1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 1: Welcome to good Game of Sarah Spain, where we're rewatching 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: Asia Wilson's game winner over. 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 2: And over again. 4 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:09,719 Speaker 1: Did you see the elevation, the torque of her body 5 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: twisting the square up to the rim chef's kiss. It's Friday, 6 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: October tenth, Happy Friday Slices. On today's show, we'll be 7 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 1: hanging out with analyst, host and reporter Treika Foster Brasby. 8 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: We chatted about the scene in Phoenix for Game three 9 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: Wednesday night, and the chances that the Aces will close 10 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: it out tonight with a sweep, and the dramatic offseason 11 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 1: that awaits. 12 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 2: The w as well. 13 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: Plus the tennis elites are thriving in the Wuhan Open, 14 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:38,200 Speaker 1: the LPGA continues to make history, and Angel Rehes lives 15 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 1: up to her name. It's all coming up right after 16 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: this Welcome Back Slices. Here's what you need to know today, 17 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 1: starting with hoops. Game four of the WNBA Finals between 18 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 1: the Las Vegas Aces and the Phoenix Mercury is tonight 19 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 1: and we could see a sweep. Vegas leads the league's 20 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:10,679 Speaker 1: first ever best of seven series three games to none 21 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: and could secure the third championship in franchise. History this 22 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: evening on the road at Pachech's Arena. Sorry mortgage matchup center, 23 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:23,959 Speaker 1: new name mid Playoffs, No big deal. We're trying to 24 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: stay caught up, just like y'all are now. If you 25 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,679 Speaker 1: missed Game three Wednesday night, what looked like a blowout 26 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: for a while turned into a nail bier. Phoenix overcame 27 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 1: a seventeen point deficit heading into the fourth quarter to 28 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: tie the game at eighty eight with a minute left 29 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: in regulation. 30 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:41,040 Speaker 2: Then, with two point. 31 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: Two seconds visible on the clock, number twenty two Aces, 32 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 1: superstar Asia Wilson hit a tough turnaround jump shot over 33 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: Alyssa Thomas and i Wanna Bonner's outstretched arms. The ball 34 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: switched through the hoop with just a fraction of a 35 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: second left, and Vegas secured the ninety to eighty eight 36 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 1: dub Wilson finished with thirty four points points and fourteen 37 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: rebounds to lead the Aces, followed by Jackie Young's twenty 38 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: one points and nine assists. It was Wilson's ninth career 39 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: thirty point playoff game, passing Brianna Stewart and Diana Trossi 40 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 1: for the most all time. Alyssa Thomas had another near 41 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 1: triple double for the Mercury with fourteen points, twelve rebounds, 42 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,959 Speaker 1: and nine assists, while her fiancee to want To Bonner 43 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: went off high scorer with a team high twenty five 44 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:26,079 Speaker 1: points and ten rebounds. Also of note, Mercury star Satu 45 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:28,920 Speaker 1: Sabli scored twenty four points in this contest, but she 46 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: left the game with just over four minutes left in 47 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter after she got tangled up on a 48 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 1: play and hit her head. It was a scary couple minutes, 49 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: as Sabley was down on the court for a while 50 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: and needed assistance walking off. On Thursday afternoon, Phoenix announced 51 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: that sably has been diagnosed with a concussion and is 52 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 1: out for tonight's Game four. Tough news for the Mercury, 53 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 1: and we're sending Soably our best. 54 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 2: The home team's backs will. 55 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 1: Be against the Wall tonight, so tune in to see 56 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 1: if Phoenix can make things interesting and send the series 57 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 1: back to Sin City. This one tips off at eight 58 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: pm Eastern on e S Meantime, a whole lot of 59 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: folks got to be disappointed if this series ends on Friday. 60 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: A couple million folks to be exact. This year's Game 61 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 1: one boasted an average of one point nine million viewers 62 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 1: on ESPN and peaked at two point five million, up 63 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: sixty two percent over last year's finals opener. Game one 64 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: of this WNBA Finals was the most watched Game one 65 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 1: since the very first WNBA Finals back in ninety seven, 66 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 1: a single elimination game that saw two point eight million 67 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 1: tune in to see the Houston Comets beat the New 68 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: York Liberty on NBC. So you know, all those fans 69 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: and all the execs that the TV networks are hoping 70 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: this series continues some more. W gott to say congratulations 71 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: to the players who made the league's All defensive teams. 72 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: Members were finally announced on Wednesday, and the five first 73 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 1: team honorees are Alisa Thomas and Asia Wilson, the Minnesota 74 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 1: Lynxis Deafisa Collier and Alana Smith and Gabby Williams of 75 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: the Seattle Storm. Second team includes Eliah Boston from the 76 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: Indiana Fever, Veronica Burton of the Golden State Valkyries, Ryan 77 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: Howard from the Atlanta Dream, Asie mag mcgore from the Storm, 78 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 1: and Brianna Stewart from the New York Liberty. Even More, 79 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: w the Chicago Sky's Angel Reese is stacking up the partnerships. 80 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: We just told you about her collab with Juicy cou Tour, 81 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: and now Reese has announced a global partnership with Victoria's 82 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 1: Secret and that she'll be walking in the Victoria's Secret 83 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: Fashion show on October fifteenth, making her the first pro 84 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 1: athlete to ever walk the runway. 85 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 2: Angel of Victoria's Secret, Angel. 86 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 1: The script writes itself, y'all, when I think about all 87 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:32,479 Speaker 1: the money moves that Angels made since entering the league, 88 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: I cannot wait. 89 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:38,480 Speaker 2: To see what comes next. Angel's envy, whiskey, Angel soft 90 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:39,159 Speaker 2: toilet paper. 