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We're going to do some word on the curbs, some trending videos. Sounds like we're going to talk about some game cocks and some cock on crack crimes. So what do you two think about this little side hustle, that Dawn Staley's got going? A side hustle?

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Dawn Staley has a side hustle? She's not a side hustle, bruh. Ms. Dawn Staley is not a side hustle. She called her a side hustle. That's disrespectful. That's disrespectful to him.

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Is she bowling right there?

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It looks like she playing Cornhole. Cornholio.

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She's in the Cornhole Championship. Cornholio.

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Yeah, she doing a side quest. She out there. Did she win? Do we know the results of this? Or what's happening here? Was that the one she hit?

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Listen, Dawn Staley maybe should stop playing Cornholio if she wants cement her legacy. We got Cara Lawson right now taking fucking Dawn Staley's spot and becoming the head coach of Team USA women's basketball as of 60 minutes ago, putting her in rarefied air. We can't talk about Dawn Staley on our little side quest. You know what Cara Lawson has? No sidequests. One focus, women's hoops. No side... Kara has no outside activity. Activities that she's interested in doing. Okay? That came out angry than I thought. That was more rageful than I thought the cornhole was going to be. Listen, cornhole?

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Look, Kara Lawson, she got one of the best ponytail. Her ship wavy as hell. Her ship be wavy. Salute to Cara Larson.

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She literally has the waves in the slickback.

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But see, this is what you don't realize, too, though, by Dawn. Right now, she can do that on the weekend because she here in America, because guess what she's doing? During the week. Recruiting. She probably had a recruit that she could see in that city, and they said, Hey, come to over with a Dawn.

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So, Cornelius is just a tax write-off. I'm sure you've both heard about the Enhance Games. Am I correct? No. So the Enhance Games are a new games like the Olympics, where all steroids are allowed. Thoughts? I think steroids should be allowed always. I think steroids should never be taken out of anything. If it was destigmatized, Juju would be on the steroid right now.

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Get the fuck... Hell, no, I wouldn't be on no damn steroids. I like this the Steroid Olympics. Salute. It's way different, though. I feel like a world record should be every damn trial, every heat damn near, right?

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I've changed my mind. The caption has made me change my mind. Hold on, what did it say? It says, Backed by high-profile investors like Donald Trump Jr. And Peter Thiel. I already know what time it is. These people, they're turning them into super soldiers. Who's saying that?

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Mr..

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Beckham? What it is, is not even what they're saying. This is a lie. They're turning them into super soldiers, and they're going to turn them into the National Guard, and they They're going to take over DC. That's what they're going to do. But they're literally roided up, and they're also Olympians. It's a no for me. This is pre and post the Enhance game, this guy.

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That's the same joker?

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That's the same dude. That's the same dude. Yeah, he looks like- I mean, he is not all right, this guy. He's not all right. He's set to launch in Las Vegas. I'm surprised they're not doing it on the White House lawn.

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Bro, fast as hell in a swimming, probably. Bro, imagine if you're trying to run from somebody and you turn around and he following you in the water. Oh, you're dead.

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Listen, he's probably got a gun now attached to his arm, too.

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This is super... Yeah, this Olympus is going to be crazy. You just got to keep your eyes on all the participants.

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That's going to be so hard to find a T-shirt Oh, my God. It's like those traps. I've never seen anything like that. No, and those lats. Those lats come off his peck further than his pecks.

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Respectfully, his trap game is stifled by... I don't think you all really notice how long his brother neck is.

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His neck is super long.

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His brother neck long as hell. Listen.

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He needs a bra for his back.

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I don't give a damn like a hado with no time to care.

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I'm a fadlander. Meant these broken wings so Atlanta can't fly again. So the dream can fly again. I see you got the black glasses on. We're now not even rocking the WMBA stuff anymore. We're going right to unrival Juju. What? Would you like to say anything?

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Ouch.

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Ouch.

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I don't have anything. I'm so hurt right now. Everything about it hurts. My back hurts. My positivity hurts. My self-esteem hurts. It's just hurt.

