Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we're talking
Speaker 1: three hundred days of sunshine, two hundred parks, one hundred
Speaker 1: and fifty breweries, and a lot of ways to get
Speaker 1: high in those nearby mountains. Of course, we're already planning
Speaker 1: our trip to see the newest NWSL team in Denver.
Speaker 1: It's Friday, January thirty first, and on today's show, we'll
Speaker 1: be talking with Christina Williams, women's basketball insider and host
Speaker 1: of In Case you missed It, With Christina Williams right
Speaker 1: here at Iheartwomen's Sports, we'll talk about the chaos that
Speaker 1: is WNBA free agency, get her takes on the biggest moves,
Speaker 1: and her prediction for the next big free agent to sign. Plus,
Speaker 1: the tempo is speeding up, the TEMVP is staying in Kansas,
Speaker 1: and my city gets a good one back. It's all
Speaker 1: coming up right after this Happy Friday slices. Here's what
Speaker 1: you need to know today in WNBA news, Courtney Vat
Speaker 1: maybe headed back to the place her pro career started.
Speaker 1: Sources tell the Chicago Sun Times Danny Costable that the
Speaker 1: fourteen year vet is poised to rejoin the Chicago Sky
Speaker 1: after she helped the New York Liberty to the franchise's
Speaker 1: first WNBA championship last season. Now, no deal can officially
Speaker 1: be signed till tomorrow, but Vandersuit has already changed her
Speaker 1: very brief Instagram bio to read Chicago Sky. The five
Speaker 1: time All Star was drafted third overall by Chicago in
Speaker 1: twenty eleven. She played her first twelve seasons here in
Speaker 1: My City and help lead the franchise to its first
Speaker 1: WNBA title in twenty twenty one, alongside Candice Parker and
Speaker 1: Kalia Copper. But you might know neither of those two
Speaker 1: gals are still in Chicago. The roster she's joining is
Speaker 1: entirely different from the one she last played with in
Speaker 1: Chicago in twenty twenty two. There's a new GM, a
Speaker 1: new head coach, and some young, hungry post players like
Speaker 1: Angel Reese and Camila Cardoso who do stand to benefit
Speaker 1: from the play of a strong veteran point guard.
Speaker 2: So this is a very intriguing move.
Speaker 1: Plus who knows, maybe we'll have a sighting of Court's
Speaker 1: wifey and three point assassin Ali Quid. Feels like she
Speaker 1: straight up irish Goodbye.
Speaker 2: The league, but you never know. More.
Speaker 1: WNBA News the Toronto Tempo expansion team, set to begin
Speaker 1: play in twenty twenty six, has hired Monica Wright Rogers
Speaker 1: as its first ever general manager. Rogers has been the
Speaker 1: Phoenix Mercury's assistant GM since January of twenty twenty three,
Speaker 1: and prior to that, she held various coaching and staff
Speaker 1: roles at the women's college level as well as in
Speaker 1: the MNBA League office.
Speaker 2: Rogers was also a two.
Speaker 1: Time champ with the Minnesota Links during her playing career,
Speaker 1: playing seven seasons total, and most importantly, she's a legend
Speaker 1: out of Forest Park High School in Prince William County, Virginia,
Speaker 1: the very same county where meche Cross people up in
Speaker 1: high school ball. More WNBA news, a Nashville group is
Speaker 1: putting in a bid for a WNBA team with a
Speaker 1: name that's tough to top. The chairman of the NHL's
Speaker 1: Nashville Predators and his wife have teamed up with a
Speaker 1: celeb filled investor group including Kandas Parker, Hall of Fame
Speaker 1: QB Peyton Manning and Tim McGraw and Faith Hill to
Speaker 1: pitch for a franchise that would start playing in twenty
Speaker 1: twenty eight and be named the Tennessee's Summit in honor
Speaker 1: of the late Pat Summit. Y'all, that's so good and
Speaker 1: I will take any excuse to get down to Nashville,
Speaker 1: So go ahead and put that one through. W We're
Speaker 1: all in to softball and Athletes Unlimited where. The draft
Speaker 1: for the inaugural AU Softball League AKAAUSL took place on
Speaker 1: Wednesday night. The Bandits, Blaze, Talents, and Volts all filled
Speaker 1: their first twelve roster spots and in the next few
Speaker 1: months will round out their teams with one free agent
Speaker 1: signing and three picks from the AU College Draft in
Speaker 1: the spring. The first round of this draft was all pitchers.
Speaker 1: The Bandits selected Lexi Kilfoil first overall, then the Blaze
Speaker 1: picked Carly Hoover, the Talents took Megan Ferremo, and the
Speaker 1: Volts completed the round with Rachel Garcia. We'll link to
Speaker 1: the full draft results in our show notes. And one
Speaker 1: of the folks drafted to play in the upcoming season
Speaker 1: is utility player Maya Brady.
Speaker 2: Recognize that name.
Speaker 1: The Talents took her nineteenth overall in the fifth round
Speaker 1: of the draft. Brady's a lefty hitter and a menace
Speaker 1: at bat coming in with both skill and star power
Speaker 1: behind her name. The twenty three year olds a two
Speaker 1: time first team All American and PAC twelve Player of
Speaker 1: the Year and ranks second all time in home runs,
Speaker 1: runs betted, in total bases, and slugging percentage at UCLA,
Speaker 1: one of college softball's most consistently excellent programs, and she
Speaker 1: also happens to be the niece of NFL quarterback Tom
Speaker 1: Brady and former Major League Baseball All.
Speaker 2: Star Kevin Euclis.
Speaker 1: On to pro soccer, the NWSL has officially awarded Denver
Speaker 1: its sixteenth franchise. The club will begin play in twenty
Speaker 1: twenty six. This is big news for Denver women's sports fans,
Speaker 1: as the Colorado Explosion of the American Basketball Association, who
Speaker 1: played from ninety six to ninety eight, has been the
Speaker 1: only professional women's sports team to previously call Colorado home.