91 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:40,039 Speaker 3: Yeah. 92 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 2: Also, Angel, can I borrow a dollar? 93 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: To the NWSL, where the regular season is getting down 94 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: to the wire, including this weekend. There are four match 95 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:51,479 Speaker 1: weeks left, and oh boy, there are a lot of 96 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 1: playoff implications to watch out for in the coming days. 97 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:58,840 Speaker 1: Got them Portland, Seattle, Orlando, and Louisville all have a 98 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:01,720 Speaker 1: chance to clinch a playoffs this weekend. Now, some of 99 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 1: those scenarios are pretty straightforward. Gotham, for example, just needs 100 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,919 Speaker 1: to win and they're in. Meanwhile, the other four teams 101 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 1: are dependent on both their own result and the results 102 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: from the rest of the league to clinch this weekend, 103 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 1: and down at the bottom of the table, Houston, Utah, 104 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: and Angel City will all be fighting to stave off elimination. 105 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:22,720 Speaker 1: It all gets underway tonight with three games and will 106 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 1: link to the full NWSL schedule in the show notes. 107 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 2: A little more. 108 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: NWSL news, Caleb Williams, quarterback for My Chicago Bears, has 109 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: joined the ownership group Nope, not for the Chicago Color 110 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:38,720 Speaker 1: Neutral Stars, but for the Boston Legacy NWSL expansion team. 111 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,600 Speaker 1: Williams joins gymnast Ali Raisman and hooper Aliah Boston, who 112 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: are among the other athlete investors back. 113 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:48,039 Speaker 2: In the Swan to tennis and the hard courts. 114 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: The Wuhan Open is well underway and as of this recording, 115 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:54,159 Speaker 1: a handful of top ten players are onto the quarterfinals. 116 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: By the time you hear this, we'll know the winners 117 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:00,359 Speaker 1: of the following matchups. World number one Arena Sbline and 118 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: number eight Elena Rebakina, Number six Jessica Bagula and Katerina Senyakova, 119 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 1: Number three Coco Golf and Laura Siegemond and number two 120 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:13,720 Speaker 1: Egos Fiantec and number seven Jasmin Pallini for Sabalanka There's 121 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 1: a win streak on the line as well, one that's 122 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:19,599 Speaker 1: spanned nineteen straight matches at the Wuhan Open and includes 123 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:23,159 Speaker 1: winning every title there since twenty eighteen. In golf, we're 124 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 1: continuing to monitor a historic season in the LPGA that 125 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 1: has seen a different winner at every single tournament stops 126 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 1: so far. Last week, twenty two year old Yu min 127 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 1: Huang took home her first LPGA title, winning the LOTE 128 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: Championship in Hawaii and becoming the twenty sixth different athlete 129 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,919 Speaker 1: to win in twenty twenty five, tying the record for 130 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 1: most different winners in a single season. Will we see 131 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: that record broken with a twenty seventh winner this weekend. 132 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:51,599 Speaker 1: The Buick LPGA Shanghai teed off yesterday and a dozen 133 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 1: players carded bogie free rounds in round one. We'll see 134 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:57,919 Speaker 1: if they can stay hot as play continues through Sunday 135 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: with coverage on the Golf Channel. Finally, in Vibes, the 136 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: US and Canada are set to co host the twenty 137 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:07,360 Speaker 1: twenty seven Women's Volleyball World Championships. It's the first time 138 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 1: in history that a Volleyball World Championship will be staged 139 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 1: in the US and Canada. And it'll take place just 140 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: in time to ramp up excitement for the sport in 141 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty eight Olympic. 142 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 2: Games in LA. 143 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 1: The final rounds of the twenty twenty seven World Championship 144 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: will be held at Honda Center and OC Vibe in Anaheim, California, 145 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 1: and both pool play and the Round of sixteen will 146 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 1: take place across four different host cities in the US 147 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 1: and Canada. 148 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 2: We got to take a quick break. 149 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 1: When we come back, we chop it up with Tarika 150 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: Foster Brasby. We talked to her Thursday afternoon before the 151 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 1: Sauble News sit Tight, returning to the show solo this time. 152 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 1: She's an analyst, host and reporter for CBS Sports and 153 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,559 Speaker 1: NBC Sports, and reporter and analyst for The Connecticut Sun. 154 00:07:57,800 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 1: You heard her for years on ESPN's Around the Rice 155 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 1: Show and have seen or read her on ESPN, Nscape, 156 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: The New York Times, and w Slam Magazine. She reps 157 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 1: the Detroit Tigers and the Indianapolis Colts, and sometimes the 158 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: Detroit Lions too. She rocks a red wig and has 159 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: a closet full of royal blue and antique gold to 160 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 1: wrap her beloved sorority Sigma Gammerow, it's Jerrika Foster Brasby. 161 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 2: Hi to Rika. 162 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 3: Hey Sarah, thanks so much for having me. 163 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 1: Does it not feel like a million years ago that 164 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 1: you were my producer of my podcast back at ESPN. 165 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 4: First of all, it feels like a million years ago 166 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 4: that we were both at ESPN, and like producing is 167 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 4: just an icing on the cake. So yes, that's what 168 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 4: she said, that was our show. 169 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:38,559 Speaker 2: That's what she said. 170 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:42,839 Speaker 1: Well, now as you were then aspiring to do more 171 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 1: of you are full time the boss bitch who is 172 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 1: on the sidelines doing the analysis, reporting on games. And 173 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: you were there in Phoenix for Game three of the 174 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 1: WNBA Finals at the recently renamed PHX Arena now the 175 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: Mortgage Matchup Center. It's hard to keep track of this, 176 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 1: but what were the vibes of the crowd. 