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

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Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, y'all,

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Speaker 1: welcome back to another episode of the Full Circle Podcast.

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Speaker 1: I'm Mariah and I'm here with Lexi Brown. Lexi, how

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Speaker 1: you feeling.

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Speaker 2: I'm feeling much better than last week. Guys. Let's clap

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Speaker 2: it up. Let's clap it up for Lexi.

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Speaker 3: Feelings, Thank God better. I'm playing this week. I mean,

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Speaker 3: I'm available to play this week.

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Speaker 2: Y'all know how to playing. Y'all know how that's been

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Speaker 2: going for me. But no, I'm feeling.

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Speaker 3: I'm feeling so much better the week I needed it.

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Speaker 3: I didn't know how much I needed it, but I

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Speaker 3: feel amazing mentally, physically, everything. It was a great reset

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Speaker 3: for me. I'm very excited to get back to practice,

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Speaker 3: get back dressing up for games, like all of the things.

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Speaker 3: And I know y'all watched our game last night. If

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Speaker 3: you didn't, we played the Valkyries and it was not good.

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Speaker 3: I'm not gonna get too much into it because I

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Speaker 3: didn't play, so I didn't contribute.

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Speaker 2: I didn't.

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Speaker 3: I'm not going to say anything about it, just know

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Speaker 3: that we're watching that. But I feel like this is

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Speaker 3: a very pivotal point for our season and what we

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Speaker 3: do moving forward is very important because that was that

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Speaker 3: was not a good loss. No disrespect to the Valkyries whatsoever.

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Speaker 3: We worrive about them all the time, but thirty points

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Speaker 3: like that can't happen. So other than that, though, my

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Speaker 3: weekend was great.

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Speaker 2: How is your weekend?

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Speaker 1: Oh God, Well, since I'm talking to women's basketball fans,

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Speaker 1: I'm assuming you know how my weekend went. So I

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Speaker 1: had a video drop this weekend.

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Speaker 2: Oh my, it's me, please, arguing.

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Speaker 1: Against ten angel Reaves haters. So to talk about that

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Speaker 1: a little bit that experience, because I had so many

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Speaker 1: people commenting on my TikTok about it. Basically, those people,

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Speaker 1: the angel ree haters, they are real haters. Like they're

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Speaker 1: real people that were casted by House of Highlights to

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Speaker 1: come in because they hated or It's like they it

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Speaker 1: wasn't fake, it wasn't scripted, like that was real.

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Speaker 2: Like they volunteered. My sister texted me when it came

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Speaker 2: out they volunteered to do that.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, they were cast it because they

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Speaker 3: How did you get how did you How did did

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Speaker 3: like how did that process work?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I have a I guess you could call it a

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Speaker 1: partnership with House to Highlights. And so I'm doing a

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Speaker 1: few projects with them. And that was my second one.

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Speaker 1: The first one was unrivaled, the second one is was this,

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Speaker 1: And so I don't know what's to come. Maybe I

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Speaker 1: sister texted me, was like, how did you not cry?

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Speaker 2: They were going so crazy?

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Speaker 3: Like did you know that that was one of your

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Speaker 3: things that you were doing with House to Highlights, like

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Speaker 3: when you signed your deal with them or whatever?

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Speaker 1: No, I didn't know. And obviously I could have been

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Speaker 1: But the reason.

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Speaker 4: They picked the right one with you, right, the reason

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Speaker 4: I was so gung ho to do it when the

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Speaker 4: idea came up, one fan versus ten haters, I didn't

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Speaker 1: First of all, it could have been like a plethora

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Speaker 1: to challenge myself. I obviously really love Angel and I'm

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Speaker 1: But my main motivation in doing it was like debating

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Speaker 1: is a big part of sports commentary, and I don't

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Speaker 1: really have to debate with people ever, And to debate

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Speaker 1: Angel Ree's Absolute Haters was very out of my comfort zone,

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Speaker 1: But it was crazy, and I was there filming for

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Speaker 3: You did great, and honestly, that's one of the things

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Speaker 3: I do love about sports is there is a way

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Speaker 3: to debate things without taking personal jobs at people. But

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Speaker 3: when quite literally, there is an endless amount of things

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Speaker 3: that you can talk about someone's performance, their stats, their numbers,

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Speaker 3: their wins, their a lot, like there's tangible things that

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Speaker 3: because people don't do research, people are emotional and people

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Speaker 3: are mean, they choose not to do that, Like you

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Speaker 3: came with facts, you came with research, you came with data,

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Speaker 3: you came with all of the things. And speaking of

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Speaker 3: Angel Reese, we can talk about the Sky actually.

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Speaker 5: Because she has been, yes, spawling, she has been, which

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Speaker 5: thank you, Angel, shout out to you, because if you

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Speaker 5: wouldn't involved after I did that, I would be.

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Speaker 1: In witness protection. So shot you, Angel.

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Speaker 3: No. Like literally, her performance obviously we knew that she

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Speaker 3: was gonna find her stride. Like everyone was freaking out

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Speaker 3: seven eight games into the season. What a new team,

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Speaker 3: a new coaching staff, new expectations, a whole bunch of stuff.

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Speaker 3: I personally think she's she is now exceeding expectations that

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Speaker 3: she probably even put on herself. But it looks like

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Speaker 3: the Sky's offense in total has has made a shift.

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Speaker 2: They have found a lineup that works. Camilla is gone.

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Speaker 3: So that's still something that they're going to have to

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Speaker 3: and she's too talented, and she's too great of a

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Speaker 3: for them. So it's going to be very interesting how

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Speaker 3: from her commitments with the Brazilian national team. But the

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Speaker 3: way Angel has been playing the last few games has

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Speaker 1: Sparks game was definitely a highlight for me.

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Speaker 2: Unbelievable.

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Speaker 3: That was probably the best all around game I've seen

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Speaker 1: That entire Those rebounds were not me bounced. Let me

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Speaker 1: tell you if you were actually watching it, She's making strides.

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Speaker 2: She's making strides.

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Speaker 3: Her last three games the Sky of One, two out

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Speaker 3: of their last three, she has had eighteen and seventeen,

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Speaker 2: Before y'all start, So.

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Speaker 3: She's she's literally she's really turning a corner. Rachel Bannon

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Speaker 3: lot of teams right now, honestly. And then I think

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Speaker 3: to be starting than not starting. Like it's it's a

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Speaker 3: mind game. It's a mental it's a mental mental battle.

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Speaker 3: But she's been shooting forty five percent from the three

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Speaker 3: in their last three games, and she's been a huge

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Speaker 3: spark off their bench. Aerl Atkins is finding her stride.

