Full Transcript for Inside the Valkyries Championship Parade, Unrivaled Rosters & What the Champs Are Doing This Offseason | Podhalla

define the type of impact that she's had in this community. 05:49.958 --> 06:04.065 [SPEAKER_02]: We are lucky in this area to have Steph Curry as the the the the Bay Area's favorite player favorite son he is 06:05.545 --> 06:24.214 [SPEAKER_02]: And I marvel at him because you kind of think sometimes you're like, can somebody be that perfect as a celebrity or an athlete, how he is portrayed, how he vibes with his people, like that is like the upper upper echelon of athlete and area relationship. 06:25.034 --> 06:28.476 [SPEAKER_02]: And I'm not saying that Gabby has to be stiff, but 06:29.542 --> 06:35.283 [SPEAKER_02]: There are moments when we watch Steph's career and we saw him kind of go to different levels. 06:35.403 --> 06:51.647 [SPEAKER_02]: And how he was still able to be at ground level as much as possible with the fan base as you can when you're just like the most famous basketball player in the NBA, which he and LeBron were in KD were for years and years and years and still is. 06:51.667 --> 06:53.848 [SPEAKER_02]: Like his jersey is still up there as far sales. 06:55.308 --> 06:57.529 [SPEAKER_02]: That like that's the highest of high bars 07:00.068 --> 07:12.677 [SPEAKER_02]: I think Gabby, it's going to be hard for anybody to be stuff, but for this area to have such a young franchise. 07:13.338 --> 07:22.944 [SPEAKER_02]: And then for that to happen in game seven and for her to really just open up her arms with at the parade yesterday. 07:23.305 --> 07:24.225 [SPEAKER_02]: Like that was special. 07:26.987 --> 07:32.049 [SPEAKER_02]: some of this may be kind of like I'm still in the glow of the championship. 07:32.930 --> 07:46.015 [SPEAKER_02]: But I do feel like there is something that we're going to look back upon and say hmm this is uh this was really special maybe we didn't even realize how special it was in the moment. 07:49.657 --> 07:55.159 [SPEAKER_00]: No definitely definitely and you know kind of we'll talk more about like the sights and sounds 07:58.052 --> 08:08.257 [SPEAKER_00]: You know, watching Gabby and the entire team and the coaching staff, you know, kind of again, interact with each other, interact with the fans. 08:09.617 --> 08:21.023 [SPEAKER_00]: It really kind of emphasizes the recurring theme from not even just their exit interviews, but what Natalie was saying ahead of game seven, like, 08:22.023 --> 08:26.446 [SPEAKER_00]: regardless of what the outcome would have been going into game seven, right? 08:27.347 --> 08:38.395 [SPEAKER_00]: It wasn't just an opportunity to solidify the legacy of, though, the 2026 Valkyries, but more so, to celebrate this specific group of people. 08:38.775 --> 08:41.638 [SPEAKER_00]: You know, we talked about that in the last episode, but again, right? 08:41.698 --> 08:43.139 [SPEAKER_00]: It's just, it's the nature of things. 08:43.179 --> 08:45.440 [SPEAKER_00]: This is not to be like ominous, but 08:46.381 --> 08:53.765 [SPEAKER_00]: There is just no guarantee that this entire team will be together, you know, that these dynamics will remain the same. 08:53.805 --> 09:01.430 [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, I believe that the culture of Balhalla will remain the same, but in terms of that, yeah, you know, and I think again, 09:02.544 --> 09:21.323 [SPEAKER_00]: Legacy is will grow, you know, but players won't have to go in different directions, but again, like, yeah, the way that she's able to do it is I think what makes it so genuine is and I think why she resonates so much with. 09:22.625 --> 09:43.352 [SPEAKER_00]: All fans or different fans is because again, kind of going what Natalie Nicole say would normally say right about being like your authentic self and, you know, she does it, you know, unabashedly unapologetically, you know, and I don't that that is the other part that really resonates with this area. 09:44.728 --> 09:46.390 [SPEAKER_02]: her attitude about it. 09:47.090 --> 09:51.676 [SPEAKER_02]: It's not, I'm not here trying to be nice so that you like me. 09:52.176 --> 10:00.646 [SPEAKER_02]: I'm out here trying to be as genuine to myself so that you can't see through me so that you know that this is me. 10:00.867 --> 10:03.410 [SPEAKER_02]: That is the Bay Area right there. 10:04.931 --> 10:05.431 [SPEAKER_00]: Exactly. 10:05.852 --> 10:23.781 [SPEAKER_00]: And you know, while I was at the beginning of the parade route and the fans were waiting for the players to make their way to like the like a start, like the official start area, right, after they had loaded onto their respective buses. 10:23.941 --> 10:25.262 [SPEAKER_00]: I was just kind of looking out at some 10:31.405 --> 10:35.106 [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for creating a safe space for us, right? 10:36.066 --> 10:48.149 [SPEAKER_00]: And again, going back to what Gabi said the other day, in terms of whatever her platform is, she won't stop fighting for those who may not feel like they can fight for themselves. 10:49.169 --> 10:52.330 [SPEAKER_00]: And she probably wasn't too sad about Tuesday night, then. 10:53.130 --> 10:55.671 [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, exactly, right? 11:02.073 --> 11:14.724 [SPEAKER_00]: tsunami and blue tsunami signs in the crowd you know so yeah but no again you know it's again just the idea that her 11:17.303 --> 11:32.229 [SPEAKER_00]: willingness to be herself kind of allows others to feel comfortable about being themselves, you know, whatever and however that may be, you know, whatever makes them feel happy and comfortable. 11:32.450 --> 11:40.393 [SPEAKER_00]: And again, I'm not saying that stuff or any of the warriors don't do that, but Gabby and the Valks, they do it in their own way. 11:40.773 --> 11:42.914 [SPEAKER_00]: And again, that's what I've always appreciated about this team. 11:42.954 --> 11:44.235 [SPEAKER_00]: They don't try. 11:45.280 --> 11:46.360 [SPEAKER_00]: to be any other team. 11:46.380 --> 11:47.701 [SPEAKER_00]: They're not trying to necessarily be better. 11:47.881 --> 11:51.902 [SPEAKER_00]: They're just

trying to be themselves and be the best version of themselves. 11:51.922 --> 12:07.567 [SPEAKER_00]: And I think again, you saw that yesterday with her, the other team, like the other Valkyries players, it's just, um, yeah, you know, it's going to go down as a very, um, both memorable and an iconic team. 12:07.607 --> 12:09.628 [SPEAKER_00]: And I've used that word a few times now, but truly, 12:13.928 --> 12:27.654 [SPEAKER_00]: You know, when this young generation of fans goes older, like this will be the team, Gabby will be one of those players that you know, they will compare the future Bay Area superstars to from Kenneth. 12:28.514 --> 12:33.697 [SPEAKER_02]: He was at the parade and he said he said he didn't see you, but he didn't get a high five from VB. 12:36.238 --> 12:38.399 [SPEAKER_02]: And very cool. 12:39.379 --> 12:41.760 [SPEAKER_02]: I would love to hear from more people who went to the parade by the way. 12:43.930 --> 12:46.492 [SPEAKER_02]: Brian is Brian's about five to ten minutes away. 12:46.512 --> 13:07.089 [SPEAKER_02]: So I actually want to, we're going to come back to the parade stuff, because you said something that I thought was interesting that we talked about last week about how the team is going to change and you have to kind of be open to the idea that these same values who you knew and love, they're all not going to be back more than like, there's going to be some changes. 13:08.130 --> 13:10.512 [SPEAKER_02]: And Mark's Thompson from the athletic, 13:12.004 --> 13:15.268 [SPEAKER_02]: He wrote in his parade piece, by the way. 13:15.889 --> 13:24.660 [SPEAKER_02]: So this is not just you and me and Brian thinking of like already, you know, we just, they just won the championship, we're already thinking about next year. 13:25.619 --> 13:40.883 [SPEAKER_02]: Marcus Thompson said, or he wrote, but sources inside the Valkyries, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect relationships, say the team plans to be aggressive and free agency to build on their championship roster. 13:41.404 --> 13:52.667 [SPEAKER_02]: They aren't worried available star players will look out, we'll look elsewhere out of fear of being seen as ring chasers, the names thrown around as what ifs behind the scenes. 13:53.227 --> 13:57.908 [SPEAKER_02]: are Nefisa Collier and Kelsey Mitchell either would figure to make the James even better. 13:58.148 --> 13:58.428 [SPEAKER_02]: Okay. 13:58.448 --> 14:01.729 [SPEAKER_02]: So we talked about this the last episode. 14:01.809 --> 14:10.891 [SPEAKER_02]: And I think I don't know that I don't know if everyone was on the same page as us as far as like why we were bringing those names up. 14:11.551 --> 14:17.373 [SPEAKER_02]: But it's because we lived through the warrior's experience. 14:17.433 --> 14:19.013 [SPEAKER_02]: We know what Joe Lake awards. 14:19.093 --> 14:21.294 [SPEAKER_02]: Joe Lake up wants to 14:23.152 --> 14:25.934 [SPEAKER_02]: And this great story of this great team. 14:26.614