177 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,679 Speaker 2: In Phoenix before the game? Did they feel hopeful? Did 178 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 2: they feel nervous? 179 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,559 Speaker 4: Yes, the scene in Phoenix was phenomenal. Honestly it was. 180 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 4: This probably was the second place I've ever woken up 181 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 4: to local news and they're literally talking about Gang three 182 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 4: and I was very excited, like this is what's leading 183 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 4: local news around here. So the businesses had all types 184 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 4: of Mercury stuff hanging up in the crowd, came in 185 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 4: just thoroughly excited. Of course, towards the end of the 186 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 4: game all the air kind of set down arena by 187 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:33,200 Speaker 4: someone named Asia Wilson, but leading into that moment you 188 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 4: could tell they were just ready to explode and incredibly 189 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 4: excited about where their team was at that point. 190 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 1: That's impressive because I have to say, this has been 191 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 1: such a disappointing series so far that if I were 192 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 1: a Mercury fan, I would be deflated entering that arena, 193 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,199 Speaker 1: like feeling like, here we go again. We're about to 194 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: get our ass beat by a team that has had 195 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 1: our number all season. And part of that is the 196 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 1: woman you mentioned, Asia Wilson, no answers for her. Mercury 197 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:58,440 Speaker 1: coach Nate Tibbitts tried to throw a few different bodies 198 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:01,199 Speaker 1: at her, Natasha Mac first half a whole lot of 199 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: Duana Bonner and the second Did you see anything that 200 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 1: seemed to work, any strategy, any player, any defense that 201 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: seemed to slower down other. 202 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 4: Than Alyssa Thomas, who really couldn't do it much because 203 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 4: she was in foul trouble. There was a couple of 204 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 4: possessions towards the end in the fourth quarter, where Alyssa 205 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:18,960 Speaker 4: was able to get with her and that made it 206 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 4: a bit more difficult. Didn't stop her, but at least 207 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:24,319 Speaker 4: challenged her and made the shot selection a little bit 208 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 4: harder for her to take. But there is no answer 209 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 4: for Agia Wilson, and there is no defensive matchup that 210 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 4: you can throw at Ajia Wilson with this Phoenix lineup 211 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 4: that can truly stop her. But I do think Nativis 212 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 4: has done a terrible job of trying to mix up 213 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 4: the rotations, utilizing his bench, giving Becky something. I mean, 214 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 4: Becky is out coaching him right now, and he really am. 215 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 3: In my mind. 216 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:50,720 Speaker 4: I'm just like fight back Nate, fight back gifts, throw 217 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 4: something out there at the wall and see if it sticks. 218 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 4: And I just had not seen any of those adjustments 219 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 4: games one, two, or three. 220 00:10:57,920 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 3: But I want to go back. 221 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 4: To something because coming into Mortgage Matchup Center, you know 222 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 4: Phoenix that played incredibly well at home, and on top 223 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 4: of that, this was the first time and Dewana Bonner 224 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:11,200 Speaker 4: mentioned this too in a previous interview, this is the 225 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 4: first time in WNBA history that that team or the 226 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 4: away team or the lower seated team has two guaranteed 227 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 4: games at home. So if you are a fan, you 228 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 4: feel good about your team coming back home because we 229 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 4: play well at home, home court advantage, and we know 230 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 4: we at least got two in this building. The problem 231 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:31,960 Speaker 4: is you ain't been able to stop this team in 232 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 4: their building or any other building, and so now they're 233 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:36,959 Speaker 4: looking at Emmitation feeling very differently. 234 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, you mentioned Nate tibbets. I was watching Game 235 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:43,960 Speaker 1: three at an event with a whole bunch of WNBA 236 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:47,080 Speaker 1: experts and happened to be standing next to a former 237 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:52,199 Speaker 1: college coach who was just venting to me about the 238 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:55,960 Speaker 1: failures of Nate Tibbett's all game and she said, nice, guys, 239 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:58,120 Speaker 1: she's met him, she likes him a lot, She does 240 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 1: not understand a lick of his play calling, doesn't think 241 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 1: he's making any adjustments, and Becky is running him off 242 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 1: the court. And I think she also says, frustrating how 243 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:11,559 Speaker 1: many people are reacting to his success with this team 244 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 1: and saying it's about Nate when she says it's about 245 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:16,840 Speaker 1: the GM who put together the talent on this team, 246 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: and he hasn't actually been the one doing much with it. 247 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 1: They've just been succeeding because of the players out there, 248 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 1: and I think that's going to be interesting to have 249 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 1: a post mortem if the series especially ends in a sweep, 250 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:30,560 Speaker 1: to look at what they could have done and how 251 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 1: they could have been more created, particularly when you look 252 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 1: at teams that were decimated by injury or shorthanded in 253 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: terms of talent, whether that's the Valkyries and the regular 254 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:40,599 Speaker 1: season who outperformed the talent on the court, or the 255 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 1: Indiana Fever in the postseason, who didn't have their stars 256 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:44,440 Speaker 1: and still put up much more. 257 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:44,760 Speaker 2: Of a fight. 258 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 1: The Mercury haven't put up much of a fight in 259 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:49,199 Speaker 1: this series, despite having enough talent that they should be 260 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: keeping it closer. 