Transcript of GOOD FOLLOW: Why is Natasha Cloud still unsigned? Does Phee want out of Minnesota? Sue and Megan split & More! New

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Welcome back to Good Follow presented by DraftKings. Come on, man, you already know what's going on. I'm Juju Gotti. I'm Trista Quick. You got to know. But man, it's a lot of free agencies going on. A lot of training camps have kicked off, but it's a lot of free agents still left out there, bro. Like, I'ma just go ahead and kick this off because I'm advocating. I'm so sorry, my sister is still a damn free agent. It don't make no sense. Tasha Cloud is still a free agent. Let me tell you who we talking about. A 10-year, almost 11-year veteran, a WNBA champion, a 2022 All-Defense First team, 2022 WNBA assist leader, Dawn Staley Community Award leadership guy. Like, she got the Dawn Staley Leadership Award. She got the two— this is what's most important to me because you hear all these numbers, you, you're like, okay, yeah, yeah, whatever. 2019 All-Defensive Second Team and 2024 All-Defensive Second Team, highlighting the fact that sis still got it. Athletes Unlimited, unrivaled. She done proved herself to everybody. She will advocate for me and you. And my sister is not on the roster. What do you make of that, sis?

You know, I, uh, I thought, Juju, when Jonathan Kolb said the GM of the Liberty, you know, I just didn't think that Tasha got the most out of Sabrina. First and foremost, I don't like Jonathan Kolb. I don't like how he did Sandy Brondello, and I don't like what's going on with Tasha Cloud. But to me, there's a clear sign that Tasha is not happy, or it was not happy, with what her agent did with that information. Since then, recently, she has departed from that agent and gotten a new agent.

So you didn't know that? How did I know that?

I think that's kind of the big issue, is that you, you try to get the bag, maybe you think you can go back to a contender, they have different plans for you than you have for yourself, and by the time you start scrambling around and looking for another team, it's like musical chairs and everybody's sitting already down.

Bruh, I don't know, bruh. I feel like I can find some space because I done seen a lot of names on certain rosters that I salute to them, but, uh, not even compare— pales in comparison to my dog. And 2024 Skills Challenge winner, true champion, this one, 25, the one that just passed, her and Erica Wheeler went off. Like, bruh, I'm talking about Natasha Cloud, the Natasha Cloud. Bro, Tasha Cloud, to me, there is no excuse for her not to be on the roster. It's, to me, it's politics because she will stand up and advocate for people who don't necessarily have a voice. And I think that coming into play from when her, especially when her skills are already unmatched, it's embarrassing to me. I like, put my sister on the team.

She's got strappies. She puts you in prison. She puts the seatbelt on you. We saw that against the Fever. We've seen that multiple times against the Lynx. Um, you know, Natasha Cloud was a huge piece of the puzzle of what the New York Liberty were doing. Let's be honest, the reason that the Liberty ended up losing games down the regular season stretch was not because of Natasha Cloud not fitting with Sabrina Ionescu. It was because Brianna Stewart got injured and Jonquel Jones got injured. Don't forget the facts before you start piecing and parsing why a player is no longer there. I want her on Portland. I think she'd be incredible there. They have plenty of money. She's a vet. That's a city that's very friendly to people who are advocates and outspoken about some of the issues that Natasha Cloud has spoken out about.

Right.

They need a guard. I don't know if Ayanna Martín is gonna come over from Spain or whether she's gonna stay over like the Golden State Valkyries had for Giusti— Jochita. I think there's places for her. I saw, um, I saw one little piece of news saying that she was rumored to maybe be linked to the Dallas Wings, which could be interesting. They have a lot of guards.

How many guards we going, bro?

How many guards? Oh, I know. You know what it was? It was actually not that. It was another place that has a lot of guards. The Atlanta— Atlanta Dream.

Okay, see, you're already right now— you are— you— I need to be still. Do you know if Natasha Cloud becomes an Atlanta Dream, I will get an Atlanta Dream tattoo, uh, of her face? Of her face? Nah, probably just Atlanta Dream. Just see Atlanta Dream. Because now they have done everything I wanted them to do. They've done mostly pretty much all things I wanted them to do at this point.

Also, speaking of another player that was on a contender, where is Emma Misseman at?

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Where is Emma Misemann? She's still winning EuroLeague MVPs right this second. Why isn't she in the W, bruh?

And guess who, guess who else is the culprit of that? Guess who's the deciding— you feel me?

