1: like I can't even he won't even let me play pickleball. 493 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:34,119 Speaker 1: And that's for like old people who can't walk. They're like, 494 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 1: everyone's playing pickleball. Now you can play, so you're one hundred. 495 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 1: Not you, though, Sarah, your shit's too fucked up, So like, 496 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:41,399 Speaker 1: please play for me. 497 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,160 Speaker 3: Well, Alex, you play in the league, and I'll play 498 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,879 Speaker 3: pickup for the rest of the summer and we'll count 499 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:47,640 Speaker 3: that as our win. 500 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:48,919 Speaker 1: For Sarah. 501 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:51,479 Speaker 2: Yeah, I guess so. I just the problem with this 502 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 2: league is that it is an adult league, as in 503 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,639 Speaker 2: eighteen plus, as in current college students are playing in it. 504 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,119 Speaker 2: And last year my team was old, washed up people 505 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 2: playing against the current college students. 506 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 1: It was you don't like getting your ass beat. 507 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:09,160 Speaker 2: It was just not fun. No, no, I really don't. 508 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 3: So what I'm hearing is you need to recruit Alex. 509 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 3: What I'm hearing is there needs to be some strategy 510 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:15,520 Speaker 3: behind your approach. 511 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:18,120 Speaker 2: I know, but you guys. In addition to not wanting 512 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 2: to play in the league, the league also has a 513 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:23,919 Speaker 2: tournament where you play four games on a weekend in 514 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:24,399 Speaker 2: the middle of. 515 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 1: The day, and I'm like, sounds amazing. That's all I 516 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:30,239 Speaker 1: want to do. That's all I want to do with 517 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:33,640 Speaker 1: my weekend. I play sport all day, all weekend. 518 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:37,160 Speaker 2: I'm sorry, Sarah, you do a freaky Friday moment and. 519 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 1: Go, oh my god. I would trade bodies with a 520 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 1: young person who still got all working original parts, and 521 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:47,199 Speaker 1: I would just play sports original. 522 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:49,400 Speaker 2: You said all my parts are original. 523 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,440 Speaker 3: I know, I'm out of the count. 524 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:56,159 Speaker 1: I would just play sports for forty eight trade hours 525 00:24:56,160 --> 00:25:00,919 Speaker 1: without taking a break. Oh the joy. So we'll be 526 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 1: missing or maybe not missing some of those soccer games. Plus, 527 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:06,639 Speaker 1: the swimming World Championships are also going to get underway 528 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:09,240 Speaker 1: before we get back for season two, and they're actually 529 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:11,400 Speaker 1: worth keeping an eye on, even if you usually save 530 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:14,520 Speaker 1: your lap watching for the Olympics. Alex, can you tell 531 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 1: us a little bit of why this is one of 532 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 1: the most anticipated World Championships in a while? 533 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:19,399 Speaker 2: Yeah? 534 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:19,879 Speaker 3: For sure. 535 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 2: So big picture here is that I think sometimes when 536 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 2: you're a fan of a team in the WNBA or 537 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 2: and WSL, You're like, I get to see my favorite 538 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:31,720 Speaker 2: athletes every week during the season, three times a week 539 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 2: during the season, and for swimming outside of the Olympics, 540 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:36,600 Speaker 2: you really only get to see the best athletes in 541 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:39,719 Speaker 2: the world go head to head twice during the World Championships, 542 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:42,320 Speaker 2: which are in odd numbered years. It's this summer, and 543 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 2: then you're going to have to wait another two years 544 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 2: until the best in the world are back in the 545 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:51,199 Speaker 2: pool together. And so summer Macintosh absolutely killed it at 546 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 2: Canadian trials a couple of weeks ago, three world records. 547 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:57,439 Speaker 2: A lot of times also athletes are not peaking for 548 00:25:57,520 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 2: their national team trials, they are peaking for the World 549 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 2: champion So a lot of questions and excitement around what 550 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,680 Speaker 2: she could continue to do and the records that could 551 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:07,440 Speaker 2: continue to fall at the World Championships. 552 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:07,920 Speaker 1: Summer. 553 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 2: Macintosh is still so young, She's eighteen years old, and 554 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:12,719 Speaker 2: I think sometimes in a lot of sports, not just swimming, 555 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:14,680 Speaker 2: there's this sense of like they're only going to continue 556 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 2: to get better and better and better. And as Katie 557 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 2: Ladeki has shown, she is still an incredible athlete, but 558 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:22,159 Speaker 2: it has been hard for her to get back to 559 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:24,720 Speaker 2: some of those times that she set at a similarly 560 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:27,800 Speaker 2: young age. Katie, though, has been swimming some of the 561 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:31,119 Speaker 2: fastest times that she has had in a very long time, 562 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 2: and so I'm really excited to see her back in 563 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:34,879 Speaker 2: the pool competing at such a big event. 