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Speaker 3: Elizabeth Williams has been playing amazing.

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Speaker 2: Like we've always.

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Speaker 3: Said, the sky are going to be okay, Like everyone

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Speaker 2: Obviously they need to start winning more.

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Speaker 3: But you can be very excited and confident about the

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Speaker 3: way Angel Reese has been playing. And like Ryan said,

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Speaker 3: you said, you said that she could be a top

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Speaker 3: ten player of all time. I didn't watch your reasoning

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Speaker 3: here why you believe that?

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Speaker 1: Okay, So first thing I want to say is the claims.

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Speaker 1: Me slash House of Highlights collaborated on the claims, So

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Speaker 1: take that for what you will, but I will say

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Speaker 1: I think when it comes to debating, people don't pay

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Speaker 1: attention enough to like my exact words. And I didn't

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Speaker 1: like for example, Kennice Parker on the mind because of

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Speaker 1: her jersey retirement. But like, let's say Angel makes a

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Speaker 1: that list of the greatest WBA players of all time

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Speaker 1: at least the top ten. For Angel to reach those things. Now,

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Speaker 1: the number one thing will be winning, like if she's

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Speaker 1: if she wins two three championships, that'll put her in

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Speaker 1: that conversation a certain amount of All Stars. She already

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Speaker 1: won an All.

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Speaker 2: Stars and a difference here.

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Speaker 1: Exactly, So I think that it's very possible breaking records

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Speaker 1: her rookie year. It's still so early, so I'm saying

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Speaker 1: the whole time that she's won on every single level.

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Speaker 1: It's not like Angel isn't a winner. Like all we've

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Speaker 1: like she wins championships, and so I feel like it's

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Speaker 1: unfair for people to put this label on her, like, oh,

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Speaker 1: her first year in the WNBA, She's not doing this

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Speaker 1: and that when it's like we've seen her style of

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Speaker 3: That, Yeah, I mean, I don't think that's an outlandish

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Speaker 3: take at all. Like when you say, like she could

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Speaker 3: sure initially people are like whoa, whoa, whoa. But there's

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Speaker 3: solidify themselves as a top ten player. Ever, but like

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Speaker 3: you said, winning does matter, Like there's a lot of

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Speaker 3: a top ten if they win like one or two

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Speaker 3: more championships. It's hard to win a championship. It's hard

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Speaker 3: to win MVP, it's hard to make All WNBA, it's

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Speaker 3: hard to make All Defense, it's hard to be an.

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Speaker 2: All star, all of the things.

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Speaker 3: So the fact that she's breaking record, she's already she's

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Speaker 3: broken into the top ten all time rebounding list for

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Speaker 3: the Chicago Sky in year two, Like, let's let's think

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Speaker 3: about this. People, she is in her second season. I

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Speaker 3: think because she is so who she is, people forget

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Speaker 3: how young she is like she's just scratching the surface

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Speaker 3: and really it's up to her what she wants to

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Speaker 3: do with her career.

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Speaker 2: And literally, like you said, her ceiling.

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Speaker 3: Is literally like it's amazing, and I just feel like

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Speaker 3: everyone should be happier. Like I'm sorry that a lot

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Speaker 3: of you were like wrong, but like who cares? Right?

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Speaker 1: A big point I made was about her scoring. Her

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Speaker 1: offense obviously came up a lot in the debate, but

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Speaker 1: I believe it was Lisa Leslie. But I could be wrong.

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Speaker 1: But she is obviously a top ten greatest player player ever.

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Speaker 1: We're not even getting into that discussion. But I never

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Speaker 1: won a scoring title. I don't think that Angel necessarily

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's amazing.

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Speaker 3: Oh no, no, like that was I think that we

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Speaker 1: And that's why I approach like bits like that, because

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Speaker 1: Like you said, defense is being played is very beneficial.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Like she's literally one of the best utility glup

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Speaker 3: And I've always been so complimentary of her rebounding and yes,

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Speaker 2: I've never understood it. Yes, can she finish better? Yes?

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Speaker 2: Especially how their season started.

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Speaker 1: Because of that video, thank you, thank you, I was like, Briah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: Reese does not have to involve her. Now, obviously she

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Speaker 3: And I wish I hope that people now can just

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Speaker 1: I had to add hold it down with my WA sisters.

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Speaker 3: I do want to see that debate with like a

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Speaker 2: Would love to see right that, but we'll see this.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's kind of like not saying yeah.

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Speaker 3: So I would love to see like people's opinions on

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Speaker 1: Let's talk about the Commissioner's Cup Championship. The thing we're

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Speaker 3: You know, this is a tough thing because we're not

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Speaker 2: Their record is five hundred. I think they're turning a corner.

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Speaker 3: You know, we just play they just beat us, so

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Speaker 2: In the case that she does play in the Commissioners.

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Speaker 1: I'm hoping she plays. But outside of just Caitlin playing

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Speaker 1: the MNBA, they average very high turnovers and have in

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Speaker 1: all of their seasons, especially in their championship seasons, Like

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Speaker 1: this has always been a thing for them. Isn't that

439
00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:35,200
Speaker 1: kind of situation with the Fever, where like if they're

440
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Speaker 1: turning the ball over, it's okay as long as like

441
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Speaker 1: the shots are going in. Or is it like because

442
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Speaker 1: they're playing against Minnesota, that is a no go.

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Speaker 2: No with Minnesota.

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Speaker 3: The way that they score the ball in transition is

445
00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:53,520
Speaker 3: absolutely insane, Like you cannot give them free possessions like

446
00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:57,280
Speaker 3: live ball turnovers against Minnesota Links, Like you can guarantee

447
00:21:57,760 --> 00:21:59,719
Speaker 3: they are going to score, whether it's a three, it's

448
00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:00,960
Speaker 3: a lee, They're going to go to the.

449
00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:01,800
Speaker 2: Free throw line.

450
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Speaker 3: Like the way that they run their transition offense is

451
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Speaker 3: very very efficient. You know, you take Caitlin Clark out

452
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Speaker 3: of the equation for the Fever, that's you know, a

453
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Speaker 3: handful of turnovers that go away. Like no disrespect to her,

454
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Speaker 3: but like that's something that we know, Like she is

455
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Speaker 3: an amazing passer, but she also turns the ball over.

456
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Speaker 3: But I do want to say, like I think that

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Speaker 3: the X factors for both of these teams. For the Fever,

458
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Speaker 3: I think it's a Lexi Hall. I think that her hustle, plays,

459
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Speaker 3: her defense, her ability to rebound the ball at her

460
00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:37,480
Speaker 3: position is going to be game changing for the Fever.

