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Speaker 1: Full Circle is an iheartwoman's sports production and partnership with

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Speaker 2: Hello, everybody, Welcome to another episode of Full Circle Podcast.

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Speaker 2: I am Lexie Brown here with my girl Mariah Rose,

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Speaker 2: fresh off of her European trip to hit No, France.

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Speaker 3: What part of friend? Where where was you at now? Like?

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Speaker 3: I can't keep up with you? Can I? Girl? How

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Speaker 3: was it all over the place? It looked amazing? I was.

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Speaker 3: I was enjoying all of the content.

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Speaker 4: It was beautiful.

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Speaker 1: It was hot outside, hot, but it was gorgeous and

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Speaker 1: it was a special experience.

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Speaker 4: I felt really blessed to be there.

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Speaker 3: I love that you were on a panel.

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Speaker 2: Right, yes, yes, girl, Yeah, guys, Mariah goes to do

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Speaker 2: work things, right, she does fun things, but she also

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Speaker 2: is booked and busy globally.

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Speaker 3: Okay, Like, let's let's let's keep that in mind. How

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Speaker 3: amazing that is.

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Speaker 2: I'm so jealous, but I'm so happy that you got

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Speaker 2: to have that experience because your ones are my wins.

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Speaker 4: Thank you, queen, go girl? How are you you know?

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Speaker 2: I'm okay I'm not gonna lie to y'all and say

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Speaker 2: that I'm doing great. I as once this episode drops,

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Speaker 2: you guys will see that I did not play in

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Speaker 2: tonight's game against the Fever. I underwent a procedure yesterday,

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Speaker 2: which was Monday, some crones related things. I will go

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Speaker 2: a little bit more into detail on my TikTok if

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Speaker 2: y'all care, But if anybody that has been keeping up

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Speaker 2: knows that I've been dealing with this for the last

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Speaker 2: few years.

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Speaker 3: And it hasn't been easy.

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Speaker 2: And it's now I'm in a new city, new team,

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Speaker 2: new doctors, new everything. So just figuring that out something

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Speaker 2: that I just wanted to get ahead of because the

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Speaker 2: last time I didn't get ahead of something, it spiraled

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Speaker 2: into something really, really horrible.

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Speaker 3: So we just wanted to prevent that. And yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 3: I'm feeling.

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Speaker 2: Okay sick that I'm not able to play in our

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Speaker 2: game tonight, but I will be there supporting and sharing

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Speaker 2: them on.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, but the show must go on.

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Speaker 4: Right of course, Lexi. We're praying for you and we.

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Speaker 3: Love you, thank you, thank you.

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Speaker 2: I mean, this is something that keeps me locked in

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Speaker 2: for sure, Like this is literally a Basket women's basketball show,

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Speaker 2: and I'm a women's basketball player, so this is like

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Speaker 2: the most locked in thing I could probably do despite

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Speaker 2: not playing.

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Speaker 3: So having these conversations.

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Speaker 4: Your life is women's basketball.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, like hikey, not even low key hike.

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Speaker 2: So being able to have this show and hop on

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Speaker 2: here and talk about the w and everything's going on

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Speaker 2: is something that I really love to do, and it's

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Speaker 2: keeping me locked in and motivated and ultimately like busy

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Speaker 2: and happy because this is something I'm really passionate about

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Speaker 2: and I love doing. So I'm glad that we have

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Speaker 2: this together, and I'm glad I have you here supporting

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Speaker 2: me and doing this and building this with me. So Okay,

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Speaker 2: sorry to get all sappy. Of course, of course I'm

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Speaker 3: Yeah, me too.

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Speaker 2: Okay, So let's get into it. We are one third

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Speaker 2: of the season checked. You know, last episode we were

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Speaker 2: talking about Q one. What are some things that you've

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Speaker 2: been noticing, Riah during this first what thirteen fourteen games?

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Speaker 1: Well, I feel like everyone's been adjusting to the beginning

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Speaker 1: of the season, but we're at a point where we're

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Speaker 1: starting to really see who teams are, including your team,

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Speaker 1: the Seattle Storm heating up, y'all went three and zero

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Speaker 1: behind Mekka going three straight games scoring twenty five plus

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Speaker 1: and shooting seventy one percent. And fun fact, the Seattle

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Speaker 1: so her impact is super important. Six wins in your

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Speaker 2: You know, it's funny that you mentioned that about her

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Speaker 3: We're like, nek well, you score twenty voys, we.

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Speaker 2: Not lose it, Like that's something that we all understand

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Speaker 2: for winning Western Conference Player of the Week, something that

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Speaker 2: she absolutely deserves with those stats and numbers that you

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Speaker 2: just said. You know, I'm just gonna use this time

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Speaker 2: have multiple All Stars, and that's all we're gonna talk about,

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Speaker 2: because I know we've won three games in a row.

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Speaker 2: It's amazing, six out of our last seven, which is

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Speaker 2: She is thirteenth in the league and scoring, seventh and rebounding.

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Speaker 2: Skyler is eleventh in the league in scoring and fourth

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Speaker 2: though she shouldn't be a guitark course, but when you

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Speaker 2: popping like Skyler and Ekkas is Gabby. She's twenty six

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Speaker 2: We'll see if she can do it. She's absolutely capable

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Speaker 2: conversation about how All Star voting works. But for the

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Speaker 2: our Gabby fans to go vote for them, like y'all

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Speaker 2: So we're definitely heading in the right direction. I still

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Speaker 2: So shout out to the Storm.

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Speaker 3: It's been It's been a lot already and we're only

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Speaker 1: Well, I'm looking forward to that Fever game. I'm looking

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Speaker 1: forward to what y'all have coming up. We're wondering if

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Speaker 1: Golden State this week.