564 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, I have to admit that even as an athlete myself, 565 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 1: I wasn't completely aware of the age ranges for women 566 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,040 Speaker 1: and when they're at their peaks, and particularly for sports 567 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:51,399 Speaker 1: like swimming, track and field, there are plateaus that occur 568 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 1: for a lot of women at certain ages, and the 569 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 1: current system is sort of set up along the lines 570 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:59,200 Speaker 1: of peaks for men, which happened in their early twenties, 571 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:01,320 Speaker 1: and for a lot lot of women, their peaks happen 572 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,640 Speaker 1: very young, before puberty really hits and takes its toll 573 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:08,440 Speaker 1: and some of the changes hormonally happen, and then later 574 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 1: in their late twenties is another peak for women. So 575 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:14,640 Speaker 1: to your point, Summer Macadosh may be hitting it right 576 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 1: now at eighteen, and then might plateau for a while 577 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 1: and might never get back to what she's doing now. 578 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:21,960 Speaker 1: Hopefully that's not the case, because what we've seen from 579 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 1: her so far has been truly unbelievable. And whenever you 580 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:28,480 Speaker 1: have someone coming around kind of near the tail end 581 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:32,199 Speaker 1: of a legendary figure like Katie Ladecci, who you think 582 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 1: will never be caught up to, will never see her 583 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,080 Speaker 1: records touch, will never be you know, in the same 584 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:40,560 Speaker 1: conversation with anyone else, and then this person starts to 585 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 1: show up at the tail end and you're like, ooh, 586 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 1: we might be in for something even more special or 587 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 1: a real challenge here. It's just so fun. So rarely 588 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,840 Speaker 1: do I make time for swimming World Championships, but this 589 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:57,440 Speaker 1: is one worth tuning into. So without NWSL, PWHL, volleyball, 590 00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:59,239 Speaker 1: there's a lot of sports on hiatus right now. We've 591 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:01,399 Speaker 1: got our WNBA, We've got another couple of things to watch, 592 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:03,960 Speaker 1: but we will have more time to play. So Alex 593 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 1: will be playing field hockey. I have made that assignment. 594 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:08,879 Speaker 1: I'm not your boss, but I'm going to tell you 595 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 1: that you have to do it. Mesh, gotta keep playing 596 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:11,479 Speaker 1: pick up. 597 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:15,159 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I gotta find an outdoor court that's not 598 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:18,639 Speaker 3: like straight up cement or straight up assphole. That's my 599 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:19,200 Speaker 3: only thing. 600 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 1: I need, Clay, what are we doing here? She's like, 601 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:26,480 Speaker 1: I'm not good on the hardcourts anymore. 602 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,879 Speaker 3: No, because the way my back and my neck and 603 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 3: spine have been feeling, it's giving your you're doing a 604 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 3: little too much. It's it's too much impact. But maybe 605 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:39,080 Speaker 3: that just means I need to move indoors and it's 606 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:41,920 Speaker 3: hot to outside, so it's giving that anyways, Okay, And 607 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:45,000 Speaker 3: they still run pick up inside the local La Fitness, 608 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:46,160 Speaker 3: so I'm had to get in there with you. 609 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 2: Hey, what I want you to do? You know that 610 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 2: new w NBA initiative where they're painting a w NBA 611 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:53,719 Speaker 2: three point line. Yeah, I want you to go rogue 612 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 2: neighborhood court, bring up the can of spray paint. 613 00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:00,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, make your own line and then start school. 614 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 1: And some people do you guys have any summer competition 615 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 1: traditions with friends or family that aren't part of the 616 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:06,600 Speaker 1: leagues you're in. 617 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 2: Last year, I had a great one with a friend 618 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 2: whose father knows a lot about archery, and so to 619 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:15,480 Speaker 2: celebrate the Olympics, I've got to try archery for the 620 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:19,600 Speaker 2: first time, which was so fun, so fun, so fun. 621 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 2: I don't think that's happening again this summer. But sometimes 622 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:24,800 Speaker 2: you get a good volleyball game together on the beach, 623 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 2: which we play with more than two players on each 624 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:29,720 Speaker 2: side of the court because it's so hard. 625 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:33,719 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's required if you're not a professional level player. 626 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:38,360 Speaker 1: It's hard with four, it's hard with six. It's hard period. 627 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:41,280 Speaker 1: Ever since Gina Davis was trying to get to the 628 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 1: Olympics and archery, that's been like a dream of mine 629 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:46,640 Speaker 1: to just be like an old ass archer because I 630 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:48,959 Speaker 1: was really good in summer camp. I haven't tried it 631 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:50,920 Speaker 1: and I don't know thirty years, but I feel like 632 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 1: I still got it. 633 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:54,240 Speaker 3: You probably do. It's mind over matter. 634 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 2: Is that on the list of allowed activities? 