461
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Speaker 2: She had a double double on us. I think it

462
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Speaker 2: was her first career double double.

463
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Speaker 3: But just the way that she just hunts the ball

464
00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:46,160
Speaker 3: when it goes up is like super impressive, and you

465
00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,439
Speaker 3: need all the possessions you can get against the Links.

466
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Speaker 3: So I think she's going to be their X factor.

467
00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:53,399
Speaker 3: And then for the Links, I think their X factor

468
00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:58,640
Speaker 3: actually will be Courtney Williams. Her ability to take care

469
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Speaker 3: of the ball at the table for her teammates and

470
00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,040
Speaker 3: then score on top of it is going to be

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Speaker 3: game changing for them. You know, sometimes she scores a lot,

472
00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:09,720
Speaker 3: doesn't pass a lot. Sometimes she passes a lot, doesn't.

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Speaker 2: Score as much.

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Speaker 3: But if she can find that balance in this championship game,

475
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Speaker 3: then I think that this is going to definitely be

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Speaker 3: a w for the Links, especially at home in the

477
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Speaker 3: Target Center, Like you mentioned home court advantage, Like Target

478
00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:22,119
Speaker 3: Center is one of my favorite arenas to play in.

479
00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:24,360
Speaker 3: Like when I was on the Links, I loved playing there.

480
00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,280
Speaker 3: When I am not on the Links, love playing there.

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Speaker 1: So I love that surprises me.

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Speaker 2: I don't know.

483
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Speaker 3: I think it's like the way it's set up, like

484
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Speaker 3: it like goes like how do I describe it? Like

485
00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,480
Speaker 3: it's big, but like everybody feels like like they're on

486
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Speaker 3: top of you.

487
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Speaker 2: Like it's like very intimate to me. That's how I feel.

488
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Speaker 3: So if anybody has been an arena, it's like I

489
00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:50,960
Speaker 3: would compare it to like Staples or Crypto. Like Crypto,

490
00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:54,840
Speaker 3: like you feel like you're playing outside like you're the court,

491
00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:57,280
Speaker 3: and then like everybody is like so far away from you,

492
00:23:57,359 --> 00:23:59,560
Speaker 3: it feels like, but in Target Center it feels like

493
00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:02,439
Speaker 3: everybody he's like right on top of you. And I

494
00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:05,040
Speaker 3: love that And it's good for shooting, because like the

495
00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:07,200
Speaker 3: depth reception, all that kind of stuff.

496
00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:07,920
Speaker 2: Like goes out the windows.

497
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Speaker 3: So I'm excited for this Commissioner's Cup Championship.

498
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Speaker 2: I'm pissed that.

499
00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,560
Speaker 3: We weren't we're not playing in it. We were so close.

500
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Speaker 3: But good luck to the Fever and the Links. I

501
00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:21,440
Speaker 3: will be tuned in. I hope y'all are also. We're

502
00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:23,280
Speaker 3: tuned in. By the time this episode drops, the game

503
00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:26,359
Speaker 3: will have been completed. But I'm going to say the

504
00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:29,879
Speaker 3: Minnesota Links are going to win this game. So let's

505
00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:34,800
Speaker 3: hope that this age is well, let's hope this age

506
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Speaker 3: as well.

507
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Speaker 1: Now, this all depends. This depends for me on if

508
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Speaker 1: Caitlyn plays or not. If Caitlyn plays, I can see

509
00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:43,879
Speaker 1: the Paper winning, and that is such a hot take. Really,

510
00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:47,000
Speaker 1: I can so see it like a behind a huge

511
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Speaker 1: game kind of the way she played against the Liberty

512
00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:52,359
Speaker 1: if you remember that one crazy game earlier in the season.

513
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Speaker 1: I could see something like that.

514
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Speaker 3: Yeah, And honestly, this would be such a great game

515
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Speaker 3: for her to have a good game because she has

516
00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:06,680
Speaker 3: and struggling offensively shooting, like like I said, still yeah,

517
00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,240
Speaker 3: but she's still one of the best passers and facilitators

518
00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:11,320
Speaker 3: probably one of the best point guards in the entire

519
00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:15,040
Speaker 3: league right now. So I think people definitely are focused

520
00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:18,399
Speaker 3: on her shooting struggles, but the way she impacts the

521
00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:22,320
Speaker 3: game with or without making shots is very impressive, especially

522
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Speaker 3: in year two. So I mean, for the sake of

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Speaker 3: the w I hope that she plays in that game,

524
00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:33,680
Speaker 3: but wishing her healing vibes and energy because injuries suck

525
00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:36,119
Speaker 3: and we're seeing a lot of them this season. So

526
00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:40,359
Speaker 3: take care of you, girl, because that's important. Your body

527
00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:43,520
Speaker 3: is your money maker and it's something that you need

528
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Speaker 3: to value and.

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Speaker 2: Take care of.

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Speaker 3: So if she doesn't play like I wouldn't be shocked,

531
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Speaker 3: would I be disappointed a little bit?

532
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Speaker 5: Right thing.

533
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Speaker 3: I want to see her play obviously, but again, we're

534
00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:56,359
Speaker 3: still very early into our season.

535
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Speaker 2: Like, even though it feels like.

536
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Speaker 3: It feels like we've been for five years, it's been

537
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Speaker 3: fifteen games.

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Speaker 1: Well, Lexi, the WNBA broke the internet this morning, at

539
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Speaker 1: least for me, because they announced that they are going

540
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Speaker 1: to be expanding to eighteen teams by twenty thirty. Cleveland

541
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Speaker 1: is getting a team in twenty twenty eight, Detroit is

542
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:19,840
Speaker 1: getting a team in twenty twenty nine, and Philly is

543
00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:22,720
Speaker 1: getting a team in twenty thirty. This is building on

544
00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:25,520
Speaker 1: the Golden State Valkyrix successful debut in twenty twenty five,

545
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Speaker 1: and Toronto and Portland both coming in twenty twenty six. LEXI,

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Speaker 1: what is your reaction to all of these new WBA teams?

547
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Speaker 3: Hold on, Sorry, I'm sorry, guys, breaking news right now

548
00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,680
Speaker 3: on this episode that the It's not breaking news, it

549
00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:43,840
Speaker 3: happened two hours ago, but the Aces wave Tiffany Mitchell

550
00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:44,639
Speaker 3: and Liz Kitley.

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Speaker 2: Oh my god, I got it too.

