Hoops Heatwave: WNBA Edition

Returning from our summer hiatus, we have a fun-filled episode of Loc'd N Sports! Lyse shares her exhilarating trip to Costa Rica to celebrate her cousin's 30th birthday, while Velz talks about her relaxing staycation. With Lyse planning a visit to Chicago and hoping to catch a Chicago Sky game, we dive into the buzz surrounding the WNBA. From increased attendance and celebrity sightings to the intense physical play on the court, women's basketball is heating up, and we can't wait to share our thoughts with you!

Moving on, we break down the current WNBA standings, spotlighting the dominant performances of teams like the New York Liberty, Connecticut Sun, Minnesota Lynx, and Seattle Storm. We highlight the stellar contributions of players such as Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu, Alyssa Thomas, Dewanna Bonner, Naphessa Collier, Skylar Diggins, and Nneka Ogwumike. The rookie class also gets special attention, with a focus on Angel Reese's standout season and the heated debate over the Rookie of the Year race between Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. 

We then take a deep look at the strategic moves for teams like the Dallas Wings, contemplating their injury challenges and the possibility of tanking for a better draft pick. The episode doesn't shy away from recent basketball controversies, media biases, and Olympic team roster discussions. Finally, we wrap it up by celebrating the early All-Star voting returns, noting the surging enthusiasm and engagement in the WNBA. So tune in for a comprehensive and engaging episode that captures all the excitement and drama of the season!
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Produced by : Chalyse "Lyse" Dishmon, Kevelle "Velz" Harmon, Blair Beezy, and Nuchie
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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:11):
I like sports, and that's it.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
Yo, yo, yo, yo, it's the one and only Lise, and it's
your girl Vels, aka Velly Vell,velly Vell, if that's what you
want to call me, and together weare.

Speaker 1 (00:28):
Locked In Sports.
Yeah, episode 29, y'all.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
Sir, we back, yeah, we back.
Episode 20 nueve.
Yeah, yeah, 20 nueve, wasn'tsure at first.
Yeah, episode 20 Nueve, wasn'tsure at first.
Yeah, and so, vente, nueve, weare back, we are back.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
We are back.
I know, Did y'all miss us?
I mean, it's been almost like amonth it has.
You know, A lot has happened,Vils.
A lot has happened.
And look, before we get intothe episode, I think it's only
right we catch up a little bithow you been.
It's summer break for you.
I know you turnt up.
You ain't got to get up and goto work, deal with no kids.

(01:10):
So you know how's your summergoing.
How's your summer been?

Speaker 2 (01:13):
treating you Honestly .
My summer has been good.
It feels like summertime rightnow, got the vibes, got the
summertime vibes going.
I mean I don't have any tripsplanned, though that's.
The only disappointing thing isthat I haven't been able to,
you know, catch a flightanywhere, you know, and that's

(01:35):
more so on me procrastinatingand also just not doing it.
You know what I mean.
But I did want to take a tripand the summer ain't over, it's
just July.
Yeah, it's July, but I meanthis is want to take a trip, and
the summer ain't over.

Speaker 1 (01:45):
Um you know, it's just July.
Yeah, it's.

Speaker 2 (01:46):
July.
But I mean this is pretty much,this is pretty much it.
Yeah, it's this last month,it's pretty much it.
And then we back, you knowpretty much, you know, for the
early reporters got to get backto it.
Um, but you know I'm excited.
It's summertime.
I mean, you know I'm enjoyingmy rest and just, you know, just
getting a breath of fresh, justbreathing.

(02:07):
You know work can get busy.
My girl said just work can getbusy.
So you know I'm enjoying thistime off.
I really am.
So, uh, what about you?
What you been up to?

Speaker 1 (02:20):
you know I don't have the luxury of having a summer
break or some time off in thesummer.
You say this all the time.
Yeah but it is because it's trueand I'm hating, but no, I mean
I've enjoyed, you know, just, Iguess the weather we're in Texas
, as y'all know, it's hot, butwe ain't even really gotten to

(02:44):
the thick of it yet, you know.
So it's already like 100, somedegrees, 95 degrees and uh.
But anyway, I've been enjoyingthe summer vibes, though even
though I have to get up and goto work every day.
I have been enjoying the summervibes, just, you know, hanging
out poolside, grilling andthings like that, which we

(03:05):
actually just did this pastweekend, which was needed.
It was fun.
Uh, I did happen to take a tripum, at the beginning of june um
celebrated my cousin's 30thbirthday.
We went out there to costa rica.
It was a vibe.
Uh, it wasn't one of those, Imean, we turned up, but it
wasn't one of those, like youknow, clubbing type trips.
It was more a rest, rest,relaxation, a reset being out

(03:28):
there with nature and therainforest.
So it was cool, man, the vibeswas good.
I do actually have another tripkind of planned.
I'm going to Chicago to govisit my sister.
Okay, hopefully I can catch asky game if they, you know, at
home during that time.

Speaker 2 (03:45):
But just my luck?

Speaker 1 (03:46):
they probably won't be um, but I'll check.
You gotta look it up yeah, Ihaven't yet, but I'll check it
out and see um.

Speaker 2 (03:53):
But yeah, I mean, I'm just my birthday just passed,
so you know, happy birthdaybelated yeah, you know you know,
since we hadn't recorded sinceright appreciate that, so
another trip around the sun.

Speaker 1 (04:07):
God is good, but other than that man, I'm just
living, like you, I'm justliving.
It's been good.
It's been good thus far.
Well, that's good, it's good tohear.
So you ready to get into theepisode?
Let's get into it.
Alright, bz?
Drop that beat.

Speaker 2 (04:29):
The WNBA.
Yes, sir, wnba has been on fire.

Speaker 1 (04:36):
It has taken a life up on its own seems like.
It really has.

Speaker 2 (04:39):
I mean, you know, and we've talked about this, but
you know, more attendance at thegames and more interaction,
more support.
It's been real, it's been good,it has been.

Speaker 1 (04:51):
Yeah, man, like celebrities, you know we had
talked about, you know, growingthe game, getting the
celebrities out there and a lotof them have jumped on board and
you see them sitting courtside.
We go to the games, yeah, andyou know, ain't no telling who
falls through there, even at thewings games.
You know what I'm saying.
So I've been enjoying thegrowth of the game.
I've been enjoying, you know,the physical play of the game

(05:16):
We'll get there later but I'veenjoyed everything about this
season I have too, and I'm gladyou know that I'm able.

Speaker 2 (05:27):
I've gone to more wings games this year than I
ever have, like I've gone towings games in the past.
Uh, but thanks to my friend, um, and and, and my family.
You know, girls is getting inthem games and so I'm.
I'm glad that I've been able toget to the wings games, support
them, you know, although I doroot for the aces as well, right
, but just getting in theresupporting them, the games have
been fun.

(05:47):
Um, you know I I just love tosee the support of you know
what's going on in the wmba.

Speaker 1 (05:52):
I love to see it yeah , and speaking of what's going
on in the wmba, here is ourcurrent um standings.
Uh, right now, the new yorkliberty are the number one team
in the whole league with arecord of 16-3.
Are you surprised about theLiberty sitting at number one?

Speaker 2 (06:11):
I'm not because I mean the Liberty.
They're still a super team,yeah, and you know they lost in
the finals last year.
So I'm not surprised.
I'm not shocked.
Stewie is still doing her thing.
Sabrina has really stepped upthis year and she's reminding
everyone of who she is.

(06:31):
Yeah, and so, um, john CoyleJones, um, who else?

Speaker 1 (06:37):
Uh, um, um, um, Vandersloot, vandersloot.

Speaker 2 (06:42):
Uh yeah, I can never say her first name.
That's why I said Lainey, yeah,but no, I'm not shocked to say
you know, I'm not shocked, notshocked at all.
What about you?

Speaker 1 (06:52):
I'm not.
I'm not either.
My top three are the LibertySun and Aces, and we'll get to
where the Aces are on thestandings.
So get to where the aces are onthe standings.
So no, um, the liberty beingnumber one.
It's a toss-up.
It could have been the aces orthe liberty.
In my opinion, um, like yousaid they've, they were just
recently in the finals lastseason, so their team didn't

(07:15):
change at all.
I mean, the core is still there.
So no, no shock there, um,number two, that the connecticut
suns sitting at 15 and four.
Does this come of a bit of ashock to you?