--> 14:28.055 [SPEAKER_02]: They are so competitive. 14:29.116 --> 14:33.238 [SPEAKER_02]: They want to come back and shove it up everyone's rear ends again. 14:34.059 --> 14:43.604 [SPEAKER_02]: Because there's going to be a narrative that, you know, oh, the Valkyries that, you know, they didn't beat X, Y, and Z or whatever. 14:43.644 --> 14:48.287 [SPEAKER_02]: There will be those things, you know, I'm sure Atlanta fans already are making excuses and complaints. 14:52.323 --> 14:59.769 [SPEAKER_02]: think that it would be a disservice to everyone involved if they did not try to improve the team. 14:59.969 --> 15:02.432 [SPEAKER_02]: And there's an argument and this is what I want to get your take on. 15:03.192 --> 15:13.241 [SPEAKER_02]: There's an argument that if you add somebody who may be a little more famous, may have a little bit better of a 15:21.449 --> 15:25.072 [SPEAKER_02]: this great locker room, this kumbayonis. 15:25.553 --> 15:36.563 [SPEAKER_02]: What did what did Doc Rivers and the Celtic used to call it, um, bu-tu, so and and my kind of the way that I think about that is is that. 15:37.769 --> 15:45.292 [SPEAKER_02]: Sometimes when you have this great chemistry, you have the right puzzle pieces and it fits perfectly. 15:45.812 --> 15:52.194 [SPEAKER_02]: But those same puzzle pieces, the very next year, may not fit in the same way. 15:52.474 --> 16:02.697 [SPEAKER_02]: And when we may see this with jaw, jaw didn't go to the parade, jaw, you know, she left for whatever reason that story will come out, whatever happens happened. 16:03.718 --> 16:03.898 [SPEAKER_02]: But 16:05.070 --> 16:08.171 [SPEAKER_02]: jaw was the perfect puzzle piece all season long. 16:09.471 --> 16:21.794 [SPEAKER_02]: And next year, she may want a different role or and I'm not just only talking about her anybody who was not playing 38 minutes in the finals may want a different role, right? 16:22.074 --> 16:33.857 [SPEAKER_02]: So that you could even bring back the same group of people and the wants may be a little different than what they were willing to deal with this year on a championship winning team. 16:35.117 --> 16:39.538 [SPEAKER_02]: I want to put that out there and then we're going to put Brian Brian just got on too. 16:40.038 --> 16:54.842 [SPEAKER_02]: But what do you think about, you know, I think there's going to be a certain part of our fan base that goes, oh no, don't bring anybody in because you're going to ruin everything that we have already. 16:55.682 --> 16:59.723 [SPEAKER_02]: How would you answer that type of fan with that expectation, Colorado? 17:00.752 --> 17:12.017 [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I mean, like I would say, I think that growth, both individually and collectively, I like to always remind people, like development is not linear. 17:12.557 --> 17:15.639 [SPEAKER_00]: You develop individually, but you also develop as a group. 17:16.579 --> 17:22.582 [SPEAKER_00]: And in terms of the development of the Valkyries as a franchise, 17:24.343 --> 17:38.979 [SPEAKER_00]: Sometimes in order to kind of again continue to ascend if not find ways to stay at the top, you know, you need to be able to grow and the teams 17:40.637 --> 17:44.559 [SPEAKER_00]: kind of prerogative might not align with each individual players. 17:44.599 --> 17:46.100 [SPEAKER_00]: You already alluded to that, right? 17:46.440 --> 17:58.426 [SPEAKER_00]: Instead, like you could bring back the entire, you could bring back all 14 players, but all 14 players may not necessarily be on, you know, be comfortable stepping in or reprising those same roles. 17:58.466 --> 18:00.046 [SPEAKER_00]: And I think that's absolutely true. 18:00.166 --> 18:00.767 [SPEAKER_00]: Because again, 18:02.342 --> 18:17.175 [SPEAKER_00]: It's not selfishness, and I don't think it's a knock on the, like, what you believe the Valkyrie's team culture to be, but say for example, for sake of discussion, it's a genel salon, or even a you say you're cheating. 18:17.375 --> 18:17.815 [SPEAKER_00]: Who he in? 18:18.396 --> 18:20.177 [SPEAKER_00]: Both of whom are under team control. 18:20.578 --> 18:20.738 [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. 18:20.758 --> 18:24.261 [SPEAKER_00]: So let's just get that out there for fans who are a little bit worried about this discussion. 18:24.661 --> 18:25.962 [SPEAKER_00]: But again, right? 18:26.863 --> 18:28.826 [SPEAKER_00]: If they are to grow. 18:28.906 --> 18:32.792 [SPEAKER_00]: If they are to maximize their full potential, it's understandable. 18:32.852 --> 18:34.936 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm not saying this as anything source. 18:34.996 --> 18:39.663 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm just saying it's understandable if they think it's in the best interest of their own career development. 18:41.005 --> 18:41.966 [SPEAKER_00]: If they were on another team. 18:42.893 --> 18:52.420 [SPEAKER_00]: Because it's the same thing again with, and I'm not speaking on Carla Lates by Lates by the half, but I'm just saying, like, it's understandable. 18:53.060 --> 19:03.388 [SPEAKER_00]: Would she have been able to begin to reach her potential if she was still kind of boxed into a primarily a backup point guard role? 19:04.348 --> 19:04.968 [SPEAKER_00]: probably not. 19:05.189 --> 19:17.436 [SPEAKER_00]: You know, and so I think that's the thing, which is why, in our last episode, we're talking about it's not a matter of the players on the team lack talent or even fit. 19:19.008 --> 19:30.198 [SPEAKER_00]: But at some point, you may need to start consolidating these pieces, you know, because again, some of those individual players, everything has a shelf life. 19:31.099 --> 19:35.422 [SPEAKER_00]: And like, you know, some players, their shelf life as a valkyrie might be like, you know, 19:36.478 --> 19:38.178 [SPEAKER_00]: kind of coming up sooner than others. 19:38.378 --> 19:42.679 [SPEAKER_00]: So I do think it is a fair discussion to be having. 19:42.719 --> 19:50.121 [SPEAKER_00]: And I also think like I said, I think it's absolutely fair for a lot

of these players to want to come back and defend the title. 19:50.181 --> 20:01.343 [SPEAKER_00]: Like as many of these players, you know, to come back or whatever, run it back, but at the same time, again, like there are only 20:04.882 --> 20:11.466 [SPEAKER_00]: to make significant improvements, you know, like everything is really, again, based on timing. 20:12.267 --> 20:24.194 [SPEAKER_00]: You know, whether when a player is a free agent, when cap space is available, you even said earlier kind of jokingly about Gabby being under contract and how this could be looking like a bargain with the salary cap going up. 20:24.554 --> 20:25.095 [SPEAKER_00]: That's true. 20:25.735 --> 20:39.080 [SPEAKER_00]: And I know we don't like to make a lot of warriors parallels, but right, the salary cap going up, while Steph was on his rookie extension is a key factor when allowed them to bring in Kevin Durant. 20:39.120 --> 20:42.681 [SPEAKER_00]: You know, it's things like that, you know, again, they're not trying to be the warriors. 20:42.701 --> 20:47.642 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm not trying to like, you know, you know, contradict myself from earlier. 20:47.662 --> 20:51.424 [SPEAKER_00]: They're not, but again, there are certain things in terms of team building you can't learn from. 20:57.038 --> 21:07.429 [SPEAKER_02]: One of our, uh, one of our great speakers, Fat Joe, who says yesterday's price is definitely not today's price. 