Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we're very proud of Connecticut sun guard Marina Maybrey for learning to season her food and it's her rival turned bestie Dja Carrington who put her on the right path. That's what sports are really all about. It's Wednesday, January fifteenth, Draft Day and on today's show, Alex Mesh and I are drafting our unrivaled teams ahead of Friday's tip off. We've got a foolproof system. It's part Hoops Draft, part seventeen magazine quiz are you his friend.

Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we're very proud of Connecticut sun guard Marina Maybrey for learning to season her food and it's her rival turned bestie Dja Carrington who put her on the right path. That's what sports are really all about. It's Wednesday, January fifteenth, Draft Day and on today's show, Alex Mesh and I are drafting our unrivaled teams ahead of Friday's tip off. We've got a foolproof system. It's part Hoops Draft, part seventeen magazine quiz are you his friend.

Or his crush?

Or his crush?

And part BuzzFeed personality test? Which Disney Princess are you? Are you a Carrie, Samantha, Miranda or Charlotte. By the end, we'll learn the unrivaled basketball club that's m FU made for us, and we've set it all up for you to play along and pick your squad. Two plus, it's woso wedding season. A super slice comes through and a big opportunity is coming your waist slices. It's all coming up right after this welcome back. Here's what you need to know today in hockey News, We've got PWHL action tonight as the league leading Minnesota Frost faced the New York Sirens at seven pm Eastern. This will be a meeting of the league's best goal scorers. Sirens forward Alex Carpenter and frost ford Britta Curl are at the top of the ranks with five goals apiece, followed closely by New York Sarah Filier, who's put in four so far. You can catch that matchup on MSG Networks, FanDuel Sports Network and TSN. For all you Canadians out there, Oh Canada. More good news. The WNBA's Toronto Tempo just launched its first merch drop. The items are produced by brands out of Canada, like Real Sports Apparel and brands founded by women like Jasmine Mayadas, Round twenty one and Esther Wallace's play A Society, as well as Nike. I'm partial to the play A Society Tea with Tempo in Chunky right and the twenty six on it myself. You can grab your merch and get ready for the Tempos twenty twenty six tip off at the link in our show notes. SAMONWSL News free agent defender Tatum Mulazo, who spent her entire pro career with the Chicago Red Stars has signed a two year deal with the Utah Royals. Malaso has seventy career NWSL appearances in her four seasons in the league. Some more soccer news. It's the off season for the Girlies, which means weddings. Lots of weddings. Congrats to Lynn Williams, Lindsay Horan, Tierna Davidson, Emily Sam's, Ali Riley, Kerrie Roccaro, Copriest did Asco, and Natalie Jacobs, who all tied the knot recently. I just want to let you know we're not learning your new last names.

And part BuzzFeed personality test? Which Disney Princess are you? Are you a Carrie, Samantha, Miranda or Charlotte. By the end, we'll learn the unrivaled basketball club that's m FU made for us, and we've set it all up for you to play along and pick your squad. Two plus, it's woso wedding season. A super slice comes through and a big opportunity is coming your waist slices. It's all coming up right after this welcome back. Here's what you need to know today in hockey News, We've got PWHL action tonight as the league leading Minnesota Frost faced the New York Sirens at seven pm Eastern. This will be a meeting of the league's best goal scorers. Sirens forward Alex Carpenter and frost ford Britta Curl are at the top of the ranks with five goals apiece, followed closely by New York Sarah Filier, who's put in four so far. You can catch that matchup on MSG Networks, FanDuel Sports Network and TSN. For all you Canadians out there, Oh Canada. More good news. The WNBA's Toronto Tempo just launched its first merch drop. The items are produced by brands out of Canada, like Real Sports Apparel and brands founded by women like Jasmine Mayadas, Round twenty one and Esther Wallace's play A Society, as well as Nike. I'm partial to the play A Society Tea with Tempo in Chunky right and the twenty six on it myself. You can grab your merch and get ready for the Tempos twenty twenty six tip off at the link in our show notes. SAMONWSL News free agent defender Tatum Mulazo, who spent her entire pro career with the Chicago Red Stars has signed a two year deal with the Utah Royals. Malaso has seventy career NWSL appearances in her four seasons in the league. Some more soccer news. It's the off season for the Girlies, which means weddings. Lots of weddings. Congrats to Lynn Williams, Lindsay Horan, Tierna Davidson, Emily Sam's, Ali Riley, Kerrie Roccaro, Copriest did Asco, and Natalie Jacobs, who all tied the knot recently. I just want to let you know we're not learning your new last names.

We're not.

We're not.

Okay, fine, maybe, but I reserve the right to call you by your maiden names for the rest of this upcoming season. At least. I'm still working on remembering mause Wanson. Y'all to college hoops. Tonight's matchup between Northwestern and number four ranked USC has been postponed. It was scheduled for USC's Galen Center, but the Wildcats decided not to travel because of the fires. Northwestern's game at UCLA this past Sunday was also postponed. Number one UCLA's matchup with Penn State is still scheduled to take place tonight nine thirty Eastern at Walter Pyramid on Long Beach State's campus. Our hearts really go out to everyone in these programs. It's got to take us serious amount of guts to put on a brave face and continue with both school and the basketball season at a time like this. Speaking of the fires, the WNBA's La Sparks and NWSL's Angel City FC have joined with the other Southern California sports teams in the MLB, NFL, NHL, and MLS to pledge a donation of more than eight million dollars to support victims of the LA fires and those who are fighting them. The team's community partners are also going to distribute thousands of items including personal hygiene kits, school supply, sneakers, and more at Dodger, SOFI and BEMO Stadiums on Friday, January seventeenth, from ten am to two pm Pacific. Any Angelinos with proof of residency and evacuated zip codes are eligible to attend, and bus transportation to the distribution events is avail. Folks who are currently residing in area evacuation shelters. Families and individuals who attend will also be given lunch at the stadiums. Also want to let you know our friends and partners at Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment are joining members of the women's sports community, including the Sports Bra, The Gist, and Moolah Kicks to support a nationwide essential s drive. New or unused toiletries, cosmetics and ninety five masks, tote bags and reading glasses are requested for displaced individuals and families. You can get more info on where you can drop off or ship items on my Instagram page at Spain two three two three or on Deep Blues insta at Deep Blue Sports and we'll make sure to put those in our show notes. Got to give a quick shout out to super slice Joey Maldonado, who took some time during the holiday break to make a calendar of all the Pro Volleyball Federation, Love Pro Volleyball, AU Basketball and unrivaled games coming up over the next few months, day time, where it's happening, how to watch. Joey is a literal superstar for putting all these together for us. We'll link to that in show notes so y'all can benefit from his work too. Thank you, Joey. We got to take a quick break when we come back. Who's your celebrity soulmate? What season are you in your soul Which Hogwarts teacher would give you detention? Are you basic? We don't have any of those answers, but we will tell you your unrivaled team Coming up next, Welcome back Slices. Today's the big day, our unrivaled team draft. Now, if you haven't picked your unrivaled squad just yet, grab a pen and some paper and play along with us. By the end of the show, your squad will be revealed. If you already have a squad, no worries. This is also a great way to get familiar with the teams and players ahead of tip off on Friday. Okay, so this is how this is gonna work. Grab a piece of paper and a pen. You can hit pause for a second. You've got to run into another room to grab them. Okay, got it? Okay, Now, you can obviously use multiple pieces of paper, but if you want to have a little fun with it, let's just split one page into eight boxes. So take the page and draw one vertical line down the middle, splitting the page vertically in half. Now add three horizontal lines, splitting the page horizontally into four sections. So now you should have eight boxes of roughly the same size on your page. If it's not perfect, no worries. Now, in every single box except for the bottom two, write the numbers one, two, three, four, five six top to bottom on the left side of the box. Every box except for the bottom two should have one, two, three, four, five six going from top to bottom on the left hand side. Now, it'll definitely help you if you pull up the Unrivaled website to see the team logos while you do this. But if you're driving or walking, or exercising or otherwise can't look at your screen, don't worry. We got you for that part. Okay, here's how this is gonna work. We're gonna rank each Unrivaled club one through six in six different categories, and then the final scores will reveal our preferred squad. Shout out to front of the show claim Conahan and her crew for this draft idea. We used most of the categories that they used, but we came up with a little bit of changes too. So here's what we're gonna be using to pick our club team name, color, slash logo slash branding, head coaches, players, chemistry, and winability of the roster as a whole on the court, and duo slash combos we didn't know we needed off the court. Okay, let's get into it. Top left box is gonna be team name. Now. You're gonna rank each of the six clubs one to six based on name only, just the name, nothing else. Your favorite name will go in slot one, your second favorite in slot two, and so on. Here are the club names. Lace's Basketball Club, Lunar Owls Basketball Club, Missed Basketball Club, Phantom Basketball Club, Rose Basketball Club, and Vinyl Basketball Club. Okay, I'm gonna say those one more time. Laces, Lunar Owls, Missed, Phantom, Rose, and Vinyl. All Right, everybody quickly kind of jot down what you're thinking first reactions, and then Big Centris I want to talk through this and figure out you know what you're thinking. All right, we're just talking names now, nothing else. Meish what club stands out to you, what doesn't do it for you. My first spot has to go to Vinyl Basketball Club because music.