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Does it hurt more based on how the end of the game went with Ryan?

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It just hurts because we didn't score as much points as they scored. That's the all I'm going to say.

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That's it. That's the end.

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Oh, my God. The referees, 24 free throws to 11 free throws. And that number got closer as game was ending. The referees was on... They wasn't calling travel. They wasn't calling nothing. They don't give a damn about nothing except the damn tight. Look at them. Look at them. Oh, my God. Look, by the time Lexie hole passed that ball, I was already outside of the arena. No, you were not.

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No, you were not.

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Bro, this shit hurt so bad. It hurt so Oh, my God. There's no way in the world they're supposed to beat us. But look, man, great season. Salute the big Carl. Salute the big Al. Salute the big Ryan. We're going to be back next year, man.

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Salute to Big B.

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G. Salute to Big B. Juzla. Salute to Pau Pau. Salute to Nia. Coffee. Salute to everybody on the planet.

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Salute to Big Al.

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Shtory Walker, Kimbrough.

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Oh, all of them. We're going deep into the bench. We're going deep.

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Exactly. Everybody, man. Salute. Maya Carwell. Maya Carwell, I see you. Exactly. That's why I got it on today. It's arrival season now.

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He's not watching any more WMBA games, but he will provide the analysis. I called the Indiana Fever, Cockroaches, and people got very upset with me. So I'm going to call them the Indiana Furry, a. K. A. The Tyson Furry of the WMBA. You can't knock them down. If you knock them down, you think they're dead. They just get right back up somehow winning the fight. Does it make you feel better, Jules, that they ended up doing the same thing to the Aces?

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It does not. I'm not a hater. It does not. I don't operate like that. It hurts me just enough to see... Oh, no. Look at her. Look at her. Salute the Ariel Power's extreme. Look, that's what we can talk about right there. Kelsey Mitchell, there should be a separate award in the WNBA for doll. You know how the UFC got the BMF Trophy? It should be a BMF trophy in the WNBA. And Kelsey Mitchell going to win that every single year, bruh, because she got nothing but dogging her. Big shot after big shot. Crossover after... Oh, my God.

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Did they say ATL what? Oh, my God. That's disrespect. But isn't it because they're from ATL? Am I wrong on that?

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Or they were really- Yes, you're wrong, Ms. Rebecca.

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The Fever are from Indiana. No, I know, but aren't those players from ATL? You think they shit right on them? Yes, they shit right on them.

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Time out. Harassment. This is harassment. Sorry, salt. Hr, help me.

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Oh, man.

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They got it on loop. Not due. You all going to jump me. Ms. Rebecca, come in with that question. I thought this was from Atlanta with the Fever jerseys on. I thought these were from Atlanta. They just told me, You mean to tell me? They just going to shit on them like this? Yes, Ms. Rebecca, they shit on us just like that.

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They did the scooper, the We eat in Atlanta, it's chicken wings and magic city.

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That's not that, too. See, I got a school, you all. This is my partner, you all. It'll be the same ones. I'm so ATL. It be the same ones. Get in there. I'm so ATL. They're doing the... I'm so ATL. Not the Ezekiel Elliott.

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Okay, Yeah, I'm so ATL. Oh, my goodness.

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Two Americas, people.

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Two Americas.

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Still.

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I have a question. I hate to spin this in the negative because that's what I do. I think that's what I'm trained to do is to point out what's wrong versus pointing out what's right.

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Ain't that a bitch?

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I know. I'm not right. I don't know. There's something sick in the head. Are the Ace's guards... What's the right word? Sprite. Washt Are they washed? Are they cooked?

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Believe that what I said.

00:10:07

Sprite? Are there ligaments? How are there quick twitches, not twitching? Because it felt like Asia had to do a lot of cleaning up on aisle nine on the backside because they were getting barbecued chicken around the perimeter.

00:10:25

Yeah. I mean, look, I think that it was a very emotional day Las Vegas. People was up early. They was doing more photoshoots than they usually do. I feel like everybody routine was just off in Vegas. I'm going to give them a mulligan for that game one because wow.

