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On this episode, the crew is joined by Christan Braswell - former Seattle Storm beat reporter. We get into a ton end of season talk including stan engagement, Chicago Sky controversy and regular season endings. 

3:55 - Player vs Coaching Impacts; DiJonai Carrington in Minnesota
11:50 - Would the 2024-2025 UConn Women's Basketball team beat the Dallas Wings?
18:56 - A'ja Wilson, Noah Lyles and Maya Moore -- the greats!
21:48 - What is WNBA media? Media vs Stans!
36:40 - SUPPORT THE MEDIA MEMBERS YOU LIKE 
39:40 - STOP AMPLIFYING PEOPLE YOU DON'T LIKE
41:12 - Everybody isn't apart of media
44:47 - "why do y'all insist on copying behaviors that you agree are weird?" - Shoutout SJ!
48:40 - Are Caitlin Clark fans upholding KITRON PR? // Everybody doesn't care about your fave
57:05 - the memory of the stan are so short!
59:20 - Was Angel Reese wrong? We're her comments about her teammates appropriate?
1:20:25 - Sky fans or Angel STANS? // People need a common enemy
1:26:55 - Why are we talking about Angel Reese's conduct?
1:30:25 - Expectations (unfair but real) // Adam Silver will rue the day
1:33:30 - WNBA & Anti-Trust Laws; is a lawsuit among us???
1:42:19 - MADDY WESTBELD!, Dallas Wings tape, and recap on the final regular season games!
1:48:25 - Time to play WHO THE HELL IS THAT? by Paragon Don
1:58:47 - Playoff thoughts, fantasy wins and more basketball chatter
2:09:35 - Outro

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On this episode the crew talks about Cathy Englebert meddling with the Connecticut Sun sale, who should actually make the WNBA All Rookie Team and we draft an 8-player defensive rotation from a pool of the league's best defenders since 2021.

0:00 - Intros
1:04 - Details of the Connecticut Sun sale
29:23 - Quick round of applause for the Chicago Sky
33:45 - WNBA Fanfiction
41:41 - Aaliyah Edwards' fit in Connecticut and why Tina Charles can't retire
45:41 - What do our all-rookie teams look like?
53:27 - The case for the W to add an all-rookie 2nd team
58:46 - Quick round of applause for the Atlanta Dream
59:24 - Agenda adjacent Aces-Mercury projections
1:04:29 - Last few seconds of Dream-Lynx
1:12:32 - Quick look at the remaining schedule
1:20:31 - All-defensive rotation draft
1:38:22 - Final all-defense rotations

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On this episode the crew talks about the WNBA standings and the outlook on the remainder of the season with approximately 12 games to go.

0:49 - Intros
1:52 - WNBA Standings as of August 14th
3:46 - Have the Dream already exceeded expectations?
17:42 - Is any team a threat to the Lynx? Is Alanna Smith DPOY?
24:34 - DPOY case for Alyssa Thomas and the state of the Phoenix Mercury
32:31 - The Liberty still miss Breanna Stewart/Sabrina Ionescu's offensive growth
42:56 - Is it time to believe in the Aces?
54:45 - The Liberty embracing the villain role
1:00:12 - What do we make of the Fever??
1:13:22 - WNBA officiating & "dirty players"
1:22:16 - Can the Valkyries hold onto their playoff spot?
1:29:13 - Seattle??????
1:36:39 - Way-too-early draft stock watch
1:42:04 - Would Seattle trade Ezi Magbegor?
1:46:58 - How good are the Sparks actually?
1:48:54 - Who is the Sparks' all-W rep? Potential 2nd team names
1:55:21 - Quick thoughts on the bottom four seeds/expansion bid
2:03:10 - Preview of 8-player defensive rotation question & outro

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On this episode the crew talks about all the recent trade happenings aka does DiJonai Carrington solidify the Lynx as contenders and will Brittney Sykes be the missing piece. We also discuss who we expect to end up in the finals as well as review our preseason award picks & compare them to now!

0:28 - Intros
2:48 - Fallout from the DiJonai Carrington - Diamond Miller trade
28:38 - Brittney Sykes - Alysha Clark trade
46:45 - Aaliyah Edwards - Jacy Sheldon trade
57:20 - Jay's top 4 title contenders
58:00 - What Breanna Stewart's injury means for the Liberty
1:04:37 - Comparing the post-deadline Seattle Storm to the Atlanta Dream
1:06:47 - Jemay's top 4 title contenders
1:07:40 - Are the Fever playing well enough to make a deep run?
1:09:12 - Why it's difficult to ignore the Mercury
1:11:57 - ...but what about the Aces?
1:18:41 - Teams jockeying for playoff positioning
1:21:00 - The impact of the Aces lineup changes
1:24:33 - The correlation between Chelsea Gray assists and wins for the Aces
1:28:00 - Playoff matchups as of today/Who we want our teams to face
1:30:48 - The Sparks are good now???
1:35:08 - Where do we stand on our preseason award picks? MVP & ROY
1:38:34 - DPOY
1:41:01 - 6POY
1:42:25 - MIP
1:45:42 - All-WNBA Teams
1:51:13 - COY

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It's Thursday so it's time for some WNBA talk! This week Kelsey Bone (2013 WNBA 5th pick) and Siobhan Beslow (professional hooper turned hoop analyst) join the podcast to chat about their respective careers, the current WNBA landscape and player development.