Speaker 1: The league chose Denver as its next expansion side partially
Speaker 1: due to the grassroots movement for Denver FC, a community
Speaker 1: initiative that's been involved since the early stages of Denver's
Speaker 1: pursuit of a pro women's soccer team, and of course,
Speaker 1: the one hundred and ten million dollar expansion fee that
Speaker 1: Denver was willing to play probably helped too that for
Speaker 1: Denver FC group was instrumental in getting members of the
Speaker 1: ownership group involved, like Rob Cohen, the chairman and CEO
Speaker 1: of IMA Financial Group. Cohen's also a founding member of
Speaker 1: the US Olympic and Paralympic Foundation and has been involved in.
Speaker 2: Denver sports for thirty years.
Speaker 1: His Denver Sports Commission has helped bring events like the
Speaker 1: Women's Final Four, Men's hockey Frozen Four, and various pro
Speaker 1: All Star games to the Denver area.
Speaker 2: But this will be his first time owning a team.
Speaker 2: He's got high hopes for the franchise.
Speaker 1: In the league's release, he said, quote, we believe that
Speaker 1: bringing NWSL to Denver will be impactful and transformative. Our
Speaker 1: goal is to work closely with Denver's diverse communities to
Speaker 1: build a club that will operate with integrity and excellence
Speaker 1: from day one. We look forward to collaborating with our
Speaker 1: community to make Denver NWSL an inclusive and special club
Speaker 1: that all of Colorado.
Speaker 2: Can rally behind. End quote.
Speaker 1: The club plans to build a new stadium and training
Speaker 1: facility for the team. Also worth noting that in the
Speaker 1: press conference announcing the Denver expansion team, NWSL Commissioner Jessica
Speaker 1: Berman hinted that way more NWSL expansion could be on
Speaker 1: the way. Quote the men's leagues that are in and
Speaker 1: around thirty teams, we see no reason we can't be
Speaker 1: that size end quote, which you know, I have a
Speaker 1: couple questions about that, but we'll save them for another time.
Speaker 1: More ONWSL twenty twenty four. NWSL MVP tem Wa Chiwenga
Speaker 1: agreed to a three year contract extension with the Kansas
Speaker 1: City Current this week. Stellar news for KC because Chiwenga
Speaker 1: lit up the league in her first NWSL season and
Speaker 1: scored twenty one goals, becoming the first player in league
Speaker 1: history to eclipse twenty in a season and winning her
Speaker 1: the Golden Boot. She also set a record streak of
Speaker 1: eight straight matches with a goal and put one in
Speaker 1: the back of the net against all thirteen NWSL teams
Speaker 1: in the regular season. Per a team press release, Tweinga said, quote,
Speaker 1: this year, we hope to bring the trophy home for
Speaker 1: the fans for KC. My team has been good to
Speaker 1: me and they treated me well last season. My teammates
Speaker 1: are kind, my coach is amazing and my KC community
Speaker 1: has been incredible all the support.
Speaker 2: It feels like home here.
Speaker 1: That's why I decided to extend my contract with the
Speaker 1: KC current end quote. Even more ONWSL, sisters Alyssa and
Speaker 1: Giselle Thompson have both agreed to contract extensions with Angel
Speaker 1: City FC through twenty twenty. Forward Alyssa signed a three
Speaker 1: year extension, while defender Giselle agreed to a two year deal.
Speaker 1: Alyssa's are thirteen caps for the US women's national team
Speaker 1: and was recently called up to the January national team camp.
Speaker 1: More soccer movement and signings. Per Tom Gary of The Guardian,
Speaker 1: Crystal Dunn is expected to have a physical with the
Speaker 1: French club Paris cen Jerman later this week. That news
Speaker 1: coming on the heels of the announcement that she's parting
Speaker 1: ways with Gotham. Also, Brazilian player Adriana is on the
Speaker 1: move after the Orlando Pride announced that it's transferred her
Speaker 1: to the Saudi Women's Premier League for a transfer feed
Speaker 1: that is among the top three in NWSL history.
Speaker 2: Now I didn't know that Saudi.
Speaker 1: Arabia had of women's Premier League, and now I have
Speaker 1: a few more questions that we'll also wait for another
Speaker 1: time to college Vibes, where it's the end of an era.
Speaker 1: On Wednesday, Nebraska volleyball coach John Cook announced he's retiring.
Speaker 1: During his twenty five seasons with the Cornhuskers, he led
Speaker 1: the team to four NCAA titles and a total of
Speaker 1: twelve Final Four appearances. Cook also helped Nebraska elevate the
Speaker 1: profile of women's volleyball. The team has sold out three
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty seven consecutive regular season home matches. That's
Speaker 1: a streak dating back to two thousand and one. Last year,
Speaker 1: the team set the women's sports record for biggest confirmed
Speaker 1: attendance when ninety two thousand and three fans attended an
Speaker 1: outdoor match between Nebraska and Omaha. Former Nebraska player and
Speaker 1: assistant coach Danny bus Boom Kelly, who's been the head
Speaker 1: coach at Louisville for the last eight seasons, is set
Speaker 1: to take over the Nebraska program.
Speaker 2: We got a lot of Caitlin Clark news this week.
Speaker 1: First ahead of her jersey retirement ceremony this weekend at Iowa.
Speaker 1: Clark and her foundation are given twenty two thousand dollars
Speaker 1: a piece to four Iowa organizations, the University of Iowa
Speaker 1: Children's Hospital, Coralville Community Food Pantry, Boys and Girls Club
Speaker 1: of the Corridor, and the East Central Region of Special
Speaker 1: Olympics Iowa. In a statement about the donations, Clark said
Speaker 1: it's important for her to be connected with the Iowa community.
Speaker 1: Quote one of my favorite things about Iowa City is
Speaker 1: the way the community is connected and how everyone supports
Speaker 1: each other end quote. Look At ahead to next month,
Speaker 1: there was some speculation that Clark might participate in the
Speaker 1: three point contest at MNBA All Star, just like Sabrina
Speaker 1: and Escu did last year, competing against Steph Curry, but
Speaker 1: Clark's representatives put an end to those rumors this week,
Speaker 1: telling ESPN that Clark wants her first three point contest
Speaker 1: to come at the WNBA All Star Weekend in Indianapolis
Speaker 1: this summer.
Speaker 2: While Clark is out, it is still possible that Yenescu
Speaker 2: will be in.