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Speaker 4: And speaking of Golden State, the.

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Speaker 1: Golden State Valkyries have become the expansion team blueprint. They

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Speaker 1: are now the most valuable team and the newest WNBA team.

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Speaker 1: The Golden State Valkyries are valued at five hundred million

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Speaker 1: dollars by Sportico. They're tied to the Golden State Warriors,

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Speaker 1: which are the NBA's most valuable team, and they share

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Speaker 1: State Valkyries will bring in more than seventy million dollars

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Speaker 1: To talk about what's happening with them on the court,

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Speaker 4: Most past expansion team.

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Speaker 1: They're five and two at home at the Chase Center,

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Speaker 1: and this week they have a pretty big stretch against

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Speaker 1: the Liberty, the Sky and the Storm. So Lexi, what

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Speaker 1: are you thinking about the Valkyries Man?

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Speaker 2: When I watched them play and even when we when

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Speaker 2: they just look like they have a lot of fun.

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Speaker 3: Like I'll just I.

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Speaker 2: Look at them sometimes and I'm like, they just are

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Speaker 2: They just are playing so loose, they play free, and

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Speaker 2: they just look like they're having a lot of fun,

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Speaker 2: and that goes a long way in the professional sports room.

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Speaker 2: I think it's a very underrated thing when you're just

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Speaker 4: Well, there's not one singular star.

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Speaker 2: Exactly, but I will say if they were to have

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Speaker 2: to pinpoint a singular star, it would be Kayla Thornton.

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Speaker 2: And I do think that she will get She will

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Speaker 2: They had very low expectations, and they're surpassing them. And

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Speaker 2: you have to have a really good leader to do that,

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Speaker 2: and I think Kylea Thorn has taken that role and

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Speaker 2: she has definitely thrived in it. I think people forget

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Speaker 2: a problem in Dallas. She would have got her a

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Speaker 2: I'm just really happy that she's getting her opportunity. They're

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Speaker 3: And I read.

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Speaker 2: Somewhere that they have over fifty million dollars projected revenue,

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Speaker 2: not including media, merch and other things, which I think

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Speaker 4: Like seventy million total.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, like and that's crazy.

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Speaker 1: What's it like as a player seeing the numbers as

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Speaker 1: far as revenue and everything is concerned, because that's what

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Speaker 1: people always pend point when they're criticizing the WNBA or

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Speaker 1: WNBA players. What's it like as a player seeing not

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Speaker 1: only the attendants grow or the fans grow online, but

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Speaker 1: the numbers, like the numbers behind it are showing that

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Speaker 1: the league is growing and bringing in money.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think the argument I always have

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Speaker 2: with people is that it's not about the revenue all

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Speaker 2: the time. Sometimes it's about the investment that you put

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Speaker 2: So seeing the Valkyries have so much energy and money

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Speaker 3: Such a big difference.

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Speaker 2: A lot of these other expansion teams were teams that

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Speaker 1: Heymen, let's talk about the Mercury Rising. They're on a

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Speaker 3: The scariest thing.

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Speaker 1: It's really nice to see people clicking and to see

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Speaker 4: What you're noticing from the rookies this year.

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Speaker 1: So she's really found her aggression in her stride. You

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Speaker 2: I've always thought she was a super well balanced score

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Speaker 1: stakes sort of situation. I'm not sure if she made

439
00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:51,679
Speaker 1: it high stakes or or if she just came I mean,

440
00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:51,960
Speaker 1: they had a.

441
00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,840
Speaker 2: Number one pick, right, No, but you're absolutely right, Like

442
00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:56,920
Speaker 2: when you frame it that way, like it was literally

443
00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:01,359
Speaker 2: like playoffs or bust for her like right, for whatever reason,

444
00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:03,160
Speaker 2: but because that seemed like you said they had been

445
00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:06,240
Speaker 2: stacking number one picks, it was just like it's a

446
00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:09,879
Speaker 2: matter of time y'all utilize all this talent that you

447
00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:12,000
Speaker 2: guys have been stockpiling for years.

448
00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:13,560
Speaker 3: So you're absolutely right.

449
00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:15,720
Speaker 2: I never thought about that, Like we're talking about how

450
00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:18,520
Speaker 2: low stakes of environment this rookie class has.

451
00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:20,240
Speaker 3: And last year it was.

452
00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:21,840
Speaker 2: Like, if y'all don't make it to the playoffs, like

453
00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:23,240
Speaker 2: this was a waste of season.

454
00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:25,840
Speaker 4: And they did, and Caitlyn sets the bar.

455
00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:28,679
Speaker 1: Y and so many exactly she kept sets the bar

456
00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:31,280
Speaker 1: high in so many areas. But I think the expectation

457
00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,920
Speaker 1: of a rookie that bar has been sat very high

458
00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,120
Speaker 1: by Caitlyn, especially since she brought a lot of new

459
00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:39,080
Speaker 1: fans in that now were like, well, Kaitlyn Clark won

460
00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:41,720
Speaker 1: Rookie of the Year and went to the playoffs and

461
00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:45,399
Speaker 1: this not and let the league assists and did all

462
00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:49,240
Speaker 1: of these crazy things that are pretty abnormal for rookie

463
00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,320
Speaker 1: like Pages experience. I think there's a lot of fans

464
00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:53,199
Speaker 1: coming in, Like my sister's one of them who like

465
00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:55,480
Speaker 1: watches every Page game and she's like sick of the

466
00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:58,480
Speaker 1: Wings losing, and I'm like, this is what a rookies

467
00:22:58,560 --> 00:22:59,439
Speaker 1: experience should be.

468
00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:01,520
Speaker 3: Like the number one like this is one another.