Okay, fine, maybe, but I reserve the right to call you by your maiden names for the rest of this upcoming season. At least. I'm still working on remembering mause Wanson. Y'all to college hoops. Tonight's matchup between Northwestern and number four ranked USC has been postponed. It was scheduled for USC's Galen Center, but the Wildcats decided not to travel because of the fires. Northwestern's game at UCLA this past Sunday was also postponed. Number one UCLA's matchup with Penn State is still scheduled to take place tonight nine thirty Eastern at Walter Pyramid on Long Beach State's campus. Our hearts really go out to everyone in these programs. It's got to take us serious amount of guts to put on a brave face and continue with both school and the basketball season at a time like this. Speaking of the fires, the WNBA's La Sparks and NWSL's Angel City FC have joined with the other Southern California sports teams in the MLB, NFL, NHL, and MLS to pledge a donation of more than eight million dollars to support victims of the LA fires and those who are fighting them. The team's community partners are also going to distribute thousands of items including personal hygiene kits, school supply, sneakers, and more at Dodger, SOFI and BEMO Stadiums on Friday, January seventeenth, from ten am to two pm Pacific. Any Angelinos with proof of residency and evacuated zip codes are eligible to attend, and bus transportation to the distribution events is avail. Folks who are currently residing in area evacuation shelters. Families and individuals who attend will also be given lunch at the stadiums. Also want to let you know our friends and partners at Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment are joining members of the women's sports community, including the Sports Bra, The Gist, and Moolah Kicks to support a nationwide essential s drive. New or unused toiletries, cosmetics and ninety five masks, tote bags and reading glasses are requested for displaced individuals and families. You can get more info on where you can drop off or ship items on my Instagram page at Spain two three two three or on Deep Blues insta at Deep Blue Sports and we'll make sure to put those in our show notes. Got to give a quick shout out to super slice Joey Maldonado, who took some time during the holiday break to make a calendar of all the Pro Volleyball Federation, Love Pro Volleyball, AU Basketball and unrivaled games coming up over the next few months, day time, where it's happening, how to watch. Joey is a literal superstar for putting all these together for us. We'll link to that in show notes so y'all can benefit from his work too. Thank you, Joey. We got to take a quick break when we come back. Who's your celebrity soulmate? What season are you in your soul Which Hogwarts teacher would give you detention? Are you basic? We don't have any of those answers, but we will tell you your unrivaled team Coming up next, Welcome back Slices. Today's the big day, our unrivaled team draft. Now, if you haven't picked your unrivaled squad just yet, grab a pen and some paper and play along with us. By the end of the show, your squad will be revealed. If you already have a squad, no worries. This is also a great way to get familiar with the teams and players ahead of tip off on Friday. Okay, so this is how this is gonna work. Grab a piece of paper and a pen. You can hit pause for a second. You've got to run into another room to grab them. Okay, got it? Okay, Now, you can obviously use multiple pieces of paper, but if you want to have a little fun with it, let's just split one page into eight boxes. So take the page and draw one vertical line down the middle, splitting the page vertically in half. Now add three horizontal lines, splitting the page horizontally into four sections. So now you should have eight boxes of roughly the same size on your page. If it's not perfect, no worries. Now, in every single box except for the bottom two, write the numbers one, two, three, four, five six top to bottom on the left side of the box. Every box except for the bottom two should have one, two, three, four, five six going from top to bottom on the left hand side. Now, it'll definitely help you if you pull up the Unrivaled website to see the team logos while you do this. But if you're driving or walking, or exercising or otherwise can't look at your screen, don't worry. We got you for that part. Okay, here's how this is gonna work. We're gonna rank each Unrivaled club one through six in six different categories, and then the final scores will reveal our preferred squad. Shout out to front of the show claim Conahan and her crew for this draft idea. We used most of the categories that they used, but we came up with a little bit of changes too. So here's what we're gonna be using to pick our club team name, color, slash logo slash branding, head coaches, players, chemistry, and winability of the roster as a whole on the court, and duo slash combos we didn't know we needed off the court. Okay, let's get into it. Top left box is gonna be team name. Now. You're gonna rank each of the six clubs one to six based on name only, just the name, nothing else. Your favorite name will go in slot one, your second favorite in slot two, and so on. Here are the club names. Lace's Basketball Club, Lunar Owls Basketball Club, Missed Basketball Club, Phantom Basketball Club, Rose Basketball Club, and Vinyl Basketball Club. Okay, I'm gonna say those one more time. Laces, Lunar Owls, Missed, Phantom, Rose, and Vinyl. All Right, everybody quickly kind of jot down what you're thinking first reactions, and then Big Centris I want to talk through this and figure out you know what you're thinking. All right, we're just talking names now, nothing else. Meish what club stands out to you, what doesn't do it for you. My first spot has to go to Vinyl Basketball Club because music.

First of all, we haven't discussed this at length on the show, but me and music go together real bad. So the fact that they're called Vinyl, I just think is so automatically. Yes for me, I really also enjoy laces. I think that's very unique. I think in basketball lace them up, you know. I think that's probably what they were talking about when they're throwing ideas at the wall. U love that bonus points for that, And then I don't missed BC. It just it doesn't do it for me. It makes me the of medicine immediately, Okay, Like I should be watching a commercial and they're like, yeah, it's a nasal spray. Take this, Yeah, high blood pressure, please do not like it's just something about that just does it hit right for me.

First of all, we haven't discussed this at length on the show, but me and music go together real bad. So the fact that they're called Vinyl, I just think is so automatically. Yes for me, I really also enjoy laces. I think that's very unique. I think in basketball lace them up, you know. I think that's probably what they were talking about when they're throwing ideas at the wall. U love that bonus points for that, And then I don't missed BC. It just it doesn't do it for me. It makes me the of medicine immediately, Okay, Like I should be watching a commercial and they're like, yeah, it's a nasal spray. Take this, Yeah, high blood pressure, please do not like it's just something about that just does it hit right for me.

Alex's first thought.

Alex's first thought.

I love the lunar owls, although I did just google to see like what species the lunar owls is and where you can find them, and I think it's a made up animal, Like obviously they're owls, and I'm sure that there are lunar varieties of other creatures, but I thought.

I love the lunar owls, although I did just google to see like what species the lunar owls is and where you can find them, and I think it's a made up animal, Like obviously they're owls, and I'm sure that there are lunar varieties of other creatures, but I thought.

That was so fun.

That was so fun.

Vinyl is my last one because vinyl makes me think of plastic, which makes me think of climate change in the world degrading. So even though I'm sure they did not mean that association, just that's my last one.

Vinyl is my last one because vinyl makes me think of plastic, which makes me think of climate change in the world degrading. So even though I'm sure they did not mean that association, just that's my last one.