21:07.449 --> 21:13.134 [SPEAKER_02]: And that's how Gabby is probably thinking about where she is today versus before this finals. 21:13.815 --> 21:16.137 [SPEAKER_02]: Brie, we'll we'll we'll we'll talk about the parade here in a second. 21:16.157 --> 21:17.138 [SPEAKER_02]: We're waiting for you to get on. 21:17.839 --> 21:18.059 [SPEAKER_02]: But 21:18.840 --> 21:31.970 [SPEAKER_02]: I mean, you come across tons of different Valkyries fans, but also different NW and BA fans, what do you think of the type of fan who is going to be a little frustrated if they chase 21:32.992 --> 21:56.591 [SPEAKER_02]: or not if they chase, but if somebody comes and joins this team, who might be a bigger star than some of the other players, I mean, you know, we saw it when KD came to the Warriors, like there is like kind of a fitting around process, but some folks are going to be a little bummed if one of their faves from this team is no longer on the team next year because of having to fit a bigger player. 21:58.133 --> 22:10.028 [SPEAKER_01]: I tell them that I get it, you know, as that sucks, but at the same time, you know, I think what's most important is to try and win again. 22:10.629 --> 22:13.472 [SPEAKER_01]: And if there is an opportunity to improve. 22:14.569 --> 22:20.150 [SPEAKER_01]: I think that the Valkyries will likely try and do that if it's at the cost of not bringing everyone back. 22:20.310 --> 22:21.511 [SPEAKER_01]: I do think that will happen. 22:21.571 --> 22:28.792 [SPEAKER_01]: But at the same time, I get it because just seeing, you know, we're not talking about the parade yet, but just seeing like how the community really loves these players. 22:28.892 --> 22:33.673 [SPEAKER_01]: And like, you look at, I know, trades could technically happen, so technically everyone's on the board, right? 22:33.713 --> 22:33.953 [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah. 22:34.053 --> 22:36.594 [SPEAKER_01]: In terms of the free agents, right? 22:36.614 --> 22:40.395 [SPEAKER_01]: We're talking about KT, we're talking about tip, we're talking about, uh, 22:41.015 --> 23:00.033 [SPEAKER_01]: uh... chat you as a restricted free agent like you know i i those players are very loved and you could see it you know they the the tip bus look like the fun bus with him and kd and kila they look like the fun bus to me that's the bus i would want to be on uh... and and the the community they love the they love these players so yeah i get it i get it um 23:00.693 --> 23:04.574 [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, kind of in the chat like, yeah, Carla, Carla was very loved last year. 23:04.634 --> 23:06.435 [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, she was stuff happens. 23:06.635 --> 23:08.215 [SPEAKER_01]: Monique very much loved as well. 23:08.276 --> 23:12.657 [SPEAKER_01]: I will say, Tammy, yeah, someone who was also very lucky. 23:12.857 --> 23:16.158 [SPEAKER_01]: The computer does a really good job of watching dropping their arms around any player that comes through. 23:16.898 --> 23:17.679 [SPEAKER_01]: It's going to happen. 23:18.659 --> 23:28.182 [SPEAKER_02]: All right, my second kind of like from view from afar about the parade was mostly about Natalie. 23:29.153 --> 23:30.374 [SPEAKER_02]: Now, I've written about this. 23:30.414 --> 23:31.515 [SPEAKER_02]: We've talked about this. 23:33.036 --> 23:36.338 [SPEAKER_02]: I'm very sort of prideful in that. 23:36.879 --> 23:46.806 [SPEAKER_02]: She's Japanese-American and that also makes me feel a little closer to her as the coach in it. 23:47.026 --> 23:52.590 [SPEAKER_02]: It makes me a little bit bigger of a fan if people don't understand I get it too. 23:52.770 --> 23:58.074 [SPEAKER_02]: But I thought, I think this is also going to be 23:59.295 --> 24:21.266 [SPEAKER_02]: a bit of a star making thing for her because first it was about and we talked about this immediately after it happened Brian and I when when they won the title and she double F bombed on on live television and then she did it again multiple times and then she wore a 24:28.847 --> 24:37.143 [SPEAKER_02]: And I'm like, okay, what's her contract like again, let's let's lock her up Joe, but there's there's going to be a bigger. 24:38.713 --> 24:58.929 [SPEAKER_02]: There's going to be more magazines that want to feature her next year that she's going to be asked to do everybody's podcast or whatever and I think that's another one that is going to be on the ascension from the basketball magnifying glass and she seems 25:08.061 --> 25:15.003 [SPEAKER_02]: coaching in general, like there's usually a finite amount of time that

you can be with the team. 25:15.043 --> 25:22.785 [SPEAKER_02]: Now, there are other, there are situations like Steve Kerr, Eric Spulstra, who have been with their teams for so long, but usually it's not like that. 25:22.805 --> 25:31.647 [SPEAKER_02]: I mean, we saw Christopher Markle got one year with the liberty, and he was audio's, you know, with the liberty. 25:31.707 --> 25:31.907 [SPEAKER_02]: So, 25:32.998 --> 25:47.497 [SPEAKER_02]: these you know now we see Natalie and where we we think like oh man like she's going to be here forever but more than likely you know she will have an end point as well but i think she's also the one she and Gabby are the two who i think just 25:48.158 --> 25:55.543 [SPEAKER_02]: grew in that sort of celebrity basketball athlete coach kind of ecosystem that that we know very well. 25:56.003 --> 25:59.225 [SPEAKER_02]: What do you think about Natalie out there? 26:00.546 --> 26:03.768 [SPEAKER_02]: Do you guys agree with me or am I kind of over the 26:11.322 --> 26:31.267 [SPEAKER_00]: Roughly around this time last year, when I was on the show as a guest, I'm pretty, I do recall you saying that you felt that Natalie both her knowledge of the game, you know, as a tactician, as a strategist, but also her type of personality, I'm paraphrasing, because I'm trying to recollect. 26:31.327 --> 26:36.408 [SPEAKER_00]: But you said something to the extent where like you absolutely think that you could envision her, 26:37.228 --> 26:39.931 [SPEAKER_00]: becoming one of the next great Bay Area coaches. 26:40.051 --> 26:44.695 [SPEAKER_02]: Well, I just thought last year that she was kind of like the biggest star of the whole team. 26:45.496 --> 26:46.437 [SPEAKER_02]: Oh, no, absolutely. 26:46.517 --> 26:47.798 [SPEAKER_02]: Coming out of that season. 26:47.898 --> 26:54.224 [SPEAKER_02]: And now she's a she's still giant, but also Gabby kind of came out of that as as giant star two. 26:54.244 --> 27:01.711 [SPEAKER_00]: So yeah, but so my takeaway is no, and what I'm saying is I remember that because yesterday as I'm, you know, 27:02.752 --> 27:24.026 [SPEAKER_00]: observing or watching Natalie and I kind of made the Kenzo and I kind of made our way towards the coaches bus so we were literally running alongside Natalie and she kept like, um, you know, like talking trash to us and you can't keep up, you can't keep up, you know, and she kept asking like, why I wasn't drinking? 27:24.187 --> 27:30.551 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm like, I'm not, I'm not taking a swing and running after you, but but the thing is is um, 27:32.612 --> 27:44.300 [SPEAKER_00]: Yes, I would say Gabby is a superstar, but I do think Natalie is a superstar in her own way. 27:44.340 --> 27:57.188 [SPEAKER_00]: Like, I'm not saying she's necessarily an overall beer superstar than Gabby, but I also think Natalie is the way she can reach and resonate with people very different. 27:57.589 --> 27:59.470 [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, there are a lot of similar things with Gabby, 28:01.499 --> 28:04.422 [SPEAKER_00]: can resonate with so many different demographics. 28:04.442 --> 28:07.645 [SPEAKER_00]: And I'm not even trying to, like, say, like, hold, like, Japanese-American thing. 28:07.705 --> 28:21.178 [SPEAKER_00]: But I mean, she has this way of being able to kind of, I don't know, like, see the best in people when maybe they don't see it themselves. 