261 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 3: See. 262 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 4: I would argue that I think that the Mercury should 263 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 4: have won Game one and Game three. In Game one, 264 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:58,439 Speaker 4: they were dominated for the majority of the time and 265 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:01,679 Speaker 4: they were shooting very well, but defensively they had lapses, 266 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 4: and that defensive lapse was just enough to allow Asia 267 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:06,960 Speaker 4: Wilson to come back in in Game one, who by 268 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 4: the way, the bench was already doing what they needed 269 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:12,120 Speaker 4: to do, but you got no real production from your starters, 270 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 4: and that was a moment that you needed to take 271 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:16,679 Speaker 4: advantage of if you're the opposition. Asia Wilson didn't give 272 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 4: me nothing to the fourth quarter. How do I mess 273 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 4: this up? How do I not come away with a win? 274 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 4: Second game? Very different story, dominant performance from beginning to end. However, 275 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:28,199 Speaker 4: it has been interesting to me that in every single 276 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:31,319 Speaker 4: one of these matchups in the first quarter, Phoenix has 277 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 4: started off doing what they do well offensively, shooting the ball, 278 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 4: getting on in transition, trying to make it difficult for 279 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 4: the Aces to get in defensive sets, and then sure 280 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 4: enough they just let it go and then they also 281 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 4: forget to play defense on the other side, and that 282 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 4: to me has been the big difference. Yesterday, they had 283 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:51,239 Speaker 4: an opportunity, an unfortunate one, but they had an opportunity 284 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 4: to rally around u saw Tooth Sobbly who. 285 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 3: Went down with an injury. 286 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:57,640 Speaker 4: And when she went down with the injury, it felt 287 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:00,560 Speaker 4: like it galvanized the team. Khaliah Copper took that as 288 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:02,959 Speaker 4: a moment to go on an eleven o'er run by 289 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 4: herself in a minute and twenty seconds. Like to me, 290 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 4: that's the pedigree of a player and of a team 291 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 4: that can truly make some things happen and can turn 292 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:14,840 Speaker 4: around and pull away, which they did to close a 293 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 4: seventeen point gap. The problem is your coach is not 294 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 4: giving you the keys to make the adjustments necessary. If 295 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 4: they are not shooting threes, what does this team do? Well, 296 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 4: that's the thing. If they're not shooting threes, what else 297 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 4: can they do and how else can they score? And 298 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 4: you want to say, well, you've got an at who 299 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 4: truly knows how to ram through any opponent ever and 300 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 4: get to the basket. But she's so focused on facilitating 301 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 4: that she's not focused enough on putting the ball on 302 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 4: the ground and going up and get it. It's just 303 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 4: so interesting to see how this team has switched from 304 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 4: what made them so successful in the regular season to 305 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 4: what they're doing now. 306 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 1: I also think her handles have affected how she wants 307 00:14:57,040 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: to play because of that injury. 308 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 2: I actually think you're right. 309 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 1: And I think I'm just angry and disappointed in the series. 310 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 1: So I'm calling out the Mercury for not putting up 311 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 1: a fight. They have put up a fight at times. 312 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 1: It just if you look at the statistics of the 313 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 1: team in clutch time against the Aces, they are absolutely 314 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 1: getting their asspet They're zero to six against the team 315 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 1: all season when Ajia Wilson plays. But they lost three 316 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 1: of those games by three points and one of those 317 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:25,120 Speaker 1: games by two points. So they are in the game 318 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 1: and they cannot finish. So what do you see from 319 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 1: the Mercury down the stretch where the Aces are always 320 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 1: getting the better of them? 321 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, well, the Aces have a closer. They have a 322 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:37,120 Speaker 4: bona fide guaranteed go to closer. You know, when the 323 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:39,600 Speaker 4: game is on the line, the first person that you're 324 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 4: going to give the ball to, the problem is nothing 325 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 4: that anybody can do about it because you can't stop her. 326 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 3: And that's Ajia Wilson. 327 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 4: But when I look at Phoenix, who is my guarantee closer, 328 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 4: Who's the person that I can give this ball to 329 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 4: and say here go get me a w And it 330 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 4: feels like that could be a bevy of people, right, 331 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 4: it could be Khalia Copper satuply but as well as 332 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:05,280 Speaker 4: Kyllia played in those final minutes, we had not seen 333 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 4: Kylia do anything before the end. She was complete, a 334 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 4: complete ghost town and Statu was pretty much handling the 335 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 4: production on her own. Doana Bonner was hit or miss. 336 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 4: She finally got it going, but it was hit or miss. 337 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 4: There as many vets as there are on that team, 338 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 4: there is not a single person that you can say, 339 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 4: I'm gonna give you the ball and I need you 340 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 4: to finish it for me. And I think that is 341 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 4: the difference. You have to have that vet that can 342 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 4: do that down the stretch. Las Vegas has it, Phoenix doesn't. 343 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 2: Asia Wilson. 