Speaker 1: She told the Associated Press this month that she'll be
Speaker 1: at the MNBA All Star Weekend, but declined to say
Speaker 1: whether she'll be taking part in any of the activities
Speaker 1: now worth noting that Ynescu is one of the six
Speaker 1: players not competing in the Unrivaled one on one tournament,
Speaker 1: which is the same weekend as MNBA All Star. You
Speaker 1: figure she wouldn't want to miss it unless she had
Speaker 1: a good reason.
Speaker 2: Keep you updated on that.
Speaker 1: Finally, one last piece of Caitlin Clark news. The Fever
Speaker 1: announced that they'll play a pre season exhibition game against
Speaker 1: the Brazilian national team at iowa's Carver Hawkeye Arena on
Speaker 1: May fourth, So Clark will be back playing in the
Speaker 1: arena that saw so many of her magical college moments.
Speaker 1: Very cool to unrivaled basketball. We've got action tonight at
Speaker 1: seven to fifteen pm Eastern Meish's ROSEBC takes on My
Speaker 1: Phantom BC, with both squads looking for win number two
Speaker 1: of the season. Then it's the battle of the unbeatens
Speaker 1: Lunar owls BC and Lace's BC playing at a fifteen
Speaker 1: Eastern or whenever the first game ends. You can catch
Speaker 1: both those games on TNT. Finally, Hockey News. The top
Speaker 1: fifteen college hockey teams in the country all hit the
Speaker 1: ice tonight, headlined by number one Wisconsin facing number six
Speaker 1: Minnesota Duluth and number two Ohio State playing number three Minnesota.
Speaker 1: Both of those get started at seven pm Eastern, and
Speaker 1: we'll link to tonight's full schedule of games in our
Speaker 1: show notes.
Speaker 2: Also shout out to the.
Speaker 1: Sixth rank Cornell squad, who just claimed its seventeenth Ivy
Speaker 1: League title LGR Plenty of p WHL action this weekend,
Speaker 1: including the league best Montreal Victoire visiting the New York
Speaker 1: Sirens on Sunday. Victoire Superstarbarrifeleet Poulan just netted a hat
Speaker 1: trick against Ottawa on Wednesday. She's the first p WHL
Speaker 1: player in history to score two hat tricks. We'll put
Speaker 1: the PWHL schedule in our show notes. We got to
Speaker 1: take a quick break when we come back. We caught
Speaker 1: up with Christina Williams yesterday to help us make of
Speaker 1: a wild WNBA free agency window, joining us now the
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Speaker 2: It's Christina Williams. What's up, Christina.
Speaker 3: Hey, Sarah's good to be back and I love that.
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Speaker 1: So much to talk about as this wild WNBA free
Speaker 1: agency stretch rolls on, I want to start by getting
Speaker 1: your reaction to the moves that have already been made
Speaker 1: before we look at how they might affect some of
Speaker 1: the big names that are still out there.
Speaker 2: So, Britney Griner to the Atlanta Dream eleven years her
Speaker 2: whole career in Phoenix, why do you think now was
Speaker 2: the time that she wanted to test free agency?
Speaker 3: I think that this move definitely maybe signals whether or
Speaker 3: not Diana Tarazzi plans on retiring after twenty plus seasons
Speaker 3: with the Phoenix Mercury. I think that it could be
Speaker 3: an end of an era for the Phoenix Mercury. So
Speaker 3: I think that now is the perfect time for a
Speaker 3: player like Britney Brinder to go out and explore something different.
Speaker 3: Heard I at least have heard that she wanted out
Speaker 3: of Phoenix back in twenty twenty one, prior to being
Speaker 3: detained in Russia, that she wanted to go play with
Speaker 3: Asian Wilson with the Las Vegas Aces, and that was
Speaker 3: one of the teams that she spoke to during this
Speaker 3: free agency period before ultimately landing with the Atlanta Dream.
Speaker 3: And so I think that is a good thing for
Speaker 3: the Atlanta Dream as well. They just fired to be sure,
Speaker 3: right in the off season they had a fifteen to
Speaker 3: twenty five record, And so I think that this is
Speaker 3: great for the end of the Dream to get a
Speaker 3: defensive anchor in Brittany Briner, who is thirty four years
Speaker 3: old but still has a lot left to give to
Speaker 3: the game. And so I think that this is a
Speaker 3: good fit for the Atlanta Dream to add an edition
Speaker 3: of Britney Brinder.
Speaker 1: Yeah, she's a ten time All Star, two time champ,
Speaker 1: eight time blocks later, and last year she still had
Speaker 1: really good stats. She was putting up numbers. But I'm
Speaker 1: curious about the fit in terms of style, slower paced
Speaker 1: from Grinder. She really relies on post ups. Do you
Speaker 1: think that's a fit with how the rest of this
Speaker 1: Atlanta team thrives.
Speaker 3: I mean, Carl, the coach who's newly highed, really said
Speaker 3: that he was looking for the outside game, the shooting
Speaker 3: but I think that she adds that defensive anchor when
Speaker 3: we talk about defending the paint. And obviously Brittany Grind
Speaker 3: is Britney Grind and she's gonna get a bucket word
Speaker 3: no matter where she is. But then she's surrounded by
Speaker 3: guards like Jordan Canada, Alisha Gray, and so I think
Speaker 3: that this is the perfect merits in terms of having
Speaker 3: versatility on the team and we talk about winning. She
Speaker 3: comes in with championship experience, She's won gold medals, she
Speaker 3: knows what it takes to win. So I think that
Speaker 3: having that veteran presence is much needed. I know last season,
Speaker 3: the Dream had Tina Charles on the team, and Tina
Speaker 3: Charles did a great job with helping them get to
Speaker 3: the playoffs. But I think that you want to get
Speaker 3: that extra push. I think that Brittany Grinder is the
Speaker 3: player that you bring in with those guards and Ryan Howard,
Speaker 3: she's next up in atl And so right now several
Speaker 3: of those players are in unrivaled in Miami, and so
Speaker 3: you know they're talking to each other, getting to know
Speaker 3: one another, and I think that it would be a great.
Speaker 1: Bit fishing together. As we saw in the video where
Speaker 1: Britney announced where she was headed. Okay Grinder out Alyssa
Speaker 1: Thomas in Thomas another superstar who spent her whole career
Speaker 1: in one place. She was drafted by New York but
Speaker 1: traded the same day to Connecticut. So she's been with
Speaker 1: the Sun since day one. Why the move for at?