Speaker 2 (07:26):
a little bit okay, uh , but you know, I still expected
them to be good.
But like sitting at the numbertwo spot, I think is is big for
them.
Um, they're they're.
They're making what they havewell, they're doing what they
can with what they have.
I mean, mean, they still haveAlyssa Thomas and Dewana Bonner,

(07:47):
which she hasn't really beenplaying well this season.
And then also I'm trying tothink of who else the big girl
that they have that plays downlow.

Speaker 1 (07:56):
I like her Brie Turner.

Speaker 2 (07:58):
Yes, I believe she's on my fantasy team, either Brie
Turner or Breonna Jones.
It's Jones Jones, breonna Jones, yeah, and I, I mean they're
they hoping right now they'redefinitely right now last 10
games are six and four.
Yeah, so, uh, they keep, youknow they they doing their thing
.

Speaker 1 (08:13):
I'm, I'm, I'm a little shocked at where they are
sitting right now, but, uh, nottoo shocked yeah, uh, same, I'm
not too shocked, because evenlast season they were hanging
around the number two, numberthree spot.
Last season, uh, they was inthat mix with the liberty, the
aces and yeah, which.
Yeah, so I'm not.
I'm not shocked there.
Um, dj kerrington, yes, she'sturned her game around.

(08:36):
I think she should win mip, uh,this year.
Uh, because it seemed like shejust did a whole 360 or 180.

Speaker 2 (08:44):
Whatever she did it.

Speaker 1 (08:46):
Okay, she did it.
The lockdown defense that sheput on Kayla Clark yes.
First game of the season.

Speaker 2 (08:52):
Her defense period.
She's a good defender.
Yeah, she's going to lock youup and she gets a few buckets
too.

Speaker 1 (08:57):
Yeah, she's improved.
She was in a three-pointcontest last year.
She didn't do that great but Ibet if she was to participate
again this year I think sheprobably could go further than
what she did last year.
But all in all, connecticut Sun, they are where they're
supposed to be and they willgive the Liberty a run for their

(09:18):
money.
Coming up out the east, I willsay that I would not be shocked
if the Sun come out the east.
Melissa Thomas is just doing herthing.
She's a triple double threatevery time she steps on the
court.
Again.
Dewana Bonner, like you said,she's kind of skidded a little
bit but she's one of those topplayers.
She'll be back.

(09:38):
She will, I'm not worried aboutthat.
Tanya Harris has been also agood asset because she's maybe
like the fourth option on thatteam, but she gets buckets, like
she gets the buckets.
So, yeah, no, connecticut's notdoing their thing.
Minnesota Lynx are sitting atnumber three with 14-4.
We're not going to stay long onthat.
Minnesota, I'm not shocked.

(10:01):
Nefesa Collier is a dog and sheis definitely leading that team
.
Minnesota is not a sexy teamand I've heard this and I agree
that they're not a sexy team,but they play together, they
play for each other and that'swhy they're sitting in number
three.
What do you think?

Speaker 2 (10:17):
Yeah, actually, that's one of the most recent
games that I went to was to seethe Wings versus the Minnesota.
Lynx and Nafisa man, she is abuck, yes, she is.
Like watching her play inperson, like I swear that lady
didn't miss.
Like I'm sitting there watchingthis lady shoot all these shots

(10:39):
, like and she was giving it toyou all kinds of ways Under the
basket mid-range short jumpersand they were not touching.
I feel like they weren'ttouching the net.
Yeah, they.
Um, minnesota also just won theuh, commissioners cup.
Yeah, they did versus theliberty.
Actually, uh, which was a bigwin for them.
Um, regardless, you know itdoesn't go like towards their
record, but, um, I mean, hey,look out, yeah, minnesota, hey,

(11:02):
minnesota may sneak in here andand win this thing.
There are a few teams that Ithink they can win the whole
thing, but I mean they were inthe playoffs last year.
They just didn't make it toofar.
But they're playing some ballright now.
Yeah, they are.

Speaker 1 (11:16):
Then Seattle Storms sitting at number four with 13-6
.
Good team.
They're right where they'resupposed to be.
So I don't have much on that,with the additions of the
Scholar Diggins and the NECA.
Yes, what's her last name?
Joy Lloyd, Joy Lloyd.
Yeah, you know she's there.

Speaker 2 (11:32):
NECA Gouma K yeah so those two additions?

Speaker 1 (11:36):
Right, definitely, you know a good spot for them.
Yeah, comes at a shot, but wecan explain why.
Right, the las vegas aces arenumber five, sitting at ten and
six.
Now, I'm not alarmed.
Please, everybody calm down,it's okay.
Uh, we were out chelsea grayfor the majority of the season.

(11:56):
You know, at the beginning, um,and I didn't know this, and
this is a, I guess, guess, asalute to Chelsea Gray.
She's the heart and soul ofthat team.

Speaker 2 (12:08):
Yeah, she is.
I mean that's not a surprise,though I mean we can see that.

Speaker 1 (12:16):
I didn't know that.
Okay, see, I know she,obviously she's a leader, but
when they were literally theAces had dropped down to almost
like 7 or 8, they was fightingfor a playoff spot.
I mean, it's early, but theywere fighting for a playoff spot
at one point in the seasonbecause they couldn't win games

(12:37):
and games.
I felt like they should win,and when you think about the
Aces, you think about that's astrong team from top to bottom.
They have a bench.
You know, of course, a crazystarting five.
When you think about the aces,you think about that's a strong
team from top to bottom.
They have a bench.
You know, of course, a crazystarting five.
I didn't think losing Chelseagray for a couple of months
would put them, you know,fighting for a playoff spot If

(12:58):
the season was to end today.
Yeah, so I have hats off toChelsea gray.
I'm glad you're back, causethey this is on a four-game win
streak and that's how they'reable to sit at number five.
What do you think?

Speaker 2 (13:13):
Yeah, she is one of the heart and souls of that team
.
I mean, I think, like we cansee already, without Chelsea
they weren't getting far LikeAsia is playing some amazing
basketball.
She's playing MVP basketball,but she's not able to do it
alone, Right?
I think you know Chelsea, herbringing a ball up, having a,
having a ball in her hands andmaking plays for her and her
teammates.
I think it was really reallyimportant and real vital for

(13:34):
them to get her back.
Um, so yeah, uh, but I can seethem, you know um, going on a
little run.
I'm not sure when the season isgoing to come to a halt due to
the Olympics, but I can see themgaining some momentum going
into the Olympics and then, evenafter the Olympics, I think

(13:54):
they're really going to be readyto work you know what I mean,
they're still in the hunt rightnow.
You know what I mean.
Like I said, Asia is playingher butt off.

Speaker 1 (14:03):
Right now.

Speaker 2 (14:04):
She is my early MVP.
Like she has my vote right now,Even though I don't get a vote,
but she has my vote for MVP sofar I agree.

Speaker 1 (14:14):
Yeah, no, I agree, man, she's pretty much leading
in every stat.
You know like points, rebounds,like Aja is just showing you all
why she's great and why she isthe face of the league, make no
mistake.
Number six is the PhoenixMercury, sitting at 9-10.
Seven is the Land of Dreams,sitting at 7-10.
Number eight is the Fever 8-12.

(14:36):
I want to kind of pause here.
The Indiana Fever have foundtheir way.
If the playoffs was to starttoday, they would be a playoff
team and, if you can recall,indiana didn't start out this
hot Right.
It was some learning curvesthere, but I think Indiana has

(14:57):
finally figured out.
You have to play throughAaliyah Boston.
Okay, I get it, it's the KalenClark show, but the Kalen Clark
show is not going to win yougames.
You have to feed a b and, asyou can see that once you start
feeding a b, good things happen,you start stacking up some wins
here.
Uh again, it's not a knock onkaylin clark, she's she's doing

(15:19):
great, but the offense has torun through alia boston yeah, I
agree, and I also just thinkthat their chemistry is growing.

Speaker 2 (15:28):
Their camaraderie is growing.
Kaitlyn is even though, yes,you do have to play through AB
because she's one of the bestplayers on the team, if not the
best player on the team rightnow.
Right, but I think that I thinkit's just that the chemistry is
building, it's growing.
They are starting to believe.
Like they're young.
At first you could kind of telllike they didn't know, like how

(15:51):
it was going to work outbecause they were so young.
You know, you got nalisa smithand, uh, leah boston, caitlyn
clark just coming in, but now Ithink that they are starting to
actually build confidence andthey're starting to trust each
other more on the court because,I mean, you can see it, some of
the like Kaitlyn, she knows,like when her teammates is
cutting down the lane, she'sdishing the ball.

