2024 WNBA Finals Review

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the world.

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Greetings, my peeps. And welcome to the All Things Basketball

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Podcast with your boy GD. In this episode, yes, they did it.

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The New York Liberty wins the WNBA championship. So we will

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be playing each game and what's in the future for both teams.

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So just sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.

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Okay, guys, this is your boy GD back with the All Things Basketball

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with GD Podcast. And guys, we have reached the end of the WNBA

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season. The crown has been given and it's going to the New York

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Liberty, proudly to say. And of course, you know, I'm representing

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today big time with my Liberty gear. So you already know what it

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is. So without any further delay, we're going to get right into it.

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It was a grueling series, guys. I made my prediction. I had said

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four games, but of course it got stretched to five because

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game one, the Liberty kind of gave it away there when they,

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well, I'll talk about game one in a minute. But yeah, so I thought

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it was four. But when you squander again and let the other team

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back in, then you end up with a five game series. And it was a tough

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series. I'm not going to lie, guys. It was a very tough series.

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But in the end, we all know what happens. The New York Liberty

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prevails. So without any further delay, let's get into it. I'll

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talk about each game and then we'll let it go from there. So game

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one out there in Barclay. And that game was on a Thursday night,

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I want to say. Yeah, Thursday evening in Barclay. And that

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game, which was, and from what I was listening to, because I was

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unable to actually watch the game per se, but what I was, I kind

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of listened in the car and all those sort of things. But I got

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home to see the four quarter and I just saw them squander the

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lead man and then come to find out they were up as much as 18

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in the first quarter. I was like, what? And then they were up

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15 with five minutes to play. So you figure it's kind of in the

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bag if you hold your own. Then they were up only by 11 with

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three minutes and 23 seconds left. So I was like, okay, make

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some baskets in there and we could go home with this victory.

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That didn't happen. The Minnesota Lynx came roaring back, roaring

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back. And then with 0.8 seconds left, Stewie is fouled. She

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goes through the free throw line, hits the first one, and then

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misses the second. So that right there cost you the ball game

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and thus it goes into overtime. And then overtime, the Lynx

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carry that dominance right into overtime. Very confident. And

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when all is said and done, they get the victory 95-293. And in

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that game, you saw and actually that deficit that Minnesota

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overcame actually ties the record with the most points being

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down and you get the victory. The New York Liberty actually did

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that in 1999. And that was actually, I believe it was the

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game where Teresa Weverspoon hoisted that long three. I

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believe that was that game because Houston was set to, for

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all the confetti to come down and she just rained, Teespoon

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just rained on everybody's parade with that. All right, but

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any event, Courtney Williams 23 points, including that huge

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four point play with 5.5 seconds left. I saw that. I could not

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believe she got fouled on that, but she did. And along with the

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23 points, five assists, five rebounds, Kayla McBride 22 points

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for her. She dropped five, actually four threes in that game

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with four assists. And the Fija call you. What can you say about

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her? 21 points, eight rebounds, six block shots guys and three

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steals. So you talk about being on the defensive end. She was

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that. So that led the way for the links. And then on the

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Liberty side, John Quill Jones leads the men scoring guys 24

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points, 10 rebounds, three assists. Sabrina Nesco didn't

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shoot it all that great guys. She did get 19 points though with

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five rebounds, four steals and three assists. And then Stewie

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she didn't shoot it all that great Eva 18 points, nine rebounds,

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three assists and two block shots. And then what more can I say

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about this rookie? Leonie Phoebus 17 points, six rebounds, four

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assists for them. And the difference in this one guys, the

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old gold percentage. The links shot at 57 point, no 50.7%

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from the field. And the Liberty just 37.8%. So that's your

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disparity right there guys. And then also from three Minnesota

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40.9. So basically 41% from three, whereas the Liberty a little

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above 39% from three. And points in the paid. Minnesota takes

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that 42 to 36. So your game one goes to Minnesota they come in

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and they still won in Barclay. Game two, a game I attended guys

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and the place was absolutely electric. It was pandemonium

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inside there. And in that game, the Liberty would prevail 80 to

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66. It's a game where they pretty much jumped to the lead up to

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10 in the first quarter, maintain that and build upon it in the

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fourth quarter they were they basically led from pillar to post.