469
00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:05,639
Speaker 4: They don't get the number one pick by winning the championship.

470
00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:10,240
Speaker 2: The number one pick team is not exactly and not

471
00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:12,960
Speaker 2: saying that like they are like the worst team ever,

472
00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:15,119
Speaker 2: but like that's typically how it goes like you are

473
00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,480
Speaker 2: the number one pick and the bad teams get the

474
00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:21,879
Speaker 2: better rookies, Like that's the reality of the situation. But

475
00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:25,320
Speaker 2: when Kitlin came in last year, they were like, if

476
00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:28,960
Speaker 2: y'all don't made the playoffs, everybody gotta go, Like it

477
00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:32,200
Speaker 2: was crazy. But they rose to the occasion and made

478
00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:34,879
Speaker 2: a crazy playoff push for the second in the second

479
00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:36,520
Speaker 2: half of the season, because the first half of the

480
00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:39,440
Speaker 2: season did not start very good, Like they struggled for

481
00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:41,800
Speaker 2: a little bit. They came out of All Star breaks swinging.

482
00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:44,679
Speaker 2: They really turned a corner after All Star Break, And

483
00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:46,600
Speaker 2: that's what I feel like could happen with the Dallas

484
00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:50,480
Speaker 2: Wings as well, Like you need time to grow, especially

485
00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:51,720
Speaker 2: with the rookie leading the way.

486
00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:52,760
Speaker 3: They're new to this league.

487
00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:54,960
Speaker 2: They're new to the pace, they're new to the physicality,

488
00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:58,480
Speaker 2: the traveling is different, the cadence of games. They're playing

489
00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:00,520
Speaker 2: way more games and a shorter amount of time.

490
00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:02,800
Speaker 3: Like there's a lot of things that are different from

491
00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:05,639
Speaker 3: the college game to the programe. So I mean, these

492
00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:09,600
Speaker 3: last these last two rookie classes have been so impressive

493
00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:13,560
Speaker 3: to me, and I think I hope everybody is impressed

494
00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:15,560
Speaker 3: by all of them. Like top to bottom, like we

495
00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:16,919
Speaker 3: can get into more of the rookies.

496
00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:19,520
Speaker 2: We talk about Page, Sonya and Kiki a lot, but

497
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,040
Speaker 2: I mentioned a Cola mccannie who plays for Phoenix, like

498
00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:26,200
Speaker 2: she's having a great rookie season. We've mentioned Lexi Held

499
00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:28,639
Speaker 2: who's also on Phoenix. One rookie that we got to

500
00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:33,200
Speaker 2: give a little up to is Papou Like bench scoring

501
00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:35,600
Speaker 2: seven points, shoot a fifty seven percent from three. She's

502
00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:38,840
Speaker 2: leading the league right now in three point percentage. So

503
00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:42,200
Speaker 2: PopOut and Ali and I, who plays for Vegas. I

504
00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:44,960
Speaker 2: think those two are the steals of the draft because

505
00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,879
Speaker 2: they're both coming in and making immediate impacts on their teams.

506
00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:49,640
Speaker 2: You know, Vegas is going through what they're going through,

507
00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:52,080
Speaker 2: but that doesn't take away from Hallie and I is

508
00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:54,639
Speaker 2: playing like it's very impressive. We just played them, and

509
00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:57,959
Speaker 2: her shot is quick, she can defend, she can rebound like.

510
00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:02,639
Speaker 3: She's a really great WNBA player, as so is Palpal.

511
00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:05,879
Speaker 2: So seeing these rookies come in and being you know,

512
00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:09,399
Speaker 2: instantly utilized is something that I love to see because

513
00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:10,320
Speaker 2: you know, when I was.

514
00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:12,400
Speaker 3: A rookie, I didn't get utilized at all.

515
00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:15,359
Speaker 2: So being able to see these rookies come in and

516
00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:18,280
Speaker 2: be able to play to their strengths and have their

517
00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:20,920
Speaker 2: teammates have confidence in them, have their coaches have confidence

518
00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:21,280
Speaker 2: in them.

519
00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:23,560
Speaker 3: Like, that's something that's super amazing.

520
00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:26,560
Speaker 1: I'm glad you mentioned the confidence, yeah, because that's what

521
00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:28,760
Speaker 1: I was going to bring up. That's it takes a

522
00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:31,159
Speaker 1: lot of confidence to come into a new space as

523
00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:33,800
Speaker 1: a rookie and take over like that, or to make

524
00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:35,719
Speaker 1: your mark, or to play your game that you were

525
00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:37,560
Speaker 1: playing in college or that we might know you from.

526
00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:40,440
Speaker 1: On top of that, with players like Page or Key

527
00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:42,880
Speaker 1: Key or all of them, like they're in a new

528
00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:45,440
Speaker 1: social media type of era. The Page came off of

529
00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:48,160
Speaker 1: a whole press tour going into the season. She didn't

530
00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:51,200
Speaker 1: get to rest at all before becoming a WNBA player.

531
00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:55,119
Speaker 1: They're getting comments and all of this attention. They've got

532
00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:57,560
Speaker 1: a lot going on for such young people. And I'm

533
00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:01,639
Speaker 1: glad that you guys as vets, as teammates. It seems

534
00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,520
Speaker 1: to be that from hearing your stories or other WNBA

535
00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:06,560
Speaker 1: players that I've spoken to in interviews and whatnot, the

536
00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:09,159
Speaker 1: stories of like y'all kind of got hazed or like

537
00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:11,960
Speaker 1: ignored a little bit. I'd be like y'all are really

538
00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:15,320
Speaker 1: bringing these rookies in and like, come on, Auntie's.

539
00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:16,720
Speaker 3: Baby, come on, come on.