344 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 1: End of the game, tied at eighty eight, she dribbles, 345 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 1: pulls up, elevates, adjusts, and hits over an entire household 346 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 1: minus Douanna's kids, Calli and Demi. They weren't there, but 347 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:47,360 Speaker 1: the rest of the household was there, arms up and 348 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 1: she hit over both of them, an instantly iconic shot. 349 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:55,640 Speaker 1: And I think it was hilarious because before the game 350 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 1: I read somebody's social media posts that was like, one 351 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 1: nice thing about Asia Wilson's continued ascent in the upper 352 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 1: echelons of the history of the sport is we're not 353 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: spending all day arguing if she's the greatest of all 354 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 1: time and if she's better than this person or that person, 355 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: and then boom, today I open up the social media 356 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:16,040 Speaker 1: and there's multiple articles that are like, is Asia Wilson 357 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:19,439 Speaker 1: already the greatest of all time, So I think that 358 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 1: shot that moment is only gonna fuel those conversations. She's 359 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,840 Speaker 1: only twenty nine, like, is can we say that already? 360 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 2: Tariko? 361 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:29,520 Speaker 3: Okay? So I have a rule. 362 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 4: So my rule is I do not put players and 363 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:37,159 Speaker 4: true goat conversations until they're done playing. 364 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:38,880 Speaker 3: Son. 365 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 4: I like to wait until your career is over to 366 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 4: compare because you're still doing stuff right, and I can't 367 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 4: make a good argument if there's still other things that 368 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:51,880 Speaker 4: you could possibly do to make my argument even stronger. 369 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 4: And so I think there's a very strong argument for 370 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,400 Speaker 4: Asia Wilson, but I want to wait until she's done. 371 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:59,440 Speaker 4: The good thing about that is that this ain't gonna 372 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 4: be done for the ten years. So like we still 373 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 4: get more championships, we still get more MVPs, there are 374 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 4: more records that are going to be broken, and I 375 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 4: think by the time her career is done, we absolutely 376 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:13,200 Speaker 4: will be calling her the greatest player to ever play 377 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 4: this game. But for now, I'm gonna let people argue 378 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 4: between Maya Moore and Diana Tarazny and Zoomer and Cheryl 379 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:20,679 Speaker 4: Swoops and all of those folks. 380 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:26,040 Speaker 1: It's wild, though it's wild how much she's accomplished and 381 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:28,439 Speaker 1: what we're watching right now, and I think I am 382 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 1: really grateful that over the last couple of years it 383 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:34,480 Speaker 1: does feel like people get it. If this was a 384 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 1: couple of years ago, I think we still would have 385 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:40,360 Speaker 1: been urging people to understand and get what they were watching. 386 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 2: And I think between. 387 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:45,879 Speaker 1: Her sneakers and her MVPs and the push from real 388 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:49,120 Speaker 1: w fans and media to tell people, hey, wake up, 389 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 1: know what you're watching here, we are seeing something incredible 390 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 1: that people are appreciating instead of missing out them, which 391 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,600 Speaker 1: is just really cool. I want to talk about Game 392 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 1: four because Ace's first two franchise. 393 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 2: Titles twenty twenty two to twenty twenty three came on 394 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 2: the road. 395 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 1: I'm sure they would love to win one at home 396 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 1: in front of their fans. They could kind of take 397 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 1: a dive on Friday, try to, you know, not play 398 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 1: their hardest win back in Vegas. But I feel like 399 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 1: even if they take their foot off the gas, it's 400 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 1: still sort of hard to imagine Phoenix winning because, as 401 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:23,160 Speaker 1: I mentioned Alyssa Thomas's injury, her handles aren't there. Because 402 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 1: of that hand injury, Sato sably went down We're still 403 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 1: waiting on word of her status. 404 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:31,240 Speaker 2: Sammy Witcomb is hobbled. Is this series over Friday Night? 405 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:31,680 Speaker 2: I know. 406 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,199 Speaker 1: Nate Tibbets said, We've got a really hard road in 407 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:37,040 Speaker 1: front of us. We've never seen a team obviously the 408 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:39,200 Speaker 1: NBA is where we've had these seven game series before, 409 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:41,960 Speaker 1: come back from down three to zero, very few even 410 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:43,119 Speaker 1: force it to go to seven. 411 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:46,400 Speaker 2: What are the chances this ends in a sweep Friday? 412 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, the chances are very high. 413 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:51,920 Speaker 4: I'd say ninety five percent, but I'm going to give 414 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:54,240 Speaker 4: Phoenix that five percent because they. 415 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:55,640 Speaker 3: Are a professional basketball team. 416 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 4: I actually asked a listing after Game three in the 417 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:01,199 Speaker 4: press conference. I asked her, you know, I know that 418 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 4: when it comes to face and elimination, you're going to say, 419 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 4: I'm playing for my team. 420 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,760 Speaker 3: We're playing together, we know what we got to do. 421 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 4: But personally, because you have a personal goal of winning 422 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 4: a championship, what's that additional motivation for you? And she's like, 423 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:17,359 Speaker 4: I just can't pass up these moments, Like I can't 424 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:19,399 Speaker 4: let these moments pass me by because they're few and 425 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 4: far between. So I know what I gotta do. I 426 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 4: know that I have to go out there and play 427 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 4: different better than we're playing right now. So they get 428 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:29,640 Speaker 4: it like they're realistic of the whole that they find 429 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 4: themselves in, and they are even more realistic that they 430 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 4: put themselves there and they know tomorrow it's do or die. 431 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 4: They have to get it done. I think that in 432 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:41,399 Speaker 4: itself is enough to force this team to want to 433 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,440 Speaker 4: play with some pride right to not want to say, 434 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 4: but you are a franchise, whether or not you've been 435 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 4: there or not, your franchise that has three championships, do 436 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 4: Wanna Bonner has one of them to her own name 437 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:55,919 Speaker 4: that's hanging up in that rafter. There's a sense of 438 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 4: pride that you feel when you play for this Phoenix 439 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 4: Mercury team. And I don't think they want to disappoint 440 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:04,520 Speaker 4: their franchise or them sealed by saying that they've been swept. 