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So the Liberty and a much in fact the only dominating game they

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had, they get the victory here the 14 point victory. In that game,

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Breonna Stewart, a little bit better 21 points, nine rebounds,

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five assists, five steals in that one guys. And then you get a

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vintage performance from but not she Laney Hamilton, 20 points

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for her and that one. That was like a throwback to the old days

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for but not she Laney Hamilton. And then Sabrina 15 points, five

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assists, four rebounds, two steals. And then John quell doing

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John quell things 14 points with nine rebounds and three steals

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for the Liberty. For the links, the feature call you that woman

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again, 16 points seven rebounds, four steals, three assists, seven

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rebounds, two return overs guys, I mean she looked bad in that

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game. She, they just frustrated her all night long in game to

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Courtney Williams 15 points for her five assists, six rebounds.

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Alana Smith, she added 14 points and Kayla McBride this was her

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game. Just eight points, two of nine shooting from the field. I

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mean they just bottled her up in game two. The difference guys,

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the old percentage again, the Liberty shot it much better 47.5%,

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whereas the Minnesota links 45%. And then from three, the Liberty

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shot it much better at 45.8%. And the Minnesota links only 30%.

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So that's pretty much the difference right there the 3.0

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gold disparity. Liberty had 11. Minnesota only six so there it

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is right there in the nutshell. So that's your game two guys.

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Let us move to game three, game three. Now this one was out in

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Minnesota now. So you're out there and that game, it was kind of

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like the reverse of game one. The Liberty was down as much as

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15 in this one. But they rallied back, rallied back, and then it

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took a Sabrina logo three that iced the game and it's kind of

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reminiscent of the shot I just talked about. Teaspoons desperate

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heave against the Houston comments that went in. And although

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in the post game she says she practiced that shot all the time,

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you know it's like in a repertoire so but Sabrina hits a huge

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shot. And in the post game she says you know it's a huge shot in

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everything but it doesn't mean it a bit of anything to be honest

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unless we get the victory as in winning the whole thing so but

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it was a huge shot in this game. Stewie goes absolutely nuts 30

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points for her 22 of them in the second half so she explodes in

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the second half and boy did they need it she was part of that rally

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back. Add to that 11 rebounds for block shot so she was a monster

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there and then you got 13 apiece from John Quill Jones the only

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Phoebusch and Sabrina Nescu, including the huge three point of

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that sealed the game. On the link side, Nafisha Kahlia 22 points

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for her nine rebounds five steals played much better at home guys.

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Kaleigh McBride also played better at home 19 points for her

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Bridget Calton she made a appearance 14 points for her very

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efficient and Courtney Williams 12 points with eight assists five

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rebounds and two steals. The big difference here again field goal

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percentage guys for almost 46% from for the Liberty and nearly

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39% for the links. So yeah, not good not good guys and then from

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three point range the Liberty 10 of 25 whereas the Minnesota

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links nine of 21 and that's your difference right there the

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logo three by Sabrina. So the Liberty now up two games to one

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with a chance to end things on Minnesota's floor. Game four that

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wasn't to be guys it was a nip and tuck one though nip and tuck the

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largest lead by any of the any of the teams here was six and that

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was the Minnesota links up by six Liberty led by as much as five

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but it was very close very close guys and a game that I watch I

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watched the whole thing actually I watched all of game three as

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well. And in the end. It was a one of those calls down the

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stretch guys Sabrina fouls Bridget Calton with two seconds left

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in the game. And she goes she sinks them and not leaving much

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time for the Liberty to do anything and there you go the final

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score 82 to 80. And then this game guys. As far as the field

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goals. Pretty close 44.6% for Minnesota 43.7 for Liberty. Both

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teams shot the same from three guys nine for 23 so that's low above

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39%. But here's the difference in the game guys the fouls Liberty

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will call for 14 and the Minnesota links only nine so that's

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your difference there and the disparity from the free throw line

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Minnesota went 20 times to the line the Liberty only nine times

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and Minnesota made 15 of theirs and Liberty made all of their

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free throws so that's your difference right there in the

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nutshell guys and at the post game press conference Liberty coach

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Sandy Bron Delo said she was actually about the foul calling

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she just said let's be fair about things guys and keep that in

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mind while I'm talking about the fouls and the free throw

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percentage and what coaches said at the end bear that in mind as

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I discussed game five. So we're tied at two games a piece and

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then of course you know when the Minnesota links went on their

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home court they break out the electric slide guys and they did

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that right on the floor there. So we reached the apex game five

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that took place this past Sunday in a game that I was unable to