552
00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:51,320
Speaker 3: Okay, this is not a breaking news show, guys, but.

553
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Speaker 2: We're gonna interrupt this show right now to trying to

554
00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:56,600
Speaker 2: discuss this. What's happened this morning?

555
00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:01,399
Speaker 3: Yes, the WNBA broke the internet with the expansion teams,

556
00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:04,440
Speaker 3: but the Aces also broke the internet this morning by

557
00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:08,600
Speaker 3: trading for one hundred percent Melissa Smith from the Dallas

558
00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:13,159
Speaker 3: Wings and in turn waving Tiffany Mitchell and Liz Kitley.

559
00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:14,120
Speaker 2: Wow.

560
00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:19,240
Speaker 3: That's very surprising, especially since the Aces had a huge

561
00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:21,000
Speaker 3: win yesterday over the Mercury.

562
00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:21,840
Speaker 2: Wow.

563
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Speaker 3: I'm sorry, guys, like this is this doesn't happen in

564
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Speaker 3: the WNBA.

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00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:28,760
Speaker 1: No, And we talked about that earlier in the I

566
00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:30,880
Speaker 1: think in our preseason episode about how like that doesn't

567
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Speaker 1: really happen. But Melissa reacted via Twitter saying, sick to

568
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Speaker 1: my stomach. Dog never saw this coming, but I love you,

569
00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,400
Speaker 1: Dallas Nation. Thank you for everything. On another note, though,

570
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Speaker 1: if I could have chose to go anywhere, it would

571
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Speaker 1: have been to Vegas. So hella excited for this new

572
00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:46,159
Speaker 1: opportunity with my goat Wow.

573
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Speaker 2: One great pickup for the Aces.

574
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Speaker 3: In my opinion, I think that Melissa is a great player.

575
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Speaker 3: I think that the Aces have been struggling in that

576
00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:02,080
Speaker 3: post position outside of a she needs some help. She

577
00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,359
Speaker 3: cannot play forty minutes a game for this entire season,

578
00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,920
Speaker 3: especially the way she gets defended and all, like, it's

579
00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:11,240
Speaker 3: hard down there. That's why I never I'm so happy

580
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:13,320
Speaker 3: I'm not a post player because it's it's it's a

581
00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:17,720
Speaker 3: tough life down there. I think that that's a great

582
00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:22,480
Speaker 3: move for the Aces. I hate that a player one

583
00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,280
Speaker 3: was blindsided like Melissa was.

584
00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:25,760
Speaker 2: I know I also know how that feels.

585
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Speaker 3: And I also hate that two players have now lost

586
00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,320
Speaker 3: their roster spots because of this, but again, like that's

587
00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:35,640
Speaker 3: the business of basketball and it's super unfortunate. I do

588
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:40,720
Speaker 3: think that Tiff and Liz could potentially get picked up,

589
00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:45,160
Speaker 3: but again, like it's salary cap gymnastics, which could lead

590
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:49,560
Speaker 3: to a whole other conversation about our freaking CBA negotiations.

591
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:51,440
Speaker 2: Why we need.

592
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:55,760
Speaker 3: A soft salary cap because things like this happen, and

593
00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:59,320
Speaker 3: teams should be able to make adjustments throughout the season

594
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,160
Speaker 3: to put their team and better positions to win.

595
00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:03,360
Speaker 2: But people should not lose their.

596
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:07,920
Speaker 3: Jobs over it, right, that's like my biggest issue with it.

597
00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:11,560
Speaker 1: It makes sense in the sense that Vegas acquired Melissa

598
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,120
Speaker 1: Smith from the Dallas Wings in exchange for a twenty

599
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:17,600
Speaker 1: twenty seven first round pick. I do feel like that,

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Speaker 1: I don't know that that's not a lot, and so

601
00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,400
Speaker 1: it seems that they had to let them go in

602
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Speaker 1: order to complete this, to completely facilitate this trade. According

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Speaker 1: to bly tri report, y'all, that's where I'm getting this

604
00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:30,120
Speaker 1: information from, and so that's why this is happening.

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Speaker 3: This is crazy, honestly, and when things like this happen,

606
00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:37,960
Speaker 3: it makes me wonder if like more dominoes will fall

607
00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:41,280
Speaker 3: throughout the league. You know, I don't want to put

608
00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:44,280
Speaker 3: energy out in the universe, but like nothing, I don't

609
00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:47,480
Speaker 3: put nothing past anybody. There's a lot of teams that

610
00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:51,280
Speaker 3: could probably make some personnel changes, but again because of

611
00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:55,040
Speaker 3: the salary cap, because of the limits to twelve roster spots,

612
00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:58,800
Speaker 3: like it's very hard to make changes during the season

613
00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:02,920
Speaker 3: to improve your team. And again, like I said, people

614
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:07,360
Speaker 3: get cut like you, it's not a player.

615
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Speaker 2: For a player.

616
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Speaker 3: Like I said, the money just doesn't simply match up

617
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Speaker 3: for the caliber of players that.

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Speaker 2: We have in this league.

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Speaker 3: So now we're getting to a point where players are

620
00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:20,680
Speaker 3: now just getting waived to make space because this person

621
00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:21,480
Speaker 3: costs too much.

622
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Speaker 2: But the player that you have on the roster also is.

623
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Speaker 3: Super valuable, but not valuable enough to match the money

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Speaker 3: that you're trying to bring in. So, Kathy, WNBA, these

625
00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:38,960
Speaker 3: CBA conversations, I hope that situations like this continue to

626
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:42,560
Speaker 3: get brought up. And going back to Kathy and the

627
00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:45,360
Speaker 3: WNBA with the announcement of the expansion leagues, like I

628
00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:49,360
Speaker 3: just feel like, as exciting as it is, announcing three

629
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Speaker 3: new teams in the middle of CBA negotiations is absolutely

630
00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:58,760
Speaker 3: a chess move on their part. And the basketball nerd,

631
00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:01,440
Speaker 3: the basketball business sports to business nerd, and me can

632
00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:05,640
Speaker 3: do nothing but applaud the WNBA for how they're moving

633
00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:08,920
Speaker 3: right now because we are in the middle of negotiations.

634
00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:12,960
Speaker 3: So yeah, like everyone can be yeah exciting orrah braah,

635
00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:14,080
Speaker 3: but we're still dealing.

636
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:17,520
Speaker 1: Well, explain to those who don't know, what do you

637
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:19,760
Speaker 1: mean by it was a chess move? Like, in what

638
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:24,240
Speaker 1: way does this put the WNBA, and I would say

639
00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:27,280
Speaker 1: a more improved position than they were before when it

640
00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:30,760
Speaker 1: comes to CBA negotiation For fans who don't really understand.