441 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 4: Neither of them were swept, yeah the playoffs before. So 442 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:11,120 Speaker 4: I do think there's a small chance that they can 443 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 4: win Game four, and it would be great for Las 444 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 4: Vegas to go home and have a shot at winning 445 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:19,920 Speaker 4: a championship at the on their home court. But also 446 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:22,359 Speaker 4: they might be like, listen, we tied, we got trips 447 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:25,480 Speaker 4: to take, you know, NBA get ready to start. 448 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 3: Asia want to go support Bam, you know what I'm saying, 449 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 3: So she might be ready. 450 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 1: There is some pride in getting that sweep, and I 451 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:33,040 Speaker 1: do think you know, every single. 452 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 2: Season, you hear either the winning teams. 453 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 1: Say we're so glad we got it done with this group, 454 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 1: or a team that loses expressing their sadness that we 455 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:42,960 Speaker 1: know we're never going to have this locker room again. 456 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:44,679 Speaker 2: We're proud of what we did. 457 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:47,240 Speaker 1: We accomplished what we did, but we're not coming back 458 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 1: with these exact people. Never more accurate than this season 459 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:55,879 Speaker 1: because of what's expected in the offseason. They're between the 460 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:59,919 Speaker 1: expansion teams and the negotiations for the CBA that may 461 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 1: shake things up and send veterans all over the place. 462 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: There's like two veterans on a contract right now to 463 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:06,920 Speaker 1: go back to where they're playing, and so we could 464 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 1: see completely different looking teams, and so I think that's 465 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 1: an extra weight on Alyssa Thomas's shoulders that even more 466 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:15,960 Speaker 1: so than any other year, it's hard to imagine coming 467 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 1: back and being able to fight with these seam players. 468 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:20,160 Speaker 2: Interesting note. 469 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:24,720 Speaker 1: If the Aces win tomorrow, Jewel Lloyd would have a 470 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 1: perfect ten to zero finals record and three championships. Like, 471 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 1: clearly there's other people out on the court with her, 472 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:34,440 Speaker 1: but talk about someone who has come up big when 473 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:35,240 Speaker 1: it matters most. 474 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 2: She has never lost a finals game. 475 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 3: She's never lost. 476 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:40,959 Speaker 4: And it's the funniest thing because Asia was talking about 477 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 4: playing Seattle in the twenty twenty finals and you know, 478 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 4: you look at Jewel. She has the nickname of gold Mama, 479 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 4: and she said, you know, Jewel, when you showed up 480 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 4: in them gold shoes, I knew what time it was, right, 481 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 4: I knew you were channeling Kobe and swept Las Vegas 482 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 4: out the finals. So it's such a one to eighty 483 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 4: moment that now she's playing in the finals in at 484 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 4: Las Vegas, Aces Jersey. But it is incredible to think 485 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:07,560 Speaker 4: that there are a few players out there who don't 486 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 4: know what it's like to not be successful in the finals, and. 487 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,680 Speaker 3: There are others who have never seen a. 488 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 4: W NBA finals, And I think, to me, that is 489 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:18,480 Speaker 4: one thing that makes playing in the era of Asia 490 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 4: Wilson such a bittersweet moment. 491 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:21,120 Speaker 3: Right. 492 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:24,159 Speaker 4: It's great that we get to see Asia play for 493 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:27,160 Speaker 4: so many opportunities to win a championship, but it makes 494 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 4: you think, like, for players like the FISA and Alyssa 495 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 4: Thomas and others that are coming up, are you guys 496 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 4: going to get an opportunity to actually win one as 497 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 4: long as this one. It's like the Michael Jordan era, 498 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 4: like you know, and so it's tough. It's a bitter 499 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,360 Speaker 4: sweet thing. We really want to see other players win, 500 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:48,400 Speaker 4: but we can't deny what we're seeing out of players 501 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:52,000 Speaker 4: like Asia Wilson and having the Batman the Robbins like 502 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:54,280 Speaker 4: Jackie Young's and Jewel Lloyd just kind of adds a 503 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:56,720 Speaker 4: little bit of more sentimental value to this win. 504 00:23:57,560 --> 00:23:59,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, and it is cool for ass fans that there 505 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:01,640 Speaker 1: is that core group that they've been able to root 506 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 1: for across multiple championships. As a Bulls fan, as a 507 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,920 Speaker 1: Jordan Stan like, having those teams that we remember, the 508 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 1: pieces that stayed kind of current throughout is really fun. 509 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 2: You mentioned. 