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watch I was at a podcast festival guys so I was unable to and I

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wanted to be in that building so bad guys but you know duty

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prevails I was at a podcast festival which I enjoyed so I had

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to watch the game on the phone which I did and then this game

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guys in fact I actually got home to catch the end very end of

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it. So game five and this one the Liberty was down by as many as

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12 in the first half and this one guys and then in that second

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half it was back and forth back and forth and then you have a

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foul at the end foul Alana Smith fouls Stewie and you know they

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did the replay so on so forth and they let it stand so Stewie goes

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to the line and unlike game five unlike game one and game five

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she knocks down the two free throws so game goes into overtime

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and in overtime the Liberty was able to maintain able to you know

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execute and do the things they needed to do and in the end they

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were able to prevail guys the final score 67 62 in overtime and

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guys this was a game not for the faint of heart a lot of

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missed shots guys a lot of this shots in fact let's talk about

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the field goals 37.1% so above 37% for the Minnesota links

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the Liberty 30.6% from the field wow not good not good at all and

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then from three both teams were misfiring guys you had between

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both teams only five three point shots went in out of 42

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attempts so that tells you right there ugly so but here's the

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difference in the game guys the fouls Minnesota with 21 files

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Liberty with 17 files called on them disparity at the free throw

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line though Liberty went 25 times to the line guys and made 21

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the Minnesota links only eight times to the line and they only

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missed one of those so there you have the disparity there so for

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the Liberty John quell Jones 17 points crucial points guys along

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six rebounds stewie 13 points ugly game from the field she did

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have 15 rebounds for sis three blocks and how about narrow

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sobby off the bench guys 13 points and seven rebounds a huge

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game from sobby and then also 13 points from her German

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the only feebish and she had seven rebounds and two steals along with her 13 points.

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Sabrina Nescu, an absolutely faric game from the field, only five points, one of 19 from

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the field.

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That gives me flashbacks of John Stocks in game 7 in 1994, but I digress.

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She did add the eight assists, the seven rebounds and the two steals.

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So sure she wasn't able to score like that, but she gave you other things as well and

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that's what you want from a player.

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So I give her credit for that.

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Wendy, Minnesota side, Nafisha Collier, 22 points with seven rebounds, two blocks.

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She did foul out in that overtime and you saw Spike Lee wave goodbye to her.

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I'm like, Spike, calm down, calm down.

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I mean, you just got into the Hall of Fame, the National Basketball Hall of Fame as a fan,

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but calm your heels, please.

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I digress.

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Kayla McBride, 21 points for her, five assists, five rebounds for steals.

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A horrid game for Courtney Williams, just four points guys, two or 14 from the field.

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And she did have three assists, four rebounds, five turnovers though guys.

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And then the rest of the team shot it only six of 20 from the field.

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So you know that's not going to get it done.

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So you have Nafisha and Kayla shooting at 50% between them two and then the rest of the

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team eight, four, 34, not what you want guys, that's for sure.

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So with all that said and done, the Liberty wins their championship.

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And then in the post game, Cheryl Reeve, not a happy camper.

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She complained, she wind about the calls and so forth.

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The disparity at the free throw line, she talked about that as well.

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And then basically saying they got robbed.

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So here's what I'll say to Cheryl Reeve.

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A coach I respect, a coach I think did a bang up job with her team this year.

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Here's what I'll say.

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Where's that energy for game four when your team had the disparity at the free throw line?

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Where you had to be allowed call at the end.

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So did you have that energy there?

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Of course you didn't because it helped your team.

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So I don't want to hear the whining.

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You only had four more fouls than the New York Liberty.

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The only thing is, your fouls, you didn't drive to the basket and draw fouls.

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That's the way I see it at this point.

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I know you want to say each time they're mugging, the Fija inside and so forth, that's up to

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the rest of the call.

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Now I'm not taking up for the rest because they've been horrible all year.

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They've been horrible in the playoffs.

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And dare I say, they've been horrible in the finals.

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So I mean, it is what it is.

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People will say, oh, the Liberty should thank the refs.

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I'm like, where's that energy for game four?

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There was a disparity there.

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Where's that energy?

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So y'all can miss me with that.

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Y'all can miss me with that.

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So anyhow, I'm just leaving there.

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But the New York Liberty gets their first championship as a WNBA team.

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And the last of the original NBA, well, WNBA teams to get a championship.