641
00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:33,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, for me personally, I mean I this is these

642
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:36,880
Speaker 3: are my thoughts. Okay, guys, like we yes, we are

643
00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:39,720
Speaker 3: all speaking on a united front. We want what's best

644
00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:43,080
Speaker 3: for our league, our players, all of the things. But

645
00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:45,680
Speaker 3: everything that I say is what I feel. So I

646
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:47,800
Speaker 3: don't want everybody to think that like, oh, this is

647
00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:49,560
Speaker 3: what they're all talking about in the meetings, Like, no,

648
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:51,640
Speaker 3: this is just what I feel. I am about to spill,

649
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:53,280
Speaker 3: not tea or nothing. I'm just letting y'all know, like

650
00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:56,600
Speaker 3: this is not like what we're all just chit chatting about.

651
00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:01,520
Speaker 3: I think that there is a possible ability of a lockout,

652
00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:04,600
Speaker 3: and Terry said it. I said in our last talk

653
00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:07,320
Speaker 3: about CBA, like there's always a possibility for a lockout

654
00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:10,080
Speaker 3: if you don't come to an agreement. I think that

655
00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:12,840
Speaker 3: we're just continuing to build the momentum of the league

656
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:14,880
Speaker 3: for it to not make sense for us to have

657
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:19,560
Speaker 3: a lockout. I don't think that we as players should

658
00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:23,400
Speaker 3: settle for anything that we don't deserve. But you can

659
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:28,200
Speaker 3: tell that the WNBA is showing the world like we're

660
00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,640
Speaker 3: trying to grow this league. We're trying to become a

661
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:36,000
Speaker 3: global league, a global brand, and it is in everybody's

662
00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:40,000
Speaker 3: best interest to continue this momentum moving forward.

663
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:42,520
Speaker 2: She did it last year with the charter flights.

664
00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:44,200
Speaker 3: When she kind of just rolled them out like randomly,

665
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:46,720
Speaker 3: because that's not written in our CBA, right, she just

666
00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:47,160
Speaker 3: did it.

667
00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:49,640
Speaker 2: So when she does.

668
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:52,160
Speaker 3: Things like that, it makes us be like, hmm okay,

669
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:56,000
Speaker 3: like what's going on in the WNBA offices. But at

670
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:57,640
Speaker 3: the same time, I'm like, I mean, if I'm trying

671
00:32:57,680 --> 00:32:59,840
Speaker 3: to run a successful business, I'm doing everything in my

672
00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:03,200
Speaker 3: life power to make sure that my business is successful.

673
00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:05,240
Speaker 2: So yes, am I super.

674
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,960
Speaker 3: Excited that there's going to be three new teams in

675
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,640
Speaker 3: the next five years, Actually, what five new teams in

676
00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:13,920
Speaker 3: the next five years. Absolutely, that's more roster spots, that's

677
00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:16,760
Speaker 3: more jobs, that's more opportunities for people to play in

678
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:21,360
Speaker 3: this WNBA, but we are still dealing with things like

679
00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:24,960
Speaker 3: people getting waived mid season because we have a hard

680
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,520
Speaker 3: salary cap and they want to make their team better,

681
00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:29,600
Speaker 3: but they don't have enough money to do it. So

682
00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:32,720
Speaker 3: now you have to send people home essentially for no reason.

683
00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:37,640
Speaker 3: What I feel like because Tiffany again, Tiffany Mitchell has

684
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:41,920
Speaker 3: been starting for the Aces in some of their games, Like,

685
00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:47,400
Speaker 3: this league is cut throw. I've really do not think

686
00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:52,400
Speaker 3: people truly understand how hard it is to be in

687
00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:56,840
Speaker 3: this league for a lot of years. Like it's a blessing,

688
00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:58,760
Speaker 3: it's amazing, it's the best.

689
00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:04,640
Speaker 2: Job in the world, But shit, it is. It is hard.

690
00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:06,400
Speaker 2: It's very hard.

691
00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:18,080
Speaker 1: Before we hopped on and I had just seen that

692
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 1: Melissa got traded to Vegas, I was like, oh my god,

693
00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:26,160
Speaker 1: great move for Vegas. However, me and Dallas fans were

694
00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:28,680
Speaker 1: all looking at this like, Okay, it seems to me

695
00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:31,960
Speaker 1: by watching basketball that Dallas needs help in twenty twenty five,

696
00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:34,799
Speaker 1: not in twenty twenty seven. Why are they doing this,

697
00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:40,120
Speaker 1: like please, like free yourselves. However, I just looked at

698
00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:43,920
Speaker 1: players that will be eligible to make that leap into

699
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:48,040
Speaker 1: the WNBA in twenty twenty seven. What are the possibilities? Now,

700
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:50,319
Speaker 1: this is like way too early kind of thing, y'all,

701
00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:55,719
Speaker 1: don't jump me. However, that's Juju right, USC's Juju Watkins,

702
00:34:55,719 --> 00:35:01,480
Speaker 1: Notre Dames, Dina Hidalgo, Madison Booker, MICHAELA. Will. I could

703
00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:04,440
Speaker 1: go on and on and on. However, the way too

704
00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:07,759
Speaker 1: early in me, the Bleacher Report, girly in me is

705
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:11,719
Speaker 1: making graphics of Juju in the wings jersey standing next

706
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:13,279
Speaker 1: to page. That's all.

707
00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:17,560
Speaker 2: Wow. Would feed families? Feed families?

708
00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:22,240
Speaker 3: You know, a lot can happen in two years. I'm sorry,

709
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:27,319
Speaker 3: like I'm just I'm gag just like you because this

710
00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:31,280
Speaker 3: simply does not happen in our league and moving forward,

711
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:33,520
Speaker 3: I don't know if this is a good thing or

712
00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:37,960
Speaker 3: a bad thing. I love that teams are being proactive

713
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:43,000
Speaker 3: in improving their rosters to win championships, but at what cost?

714
00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:47,360
Speaker 3: There are so many things that need to be discussed

715
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:52,280
Speaker 3: in our CBA outside of salary, especially for a player

716
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:56,560
Speaker 3: like me that has been a victim of mismanagement of salary, caps,

717
00:35:57,239 --> 00:36:01,360
Speaker 3: roster construction, all of the things. It's not an easy

718
00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:04,399
Speaker 3: thing to do. I'm not saying that GMS and front

719
00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:07,560
Speaker 3: offices have to be perfect, but there needs to be

720
00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:10,520
Speaker 3: wiggle room for when people want to make a change

721
00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:13,239
Speaker 3: without people losing their jobs.