00:10:42

Wow. There was some game, cock on game, cock, crime. Okay. Cock on cock, crime. Okay.

00:10:50

Here we go. Trista, ladies and gentlemen.

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Cock on cock, crime, the sword fight. We're calling cock on cock, crime, the sword fight. We had Aalia Boston making life absolutely brutal for Asia Wilson, fouling the shit out of her, really, a lot. Yeah. Cock on cock. Cock on cock. You know what I mean? The cock fight. Not roosters. The question, though, I have is, is Aalia Boston to you the most different off the court than she is on the court player?

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I I think so, because off the course, she's the most Disney princess. She was so well-spoken, so everything nice. Takes every photo with the kids, sign your book. She would probably Christian your baby. On the court, though, take these bowls. Cock on cock.

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She really is a dirty player a little bit on the court. I don't even know if dirty is the right word. She just gives you a fuck. You know what I mean? And really scrapes claws, grabs you, wraps you, elbow, swings you, grabs you around the waist, puts the booty into it. Doesn't she?

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It didn't feel like it was like that. I don't know what she be doing in that last thing you said.

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What did you see in that matchup? Because it felt like she was the reason that Asia was frustrated early.

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Yeah, she was the reason she was frustrated. It was a lot. I think, like I said, bro, that day is so emotional for a four-time WMBA MVP. She already knew she was getting the award three days ago. I understand that, but still, it's a lot. I'm just going to throw her bail money today.

00:12:47

Listen, if I was her on Friday when they give me the award, stop. Forget about it. Forget about it. Don't give me this award right now until some days are off. I don't want to know on a Friday, and then you're going to give me the award on a Sunday, and then the fever are going to come up in our house and make our life a living hell. I feel like that's out of pocket.

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That is very out of pocket. But at the same time, we got to give some credit to the fever because- Oh, my God. Yeah. They continue to just continue. It's like every time you think, All right, here we go. Here's the watch that's supposed to happen. Let's see it. They come out, Kelsey Mitchell, I don't understand what in the hell, whatever award we got to give Kelsey Mitchell, let's make one up. She needs something.

00:13:39

We need to make an award up for her. Hold on. Didn't she lead the league in scoring?

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I'm pretty sure she did.

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I mean, unless Asia was up there. Yeah, she did. No, she led the league in scoring at 26 a game.

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She We can't let a performance like that go without reward from this year, because whenever every single person stepped out or got hurt on their team, she stepped in and helped them with that specific thing. You feel me? When Kaitlyn got hurt, Oh, we need more distribution. Distribution. I said distribution.

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Distribution.

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Distribution. We need more distribution, damn it. Get what? She got some.

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That's something that somebody at George would say, Distribution? We got some distribution.

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Kelsi Mitchell was distribution that guy all year, bro. And then we need scoring, get what? The wettest purest jumper I've seen in the WMBA. Her shot just go like... It's just so pretty, bro.

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She puts him on skates. She got like the behind the back.

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Oh, man.

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Jab into the midi, pull up right in your dome piece. It's a wrap. She hit that one from the elbow early on in the game, and I said, Oh, it's going to be a long night for these aces. Guards. Oh, my goodness.

00:15:04

When she stepped back from the three, she'll give a ha, ha, ha, and step back and still in your mouth. And that has so much arch on it. It does. It's a rainbow. It did be followed as, like You feel me?

00:15:16

How about... Okay, so we know Kelsey Mitchell is the player of the game. She's the best player on the floor that day.

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Yeah.

00:15:22

Some unsung heroes. Number one. Natasha Howard, I don't think is being discussed for how she's bringing the ball up in transition as a big. Her handles are pretty nasty. She's getting timely rebounds. She's bodying other people out of the paint, clearing the way for Kelsey Mitchell to have an open lane. She's making life hell on Asia, not as much as Aalia Boston, but she's a player that people thought was done. And not only was she not done, she took it to a whole new level, and I think is showing some versatility. We talk about when the fever needs something, someone steps in to deliver the hole that was missing. They just, boop, give you that. That's her.