Come on, I mean J. Cole. I mean J. Cope.

You got to know, man. New York Liberty, though, y'all got a lot of talent. I get it. Y'all got Banazza coming back. Y'all got a lot going on. But at the same time, this ain't making a lot of sense to me. Rest in peace, Sandy. I mean, excuse me, pardon me, she's in Toronto now. Moving on though, I think Kalani Brown might be able to provide a little sauce for a team, in my opinion, because she's a big— just, just, just a big present in the paint. That presence in the paint, what team can't use that?

In my opinion, a lot of them. A lot of places.

Yeah.

Could a team like Golden State use that? Um, could— who else? Could a team like Toronto use that? I think there's a lot of places that could use that kind of a backup big. Kalani Brown's a hooper.

Yeah, she's a hooper on and off the court, you feel me? Sis got it going on. Like, bro, every time she posts a picture, them folks fall out, you feel me?

Could Minnesota use Kalani Brown?

See, now, going to Minnesota, they chose to take Olivia Miles, number 2. And I had a lot to say about that, you feel me? To all my homeboys in the hood, I'm sorry I talked y'all head off about it. But guess what? I still can't believe knowing that Nafisa is gonna be out till July, June, whenever the timetable is, you don't want to collect another Infinity Stone right quick because you let, uh, uh, the Landman go. Landman is in Dallas now. And Jessica Shepherd too, gone. So I feel like those were the two pieces that held her down whenever she could go. Whenever she did get hurt, I thought Lauren Bates was a perfect fit.

Yeah. It's fascinating to me because it felt like, and I've heard this now, Juju, a couple of times, that, like, Nafisa Collier wants out of Minnesota. And that's why she signed a 1-year deal only. And in the deal, you cannot core her, AKA franchise tag her again. And so I think she told the homies, I think she told the homies, hey, listen, Court, if you can get your bread, like, take a 2-year deal, but like, don't sign anything crazy long. Same thing with Natisha Heideman. You can get the bag and get a 3-year deal, go ahead, go get the— go get your bread. Alana, Jess Shepherd, go get your bread, go get your bread, because like, I'm getting my bread and I'm getting up out of this Cheryl Reeve situation. I'm totally speculating, but did Cheryl Reeve know that? Because if that's the case, then you take Lauren Betts. It feels like Cheryl was like, oh, god dang, Now I'm taking a— I'm taking a true point guard to make Nafissa Collier's life earlier or easier, and now she's not even gonna be here.

I ain't even think about it that way, bro. You might be right, because everybody is gone. The stud buds— I mean, they are still— come on, we ride with stuff, but why wouldn't you?

No, everybody is gone.

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Oh, Juju.

Yeah.

So, okay, this week we had a very monumental breakup video get made.

Yeah.

Sue Bird, one of the greatest of all time point guards in the history of the WNBA.

Mm.

And Megan Rapinoe, who I consider to be one of the most unlikable heroes in, in soccer history. Split. They announced their split after a decade together. And I went back to an old video that I found where Sue was talking about how Megan took her favorite t-shirt when Megan decided to get into hiking.

Yeah.

And cut it up. Oh, and Sue was like, what, did you just cut my shirt? And she's like, yeah. So that's to me why I think that this has been coming for a long time. Because they brought it up with the therapist. She was like, it's a soft shirt, it was too long. And she's like, it was my shirt though, it's my favorite shirt and you cut it.

It has TMZ confirmed this story.

I saw it.

You saw the shirt?

I— they talked about it on their show.

Bruh, this is nuts behavior, Megan. I'm sitting here trying to take your side. Girl, that's goofy. Don't be cutting up folks' shirt because you mad the shirt ain't did nothing. It'll be a shirt because you just got into hiking.

Oh.

Oh my God, you just got Nike, you need a little crop shirt, you want a Natasha Cloud look. Hey, go get your own shirt. I know if it was you, Juju, you would not be playing that stuff, bruh.

It would be over. Don't just break up now, no video.

That was many months ago. They've been hanging on by a string.

Yeah, that was the string was on that shirt too. That's okay. See, I was gonna give them credit for love being love. I thought this was the ultimate show of love. You know what, we break up and we still cool. Look at this, guys. The podcast is no more. But don't worry about that. It's over with. We're telling you, you don't got to hear the rumor. But after hearing Shirtgate, girl, you might have been left a couple months ago, man. I ain't gonna hold you, bro. You might have been broke up with for a little while.

It's been giving power couple without the romance for me for a while.

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