The Golden State Valkyries are here! On this episode of the Team Thirteen Podcast: Recapping the first official game of the Valkyries, looking at the play of some of the young players on the team (Kate Martin, Carla Leite and Janelle Salaün), and previewing the upcoming game vs the Washington Mystics0:55: The Valkyries approach to offense: Spacing4:15: Tip Hayes and how the Sparks defended her6:25: The Valkyries adjusting where they were attacking the Sparks7:10: The impact of Janelle Salaün9:00: Turnovers, Turnovers, Turnovers13:00: The Defence of the Valkyries18:12: Kate Martin and Carla Leite22:00: Previewing the Mystics24:40: News Minute

The season is finally here! The official debut of the Golden State Valkyries!It has been a full on couple of weeks in Ballhalla. Though everything we see in preseason should be taken lightly - what are some things that we can takeaway from the 2 games the Valkyries played?Time Stamps1:45 Emphasis on 3-point shooting2:45 Creating space by spreading the floor6:40 How the Mercury defended Tip Hayes7:45 Carla Leite and Julie Vanloo finding passes9:30 Impact of Kyara Linskens11:30 Speed round: who will be the Valkyries starting 5?

In this episode Taka Kauri is talking WNBA Draft prospect Dominique Malonga!

Looking at some of the things that stand out from Malonga as a player and highlighting where her strengths/areas of growth showed themselves in her two most recent games vs Galatasaray

Time stamps:

2:04 - Ability in the open floor and as a cutter

4:00 - Screener and roll game

5:30 - Attacking off the dribble

12:05: As a low post player

15:00 - Defending

21:10 - What I'm watching for from her going forward

The Valkyries made some moves and we are backThis week Taka is doing a solo version of the podcast recapping five of the recent Valkyries moves0:20: Tiffany Hayes3:43 Janelle Salaün6:10: Julie Vanloo10:20: Veronica Burton13:05: Monique Billings15:40: What other moves could the Valkyries make?You can find more from Taka on Bluesky (@takakauri.bsky.social)

This week Nekias Duncan of the Dunker Spot podcast joins Taka to talk all things Kate Martin.

Join Taka and guest Tony East as they discuss Temi Fagbenle, the Golden State Valkyries and the Indiana Fever

Tony covers the Indiana Fever for a variety of different outlets including The Next, Locked On Women's Basketball and has his own YouTube channel @TonyEastPacersFever

You can find more Valkyries content from Taka @takakauri.bsky.social

Join Taka and guest Lincoln as they discuss Carla Leite and Iliana Rupert.

Lincoln is one of the hosts of the Saturday episodes of the Locked on Women's Basketball Podcast and can be found on Bluesky @dovienya.bsky.social

You can find more Valkyries content from Taka at takakauri.bsky.social

Join Taka and guest Brian Fleurantin as they talk all things Kayla Thornton. Her impact goes way beyond the box score.

Brian is a writer for Netdaily.com and thelocalw.com and makes regular appearances on the Gotta Get Up! Podcast with Erica L. Ayala

You can find Brian on all social media platforms @busyxb

If you would like more Valkyries thoughts from Taka you can find him @takakauri.bsky.social

It's the very first episode of the podcast and there is no better place to start than with María Conde. If you have been wondering about who she is as a player this is the podcast for you!

Join Taka and guest DZ as they talk all things María Conde

Spoiler: this podcast is just two people who think the Valkyries drafted an awesome player.

You can find more from DZ at @dzirik.bsky.social and more Valkyries musings from Taka at @takakauri.bsky.social

Join Taka as he talks all things Golden State Valkyries

If you like basketball, the WNBA, the Golden State Valkyries or just want to listen to a kiwi accent this is the podcast for you