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They were 0-4-6 up to this one.

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So New York Liberty gets it done, guys.

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Breonna Stewart, she gets her third championship.

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She got two with Seattle there.

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So Stewie came to New York for this sole purpose.

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I was texting friend of the show, D, who was, you know, we were texting back and forth about

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the game and so forth.

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And I told him, Breonna Stewart now is Mark Messier for you people who need to Google that.

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Mark Messier came from the Edmonton Oilers and he was traded to the New York Rangers.

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And his sole purpose was to bring a championship here.

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It took a few years, but they finished the mission.

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They got the championship, the elusive championship for the New York Rangers, a championship that

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they haven't matched since that 1994 season.

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But that's what I'll call Breonna Stewart.

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She's the Mark Messier of this team, bringing the championship forth here.

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Then you have Courtney Van Dessloot, who had a tough year, guys.

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You know, she missed time on the court because her mom was ill and eventually, unfortunately,

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her mom passed.

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So she missed time being with the family and all those things.

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And then remember, she had the broken nose that she had to wear the face guard.

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So a tough year for Van Dessloot.

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And then add on top of that, guys, the fact that coming into the playoffs and what Coach

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Cheryl Reeve said was the single more the single most important move roster move made

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was replacing Van Dessloot in the starting lineup with Leonie Phoebus.

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And I concur that switch with the lineup really made a difference for the Liberty.

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But Van Dessloot gets her second.

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Her first she got with Chicago when Candice Parker was there with Kalia Copper and Ali

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Quigley and that team over there.

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So she gets a second one.

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And then Jarquell Jones.

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Just think about her story, guys.

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Coming from the Bahamas, she left her country to come here.

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She lived with a couple of hosts, families while she was here pursuing her dream of basketball.

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She went to a few colleges, Clemson and then to George Washington.

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She comes into the WNBA.

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Eight seasons she played now.

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Six of those with the Connecticut Sun.

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And while with the Connecticut Sun, this is what she did, guys.

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This improved player in 2017, 2018, sixth player of the year, 2021.

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She wins League MVP.

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She sits out the bubble year, 2020.

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But coming back that year, she gets the MVP award.

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Then two years later with the New York Liberty, she wins the Commissioner Cup MVP in that

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game last year.

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And then this year, she was named Finals MVP, guys.

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I was so happy that she was able to get that.

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Five-time All-Star, five-time All-NBA.

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One first team, four second team appearances on there.

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Four-time All-Defensive.

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And that's two years being on the first team.

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Two years being on the second.

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So John Quill Jones, a very full resume.

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And she now adds WNBA championship to that resume.

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So definitely big props to her.

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Sabrina Nescu came here as the number one overall pick in 2020.

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She was robbed of an opportunity of winning a NCAA championship because they had shortened

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the season.

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So no tournament for the ladies.

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So she was robbed of that.

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She goes into the WNBA three games into her season.

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She gets a ankle sprain and therefore doesn't play the rest of the season.

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Then you got to remember, guys, could you say ankle sprain?

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She probably could have came back sooner.

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But remember, there was all the issues at the hospitals and so forth with getting medical

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care.

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So they were unable to deal with the scar tissue from the ankle sprain.

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So that put her out for the season.

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So she comes back for 2021, has a very, might as well say mediocre sophomore season.

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But they did add Benaji Laney to the lineup.

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So she had help in that regard.

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So her and Benaji's been playing together for the past four years.

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And then, of course, you have 2022, they bring in Sandy Brondello to come coach this team.

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First season there.

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They did make it to the playoffs, but a short state in the playoffs.

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So 2023, that's where you had the big time moves, the crave for Jocquell, the signing

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of Breonna Stewart, the signing of Courtney Vannes-Sloot.

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So you had that.

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And then add to the fact you have the German connection that played a big part in this series,

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guys.

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So it's a big feverish rookie who was drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks in 2020 in the bubble

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year.

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Didn't come over from Germany.

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She thus gets traded to Chicago 2021.

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Then in this huge trade in 2023, actually, it's an 18 trade.

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New York gets the rights to Leone Fibish, and they get those rights from Chicago.

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That was all part of that Marina Marbury trade that sent her to Chicago from Dallas.

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So the Liberty was part of that deal.

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They got the rights to Fibish.

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Still didn't come over.

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And then come 2024.

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They gave her a training camp invite.

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Of course, she wows them.

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She stays on the roster.