00:16:17

Yes. Speaking of when the delivery and the referees deliver a $200 fine to Kaylyn Clar because she said the reps couldn't stop us on social media.

00:16:30

Is that fine worthy?

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It's not. And stop finding these folk $200, man. It's embarrassing. You're embarrassing us. We're trying to keep this shit going to playouts. You all pop up with $200 fine. Stop. Don't announce that. You all just say, Hey, man, we had a fine, sis. Just find her.

00:16:47

Do not make the WMBA look like a Mickey Mouse League. Exactly. $200 fines make it seem like everybody's broke.

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Come on, man. I would have been like, Look, I just find Kaitlyn Clarke. You do not want to know how much I find her. Trust me, I find her. It was a lot.

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Just know it was a lot.

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Exactly. So stop talking about the referees. Don't give a damn. No, they be like, Yeah, we just find Kaylyn 200. Yeah, two big ones. And you know what Kaylyn is saying? What the fuck?

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She's going to come back on social media and say more shit about the refs.

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Exactly. Oh, that's how you're charging for referees?

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That's how much I tip my waiter 200 bucks on a night-to-night basis. Kaylyn Clarke's got cheese. She's got bread. She doesn't care about your little $200 raggedy ass fine.

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Exactly. Like that LeBron meme. How about this? Here go another one. Facts. Come on. I just shoot them folks a Banjo and be like, I'm finna say what I want to say this week. How about that?

00:17:43

What do you think about Sophie Cunningham's comments.

00:17:47

Man. Okay, what's Sophie say? The league is so mad that we won because we are literally not supposed to be here at all, and that just fuels our fire even more. Girl, salute to my sister Sophie. But the league is happy as hell you all won. Are you serious? It's the exact opposite. Ain't nobody mad you all won. Only people mad you all won is Atlanta fans.

00:18:14

You know what he's like, Oh, my God. We really wanted Atlanta. We really wanted to have our... You know what? Talk about a player who's just slept on and disrespected is Big Al. Big Al should have won Most Improved. Big Al is consistently left off a three-point percentage and three-point scoring list, guard list. She's one of the nastiest in the game. She's consistently disrespected by those who are making said list. And so you think that the league was like, Oh, we need more Alicia Gray. You know what we need? More goggles, more players that don't get... Come on. Just this fact that we see Kaitlyn Clarke with her little Stranger Things fever T-shirt on and her big ass jeans.

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She's having the Black Air Force 1s, she went out to the Black Air Forces. I'm like, Damn, Kaitlyn, don't do it like that.

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Is her fashion sense changing?

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Her fashion sense? I feel like since Ben Fresh, for real, it's just that No, I feel like she has stylists that sometimes miss the mark. I feel like if you leave it up to a lot of most WMBA players to just dress themselves and come out of the house, they'll most likely land. Most of these sisters got swag, but at the same time, once you sign that deal with the Filipino who going to style you in the back. Filipino? Now, he got you out here wearing the sweat pants with some jeans, shorts, painting on the front.

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Oh, my God. Not Filipino. Isn't she? She She style with Prada as well, which they've got some stuff. And Prada, you can be dressed to the nines in Prada with your burq. But you could also look like your 47-year-old accountant ready for her next job interview. So there's different levels to this. She was doing Murphy Brown. There's different levels to this. Come on, she was doing her Murphy Brown.

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She was a Murphy Brown swad. I see, sis. Come on.

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By the way, Sophie Cunningham. Speaking of Sophie Cunningham, she's got style, too. She finds a way to make a baseball cat look good.

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I mean, hey, salute to Sophie. She also found a way to argue with the cops from here at court during the game. She's going crazy, man. Salute to Sophie. Salute to them fever. Also, to quit sidebar, it's still not ideal that we got to watch these WNBA playoff semifinal games during the NFL Sunday. What the hell is this? Bro, Ms. Rebecca, do you got the picture I sent to you? I sent Ms. Rebecca a picture of what my Sunday looks like because I'm not going to not watch what I'm paying for. I love the NFL. We shouldn't have to make people make choices. I got so many damn screens over here, and I just got barely enough. So I imagine the random person at the house, they ain't got time for all these screens. Stop making us choose between our favorite sports football team and the WNBA. Guess what? There's no games tonight. We could have had a game tonight on Monday night. Monday, Wednesday.