I'm a little bit closer to meish for sure. Missed is my last. I'm glad you said something like nasal spray or medicine you shouldn't take if you have high blood pressure. For me, like I said, it's just one letter away from moist and it sounds like some sort of like vaginal douche. Oh like if you're feeling unfresh, just a seven day treatment with miss BC just not not my favorite. And lunar owls were my second to last. I love owls. I don't know why they're lunar, what do they have to do with the moon. And also it just doesn't ring off. It doesn't like roll off the tongue. Lunar owls. It's just not pretty sounding. Laces were my second favorite, though. I like the idea of lace's, I like the connection. I like phantom. I don't know why. I just like the mystery of it all. And I feel like I haven't seen a lot of teams. The only thing that's weird about that for me is I usually don't like singular things like she's a phantoms, but I just like I just like the name.

I'm a little bit closer to meish for sure. Missed is my last. I'm glad you said something like nasal spray or medicine you shouldn't take if you have high blood pressure. For me, like I said, it's just one letter away from moist and it sounds like some sort of like vaginal douche. Oh like if you're feeling unfresh, just a seven day treatment with miss BC just not not my favorite. And lunar owls were my second to last. I love owls. I don't know why they're lunar, what do they have to do with the moon. And also it just doesn't ring off. It doesn't like roll off the tongue. Lunar owls. It's just not pretty sounding. Laces were my second favorite, though. I like the idea of lace's, I like the connection. I like phantom. I don't know why. I just like the mystery of it all. And I feel like I haven't seen a lot of teams. The only thing that's weird about that for me is I usually don't like singular things like she's a phantoms, but I just like I just like the name.

It's spooky, it's great common.

It's spooky, it's great common.

Yeah, it just like I haven't heard anything like it. You don't usually hear team names that are you know, ac cult like or spooky or you know, and I think it's bold to have that. Okay, everyone, make sure you've got your names filled out one to six, your favorite in number one down to your least favorite in number six. Okay, Next, we're going top right box. This is color logo and branding. This is kind of tough for an audio medium. I'm going to describe them to you a little bit. If you can pull it up and look at them, that's definitely going to help you. But if you're driving, exercising, etc. Quick summary of each is the Laces is an aqua colored circle with the outline of a basketball inside and a reddish pink l made out of shoelaces. Lunar owls is a purplish blue owl in a yellow circle. Mist is a light blue sky with navy mountains and trees emerging from white clouds. Phantom is a black basketball with a white ghost over it and some spooky looking letters saying phantom. Rose is a forest green circle with a pink rose inside. In the center of the rose is a basketball, and Vinyl is a deep magenta kind of burgundy red record, like a record from a record player with a white and light blue basketball inside. Now, if you need to pause and take a little bit of time with this one, feel free. Like I said, you could pull up the clubs, but list these again, from one to six, your favorite and number one all the way down to number six. Let's take a minute and do that. All right, let's talk through this for a minute here. I'm gonna go first. This was really hard for me because I actually liked almost all of them. I think they did a pretty good job. I gotta go with the laces. I just think it's really cool how the l is like weaving in and out of the rest of the logo. I love again the reference to shoelaces and the color scheme is cool and different, something I haven't seen in a lot of other sports teams. I also was really drawn to the mist I've talked in the past. There's this I think I mentioned on the show, although I'm not positive. There's this new lower level soccer team called Salmon Bay FC, and I literally want to live in their crest. It has this like beautiful salmon colored sky and the water in the mountains and that's what this reminds me of, is like Lake Tahoe or someplace that I love visiting. So the mist was a beautiful landscape that made me want to go there, So that was number two. I also really love Phantom. It just again was completely different than anything I've ever seen from a sports logo. Honestly, the only one I didn't really like was Rose. It just didn't do it for me.

Yeah, it just like I haven't heard anything like it. You don't usually hear team names that are you know, ac cult like or spooky or you know, and I think it's bold to have that. Okay, everyone, make sure you've got your names filled out one to six, your favorite in number one down to your least favorite in number six. Okay, Next, we're going top right box. This is color logo and branding. This is kind of tough for an audio medium. I'm going to describe them to you a little bit. If you can pull it up and look at them, that's definitely going to help you. But if you're driving, exercising, etc. Quick summary of each is the Laces is an aqua colored circle with the outline of a basketball inside and a reddish pink l made out of shoelaces. Lunar owls is a purplish blue owl in a yellow circle. Mist is a light blue sky with navy mountains and trees emerging from white clouds. Phantom is a black basketball with a white ghost over it and some spooky looking letters saying phantom. Rose is a forest green circle with a pink rose inside. In the center of the rose is a basketball, and Vinyl is a deep magenta kind of burgundy red record, like a record from a record player with a white and light blue basketball inside. Now, if you need to pause and take a little bit of time with this one, feel free. Like I said, you could pull up the clubs, but list these again, from one to six, your favorite and number one all the way down to number six. Let's take a minute and do that. All right, let's talk through this for a minute here. I'm gonna go first. This was really hard for me because I actually liked almost all of them. I think they did a pretty good job. I gotta go with the laces. I just think it's really cool how the l is like weaving in and out of the rest of the logo. I love again the reference to shoelaces and the color scheme is cool and different, something I haven't seen in a lot of other sports teams. I also was really drawn to the mist I've talked in the past. There's this I think I mentioned on the show, although I'm not positive. There's this new lower level soccer team called Salmon Bay FC, and I literally want to live in their crest. It has this like beautiful salmon colored sky and the water in the mountains and that's what this reminds me of, is like Lake Tahoe or someplace that I love visiting. So the mist was a beautiful landscape that made me want to go there, So that was number two. I also really love Phantom. It just again was completely different than anything I've ever seen from a sports logo. Honestly, the only one I didn't really like was Rose. It just didn't do it for me.

Vinyl is last for me because who yeah, because I was expecting so much.

Vinyl is last for me because who yeah, because I was expecting so much.

The name is great, but the record doesn't even look like a record.

The name is great, but the record doesn't even look like a record.

It's like just some random circle with some squiggly lines in the middle of it somewhere. It just doesn't It's not giving me record like I needed to. Laces they're my number two for the same reasons. I also love that like is it turquoise?

It's like just some random circle with some squiggly lines in the middle of it somewhere. It just doesn't It's not giving me record like I needed to. Laces they're my number two for the same reasons. I also love that like is it turquoise?

Is it qua till? Yeah?

Is it qua till? Yeah?

Yeah, that color.

Yeah, that color.

If folks go to the Laces Instagram page, they've got the jerseys in that color sick.

If folks go to the Laces Instagram page, they've got the jerseys in that color sick.

I mean, they're they're gorgeous.

I mean, they're they're gorgeous.

So absolutely my number one in this category is Phantom. Yeah, because I love I'm a basic bitch.

So absolutely my number one in this category is Phantom. Yeah, because I love I'm a basic bitch.

Maybe maybe that's what it is.

Maybe maybe that's what it is.

I love basic black and white and the little ghostages.

I love basic black and white and the little ghostages.

Look, it's adorable.

Look, it's adorable.

How can you not love that?

How can you not love that?

What you got? Alex?

What you got? Alex?

Okay, so number one, I'm with you. Sarah Laces just super cool. Love the way that it intersects. Then I have the miss because I do like the landscape. My only other concern with it, apart from the fact that there appears to be no basketball, which I guess is a prerequisite for me, the logo has be on one side see on the other for basketball club. But when I look at it, I do kind of say, be missed CE, be missed.

Okay, so number one, I'm with you. Sarah Laces just super cool. Love the way that it intersects. Then I have the miss because I do like the landscape. My only other concern with it, apart from the fact that there appears to be no basketball, which I guess is a prerequisite for me, the logo has be on one side see on the other for basketball club. But when I look at it, I do kind of say, be missed CE, be missed.

CE like it.

CE like it.

So as I'm saying this, I think I'm gonna move them down. I'm gonna move them down to number three. I'm going to put the lunar owls at number two, with a weird looking owl with its basketball ballet. Phantom is number five for me for some reason, Like I know you were kind of convincing me. I'm second guessing myself now, but it reminded me a little bit too much of like Spirit Halloween.