Speaker 3: I think that when we talk about the Connecticut Sun
Speaker 3: and what the team has looked like this past six
Speaker 3: years for the Sun, I think that their window to
Speaker 3: winning a championship closed, and I think that that first
Speaker 3: Domino started with John Paul Jones going to the New
Speaker 3: York Liberty when she was a free agent. And you know,
Speaker 3: if you're to wanna bonn her, Alyssa Thomas, even Brianna Jones,
Speaker 3: you're looking at that like man, she left somewhere else
Speaker 3: and won. And so I think that because that window
Speaker 3: to winning a championship closed, Stephanie White is now coaching
Speaker 3: with the Indiana Fever. I think it's time to break
Speaker 3: up the court and see what they can do and
Speaker 3: how they can contribute on other teams. I think that
Speaker 3: one thing is important to note that as of today,
Speaker 3: there's no official trade that has been made that can't
Speaker 3: happen until Saturday on February one, And so once that
Speaker 3: trade is completed, Natasha Cloud, Rebecca Allen and that number
Speaker 3: twelve pick is expected to be going to Connecticut. And
Speaker 3: then Ty Harris is also included in that Elisa Thomas trade.
Speaker 3: So if that trade were to be completed, I think
Speaker 3: that it makes Connecticut better. They get a championship point guarded,
Speaker 3: Natasha Cloud, a three and D shooter, and Rebecca Allen
Speaker 3: and the number twelve foot pick if they're looking to rebuild.
Speaker 3: But then you look at the you look at the
Speaker 3: Phoenix Mercury. Zawana Bonner is also a free agent tea
Speaker 3: made a Melissa Thomas her fiance. She's played with the
Speaker 3: Mercury in twenty fourteen, won a championship with that team,
Speaker 3: and this past season, if you all were paying attention,
Speaker 3: Phoenix Mercury honored that twenty fourteen championship team and Juana
Speaker 3: Barner was present for that and she talked about what
Speaker 3: it was like playing with Diana Torossi. So whether Diana's
Speaker 3: Rossie looks to close the chapter, she comes back another
Speaker 3: season and want to play with Dowana Bonner and try
Speaker 3: to make another run for it. I think it'll be
Speaker 3: interesting to pay attention to. But I think that this
Speaker 3: trait is good for a Listen. We saw how vocal
Speaker 3: she was in the off season about wanting a play
Speaker 3: for an organization that invest in their athletes. We see
Speaker 3: what Phoenix has done with their facilities that has been
Speaker 3: a big talking point for free agents in this offseason.
Speaker 3: Go into teams where they invest in their athletes. So
Speaker 3: I think that she'll be happy to be with Khalia Copper,
Speaker 3: who was also down unrivaled as well and pitching you
Speaker 3: know why why players should come to Phoenix, And I
Speaker 3: think that'll be a good next chapter for Alyssa.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we kind of joke about it, but that whole
Speaker 1: playing in a rec center and practicing next to kids,
Speaker 1: you know, birthday parties might be something that Connecticut needs
Speaker 1: to look into as these players get spoiled and unrivaled
Speaker 1: and see what's going on in these places that have
Speaker 1: the newer facilities.
Speaker 2: You know, it's interesting.
Speaker 1: I've seen a lot of people grade Connectic get high
Speaker 1: on this trade and it feels like you're losing Alyssa
Speaker 1: Thomas and probably Dewanna Bonner as well. Like, is that
Speaker 1: just more of a grading on a curve of like,
Speaker 1: if you're going to lose those people, at least do
Speaker 1: you get this talent and an opportunity to build, Because
Speaker 1: to me, it feels like that's a loss. That's a loss,
Speaker 1: like you're losing to one, probably two of these greats.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean Alyssa Thomas has been an MVP type
Speaker 3: candidate player for the last few seasons of her career
Speaker 3: in Connecticut. This is someone who has helped lead Connecticut
Speaker 3: to the semifinals multiple times, two finals. They have two
Speaker 3: trips to the finals her tenure with the Connecticut son
Speaker 3: And so I think that, yes, it's a huge loss.
Speaker 3: She's one of the star players of that franchise. Fans
Speaker 3: loved Alyssa Thomas and what she was able to bring
Speaker 3: to the franchise these several seasons. So I think that
Speaker 3: it is a huge loss. But then you gained so
Speaker 3: much in having Natasha Cloud. She won a championship in
Speaker 3: twenty nineteen. Rebecca Allen is a hooper, like very good
Speaker 3: asset when you talk about getting a player who likes
Speaker 3: to shoot threes and play deep, and it's good on
Speaker 3: both sides of the ball. So I think that Connecticut
Speaker 3: if they are rebuilding. I mean, they get two good
Speaker 3: cornerstone players with experience with better experience, but I think
Speaker 3: it is a huge loss for the Connecticut side. I
Speaker 3: do also want to note that some of the things
Speaker 3: that I've been hearing regarding the Natasha Cloud situation, I
Speaker 3: spoke to multiple people in around the league that said
Speaker 3: that it could be possible that maybe it's not done
Speaker 3: yet and there's a possibility that maybe she could be
Speaker 3: traded to another team once this is complete. And I'm
Speaker 3: told that, you know, there isn't a grace period for
Speaker 3: when players are traded from another team. They can be
Speaker 3: traded again immediately, they just can't be traded back to
Speaker 3: the team that they came from.
Speaker 2: That's interesting.
Speaker 1: We felt for Tosh because she posted that video like
Speaker 1: hyping up the facilities, saying she'd never want to leave,
Speaker 1: and as of now, the story is that she's headed
Speaker 1: to Knedicut. But that's interesting that there might be another
Speaker 1: move still yet to come. If this trade goes through
Speaker 1: as is, the Mercury will have just five players under
Speaker 1: common track. They'll have to rely on free agency and
Speaker 1: look around to get some people to come for those
Speaker 1: final six roster spots. It's a great get to get
Speaker 1: Alissa and sounds like maybe Duana's part of the deal.
Speaker 1: But that's a lot of leaving that depth of the
Speaker 1: roster open for them.