00:21:13

I think there is a game tonight. The Ravens play the Alliance.

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I'm saying, but I would rather have one game to go against as far as the WNBA.

00:21:21

And now ESPN allows you to do the multibox. You could do the cross-port multibox and have them both on.

00:21:27

Exactly. But what I'm saying is there's no WMBA games tonight. No, there's not. So what I'm saying is why not just postpone that day, bam, Monday, Wednesday, bam. Look at this. Why the hell do I have to watch the Aces like this? In the bottom right corner, you see the Aces. I do not know why I had Bingo's Vikings on the big TV. I promise to God, I thought it was going to be Jamal Chase versus Justin Jettiles. It didn't end up being that. But look what I got to deal with. And this is a loyal WMBA member in what community? Come on, bro. Let's do ourselves a favor.

00:22:03

Nobody loves the WMBA more than Juju, and yet he had to put it on the MacBook air.

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Come on, man. What are we doing?

00:22:11

Bad choice, though, Vikings, bangles over aces. Bad Choice was a reporter, Juju, asking Sabrina UNESCO and Brianna Stuart if Sandy Brondello, their head coach, should be fired.

00:22:25

Bro, that was the worst choice ever. Ms. Rebecca, you got that video?

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What the fuck? They said, Hey, people be asking. The streets are talking, and the streets are saying, How come you think Sandy Brondello, your head coach, should be fired? And Brianna looks at her like, What the fuck? You crazy? And then the reporter is like, I'm not saying it. She pulled the Donald Trump. I'm not saying it, but other people are saying it. It's like, Who's saying it?

00:22:58

Who's saying it? Whenever Having somebody say people are saying it, tell them to tell you the people.

00:23:04

Yeah, who are those people?

00:23:05

Exactly. It's you.

00:23:07

You are saying it. You're stirring the pot.

00:23:09

You are people, man.

00:23:10

The streets are talking and they're saying your coach should be fired off of a championship after some of the most brutal string of injuries you've ever had. You know who did get fired, though? We got to talk about Storm head coach, Noel Quinn, getting fired. What you think about that?

00:23:29

I mean, maybe I'm missing something. I know that the Storm were having a rough couple of years a couple of years ago. I know it was rough, but I feel like this year-They turned the corner. Right. Because you don't just have the mind to sign Erica Willer and know, bruh, you don't... To me, we know the streets know Erica Willer is a doll, but for a coach to know that and give Erica Willer such a big role on that squad, on that squad that was seconds away from advancing. Right. Come on, man. Put that Parenwell with Skyler, the milk diggings. I think that she did phenomenal to me, Nekca, aging superstar still, giving us what she need. Eze, giving us the rebounds blocks all year long. B-syx came over and transitioned well into a great storm player. Gabby Williams stepped up in the... I don't see what happened there. Maybe it's above my pay grade. I'm not G14. I'm not G14 classified, but I think it's a bad move by the Seattle Storm to get rid of this.

00:24:43

I'm so conflicted Conflicted.

00:24:47

Yeah.

00:24:47

I'm conflicted because I like Noelle Quinn. I think it's fucked up that there's not really any black female coaches in the W when that's primarily what the W is made up of. So that's fucking rough.

00:25:01

Was she the last one?

00:25:02

I think that's it because they fired Teespoon. I think this is it. I think that's it.

00:25:08

Damn, bro. I think that's it. That's a whole nother topic for a whole nother day right there.

00:25:14

So Anyway, what I will say is that we talked about how the Storm were underperforming based on the roster that they had. And so, yes, you use Erica Wheeler in a way that's very effective, but there were a lot of games that team just didn't come out ready to play, and they played down to their competition. Now, I don't know about these things. I don't know if that's a player, cohesive individual thing, or you can put that on Noel because having a bad game plan. But we know at the end of games, they've melted into the sun. That's a slight coaching thing. But I think they also performed great against the Aces and probably should have won that series. But it did take Skyler Diggins going crazy, and that offense is brutal. That offense really gets run like a stick in the mud. I don't know what is going on with it. So I just feel so conflicted.