So as I'm saying this, I think I'm gonna move them down. I'm gonna move them down to number three. I'm going to put the lunar owls at number two, with a weird looking owl with its basketball ballet. Phantom is number five for me for some reason, Like I know you were kind of convincing me. I'm second guessing myself now, but it reminded me a little bit too much of like Spirit Halloween.

Just quick aside for those who will appreciate this. When I see ghosts like that. There was this incredible Saturday Night Live episode with Christopher Walkin where they had a Christopher Walkin Family renew and every cast member had to do a Walkin impression to him, and Amy Poehler was by far the best. She was better than Christopher Walkin, and her thing just kept being like, I don't like ghosts, the spooky, and every time I see a ghost down my brain just goes I don't like ghosts anyway. All right, moving on second box down on the left. Head coaches. Now, let me just put this out there. If you don't know shit about any of these coaches, if you don't have strong opinions about any of them, you don't have to rank them. If you're worried that the you know, protecting the point system and the integrity of your scoring will be affected by randomly assigning numbers to people who don't care about, don't do it. But we want to give you all the information to work with and if you want to make choices based on coaches, here you go. The Lace's head coach is Andrew Wade, a player development assistant coach for the Washington miss shout Out dmvbs a former college player at the Catholic University of America in DC, which I knew nothing about, but it turns out is the National University of the Catholic Church in the United States. Okay, The Lunar Owls head coach is DJ Sackman, an NBA and WNBA skills coach, an influencer who founded hoop Study, an online basketball education company. He's got millions of followers, so if you like influencers, that's your guy. He played his college ball at the University of New Haven in Connecticut. The missed head coach Phil Handy. He played college ball for the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, then professional ball overseas for five years. Longtime assistant coach in the NBA, he's won three NBA championships as an assistant. For his first three seasons, he was a player development coach for the Lakers under Mike Brown. Also served as an assistant under Brown in Cleveland for five seasons, then under Nick Nurse for a season, and most recently back to the Lakers from twenty nineteen to twenty twenty four. If you're a Lakers fan, maybe that's your guy. Phantom head coach Adam Harrington previously served as an assistant coach and the director of player development for the Brooklyn Nets and as a shooting coach for the Thunder Oklahoma City Thunder. He played collegiately at Auburn and North Carolina State and professionally in the NBA Europe and China Rose head coach Nola Henry just added as an assistant coach for the Dallas Wings this week, so if you're a Dallas fan, maybe this year ago. She was an assistant coach for the Sparks in twenty twenty four, after being a player development coach during the twenty twenty three season for them. Also part of Kurtmuller's staff when he was at the Connecticut Sun. She played college hoops at UMass and the College of Charleston. Vinyl head coach. Theresa Weatherspoon, former WNBA and college hoops legend. She played for Team USA, winning Olympic gold and silver. Played for the New York Liberty the LA Sparks of the WNBA, played college ball for Louisiana Tech. She's a Hoops Hall of Famer. She worked in player development and was an assistant coach for the New Orleans Pelicans of the MNBA for three seasons before becoming the head coach of the Chicago Sky last year. She was let go after just one season in Chicago. My feelings on that have been made. Okay, rank your teams by coach one through six, and again, if you got no thoughts on the coaches, you can always leave the category blank to protect the integrity of your point system. Let's talk through this quickly, mish Alex. Did you have any big takeaways on this? It's hard because there are a couple that I'm like, oh cool, yeah, and then there's something I'm like that I don't really care.

Just quick aside for those who will appreciate this. When I see ghosts like that. There was this incredible Saturday Night Live episode with Christopher Walkin where they had a Christopher Walkin Family renew and every cast member had to do a Walkin impression to him, and Amy Poehler was by far the best. She was better than Christopher Walkin, and her thing just kept being like, I don't like ghosts, the spooky, and every time I see a ghost down my brain just goes I don't like ghosts anyway. All right, moving on second box down on the left. Head coaches. Now, let me just put this out there. If you don't know shit about any of these coaches, if you don't have strong opinions about any of them, you don't have to rank them. If you're worried that the you know, protecting the point system and the integrity of your scoring will be affected by randomly assigning numbers to people who don't care about, don't do it. But we want to give you all the information to work with and if you want to make choices based on coaches, here you go. The Lace's head coach is Andrew Wade, a player development assistant coach for the Washington miss shout Out dmvbs a former college player at the Catholic University of America in DC, which I knew nothing about, but it turns out is the National University of the Catholic Church in the United States. Okay, The Lunar Owls head coach is DJ Sackman, an NBA and WNBA skills coach, an influencer who founded hoop Study, an online basketball education company. He's got millions of followers, so if you like influencers, that's your guy. He played his college ball at the University of New Haven in Connecticut. The missed head coach Phil Handy. He played college ball for the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, then professional ball overseas for five years. Longtime assistant coach in the NBA, he's won three NBA championships as an assistant. For his first three seasons, he was a player development coach for the Lakers under Mike Brown. Also served as an assistant under Brown in Cleveland for five seasons, then under Nick Nurse for a season, and most recently back to the Lakers from twenty nineteen to twenty twenty four. If you're a Lakers fan, maybe that's your guy. Phantom head coach Adam Harrington previously served as an assistant coach and the director of player development for the Brooklyn Nets and as a shooting coach for the Thunder Oklahoma City Thunder. He played collegiately at Auburn and North Carolina State and professionally in the NBA Europe and China Rose head coach Nola Henry just added as an assistant coach for the Dallas Wings this week, so if you're a Dallas fan, maybe this year ago. She was an assistant coach for the Sparks in twenty twenty four, after being a player development coach during the twenty twenty three season for them. Also part of Kurtmuller's staff when he was at the Connecticut Sun. She played college hoops at UMass and the College of Charleston. Vinyl head coach. Theresa Weatherspoon, former WNBA and college hoops legend. She played for Team USA, winning Olympic gold and silver. Played for the New York Liberty the LA Sparks of the WNBA, played college ball for Louisiana Tech. She's a Hoops Hall of Famer. She worked in player development and was an assistant coach for the New Orleans Pelicans of the MNBA for three seasons before becoming the head coach of the Chicago Sky last year. She was let go after just one season in Chicago. My feelings on that have been made. Okay, rank your teams by coach one through six, and again, if you got no thoughts on the coaches, you can always leave the category blank to protect the integrity of your point system. Let's talk through this quickly, mish Alex. Did you have any big takeaways on this? It's hard because there are a couple that I'm like, oh cool, yeah, and then there's something I'm like that I don't really care.

Yeah.

Yeah.

My list is pretty simple. After Muffet interview yesterday, I'm like, you gotta put the women first. So go in with t Spoon number one, Nola Henry number two, three through six, the men based on how often they worked with women's basketball players, judging if they fall three.

My list is pretty simple. After Muffet interview yesterday, I'm like, you gotta put the women first. So go in with t Spoon number one, Nola Henry number two, three through six, the men based on how often they worked with women's basketball players, judging if they fall three.

Through six, it's very reasonable.

Through six, it's very reasonable.

I have got Nola Henry Rose VC head coaches number one because first of all, Coastal Athletic Association grad shout out College of Charleston, shout out to Nola.

I have got Nola Henry Rose VC head coaches number one because first of all, Coastal Athletic Association grad shout out College of Charleston, shout out to Nola.

Congrats to her on the new gig.

Congrats to her on the new gig.

Also, I got a chance to chat with her when I was out in Phoenix and they played the Mercury played the Sparks, and she was on that Sparks coaching staff. So shout out to her number two Spoon. It's gotta be Spoon. She's got to be one or two. I'm riding or dying with her period. I would love to have played for her. I would run through a wall for her right now.

Also, I got a chance to chat with her when I was out in Phoenix and they played the Mercury played the Sparks, and she was on that Sparks coaching staff. So shout out to her number two Spoon. It's gotta be Spoon. She's got to be one or two. I'm riding or dying with her period. I would love to have played for her. I would run through a wall for her right now.

Frankly.

Frankly.

At three, I have Phil Handy because he's one of those real ogs like I've been following his I believe his Instagram is like ninety four feet of Game or something like that, and he's been unlocking the secrets and throwing out drills and skills and all that kind of stuff since when I was playing in high school. And it also is really involved, as you just said, Alex on the women's side with women's players on purpose and then the rest.