540
00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,320
Speaker 2: I mean, I want to say, are I mean our

541
00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,639
Speaker 2: rookie dom Like she's not really getting the minutes that

542
00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:25,320
Speaker 2: she probably was expecting or that anybody was expecting. But

543
00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:28,119
Speaker 2: I'm watching her every day improve and get better. And

544
00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:30,000
Speaker 2: I love being on the court with her, Like I've

545
00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:33,159
Speaker 2: never played with somebody that is like her before, and

546
00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:36,160
Speaker 2: she's literally nineteen years old, so her coming over here

547
00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:38,400
Speaker 2: and going through this process.

548
00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,240
Speaker 4: I'm so excited to see her star getting minutes. I'm

549
00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:42,280
Speaker 4: so excited about.

550
00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:44,680
Speaker 3: Me too, and like I'm so impressed. I'm so impressed

551
00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:44,959
Speaker 3: with her.

552
00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:47,440
Speaker 2: Like I just thought, I think of like myself at nineteen,

553
00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:49,600
Speaker 2: and I'm like, I would never be able to do this,

554
00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:52,679
Speaker 2: like especially being away from home.

555
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:53,840
Speaker 3: And then I think.

556
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:55,920
Speaker 2: Gabby has done such a good job of just making

557
00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,320
Speaker 2: sure that she feels comfortable and feels like she has someone.

558
00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:00,879
Speaker 3: In her cour in her at all times.

559
00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:02,240
Speaker 2: But I mean, I think our whole team has done

560
00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,080
Speaker 2: a really good job of making her feel comfortable.

561
00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:05,119
Speaker 3: And I know it's.

562
00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:07,680
Speaker 2: Probably not easy for her, you know, making this transition

563
00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:09,520
Speaker 2: and not probably getting on the floor as much as

564
00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:12,240
Speaker 2: she wants. But like I said, I see her improving

565
00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:13,879
Speaker 2: every day and her.

566
00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:14,520
Speaker 3: Time is gonna come.

567
00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:17,800
Speaker 2: Like she's a baby, like she has more than enough time.

568
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,879
Speaker 2: But I think everybody is really excited to see her

569
00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:24,040
Speaker 2: get major minutes. And if that comes this season, cool,

570
00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:26,240
Speaker 2: If it doesn't, you know, that's fine too. That's just

571
00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,160
Speaker 2: like the reality of how deep our team is in Seattle.

572
00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:32,240
Speaker 2: But I mean, even though she's not in the running

573
00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:33,879
Speaker 2: for Rookie of the Year at the moment, I do

574
00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,680
Speaker 2: want to shout out don because I see her every

575
00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:38,800
Speaker 2: day putting the work in and I see her every

576
00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:41,600
Speaker 2: day learning and getting better and learning how to be

577
00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:42,960
Speaker 2: a pro in the WNBA.

578
00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:44,920
Speaker 3: So I just want to give her a little shout out.

579
00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:47,920
Speaker 1: And she's in a high stake situation, so she's gonna

580
00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:52,080
Speaker 1: learn so much. Yeah, Like she's in a we are

581
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:54,159
Speaker 1: going to the playoff type of situation, like we are

582
00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:56,359
Speaker 1: not playing, you know, so she doesn't get to just

583
00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:57,760
Speaker 1: like who figure it out.

584
00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:00,760
Speaker 2: Also, she's in the situation of you gonna dunk in

585
00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:04,240
Speaker 2: a game, and how many players have that expectation?

586
00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,720
Speaker 3: Girl? Wait, what are you going dunk? To see her? Get?

587
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:09,720
Speaker 3: You go dunk.

588
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:13,639
Speaker 2: Like how many girls get asked that? Like nobody gets

589
00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:15,399
Speaker 2: asked that, Like when you gonna dunk?

590
00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:17,840
Speaker 4: She and her and BG need to have like a

591
00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:19,840
Speaker 4: a red tabletop.

592
00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:21,720
Speaker 2: Free They need to have a free game dunk contest.

593
00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:24,440
Speaker 2: Now Dom doesn't one handed dunk. She does it in

594
00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:25,359
Speaker 2: our warm up line.

595
00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,639
Speaker 3: She does it before we run to the benches before

596
00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:28,040
Speaker 3: the game.

597
00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:31,320
Speaker 2: Like she does it very easily. So when that happens

598
00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:34,520
Speaker 2: in a game, I'm gonna lose my shit, Like, don't

599
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,120
Speaker 2: let me be actually in the game when that happens,

600
00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:40,120
Speaker 2: Like it's over it, Like call the time out please,

601
00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:43,560
Speaker 2: because I'm gonna be like running laps around the court.

602
00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:46,800
Speaker 2: Like when that end game dunk happens, Like we are

603
00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:49,360
Speaker 2: so excited for like last game, we thought she was

604
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,200
Speaker 2: gonna do it, but it's like we're like she's just

605
00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:51,960
Speaker 2: got in the game.

606
00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:55,400
Speaker 3: Like we're like, you've been sitting You're getting the game.

607
00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:57,880
Speaker 4: Dunk dump dunk dunk.

608
00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,280
Speaker 2: She's like, guys, I can't just go and do so

609
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:03,560
Speaker 2: shout out to Dom.

610
00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:06,040
Speaker 3: She's doing great, everybody. I know you guys.

611
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:07,840
Speaker 2: I know a lot of people want to see her

612
00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:11,160
Speaker 2: on the court more, but her time is coming. Okay,

613
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:14,160
Speaker 2: just know that she's working her ass off and when

614
00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:16,840
Speaker 2: she gets her opportunity, she's going to be amazing.

615
00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:25,720
Speaker 4: We can't wait. So let's talk about All Star.