00:26:13

Bro, I'm talking about if Erica Wheeler hits a mid-range free throw line jumper, we're not having this conversation today. Noelle Quinn would be coaching her team in the semifinal.

00:26:26

And if Erica Wheeler didn't hit the mid-range jumper at the end of the game, one of the last games of the season. We are having this conversation two weeks ago.

00:26:37

Exactly. Long story short, salute to Erica Wheeler.

00:26:41

Long story short, Erica Wheeler, now promoted coach of the Seattle Storm.

00:26:47

Look, man, she got it going on. It's going to be a bidding war for her next year, not here nor there. Moving on. New York Liberty. The fuck out of here. Man, Jonquil Jones. Jonquil Jones had the worst series that I have seen her have ever. I love Jonquil. Come on, man. You got to love Jonquil, but it was a rough series to watch. I don't know what was going on with John Quill this series.

00:27:18

I know what was going on. What was going on. I know what was going on. John Quill probably thought, Listen, it's just not our year. We've had issues. You know you're You have to play the links, right? You know what it is. Brianna Stewart got a bionic- She did not know what it is. No, listen. Brianna Stewart's got a bionic knee attachment on her knee to take away the pain from whatever sprains, whatever ligament is going on. Sabrina has been injured on and off all year, and she's having a brutal series. You've got Jonquil that's been dealing with injuries as well. This team, you already know Brianna is not right. She's doing everything she can for you. And shout out to Brianna Stewer, who's fucking phenomenal in the fourth quarter, the only Liberty player to score. But now you're about to go on a five Game series with the Lynx. You know you're not beating the Lynx. You know that this is a wrap for you. Brianna is probably operating at 50% health, and the pain level is going to be immense. I just think John Quill wasn't mentally ready to go to the level that she went in the finals, where she was finals MVP, especially considering they've been up and down and up and down, up and down all year.

00:28:47

Don't nobody from the Liberty look at the damn links and be like, Oh, yeah, we can't beat them. Are you crazy? If you ask them today, they probably be like, Yeah, we can beat them still. We lost to them. That is not how they operate. I think something happened in a list of Thomas land. I feel like something happened in Satu Sabali defense mechanisms.

00:29:13

I love you. I love you. You're like the opposite of me. Do you know what I mean? That's why people like you more than they like me. Come on, come on, bro.

00:29:22

Nobody likes me, bro.

00:29:23

Everybody likes you, bro. You're like, Oh, man, Satu and Alyssa, they just took it to another level. And I'm like, John Quill blew it. You know what I mean? Sabrina blew it. They did. They blew it. If we were male NBA commentators, we would be like, See, the thing about John Quill Jones is, is you can't be the Finals MVP and go Houdini the next playoff time. You get in there. That's what we can't do. This is why people thought John Quill was cooked when she came out of Connecticut. That's what they would be saying. And if you were an NBA commentator, you would be like, No, the thing is, Alyssa Thomas deserves her lack of shoulders and her lack of labrums. She needs more respect.

00:30:13

You know what I will say, though? John Queil should be held accountable for that tantrum. She threw the free on the floor. What the hell was that, John Quelle? Come on now. You know I mess with you. But come on now.

00:30:24

I mess with all of them. Come on. I love them all. But they know that they did not perform platform. Even Sabrina said, We didn't give our fans what we should have given them.

00:30:35

You know what?

00:30:36

You're going to make me better. You're going to make me better. I just want to do this, and you just want to do this. That's the difference. That's the promo. That's a promo. I just want to do this, and you just want to do this.

00:30:51

Exactly. I want to raise the roof, man. I wanted the damn liberty to beat this Phoenix Mercury for Tasha Cloud, man. Same. But it's Nevertheless, still bawling. She's still going to be bothering next year. So all the haters, step off.