722
00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:15,960
Speaker 2: Like Tiffany Mitchell.

723
00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:18,640
Speaker 3: I don't know Liz Kiley, but I do my heart

724
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:20,480
Speaker 3: still goes out to her because that is not an

725
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:23,640
Speaker 3: easy thing to deal with. But Tiffany Mitchell has been

726
00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:27,240
Speaker 3: one of my good friends since we've been in middle school.

727
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:30,879
Speaker 3: She went through a really hard health crisis last year

728
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:32,319
Speaker 3: recovered bounce back.

729
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:34,040
Speaker 2: So for seeing her go through.

730
00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:37,680
Speaker 3: Something like this is actually like breaking my heart because

731
00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:40,800
Speaker 3: I know how hard she worked to get herself back

732
00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:45,960
Speaker 3: from that. But again, like business of sports is brutal,

733
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:49,440
Speaker 3: but like Becky having as y'all see, she does not

734
00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:54,080
Speaker 3: play around, Like clearly there's something that they're lacking that

735
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:57,680
Speaker 3: she feels that they need an adjustment now. But like

736
00:36:57,719 --> 00:37:00,480
Speaker 3: I said, they just had a huge win Snide over

737
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:05,640
Speaker 3: the Mercury in Phoenix. So this is mind boggling to

738
00:37:05,719 --> 00:37:09,040
Speaker 3: me honestly. But again, like this is why I want

739
00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:12,319
Speaker 3: to be a GM so bad, not because I want

740
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:13,279
Speaker 3: to make decisions like this.

741
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:14,799
Speaker 2: Obviously, Oh you'd be great.

742
00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:18,719
Speaker 3: This the whole, thank you, just the whole, Like all

743
00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:22,799
Speaker 3: of this, like it's like making me like excited, it

744
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:24,239
Speaker 3: makes me sad at the same time.

745
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 1: And on a personal level, this does break up DJA

746
00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:27,719
Speaker 1: and Melissa.

747
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:31,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, the fact that they didn't even last the season

748
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:37,799
Speaker 3: is crazy, Like yeah, physically, but yeah, I don't know,

749
00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:40,520
Speaker 3: this is this is very interesting.

750
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:42,479
Speaker 2: Like this literally just derailed our whole show.

751
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:46,799
Speaker 3: Guys, I'm so sorry, but this is something that we

752
00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:48,000
Speaker 3: need to talk about.

753
00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:49,640
Speaker 1: We needed to talk about that. Yeah.

754
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:53,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, but the negotiation period, Like I don't typically like

755
00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:57,680
Speaker 3: to like get into like very specific scenarios in the league,

756
00:37:57,719 --> 00:38:00,200
Speaker 3: but like something like this, I think it goes hand

757
00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:02,799
Speaker 3: in hand with our CBA negotiations and everything that we

758
00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:05,680
Speaker 3: talk about as far as roster spots and needing more teams,

759
00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:08,000
Speaker 3: and like I mentioned earlier, there's not.

760
00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:09,360
Speaker 2: Enough time in these games.

761
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:12,560
Speaker 3: Like I even I am a huge advocate for playing

762
00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:15,280
Speaker 3: twelve minute quarters. Like the NBA, we have too many players,

763
00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:18,240
Speaker 3: we have too much talent, and the girls are tired

764
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:21,799
Speaker 3: and they've been very vocal about it. So I think that,

765
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:25,480
Speaker 3: even though that sounds counterintuitive, like they're tired, make the

766
00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 3: games longer. No, the games can be longer, so the

767
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:31,839
Speaker 3: minutes can be stretched out more. These players can get

768
00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,200
Speaker 3: their numbers, feel like they've contributed, but.

769
00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:37,480
Speaker 2: Not feel worn the hell out every night.

770
00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:40,319
Speaker 3: And I feel like there's a lot of players right

771
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:43,120
Speaker 3: now playing like thirty five, thirty six minutes per game,

772
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:45,440
Speaker 3: and that's that's a lot of minutes.

773
00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:47,440
Speaker 2: They're doing it. They're doing it well, they've been doing

774
00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:48,200
Speaker 2: it for years.

775
00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:51,440
Speaker 3: But the fact that we still now have charter flights,

776
00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:55,080
Speaker 3: we're staying at better hotels, we have better doctors, better medicine,

777
00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:58,080
Speaker 3: better technology, all of the things, and players are still exhausted.

778
00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:01,120
Speaker 2: Like that says a lot about the schedule.

779
00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:02,680
Speaker 3: It says a lot about the wear and tear on

780
00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:07,040
Speaker 3: our bodies, the injuries, everything. So I don't know if

781
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:09,480
Speaker 3: they can do it in this next CBA, because adding

782
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:11,279
Speaker 3: eight minutes doesn't seem like a lot.

783
00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:13,359
Speaker 2: But when you're talking about like TV.

784
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:18,160
Speaker 3: Slots, commercials, all of these things, like eight minutes is

785
00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:21,080
Speaker 3: like an eternity. But that's something I've been saying this

786
00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:24,800
Speaker 3: for years. Why we don't play forty eight minute games

787
00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:29,240
Speaker 3: in the pros Like I've never understood that. But again,

788
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:33,560
Speaker 3: longer games, more minutes, more games, more roster spots, Like

789
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:36,480
Speaker 3: it's like a it's like a trickle down effect, but

790
00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:37,840
Speaker 3: it has to start at the top.

791
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:38,680
Speaker 2: Everything more.

792
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:39,480
Speaker 1: We want more.

793
00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:41,959
Speaker 3: For some reason, the WNBA is like, y'all, we're gonna

794
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:44,200
Speaker 3: make y'all do more, but we're not gonna give y'all more.

795
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:47,080
Speaker 3: Like that doesn't That just doesn't The math ain't math in.

796
00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:51,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, if you're you're expanding to eighteen teams by twenty thirty,

797
00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:54,960
Speaker 1: that money gonna have to the match that by twenty thirty.

798
00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:56,320
Speaker 1: That don't make no sense.

799
00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:57,839
Speaker 2: The money's gonna have to match that.

800
00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:02,320
Speaker 3: As our season gonna expand, are we gonna have more

801
00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:05,239
Speaker 3: back to backs? Which I'm not going to complain about

802
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:07,080
Speaker 3: the back to backs because the amount of back to

803
00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:11,319
Speaker 3: backs that the NBA teams have is outrageous. So they're

804
00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:13,680
Speaker 3: probably looking at us like, y'all have like one or

805
00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:15,080
Speaker 3: two back to backs this season?