(16:11):
You can just see the chemistrybuilding like within all of them
, not just Kaitlyn, but I mean,like you know, she does have the
ball in her hand most of thetime.
But yeah, and they're playingwith a confidence.
Right now they're playing likeokay, confidence.
Right now they're playing likeokay, maybe we can do this.
You know what I mean Maybe wecan.
You know, let's see what we cando if we were to make the
playoffs.
Now, alyssa Smith, she hoopingtoo.
Yeah, I like that Alyssa as arole player.

(16:32):
I don't know exactly right nowwhat she's averaging, but I mean
she's getting buckets and she'sgetting rebounds.
Yeah, you know what she'ssupposed to be doing in that
role.
So, yeah, I like the way theIndiana Fever look right now.

Speaker 1 (16:44):
I definitely do, man, and Kaylin's also a
triple-double threat.
Now she hasn't gotten one yet,I don't believe.
But she's flirting.
She flirts with the game in andgame out, and that's the thing.
You know.
Her passing ability is off thecharts and unbelievable.

(17:05):
Like you said, she makes thosepasses, man.
She has a high basketball IQ, Ithink.
And yeah, this is a steppingstone for the Indiana Fever.
Man, again, we're still earlyin the season.
We're almost at the halfwaymark, but we're still early.
Indiana could go up some morein the standings, so we just

(17:26):
have to stay tuned.
Next we've got number nine, theChicago Sky, sitting at 6-11.
We'll pause here too.
Man, hey, chicago, I like thatteam, but the Chicago Sky needs
shooters.
They have no shooters.
I like the core that they'reworking with.

(17:47):
I like, now that they'restarting Kennedy Carter, I think
that was the best thing thatthey could have done was start
Kennedy.
Yes, she's a hooper in everysense of that word.
She is a hooper.
She's very passionate.
She's going to dive on thefloor for the loose balls.

(18:09):
She's like the enforcer on thatteam and she goes, gets the
money.
Man, she's going to score herpoints, but that's what they're
lacking.
They're lacking scoring options.
Marina Mabry, she's cool, butshe's not consistent.
We saw that last game I can'tremember when they was playing

(18:32):
the Fever.

Speaker 2 (18:33):
Thank God they squeaked.

Speaker 1 (18:37):
They squeaked by, they squeaked by with a win.
But she missed two clutch freethrows yeah, you know what I
mean.
And then she just went like onefrom nine, from downtown.
You know you, we need someconsistent scoring.
Angel has been playing lightsout.

(18:57):
I don't know if you want totake that.

Speaker 2 (18:58):
No, I mean yeah, Angel, she's been doing her
thing, so I'm not saying thisdisrespectfully.
It comes at a shock because Ithought Kayla was going to run
away with the rookie of the year.

Speaker 1 (19:13):
I think we all did.

Speaker 2 (19:14):
But Angel had to remind us.
No, no, no, no, I I've beenputting on, I've been putting in
work too right, absolutely like, and I came in here on a
mission to show y'all that it'snot just about her.
You know, like, a lot of usrookies have talent right and
she's been showing it.
Uh, I believe you mentioned tome earlier that she got rookie
of the month.
Yeah, um, and right now.

(19:35):
So she's averaging uh 13 and 11.
Uh, about two assists a gameright now.
I'm not gonna lie.
If they voted for rookie of theyear today, like, I feel like
it would go to angel yeah but Ifeel like she's in the lead
period right now.
Yeah, uh, that's just how I feel.
I love her game, her passion.
She works like.
She works for her rebounds, sheworks for her points.

(19:56):
Her game looks a littleunorthodox.
It looks a little it's notpretty all the time you know, I
mean right, but she doing herthing on the court and I'm proud
of her, I really am.
Um, but, yeah, angel, uh, I,like you said they do need
shooters.
Yeah, um, they do need shootersand a point guard, yes, and a

(20:18):
nice little guard.
I think that this could be ayear to where they just kind of
like, you know, see, you know,they'll go into free agency and
they'll go into the draftknowing exactly what they need.
Now, seeing that you, and thennot only angel, but cardoso,
yeah, but seeing what you havein your big ladies or your big
girls.
Now, okay, we gotta, we gottafind somebody to have on the
perimeter yeah you know, I meanum and yeah, well, I don't know,

(20:41):
we'll see, we'll see, we'll see.
But I do like what angel'sdoing this year yeah, I do too,
man, and it's.

Speaker 1 (20:46):
It feels like she's getting back to playing like how
she was at lsu.
Yeah, you know what I mean.
I think she's now feelscomfortable in the league as
well, like everyone had beensaying prior to these rookies
coming in, like it's going to bea learning curve, it's going to
be another step you're going tohave to take, and I think now
she's getting more comfortableand that's why we're seeing her
put on these double-doubleperformances, like how she was

(21:08):
in college.

Speaker 2 (21:09):
It just really made me mad.
I just thought about it.
I'm mad that the Wings passedup on her man, yeah.

Speaker 1 (21:15):
They made a mistake.

Speaker 2 (21:16):
Yeah, if you had the opportunity to go get Angel.
You should have got her,because look at what she's doing
and she could be a huge help toArike right now.

Speaker 1 (21:24):
Absolutely Down low, and I'm glad you brought that up
, because Arike takes a lot ofshots, right, and I say this all
the time.
Man, arike is just a streakyshooter, like when she's hot,
she's hot, lights out, but whenshe's off, she's off and she's
off bad.
Yeah, and you need and there'sno shot at Tiara McCowan,

(21:47):
there's not a shot at KalaniBrown, but you need somebody
that can consistently reboundthat ball, because when Arika is
not hitting, you need somebodydown there that's going to grab
them boards, and Angel Reese, ifshe don't do nothing else she's
going to grab them boards.

Speaker 2 (22:02):
She's going to rebound the ball.

Speaker 1 (22:03):
And she's going to put that thing back up and if
she misses she's going to grabit again and put that thing back
up.
You know what I mean and that'swhat you need when you have a
wild out shooter, like you do ina re-game.
You, like you do in a re-game,you need a rebounder.
Yeah, and this is where, likeyou said, dallas dropped the
ball.
They definitely did.
Hey, there's games whereMcAllen is putting up 16 and 12,

(22:26):
but they so far and few inbetween.

Speaker 2 (22:30):
You know again, that's not a shot.

Speaker 1 (22:30):
I love my Williams players.
Man, we come out there and wesupport, you know, every home
game when we can, but this iswhen you need ar5, baby, yeah
and I'm trying to drop the ballthere who did the wings draft?
Uh, jc sheldon, a guard sheplays um.
I haven't been paying attention, but but if she's not making an

(22:53):
impact, right angel is makingan impact yes, and, and, and,
and, and, and, that I want totalk to somebody from that
organization to be like okay, sowhy with the fifth pick?

Speaker 2 (23:03):
what was your thought process going?

Speaker 1 (23:04):
you know, yeah so, um , we'll move on because we got a
lot to get into.
Uh, number 10, we got a losangeles sparks.
Uh, their, their record is 4and 14.
They suffered a devastatingloss, losing cameron brink to
was it acl or achilles acl?
So she's done for the seasonand she was.

(23:25):
She was having a nice rookieseason as well she was.

Speaker 2 (23:28):
She was, and I just feel like she was only going to
get better, uh, the morecomfortable she got playing in
the league.
But it sucks that, you know herrookie season had to come to an
end like that.
Yeah, nobody wants to obviouslybe injured.
Injuries are part of the game,it is.
You know you don't want to seeone of the like popular rookies
go out like that, you know Imean so, uh, hoping for a speedy
recovery for her.

(23:48):
I know she'll come back, youknow, stronger than ever.
Obviously she's gonna have towork really hard, um, you know,
during the rehab process, uh,but yeah, I I was liking what
Brink was doing too.
She was getting them blocks off.
She was averaging about 3 or 4blocks a game.
It sucks that they had to loseher like that.

Speaker 1 (24:08):
She said it was a block party and you all are
invited.
Send that number.
11 is the Washington Mystics.
Send that 4 and 15.
That has been a poverty teamfor a while now.
They just haven't been good.
Shout out to Waddella Dunn manyo that man.