616
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:27,480
Speaker 1: Because I'm on the edge of my seat since we

617
00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:28,840
Speaker 1: tease it a little bit at the beginning.

618
00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:31,680
Speaker 3: So I'm going to give a little bit of an overview.

619
00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:33,160
Speaker 1: And then we're going to talk about our picks, who

620
00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:35,040
Speaker 1: we want to vote for, those kind of things. But

621
00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:38,200
Speaker 1: for the fans that don't know, first I'll explain how

622
00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:41,200
Speaker 1: voting works. So if you haven't voted yet.

623
00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:42,800
Speaker 3: Go do that, please please.

624
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,880
Speaker 1: But the voting, Okay, so you make your All Star vote.

625
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:48,600
Speaker 1: You'll see WNBA dot com. Make your account, go vote.

626
00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:53,080
Speaker 1: But the voting is fifty percent the fan vote, twenty

627
00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:58,080
Speaker 1: five percent, players twenty five percent media. Those votes compiled

628
00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:01,680
Speaker 1: count to vote towards players that make the team.

629
00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:06,440
Speaker 2: Okay, just the starters, yes, yes, just the starters, guys, Yes,

630
00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:07,160
Speaker 2: that's just.

631
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:07,720
Speaker 4: For the starters.

632
00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:11,680
Speaker 1: The top four guards and the top six front court

633
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:16,120
Speaker 1: players with the best weighted average becomes starters. Meanwhile, the

634
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:21,240
Speaker 1: coaches then select the twelve reserves, and they cannot vote

635
00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:25,920
Speaker 1: for their own players. So the fan, media, players vote

636
00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:29,240
Speaker 1: counts for the starters, the top four guards, and the

637
00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:32,080
Speaker 1: top six front court players, and then the rest are

638
00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:35,680
Speaker 1: selected by WNBA coaches. And it's fair because they can't

639
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:36,560
Speaker 1: vote for their own players.

640
00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:39,480
Speaker 3: Yes, okay, guys, do you understand? Yes?

641
00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:39,920
Speaker 4: Please?

642
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:41,720
Speaker 3: There's been a lot of back.

643
00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:44,680
Speaker 2: And forth about the selection process, and I'm like, yes,

644
00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:47,280
Speaker 2: are y'all new here? Yes, yes, y'all are new here.

645
00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:51,480
Speaker 2: The NBA does their voting the exact same way the fans.

646
00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:53,600
Speaker 3: Yes, All Star Weekend.

647
00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:56,800
Speaker 2: Is for the fans, so of course their vote does matter,

648
00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:00,360
Speaker 2: because if it wasn't for the fans, all Star weekend

649
00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:03,240
Speaker 2: when it exists, because what is the point there's no fans.

650
00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:05,320
Speaker 4: We're tuning, going to watch what the fans want to say.

651
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:07,720
Speaker 2: Well, that's why there's a there's like a weighted average

652
00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:09,680
Speaker 2: for a reason, like the fans need to feel like

653
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,600
Speaker 2: they are part of the selection process because All Star

654
00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:17,240
Speaker 2: Weekend is for fans. So if y'all are not happy

655
00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:21,040
Speaker 2: with the fan voting, then go vote some more for

656
00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:21,959
Speaker 2: your faves.

657
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:23,000
Speaker 3: Is right?

658
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Speaker 4: There are some double there are some double voting.

659
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Speaker 2: Yeah, there's like a very there's like a very simple

660
00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:32,600
Speaker 2: and easy way to fix that.

661
00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:34,280
Speaker 3: If you're not happy with the votes.

662
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Speaker 1: If y'all are voting for Love Island and you have

663
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:38,360
Speaker 1: voted for your WNBA All Stars, I don't want to

664
00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:39,320
Speaker 1: see your tweets complain.

665
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:41,120
Speaker 3: I don't want to see yours come out.

666
00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:43,160
Speaker 2: I don't want to see your I don't want to

667
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:45,160
Speaker 2: see your complaints about anything.

668
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Speaker 1: A little bit of an overview of how the voting

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00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:51,600
Speaker 1: is going, slash what the weekend entails. It'll be hosted

670
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Speaker 1: this year in Indianapolis by the Indiana Fever July eighteenth

671
00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:58,000
Speaker 1: and nineteenth. We've got the Skills Challenge and the three

672
00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:00,560
Speaker 1: Point Contest on Friday, and then the All Star Game

673
00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:02,160
Speaker 1: will happen on Saturday, which is what you guys are

674
00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:05,600
Speaker 1: voting for. The rosters for the fan voting opened earlier

675
00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:08,160
Speaker 1: this month and it closes this week. I believe when

676
00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:11,000
Speaker 1: this episode comes out, you'll have three more days. And

677
00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:14,520
Speaker 1: the first returns just dropped. So far, Caitlin Clark leads

678
00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:18,160
Speaker 1: the way with all players with five hundred and fifteen thousand,

679
00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:21,000
Speaker 1: nine hundred and thirty three votes, followed by the Fista

680
00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:23,920
Speaker 1: Collier with four hundred and eighty four thousand, nine hundred

681
00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:26,520
Speaker 1: and fifty eight votes. That is literally so many. But

682
00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:28,960
Speaker 1: that means that these two will serve as captains for

683
00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:31,400
Speaker 1: the All Star Draft July eighth, ahead of the game

684
00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:35,160
Speaker 1: in Indianapolis. And I just want to put in perspective

685
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 1: how much the league has grown, because this made me

686
00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:41,360
Speaker 1: like want to cry earlier reading it. In twenty twenty three,

687
00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:44,680
Speaker 1: the entire first round of votes had four hundred and

688
00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:48,520
Speaker 1: twenty two thousand votes. Okay, this year, Caitlyn Clark and

689
00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:51,040
Speaker 1: the Feasta Collier alone have more than that.