28:22.475 --> 28:28.322 [SPEAKER_00]: And I think, again, that's a big reason why her players just could completely follow and rally around her. 28:29.763 --> 28:31.845 [SPEAKER_00]: But I think that's why the fan base does too. 28:31.865 --> 28:38.773 [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, I can't speak for every, and I'm sure everybody has their own personal testimonial of how Natalie Nicosi affects them. 28:38.893 --> 28:43.518 [SPEAKER_00]: But you see the way that she's interacting with the fans. 28:44.159 --> 28:56.207 [SPEAKER_00]: coaches, the players, you know, all these guests, you know, and everything like that, like, again, it kind of goes back to that thing about the ability to make someone feel seen. 28:56.888 --> 29:03.833 [SPEAKER_00]: I think that's one of my biggest takeaways from observing, like Natalie and Gabby, really all the players, but I think specifically with Natalie, 29:04.949 --> 29:09.132 [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I mean, I think she could have, I mean, I don't want to like jinx her. 29:09.252 --> 29:14.135 [SPEAKER_00]: I absolutely think that she could have a long run with the ball careers. 29:14.175 --> 29:25.862 [SPEAKER_00]: Cause again, going back to last year, when there was no definitive star player, you know, I mean, we know Veronica was like the captain, a heart and soul of the team. 29:25.902 --> 29:29.985 [SPEAKER_00]: But you know, when there was no one that you could identify as B go to player, 29:30.885 --> 29:56.108 [SPEAKER_00]: Yes, I think some people kind of felt uncomfortable with reporters calling Natalie the star of the team, but she really is because I think she finds a way to kind of again uplift, you know, the whole and I think that's really rare for either like for coaches, but just leaders in general, you know, so now I think you're definitely spot on and I think that's exactly what we saw yesterday at the parade. 29:57.538 --> 29:58.679 [SPEAKER_02]: So what did I miss? 29:58.879 --> 30:00.461 [SPEAKER_02]: What else was going on? 30:00.521 --> 30:01.782 [SPEAKER_02]: I saw Kia's shirt. 30:02.663 --> 30:05.245 [SPEAKER_02]: I saw Caitlyn was very popular. 30:05.265 --> 30:06.706 [SPEAKER_02]: I imagine everyone was very popular. 30:06.746 --> 30:08.868 [SPEAKER_02]: But, Brian, what did you see? 30:08.888 --> 30:11.931 [SPEAKER_02]: Because you had a different route than conrato, obviously. 30:13.552 --> 30:15.253 [SPEAKER_02]: What are you going to remember from the parade? 30:21.879 --> 30:21.959 [SPEAKER_01]: Ah. 30:25.207 --> 30:27.068 [SPEAKER_01]: I was actually talking to my therapist today. 30:27.768 --> 30:28.088

[SPEAKER_02]: Okay. 30:29.689 --> 30:32.371 [SPEAKER_02]: And he's like, watch too much valkyries or something. 30:32.451 --> 30:33.091 [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah. 30:33.291 --> 30:36.333 [SPEAKER_01]: He was, he's very familiar that I'm a big valkyries fan. 30:36.353 --> 30:37.413 [SPEAKER_01]: He asked me if I watched the game. 30:37.433 --> 30:38.174 [SPEAKER_01]: We talked about it. 30:38.834 --> 30:40.435 [SPEAKER_01]: And I was like, 30:41.606 --> 31:00.611 [SPEAKER_01]: I don't know how big of a parades guy I am and we kind of talked about it and I was like I think it also might be because I'm like a spoiled Bay Area Sports fan that saw the giants win three times that ever since I have a working basketball memory of like more intense knowledge of the game like the Warriors have been like the best team the Valkyries get it done in two years. 31:05.312 --> 31:08.953 [SPEAKER_01]: I could see how much the parade meant to so many people and I think yeah cool you 31:10.283 --> 31:25.171 [SPEAKER_01]: I was just kind of like, uh, people are pushing me, like, you know, like once the buses went by, I was like, all right, what else do we do, and I was with some people and it's ever since I moved to San Francisco, I've already gotten a Warriors parade in 2022 and a Valkyries parade in 2026. 31:25.211 --> 31:29.934 [SPEAKER_01]: So I'm freaking spoiled man, but my, my parade day started. 31:30.754 --> 31:56.350 [SPEAKER_01]: at one of my buddies actually lives like on the embarcadero near the ferry building so I just met up with his spot then we walked over and we walked over like probably like 1140 so things both started at 12 and yes bus was it was like gabby kia chechi was the lead bus and then the second bus was it was like the VB Caitlin Chen and me here bus and then it was I believe it was 31:59.712 --> 32:00.853 [SPEAKER_01]: that was a fun bus. 32:02.373 --> 32:04.475 [SPEAKER_01]: I'm forgetting someone on the Bermila, I think. 32:05.175 --> 32:12.239 [SPEAKER_01]: And then the last bus was the fun bus was the tip KT Kyla bus. 32:12.319 --> 32:18.242 [SPEAKER_01]: You could tell, I'm pretty sure, just from watching, I haven't looked at anything about any reporting honestly about the parade. 32:18.582 --> 32:19.843 [SPEAKER_01]: Look like tip had the playlist. 32:19.863 --> 32:21.724 [SPEAKER_01]: It looked like she was in charge of the playlist. 32:22.124 --> 32:22.844 [SPEAKER_01]: So much a drink. 32:23.224 --> 32:23.965 [SPEAKER_01]: She was loving it. 32:23.985 --> 32:24.385 [SPEAKER_01]: And 32:25.607 --> 32:33.412 [SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, no, they were just, you know, it was funny that the VB bus had a microphone, like that was like, every bus almost had like a gimmick. 32:33.793 --> 32:39.957 [SPEAKER_01]: And like the VB bus was like the microphone gimmick, like Caitlyn Shen would be like on the mic and be like, does anyone have a hot dog? 32:40.257 --> 32:41.458 [SPEAKER_01]: And when I was like near her and, 32:44.574 --> 32:57.066 [SPEAKER_01]: but I think that the next bus had like Meela and her husband Josh were like, Josh was like teaching her how to like spray champagne and I was just then they just went through like three bottles of just spraying it like to no one. 32:57.106 --> 33:02.310 [SPEAKER_01]: Like no one was in front of them that weren't even far enough to reach the crowd is like damn, there goes three bottles of champagne. 33:04.813 --> 33:10.819 [SPEAKER_01]: And I was trying to do the thing where you followed the parade, but they had cut it off. 33:11.060 --> 33:16.926 [SPEAKER_01]: They cut off a section of the embarcadero because they were also funneling in floats and marching bands. 33:18.187 --> 33:21.809 [SPEAKER_01]: uh, trolley cars, so they wouldn't let us go through the embarcadero. 33:21.829 --> 33:24.730 [SPEAKER_01]: So I was like, okay, I guess our trip ends here. 33:25.170 --> 33:26.091 [SPEAKER_01]: And so my friends left. 33:26.211 --> 33:28.592 [SPEAKER_01]: And I was like, there's a chance I might see can roto. 33:28.672 --> 33:36.896 [SPEAKER_01]: So I'm just going to, I'm going to pile through and like, see if, you know, I might, I might still like get some good footage because I want to put together a little something for the parade. 33:37.316 --> 33:40.557 [SPEAKER_01]: And I, and I kept going, I had to take some really back streets. 33:40.577 --> 33:41.518 [SPEAKER_01]: Like I, I like, 33:41.918 --> 33:54.444 [SPEAKER_01]: turned in like if I'm going the parade going straight I took like a right to try and get around everything went up a couple blocks took a left and tried to intersect back with the embarking arrow and I did around like the middle end of the parade because it was going to end at Oracle Park. 33:55.085 --> 33:56.225 [SPEAKER_01]: Oh that was way better. 33:56.245 --> 34:04.069 [SPEAKER_01]: It was so open and like there were so many spots along the fence and I got so much good footage and towards the end of the parade they ended at 34:07.951 --> 34:12.977 [SPEAKER_01]: barricades ended on like second street like by Momos, you know, that's kind of where it ended. 34:13.637 --> 34:18.122 [SPEAKER_01]: And the buses took a right, but that didn't stop people from like following the buses. 34:18.162 --> 34:21.706 [SPEAKER_01]: And so I'm going to follow the buses and see what kind of like just have my camera out, see if I get anything. 34:22.026 --> 34:23.248 [SPEAKER_01]: And the barricades were gone. 34:23.528 --> 34:28.293 [SPEAKER_01]: And you have like you stay in VB jumping out the bus to then realize like, oh, there's no more barricades. 34:28.313 --> 34:29.474 [SPEAKER_01]: Like fans are going to like, 34:30.295 --> 34:38.860 [SPEAKER_01]: They like surrounded them like a mob and I was like, or VBA and you said going to be okay here, like 30 people that just came up and no more barricades. 34:38.880 --> 34:42.682 [SPEAKER_01]: So there's just like, we're regular pedestrians now and they just came and surrounded