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And I say outside of your big three of Caitlyn Clark, Angel Reese, Rikia Jackson, and in

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some degrees, also, Aliyah Edwards, I would say she's right up there with Impact Rookies,

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right behind those four ladies there.

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So Leone Fibish, absolutely the key to the Liberty getting this championship, guys.

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And then Nehara Saabali, who they drafted in 2022.

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She sat out her rookie season.

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She had the knee injury.

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And this season, she only played in 26 games, guys.

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Only 26 games.

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Didn't come to play all she played sparingly, but she really played a big part in this victory

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as far as in the finals.

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She had a very impactful game three, where she helped them get that victory.

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And then in Game 5, I mean, she was absolutely incredible.

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So you have all that.

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And then of course, Sandy Brondello, winning championships with the Phoenix Mercury, winning

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two over there, and then coming over to New York to get them over the hump.

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She does that.

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So much props to Sandy Brondello.

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And again, the New York Liberty WNBA World Champion.

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So big props to them and all they accomplished.

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What's next for the Minnesota Lynx, who had a fantastic year, guys?

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I think at any other year, you'd say definitely it's successful anyway.

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You slice it, guys.

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Absolutely successful year.

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They're free agents.

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They only have a couple guys.

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Myiasha Hinds-Allen.

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She's a free agent for them guys.

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Her, she got in the trade with Washington around midseason, around the trade deadline,

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actually, and then Natisha Hiedeman, who they got as a, I think they got her in a trade.

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Yeah, they got her in a trade.

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So Natisha Hiedeman.

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So both of those players, free agents.

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And then your big question is, who do you protect now if you are the Minnesota Lynx?

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And obvious choices are Napheesa Collier, Kayla McBride, Courtney Williams.

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I say you probably stuck your whole starting lineup, you'll protect them.

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Then you have to figure out who's the sixth player that you protect.

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And to me, it's out of these four players.

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Dorka Juhasz, who was critical for them in game four.

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And she played well last season when they had kind of a hole in the middle.

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She played very well.

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Diamond Miller, their high lottery pick from a year ago.

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This season though, she had the injuries there and that kept her out.

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So she really couldn't get her footing when she got back healthy.

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So she's a player that could be dangled out there when it comes to expansion draft.

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Alyssa Peely, a player who hardly got off the bench, guys.

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I say, I don't know, maybe they leave her exposed as well.

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If I were that Valkyrie team, Golden State team, if I see Alyssa Pili out there, I'm

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snatching her up.

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She's that talented, guys.

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It's just that she's came to a team that had veterans ahead of her.

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And then Cecilia Zandalasini, who had a nice little game coming off the bench, nice little

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series coming off the bench for them.

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She's another one.

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Maybe they protect her since she got a lot of play and time as well.

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So I would keep an eye on who the Lynx protect in that regard.

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But kudos to them for a fine season.

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That's for sure.

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And then for the New York Liberty, Breanna Stewart, she's a free agent, guys.

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Then you have Courtney Vandesloot, who is 35 years old.

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So does she give it one more go?

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And if so, will it be here in New York?

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We'll see.

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Kennedy Burke, who was a substantial player for them coming off the bench.

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She didn't play much in these finals here, but she definitely was a vital piece coming

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off the bench.

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So you have her Jaylyn Sherrod, who was the rookie coming out of college there.

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She's an exclusive rights free agent.

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So we'll see how it goes coming out of the University of Colorado, in fact.

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So we'll see if they are able to retain her.

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And then Ivana Dojkic.

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She's an exclusive rights free agent also.

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So we'll see if she returns as well.

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Who to protect guys?

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I say right off the top, if you talk about players that are signed, definitely Sabrina,

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Jonquel, Leone Fiebech.

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I think you'd be crazy if you didn't have her protected.

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Nyara Sabally, I think she did enough to definitely be considered a player you want to protect.

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Kayla Thornton, who's there all everything coming off the bench.

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I think they protect her as well.

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My question is Betnijah Laney Hamilton, Queen B, who, listen guys, I talked about her coming

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over.

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She had a tough year with her knee issues.

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It was a real bother to her, but she's toughed it up, especially down the stretch, especially

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in the playoffs.

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She had that incredible game too for them guys, a two way player.

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Will she continue to go given the issues with her knees?

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We'll see.

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But would the Liberty expose her in the expansion draft, hoping that no team would take a chance

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on her, given her knee issues?