00:31:07

Before we wrap, Juju, I think the links are the most dominant team in the WMBA all year. They show it again. Their fourth quarter Their fourth quarter was ridiculous. I think the thing that was lovely was you got 42 first half point paints from the Mercury, which is bad, really bad. Sheryl Reeve went in there and said, Grab your ankles. I'm giving everybody whoopings. I've got the switch out. And then they held them to only 10 points in the paint in the second half. They end up going on a crazy run, making this thing not even close. Courtney Williams continues to be my favorite guard in the league. She had five steals. She was the leading scorer for the Lynx. Not only that, did she have multiple moments where she passed up her own shot to get our girl, Bridget Carlton, multiple, one deep three, one cutting layup, which really, I think, ice and sealed the game. When you're on a heater, that's super hard to do mentally because you're like, No, I got this. And no, Court. Court likes to shoot it now. So Lynx, what do you think about them? It's a wrap for the rest of the league.

00:32:17

Look, I feel like when Courtney playing like that, it's wraps. It's a rapsual. Like you say, she passed it to the Bridge. Guess what? The bridge going to knock it down no matter what. Damn near nine out of 10 times, the bridge going to down. I ain't never seen a more reliable supporting cast, no matter who's got it going, where there's fee. She got it going, guess what she can always do? Pass to Courtney, mid-range in your mouth. Get what she can also do? Behind the back, Kaylee McBride. Release so fast, you don't even get a chance to get over there before it's in the nets. You can get it up out of the nets if you wanted. And guess what? Post-moves. Jessica Sheppard stepped up this year in a way that people may I have expected, but I know that on the defensive end of the ball, she's so reliable alongside the defensive player of the year, the co-defensive player of the year, Atlanta Smith. Come on, man. It's like that's what separates the link The Lynx from the squad, the rest of the whole WMBA to me. Because no matter who is having a great night, they all so unselfish when it comes to that, bro, they're going to let them have that great night and just be ready when you need them.

00:33:30

Even sometimes, fee just be like, Bro, like you said yesterday, Courtney, you got us today. If you need me, you know it's dog food in this post. It's Scooby Snacks in this post if you need me. You feel me? So, yeah, I definitely agree. Minnesota Lyns looking like them.

00:33:46

Yeah. And then I think that's a good point, that Alyssa Thomas match up with fee, where Alyssa Thomas looks absolutely psychotic smiling from ear to ear that way. When she's getting deed up by fee, going face up on her and fee's body in her, she's smiling. I'm like, What is AT about to do next? So, yeah, the links, they're so hard to guard because they've got great ball movement. They're a great defensive team. Let's not even count the fact. We didn't even count the fact that fee was a defensive player of the year last year. So you got the back-to-back team with back-to-back DPO-wise and the best offense in the league with multiple who can shoot in your eyeball from deep. So deep, they'll put your ass to sleep and reliable. So, yeah, it looks like Minnesota is finally going to get their revenge.

00:34:41

Speaking of revenge, Nas Hillman got the last laugh in that sixth Man of the Year race. Salute to my dog, sixth Man of the Year, even though we would rather have this semifinal birth. Neither here nor there.

00:34:52

It hurts. Shout out to Nas. You deserve it. All right, see you later. It's been all the time that we have for the alley-oop. I alleyed, he ooped, he alleyed, I ooped. And then, Rebecca, multiple Oops. Stupid oops. Dumb oops.

00:35:06

Incredible.

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Nothing but oops. How the fuck did you get there Oops? I didn't begin.

00:35:15

I had like it. So full of Oops, maybe.

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The WNBA is heating up and Alley Oop has you covered! Co-hosts Juju Gotti and Trysta Krick break down:    •    The Indiana Fever’s shocking wins over the Atlanta Dream & Las Vegas Aces, powered by Kelsey Mitchell    •    The Minnesota Lynx comeback thriller vs. the Phoenix Mercury    •    A’ja Wilson’s historic 4th MVP award    •    Caitlin Clark fined for her ref comments + Sophie Cunningham calling out the league    •    All the WNBA drama, reactions & what’s next for hoops fans

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