At three, I have Phil Handy because he's one of those real ogs like I've been following his I believe his Instagram is like ninety four feet of Game or something like that, and he's been unlocking the secrets and throwing out drills and skills and all that kind of stuff since when I was playing in high school. And it also is really involved, as you just said, Alex on the women's side with women's players on purpose and then the rest.

Are Yeah, so DJ Sackman, I don't think it's had a lot involvement with the WNBA women's side until this, but I at least like that he created this big, like basketball education thing, and so I'm down with that. And then I will probably get skewered for this and shouldn't say it aloud, but I just got to drop the guy from the Catholic Church University to last. I just I don't want too much of God in my coaching. Let's just let him her it they if it exists, take care of more important things than our huddle. Okay, anyway, rank your coaches, rank your teams, and again you can leave them blake. Okay, second, box down on the right players. Now, there are probably some players you just can't imagine rooting against. Maybe it's someone from your alma mater or your w squad, someone you wish was on your squad you always want to rock with, and you're gonna take this chance to root for. On the other hand, there might be a player you just can't imagine yourself rooting for. They played for your college rival, they're on your w rival, they date the chick you like, they date the dude you like. They're messy on social they're messy in life, whatever it is. This is your opportunity to ding a team for carrying a player you just cannot imagine rooting for. Now. This was going to be two separate categories, and then I realized it's impossible to elevate the players you like without being affected by the players that you don't. So it's just one category. This is less about how they play together. This is less about whether they're gonna win as a result of chemistry or how good they are at basketball. This is just who you like and who you don't like. Here are the rosters for each club, and I'll give you each player's current or most recent W squad in case that's helpful to So. The Laces have the Aces Jackie Young, Aces, Tiffany Hayes, Lynx, Kaylea McBride, Sons Alyssa Thomas, Valkyrie's Kate Martin, and Mystix Stephanie Dolson. The Lunar Owls have the Lynx Nefisa Kllier, the Lynx Courtney Williams, The Storms Skyler Diggan Smith, the Dreams Alicia Gray, Mystic Shakira Austin and Sparks Cameron Brink. The myst have the Liberties Brianna Stewart, the Sons dj A Carrington, The Liberties Courtney Vanderslute, the Storm for Now, Jewel Lloyd, the Mystics Aliah Edwards and the Sparks Rakia Jackson. The Phantom are the Wings for Now Sattoo Soabily, the Suns Marina Maybury, the Mercury's Britney Griner, the Mercury's Natasha Cloud, the Fevers, Katie lu Samuelson and the Liberties Sabrina and Escu. The Rose are the Sky's Angel Rees, the Aces Chelsea Gray, the Mystics Britney Sykes, the Mercury's Kalia Copper, the Sparks, Azrey Stevens and the Fevers Lexi Hall. Finally, the Vinyl are the Wings Ari Kea Gumbuale, The Sparks, Ray Burrell, the Dreams, Ryan Howard, Fevers, Eliah Boston, the Dreams Jordan Canada and the Sparks Deerica Hanby. I hope you wrote every single one of those down. If not, you probably need to pause, take a look and be reminded. Just a note here there's a couple squads with two or more players from one WNBA team. So if you want to keep rooting for your w squad via Unrivaled, or if you want to totally change things up, just note. There's a couple of aces on the Laces, there's a couple of links on the Lunar Owls congregating on the Mist, Mercury gathering together on the Phantom, and there are two dream players on Vinyl. Let's pause and take a minute and write our thoughts down.

Are Yeah, so DJ Sackman, I don't think it's had a lot involvement with the WNBA women's side until this, but I at least like that he created this big, like basketball education thing, and so I'm down with that. And then I will probably get skewered for this and shouldn't say it aloud, but I just got to drop the guy from the Catholic Church University to last. I just I don't want too much of God in my coaching. Let's just let him her it they if it exists, take care of more important things than our huddle. Okay, anyway, rank your coaches, rank your teams, and again you can leave them blake. Okay, second, box down on the right players. Now, there are probably some players you just can't imagine rooting against. Maybe it's someone from your alma mater or your w squad, someone you wish was on your squad you always want to rock with, and you're gonna take this chance to root for. On the other hand, there might be a player you just can't imagine yourself rooting for. They played for your college rival, they're on your w rival, they date the chick you like, they date the dude you like. They're messy on social they're messy in life, whatever it is. This is your opportunity to ding a team for carrying a player you just cannot imagine rooting for. Now. This was going to be two separate categories, and then I realized it's impossible to elevate the players you like without being affected by the players that you don't. So it's just one category. This is less about how they play together. This is less about whether they're gonna win as a result of chemistry or how good they are at basketball. This is just who you like and who you don't like. Here are the rosters for each club, and I'll give you each player's current or most recent W squad in case that's helpful to So. The Laces have the Aces Jackie Young, Aces, Tiffany Hayes, Lynx, Kaylea McBride, Sons Alyssa Thomas, Valkyrie's Kate Martin, and Mystix Stephanie Dolson. The Lunar Owls have the Lynx Nefisa Kllier, the Lynx Courtney Williams, The Storms Skyler Diggan Smith, the Dreams Alicia Gray, Mystic Shakira Austin and Sparks Cameron Brink. The myst have the Liberties Brianna Stewart, the Sons dj A Carrington, The Liberties Courtney Vanderslute, the Storm for Now, Jewel Lloyd, the Mystics Aliah Edwards and the Sparks Rakia Jackson. The Phantom are the Wings for Now Sattoo Soabily, the Suns Marina Maybury, the Mercury's Britney Griner, the Mercury's Natasha Cloud, the Fevers, Katie lu Samuelson and the Liberties Sabrina and Escu. The Rose are the Sky's Angel Rees, the Aces Chelsea Gray, the Mystics Britney Sykes, the Mercury's Kalia Copper, the Sparks, Azrey Stevens and the Fevers Lexi Hall. Finally, the Vinyl are the Wings Ari Kea Gumbuale, The Sparks, Ray Burrell, the Dreams, Ryan Howard, Fevers, Eliah Boston, the Dreams Jordan Canada and the Sparks Deerica Hanby. I hope you wrote every single one of those down. If not, you probably need to pause, take a look and be reminded. Just a note here there's a couple squads with two or more players from one WNBA team. So if you want to keep rooting for your w squad via Unrivaled, or if you want to totally change things up, just note. There's a couple of aces on the Laces, there's a couple of links on the Lunar Owls congregating on the Mist, Mercury gathering together on the Phantom, and there are two dream players on Vinyl. Let's pause and take a minute and write our thoughts down.

I have answers and I'm not sure if I like them.

I have answers and I'm not sure if I like them.

I also came up with some answers that I am sure to want to change later. I was also thinking and yell weigh in on this big citrus. If people want should they consider counting this category?

I also came up with some answers that I am sure to want to change later. I was also thinking and yell weigh in on this big citrus. If people want should they consider counting this category?

Twice I was wondering the same thing. I was like, how can we rank players with the same.

Twice I was wondering the same thing. I was like, how can we rank players with the same.

As Nates like, we don't want to get too complicated on this, we don't want to make it really tricky. But in this case, I feel like, if you feel very strongly about players, you could decide to give extra weight to this category and we'll tell you how to do that at the end. So think to yourself if you want to double up on this category of players, or if, like me, this was impossible because you like all of them, maybe it doesn't matter as much, and the point is to let the chips fall where they may.

As Nates like, we don't want to get too complicated on this, we don't want to make it really tricky. But in this case, I feel like, if you feel very strongly about players, you could decide to give extra weight to this category and we'll tell you how to do that at the end. So think to yourself if you want to double up on this category of players, or if, like me, this was impossible because you like all of them, maybe it doesn't matter as much, and the point is to let the chips fall where they may.

See Sarah, this is what I love about the show. Back when I was taking seventeen quizzes as a fourteen year old, they never gave me the flexibility to take things into account as they applied to me. It was just all in.

See Sarah, this is what I love about the show. Back when I was taking seventeen quizzes as a fourteen year old, they never gave me the flexibility to take things into account as they applied to me. It was just all in.