them. 34:42.722 --> 34:46.484 [SPEAKER_01]: And I mean, I was like hanging out the bus like and everything was fine. 34:47.024 --> 34:51.266 [SPEAKER_01]: But I got some really good footage there because then they took a left on a street I used to live on called Brandon. 34:51.886 --> 34:57.910 [SPEAKER_01]: And I just got like right under them just like getting all of their best like, I just got to see everything. 34:58.870 --> 35:02.072 [SPEAKER_01]: So from from a camera perspective, the video camera did a great job. 35:03.053 --> 35:04.273 [SPEAKER_01]: A plus from the video camera. 35:06.014 --> 35:08.896 [SPEAKER_02]: All right, Konrada, what else did folks who were not there? 35:08.956 --> 35:09.677 [SPEAKER_02]: What did they miss? 35:10.737 --> 35:15.981 [SPEAKER_00]: Let's see, some of my, I tweeted out some of my like my personal favorite moments. 35:17.301 --> 35:24.826 [SPEAKER_00]: So one of the cool moments is when a me here hopped the barricade because she had to go to the bathroom. 35:26.707 --> 35:35.954 [SPEAKER_00]: And then like the crowd was chanting let her pee let her pee That was so going back to okay. 35:36.395 --> 35:36.695 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm sorry. 35:36.715 --> 35:37.515 [SPEAKER_00]: I want to make it clear. 35:37.696 --> 35:45.081 [SPEAKER_00]: Obviously right Milo It was like the inspiration to want to like my hit articles of the season she knows how much I'm appreciative of her. 35:45.562 --> 35:46.382 [SPEAKER_00]: I've met Josh. 35:46.502 --> 35:47.383 [SPEAKER_00]: He's a great guy. 35:48.104 --> 35:54.709 [SPEAKER_00]: I did think it was pretty I personally found it funny when like so 35:55.410 --> 35:56.800 [SPEAKER_00]: As Brian said, the bus? 35:58.276 --> 35:59.277 [SPEAKER_00]: that had Milla on it. 35:59.317 --> 36:09.945 [SPEAKER_00]: It was supposed to be technically the bus for Milla, you say, I'm not a jaw-ashed in, and technically, they put Iliana on it. 36:09.965 --> 36:11.066 [SPEAKER_00]: Like, you know, like, in spirit. 36:11.106 --> 36:13.187 [SPEAKER_00]: Now, obviously Iliana's not with the team. 36:13.928 --> 36:16.310 [SPEAKER_00]: Jawed, did not attend the parade, nor did Aston. 36:16.670 --> 36:21.233 [SPEAKER_00]: So that bus was a lot more empty than was initially expected. 36:21.354 --> 36:25.036 [SPEAKER_00]: And then once you say, let's just say, 36:26.419 --> 36:35.808 [SPEAKER_00]: she had some liquid confidence in her and she decided she wanted to run along again she's very fast and she's tall. 36:36.208 --> 36:38.250 [SPEAKER_00]: It's very difficult for security to keep up with her. 36:38.651 --> 36:45.917 [SPEAKER_00]: You know, so I was trying to run alongside with her for a while, but at one point it was just Milla and her husband Josh on the bus and 36:46.987 --> 37:02.320 [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know like where there's like this dude who's supposed to be like holding the trophy at all times and hand it to the players, but like I don't know, Mila just had the trophy and like she's by herself on the bus. 37:02.340 --> 37:04.121 [SPEAKER_00]: She's like lifting it like Michael Jordan. 37:04.562 --> 37:05.442 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm like that's awesome. 37:06.163 --> 37:09.166 [SPEAKER_00]: Like you know like you know the whole like you know, 37:15.010 --> 37:18.572 [SPEAKER_00]: Emila and her husband kind of doing the whole Jack and Rose Titanic thing. 37:19.073 --> 37:40.025 [SPEAKER_00]: That was cool, but yeah, no Natalie was It was cool like at one point we a lot of reporters like we thought that we had just missed The coaches bus all together because we didn't see a Natalie it's because apparently she got off early from her bus and just started like signing autographs for like a good 37:41.128 --> 37:42.209 [SPEAKER_00]: almost like 30 minutes. 37:43.129 --> 37:51.694 [SPEAKER_00]: So when she was running and caught up with me and Kenzo and told us to run, it's because she's literally running after the bus because the coach is busing on so far from her. 37:51.714 --> 37:51.774 [SPEAKER_00]: But 37:55.226 --> 38:08.977 [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, she gave another, now like, this one I'm saying in terms of being a superstar, like everything and anything she says, it's gonna go, it's gonna become like a t-shirt or a slogan, you know? 38:09.177 --> 38:19.145 [SPEAKER_00]: And so again, she's feeling herself and she's like getting back as security is pushing her, like yanking her to get back onto the bus. 38:19.205 --> 38:21.607 [SPEAKER_00]: She yells out to like, you know, me and 38:22.688 --> 38:30.715 [SPEAKER_00]: think Kendra Andrews, a Kenneth Burke, you know, Kenzo, she goes, whatever is impossible to it. 38:33.297 --> 38:35.259 [SPEAKER_00]: So, um, no, it's good. 38:35.359 --> 38:37.561 [SPEAKER_00]: A Brian's absolutely right. 38:38.061 --> 38:48.490 [SPEAKER_00]: Um, you know, tips bus was, every bus was extremely, um, lively, you know, no pun intended, Matt lively. 38:48.650 --> 38:49.571 [SPEAKER_00]: He was on a bus too. 38:49.791 --> 38:50.351 [SPEAKER_00]: But no, 38:52.503 --> 38:55.884 [SPEAKER_00]: They had like so many dance offs in the street. 38:55.904 --> 38:57.165 [SPEAKER_00]: It wasn't even a dance circle. 38:57.285 --> 38:58.525 [SPEAKER_00]: It was literally a dance off. 38:58.705 --> 39:00.466 [SPEAKER_00]: Like, oh, look, I'm doing this. 39:00.546 --> 39:03.087 [SPEAKER_00]: And like, you know, it's like, you know, you got served. 39:03.227 --> 39:05.408 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm gonna do this now, you know? 39:06.428 --> 39:08.169 [SPEAKER_00]: So that was, that was definitely cool. 39:08.989 --> 39:15.391 [SPEAKER_00]: And then as it's been well documented, VM, like tweets, I tweeted it as it happened. 39:15.831 --> 39:18.532 [SPEAKER_00]: A lot of people had video, but I'm not exaggerating. 39:21.876 --> 39:24.777 [SPEAKER_00]: Like, she's a great basketball player, but her ability is shock and a beer. 39:24.797 --> 39:26.117 [SPEAKER_00]: It's incredible. 39:26.457 --> 39:30.779 [SPEAKER_01]: I was like

not only shocked with like the teeth, like you're not supposed to do that. 39:30.819 --> 39:31.359 [SPEAKER_01]: You're supposed to do that. 39:31.379 --> 39:32.099 [SPEAKER_01]: That messes up your teeth. 39:32.259 --> 39:33.640 [SPEAKER_01]: I, I, I, I retired from that. 39:34.180 --> 39:38.941 [SPEAKER_00]: The teeth, the teeth and like she did it like in like she did at the right angle. 39:39.001 --> 39:43.323 [SPEAKER_00]: So she's actually not wasting a lot of beer, right? 39:43.963 --> 39:44.343 [SPEAKER_00]: And like, 39:45.429 --> 39:48.530 [SPEAKER_00]: It's just 20 seconds and she did it multiple times. 39:48.550 --> 39:51.051 [SPEAKER_00]: So I actually did timer is like 20 seconds. 39:51.091 --> 39:52.791 [SPEAKER_02]: Wasn't Shane college for like five years? 39:54.011 --> 39:54.671 [SPEAKER_00]: Princeton, man. 39:54.852 --> 39:55.952 [SPEAKER_00]: Princeton, you got it. 39:55.972 --> 39:58.132 [SPEAKER_00]: One of those times. 39:58.272 --> 40:01.253 [SPEAKER_01]: Someone tweeted like, I want to know which college is the one that taught her that. 40:02.073 --> 40:03.014 [SPEAKER_01]: You know what she knows. 40:03.154 --> 40:03.594 [SPEAKER_01]: She should. 40:05.119 --> 40:20.564 [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I don't think I could make this happen, but what we should do is we should get Caitlyn and stone cold Steve Austin into like a shot gun off and they got to clank the beers together and shoot them. 40:21.824 --> 40:29.647 [SPEAKER_02]: All right, so we'll we'll move on because we have a couple of other things to do, but I did want to send this question out from Kenneth. 40:31.042 --> 40:32.722 [SPEAKER_02]: said, OK, guys, got a question. 40:32.782 --> 40:36.143 [SPEAKER_02]: Everyone is speculating about Cassib Powell. 40:37.304 --> 40:38.544 [SPEAKER_02]: What do you think, Conrado? 