Speaker 2 (24:27):
She took the year off .

Speaker 1 (24:28):
Aaliyah Edwards.
She's doing her thing, she'scarrying, she is, she's carrying
, she has to.
And I just want to make sure weshout out all the rookies,
because this whole rookie classhas been phenomenal, amazing, um
, but I I, the mystics need somuch help.
I don't even know where tostart.
I don't even know where tostart.

(24:50):
But you know they were.
They like when uh was a britneysykes she had came back um and
they they had won like a coupleof games.
I think they even beat the Acesat one point, or the Sky or
something like that.
But then Sykes is out and we'reback to losing again.
So I don't know.

Speaker 2 (25:06):
Washington.
Also Ariel Atkins.
She's trying.
I mean she's averaging 14-4-4.
But it's just not enough.
It's just not enough.
I'm trying to see how manypoints Edwards is averaging, and
it looks like she's averaging 8pretty much 9, 6 and 1.

(25:31):
I must have caught a good gameor something she still has an
impact on that team, but I justthink that they are missing.
Uh, deladon man, yeah, anddeladon, like, if it wasn't for
all the injuries, that ladywould be great.
Yeah, I agree, great, yeah, butit's a lot happening, like,
obviously she's off the court,you know, and I know she, I

(25:52):
think she helps, like take careof her sister and and I think,
and then, but yeah, and then shejust always injured.

Speaker 1 (26:00):
Yeah, always, always has been.
Her whole career has been.
It's not her fault.

Speaker 2 (26:04):
You know what I mean.
It's her body.
Yeah, it's just, it's just herbody.
But I really do miss watchingher hoop.
I think, you know, if she hadbeen healthy could play like
another five, maybe five to sixor however long she wanted to
play, you know?
I mean, I really enjoy watching, you know, are you?
saying she needs to hang it up.
No, no, no, I don't want her toretire, I need to see what she
looks like coming back, yeah,you know, come back, get it

(26:27):
right, let's see.
And if she, honestly, if shedoes get injured again, like as
far as, like it puts her out fora few months, yeah like maybe
three to six months.
Then, yeah, maybe it may betime to hang it up, because it's
just never gonna get right.
It's never gonna be right.

Speaker 1 (26:39):
No, seems like and I think now she should be, if not
30, over 30.
So yeah, you know, injuries youdon't bounce, you don't?
You know, once you get to thatage, you know injuries are kind
of harder to bounce back from.
But uh, we we'll see next yearif she comes back and what that
looks like.
But yeah, miss is going to haveto do something.

Speaker 2 (26:59):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (27:00):
Because they've been poverty man.
And then number 12, our belovedDallas Wings, are definitely
the last team in the leagues andat 4-15, they're tied.
I guess we're last with theMystics and the Wings.
So at this point let's justtank.
Okay, paige Buckers to theWings.
Huh, let's just tank I ain'tmad at that.

Speaker 2 (27:22):
Let's tank.
I'm calling for a tank.
I'm not mad at that at all.
Huh, I'm not mad at that at all.
I mean no, you want that Triumphwomen, let's get on.
I would like coming out of theOlympics, like once they get
Satu back because she's been outall season, they get her back
with the team presentlyconstructed, like as it is now.

(27:42):
Yeah, I want to see what itlooks like.
I want to see if they'll make apush to at least try to make
the playoffs.
But I think, like you said, Ithink it's probably about time
to tank.

Speaker 1 (27:51):
I think so, yeah, and I mean you're right, satu has
been out.

Speaker 2 (27:57):
It's going to be tough.

Speaker 1 (27:57):
I believe she has a shoulder injury and you know, I
just think, where you let's sayhey, let's say you'll keep
losing up until the Olympics,then I think we should go ahead
and pull the plug on the seasonand let's tank for Paige, and
then also, don't even bring Satuback at that point.

Speaker 2 (28:15):
Let her sit the entire season, let her be
healthy.
So don't even bring Satu backat that point.
Let her sit the entire season,let her be healthy.
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (28:18):
It just really sucks, though, because they made the
second round in the playoffslast year and you thought this
year, you know, we'll take thatnext leap, and it hasn't
happened.
And the reason why it hasn'thappened which we had stated a
few minutes ago is because Arikeneeds help.
There's no other scoring option.
There's literally no otheroption but her.

(28:41):
Yeah, who else is going to stepup and make those shots?
Who else is going to step up?

Speaker 2 (28:46):
well, I will say she has a little help, so I'm not
going to so like maddie secret,she stepped up her game this
year but she's also out with aninjury.
Um.
And then, um, monique billings.
Like monique billings isactually doing a decent job at
you know, I don't even knowwhere she came from and shout
out to shout out to MoniqueBillings and shout out to
Odyssey Sims the other day andthey allowed your girl to get a

(29:09):
picture with them on the course.
So appreciate y'all.
Um, but yeah, I think so.
Monique is averaging what?
10 and 8 right now.
Okay, so I that's not bad for arole player.
I'll take that from her.
You know what I mean, maddie,before she got hurt, I believe
she was averaging around like 14to 16 points.

Speaker 1 (29:25):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (29:25):
And I'm going to fact check that.
But yeah, it's just like shehad a little bit, yeah, 14.
Okay, pretty much 15 points, 40, 40 rebounds and one assist.
So she had a little bit, butthey are missing Satu, I think.
With Satu, I think you knowthey would be at least in
playoff contention.

Speaker 1 (29:44):
I do agree, man, because Satu had elevated her
game last year and I just feltlike she's figured it out, you
know what I mean.
And not have her on that court.
You can definitely tell thatsomething is missing and it is
definitely the scoring.
And we have been played withinjuries pretty much all season.

(30:04):
Man, like I said, Satu was out,natasha Howard was out for a
little bit.
Now you're saying Maddie's out,like so I mean we haven't had a
cohesiveness all season.
Yeah, and thank God they wentout and grabbed odyssey sims
right off the waivers.
Man, we stand.
Odyssey sims, man, she shouldhave never left the team.

(30:26):
She should have been there thewhole time.
Her first game back, she put up18 yep and then guess what?

Speaker 2 (30:33):
they won that game against the links, I believe
yeah, it was the linksx.
You know what I mean.

Speaker 1 (30:37):
So the talent is there, right, it's just people
are hurt.
But I don't know.
I just feel like, if it's goingto look like this coming into
the Olympics, yo man, it's tankand time.
Tank.
Tank for Paige.

(30:58):
Tank for Paige.
Tank for Paige.
I'm about to start the hashtagtank for.

Speaker 2 (31:02):
Paige.
Okay, I like that.

Speaker 1 (31:04):
I like that.

Speaker 2 (31:06):
And I feel like the Wings know also that they
dropped the ball on Angel and solike I feel like that could be
the plan, moving forward,tanking, and then also, you know
, they're going to make surethey get a legit pick this time.
Yeah, man Paige, and Dallaswill not be a bad look at all
man Paige and Reed man.
Yeah, that's all right.
Yeah, it won't be a bad look atall you know.

Speaker 1 (31:28):
So we're going to see , we're going to keep a close
eye on these standards, man.
Right now I would say those topthe top dang.
I mean it's so tight betweensix and nine Like it can go any
way for those last few spots forthe playoffs, man.
So WNBA is just ramping up,it's just gearing up to be a

(31:50):
wild ride come second half ofthe season.

Speaker 2 (31:52):
Yeah yeah, what else we got.
Did you want to talk about thecommissioner's cup?

Speaker 1 (31:59):
yeah, let's talk about that a little bit like we
kind of touched on it already.
Uh, it was liberty and in thelinks, yeah, like you said,
links one um, and with the goodthing about the commissioner cup
, it also gives the ladies um anopportunity to make, you know,
even more money you know, theysplit the five hundred thousand
dollar prize amongst themselves.
So that's another incentive towanting to make it to the cup

(32:22):
and also winning, and they alsodonate to charity as well, right
.

Speaker 2 (32:27):
Yeah, I wasn't mad.
I wasn't able to watch theentire game.
I think I watched like thefourth quarter.

Speaker 1 (32:32):
It was the fourth quarter.

Speaker 2 (32:34):
Yeah, commissioner's Cup is very interesting.
It's pretty much the same asthe end season tournament, you
know, in the nba.
Um I don't understand, though,why they don't count the game
towards the record.
Just count the game and thestats yeah like I don't
understand why they why?