By the end, they were just like you're a terrible kisser, and if you don't eat enough pineapple, your vagina's gonna taste like shit.

By the end, they were just like you're a terrible kisser, and if you don't eat enough pineapple, your vagina's gonna taste like shit.

That was literally takeaways.

That was literally takeaways.

By the time you were done reading the magazine, that was the two things you were left with. And also, you're not a lesbian, Misha, it's just a face.

By the time you were done reading the magazine, that was the two things you were left with. And also, you're not a lesbian, Misha, it's just a face.

I will say I never took any of those quizzes because I knew I was.

I will say I never took any of those quizzes because I knew I was.

Gay at like three.

Gay at like three.

So good for you. Get us started since you did yours in advance. Oh my gosh, don't do me.

So good for you. Get us started since you did yours in advance. Oh my gosh, don't do me.

Okay, So first up ROSEBC because Britney Sykes, because the season that would have been for the Mystics had she not been injured in dealing with all of that.

Okay, So first up ROSEBC because Britney Sykes, because the season that would have been for the Mystics had she not been injured in dealing with all of that.

Also, I just love her as a human.

Also, I just love her as a human.

I feel like she's one of the most down to earth folks I've ever had the chance to speak with across sports. Frankly, she's hilarious. So she puts Rose at the top for me. Phantom has multiple players that I love, but mostly I am enjoying the Oregon reup with with Sabrina and Satu. I think they were robbed. In twenty twenty, A lot of people gave Sabrina flack for that, you know the last few seasons saying oh, would you have.

I feel like she's one of the most down to earth folks I've ever had the chance to speak with across sports. Frankly, she's hilarious. So she puts Rose at the top for me. Phantom has multiple players that I love, but mostly I am enjoying the Oregon reup with with Sabrina and Satu. I think they were robbed. In twenty twenty, A lot of people gave Sabrina flack for that, you know the last few seasons saying oh, would you have.

Even won a championship?

Even won a championship?

I think, actually yes, and I'm very excited to see them play together again.

I think, actually yes, and I'm very excited to see them play together again.

And then the lunar owls.

And then the lunar owls.

I gotta give a shout out to Courtney Williams, who I put as my Fit of the Year award winner in our slices because I thought that chaft fit was nuts, but also because Skyler digg and Smith is a Leo queen. You know, to some she may be problematic. To me, it's just the cost of admission, you know what I'm saying. And yeah, the rest laces I gave a little shout out to there at fourth because Tip Hays, if folks remember her playing three v three for Azerbaijan and the Olympics, was just incredible, pulled off some upsets.

I gotta give a shout out to Courtney Williams, who I put as my Fit of the Year award winner in our slices because I thought that chaft fit was nuts, but also because Skyler digg and Smith is a Leo queen. You know, to some she may be problematic. To me, it's just the cost of admission, you know what I'm saying. And yeah, the rest laces I gave a little shout out to there at fourth because Tip Hays, if folks remember her playing three v three for Azerbaijan and the Olympics, was just incredible, pulled off some upsets.

So uh yeah, that's where I say with that, Okay, Alex, what you got? Yeah?

So uh yeah, that's where I say with that, Okay, Alex, what you got? Yeah?

For me, the top two were super clear. I went with Roseen Vinyl in that order, and the reason I did that was I feel like, for the most part, the players on these teams are from WNBA teams that have not had success in the last couple of years, and so these players have been underrated and not able to perform to the degree that they would be able to with better players on their team, and so I'm super curious to see what these teams are able to do together and if it helps these players shine a little bit more.

For me, the top two were super clear. I went with Roseen Vinyl in that order, and the reason I did that was I feel like, for the most part, the players on these teams are from WNBA teams that have not had success in the last couple of years, and so these players have been underrated and not able to perform to the degree that they would be able to with better players on their team, and so I'm super curious to see what these teams are able to do together and if it helps these players shine a little bit more.

Gosh, I love Alex's brain. It always works so differently from mine, and it's such a fascinating exercise to do the same thing and end up in different places and for different reasons. Yeah, because Rosenviinel are both pretty low for me, I'm not going to get into any details, but my number one is the missed. It's just no skips on that one for me. I'm a huge Branda Stewart fan. I'm a huge Jewel Lloyd fan. I love watching Jewel play. And then Sludy, my girl from This from the Sky, I like watching her handles and Djena just adds a little spice. So yeah, this was number one, followed very closely by the Lunar Owls because Nafisa Collier is very quickly becoming one of my favorite players. And Courtney Williams. I love watching Courtney Williams. Yeah, and Skyler digg and Smith is always going to bring you just something it could be drama, it could be a fight on the bench, or it could be some great play. I want to watch it either way, and right will never, ever, ever not be glad that she gave us that incredible sound bite when she didn't know she was miked up when she said that her pussy was old because she had babies like that. The rest of her felt okay, but she had old pussy. I don't know if we're gonna bleep that, and if we do, just know that I'm saying the P word and maybe forever for that. Phantom and Laces, it was kind of like a one or the other. There's so many people on both of those squads, so this was really really tough for me, and I imagine it was tough for everybody. Which is congrats to unrivaled on making really cool squads, really interesting squads, and making that a really tough exercise. Okay, make your rankings one through six, all right, moving on third box down the left side. This is chemistry and winnability of the roster on the court. So think back to the rosters we just listed. Which squad feels like a winner, Which club has the best balance of bigs and guards? Speed and size, handles and skill sets. Are their players you think will play really well together? Maybe not. I'm going to read them for you one more time. Start thinking about how they might fit together on the court. The laces are Jackie Young, Tip Hayes, Kayla McBride, Alissa Thomas, Kate Martin and Stephanie Dolson. The lunar owls are Nafisa Collier, Courtney Williams, Skyler Digg and Smith, Ali Shah Gray, Shakira Austin and Cameron Brink.

Gosh, I love Alex's brain. It always works so differently from mine, and it's such a fascinating exercise to do the same thing and end up in different places and for different reasons. Yeah, because Rosenviinel are both pretty low for me, I'm not going to get into any details, but my number one is the missed. It's just no skips on that one for me. I'm a huge Branda Stewart fan. I'm a huge Jewel Lloyd fan. I love watching Jewel play. And then Sludy, my girl from This from the Sky, I like watching her handles and Djena just adds a little spice. So yeah, this was number one, followed very closely by the Lunar Owls because Nafisa Collier is very quickly becoming one of my favorite players. And Courtney Williams. I love watching Courtney Williams. Yeah, and Skyler digg and Smith is always going to bring you just something it could be drama, it could be a fight on the bench, or it could be some great play. I want to watch it either way, and right will never, ever, ever not be glad that she gave us that incredible sound bite when she didn't know she was miked up when she said that her pussy was old because she had babies like that. The rest of her felt okay, but she had old pussy. I don't know if we're gonna bleep that, and if we do, just know that I'm saying the P word and maybe forever for that. Phantom and Laces, it was kind of like a one or the other. There's so many people on both of those squads, so this was really really tough for me, and I imagine it was tough for everybody. Which is congrats to unrivaled on making really cool squads, really interesting squads, and making that a really tough exercise. Okay, make your rankings one through six, all right, moving on third box down the left side. This is chemistry and winnability of the roster on the court. So think back to the rosters we just listed. Which squad feels like a winner, Which club has the best balance of bigs and guards? Speed and size, handles and skill sets. Are their players you think will play really well together? Maybe not. I'm going to read them for you one more time. Start thinking about how they might fit together on the court. The laces are Jackie Young, Tip Hayes, Kayla McBride, Alissa Thomas, Kate Martin and Stephanie Dolson. The lunar owls are Nafisa Collier, Courtney Williams, Skyler Digg and Smith, Ali Shah Gray, Shakira Austin and Cameron Brink.

The myst are Brianna Stewart, djon A.

The myst are Brianna Stewart, djon A.