40:39.684 --> 40:41.445 [SPEAKER_02]: He's going to get the ton of offers here. 40:41.505 --> 40:49.747 [SPEAKER_02]: I don't know how many jobs are available, but he is the person on the Valkyries that it seems like is going to be the one who is getting the offers on the set. 40:50.631 --> 40:53.492 [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, uh, be happy to talk about it. 40:53.512 --> 41:08.438 [SPEAKER_00]: Because simple, amazing person, you know, the consummate gentleman, uh, he will absolutely, like, even before the Valkyries won the championship, he's already been on a lot of teams, uh, radars, you know, or for, 41:09.278 --> 41:10.759 [SPEAKER_00]: potential head coaching candidates. 41:10.879 --> 41:15.962 [SPEAKER_00]: So when Annie Costa bell kind of put that out there, I'm definitely not surprised. 41:16.062 --> 41:19.464 [SPEAKER_00]: I have heard that he has garnered interest. 41:19.484 --> 41:20.205 [SPEAKER_00]: I'll just put it out there. 41:20.245 --> 41:22.926 [SPEAKER_00]: I've heard that he has garnered something, whether this is whatever. 41:22.987 --> 41:29.491 [SPEAKER_00]: I've heard that he's garnered interest from the liberty as well as the sparks. 41:29.511 --> 41:31.632 [SPEAKER_00]: Now interest does not mean offer to 41:36.915 --> 41:42.603 [SPEAKER_00]: he has to you know I mean like you know he has to do his due diligence now having said that I also do think 41:44.476 --> 41:50.138 [SPEAKER_00]: Again, he's not a head coaching candidate simply because the Valkyries won the title, right? 41:50.218 --> 41:54.699 [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, he's had a long career working up the coaching ranks, right? 41:55.059 --> 42:10.144 [SPEAKER_00]: Overseas, G. Lee, with the Miami Heat, here with, you know, as Natalie's lead assistant, you know, and I know we don't see him very often, you know, on camera, but the times, I do get to interact with him at practice. 42:10.164 --> 42:13.545 [SPEAKER_00]: And the times he has been on camera, I think, 42:15.300 --> 42:38.760 [SPEAKER_00]: To me, it's really obvious why he connects so well with people and players, you know, again, he just has this good ability to understand others, like he has, he always seems like he wants to put himself in other people's shoes, like he tries to see it from their perspective. 42:38.780 --> 42:39.840 [SPEAKER_00]: And I think as I had coach, 42:40.521 --> 42:49.563 [SPEAKER_00]: you want to have that type of ability to better understand your players and to better understand how to maximize and you know, throughout a long season. 42:49.623 --> 42:58.026 [SPEAKER_00]: So to wrap this up, I do think he will at least like, yes, if there are offers, he'll definitely entertain them. 42:58.286 --> 43:03.147 [SPEAKER_00]: But again, I also think he's earned the right to be a little bit selective. 43:03.167 --> 43:06.848 [SPEAKER_00]: Because I think we do know that there are other 43:08.456 --> 43:21.916 [SPEAKER_00]: uh... positions that will be opening up i'm not trying to suggest other teams are going to fire their head coaches that they actually may be a possibility uh... from what i've heard the great fine but also the expansion teams you know i think he 43:23.398 --> 43:45.226 [SPEAKER_00]: And while he's the guy who's going to be first tabbed as a head coaching candidate, I think there are other players or I'm sorry other assistant coaches on Natalie staff who will eventually work their way to be in position to be a head coaching candidate, whether that be in the WNBA or maybe even like a D1 you know college, but I think again he. 43:47.619 --> 44:01.069 [SPEAKER_00]: He has the opportunity to be selective because he seems to really value, you know, building those relationships and putting himself and then his team in a good position. 44:01.109 --> 44:07.413 [SPEAKER_00]: Like, I don't think he doesn't seem like the type of person who would want to rush into situations simply to have that title. 44:08.034 --> 44:10.555 [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, those two spots might not even be like the greatest. 44:11.896 --> 44:29.803 [SPEAKER_01]: from a head coaching perspective if you want to go to the liberty who of two years in a row of fired

their head coach and if the next fall guy is the GM then a new GM comes in and then you weren't essentially their choice so they might go and want to have their own choice like there's there's a whole domino effecter that I feel like the liberty might not even be 44:30.883 --> 44:38.929 [SPEAKER_01]: As as big market as they are with the stars they have that might not even be like the ideal destination right now I feel like he showed yeah, he should wait until the siren. 44:39.249 --> 44:53.158 [SPEAKER_00]: I want to understand the boundaries, but I feel like that would be there and you know again Teams aren't going to make their decisions just solely based on how they think it's going to go over well with the fan base, but I do understand it there 44:54.159 --> 45:06.067 [SPEAKER_00]: is this perception or the sentiment that perhaps more coaching head coaching opportunity should be extended to women, you know, or perhaps women of color. 45:06.848 --> 45:08.529 [SPEAKER_00]: And I'm not against that. 45:08.769 --> 45:13.793 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm just saying from having gotten to interact with Cassib over this past year. 45:13.873 --> 45:18.516 [SPEAKER_00]: Like I do believe he is qualified more than qualified to be head coaching candidate. 45:18.556 --> 45:20.457 [SPEAKER_00]: I think he truly understands and 45:21.917 --> 45:29.380 [SPEAKER_00]: really respects and enjoys the women's game, you know, and I think he understands the differences, right? 45:29.400 --> 45:35.683 [SPEAKER_00]: You know, it's not like, oh, I'm taking MNBA concepts and trying to adjust it to the WNBA. 45:35.703 --> 45:45.408 [SPEAKER_00]: Like, no, this is a man who absolutely understands the women's games, all the nuances, and, you know, he would be able to bring something good to the league. 45:45.648 --> 45:45.868 [SPEAKER_00]: So, 45:46.899 --> 45:56.122 [SPEAKER_02]: All right, let's do this last segment, which is, and we're going to be talking about this a lot over the winter and into the spring. 45:56.202 --> 46:05.425 [SPEAKER_02]: But where are you going to be able to find your Valkyries players during the winter? 46:06.145 --> 46:11.407 [SPEAKER_02]: So we know that Veronica Gabby, 46:12.832 --> 46:24.521 [SPEAKER_02]: Kayla, Caitlyn, and TIP are all on current unrivaled rosters and Kayla Charles is in the player pool. 46:24.601 --> 46:30.866 [SPEAKER_02]: So she is available if there are injuries to players or if someone leaves for whatever reason. 46:31.026 --> 46:32.367 [SPEAKER_02]: She's she's going she's in that pool. 46:32.968 --> 46:35.550 [SPEAKER_02]: So that's where you're going to be able to find 46:41.174 --> 46:42.355 [SPEAKER_02]: What about everybody else? 46:43.375 --> 46:46.417 [SPEAKER_02]: Where is Chetchie going to be this winter? 46:49.278 --> 46:49.799 [SPEAKER_01]: Let me take it. 46:50.439 --> 46:52.100 [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, go for it. 46:52.800 --> 46:54.381 [SPEAKER_01]: Is it, how is it pronounced? 46:54.421 --> 46:55.121 [SPEAKER_01]: Is it Chio? 46:56.722 --> 46:57.062 [SPEAKER_01]: Chio. 46:57.182 --> 46:57.442 [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah. 46:57.562 --> 46:57.823 [SPEAKER_01]: Chio. 46:58.463 --> 46:58.723 [SPEAKER_01]: Italy. 46:58.743 --> 46:59.604 [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, Italian League. 47:00.264 --> 47:01.665 [SPEAKER_01]: Genel previously played in that league. 47:01.685 --> 47:04.086 [SPEAKER_01]: I believe like down on that team like two years ago, right? 47:04.126 --> 47:05.086 [SPEAKER_01]: Before she joined Prox. 47:05.587 --> 47:05.807 [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah. 47:06.387 --> 47:06.447 [SPEAKER_01]: And 47:11.247 --> 47:14.596 [SPEAKER_02]: All right, what about keyestokes? 47:16.028 --> 47:16.448 [SPEAKER_00]: Okay. 47:16.749 --> 47:25.474 [SPEAKER_00]: Now from what she's told me, she goes, she has loved playing overseas when she was younger. 47:27.495 --> 47:37.921 [SPEAKER_00]: As far as we know, she never actually explicitly said whether she's going to play or not play in the off season, but last time I spoke to her, she said she was comfortable 47:43.885 --> 47:50.127 [SPEAKER_00]: all those years, you know, I think she said she played in South Korea, you know, can't remember where else. 47:50.207 --> 48:01.250 [SPEAKER_00]: Oh yeah, over in Turkey, you know, so I think at this point in her career, I think kind of, you know, resting and recuperating is a little bit more important. 