806
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:16,520
Speaker 2: Just enough?

807
00:40:17,239 --> 00:40:22,560
Speaker 3: But you have eighteen teams right currently we have thirteen

808
00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:25,120
Speaker 3: teams in a forty four game schedule, Like, what is

809
00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:27,319
Speaker 3: our schedule going to look like in the future? And

810
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:30,760
Speaker 3: you still want us to have these ten, eleven, twelve people.

811
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:34,839
Speaker 3: It's it can't work. It can't continue to work this way.

812
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,160
Speaker 1: Well, I feel like the players in the w have

813
00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:42,279
Speaker 1: been very vocal about expanding roster spots before adding more

814
00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:45,040
Speaker 1: teams just because it's dangerous is the number one thing.

815
00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:47,319
Speaker 1: At least that's what I think of. You'll have people

816
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:49,680
Speaker 1: to scrimmage and have somebody on the bench that don't make.

817
00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:52,839
Speaker 2: No sense, like you're watching our team.

818
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:54,440
Speaker 1: There are four roster spots.

819
00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:58,200
Speaker 3: It's like you have more coaching staff than players dressed

820
00:40:58,239 --> 00:40:58,680
Speaker 3: to play.

821
00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:03,960
Speaker 1: But I will say, on my positive poly note, the

822
00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:09,560
Speaker 1: idea that more cities having teams means that like more

823
00:41:09,719 --> 00:41:13,600
Speaker 1: young girls growing up to possibly want to be WNBA

824
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:16,400
Speaker 1: players or owners or women in the sports business or

825
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:19,719
Speaker 1: whatever the case may be, will have those opportunities in

826
00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:24,160
Speaker 1: their cities. Detroit comes to mind, especially like them having

827
00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:27,080
Speaker 1: that woman's team for little girls of Detroit to be

828
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:29,040
Speaker 1: able to look up to and be like, oh my god,

829
00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:31,279
Speaker 1: I want to be like that, or get tickets or

830
00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:35,000
Speaker 1: just get you know that kind of thing like I'm

831
00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:36,680
Speaker 1: sure you got to do when you were growing ye.

832
00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:38,560
Speaker 1: Like see, we talked about this the first time ever.

833
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:40,680
Speaker 2: Might I love going to WBA games when I was young?

834
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:44,280
Speaker 4: Bring back the Orlando Mirror because they're coming back, yeah please?

835
00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:46,040
Speaker 2: Or Miami.

836
00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:49,520
Speaker 3: It's like all these teams they put up a graphic

837
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:50,440
Speaker 3: of all.

838
00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:52,520
Speaker 2: The teams and it's like team team teams, and it's

839
00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:53,920
Speaker 2: like just Atlanta.

840
00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:58,120
Speaker 3: By itself down there, Like why are there no teams

841
00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:01,640
Speaker 3: in the South? There are no It's Atlanta, And I

842
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:04,560
Speaker 3: guess you could include Dallas.

843
00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:06,040
Speaker 2: Like Sashville.

844
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:08,799
Speaker 3: There's a market for it. Orlando would be great to

845
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:13,800
Speaker 3: bring their team back. Miami had a team. Briefly, I

846
00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:17,680
Speaker 3: am like, where are the teams in the South. They're nowhere,

847
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:21,920
Speaker 3: but shout out to what is it? Cleveland, Philly, Detroit.

848
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:27,160
Speaker 3: That's gonna be poppin'. I'm very excited about that. Portland Toronto,

849
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:32,239
Speaker 3: Like the WNBA is growing in a way that I

850
00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:36,440
Speaker 3: did not think that I would be experiencing while I

851
00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:39,400
Speaker 3: was still playing. So to be in this league still

852
00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:41,680
Speaker 3: and being a part of it, even though you know,

853
00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:44,800
Speaker 3: my career has been a roller coaster to say the least,

854
00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:48,799
Speaker 3: Like to experience this massive growth in real time has

855
00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:53,719
Speaker 3: been like incredible, and I'm so grateful to be a

856
00:42:53,719 --> 00:42:58,840
Speaker 3: part of it despite playing, not playing, being sick, being healthy,

857
00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:01,000
Speaker 3: Like just being able to say that I was part

858
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:04,680
Speaker 3: of this league during this time is like, it's amazing,

859
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:07,520
Speaker 3: It's amazing, So shout out to the w I know that,

860
00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:11,840
Speaker 3: like this is a very exciting, interesting, weird time for

861
00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:14,560
Speaker 3: women's sports, but like weird in a good way because

862
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:17,360
Speaker 3: it's like unprecedented, and we know it doesn't seem like.

863
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:18,600
Speaker 2: Anybody knows what they're doing.

864
00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:22,879
Speaker 3: But things are happening and I'm very excited about it.

865
00:43:23,160 --> 00:43:25,880
Speaker 3: But yeah, let's bring up the team back to Florida, right.

866
00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:30,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, Well, I've had so much else that we were

867
00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:32,239
Speaker 1: going to talk about. We've been talking for an hour,

868
00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:36,400
Speaker 1: so we will fore you guys, But Lexi, do you

869
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:38,560
Speaker 1: do you have anything you want to leave the people

870
00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:39,359
Speaker 1: with before we go?

871
00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:43,799
Speaker 3: I do want to give our flowers for today. We

872
00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:47,920
Speaker 3: did have a lot more to talk about, but we

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00:43:48,239 --> 00:43:50,480
Speaker 3: went on a tangent. But I think that's good. Sometimes

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00:43:50,520 --> 00:43:52,279
Speaker 3: tangents are good. I want to give my flowers to

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00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:56,040
Speaker 3: Cannis Parker. Obviously, her jersey was retired in La over

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00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:57,120
Speaker 3: the weekend, and.

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00:43:57,040 --> 00:43:58,879
Speaker 2: I had I tell people all.

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00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:01,360
Speaker 3: The time I had the honor to win a championship

879
00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:04,880
Speaker 3: with her in Chicago, and she deserves all the things.

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00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:07,439
Speaker 3: And I feel like, you know, when people say who's

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00:44:07,480 --> 00:44:10,840
Speaker 3: your goat, you know, Maya Diana, And I feel like

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00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:14,520
Speaker 3: Candace's name doesn't get brought up enough, and I will

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00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:19,160
Speaker 3: even I'll even take some credit for not bringing her

884
00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:21,000
Speaker 3: name up enough, as it showed when it comes to

885
00:44:21,640 --> 00:44:23,879
Speaker 3: the greatest players to ever play in the w and

886
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:28,880
Speaker 3: in women's basketball in general. I remember watching her play

887
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:30,960
Speaker 3: in the Final Four in Tampa when I was in

888
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:34,040
Speaker 3: middle school, when she played for Tennessee, and I reminded her.