Carrington, Courtney Vanderslute Jewel Lloyd, Aliah Edwards and Rakia Jackson, Phantom Satusabele, Marina Maybray, Britney Griner, Natasha Cloud, Katie lu Samuelson and Sabrinia Escu Rose Are, Angel Reyes, Chelsea Gray, Britney Sykes, Kalia Copper, Azare Stevens and Lexie Hall. And the vinyl are Arikee Gumbuwallee, Ray Burrell, Ryan Howard, Aliah Boston, Jordan Canada and Dierica Hanby. This is chemistry on the court. Take a moment and make your rankings.

Carrington, Courtney Vanderslute Jewel Lloyd, Aliah Edwards and Rakia Jackson, Phantom Satusabele, Marina Maybray, Britney Griner, Natasha Cloud, Katie lu Samuelson and Sabrinia Escu Rose Are, Angel Reyes, Chelsea Gray, Britney Sykes, Kalia Copper, Azare Stevens and Lexie Hall. And the vinyl are Arikee Gumbuwallee, Ray Burrell, Ryan Howard, Aliah Boston, Jordan Canada and Dierica Hanby. This is chemistry on the court. Take a moment and make your rankings.

I feel like, I'm just writing words on a page. Should they don't have any meaning attached to them. Yeah.

I feel like, I'm just writing words on a page. Should they don't have any meaning attached to them. Yeah.

At this point, I'm like, I could spend hours, so instead I'm just gonna go with my gut. This one was probably the hardest. It's hard to imagine some of them, and especially with this style of three on three, which we haven't watched a lot. It's not half court, so you do have to get up and back, but it's a shorter court than a standard. How much are the bigs going to be able to handle defending people with like great handles? How much are the shorter, smaller players going to be able to actually make great plays in space? Like this is? This is really hard. I'm going to start so that later when you say stuff, I don't change my answers because I realized how wrong I was. I just want my gut, as wrong as it may be, to be what I stick with. Again, do not know why I answer these things. I said the mist as number one, I just for some reason, Briana Stewart seems just so perfect for this particular style of play, and with jewel and slute feeding her, and just like the that makeup of that squad to me, is like a really good mix of bigs and guards. Then I went Vinyl, I'm really thrilled and excited to see Ari Gay in this space. After that, again, don't ask me why I got the phantom, I think it's because I'm really fired up to see Sabrina feeding Britney Griner and Marina maybriy when she gets hot. And then the unicorn s too sable, I think, again, another player who's going to be just really well suited to this style of play. And then after that I randomly chose the lunar owls. Again, I think Fee is a great fit for this. I think Skyler and Court like I just yeah, again, who the knows? And I'm already I'm already really questioning my answers, But that's what I went with. How about you, al.

At this point, I'm like, I could spend hours, so instead I'm just gonna go with my gut. This one was probably the hardest. It's hard to imagine some of them, and especially with this style of three on three, which we haven't watched a lot. It's not half court, so you do have to get up and back, but it's a shorter court than a standard. How much are the bigs going to be able to handle defending people with like great handles? How much are the shorter, smaller players going to be able to actually make great plays in space? Like this is? This is really hard. I'm going to start so that later when you say stuff, I don't change my answers because I realized how wrong I was. I just want my gut, as wrong as it may be, to be what I stick with. Again, do not know why I answer these things. I said the mist as number one, I just for some reason, Briana Stewart seems just so perfect for this particular style of play, and with jewel and slute feeding her, and just like the that makeup of that squad to me, is like a really good mix of bigs and guards. Then I went Vinyl, I'm really thrilled and excited to see Ari Gay in this space. After that, again, don't ask me why I got the phantom, I think it's because I'm really fired up to see Sabrina feeding Britney Griner and Marina maybriy when she gets hot. And then the unicorn s too sable, I think, again, another player who's going to be just really well suited to this style of play. And then after that I randomly chose the lunar owls. Again, I think Fee is a great fit for this. I think Skyler and Court like I just yeah, again, who the knows? And I'm already I'm already really questioning my answers, But that's what I went with. How about you, al.

I was thinking of chemistry a little bit differently, thinking about where are we going to have the fewest clashes of personality, And to me, that is the laces that team. I think, especially you know Kate Martin, I think you could throw her anywhere and she's going to bring the people together. You also then have Steph Dolson and Jackie Young, who both won gold with the US in twenty twenty technically twenty twenty one with that first three on three gold medal three x three, I guess in that case, Yeah, I just don't see that team having a lot of intrapersonal problems, and so I think that's going to lead to good chemistry. Then I have the missed because I just I think, similar to what you said Sarah before, it's just Darntony misses on that roster. And then I have Vinyl Phantom, lunar owls, and Rose and I didn't read that much into any of those, and so you shouldn't either.

I was thinking of chemistry a little bit differently, thinking about where are we going to have the fewest clashes of personality, And to me, that is the laces that team. I think, especially you know Kate Martin, I think you could throw her anywhere and she's going to bring the people together. You also then have Steph Dolson and Jackie Young, who both won gold with the US in twenty twenty technically twenty twenty one with that first three on three gold medal three x three, I guess in that case, Yeah, I just don't see that team having a lot of intrapersonal problems, and so I think that's going to lead to good chemistry. Then I have the missed because I just I think, similar to what you said Sarah before, it's just Darntony misses on that roster. And then I have Vinyl Phantom, lunar owls, and Rose and I didn't read that much into any of those, and so you shouldn't either.

Okay, pressures on me are hoop head the expert. Let's hear it all right.

Okay, pressures on me are hoop head the expert. Let's hear it all right.

Well, if you're disappointed by any of these explanations, chalk it up to the game, because it's a lot going on in here. But first for me is actually the lunar owls. I think they have got all the goods on offense and on defense. I think you started off strong with Fee who was easily the best two way player in the WNBA this season. Skyler, who I've just mentioned. I think she gets a lot of props for her offensive you know, ability to distribute and run offense. I think in three on three that's especially important. But I also think her defense is very underrated. Ali Sha Gray, we already know she can hit a three ball if you leave her open. Also an excellent defender. Cam brink led the league in blocks despite Yeah, but she doesn't count because she's not playing this year. Well, she doesn't, but I still want to give them the benefit of the doubt for having her on the roster and then having Shakira Austin there to learn from. Like Kira, I think is the next iteration of where we want Cam to go in terms of versatility, in terms of mindset on the court. So I just think they've got a great mix of stuff going on. And then second for me was ROSEBC because any team with Chelsea Gray on.

Well, if you're disappointed by any of these explanations, chalk it up to the game, because it's a lot going on in here. But first for me is actually the lunar owls. I think they have got all the goods on offense and on defense. I think you started off strong with Fee who was easily the best two way player in the WNBA this season. Skyler, who I've just mentioned. I think she gets a lot of props for her offensive you know, ability to distribute and run offense. I think in three on three that's especially important. But I also think her defense is very underrated. Ali Sha Gray, we already know she can hit a three ball if you leave her open. Also an excellent defender. Cam brink led the league in blocks despite Yeah, but she doesn't count because she's not playing this year. Well, she doesn't, but I still want to give them the benefit of the doubt for having her on the roster and then having Shakira Austin there to learn from. Like Kira, I think is the next iteration of where we want Cam to go in terms of versatility, in terms of mindset on the court. So I just think they've got a great mix of stuff going on. And then second for me was ROSEBC because any team with Chelsea Gray on.

It, yeah, any team.

It, yeah, any team.

Are Yes.

Are Yes.

The fact that she is gonna be playing with Ka who was as explosive as she is getting her open in her spots. Britney Sykes, you want to talk about two way players, she might have been the second best in my opinion, even though again she didn't play a full season.

The fact that she is gonna be playing with Ka who was as explosive as she is getting her open in her spots. Britney Sykes, you want to talk about two way players, she might have been the second best in my opinion, even though again she didn't play a full season.

Yeah. My thought with that team though, and now, similar to Alex Hadden, pretty low is I'm not huge on the bigs as far as mobility, really, Azare as a right, she's a little stiff. I love Azare, I love Azrae. She's a little stiff for me for this kind of game. She's not gonna be able to stay in the paint the same way. She's gonna have to spread the court more, get back and forth. And same with Angel. Angel, you put her in the paint, she's gonna put in work on the She's gonna get those inside buckets. She's not a huge threat outside, even though she's been working on it, and I don't think of her as like having that quick reaction making a play on her own kind of style of play. Yet maybe that's something she'll develop into. And to me, the bigs on that team are what took it out for me. Even though I love the idea of Chelsea and k I respect that.