Speaker 1 (32:49):
because that would have them play more games than
everybody else.
You know what I mean so well.
It's not fair.
One extra game it extra game,it's one extra game.
But that's not fair, though,Because when it comes to like
seeding and playoffs, True true,true but yeah, so I really
didn't have much about theCommissioner.

Speaker 2 (33:07):
Cup.
I didn't have much either, butyeah.

Speaker 1 (33:10):
So basically that's where that in-season tournament
and it actually came from theWNBA league.
The NBA kind of got that ideafrom them.
So that's pretty tight, ourrookie watch man.
It's time to start talkingabout ROTY.

(33:30):
I got strong cases for both.
I'm talking about Kalen Clarkand Angel Reese.
I mean at the beginning, likewe kind of said early in the
episode, that we had the KaylinClark effect going Like no it's.
Kaylin.
But I also said, though I said,you know, I felt like man, you
know, if she can get them inplayoff contention, yeah, and

(33:51):
her numbers support that, yeah,you know she's very deserving of
it.
But this past month, oh boyAngel's been on a tear and that
cannot go unnoticed.
Man, I know people you knowhave things to say, but I mean,
it's not easy to scoredouble-doubles in 10-string
games, regardless of the fact.

(34:13):
So that's something to be said,what you think, bill.

Speaker 2 (34:17):
Yeah, I think it's a tight race right now.
It could go to either one ofthe two yep and it's strictly
out of these two, like yeah, Ilove rakia jackson, I love
edwards and you know everybodyelse, but I think it's just a
two-woman race yeah, they're notputting up the numbers that
these ladies yeah, at this point, yeah, um, and also shout out
to angel for breaking thatrecord, that double-double

(34:40):
record.

Speaker 1 (34:40):
Yeah, let's give a clap for Angel Woo.

Speaker 2 (34:45):
She almost didn't get it, and the conspiracy
theorists out there believe that.
Who was it?
Who were they playing?
Who were they playing?
Was it?
Who were they playing?
Who were they playing?
Uh, anyway, long story short,uh, they believe that the girl
from the opposite team fouledher on purpose so she can get
the record.
I think that was a kind gesture, though, you know, I mean, even

(35:07):
though you're not supposed tocheat the game like that, but
still like they want to see herwin.
Yeah, you know, I mean, and soI'm glad she was able to get to
the free throw, free throw lineand get that extra point to get
them 10 points, you know what Imean.

Speaker 1 (35:18):
That's what's up.

Speaker 2 (35:19):
Yeah, but yeah, yeah, right now, if we had to vote
today, I'm going with Angel,taking Angel Just today, you
know, even with the Indianafever and playoff contention
right now, because I mean it wasjust because it was unexpected
of how she's playing right now.
Right, I felt like she wouldplay, but I didn't know she'd be

(35:40):
playing as well.
And I mean she was just Rookieof the Month this month.
Like she's putting in work, sheis, she is putting in work and
so and this is not a knock onCaitlyn, because, shoot, I had
her early, I had her as theearly Rookie of the Year, yeah,
as the early rookie of the year.
Yeah, I mean, yeah, um, but,and and like like we just said,

(36:00):
it's a close race, it's not,it's not too far apart, it's not
.
I mean, you got caitlinthrowing 13, 14 assists in the
game you know, I mean likethat's tough this is, this is
for a rookie like that's tough.
That's tough, you know, I meanangel getting 16, 17 rebounds,
yeah, like that's.

Speaker 1 (36:14):
No, she's not averaging that, but like she's
capable.

Speaker 2 (36:17):
Yeah, and so it makes it.
It makes it tough, I you know.

Speaker 1 (36:22):
Shout out to the voters, man, cause that's going
to be a tough choice, that is atough choice, man, and I just
real quick because I just wantto kind of put some stuff in
kind of perspective here.

Speaker 2 (36:32):
You know you be reading a lot and I need to stay
out the comments.

Speaker 1 (36:35):
Um, I I hate that they compare kaylin clark to
angel reese and angel reesekaylin clark.
You know not, not, not realbasketball fans.
We're just talking about theseweirdos on online.
Well, we can't right, we can'tcompare kaylin clark to angel
reese because they first of allthey play two different
positions, right.

(36:55):
One's a forward, one's a pointguard, right.
So I can't base angels gameagainst kaylin's because they
don't even play the sameposition, right?
Kaylin has the ball in her hand.
She controls the game.
That, that's what controls theoffense.

Speaker 2 (37:13):
You know what I mean.
Yeah, the offense, um for allthe non-basketball people.

Speaker 1 (37:17):
So the point guard is the person that dribbles the
ball up the court.
They have and they set the playand they put everything in
motion.
That's what a point guard does.
A forward they sit there andthey hold their own down on that
block and they try to bevisible to get the ball down low
to go up for a shot.
Angel can't make any pointswithout getting the ball thrown
to her right.

(37:37):
So to compare them, it's justunfair, right?
You have to compare angel toanother forward.
You have to compare kaylin toanother guard.
You can't compare them to eachother because they just simply
don't play the same position andthe the time they have with the
ball is totally different.
Um, so we have to stop that.

(38:00):
Let's stop that because because, truth be told, you're all
wrong.
You're just wrong.
You're just wrong.
Um, and how about this?
Kaylin is great at what she doesfor a rookie and Angel is great
for what she does as a rookie.
Because, because you cannottake anything away from her If
she's putting up.
What game did she have?

(38:21):
Like it was like a phenomenalgame.
She put up like 20-some pointsand like 13, 14 rebounds.
I mean it was sick, yeah.
So that's what she's capable ofdoing and that is great for her
and her position.
Kaylin putting up 20, 10, and12 is great for her at her
position.
Kaylin putting up 20, 10, and12 is great for her at her
position.

(38:41):
So let's everybody relax.
I just want to tell everybodyto relax and get some basketball
knowledge, and if you don'thave any basketball knowledge,
then shut the hell up.

Speaker 2 (38:53):
What you think, vales , you got anything you want to
add on that?
You said it all.
Didn't you have something tosay about Ocho?

Speaker 1 (39:00):
yeah, man Ocho.
So you know the I want to callit something but I can't think
off the top of my head, but the,I guess the head across the
head.
That was heard all across theworld, which is so baffling to
me because so a few weeks ago,when the sun played not the sun,

(39:24):
I'm sorry when the fever played, the sky, and Caitlyn was going
up and Angel swiped her acrossthe head accidentally going for
the ball, I knew in that momentwhen I saw it I was like, oh,
this is going to be everywhere.
I even text you.
I'm like this is going to gocrazy.

Speaker 2 (39:41):
I was watching the game, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1 (39:42):
I was like this is going to go crazy.
And lo and behold, it was onCNN.
I have never in my life that'scrazy Seen a foul be put on CNN.

Speaker 2 (39:52):
That is insane.

Speaker 1 (39:54):
So it's like we keep feeding into this narrative of
hate and it's just like man, wejust, we just want to watch the
game.
Man, we like to see hard fouls,we like to see the chippiness
we was watching.
What was that game we waswatching?

Speaker 2 (40:08):
Mercury and um.

Speaker 1 (40:11):
Mercury and Fever and it was chippy.
But chippy makes forentertainment.
Chippy is exciting, it'scompetitive.
I don't feel like that was donewith malicious intent.
It wasn't.
It was a basketball play, Ishow.
And he did say it was abasketball play, but then he
went on to say things like,although you're right and very

(40:33):
condescending by the way uh,although you're right, it is a
basketball play, but whenkennedy carter hip checked
kaylen and you jumped off thebench and you were excited, uh,
that wasn't a basketball play,you're right, it wasn't.
It was not a basketball play, Ishow.
It was not what kennedy carterwas, not a basketball play.
She was wrong, but did nobodydie did?

Speaker 2 (40:56):
anybody die?
Did anybody get hurt?

Speaker 1 (40:58):
did?
Did we see blood?
It's okay, it's okay, it's okayto get hip checked.
Okay, because if you hip checkme, okay, I'm like, okay b, I
got you I got you.

Speaker 2 (41:09):
Next time I'm coming down, you know what I'm saying,
like why, why are we?

Speaker 1 (41:13):
making this a thing, y'all?
It is sports On CNN, though.
Like that's crazy.
Like shouldn't y'all be talkingabout who's going to be
president in a few months?
Why don't you give a damn aboutwhat's going on in WNBA?
Oh a foul.
And you know what's so crazy?
In the NBA finals, I believe PJWashington did something to
either.
It was either Al Horford orChristos Pazingas.