Speaker 3: I mean, there's still a lot of big names on
Speaker 3: the free agency market. There are rumors that Sasu Sabili
Speaker 3: has made Phoenix one of her top two choices, and
Speaker 3: I know as of today there are a lot of
Speaker 3: teams waiting to see where she will go for determining
Speaker 3: what moves they will make. And so it was reported
Speaker 3: that Satsu Soabile has listed Phoenix and New York is
Speaker 3: her top two choices, and so I think that teams
Speaker 3: kind of are like holding out to see where she
Speaker 3: goes before other moves are made. And then also we
Speaker 3: were hearing that Maisha heinz Allen, who helped the Minnesota
Speaker 3: Links when she was traded in the second half of
Speaker 3: last season get to the finals, that she's also interested
Speaker 3: in Phoenix and Christy Tolliver is an assistant coach and
Speaker 3: that team she's played with mayshis so that kind of
Speaker 3: makes sense that she would be interested in going there.
Speaker 3: But it's a huge attraction free agents, right because they
Speaker 3: have the facilities and resources. They have stars like Kullia
Speaker 3: Copper already signed, with rumors of Elisa Thomas being traded
Speaker 3: to the Phoenix Mercury, so they're definitely looking to rebuild.
Speaker 3: But they're adding a lot of veteran players who have
Speaker 3: experienced and who can help a team win now. So
Speaker 3: I think that that's what's attracting free agents to Phoenix.
Speaker 1: We're all loving seeing the photoshop pop back up of
Speaker 1: Dowanna and Alyssa with dj A Carrington as their little
Speaker 1: baby swaddled in a blanket. Djna is a free agent,
Speaker 1: brie Jones is a free agent. Is there any chance
Speaker 1: there on the move and they won't actually be part
Speaker 1: of this Sun build?
Speaker 3: Well, the difference between contracts. Brianna Jones is actually an
Speaker 3: understricted free agent, so she's allowed to talk to any
Speaker 3: team that she wants during this period. Djna is a
Speaker 3: reserved free agent, so you know, if she decides to
Speaker 3: talk to other teams or if she's interested in signing
Speaker 3: to one of those teams. Obviously, Connecticut has the first
Speaker 3: rights and they can make match any offer, and from
Speaker 3: what I know, has met with the Chicago's guy as
Speaker 3: one of the potential teams that is interested in talking
Speaker 3: to her, and she's definitely made her case throughout the
Speaker 3: last season for attracting many different teams. And so I mean,
Speaker 3: we'll see what happens and keep our eyes close to
Speaker 3: what happens with djmkre.
Speaker 2: S breaking up a happy family. Let's talk Kelsey Plumb
Speaker 2: in LA.
Speaker 1: She is obviously a great get, but this speeds up
Speaker 1: their rebuild instead of looking to the future. If they
Speaker 1: had kept that number two draft pick and gotten someone
Speaker 1: like Olivia Miles from Notre Dame joining their young talent
Speaker 1: in Cameron Brink and Rakia Jackson, that's a totally different
Speaker 1: outlook for the next couple of years than getting someone
Speaker 1: like Kelsey who's still probably peak or about to be
Speaker 1: a little bit out of peak.
Speaker 2: Do you like this movie?
Speaker 1: Would you prefer that they would have stuck with a
Speaker 1: slower built.
Speaker 3: I absolutely like this move for the Los Angeles Sparks.
Speaker 3: And so when we think about them giving up the
Speaker 3: number two pick, when I think about the lottery in
Speaker 3: twenty twenty six, it's based off a two year record
Speaker 3: losing records. So the Sparks had, I mean last season
Speaker 3: they had they finished eight and thirty two, not saying
Speaker 3: that they will have a losing record this upcoming season,
Speaker 3: but they'll most likely still be in the lottery, I
Speaker 3: think in twenty twenty six. But I think that she
Speaker 3: adds that veteran presence at the guard position that's needed.
Speaker 3: You have Cameron Brink who will be coming back off
Speaker 3: of an injury, for Kia Jackson, who definitely plays so
Speaker 3: well in her rookie season, into Yerka Handy. This is
Speaker 3: a very solid starting lineup I think for the Los
Speaker 3: Angeles Sparks. It was rumored that Kelsey Plumb actually wanted
Speaker 3: to go to the Sparks. That was her first choice
Speaker 3: in terms of teams she wanted to play for. She
Speaker 3: wasn't pushed out by the Las Vegas Aces, just wanted
Speaker 3: a fresh start, And to my understanding, I've heard from
Speaker 3: multiple people that she's planning to stay there beyond twenty
Speaker 3: twenty five, so we.
Speaker 1: Know that just a one year deal, So that'd be
Speaker 1: good for them if she plans to stay and be
Speaker 1: a part of it. As they and honestly, they've been
Speaker 1: losing a lot, you almost can't blame them for wanting
Speaker 1: to go and get a big name player that's going
Speaker 1: to help them win some games now, instead of continuing
Speaker 1: to be on this slower path towards using their young
Speaker 1: stars and getting better.
Speaker 2: Same deal sent Jewel Lloyd to Vegas.
Speaker 1: I've been finding it fascinating watching a bunch of analysts
Speaker 1: seem to be torn on whether Lloyd is an upgrade,
Speaker 1: a downgrade, or a sort of apples to Apple's replacement
Speaker 1: for Plumb when it comes to talent, Where do you
Speaker 1: fall in that argument?
Speaker 3: Oh, that's a good question, Sarah. You put me on
Speaker 3: the spot. I mean, Jewel Lloyd is ju Loyd. She's
Speaker 3: won multiple championships with the Seattle Storm. She held a
Speaker 3: scoring record in twenty twenty three. I think that we
Speaker 3: can't judge her based off her twenty twenty four season,
Speaker 3: but I do think that the writing was on the
Speaker 3: wall in terms of her tenure with Seattle after the
Speaker 3: reports of alleging the harassment and bullying from the coaching staff.
Speaker 3: I think that once that happened, it was clear that
Speaker 3: she did not want to stay there and wanted to
Speaker 3: start fresh. And I had heard that Jewel Lloyd wanted
Speaker 3: to play with the Aces as early as twenty twenty one.