690
00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:53,280
Speaker 2: Let's clap it up, everybody, Let's clap it up.

691
00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:57,240
Speaker 1: Let's clap Kalla McBride is ranked fortieth this year with

692
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Speaker 1: forty four thousand votes, which means she would have voting

693
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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty three.

694
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:02,200
Speaker 3: Wow.

695
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:06,520
Speaker 1: Even compared to Clark's own rookie year, her first round

696
00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:09,760
Speaker 1: vote total has more than doubled from two hundred and

697
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:12,680
Speaker 1: sixteen thousand and twenty twenty four to five hundred and

698
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:14,120
Speaker 1: fifteen thousand and twenty twenty.

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Speaker 3: That's incredible.

700
00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:18,080
Speaker 2: That is really incredible, And I'm glad you put it

701
00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:22,280
Speaker 2: in perspective that way, because again, things like this need

702
00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:24,920
Speaker 2: to be celebrated. I don't care who your favorite players are,

703
00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:27,480
Speaker 2: who you like, who you don't like. When you see

704
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:31,480
Speaker 2: numbers like this, you can't not be happy for the

705
00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:34,520
Speaker 2: league as a whole, because that means that there's massive

706
00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:35,360
Speaker 2: growth going on.

707
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:37,000
Speaker 3: And that's what.

708
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:39,920
Speaker 2: We've been wanting and begging for and asking for and

709
00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:42,640
Speaker 2: playing our asses off for. Is this growth that we're

710
00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:46,160
Speaker 2: seeing right now, and to have the numbers to back

711
00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:51,440
Speaker 2: it up with these fan voting things is amazing. Y'all

712
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:55,120
Speaker 2: could be bad as y'all want, but the Indiana Fever fans,

713
00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:58,479
Speaker 2: they show up and show out like I know they're probably, oh,

714
00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:01,800
Speaker 2: they went not in decided because they're hosting like it's

715
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:06,000
Speaker 2: going to be very pro Indiana Fever atmosphere in there,

716
00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:09,080
Speaker 2: which I guess like it should be like that you're

717
00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:11,160
Speaker 2: hosting the city, you're the hosting city.

718
00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:14,080
Speaker 1: The same thing happened with the Golden State Warriors in

719
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:17,960
Speaker 1: San Francis. Buddy Healed was in the three point contest.

720
00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:19,560
Speaker 1: That wouldn't happen anywhere else.

721
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:21,280
Speaker 3: Like, no, this is true.

722
00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:24,280
Speaker 2: Four Fever players are on the top ten, Caitlyn Clark

723
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:28,160
Speaker 2: at one, Eliah Boston third, Kelsey Mitchell seventh, and Lexi

724
00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:33,600
Speaker 2: Hole at nine. So if y'all want anybody on your

725
00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:37,080
Speaker 2: favorite team to make this list doesn't mean that they're

726
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:40,280
Speaker 2: going to be an All Star, but as a player,

727
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:44,440
Speaker 2: it probably feels amazing to see your name on that

728
00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:48,160
Speaker 2: list for the fan voting, Like we can be happy

729
00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:50,200
Speaker 2: for them for that, even though you can think that

730
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:53,080
Speaker 2: they should be an All Star or amazar. But I'm like,

731
00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:56,279
Speaker 2: how amazing was it probably for Lexi Hole to wake

732
00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:58,440
Speaker 2: up and be like, oh, I'm top ten and fan

733
00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:01,600
Speaker 2: voting for All Star because she works hard, She's in

734
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:05,359
Speaker 2: the WNBA for a reason, Like that's if she wants.

735
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:06,840
Speaker 3: If her fans want to put her in.

736
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:08,719
Speaker 2: The All Star Game, then they have every right to

737
00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:10,680
Speaker 2: do that, and she has every right to be happy

738
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:12,759
Speaker 2: for her, and it's beautiful and everyone else should be

739
00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:15,359
Speaker 2: happy for her as well, Like, I don't know why

740
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:16,560
Speaker 2: that's so hard for people to do.

741
00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:18,960
Speaker 1: Caitlyn Clark is bringing a lot of fans to the

742
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:21,160
Speaker 1: league and she's doing incredible and she deserves it because

743
00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:22,879
Speaker 1: she's an amazing player. We just talked about her rookie

744
00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:24,400
Speaker 1: year and how high stakes it was and how she

745
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:25,080
Speaker 1: lived up to.

746
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:26,319
Speaker 4: All of those expectations.

747
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:28,440
Speaker 1: But I think it's important to put in perspective that

748
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:31,839
Speaker 1: the growth of the league. Outside of her, it has

749
00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:35,240
Speaker 1: just like spread to everyone on her team, like her teammates,

750
00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:37,799
Speaker 1: Like you said, Luxy Hole getting to see her her

751
00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:41,920
Speaker 1: name in top ten All Star voting, Fee getting double

752
00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:44,840
Speaker 1: the votes that there were in twenty twenty three total.

753
00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:49,719
Speaker 1: Like everybody is really rising right now, and it's just

754
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:52,920
Speaker 1: so special to see and shout out the Fee being second.

755
00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:56,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, shout out, hey, she's that girl. She is And

756
00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:56,520
Speaker 3: I was.

757
00:35:56,480 --> 00:36:01,480
Speaker 2: Just like everybody across the league, like you said, is elevating,

758
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:06,480
Speaker 2: whether that's on the court, off the court, Like there

759
00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:08,960
Speaker 2: are hobbies outside of basketball.

760
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:10,160
Speaker 3: What they're doing in the community.