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We'll see.

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And then their rookie, Marquesha Davis.

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Do they expose her?

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She's a promising player, guys.

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And she's somebody who I think would get run if she was to come back the following season.

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So we'll see in that regard.

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But again, the New York Liberty win the championship, they're having their parade on Thursday.

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Will I get over there?

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We'll see.

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But for all you guys to know, they're having their parade, the King of Heroes and all that.

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So should be quite a fair out there on Thursday.

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All right.

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So a couple of things before I close the Unrivaled league, that league that's Breanna Stewart

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and actually, Napheesa Collier, they're starting up.

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They already got a TV deal with TNT.

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So you have that.

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They're paying players good money over there.

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So and they tried to recruit Caitlin Clark.

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But Caitlin said, you know what?

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Let me stay away from the basketball court this offseason.

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And then in the regular season, I'll come back for the Indiana Fever.

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So listen here, I can't knock her for that.

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I understand that upstart league would love to have the likes of her to definitely promote

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it.

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But I mean, that rookie season was a lot on Caitlin between all that was happening on

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the court and all the talking nonsense off it.

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I think she just wants a mental break from everything and I can't blame her.

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So, so go enjoy your summer.

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Go play your golf.

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We'll see you in back in May or late April when training camp starts.

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So and then there's Angel Reese, who was at game five, watching the game.

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She had the dual jersey for both Breanna Stewart and for Napheesa Collier.

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So you know, she has to represent both since they're both owners of the league.

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So she has to play nice.

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But she did alive and she said basically that the WNBA doesn't pay her bills.

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00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:19,840
And you know, she talked about endorsement deals and so forth, you know, and of course

463
00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:23,200
me and friend of the show Dee was talking about this.

464
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:28,440
And I'm like, you don't have to go there.

465
00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:38,200
Don't pay these knuckle draggers, these guys, these manboys locked in their grandma basement

466
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:40,680
with Cheetos dust on their fingers.

467
00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:44,120
You don't have to pay these guys any mind.

468
00:42:44,120 --> 00:42:45,120
Just live your life.

469
00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:46,640
You're living your best life.

470
00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:47,640
You're getting your deals.

471
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:50,360
You're working on different things.

472
00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:51,520
Do that.

473
00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:53,240
Don't pay these haters any mind.

474
00:42:53,240 --> 00:42:56,520
Just keep forging forward doing you.

475
00:42:56,520 --> 00:43:02,080
You take time to do lives and talk about stuff like that.

476
00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:03,920
You're giving them power.

477
00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:11,880
So if I was in our corner, I say, yeah, ease up with that, you know, because because you're

478
00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:17,520
giving the mouth breathers, you're giving them life and you don't need to do that.

479
00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:19,120
So I digress.

480
00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:22,480
But yeah, that's what would be my advice to her.

481
00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:23,960
But she's out here doing nothing.

482
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:25,480
So I can't knock her.

483
00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:29,760
But yeah, don't, yeah, don't give these guys life.

484
00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:34,840
That's what they want because Lord knows down in their grandma basement, nobody's paying

485
00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:37,040
them attention at all.

486
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:38,800
So I'll leave it there.

487
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:46,960
And then also last thing before I close out, we do have coaching vacancies.

488
00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:51,920
We know about Teresa Weatherspoon getting a raw deal with Chicago.

489
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:56,200
Kurt Miller leaving the LA Sparks.

490
00:43:56,200 --> 00:44:00,840
And I actually spoke about this one, guys.

491
00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:06,280
I spoke about the Atlanta coach, Tanisha Wright being out.

492
00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:10,280
I pondered that because, you know, I looked at a resume.

493
00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:13,080
I'm like, yeah, the resume don't look all that good.

494
00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:14,880
You've been there three years.

495
00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:17,440
So she's out as a coach.

496
00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:22,160
And then Latricia Trammell for the Dallas Wings, she's out.

497
00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:27,680
I thought she might get a pass because of all the injuries the team amassed.

498
00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:31,640
But obviously the Dallas organization thought otherwise.

499
00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:33,920
So she's out.

500
00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:37,560
So you have four openings, guys.

501
00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:44,120
LA Sparks, me and friend of the show Dee was talking about that.

502
00:44:44,120 --> 00:44:46,760
Why aren't they calling Lisa Leslie?

503
00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:52,000
Lisa Leslie's been coaching in the Big 3 League.