(41:36):
I can't.
I don't even think I've seenhim on Instagram, and it was
very blatant.

Speaker 2 (41:44):
I can think of another play that happened years
ago when James Harden was stillplaying with the OKC Thunder
and Middle World Peace, aka RonArtest, like, bowled him in the
side of his face to the point towhere it was pictures going
around James Harden the wholeface was going to the left.

Speaker 1 (42:01):
I mean both of them.

Speaker 2 (42:02):
It could have gave him a concussion no to the left,
I mean both of them.
It could have gave him aconcussion.

Speaker 1 (42:07):
That didn't make CNN or SportsCenter.
It probably made sense.

Speaker 2 (42:09):
It wasn't on CNN, it wasn't worldwide news and the
fact that you have a play on CNNthat Angel is actually going
for the ball.
It was literally accidental hergoing across it was a hard foul
.
That's it Caitlin wasn't evenworried about because she knew
it wasn't no like maliciousintent and when no ill will,

(42:29):
then she was literally trying toblock the ball.
She was trying to block herfrom making a layup that was all
got caught on the head freethrows and everything.
She was ready to shoot the freethrow.
She wasn't even worried aboutthem, reviewing it at the table,
like she was just like okay, Iknow I shoot free throws.
So like here we are like let'sstop, yes, let's stop.
It's.
It's not a black and whitething, it's not a caitlin versus

(42:52):
angel thing like these.
Look, these young women areliterally just playing
basketball.
I need y'all to get out y'allfeelings.
Man, like, first you talk aboutthe wmba.
Oh, it's too soft, I can'twatch women play.
Now, all of a sudden, it'sWorld War 3, world.

Speaker 1 (43:08):
War 4, like what are we doing?
They hate each other.
They just really hate eachother out there like no they're
competitive.

Speaker 2 (43:13):
So it's just like if me and Lisa were playing on
opposite WNBA teams.
Right, I'm going at Lisa on thecourt, but we gonna be cool
afterwards and that's what I see.
Just like Angel said before,like me and Caitlyn don't hate
each other, but she but Angel isriding with her team.
So, yes, she did jump off thebench whenever Kennedy did that,
even though Kennedy was wrong,but she's supporting her

(43:34):
teammates.
That's what the Indiana Feverneed to start doing.
Support your teammates, supportCaitlyn.
Like worry about that.
You know what I mean.
Like this stuff is gettingridiculous.
It's annoying.

Speaker 1 (43:45):
Like it's just basketball.
It's just basketball.
You're making it tough for thereal fans to watch.
You know when?
All this extra commentary?
Actually I'm not done with you.
Bring your ass back here, boy.
Um, then you talked about hershoes because she had the joker
custom rebox right and you saidwell, you said you want to be

(44:06):
the villain, but you don't wantto be a villain.
But then he wears rebox.
Okay.
So here's the odd show, becausewhen, when you get off your
knees and then maybe you canhear me, you're funny.
Angel is not trolling caitlyn.
Newsflash, she's not trollingcaitlyn, she's trolling you,
she's trolling y'all.
Right, y'all made her thevillain.

(44:29):
So no matter what she does, she, she can go out there and say
you know I, I'm on free healthcare for everyone and let's live
in peace and harmony.
Guess what?
You weirdos all you I chillincluded gonna find something
wrong with it.
Because every superhero needs avillain, needs a every what is

(44:51):
it?
Protagonist needs an antagonist, like that I mean because
you've created this narrativehere.
So, no matter what she does,she's always gonna be in the
wrong.
So, yeah, okay, I embrace thevillain, I'll be the villain.
I don't think she really wantsto.
I don't think that that'sreally her.
Y'all, always, y'all, y'allwatching her games and and

(45:12):
drawing conclusions by somethingthat's happening on the court.
You don't know her outside of achicago sky uniform or lsu
uniform.
You don't know her when sheleaves that arena.
So you're just makingassumptions on a person that you
really don't even know, whichis annoying as is.
And kaylin talks and I just,and I hate this, this kaylin

(45:33):
angel thing, but it's just like,because it's just a big topic
here, kaylin has more technicalfouls than reese.
So what does that say?
Is she a dirty player?
Is she does she?
Is she classless?
Does she have an attitude?
Is she ghetto trash?
I mean, this is what y'all besaying.
Look, this is I don't evenrepeat what y'all be saying.
I read it, I see.
So, like angel has like what?

(45:56):
Like one?
I believe kaylee leads theleague in technical fouls, but
we nobody's saying anythingabout that.
I wouldn't even give a damn, mydamn self.
But at least make it fair.
If you're going to callsomebody classless because of
how they're playing, thenKalen's classless too, because
why do you have so manytechnical fouls?
That means you're doing dirtythings.

(46:16):
You don't just get technicalsfor no reason.
So something.
Either you're saying somethingto the ref, you're saying
something too loud, or you'remaking dirty ass plays for you
to get a technical foul.
That just come on now, and I andthe rest have been terrible
this season as well.
Like we said, referees are justterrible across all leagues,
and they have.
They have definitely shown upin the WNBA and they suck, but

(46:38):
there's something to be saidthere too.
So I don't say if, if, ifsomething's good, if one thing's
good for the goose, it's goodfor the gather.
So you can't pick and choosewho's being classless and who's
not when they're both doing thesame damn thing.
It's competitive.
Things get heated, things getsaid.
Val's made a good point.
Me and her are going to talkish all game.

Speaker 2 (47:01):
You know we might get a little physical with each
other, but after that we good,because the game is over now.

Speaker 1 (47:05):
But when we're in that state, we're competitive
and we want the best woman towin and if I think I'm the best,
she thinks she the best youknow we got to figure it out.

Speaker 2 (47:11):
Now we got to duke it out and see who really is, and
then after that we cool.

Speaker 1 (47:17):
So, acho, like, please stop feeding this
narrative of hate, and LashawnMcCoy too, get off your knees as
well.
Bro, like, wipe the corners andstop, because I feel bad for
Joy.
Sometimes she be up there, shebe trying to make sense and then
she realize there's just nomaking sense and it's, I think.
And the thing is, I think theyjust shucking and jiving, I

(47:39):
think they tap dancing becausethey know that's what's going to
get the people going.
It's clickbait.
I hope they really don't feelthis way, but in case they do,
you both are idiots.
You both are idiots and youdon't even watch the WNBA enough
to even have an opinion onwhat's going on anyway.
So you get on these platforms.
You're talking loud and youdon't even know what the hell

(47:59):
you're talking about.
So just sit this one down andlet the ladies do it.
Let the Joy Taylors do it.
Let the Taylor Rooks do it.
Let the Monica Minuts do it.
Let the LaChyna Robinson's doit.
Let them do it.
Let the Andrea Carter's do it.
Like, let the ones thatactually been around the game
Huh, who else?
The Chenaise?
Yeah, let them do it.
You know what I'm saying.
Let them do it.

(48:27):
Y'all watching the game I don'tknow where blinder's on.
I don't get it, but um, I ain'tgonna keep going on.
I show you suck, lashawn mccoy,you suck, and that's all I got
to say about them this all right.

Speaker 2 (48:35):
Well, speaking on or staying on the same topic of
pretty much wmba, um, you wantto get into the olympics?

Speaker 1 (48:44):
yeah, let's get into this Olympics.
Of course it's just like moredrama, more drama, always drama.
I just don't never remember itbeing as much drama, because
it's just we want to go to thegame, but just when the
different odds come on, it justchanges everything but hey you
gotta take the good with the bad, right right.
So the Olympic team who's allon that team?

(49:07):
Uh, I know asia, um chelsea.

Speaker 2 (49:11):
It's uh nafisa yep collect uh copper, chelsea.
Gray brenny griner um sabrinanescu.
Joel lloyd kelsey plum briannastewart.
Uh diana Kelsey Plum, briannaStewart, diana Taurasi, alyssa
Thomas Asia and Jackie Young.

Speaker 1 (49:28):
That is a tough Olympic team.
It is and I know the drama thathad been.
I don't know, it's probablydied down now.
People have moved on, but itwas.
You know Kayla should be onthat team and I can understand
points points right, because shegets views, but it's not about

(49:52):
views, right?
This is about winning right,and I, I know I look at this
roster and I'm trying to figureout.
Who are you taking off forcaitlyn clark?
So let's play.
Who are you taking off forKaitlyn Clark?
So let's play.
Who are you taking off forKaitlyn Clark?
If you look at this roster, whodo you think should be removed

(50:12):
in order for Kaitlyn to join theteam?
I'll wait.