48:02.550 --> 48:07.772 [SPEAKER_00]: But if that changes, we'll definitely let our listeners know, but I think she's taking a little bit 48:09.282 --> 48:17.867 [SPEAKER_02]: And we know that you stay has signed with project B, but that doesn't get started until January. 48:19.207 --> 48:20.408 [SPEAKER_02]: Is she have anything else going on? 48:22.111 --> 48:28.533 [SPEAKER_00]: So she will be reporting to, again, next year is Eurobasket, right? 48:28.933 --> 48:33.515 [SPEAKER_00]: And it's going to be held in four different countries, one of them being Lithuania. 48:34.175 --> 48:43.978 [SPEAKER_00]: So, again, this is something, this is a conversation for another day because, again, well, that effect, you know, her schedule with the 48:52.388 --> 48:58.490 [SPEAKER_00]: Next, like the next couple days, she will be reporting for Lithuanian national team training camp. 48:59.250 --> 48:59.530 [SPEAKER_00]: Okay. 48:59.550 --> 49:00.931 [SPEAKER_00]: So that's going to take place first. 49:01.211 --> 49:07.173 [SPEAKER_00]: I think she is going to still be going back to Gerona. 49:08.073 --> 49:13.115 [SPEAKER_00]: I think I can definitely get confirmation later, but I know definitely Lithuanian national training camp first. 49:13.475 --> 49:15.335 [SPEAKER_01]: Well, what's the international tournament that's happening? 49:16.616 --> 49:18.056 [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know if there's just like a tournament. 49:18.116 --> 49:19.217 [SPEAKER_00]: I think it's more like training camp. 49:21.150 --> 49:21.570 [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah. 49:22.311 --> 49:28.955 [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, she's a couple of weeks before

her 21st birthday. 49:28.995 --> 49:33.777 [SPEAKER_01]: She could hear up to an 18 year old drinking age, but hey, you could have had your 21 year old. 49:33.797 --> 49:37.399 [SPEAKER_01]: No, the reason I know that is because it's the same as JJ's. 49:37.419 --> 49:38.520 [SPEAKER_02]: She's same birthday, JJ. 49:38.540 --> 49:40.241 [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, November 18th, I believe. 49:40.701 --> 49:41.061 [SPEAKER_02]: Oh, wow. 49:42.242 --> 49:44.143 [SPEAKER_02]: Um, no, that's that's kind of cool. 49:45.204 --> 49:45.464 [SPEAKER_02]: All right. 49:50.157 --> 50:05.920 [SPEAKER_00]: uh... mila is going back to the town's built high uh... townsville fire to try to uh... defend her wnbl championship as she says like she's getting greedy now she wants three reconsecretive championship for i think it was the time when survivor 50:06.682 --> 50:16.532 [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, um, yes, which by the way, I've finally gotten contact, you know, with her, with her, her sister. 50:16.572 --> 50:20.956 [SPEAKER_00]: So hopefully I can now I have nothing basketball related, but I would like to do maybe a survivor interview here. 50:20.976 --> 50:21.937 [SPEAKER_02]: Oh, but yeah. 50:22.578 --> 50:28.160 [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, but for Mila, like, Townsville has already started it, like their season's already started, so she's definitely playing catch-up. 50:28.280 --> 50:33.142 [SPEAKER_00]: So, you know, obviously staying with the team and participating in the parade. 50:33.162 --> 50:34.443 [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, I think she understood it. 50:34.503 --> 50:38.404 [SPEAKER_00]: It's a once in a lifetime opportunity, you know, you can't take these things for granted. 50:38.424 --> 50:48.368 [SPEAKER_00]: And that's not like, and that's not a knock-on Janelle or Ashton, but, you know, fortunately Townsville was able to be flexible enough for her to be away for the team so long. 50:48.428 --> 50:50.489 [SPEAKER_00]: So she'll pretty much be heading back 50:51.229 --> 50:52.510 [SPEAKER_00]: uh, to Australia soon. 50:53.411 --> 50:56.593 [SPEAKER_00]: And then I think we have a couple more players to talk about. 50:56.753 --> 50:58.995 [SPEAKER_02]: So Ashton, in Japan. 50:59.755 --> 51:09.502 [SPEAKER_00]: Yes, she is going to the reuniting with our favorite, you know, the namesake of this pod. 51:09.982 --> 51:11.523 [SPEAKER_02]: Not ours. 51:11.623 --> 51:13.125 [SPEAKER_02]: Wait, what did you call her, Brian? 51:13.865 --> 51:14.906 [SPEAKER_01]: Goat Karotanaka. 51:18.617 --> 51:26.486 [SPEAKER_00]: So yeah, the NES Sunflowers, which they too are going to be defending or attempting to defend their WJBL. 51:26.687 --> 51:27.227 [SPEAKER_00]: I'll correct you. 51:27.247 --> 51:29.030 [SPEAKER_01]: This can ship it is add winners. 51:29.530 --> 51:30.211 [SPEAKER_00]: That's what they know. 51:31.252 --> 51:32.193 [SPEAKER_00]: It's right in the hardware. 51:32.534 --> 51:35.097 [SPEAKER_02]: So where is Janelle playing? 51:37.830 --> 51:39.972 [SPEAKER_01]: Oh, Praha, this is where she played last year. 51:39.992 --> 51:42.134 [SPEAKER_01]: We're Caitlyn Chen, going there for a little bit of time. 51:42.634 --> 51:44.256 [SPEAKER_01]: It's the Czech Republic League. 51:44.276 --> 51:47.879 [SPEAKER_01]: I think it's like USK, Praha is what it's called. 51:48.960 --> 51:50.842 [SPEAKER_01]: I bet you they won the Czech League, didn't they? 51:53.524 --> 51:58.809 [SPEAKER_02]: I have a note here that the San Francisco gate said Turkey. 51:59.150 --> 52:01.752 [SPEAKER_02]: But you guys are saying Praha. 52:25.206 --> 52:25.986 [SPEAKER_00]: Oh, sorry, I'm not muted. 52:26.086 --> 52:26.466 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm not. 52:27.107 --> 52:27.347 [SPEAKER_00]: No. 52:28.927 --> 52:37.869 [SPEAKER_00]: So no, actually, this offseason, she will be, or, well, WNB offseason, she'll be playing in Turkey. 52:39.270 --> 52:40.870 [SPEAKER_00]: Oh, she's not in on Praha? 52:41.550 --> 52:42.571 [SPEAKER_00]: No, not this year. 52:42.991 --> 52:43.291 [SPEAKER_00]: Okay. 52:43.311 --> 52:45.531 [SPEAKER_00]: So the gate congrats to the gate. 52:45.552 --> 52:45.732 [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. 52:45.752 --> 52:46.372 [SPEAKER_02]: We're getting that right. 52:46.392 --> 52:47.352 [SPEAKER_02]: Shout out to the gate. 52:47.412 --> 52:47.672 [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah. 52:47.752 --> 52:50.253 [SPEAKER_02]: Galatasaray, is that the, the team name? 52:50.633 --> 52:50.813 [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. 52:51.339 --> 52:51.619 [SPEAKER_02]: Okay. 52:52.440 --> 52:55.241 [SPEAKER_00]: Oh, yeah, I'm familiar with another another big another big job. 52:55.782 --> 53:00.124 [SPEAKER_02]: And she was originally one of the project B folks, but correct. 53:00.144 --> 53:01.265 [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, she dropped out, right. 53:01.525 --> 53:02.906 [SPEAKER_01]: She is at the team. 53:02.926 --> 53:07.228 [SPEAKER_01]: Like, full played for because Mo played in Turkey, Mo Billings played in Turkey last season. 53:07.508 --> 53:08.569 [SPEAKER_01]: But I forgot what team she was on. 53:10.081 --> 53:10.741 [SPEAKER_01]: I have to look that up. 53:11.061 --> 53:12.382 [SPEAKER_00]: But yeah, yeah. 53:12.422 --> 53:14.323 [SPEAKER_00]: So I'll be interesting. 53:14.543 --> 53:15.884 [SPEAKER_00]: And then, oh, I'm here, though. 53:16.204 --> 53:16.884 [SPEAKER_00]: Let's see how me here. 53:16.924 --> 53:23.747 [SPEAKER_02]: She will be participating in Project B. OK. And then, is I'm a nod of the one who's going to be playing for Praha? 53:25.228 --> 53:27.429 [SPEAKER_01]: No, she's on Carla's old team, right? 53:27.469 --> 53:29.890 [SPEAKER_01]: The Spanish team zero goes out or something? 53:30.430 --> 53:30.671 [SPEAKER_02]: Yes. 53:31.531 --> 53:35.693 [SPEAKER_02]: OK. And then, OK, I think we got through all the players there. 53:37.563 --> 53:43.567 [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, the YouTube, the fee by YouTube, like, air a lot of these games, like live or no. 53:45.488 --> 53:51.171 [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, yeah, some of them, yeah, somebody has a question about repair.