Speaker 3: I remember a free agency hearing that, and so it's
Speaker 3: good to see her team up again with her Team
Speaker 3: USA teammates and Asia Wilson, Jackie Young and Chelsea Gray. Again,
Speaker 3: a lot of these teams and free agents are looking
Speaker 3: at veteran players. We see that pattern happening throughout all
Speaker 3: of these signings and trades. The teams want to get
Speaker 3: players with experience, and so I think that if you
Speaker 3: add a player like Juloyd to the two time champions
Speaker 3: in the Las Vegas Aces, it makes them stronger. I
Speaker 3: think I think that is definitely an upgrade for sure. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I mean, it is so hard to judge a player
Speaker 1: solely about the situation that they're in her numbers last
Speaker 1: year trying to fit in with neck Ogoo, McKay and Skyler,
Speaker 1: Digg and Smith.
Speaker 2: We're kind of misleading to me.
Speaker 1: She was also unhappy, So I'm not looking at last
Speaker 1: year and saying that's who Jewel Lloyd is. I'm a
Speaker 1: big Jewellloyd fan. I think she's a super talented player.
Speaker 1: So I was surprised by those who thought it was
Speaker 1: a big downgrade from Kelsey. There are differences, for sure,
Speaker 1: but I think you could argue sometimes that Jewel is
Speaker 1: a better player and brings more to the table, so
Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see how they both operate in
Speaker 1: their new teams. What are the Seattle Storms chances to
Speaker 1: get pagebackers. We know that they got the number two
Speaker 1: pick in the deal. Dallas Wings have the number one
Speaker 1: pick that everyone presumes we'll go to pay.
Speaker 2: But there's this scenario out there.
Speaker 1: Where people see Page threatening to go back for an
Speaker 1: eleventieth year of college instead of having to go to Dallas,
Speaker 1: and if Dallas knows that they might lose her if
Speaker 1: they believe that bluff, which would feel like a bluff
Speaker 1: at this point, no one really thinks Page wants to
Speaker 1: go back again. But if they believe that bluff, they
Speaker 1: could get the Storm's number two pick and some assets
Speaker 1: from them to get the second best player, probably Olivia
Speaker 1: Miles as opposed to losing out. What are the real
Speaker 1: chances of that happening? Because it feels like the Storm
Speaker 1: would be a good landing place for Page with the
Speaker 1: new facilities, with the ties to super Bird with teammate
Speaker 1: Nika Mule.
Speaker 3: So that's a very interesting question, and I just want
Speaker 3: to know where that room was starting a Page not
Speaker 3: wanting to go to Dallas, had.
Speaker 2: I think we all just decided it for her.
Speaker 1: Literally, I think like the world was like, ah, we
Speaker 1: would rather that she went to the Spark, So we're
Speaker 1: sad about this.
Speaker 2: Oh the Storm, that's better, let's go there, right.
Speaker 3: So it's very interesting because I don't see any scenarios
Speaker 3: where the Dallas Wings would want to give up the
Speaker 3: number one pick, right. And I think that when it
Speaker 3: comes to the w NBA Draft and you look at
Speaker 3: the salary for the rookie scale contracts, it's very different
Speaker 3: from the NBA in a sense of there's not a
Speaker 3: real incentive for going one, two, three, or four in
Speaker 3: terms of the difference of money that you will make.
Speaker 3: And so I think that teams. I had Chris Coklanis
Speaker 3: on my show recently and he talked about drafting the
Speaker 3: best available player versus, you know, just maybe a top
Speaker 3: player that people think should go number one. So I
Speaker 3: think that teams will do what's best for them when
Speaker 3: it comes to this year's draft, And so maybe Dallas
Speaker 3: won't even choose her number one and she'll still be
Speaker 3: available at two.
Speaker 2: That would be wild. It would by the way.
Speaker 1: Chris crow klan as the head coach of the Dallas
Speaker 1: Wings just named this offseason for those who don't remember.
Speaker 3: It would be But I think that, you know, like
Speaker 3: I said, there isn't a real incentive of whether you're one, two, three,
Speaker 3: or four in the WNBA draft as of now until
Speaker 3: maybe the new CPA comes.
Speaker 1: Right, But it still feels like, I don't know, for
Speaker 1: a franchise as great as Olivia Miles is, and maybe
Speaker 1: they see a higher upside to her or someone else,
Speaker 1: but the amount of eyeballs, attention, merch tickets like Page
Speaker 1: brings with her. I just went to see Page against
Speaker 1: Apaul here in Chicago this week, and we're nowhere near Connecticut,
Speaker 1: and the number of Jerseys shirts, flags, posters, an entire
Speaker 1: section of people waiting after the game just to get
Speaker 1: to talk to Paige like that kind of impact is
Speaker 1: hard to turn away from.
Speaker 3: Absolutely, Paige is no doubt going to be a generational
Speaker 3: player in the WNBA. And I'm not saying that the
Speaker 3: Dallas Wings well draft her. They're not interested in drafting her.
Speaker 3: I'm just trying to figure out where the rooms started
Speaker 3: that she did not want to play for Dallas. We
Speaker 3: haven't heard that come out of her mouth, at least
Speaker 3: not yet. I haven't heard it come from any of
Speaker 3: her camps or reps, because she doesn't want to play
Speaker 3: for Dallas. But I think it makes the most sense
Speaker 3: when we think about the fandomber around the WNBA and
Speaker 3: the story of her possibly going to Seattle and playing now.
Speaker 3: I think that Kurt Miller, who is currently the general
Speaker 3: manager of the Dallas Wings, he's going to do what's
Speaker 3: best for the franchise. And if they lose that too Sobbly, obviously,
Speaker 3: that's going to take a huge blok for them in
Speaker 3: free agency. And I just think about what they want
Speaker 3: to do in terms of the strategy Iriqab. She's gonna
Speaker 3: need someone to play alongside her, and I think that
Speaker 3: a star like Page Beckers would be a good fit.
Speaker 3: But I think fans are locked in wanting to hear
Speaker 3: her play on a West coast. I get it, I
Speaker 3: get it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, all right.
Speaker 1: Courtney vander Slute not finalized yet, but according to her
Speaker 1: Instagram bio and rumors of the trade are rumors of
Speaker 1: a decision to be back in Chicago. She averaged six
Speaker 1: point four points four point eight assists per game last year.