510 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,160 Speaker 1: I mean, Asia hit that game winning shot. First player 511 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:16,400 Speaker 1: in WNBA history to have back to back twenty five 512 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 1: plus point and ten plus rebound games in the finals, 513 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 1: holds the record for most thirty point postseason games. Like 514 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: the stats go on and on of what she's been 515 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 1: able to accomplish and It is a great story because 516 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 1: Asia is a great story, because the Aces as a franchise, 517 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 1: ever since they've been in existence, have been a great 518 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:34,679 Speaker 1: story and a great proof of what happens when you 519 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:38,640 Speaker 1: invest in a team, resources, facilities, etc. 520 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:40,400 Speaker 2: But for the w. 521 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:45,199 Speaker 1: Between Kathy Engelbert getting roasted on a spit and a 522 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:49,280 Speaker 1: sweep in the finals right into business talk around the CBA. 523 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:51,920 Speaker 1: This is about the worst possible thing that could happen 524 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 1: to them is a four games and done final in 525 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 1: the first year of a best of seven and nothing 526 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:01,960 Speaker 1: more good to talk about, just the business of the 527 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:05,119 Speaker 1: business this is, I mean, this is bad for the 528 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:06,120 Speaker 1: league in my opinion. 529 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:07,560 Speaker 2: If the Aces get the sweep on. 530 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:10,200 Speaker 3: Friday, see I would actually been to differ. 531 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 4: I think that we were starting to see the numbers 532 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 4: come out that shows that this has been one of 533 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:17,800 Speaker 4: the most watched finals up the Game one was the 534 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:21,119 Speaker 4: most watched finals in twenty eight years. I think that 535 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:24,880 Speaker 4: it shows how strong and how valuable the product is 536 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:29,800 Speaker 4: on the floor, especially with a team like a team 537 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 4: like Asia Wilson, with a team like the Las Vegas Aces, 538 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:38,119 Speaker 4: because if right, She's I think it just continues to 539 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 4: show how valuable this product is and how superstars can 540 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,879 Speaker 4: drive this league. She is a superstar of this league, 541 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 4: and you have to know that people are gonna want 542 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,680 Speaker 4: more of her, and they're gonna look at Mark Davis 543 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:52,640 Speaker 4: and say, Mark Davis, you bought this team for how 544 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,119 Speaker 4: much and it's value now and how much? 545 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:58,080 Speaker 3: And you are doing what you got three championships in 546 00:25:58,119 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 3: five years. 547 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 4: Like I think oppositely, people are gonna say, there has 548 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 4: to be some additional value to what the people are 549 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 4: saying versus what we're actually seeing about the WNBA. 550 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:11,000 Speaker 3: And it may even. 551 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 4: Cause if this series ends early, it may cause us 552 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 4: a speed up of some things in this process. Folks 553 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:18,720 Speaker 4: have been talking about Kathy Engelberton whether or not she's 554 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:21,879 Speaker 4: gonna resign. She says that she's not gonna resign, but 555 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:25,400 Speaker 4: if the owners or you know, the board of governors decide, 556 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 4: maybe it'll help speed up negotiations if we look at 557 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 4: someone else to be in the commissioner. What better time 558 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,159 Speaker 4: to do that now with the finals being well behind you. 559 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:37,399 Speaker 3: It still gives you two weeks before the. 560 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 4: Actual deadline of the CBA, which is October thirty first, 561 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,359 Speaker 4: But I mean it does kind of give you a 562 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:46,120 Speaker 4: bit more room to really focus on that business part, 563 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 4: so you can look at twenty twenty six, because right now, Sarah, 564 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 4: it's so hard to look at twenty twenty six. Networks 565 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 4: don't know what games they're gonna have, free agents, don't 566 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:57,400 Speaker 4: know where they're gonna go. Expansion Draft, we don't know 567 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:00,920 Speaker 4: when that's gonna take place. Like maybe ending the finals 568 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:03,480 Speaker 4: early gives more room to kind of iron those things out. 569 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:07,119 Speaker 1: I agree on the business size, there is a bonus 570 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 1: to it. I think what would be better for the 571 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:11,480 Speaker 1: league is have the storyline of the Ace's success, but 572 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: have more finals games for TV purposes, revenue of that 573 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 1: for interest's sake, for storyline's sake. 574 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 2: I think. 575 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:26,200 Speaker 1: You're right about the stories that can be written about 576 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:28,879 Speaker 1: the dynastic run of the Aces, but I think they 577 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 1: can happen with a few more games. 578 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:32,680 Speaker 2: I want to before I let you go. 579 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,640 Speaker 1: Ask you quickly about the CBA negotiations in Kathy Engelbert, 580 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 1: I've been trying to figure out and I can't find 581 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,520 Speaker 1: an apples to apples comparison because the other commissioners in 582 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 1: the other leagues that are essentially a meat shield for 583 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:47,120 Speaker 1: the owners taking the slings and arrows of everybody else 584 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:51,399 Speaker 1: and protecting their bag. We can't really compare her to 585 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:55,399 Speaker 1: them because she answers to someone else, and that's Adam Silver, 586 00:27:55,960 --> 00:28:00,440 Speaker 1: and Adam Silver ultimately could be the one who decided 587 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:03,959 Speaker 1: to agree to a better revenue split, who decided to 588 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:09,640 Speaker 1: be more transparent about financials, who decided to quit what 589 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:12,200 Speaker 1: it looks like, which is using the WNBA has potentially 590 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:14,840 Speaker 1: a tack shield or a write off for the successes 591 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:18,639 Speaker 1: of his other league. And so we can't really point 592 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,120 Speaker 1: everything at Kathy. And we have an expectation, I feel 593 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 1: like in women's leagues for the commissioner to get along 594 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 1: with the players or to play a more representative role 595 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 1: in the league than we do. 596 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:27,760 Speaker 2: For the men's side. 597 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,840 Speaker 1: So what do you make of the complication of Kathy 598 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:34,520 Speaker 1: actually answering to someone else even though she's allegedly at 599 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:35,440 Speaker 1: the head of the league. 