53:51.611 --> 53:57.975 [SPEAKER_02]: Dude, is there been any word about whether or not they expect repair to be back like at the start of the season next year? 53:59.500 --> 54:00.841 [SPEAKER_00]: they've made no official statement. 54:01.221 --> 54:13.751 [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, so I wouldn't want to say anything from her having heard anything from them having heard anything from the world, but I just don't want to say anything like misleading. 54:13.951 --> 54:15.132 [SPEAKER_00]: That would be aggregated. 54:15.412 --> 54:17.693 [SPEAKER_00]: But last time they did, 54:18.594 --> 54:39.326 [SPEAKER_00]: talk about her I mean they said like you know she she's in good spirits and she still is absolutely part of the team's future so now again but there's no specific time tables or anything like that so yeah but I would imagine because they they continue to talk about the team's front 54:45.152 --> 54:48.176 [SPEAKER_02]: Oh, and Rada, you got a shout out here from Chris. 54:48.196 --> 54:53.763 [SPEAKER_00]: Yes, yes, yes, we did met her yesterday was it. 54:54.564 --> 55:00.933 [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, right outside of Chase Center next to to Uber as I was walking back towards the Uber's HQ. 55:01.593 --> 55:09.279 [SPEAKER_00]: But yeah, no, again, as I said to Chris yesterday, I've been saying this a lot lately, but thank you to everyone who's been tuning in. 55:10.480 --> 55:21.428 [SPEAKER_00]: Pot Hall is rank amongst WNBA related pods, just continues to go up and that's obviously thanks to all of you for tuning in and yeah, you know, just chatting with us. 55:22.208 --> 55:22.608 [SPEAKER_02]: Thanks, Chris. 55:23.490 --> 55:25.431 [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, Chris is awesome. 55:26.031 --> 55:26.331 [SPEAKER_02]: All right. 55:26.391 --> 55:29.051 [SPEAKER_02]: So I think we're going to question. 55:29.432 --> 55:29.972 [SPEAKER_01]: Quick question. 55:30.212 --> 55:30.552 [SPEAKER_01]: What's up? 55:30.932 --> 55:37.014 [SPEAKER_01]: Doesn't does not you think I'll get a ring and does jack a leg on wind and time to get a ring? 55:37.934 --> 55:38.234 [SPEAKER_00]: Oh, God. 55:39.754 --> 55:44.796 [SPEAKER_00]: Um, I'm actually glad you brought this up because I forget to keep tweeting this out. 55:44.936 --> 55:49.437 [SPEAKER_00]: First of all, it's really up to the discretion of ownership. 55:50.117 --> 55:50.297 [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah. 55:51.075 --> 56:04.479 [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, like, because, okay, right, like there's this thing, what is the rule in MLB, if you were on the roster at any point in the championship season, you get a ring, right? 56:05.239 --> 56:09.640 [SPEAKER_00]: Like there isn't a fish or like you go down as an MLB champion that year. 56:11.072 --> 56:11.212 [SPEAKER_00]: Right. 56:11.232 --> 56:16.136 [SPEAKER_00]: I know like in the NFL, right, you have to be in on the roster for at least more than half the teams games. 56:17.097 --> 56:17.317 [SPEAKER_00]: Right. 56:17.917 --> 56:25.283 [SPEAKER_00]: Now in the NBA or the MNBA in

the WNBA, you have to actually Officially to be officially in the books as a champion. 56:25.943 --> 56:28.866 [SPEAKER_00]: You have to finish the season on the roster. 56:28.966 --> 56:31.688 [SPEAKER_00]: So it's really up to the discretion of wake up. 56:32.088 --> 56:36.692 [SPEAKER_00]: But I'm glad you brought that up because yesterday I was again, some fans came up to me. 56:36.732 --> 56:37.772 [SPEAKER_00]: We're talking about the season. 56:37.812 --> 56:38.733 [SPEAKER_00]: And I wanted to say 56:41.126 --> 56:51.676 [SPEAKER_00]: And I mean this seriously, like Jacqueline Goen and Tonda and Naughty Fingal were absolutely very crucial to this team's success. 56:51.756 --> 57:02.266 [SPEAKER_00]: I know that sounds funny because they basically didn't contribute much in actual games, but I mean for Jacqueline Goen, you know, it's easy now to look back into see how 57:03.623 --> 57:08.686 [SPEAKER_00]: like how amazing Kia Stokes like grew in to her starter role. 57:08.746 --> 57:12.988 [SPEAKER_00]: But remember early in the season, we were having conversations where it was kind of rocky. 57:13.388 --> 57:15.709 [SPEAKER_00]: Like there was a lot of ambiguity in the front court. 57:15.749 --> 57:21.352 [SPEAKER_00]: In Jackalenga because of the lack of options was basically a center in practices. 57:21.392 --> 57:24.894 [SPEAKER_00]: And I saw her like really push Kia Stokes and a me here. 57:25.875 --> 57:28.576 [SPEAKER_00]: And again, like obviously she has talent. 57:28.676 --> 57:30.177 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm glad that the sparks picked her up. 57:30.277 --> 57:31.418 [SPEAKER_00]: I wish her the best of luck. 57:32.058 --> 57:54.106 [SPEAKER_00]: But again, for a team that really prides itself on chemistry and continuity, she brought a lot of that and I don't think that, you know, her contributions, even again, if it's not reflected in the box score, it shouldn't be overlooked and not a thing all absolutely and I know Brian, you talked several times about 57:55.483 --> 58:04.029 [SPEAKER_00]: The look like there were opportunities where Nadia probably should have gone more run I absolutely agree I think she is extremely professional and again like 58:06.260 --> 58:30.863 [SPEAKER_00]: You know, she brought a lot of stability to that stay ready group and, you know, unfortunately, like, you know, for her her number wasn't called as often, but I mean, again, she had her teammates ready, you know, and I really appreciate what they did because I know it's not easy to be putting in that much work when you're not really getting, you know, like the recognition for it. 58:32.417 --> 58:39.443 [SPEAKER_02]: All right, so we are going to try and keep up this rhythm during the WNBA off season. 58:40.143 --> 58:45.128 [SPEAKER_02]: There's a lot, there's going to be lots of stuff to talk about, especially if you're watching somebody in their national ball. 58:45.268 --> 58:48.771 [SPEAKER_02]: I love following one team in unrivaled last year. 58:48.871 --> 58:50.632 [SPEAKER_02]: I followed VB's team. 58:50.672 --> 58:54.635 [SPEAKER_02]: I probably going to follow Gabby's team this year and just watch all of their games. 58:54.655 --> 58:56.997 [SPEAKER_02]: And you just could see them play against everybody else. 58:57.037 --> 58:58.559 [SPEAKER_02]: So I want to watch those unrivaled. 59:00.380 --> 59:04.461 [SPEAKER_02]: Obviously, he's a big part of USC basketball coverage. 59:04.501 --> 59:10.283 [SPEAKER_02]: So he'll have a college basketball takes and we know come draft time. 59:10.783 --> 59:12.784 [SPEAKER_02]: That is another passion of yours. 59:12.824 --> 59:15.025 [SPEAKER_02]: So we'll have that type of content. 59:15.825 --> 59:28.029 [SPEAKER_02]: And yeah, we're going to try and do our best to do two week to keep the flow going because based off of one of the things that I've seen from a analytical perspective is 59:29.229 --> 59:34.170 [SPEAKER_02]: even though the Valkyries aren't playing anymore, there is still a desire to hear about them. 59:34.290 --> 59:41.972 [SPEAKER_02]: So we'll keep doing this and hopefully people will get their fill of content around the Golden State Valkyries. 59:42.332 --> 59:51.175 [SPEAKER_01]: So there's also the women's college basketball season that's under way, which Valkyries fans from a draft perspective might not even really care about until it's a separate foreground anyway. 59:54.396 --> 01:00:05.804 [SPEAKER_02]: They would never do this, but like, oh, Emma, there should just be like an Instagram video of her like deciding to turn on like the women's college basketball game of the night and just going like. 01:00:08.226 --> 01:00:10.307 [SPEAKER_01]: I think I said it on this podcast before, but. 01:00:11.508 --> 01:00:23.414 [SPEAKER_01]: My company, they have a suite at Chase Center, very lucky that when the ticket gets passed all the way down, it's because they want to show off to like sail to like customers. 01:00:23.614 --> 01:00:29.437 [SPEAKER_01]: And if the ticket gets passed all the way down to the little guy like me, I always take it up because I live in San Francisco. 01:00:30.017 --> 01:00:37.801 [SPEAKER_01]: And one time I went and I think Ohema had been hired, probably a couple of months, maybe it was a while, but it's actually right next to the warrior's suite. 01:00:38.361 --> 01:00:49.084 [SPEAKER_01]: where like all the warriors ops guys like I'm pretty sure like can't like up or whichever of the kid like observe still on the on the on the team he he he sits there. 01:00:50.524 --> 01:00:52.404 [SPEAKER_01]: I think his name is like David like Fatoki. 01:00:53.025 --> 01:01:02.047 [SPEAKER_01]: I recall from being like leading like the Santa Cruz warriors and then getting the call up he sits there and like Zaza when whenever he he was on the team like he would sit there 01:01:02.945 --> 01:01:13.408 [SPEAKER_01]: And I get the ticket one game and I go, and we've been covering this team since its inception and we've been on the Ohemahire, when it happened and that would all that stuff. 01:01:13.768 --> 01:01:16.269 [SPEAKER_01]: And Ohemah was there in the box and I was just like, oh no way. 01:01:16.749 --> 01:01:29.432 [SPEAKER_01]: I wasn't gonna say anything, but I kind of peeked over because she had her, she was watching something on her phone and it was the Texas Women's College of Basketball versus maybe Oklahoma at the time and I was like, oh my God, she's actively scouting. 01:01:31.533 --> 01:01:32.053 [SPEAKER_01]: That was wrong. 01:01:32.093 --> 01:01:32.614 [SPEAKER_01]: She didn't know. 01:01:33.994 --> 01:01:35.595 [SPEAKER_01]: She didn't not care about any of those first-year-unfics. 01:01:37.236 --> 01:01:40.237 [SPEAKER_02]: All right, so yeah, so we'll be back next week to talk more about. 01:01:40.977 --> 01:01:41.538 [SPEAKER_00]: Just real quick. 01:01:41.618 --> 01:01:42.438 [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, before we go. 01:01:42.658 --> 01:01:45.039 [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, I've said it multiple times and I still mean this. 01:01:45.559 --> 01:01:55.084 [SPEAKER_00]: If you are French or if you are you kind of lumb you have a place on this team now you can't she is a freshman Marine Dursus 01:01:56.300 --> 01:01:56.941 [SPEAKER_00]: She's fresh. 01:01:56.961 --> 01:01:58.624 [SPEAKER_00]: And she goes to you call my mom. 01:01:58.684 --> 01:02:00.406 [SPEAKER_00]: She's she's a future about like I'm good. 01:02:00.426 --> 01:02:01.127 [SPEAKER_00]: It's okay. 01:02:01.167 --> 01:02:01.368 [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. 01:02:01.448 --> 01:02:01.748 [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. 01:02:02.549 --> 01:02:03.711 [SPEAKER_02]: So that's absolutely. 01:02:04.773 --> 01:02:05.754 [SPEAKER_02]: All right, that is it from here. 01:02:05.834 --> 01:02:06.055 [SPEAKER_02]: 4. 01:02:06.095 --> 01:02:07.216 [SPEAKER_02]: Konrado for Brian. 01:02:07.277 --> 01:02:10.461 [SPEAKER_02]: I am double G. We will see you when we see you piece out.