Speaker 1: She had a reduced role for the Liberty That was
Speaker 1: in part due to personnel and also due to unfortunately
Speaker 1: the death of her mom, but help their championship run
Speaker 1: coming off the bench. I love to have her back.
Speaker 1: I love Slute, but this is about the contract for me.
Speaker 1: Are they paying her for now as opposed to paying
Speaker 1: her for the years she spent with the team at
Speaker 1: her prime. What do you make of this and how
Speaker 1: much of whether this is a good deal or not
Speaker 1: to you is based on what kind of money they're giving.
Speaker 3: I think that when you have a player like Ordey
Speaker 3: van Deslout, who's a proven winner, one of the top
Speaker 3: in WNBA history in terms of her league assistant, what
Speaker 3: she contributes to the game, and what she'll bring to
Speaker 3: that young core in the Chicago scot you pay her
Speaker 3: what she's worth. I think that she will make an
Speaker 3: immediate impact on this team. Firstly because the art of
Speaker 3: post entry passing from point guards is absolutely lost and
Speaker 3: she's one. She's one of the last of a dying
Speaker 3: three you had. We talked about how you know Courtney
Speaker 3: ands to like top the top when it came to that,
Speaker 3: and I think that when it comes to just the
Speaker 3: offense that Tyler Masch wants to run, you want to
Speaker 3: play her like Cordy Vandersloot, and you want to pay
Speaker 3: her what she's worth. She was part of that championship
Speaker 3: team that brought the first championship and franchise history to
Speaker 3: the Sky, and so I think that at this point
Speaker 3: in her career she deserves it. Obviously, I'm gonna miscover
Speaker 3: in her in New York City. You know, her agent
Speaker 3: confirmed with me that she in fact is expected to
Speaker 3: sign on Saturday to the Chicago Scotts. So it's pretty
Speaker 3: much going to happen. It's sad to see her leave
Speaker 3: New York, but you know, I love this year going
Speaker 3: back home.
Speaker 1: Ali Quigley kind of irish, goodbye the whole WNBA. She
Speaker 1: was just back at speaking of DePaul. She was just
Speaker 1: there getting honored there. So she does exist. She is
Speaker 1: still around, but she never really said like, hey, I'm
Speaker 1: out of here. She just took a break and the
Speaker 1: break continues. Do we have any word on whether we
Speaker 1: might get wifies reunited and we get vander Quiggs and
Speaker 1: I can start wearing that shirt again that's hiding in
Speaker 1: my closet.
Speaker 3: From what I know, the Chicago's guy's definitely looking for
Speaker 3: a veteran shooting guard and so if I'm jeff in Ty,
Speaker 3: I'm like, listen, what will it take to get Alli
Speaker 3: back in a uniform? I did see Alliet unwible that
Speaker 3: she looks happy and relaxed. So I don't know, damn
Speaker 3: we want to come back there. But I mean, Chicago
Speaker 3: is looking to feel the roster with a veteran shooting guard,
Speaker 3: and I do know that they will make that number
Speaker 3: three pick available if the right player were to come along,
Speaker 3: And so I think that we just stay tuned. I
Speaker 3: don't know we will come back, but I do think
Speaker 3: that there's a lot of other guards on the market
Speaker 3: that we can assess and that will make an impact
Speaker 3: on the Chicago Sky roster.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about the rest of the market. Satu nek Oguma, Kay, Kennedy, Carter.
Speaker 1: There's some interesting names out there that we don't know
Speaker 1: yet exactly where they're headed or if they're sticking.
Speaker 2: Where they are. What do you got? What are your
Speaker 2: predictions for some landing spots.
Speaker 3: A lot of these decisions are being held up based
Speaker 3: off where Satu Sabili will land, and then teams will
Speaker 3: start to fill their roster with role players. I am
Speaker 3: hearing a lot of positive things about Kennedy Carter that
Speaker 3: multiple teams are interested in signing her. But again, a
Speaker 3: lot of these things are potentent on where Satu Sabili
Speaker 3: will land and how that will change the landscape of
Speaker 3: different teams, and so I think that we just stay tuned.
Speaker 3: Tiffany Mitchell is the player that I'm also looking at.
Speaker 3: She contributed for Connecticut last season and then she had
Speaker 3: a little bit of health issues, but she's someone who
Speaker 3: can still contribute I think the indianaf who will still
Speaker 3: make new moves as well. Natasha Howard is a player
Speaker 3: that no one is talking about. She's won three championships.
Speaker 3: She can contribute as a big on any team and
Speaker 3: immediately make them contend for a championship. We are hearing obviously.
Speaker 3: Chyenne Parker's higas has talked to the Las Vegas Aces,
Speaker 3: and I think that she will fit well into that
Speaker 3: system if they want to run moving forward. I think
Speaker 3: that because Brittany Grinder signed to the Atlanta Dream is
Speaker 3: kind of hinting that maybe they don't have the cap
Speaker 3: space to keep an all star player like Chyenne, so
Speaker 3: maybe she signs to Vegas. So yeah, we'll just keep
Speaker 3: our eyes on it. But A lot of this depends
Speaker 3: on where how to Sabily goes.
Speaker 1: I haven't heard anything about nechA wanting to leave right
Speaker 1: as it sort of assumed that she'll stay in Seattle,
Speaker 1: the same way Briannatt Stewart has not officially signed because
Speaker 1: she can't yet, but says she'll come back to the Liberty.
Speaker 3: I expect Necao McKay at least to still be a
Speaker 3: member of the Seattle Storm. I had on my show
Speaker 3: last November, and she talked about really just being happy
Speaker 3: in Seattle and just the positive them having the resources
Speaker 3: and facilities. I know that she attended unrivaled and kind
Speaker 3: of stare in the audience with some of the Seattle
Speaker 3: personnel and supporting scholar. You're digging Smith and so I
Speaker 3: think that she's comfortable in Seattle, and I could see
Speaker 3: her potentially going back to Seattle in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1: How is the renegotiating of the CBA going to affect
Speaker 1: all these deals, because there are a lot of players
Speaker 1: that might want to re enter the free agency market
Speaker 1: next season with more money to be duled out. More
Speaker 1: than sixty players who ended the twenty twenty four season
Speaker 1: on a roster expected to be free agents next year.