761
00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:13,799
Speaker 2: Like there's so many positive things that everybody is doing

762
00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:16,480
Speaker 2: that is outside of the realms of a forty minute game.

763
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:19,680
Speaker 2: And I think that needs to be appreciated more. That

764
00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:21,560
Speaker 2: needs to be celebrated more, and that needs to be

765
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:24,399
Speaker 2: embraced more, because there is so many layers to being

766
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:28,640
Speaker 2: in a professional athlete outside of showing up for games

767
00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:32,479
Speaker 2: and playing at a high level three to four times

768
00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:35,439
Speaker 2: a week. Like that is obviously a very important thing,

769
00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:38,960
Speaker 2: but for athletes, sometimes things that go on in the

770
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,520
Speaker 2: game are absolutely outside of your control.

771
00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:43,560
Speaker 3: But how do you show up every day as your

772
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:45,200
Speaker 3: best self, how do you show up to be a

773
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:46,719
Speaker 3: good teammate, how do you show up to be a

774
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:48,279
Speaker 3: good role model, how do you show up to.

775
00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:50,719
Speaker 2: Be a good member of the community. Like, those are

776
00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:54,640
Speaker 2: things that we can control. So I think everything that's

777
00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:56,600
Speaker 2: going on in the league right now, even though some

778
00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:58,239
Speaker 2: of it is a little messy, some of it can

779
00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:02,000
Speaker 2: be a little spicy, overall, the league is growing and

780
00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:05,640
Speaker 2: that's like exactly what we need, especially heading into these

781
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:09,760
Speaker 2: CBA negotiations, which actually we could talk about that briefly

782
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:12,480
Speaker 2: because there's been a lot of messaging out as of

783
00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:15,360
Speaker 2: late about the CBA negotiations.

784
00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:18,080
Speaker 3: And we had our whole episode with Terry, who's the

785
00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:19,320
Speaker 3: head of our players Association.

786
00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:21,800
Speaker 2: So if you guys want to go take a deep

787
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:25,560
Speaker 2: dive into what the CBA is, what our renegotiation period is,

788
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:28,919
Speaker 2: all that kind of stuff, y'all can go tune into

789
00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:32,160
Speaker 2: that episode that we did months ago called Power to

790
00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:32,680
Speaker 2: the Players.

791
00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:34,759
Speaker 3: It was an amazing episode. I'm so glad that we

792
00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:35,080
Speaker 3: did it.

793
00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:39,000
Speaker 2: But some of the messaging that you guys have been seeing,

794
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:44,239
Speaker 2: I will like summarize it simply to this is that

795
00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:48,040
Speaker 2: our salaries do not rise with the revenue of the league,

796
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:50,840
Speaker 2: and that's as.

797
00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:51,920
Speaker 3: Simple as I can put it.

798
00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:56,400
Speaker 2: Our Players Association Instagram has it all broken down in

799
00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:59,200
Speaker 2: more detail. Like I said, we already went into this

800
00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:02,759
Speaker 2: our episode with Harry, But at the end of the day,

801
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:07,160
Speaker 2: what we want as players is our salaries to rise

802
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:10,239
Speaker 2: with the value of the league. So one of our

803
00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:12,680
Speaker 2: biggest issues right now is just having that really hard

804
00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:18,000
Speaker 2: salary cap that does not move. Whether the league makes

805
00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:21,439
Speaker 2: one hundred million dollars more or fifty million dollars more,

806
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:24,600
Speaker 2: it doesn't matter. Our salary cap is our salary cap,

807
00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:27,319
Speaker 2: and that's something that we are really fighting hard on.

808
00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:29,880
Speaker 2: Is something we want a bigger share of the pie,

809
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:31,520
Speaker 2: and we want to be able to grow.

810
00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:31,880
Speaker 3: With the league.

811
00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,239
Speaker 2: And I think that's something that is really important for

812
00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:37,040
Speaker 2: people to understand. And I think it's also important to

813
00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:39,080
Speaker 2: just keep it in the realms of like the WNBA.

814
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:41,160
Speaker 2: I know that there's always like, well, the men do

815
00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:42,719
Speaker 2: it this way, the men do it that way. But

816
00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:45,879
Speaker 2: then I think when you bring that into the conversation

817
00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:49,440
Speaker 2: and the conversation goes somewhere else that has nothing to

818
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:50,600
Speaker 2: do with what we're asking for.

819
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:53,640
Speaker 3: What we want. We want our salaries to grow the

820
00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:54,960
Speaker 3: same way the league is growing.

821
00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:58,120
Speaker 2: So again, y'all want to hear more about the CBA,

822
00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:01,239
Speaker 2: go tune into our episode, head to the players Association

823
00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:04,719
Speaker 2: Instagram website. There's so much messaging out right now. A

824
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:08,000
Speaker 2: lot of players have been sharing, there's been interviews about it.

825
00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:11,080
Speaker 2: So if you guys really genuinely care, there's so much

826
00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:14,120
Speaker 2: information out. If you want to support us, keep showing

827
00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:17,400
Speaker 2: up to games by league, pass by jerseys by merch,

828
00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:21,239
Speaker 2: go eat at the games, bring your friends, drink, have

829
00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:24,560
Speaker 2: a blast. Okay, do everything that you want. Just bring

830
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:27,960
Speaker 2: your ass to the games. Okay, that's my CBA talk.

831
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,200
Speaker 1: One thing I want to highlight that I learned from

832
00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:36,080
Speaker 1: our episode with Terry is that comparing the WCBA to

833
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:40,040
Speaker 1: other leagues is harmful because part of the issue, and

834
00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:41,719
Speaker 1: part of the things that you guys are still trying

835
00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:44,719
Speaker 1: to address about the CBA is the fact that at

836
00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:47,240
Speaker 1: the beginning of the league, it was just a copy

837
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:50,319
Speaker 1: and paste of the men's leagues CBA, and it is.