600 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:39,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a very it's a very slippery slope here 601 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,239 Speaker 4: as relates to her job. Now, I do think that 602 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 4: there has to be a human element that is associated 603 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 4: with serving as a commissioner. You need to understand your league, 604 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:50,480 Speaker 4: you need to understand the players of your league. You 605 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 4: need to resonate with them in some way, even if 606 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:56,719 Speaker 4: you aren't directly representing them, even though you represent a 607 00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 4: different side, a different ownership, you still need to have 608 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,680 Speaker 4: some of a relationship. It reminds me of you know, 609 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 4: we always give crap to Roger Goodell, rightfully so, but 610 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 4: when Damar Hamlin had his accident a couple of years ago, 611 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 4: he said, Roger came to see me in the hospital. 612 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,040 Speaker 4: Roger came to check on me to see how I 613 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:17,840 Speaker 4: was doing. That's a human element that has nothing to 614 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 4: do with who you work for, who you answer to. 615 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 4: That's just simply being a human being and being kind. 616 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:24,920 Speaker 4: And what I've seen way too much over the last 617 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:28,400 Speaker 4: couple of weeks is people giving examples of that human 618 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:31,400 Speaker 4: element missing from Kathy Engelbert and I think that in 619 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:34,120 Speaker 4: itself is something that's incredibly important when you're in the 620 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:37,560 Speaker 4: middle of a negotiation of what you are now. Sometimes 621 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:39,480 Speaker 4: in a negotiating and I'm sure you've been in negotiation 622 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:44,320 Speaker 4: rooms where it's like, listen, personal relationships may have helped 623 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 4: movements along more so than it would have had that 624 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:50,200 Speaker 4: personal relationship not been there. And for you to have 625 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:53,400 Speaker 4: one of the superstar players of this league who rarely 626 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:56,640 Speaker 4: says anything about anybody in this way come out in 627 00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:59,440 Speaker 4: a very calculated statement to say the things that she said. 628 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 4: I think that just further shows that while the business 629 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,880 Speaker 4: has certainly elevated over the last six years in various ways, 630 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:11,360 Speaker 4: the human element is still incredibly important. Elena delladd made 631 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:15,040 Speaker 4: a comment about not hearing, and again, this is a 632 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:19,280 Speaker 4: player who never says nothing about nobody, and for her 633 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:21,920 Speaker 4: to come out and make a statement that human element 634 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:25,080 Speaker 4: is something that is important, and so I hate that 635 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:27,520 Speaker 4: it comes along with this notion that you know, women 636 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:29,240 Speaker 4: are emotional and passionate. 637 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:30,880 Speaker 3: I don't think that's the case at all. 638 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:33,800 Speaker 4: I just think that you want to feel respected, and 639 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:36,320 Speaker 4: that is something that the players are seemingly saying that 640 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:40,080 Speaker 4: they don't feel with Kathy, And regardless of who Kathy 641 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:45,080 Speaker 4: answers to, that's an individual characteristic that needs to be fixed. 642 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:47,880 Speaker 4: I just don't think at this point it can be 643 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:50,000 Speaker 4: like I just don't think at this point there's anything 644 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,000 Speaker 4: that she can do to kind of shift that narrative 645 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:55,600 Speaker 4: about her. So really it becomes Adam Silver, Now you 646 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:58,400 Speaker 4: need to stop telling people this is going to get done, 647 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:00,840 Speaker 4: this is going to happen to really just step in 648 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:02,680 Speaker 4: and do it, and you haven't gotten a lot of 649 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:04,920 Speaker 4: smoke for not having done this yet. 650 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:07,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, I completely agree, and I do think whether it 651 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:11,480 Speaker 1: feels tinged with misogyny or not, there is a reality 652 00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:14,960 Speaker 1: that the nature of women's sport, the intersectionality of it, 653 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:18,959 Speaker 1: the fact that there are political and social issues that 654 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:21,160 Speaker 1: are connected to women's sport at all times, whether we 655 00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:22,960 Speaker 1: like it or not, means that the role of a 656 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:26,200 Speaker 1: commission for a women's league is different than for men's. 657 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:30,480 Speaker 1: There is something about a relationship and understanding of the 658 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:33,800 Speaker 1: experience of the players that matters more. I think, particularly 659 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:37,400 Speaker 1: at these very important inflection points for women's leagues where 660 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:40,960 Speaker 1: it can't just be business. It can and is business, 661 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,280 Speaker 1: and at the same time, there is a demand for 662 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:46,080 Speaker 1: the person at the head to understand the players that 663 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:47,840 Speaker 1: they represent in the league that they represent, and I 664 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:50,640 Speaker 1: think that's where this conflict is coming from. Treca, we 665 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:52,960 Speaker 1: could talk all day, but I got to take a 666 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:54,760 Speaker 1: nap and you got to go out. I don't know, 667 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:56,600 Speaker 1: is it at eight thousand degrees in Phoenix you got 668 00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:58,680 Speaker 1: to go out and get your face burned off your skull? 669 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:00,880 Speaker 3: Would you believe that it was actually just raining a 670 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:01,520 Speaker 3: moment ago. 671 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:04,760 Speaker 2: Wow, get outside and dance in the rain, girl, I 672 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 2: know appreciate the time. 673 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:13,760 Speaker 1: Thanks as always, Thanks so much to here, Thanks so 674 00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:15,320 Speaker 1: much to Tarika for joining us. 675 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:17,320 Speaker 2: We got to take another break when we come back. 676 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:27,920 Speaker 1: A dope fall activity for the fam. 677 00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:29,400 Speaker 2: Welcome back slices. 678 00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:31,120 Speaker 1: We love that you're listening, but we want you to 679 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:32,760 Speaker 1: get in the game every day too, So here's our 680 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:35,560 Speaker 1: good game play of the day. 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