Speaker 2 (50:20):
What position does Kelsey play?

Speaker 1 (50:21):
Kelsey is a guard.
She's like a 2-3.

Speaker 2 (50:23):
So well, if it was anybody?
If it was anybody, for me itwould be Kelsey.

Speaker 1 (50:32):
Okay.

Speaker 2 (50:32):
Why?
I just feel, like you know,even though Kelsey is still good
, don't get me wrong she's abucket getter.
She's going to knock down someshots.
She's going to get to the cut.

Speaker 1 (50:44):
I don't really know, I just feel like, honestly, I
was.
Well, this is my opinion yeah,get into your baby, get into
what we want.

Speaker 2 (50:51):
I did want to see Caitlyn on the Olympic team.
I just felt like it was a greatopportunity because you know,
the Olympics only happen everyfour years and she'll probably
be on the next one yeah, but itwould have just brought more and
more attention to women'sbasketball, in which it's still
going to be attention brought towomen's basketball Because, I

(51:11):
mean, the women have beendominating in the Olympics for a
long time at this point.
So, honestly, I don't reallythink it even.
I mean, it matters who's on theteam, but I really don't think
it really mattered.
But I think Caitlin would havebeen a good look on the Olympics
team.
Now, I'm not mad at the squad.
I wasn't one of the ones like,oh, she should have been on the
team, like you know, I mean, butit wouldn't have been bad to

(51:34):
see her on there.
I really wanted to see that.
I mean, she'll even angel alittle bit, but it was more so
caitlyn for me now angel lookingat the big girls, like you
wasn't replacing Brittany Grinerin Asia.
You're not replacing them.
Now, what I don't understand iswhy don't they have like so I

(51:56):
think it's what 12 of thesegirls?
Why don't they have like a 15roster team?
Like anything can happen.
You get all the way over toparis y'all in practice or
something somebody gets sick,somebody get hurt.
I don't understand why theroster isn't at least 15.
You know deep um, that doesn'tmake sense to me.

(52:16):
Like you've strictly got itright at 12 and I think the men
do the same thing, right, um,but if, like I said, if it was
anybody, it would be Kelsey Plum.
But at the same time, I mean,kaitlyn is a point guard, kelsey
is just, you know, she's on thewing, she's a guard.

Speaker 1 (52:38):
I'm not giving up Chelsea Gray for Kaitlyn Clark,
not right now well, we justgotta make sure Chelsea is ready
.

Speaker 2 (52:44):
She just got to make sure Chelsea is ready, right?
True, she just got back, true,you know what I mean, true?
And then, okay, let me ask youthis yeah, what other point
guard could have been on thislist?
That's not on this list,because I know Jewel Lloyd is a
point guard.
Chelsea Gray, breonna Stewart,she doesn't play point.
Oh no, brianna Stewart, shedoesn't play point, does she?
She a?

(53:04):
Forward um another point guard,like point guard, like like
taking Kaitlyn Clark out thepicture who else in the WNBA
that's bringing up the ballcould have been on this team.
Well, okay is she?

Speaker 1 (53:18):
is she gonna be?

Speaker 2 (53:18):
playing for um.

Speaker 1 (53:21):
So I had heard that you know Nigeria had kind of
wanted her to come play for them.

Speaker 2 (53:26):
That wouldn't be a bad move, so I don't know if
she's accepted.
If they had, it'd be them yeah.

Speaker 1 (53:38):
I mean, we don't know them, Nigerian girls Child
they're right.

Speaker 2 (53:41):
Okay, no disrespect to my Niger ladies, but hey,
they get their head beat in inchild it's a different type they
say the same, that's crazy nodisrespect, though I say that
respectfully respectfully.

Speaker 1 (53:59):
Y'all gonna get your head beat in.

Speaker 2 (54:01):
That's crazy, but yeah besides what other point
guard that you can just think ofif you can't think of one?
That's crazy, but yeah, besides, what other point guard um that
you can just think of if youcan't think of one?

Speaker 1 (54:11):
I can't not off the top of my head who I would take
other than those guys or thosegirls.
Um, nah, that'd be it.
I mean, if anything, I wouldsay this I would have made
Kaylin.
That'd be it.
I mean, if anything, I will saythis I would have made Kaylin,

(54:32):
maybe, if, if, if it was open to15, she would what, what do you
call those people that like onstandby?

Speaker 2 (54:37):
Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1 (54:38):
She'll be like a standby for me, right, like a
practice player.

Speaker 2 (54:40):
Yeah, you know what?

Speaker 1 (54:41):
I'm saying Like she'll be a standby.
But here's the thing Y'allcalling for Caitlyn to play in
the Olympics and she doesn't getany PT, so she'll just be there
just sitting.

Speaker 2 (54:50):
But see, that's what I said too.
So I'm like, okay, we don'tknow if she would have got PT or
not, because I mean she's doingher thing right now.
She hasn't proven anything.

Speaker 1 (55:05):
She hasn't proved anything players have proven
right some, some of these havealready been to the olympics
already.

Speaker 2 (55:10):
I think everybody on this team has olympic.
Uh, I think this is khalia'sfirst.
Okay, this is our first.

Speaker 1 (55:12):
Yeah, but she's a dog and she's putting up numbers
with phoenix.
So, like you know, and they'reso crazy and I don't know if I
should say this, I think I'mgonna say say whatever I saw.
Do you watch Power?
Of course.

Speaker 2 (55:26):
No, no, it was BMF.

Speaker 1 (55:26):
Do you watch BMF?
No, not anymore.

Speaker 2 (55:28):
Ah, never mind, okay, never mind, but I guess for the
ones that watch.

Speaker 1 (55:33):
BMF.
This is probably bad, but ifyou watch BMF and they say that
Khalil Cooper look likeHenrietta, I don't even know who
, henrietta, I know but the onesthat watch like I, and then
when that I was like, yeah, shedo like henrietta ass, but
that's probably bad.
I'm sorry, claire copper, Idon't mean it like that, it was

(55:55):
just funny and stuff, but anyway, and it's really not a
compliment, but I mean it's not,but, but I love her, though,
man, she's a hooper dog likeyeah you know what I'm saying so
I'm sorry, please like yeah,okay, let's get back on it.

Speaker 2 (56:14):
So let me ask you this do you think that the
roster uh, constructed as it isnow, is perfect, as is?

Speaker 1 (56:22):
I think you got the best of the.
I think you got the bestplayers in the league.
I probably would have putDeJuan Abano on there, though.

Speaker 2 (56:32):
Yeah, what about Aaliyah though?

Speaker 1 (56:35):
Aaliyah Boston.

Speaker 2 (56:36):
Yeah, I think Aaliyah would have worked too.

Speaker 1 (56:39):
I think so.
So you got Griner, you got Asia.

Speaker 2 (56:44):
Who else?
Who's all the big girls?
And again these athletes arecoming off injury.

Speaker 1 (56:49):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (56:49):
Chelsea Gray, brittany Griner, who else on
here?
Everybody else has been prettymuch healthy, but that's what
scares me, yeah, is that they'vecome and they didn't start the
season.
They just started playing.

Speaker 1 (57:02):
Yeah, but Brittany Griner is tall.
No, no, no, you know, no, no no, no, I won't be g on it like
six, eight like you gotta.
You gotta, I mean, because someof these euros, some of these I
don't know what they're puttingin the food, in the water, and
with these euros, girl, did yousee that?

Speaker 2 (57:15):
17 year old did you?
Seven foot 20 man she's aboutto come in and wreck.
Yes, she is shot they arebuilding.
They're building playersoverseas they are Like I can't
wait to see what she does,Because why is a woman?

Speaker 1 (57:28):
7'7" or whatever.
The hell she is man.
That stuff is crazy, she ain'teven working for them points.

Speaker 2 (57:33):
She's literally just putting the ball in the basket
right there, Like who's going tobe able to stop her?
I think the only thing with herwould be shape, keeping her in
shape.
Getting everything down thatcourt, I think the only thing
with her would be shape, keepingher in shape, getting her up
and down that court.
I need to see how she runs.
But yeah, stuff about to getcrazy.