504
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:55,160
So you know she knows how to coach.

505
00:44:55,160 --> 00:44:56,480
Why not bring her in?

506
00:44:56,480 --> 00:44:57,960
I don't understand that.

507
00:44:57,960 --> 00:44:59,520
I don't get that.

508
00:44:59,520 --> 00:45:07,480
So there you have somebody, a legacy player for the LA Sparks who can come in there and

509
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:08,480
coach up these ladies.

510
00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:14,480
I would love to see her coach coaching Cam Brink, Cameron Brink.

511
00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:15,920
I would love to see that.

512
00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:19,640
So I'm just saying.

513
00:45:19,640 --> 00:45:25,200
And then I think somebody who could get another bite at the apple is Katie Smith.

514
00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:28,520
She's an assistant coach for the Minnesota Lynx.

515
00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:30,600
She coached in New York for the Liberty.

516
00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:33,240
I think she got a raw deal here.

517
00:45:33,240 --> 00:45:36,040
I don't think she got much of a chance.

518
00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:39,480
So I think she could get another shot.

519
00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:40,880
Where would she go?

520
00:45:40,880 --> 00:45:48,920
If I was her, I would choose out of the jobs.

521
00:45:48,920 --> 00:45:50,320
The Dallas job.

522
00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:53,920
I would have to do the Dallas job.

523
00:45:53,920 --> 00:46:02,040
If you get saw to saw believe back, you already got Arike Ogunbowale there.

524
00:46:02,040 --> 00:46:03,680
You got some pieces there.

525
00:46:03,680 --> 00:46:08,800
So I think a Katie Smith would do wonders over there.

526
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:13,040
She could do Atlanta too, I would imagine too, but I think Dallas would be a nice fit

527
00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:17,320
for Katie Smith if she were to come back.

528
00:46:17,320 --> 00:46:22,840
But yeah, so as far as the other coaching positions, I don't know where they're going

529
00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:23,840
to go guys.

530
00:46:23,840 --> 00:46:28,400
I don't know where they're going to go as far as finding coaches and so forth.

531
00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:31,400
But those are a couple that just came to my mind.

532
00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:34,160
So all right, so I believe it there.

533
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:41,040
Of course, as always, allthingsbasketballwithgd.com.

534
00:46:41,040 --> 00:46:42,480
That's the website.

535
00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:50,240
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536
00:46:50,240 --> 00:46:52,800
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537
00:46:52,800 --> 00:47:00,880
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538
00:47:00,880 --> 00:47:01,880
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539
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540
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542
00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:14,760
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543
00:47:14,760 --> 00:47:21,920
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544
00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:23,520
crowd funds his show.

545
00:47:23,520 --> 00:47:29,240
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546
00:47:29,240 --> 00:47:32,840
That's how you Cash App me guys.

547
00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:41,200
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548
00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:44,000
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549
00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:47,880
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550
00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:51,360
I got to go back to doing my shorts on YouTube.

551
00:47:51,360 --> 00:47:56,360
I've been kind of slacking in that department, but I'm going back to doing that.

552
00:47:56,360 --> 00:48:00,880
And then also you can comment as well.

553
00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:07,320
Again, podcast platforms and then socials, you know, I'm on all the places.

554
00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:11,720
I'm heavy on IG, heavy on TikTok with the shorts.

555
00:48:11,720 --> 00:48:14,760
I don't do X all that.

556
00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:19,200
It's just, I understand I get a lot of people like X.

557
00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:21,640
I don't not these days.

558
00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:22,640
And then Facebook.

559
00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:28,720
I don't not these days and then Facebook is kind of acting a little crazy, but I'll go

560
00:48:28,720 --> 00:48:32,720
back to at least throwing some shorts up and see what it does in that regard.

561
00:48:32,720 --> 00:48:33,840
All right, guys.

562
00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:34,840
So that is it.

563
00:48:34,840 --> 00:48:37,880
I thank you for listening as always.

564
00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:40,200
Again, NBA season preview.

565
00:48:40,200 --> 00:48:41,200
I have that coming.

566
00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:45,640
I'll do the East Eastern Conference, Western Conference.

567
00:48:45,640 --> 00:48:47,120
You know how to get down.

568
00:48:47,120 --> 00:48:48,600
Thanks once again, guys.

569
00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:49,600
We'll talk soon.

570
00:48:49,600 --> 00:48:50,600
Take care.

571
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:55,200
Bye.