635 00:29:56,600 --> 00:30:00,320 Speaker 1: Maybe archery is my sport. I mean I completely jacked 636 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:03,440 Speaker 1: up my arm, my shoulder and javelin. But give it 637 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:06,360 Speaker 1: a shot. Means do you have a summer competition? 638 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:10,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's giving. I will be having a little drink 639 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 3: or drink and playing spades as much as possible. Yeah, 640 00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 3: with friends, with family, with strangers. It don't matter. As 641 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 3: long as you don't renig be good. 642 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:21,480 Speaker 1: Okay, do you take their money? 643 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:24,600 Speaker 3: No, I don't play for money because when you when 644 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:27,960 Speaker 3: you introduce money for me, it gets to a different 645 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 3: level that I don't really want to tap back into 646 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 3: you know what I mean, I've left that version of 647 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:37,920 Speaker 3: me in the past because I guess that person is 648 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:40,240 Speaker 3: what you would call a red ass Sarah. That person 649 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:42,680 Speaker 3: I would call that he is not a kind person. 650 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:46,880 Speaker 3: Playing for money, no, So I'm just gonna keep it cool. 651 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:49,440 Speaker 3: I'm gonna keep it cute, play for fun, play for 652 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:53,080 Speaker 3: for for bragging rights. But spades is my go to. 653 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:56,120 Speaker 3: And then what's the what's the game with the little 654 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:58,400 Speaker 3: It's a little ball with like feathers on the back 655 00:30:58,400 --> 00:30:59,800 Speaker 3: of it and you hit it with a bad as 656 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:01,520 Speaker 3: that's the one. 657 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:02,400 Speaker 1: That would be a shuttlecock. 658 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:04,600 Speaker 2: Oh, I have so many badminton fun facts. 659 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:07,520 Speaker 1: Why am I not surprised that Mesh couldn't remember a shuttlecock? 660 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:14,240 Speaker 1: Not interested? Shuttle that cock on out of here, because 661 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:18,920 Speaker 1: I ain't interested. Badminton's fun. That's what we used to 662 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:21,360 Speaker 1: play a lot and my parents place in Michigan growing up, 663 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:23,480 Speaker 1: we had a net. We kind of tried for volleyball, 664 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:25,400 Speaker 1: and then we realized that we were racket people because 665 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:28,600 Speaker 1: we all grew up playing tennis, so we became badminton folks. 666 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:32,000 Speaker 1: We do have a croquet set up in Michigan that 667 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:34,720 Speaker 1: is that is a sport I can still play. So 668 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:38,040 Speaker 1: maybe I'll start just challenging. Maybe I'll get really good 669 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:40,680 Speaker 1: at croquet, and then I'll wear the outfits from the 670 00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:43,720 Speaker 1: movie Heathers, which is well before your time. But I 671 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:46,440 Speaker 1: could put on a cute little pleated skirt and just 672 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:50,239 Speaker 1: roll some people in croquet. Who's Heather Heathers. There were 673 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:51,920 Speaker 1: several Heathers in the movie. You'll have to go back 674 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:52,440 Speaker 1: and watch it. 675 00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:55,280 Speaker 2: I have a neighbor who has a I want to 676 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:57,880 Speaker 2: say professional croquet court, but I actually don't know what 677 00:31:57,920 --> 00:31:59,920 Speaker 2: a professional croquet court is. But it is an ass 678 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:04,920 Speaker 2: stroked her corquet field. And he has people over fairly regularly, 679 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:06,720 Speaker 2: a couple times a week, and they all wear their 680 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:07,640 Speaker 2: croquet whites. 681 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:09,000 Speaker 1: I'll be right over. 682 00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:11,720 Speaker 2: I think he's a Trump supporter, so not so much. 683 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:18,240 Speaker 1: Oh, flight canceled. All right, I'm excited to watch and 684 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:21,400 Speaker 1: play whatever I'm still allowed to play. I'll be living 685 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:24,680 Speaker 1: vicariously through both of you. We got to take a break, y'all. 686 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:37,200 Speaker 1: When we come back. Holy guacamolely welcome back slices. Even 687 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:39,320 Speaker 1: though we're out of office, we still love hearing from you, 688 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:41,760 Speaker 1: so hit us up on email Good Game at wondermedianetwork 689 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:44,000 Speaker 1: dot com or leave us a voicemail at eight seven 690 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:47,320 Speaker 1: two two oh four fifty seventy and don't forget to subscribe, 691 00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:51,160 Speaker 1: rate and review. It's real easy watch having perfectly ripe 692 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:55,120 Speaker 1: avocados but no lines, rating one out of one missed 693 00:32:55,160 --> 00:33:00,000 Speaker 1: opportunities review. Finding an avocado at a perfectly ripe stage 694 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:03,880 Speaker 1: is basically a miracle. Not too hard, not too brown, 695 00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:07,120 Speaker 1: perfect for guak, you think, and then you're halfway through 696 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,560 Speaker 1: chopping it up when you realize, wait, do I have 697 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 1: any limes? No? The answer is no, and so your 698 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:17,600 Speaker 1: gualk becomes just avocado with cilantro, holopeno and onions, And 699 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:21,160 Speaker 1: to be honest, it's still delicious. But everyone, especially some 700 00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:25,320 Speaker 1: min nosrat, knows you need salt, fat, heat, and acid. 701 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:27,680 Speaker 1: So on that note, I'm going to get some limes 702 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:30,360 Speaker 1: for the next batch. 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