838
00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:51,359
Speaker 4: A completely different league.

839
00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:53,279
Speaker 1: Because it's a completely different game, and because you guys

840
00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:55,520
Speaker 1: are women, there are things in the CBA that need

841
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:58,040
Speaker 1: to be added and addressed that they would never think

842
00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:01,880
Speaker 1: of on that side. So comparing it to their CBA,

843
00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:04,280
Speaker 1: or comparing what's going on in the w to comparing

844
00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:07,160
Speaker 1: what's going on in the NBA is so harmful to

845
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:10,960
Speaker 1: any negotiations that are happening, in any conversations that are happening,

846
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:14,279
Speaker 1: because the whole point of these negotiations what Lexi and

847
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:16,680
Speaker 1: what's Harry, what they're meeting about and talking about, are

848
00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:20,319
Speaker 1: separating the CBA from the men's CBA. So it's not

849
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,000
Speaker 1: supposed to be the same. It's not similar. They're not

850
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:24,080
Speaker 1: asking for it to be the same. They're just asking

851
00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:25,719
Speaker 1: for what they deserve. You heard me at the top

852
00:40:25,719 --> 00:40:29,920
Speaker 1: of the episode speaking about the value of these teams

853
00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:34,520
Speaker 1: increasing and the revenue increasing. The players are the products,

854
00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:36,359
Speaker 1: and so they deserve a piece of the pie.

855
00:40:36,520 --> 00:40:37,520
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's all.

856
00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:40,200
Speaker 3: That's all. It's simple, and it's business.

857
00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:42,640
Speaker 1: And if the pie turns from a medium pie to

858
00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:44,279
Speaker 1: a large pie, then I want a large size.

859
00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:48,120
Speaker 2: If it was a cupcake before and now it's a

860
00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:51,720
Speaker 2: sheet cake, I want more of the sheet case. Okay,

861
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:54,640
Speaker 2: we already we've been sharing a cupcake. We've been sharing

862
00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:57,239
Speaker 2: cupcakes for too long. Now we got a big old

863
00:40:57,520 --> 00:40:58,480
Speaker 2: cupcake is killing me.

864
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:01,160
Speaker 3: I'm fucking weak.

865
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:07,000
Speaker 1: Well to end this very positive episode, Lexi, let's give

866
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:09,000
Speaker 1: our flowers. Lexie, who do you want to give your

867
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:09,760
Speaker 1: flowers to today?

868
00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:14,040
Speaker 2: I want to give my flowers to Courtney Williams and

869
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:18,680
Speaker 2: Natisha Heideman aka the stud Buds, because.

870
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:22,360
Speaker 3: What they are doing with their.

871
00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:27,160
Speaker 2: Live streams is amazing and it's hilarious and I've never

872
00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:31,200
Speaker 2: seen athletes do that before. They are streaming multiple times

873
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:34,879
Speaker 2: a week and they're just sitting around chopping it up,

874
00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:38,399
Speaker 2: and sometimes they have other players hop on and it's

875
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:40,640
Speaker 2: just like good vibes. Like I've been on a team

876
00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:43,520
Speaker 2: with Courtney Williams, Like she's such an adupe human being

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Speaker 2: and she's funny as shit. So for her to be

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Speaker 2: herself and make jokes and just keep everything really light, like,

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Speaker 2: I really love that for them. So shout out to

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Speaker 2: shout out to the stud Buds. I want to give

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Speaker 2: them their flowers because I love seeing other players doing

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Speaker 2: stuff like podcasting and streaming, like I think it's all

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Speaker 2: it's so amazing. And again, basketball is our job, guys,

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Speaker 2: Like it's just work.

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Speaker 3: We clock in, clock out, put the work in.

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Speaker 2: But there's twenty four hours in a day, and I

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Speaker 2: love seeing people and players utilize their twenty four hours because.

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Speaker 3: Twenty four hours is a long time, guys.

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Speaker 2: So shout out to the study is what they're doing

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Speaker 2: is great, it's amazing, it's hilarious.

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Speaker 3: So I want to give my flowers to them.

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Speaker 1: I want to give my flowers to you, Lexi, because

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Speaker 1: I'm wishing you a speedy recovery from the procedure and

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Speaker 1: with everything going on, and we love you so much

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Speaker 1: and we know you always come back stronger than ever.

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Speaker 1: And nobody knows how much it takes to be a

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Speaker 1: pro athlete and what you put into this, and like

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Speaker 1: how much you're growing every single day and how hard

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Speaker 1: you work at it.

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Speaker 4: So flowers to you, virtual thank you.

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Speaker 3: That made my day. I really needed that, I really did,

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Speaker 3: so guys.

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Speaker 2: I hope you guys enjoyed this massively positive episode. It's

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Speaker 2: something that I absolutely needed and I hope that this

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Speaker 2: makes y'all's week and makesy'all excited for the games coming

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Speaker 2: up this week and weekend. So thank you for tuning

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Speaker 2: in to another episode of Full Circle Podcast.

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Speaker 3: We will see y'all next week.

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Speaker 1: Bye, thanks for listening to full Circle. We'll be back

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Speaker 1: next week with more basketball for the Girls, by the girls.

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Speaker 3: We want to hear from you.

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Speaker 1: Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, and tell us

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Speaker 1: what you want us to talk about. Full Circle is

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Speaker 1: hosted by Lexi Brown and Mariah Rose. Our executive producer

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Speaker 1: is Jesse Katz. Our supervising producer is Grace Fuse. Our

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Speaker 1: producer is Zoe Dankla. Listen to Full Circle on America's

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