Yeah. My thought with that team though, and now, similar to Alex Hadden, pretty low is I'm not huge on the bigs as far as mobility, really, Azare as a right, she's a little stiff. I love Azare, I love Azrae. She's a little stiff for me for this kind of game. She's not gonna be able to stay in the paint the same way. She's gonna have to spread the court more, get back and forth. And same with Angel. Angel, you put her in the paint, she's gonna put in work on the She's gonna get those inside buckets. She's not a huge threat outside, even though she's been working on it, and I don't think of her as like having that quick reaction making a play on her own kind of style of play. Yet maybe that's something she'll develop into. And to me, the bigs on that team are what took it out for me. Even though I love the idea of Chelsea and k I respect that.

Angel is the one of those two that I think I kind of agree with you, moron.

Angel is the one of those two that I think I kind of agree with you, moron.

I think she might surprise us though.

I think she might surprise us though.

Her rookie season yep.

Her rookie season yep.

And then as Aray Stevens, she's she's a sneaky good three point shooter. She's a sneaky good, you know, stressed to floor kind of player.

And then as Aray Stevens, she's she's a sneaky good three point shooter. She's a sneaky good, you know, stressed to floor kind of player.

It's just more deliberate. It's a deliberate style of play to me, and the kind of players I want in this are moving before they're even having a second of think.

It's just more deliberate. It's a deliberate style of play to me, and the kind of players I want in this are moving before they're even having a second of think.

I hear you, I hear you, Yeah, and then I won't give you my full because some of them I just kind of woul like, we're gonna put you all in here because we have to. But third, for me are the laces I think you know in my top three is so tight, y'all, it's so tight. It was so hard to decide between these three teams. But I think again, any team with at on it Alyssa Thomas is going to be fantastic. Tip Hays, as I mentioned, we already know she's great three on three. Wise, Jackie Young is going to shine in this format and put her in Kaylea McBride together, please back back again, notre dame back again.

I hear you, I hear you, Yeah, and then I won't give you my full because some of them I just kind of woul like, we're gonna put you all in here because we have to. But third, for me are the laces I think you know in my top three is so tight, y'all, it's so tight. It was so hard to decide between these three teams. But I think again, any team with at on it Alyssa Thomas is going to be fantastic. Tip Hays, as I mentioned, we already know she's great three on three. Wise, Jackie Young is going to shine in this format and put her in Kaylea McBride together, please back back again, notre dame back again.

And I'm interested to see Steph Dolson because obviously olympian in three x three, but different style with a full court. Yeah, all right, make your rankings, make sure you got your teams one through six, all right. Finally, third box down on the right side, duos slash combos. We didn't even know we needed off the court. This is just for social Who do you want to watch make behind the scenes videos? Who do you think it'll be fun to watch? You know, dicking around on the bench, which we need a new term for dicking around for ladies, booming around, titting around, racking around.

And I'm interested to see Steph Dolson because obviously olympian in three x three, but different style with a full court. Yeah, all right, make your rankings, make sure you got your teams one through six, all right. Finally, third box down on the right side, duos slash combos. We didn't even know we needed off the court. This is just for social Who do you want to watch make behind the scenes videos? Who do you think it'll be fun to watch? You know, dicking around on the bench, which we need a new term for dicking around for ladies, booming around, titting around, racking around.

You don't want to help me out here, you don't want to hear my.

You don't want to help me out here, you don't want to hear my.

Sing around. You're going to have to put a warning on this episode.

Sing around. You're going to have to put a warning on this episode.

I was in One of the categories was rock paper scissors, meaning the answer had to have the word rock paper or scissors in it, and I was like, lesbian round, lesbian round.

I was in One of the categories was rock paper scissors, meaning the answer had to have the word rock paper or scissors in it, and I was like, lesbian round, lesbian round.

We got a couple in there. We did, we did.

We got a couple in there. We did, we did.

Those were the only scissor related terms.

Those were the only scissor related terms.

My best friend and I have a joke that will get us every time we see scissors, because we were playing whatever that game is, like heads up or whatever. You have the phone on your forehead and you're trying to guess what it says, and everybody's giving you clues, and then if you get it right, you get to like put your head down and it refreshes. So she was the one holding the phone. She didn't know what it says, and one of us said, women do this and she goes scissoring and me immediately refreshed, like I know that's right, and we're like, what not the answer? And so now whenever we hear scissors or scissoring, that's that's all right. We've really taken a detour here. Anyway, this is a question about duos and commos. We didn't know we needed off the court. So if you've been following the social accounts, and if you haven't, get on it me she's just doing those deep dives for us. We got to catch up. But there's been a lot of cool behind the scenes pictures and videos from the arrivals, from the media day, photo shoots from practice. So what vibes are you getting from the teams from the teammates. Are you maybe hoping there might be some collusion with your favorite w player recruiting a new teammate to your city now that they've got to got them on their same unrivaled team. Do you like watching folks with similar fashion vibes or personality maybe some odd couples, mesh, I know you've done a deep dive into this. We're gonna take a second to do this and rank ours, So hit pause, will rank these and then we're gonna hop back in. All right, This was another tough one, especially because you've only gotten a little taste of what these players look like playing together, hanging out together. So this is kind of a guest for some of these mish what you got.

My best friend and I have a joke that will get us every time we see scissors, because we were playing whatever that game is, like heads up or whatever. You have the phone on your forehead and you're trying to guess what it says, and everybody's giving you clues, and then if you get it right, you get to like put your head down and it refreshes. So she was the one holding the phone. She didn't know what it says, and one of us said, women do this and she goes scissoring and me immediately refreshed, like I know that's right, and we're like, what not the answer? And so now whenever we hear scissors or scissoring, that's that's all right. We've really taken a detour here. Anyway, this is a question about duos and commos. We didn't know we needed off the court. So if you've been following the social accounts, and if you haven't, get on it me she's just doing those deep dives for us. We got to catch up. But there's been a lot of cool behind the scenes pictures and videos from the arrivals, from the media day, photo shoots from practice. So what vibes are you getting from the teams from the teammates. Are you maybe hoping there might be some collusion with your favorite w player recruiting a new teammate to your city now that they've got to got them on their same unrivaled team. Do you like watching folks with similar fashion vibes or personality maybe some odd couples, mesh, I know you've done a deep dive into this. We're gonna take a second to do this and rank ours, So hit pause, will rank these and then we're gonna hop back in. All right, This was another tough one, especially because you've only gotten a little taste of what these players look like playing together, hanging out together. So this is kind of a guest for some of these mish what you got.

Well to start things off, it's got to be ROSEBC because the Angel Times Ca Times Britney Sykes trio is just bursting with personality. I don't know if folks have seen yet the Angel and Cop tiktoks. Some of them go on the actual team page and some of them just go on their own personal pages. But calling Coy Grandma, because believe it or not, she's getting up there.

Well to start things off, it's got to be ROSEBC because the Angel Times Ca Times Britney Sykes trio is just bursting with personality. I don't know if folks have seen yet the Angel and Cop tiktoks. Some of them go on the actual team page and some of them just go on their own personal pages. But calling Coy Grandma, because believe it or not, she's getting up there.

I think that's hilarious.

I think that's hilarious.

Britney Sykes in anybody, frankly, in a pairing or a trio is hilarious.

Britney Sykes in anybody, frankly, in a pairing or a trio is hilarious.

They posted a video the other day of her.

They posted a video the other day of her.

It's just a super cut of her dancing at media day to there she go by Big Lotto and I've never related to somebody more than when I saw that video, because there's nothing wrong with breaking out in a little random dance and making people around you feel a little bit better.

It's just a super cut of her dancing at media day to there she go by Big Lotto and I've never related to somebody more than when I saw that video, because there's nothing wrong with breaking out in a little random dance and making people around you feel a little bit better.

After rope.