889
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:34,839
Speaker 2: Of that all the time.

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00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:36,840
Speaker 3: I was like, Cannas, I watched you play when I

891
00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:40,120
Speaker 3: was thirteen, when you were at Tennessee, and I just

892
00:44:40,360 --> 00:44:43,600
Speaker 3: think being able to have those moments, like, like we said,

893
00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:46,880
Speaker 3: the importance of having women like that to look up

894
00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:50,000
Speaker 3: to and want to be like and strive to be like.

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00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:52,959
Speaker 3: And at thirteen, did I ever think that I would

896
00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:56,400
Speaker 3: ever be on the same team as Candace Parker. No, never,

897
00:44:57,000 --> 00:44:58,680
Speaker 3: never in my life, And the fact that that was

898
00:44:58,719 --> 00:45:02,680
Speaker 3: able to happen for me, like is absolutely unbelievable. So

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00:45:03,080 --> 00:45:06,319
Speaker 3: I'm so happy that she's getting her flowers. She's also

900
00:45:06,320 --> 00:45:08,920
Speaker 3: getting her jersey retired in Chicago, which is amazing. I

901
00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:12,280
Speaker 3: think they said she's only the second player in WNBA

902
00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:15,919
Speaker 3: history to have her jersey retired. For two teams, we'll

903
00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:18,719
Speaker 3: have to fact check that, but I'm pretty sure it's

904
00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:21,400
Speaker 3: not many players that leave an impact in a legacy

905
00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:24,440
Speaker 3: the way she has. So flowers to Candace because she

906
00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:27,520
Speaker 3: deserves them all, especially while she can still spell them.

907
00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:31,000
Speaker 1: So yeah, I was also going to give my flowers

908
00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:34,359
Speaker 1: to her. Just some highlights about Candace, just for our

909
00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:36,440
Speaker 1: new w fans that might be tuning in and don't

910
00:45:36,520 --> 00:45:40,680
Speaker 1: quite understand how amazing she is. She was the first

911
00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:43,680
Speaker 1: woman to dunk at the Mcdonaldall American Game. She won

912
00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:46,200
Speaker 1: the slam Dunk contest at the Mcdonaldall American Game in

913
00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:49,560
Speaker 1: two thousand and four, beating out some future NBA stars.

914
00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:53,160
Speaker 1: She dunked in the NCAA for the first time and

915
00:45:53,200 --> 00:45:56,160
Speaker 1: then also dunk twice in one game during the NCUBLEA tournament.

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00:45:56,520 --> 00:45:59,120
Speaker 1: She had a historic WNBA rookie season where she won

917
00:45:59,160 --> 00:46:00,000
Speaker 1: the MVP.

918
00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:05,239
Speaker 2: Mind which, yes, like wow, that gags me.

919
00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:10,040
Speaker 1: That's the same, like weeop, don't show how hard that is.

920
00:46:10,040 --> 00:46:13,320
Speaker 1: And she's a three time WNBA champion with three different teams,

921
00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:18,160
Speaker 1: the Sparks, Chicago and the Aces. So not even to

922
00:46:18,200 --> 00:46:20,680
Speaker 1: mention all the things she's done off the court, being

923
00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:24,640
Speaker 1: the head of women's basketball at Adidas getting her signature shoe,

924
00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:27,480
Speaker 1: being the first of Adida to do that. Like an

925
00:46:27,480 --> 00:46:30,640
Speaker 1: incredible force for women's basketball and definitely a trailblazer. So

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00:46:30,680 --> 00:46:33,240
Speaker 1: we want to give her her flowers. She deserves them,

927
00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:35,520
Speaker 1: and all of the women who came before this new

928
00:46:35,520 --> 00:46:38,719
Speaker 1: era really do. Because I hear Charles Barkley talk about

929
00:46:38,760 --> 00:46:41,080
Speaker 1: a lot how he looks back at like burden Magic,

930
00:46:41,200 --> 00:46:44,440
Speaker 1: being like we got to make million dollar contracts because

931
00:46:44,440 --> 00:46:47,400
Speaker 1: of them, and to see like the growth that's happening

932
00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:51,040
Speaker 1: now because of the work that those women did. It's

933
00:46:51,120 --> 00:46:54,160
Speaker 1: so important to recognize and so I'm just glad to

934
00:46:54,200 --> 00:46:55,880
Speaker 1: have a small part and sharing their story.

935
00:46:55,960 --> 00:46:59,319
Speaker 3: Yes, and she's she's one of the ones, y'all we

936
00:46:59,320 --> 00:47:03,399
Speaker 3: didn't even mention and no stats numbers, nothing like. That's

937
00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:08,080
Speaker 3: just how impactful she has been for women's basketball and

938
00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:09,360
Speaker 3: just basketball in general.

939
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Speaker 2: So shout out to Cannas Parker. We love you. We

940
00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:14,520
Speaker 2: would not be here without you.

941
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:18,480
Speaker 3: Like, I'm just I'm so happy for her because I

942
00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:20,640
Speaker 3: feel like there was a moment in time where she

943
00:47:20,760 --> 00:47:24,600
Speaker 3: was being wildly disrespected as a player, as a trailblazer,

944
00:47:24,640 --> 00:47:27,280
Speaker 3: and I feel like everybody has come back down to earth.

945
00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:29,360
Speaker 3: And is giving her all of the respect that she

946
00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:32,440
Speaker 3: deserves because she has earned every single ounce of it.

947
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Speaker 2: So shout out to Kennis Parker.

948
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Speaker 3: This was a very chaotic episode.

949
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Speaker 2: We had a plan, guys, We had an outline. We

950
00:47:42,120 --> 00:47:44,040
Speaker 2: have an outline, guys, we really do.

951
00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:46,240
Speaker 1: But I love news.

952
00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:48,359
Speaker 3: This is something that is going to become a thing

953
00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:52,880
Speaker 3: in the wnba'm I'm absolutely here for it and we

954
00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:56,200
Speaker 3: want to be here to report it responsibly in the

955
00:47:56,239 --> 00:47:59,200
Speaker 3: way that it should be and keeping it about the game,

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00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:02,759
Speaker 3: about the ninety four feet So thank you guys for

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Speaker 3: tuning into another week of Full Circle podcast.

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Speaker 2: We will see y'all next time.

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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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