0:27 - Intros
1:54 - A little bit about Kelsey Bone-Smith
2:45 - A little bit about Siobhan Beslow
4:22 - Kesley talks about what it was like to know and play with Alyssa Thomas,  A'ja Wilson and others.
9:36 - Siobhan talks about her journey to analyzing film
14:28 - Kelsey talks about her experiences with overseas basketball
17:53 - Basketball as a burden
20:00 - Siobhan talks about her relationship with basketball
24:55 - We all have TOO MUCH access to one another.
28:56 - No Space for Hate? How the WNBA space has evolved.
37:10 - Kelsey talks about how the W was once a family
41:45 - Basketball is the only profession where everyone BELIEVES they would excel
45:30 - The biggest problem in basketball?? INTERNET SAFETY
47:55 - The accessibility of basketball
50:44 - Candace Parker & hater do NOT go together
1:00:00 - We are IN TROUBLE. Fundamentals are being lost and how overseas basketball can help
1:10:21 - Development of Angel Reese & Kamilla Cardoso plus picking your battles on WNBA Twitter
1:18:30 - Larry Bird vs Magic?? THAT WAS RACISM [and we still experiencing it]
1:25:19 - The misinformation of it all. we need REAL JOURNALISM.
1:29:20 - Basketball has to come first in the WNBA - Marrying the Sport & Business
1:35:50 - banter, banter, banter -- Shoutout Mac Miller
1:38:18 - We cannot engage with everybody!
1:44:50 - GIVE THESE PLAYERS GRACE {a little love for JJ Quinerly & Rachel Banham}

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On this episode of Pull Up 3, the team chatted about the Fever's first commissioner's cup championship, the Atlanta Dream through this point, the state of the Las Vegas Aces, and lots of banter about the Dallas Wings beating the Phoenix Mercury.

02:36 - Intro
03:50 - Fever win the Commissioner's Cup
12:00 - Reacclimating Caitlin Clark into the Fever rotation
21:24 - Thank you to the Atlanta Dream for that get back // Jordin Canada is BACK
27:13 - Are the Lynx & Liberty still a cut above?
33:55 - A'ja Wilson is the best player in the world
38:00 - Aces have been BAD but it's not on A'ja
47:30 - Aces' Roster Construction
54:38 - Are the Aces' taking less risks?
1:02:25 - Aces trade first round pick for NaLyssa Smith
1:06:32 - Jewell gone? Whack the Sparks! Score updates!
1:10:00 - DALLAS WINGS ARE BEATING WHO?!
1:14:00 - Final play of ATL vs SEA
1:19:16 - MVP Ladders
1:27:20 - Mini GOAT debate
1:29:08 - Chicago looks good / Candace Parker in the LA rafters
1:30:34 - Dallas just trying stuff LOL
1:32:00 - Chicago fr this time
1:38:00 - Watching Dallas v Phoenix
1:41:23 - Natalia Nakase winning Coach of the Month
1:42:59 - Will there be a lockout?? Expansion draft? No new southern teams?? Unrivaled!
1:51:55 - WTH is going on at Vanderbilt??

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19:11 - Intros
24:30 - The Indiana Fever: the best soap opera in the W & assessing DeWanna Bonner's exit
40:20 - What do we make of the Dallas Wings?
43:00 - Tough schedule spot for the Dream
46:35 - Minnesota and NY struggling without their stars
52:27 - Why Golden State makes the top teams sweat
1:01:30 - Making sense of the Coach of the Year race & WNBA voting patterns
1:11:19 - How good is a fully healthy Liberty team?? Basketball is fake anyway
1:19:30 - The Aces turning a corner?
1:21:54 - Shakira Austin is who we thought she was & the Mystics dark arts
1:27:02 - The Liberty may never lose again
1:28:45 - Angel McCoughtry's comments on Hailey Van Lith
1:36:48 - Te-Hina Paopao was meant to play SmeskoBall
1:42:01 - Angel Reese: Swiss Army Knife & Ariel Atkins playmaking bump
1:51:03 - Front office shakeup in Portland & expansion team branding
2:06:00 - Caitlin Clark's shooting slump is temporary

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On this week's episode of Pull Up 3, the crew talked about the Atlanta Dream, Sophie Cunningham's flagrant foul on Jacy Sheldon and how the Golden State Valkyries are managing.

0:55 - Introduction
1:35 - WNBA All Star Picks [8:20 ~ white women on Juneteenth]
10:30 - 2023 MVP Race
16:45 - Reflections on rosters, champions and playstyles
24:00 - Dallas Wings' roster and defense issues
31:00 - Will more "do it all" players (e.g. Luka, Harden) enter the W?
36:10 - Golden State Valkyries as a team of 6-women / Natalie Nakase as Coach of the Year
43:35 - Do hardship contracts make players play better?
48:45 - Atlanta halts their trip to the Commissioner's Cup
58:45 - Caitlin Clark is a villian & doesn't need a protector
1:11:41 - Let women dislike each other!
1:13:10 - Deciding which players are "dirty"
1:26:22 - Sophie Cunningham didn't get suspended
1:29:32 - AT FOR MVP BEGINS NOW

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Satou and WNBA Admins - 1:40

WNBA Scheduling - 4:05

Golden State Valkyries Expectations - 7:10

The 4 Win Club - 18:10

Award Conversations: 29:50

Jordin Canada and Guard Conspiracies - 31:40 

Poor Aces - 38:50 

Dana Vs. Jewell Staring - 49:50

Is Dallas Cursed - 1:01:45

Hypothetical Trades for Bigs - 1:07:40

JayTrent’s Trade Machine - 1:15:50

Dominique Malonga + Rookie Talk - 1:18:50 

Don’s Agenda Trades - 1:35:40

Sparks Talk - 1:44:45

Aces Greed - 1:55:00

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