Speaker 1: Are we going to have an even wilder WNBA free
Speaker 1: agency next season? And do you expect some of these
Speaker 1: deals we're seeing now to end up being short so
Speaker 1: that they can get right back out on the market.
Speaker 3: I mean, as of right now, a lot of players
Speaker 3: have not signed beyond twenty twenty five because of the
Speaker 3: new CBA and just anticipating one. Maybe the players can
Speaker 3: negotiate the salary cap to be removed, a hard salary cap,
Speaker 3: so that mid tier players can get more money, rookies
Speaker 3: can get more money, and the supermask can be increased.
Speaker 3: I think that from this last CBA we've seen how
Speaker 3: it impacted the mid tier players the most. How players
Speaker 3: like obviously Sims didn't have a real deal, players that
Speaker 3: can make immedia impact role players were impacted by the
Speaker 3: last CBA where teams were not just able to sign
Speaker 3: them because they simply could not because of the hardt
Speaker 3: salary cap and just all of the restrictions. And so
Speaker 3: if it's lifted, I expect players to yea opt out
Speaker 3: of their contracts and hit the free agency market again
Speaker 3: in twenty twenty six. There's also going to be a
Speaker 3: fourteenth team added to the WIMPs of that. It's going
Speaker 3: to be super interesting. But when I look at twenty
Speaker 3: twenty six is definitely going to be insane. How many
Speaker 3: free agents are on the market.
Speaker 2: Ooh, you got me?
Speaker 1: Okay, that was me my last question, but you just
Speaker 1: made me remember the frickin' Valkyries. Is my pipe dream
Speaker 1: of Elena Deldon being in Valkyries Lilac totally not happening.
Speaker 3: I have nothing on a deledon. I'm gonna be honest.
Speaker 3: We know that she was core by the Mystics last
Speaker 3: seas in and decided to sit out, but I haven't
Speaker 3: heard any reports in terms of her wanting to play
Speaker 3: for the Golden State Valkyries. I haven't even heard anything
Speaker 3: as of late of her returning to the WNBA, But
Speaker 3: we'll see. We'll keep our eyes on her. Obviously, she
Speaker 3: had some health issues in the season prior to last season,
Speaker 3: and that was one of the reasons we heard that
Speaker 3: the Las Vegas ass did not sign her free agency,
Speaker 3: and so we'll just see how much he's progressed and
Speaker 3: if she wants to even play and return to the WNBA.
Speaker 1: What about Satu or someone to the Valkyries. They've got
Speaker 1: the most capraman in the league. They've only technically got
Speaker 1: three players under contract after that draft, Like, it doesn't
Speaker 1: seem possible that they're sticking with just who they've got
Speaker 1: right now from the expansion Draft and trying to roll
Speaker 1: that out and compete.
Speaker 3: I listen, I agree with you, Sarah. I feel like
Speaker 3: this is a team with a lot of assets. We
Speaker 3: talk about the players that they've signed, with the experience
Speaker 3: that they have. They definitely are going to look into
Speaker 3: the agency and then assess the trade market. We talk
Speaker 3: about what's left over. A lot of teams that I've
Speaker 3: talked to, at least in the last week, are talking
Speaker 3: about assessing the trade market. So beyond February one, there
Speaker 3: will be moves made. Like it's not the end all
Speaker 3: be all in terms of free agency. On February one,
Speaker 3: I think that you know, the bigger names will see
Speaker 3: you know, most likely signed your contracts. But then teams
Speaker 3: will also be making moves up until March so and
Speaker 3: then and then also using their draft picks as well
Speaker 3: as assets. So I think that will continue to see moves.
Speaker 3: I think that a lot of people are not talking
Speaker 3: about m Mesman, and that was one of the things
Speaker 3: I also wanted to bring up with Connecticut. There were
Speaker 3: rumors that she was to play after the Olympics last year,
Speaker 3: and now her Belgium head coach, Rashid Mesim, he's coaching
Speaker 3: in Connecticut. Can he convince her to come back stateside
Speaker 3: in twenty twenty five to play for the Sun I
Speaker 3: think that that. I mean, that's some of the things
Speaker 3: I'm thinking about reporting it or anything. But I'm just
Speaker 3: thinking about could I'm Lisa men come back and play
Speaker 3: for her Belgium head coach in the WNBA, especially with
Speaker 3: the new changes in the CPA and all the projections
Speaker 3: for next next year as well. So those are the
Speaker 3: things that I'm going to be thinking about. And then
Speaker 3: obviously the New York Liberty the defending champions, so it's
Speaker 3: gonna be interesting to see what moves they made. Many
Speaker 3: van der Slut who you know, she took him a
Speaker 3: juice role, but you know she helped them win a
Speaker 3: championship at the end of the day, and how do
Speaker 3: you feel that void? I can see the New York
Speaker 3: Liberty wanting to continue to develop players like Leoni Biebach,
Speaker 3: maybe bring back Kennedy Burke, and then working with what
Speaker 3: they have in the core five, said Brinny Andescu, Finazie
Speaker 3: Lany Hamilton, Leoni Pievich, Branda Stewart, John Paul Jones, who
Speaker 3: was obviously the finals MVP for that championship run. So
Speaker 3: I think that the Liberty will get better. For Becca
Speaker 3: Gardner's especially is expected to come back. She was gone
Speaker 3: for a whole year with an injury. Marine Johannes, We'll
Speaker 3: be back as well. So they definitely have I think
Speaker 3: in terms of continuity the most solid team in the league,
Speaker 3: and teams are trying to figure out ways to beat
Speaker 3: the New York Liberty at this point.
Speaker 1: Well, we're sure having fun watching them figure that out
Speaker 1: and making these moves, and we're looking forward to when
Speaker 1: they'll be official. But like you said, movement can still
Speaker 1: happen after that, lots of trades and these things still
Speaker 1: yet to come. Thanks so much for helping us sort
Speaker 1: all this out.
Speaker 2: We really appreciate it, Christina.
Speaker 3: Thank you. Sarah always want to be here with you.
Speaker 1: Thanks again to Christina for joining us. And wow, I
Speaker 1: can't believe that giant move that just happened after the
Speaker 1: interview that we'll talk about on Monday. Yeah, we got
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