Speaker 1 (57:51):
When she get to somebody, college, she going
somewhere.
Man, I put that lady rightthere on that block and just put
your hands up, sweetie, justhave your hands up the ball
coming to you.
No, that's literally going tobe interesting moving forward.
I'm going to be interestingmoving forward.

Speaker 2 (58:04):
I'm going to keep an eye on her yeah, I really need
to figure out china, right?
Yes, I need to figure out hername.
She's gonna be nice.
Well, I'm not saying that she'sgonna be nice, but she's gonna
be a problem she's gonna be aproblem you can't stop that.

Speaker 1 (58:14):
No, there's no women that are seven foot currently in
the league right now.
You know you got some six eight, some six nines, but that's
seven foot seven here.
A little bit different, that'sa little different yo so, but I
mean to get back onto theolympic thing, man, I just feel
like I don't know.
Man, she would be a goodpractice player, a good if

(58:36):
somebody got.

Speaker 2 (58:37):
How about this, if somebody, when they?

Speaker 1 (58:38):
get to paris might get hurt and can't go.
I think she should be the nextcall in.
I think she should get thatcall to come over you talking
about.

Speaker 2 (58:48):
Kaylee, if they get over there to.

Speaker 1 (58:50):
Paris and somebody can't go as a guard.
I think she should get thatcall to come over and she could
definitely afford a PJ?

Speaker 2 (58:57):
Yes, she can.
I'm sorry we're going back.
Go ahead.
The young lady we were justtalking about 7'3" 17-year-old.
Her name is Zane, I thinkthat's how you pronounce it.
She had 44 and 14.
20 or 22 field.
Like what are we doing?
Like stop, I know.
And why didn't she have moreRight?

(59:18):
Like, those girls look likeelementary kids standing there.
So she was killing them.
So I think she's probably gonnabe playing for team china this
summer oh yeah, that's gonna bea problem.

Speaker 1 (59:27):
I'm sure she will.
I mean, that'd be smart.
I definitely want on the team.

Speaker 2 (59:32):
But yeah, um, yep, I think you know, like you said,
somebody gets hurt, they'll givecaitlin the clock or call,
depending on the position.
Really, I guess, yeah, um, youknow, the position needs to be
filled.
So, yeah, I think so, I thinkso.
I think that's all I have forthe Olympics, me too.
What about you?

Speaker 1 (59:48):
No, that's it, man.
I'm excited to see you knowwhat happens and how we do Bring
home that gold, as always.
So we'll keep a close eye on it.
One more topic before we getout of here is you know the
All-Star game is coming soon.
I believe it is july 20th or21st, 22nd, somewhere off in
there, the uh, july 20th july20th I was right.

(01:00:11):
So, uh, that was the all-stargame, and this year is gonna be
a little different.
It's gonna be the whoever's onthe all-star team against, uh,
the usa team.
So I think that'd be do thatthough because what if you play
for like what?

Speaker 2 (01:00:23):
what if you're?

Speaker 1 (01:00:25):
Yeah, it'll just probably you know, probably go
to the next Like.
So, for instance, I'm glad youasked that Right now.
These are the early all-starvoting returns.
Right Tonight they will belisted or given out.
Whoever made the all-star team.
That will be posted tonightduring one of the games that's

(01:00:47):
going on this evening.
But right now asia wilson isleading the votes with 217 773.
She is basically number onepick for the all-star team.
So for this instance, right,she's on the usa team, so she,
she will get the all-star nod,but she won't be playing for the

(01:01:08):
all-star team.
Uh, the next player is kaylinclark and she comes in at
216,000 votes 216 427, of course, votes.
So that would make kaylin clarkthe number one vote getter.
Right, well, asia would be noone voting, but she would be
taking Asia's spot becauseAsia's playing for USA.
So it would probably move downlike that.

(01:01:30):
Aaliyah Boston she coming in atnumber three with 171, 864,000
votes.

Speaker 2 (01:01:37):
Okay, they like.

Speaker 1 (01:01:37):
Aaliyah yes.
Brianna Stewart coming in at151,984.
Arike Agunwaleale coming at130,000.
Sabrina Ionescu 118.
Angel Reese 118.
Kelsey Plum 117.
Nafisa Collier 103.
And D'Erica Hamby at 97,000.

(01:01:58):
And I want to say this realquick because I found an
interesting stat and it's atestament of the growth Last
year, aja Wilson got the numberone pick or the number one nod
for All-Star and her votes wereonly 34,000.
Okay, in 2023, all-star, hervotes were 34,000.

(01:02:24):
This year, all-star 24, at thetime when this was posted, she
was sitting at 217,773 votes.
That is showing you how muchthe game has changed in a year.
Yep, and regardless of all thedrama whatever's making you tune
in, we see the changes beingmade and you can just tell by

(01:02:49):
just simply off the all-starvotes.
I mean, you can also tell bythe packed out arenas and things
like that.
But I'm just excited.
I'm cool with any of theseplayers making the all-star team
.
They all deserve it.
They've all been having a greatseason.
They've all been having a greatseason.
They've all been having a greatseason.

Speaker 2 (01:03:07):
What do you think?
I agree, I can't wait to seeTeam USA versus Team WNBA.
That's going to get a littlespicy.
I hope it's chippy.
I want it to be chippy.
Normally they sister-in-law andthey play and joke around a
little bit, but I think thisyear it's a little bit different
.
I think so too.
It's going to be a littledifferent, and it's also going

(01:03:29):
to be nice to see Kaylin andAngel play on the same team.

Speaker 1 (01:03:31):
Yes.

Speaker 2 (01:03:33):
Yes, I would love to see that.

Speaker 1 (01:03:35):
Maybe that'll bring some harmony within these
comments, man, when they seeKaylin ditch the Angel for an
assist and she put it up, andthen maybe everything could be
right with the world again.
Hopefully I doubt it, but we'llsee, um, and and another thing,
and then we're getting out ofhere and I'm about to get back
on my soapbox real quick becauseit just came to my mind um,
we're talking about the sellingout of the arenas.

(01:03:55):
So everyone says, like you knowthe kayla clark effect, how you
know when she comes, she sellsout, she does, she does.
Kayla Clark has real fans thatactually show up.
If Angel fans actually showedup to the games, angel could

(01:04:15):
sell out those same arenas.
See, all Angel fans are on theinternet.

Speaker 2 (01:04:19):
Y'all fans are on the internet.

Speaker 1 (01:04:21):
Y'all hype her up on the internet but you don't come
to her games, so that's thedifference, angel fans, that is
the difference between KaylaClark and Angel Reese.
Kayla Clark fans, they coming.
Yeah, they are In droves.
They coming on tour buses tocome see her.

(01:04:41):
Angel Reese fans y'all just sitonline arguing with Kalen Clark
fans.
Y'all not showing up to thegame.
Because if you look on socialmedia, angel has more followers
than Kalen.
So if all the Angel followerswould show up to her games when
she's in your town, it wouldlook like when Kalen be coming
into town to y'all arenasselling down to have to move.

(01:05:01):
But see, y'all don't do that.
So that's on y'all.
So you can't.
You know what I'm saying.
So what I'm trying to tellpeople like no Angels, our fans,
they just don't show up andCaleb Clark fans do.
So you know we got to do ourpart.
You know what I'm saying.

(01:05:21):
Like people, fans of theseplayers, go to the game.
You can't just rah-rah behind acomputer screen.
That ain't doing nothing.
You actually got to get up outyour seat and go and watch these
ladies play.
So that's all I had to say,vils, about that.
Yeah, I'm good, I'm good on WNBA.
You got anything?
Nope, that's it All right y'all.

(01:05:42):
Well, you know we had to comeback and kind of get back in the
flow of things.
It's been a while, man.
There's a lot of WNBA actionhappening and it's gotten to a
point now that we got to havelike separate episodes just for
the WNBA.
You know, before we had to likekind of put it all in together,
but the way this thing hastaken off, like sometimes this

(01:06:05):
has got to be a WNBA episode.

Speaker 2 (01:06:06):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:06:08):
And this is kind of what it is.
So, for all my WNBA fans, Ihope you enjoyed episode 29 just
as much as we did, because Ithought we had a good one.
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(01:06:30):
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Speaker 1 (01:06:55):
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It's the one and only Lise, andit's your girl.

Speaker 2 (01:07:01):
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Speaker 1 (01:07:08):
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