Top 5 Women's Basketball Players to Watch Next Year

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00:00your top five players going into next year?

00:05Well, I mean, look, you have to give the nod to Asia coming off what she just did.

00:09Nafisa Collier was battling with her for the MVP all year long.

00:13I just mentioned Jackie Young, one of the better two-way players in the league.

00:17Kelsey Mitchell, I think, raised her stock.

00:20She was already a bucket getter.

00:22But what she was able to do with the fever being so injury-riddled,

00:26and particularly against Vegas, right?

00:27Like, you know, going head-to-head with Vegas, this superstar-laden team,

00:31and getting the fever right to the brink until the wheels fell off.

00:35And then there's Kaitlin Clark, who, you know, she hasn't played in a while,

00:38so it's like people forget.

00:39And because she gets talked about in this way that's different than everybody else,

00:44it allows for the narrative to be hijacked at times.

00:48But this is still somebody who, as a rookie, generated more points than any player

00:52in a single season in the history of the league,

00:55who only stands to get better as her career goes on.

00:59So, you know, I would expect Kaitlin Clark, if healthy,

01:02to be fighting for that top spot immediately on returning to the floor.

01:07And for me, three to five, I think there's just no doubt, right?

01:11Obviously, Asia and Nafisa Collier, and then Kaitlin Clark is in my top five out of his five.

01:16For me, I'm going to give a little bit of a pass to Brianna Stewart.

01:19Just knowing people I know around Brianna, she's obviously, she was banged up.

01:25And I do think Sandy Brundello kind of lost her way a little bit with that team,

01:29especially the fact that she just shot the ball so poorly from three.

01:33Both her and Sabrina Neska will be interesting to see, number one,

01:36who did Liberty bring back?

01:38But two, who is going to be the head coach?

01:40And if they do bring back John Quell with Sabrina and Stewie,

01:44how do you play them?

01:45Because I think Stewie's more effective inside, but they play her too much outside.

01:50And then for me, Paige Beckers.

01:51I look at her and her fundamentals and how she plays

01:54and just what she brought to the table.

01:57Now, Kirk O'Klanis, some people call him Kirk O'Klanis, whatever.

02:01He's gone.

02:02But when you look at Paige, her fundamental game,

02:05her usage rate wasn't as high as Kaitlin as a rookie,

02:09but there are other things, metrics, you look at her shooting percentages,

02:12her splits, obviously that 44-point game she had,

02:16which she was unconscious for the floor.

02:18I don't think I've ever seen that from a rookie or a veteran.

02:22But I think that leads into another topic.

02:24We kind of went over, but we got to start with this next.

02:27Coming up after the commercial break, we got to get to the NBA.

02:30But Robin and I have to have a discussion

02:32because it's starting to come out all over the place.

02:35Kaitlin Clark, Paige Beckers.

02:38You got to have one.

02:39You can't have both, but you're definitely not ticking either.

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