00:00How big of a swing is this for the Liberty to add a player of Satu's stature?
00:05And do you look at this as a final piece that this team has added or sort of a luxury
00:11ad
00:11that now adds more questions to this Liberty team is trying to win another title,
00:15their second one since 2024?
00:17Yeah, I mean, I think that's loaded questions.
00:20But let's start with the fact that Satu is a huge signing for the Liberty.
00:24I don't know a lot of people necessarily saw this coming.
00:27Obviously, the Liberty were in play to get Satu a year ago
00:30when she ended up ultimately choosing to go to Phoenix.
00:34But Satu is, look, this is putting together a Liberty starting lineup
00:39that is going to be a bunch of skillful bigs.
00:43I think every single player except for Sabrina is going to be over 6'4",
00:48assuming that Leone starts.
00:49Or if it's Benajah, then she's 6'0".
00:52This just puts them over the top.
00:55It was a super team when they had their big three.
00:58Now they're like a super, super team.
01:01I think I wrote that it's kind of reminiscent of when the Warriors got KD
01:08and they added it to Steph, Klay, and Draymond.
01:12And obviously, Satu, I'm not saying is KD by any means.
01:16But this whole idea of you already have an established core of winners
01:21who have won together, and you're just adding that extra layer
01:25that's just going to push you over the top.
01:27And I think a lot of last year, there were multiple reasons
01:31for why the Liberty fell short and lost in the first round.
01:34Injuries disrupted chemistry and cohesion within the lineups.
01:40I think there were certain things with errors on coaching.
01:43There were layers to why the Liberty ended in the first round.
01:47And I think that the Liberty have taken calculated measures this offseason
01:52to address some of those things.
01:53Obviously, frontcourt depth and just having a healthy frontcourt
01:57was something that was an issue last season.
01:59And you just only fortify that with the signing of Satu Saboli.
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