00:00The second game, Gabe, with Phoenix and Golden State,
00:04this Golden State team having this incredible, incredible season,
00:07the Mercury just the complete opposite end,
00:09they have a lot of talent.
00:11And Alyssa Thomas is one of these other names to watch out at the deadline.
00:14The issue with Alyssa Thomas is from the reporting,
00:22like the talks have gone cold.
00:24I don't know how clean the fit is
00:27because she does seem to not always be the easiest to get along with
00:33with the teams that she's on.
00:34That's the reporting.
00:35I'm not acting like I've been in the locker rooms,
00:37but if you're a contending team, you're trying to make a splash,
00:41you have to factor that in.
00:43And I wonder, Gabe, if that's why the talks have gone cold here.
00:47You know, it'll be interesting to see if the tempo are in the mix.
00:51We talked about them shopping their first-round pick-around,
00:54and I saw the game last night.
00:56I saw the post-game show after and the discussion of the people that covered the team.
01:02And it's for real.
01:04Like, they really do.
01:05And, you know, they think they can get a better player than they would in the draft right now.
01:09Sort of the big picture moving forward.
01:12So I think that a lot of these – I don't think Kelsey Plum is in the mix.
01:17They want size.
01:18They want rebounds a bit.
01:20But it wouldn't – if Alyssa Thomas is available, right, it wouldn't shock me.
01:26And one thing, you know, Brondello is a good coach.
01:28Like, she can – she's really good at managing players.
01:32The team chemistry with the tempo is great.
01:34So I'm curious to see what the tempo end up doing if somebody bites, if somebody bites with that pick.
01:41And it's crazy, though, that with the Sparks, they want to trade Kelsey Plum,
01:46and they just gave up their first-round pick to get Kelsey Plum, Kevin.
01:49You can't make it up.
01:51Yeah, listen, Sparks fans are not happy with how that team has run at all.
01:56Remember, they – by the way, guys, they traded away Rekia Jackson.
01:58Now I know Rekia got injured.
01:59They could have got Malanga.
02:00They could have got Malanga.
02:02Yeah.
02:03Yeah, they traded their picks away to the Sparks.
02:06Like, they've done a lot of bad things.
02:08I will just say, Gabe, you know, you brought it back up, and I'm glad you did,
02:10just with the Kelsey Plum thing, I, like, can't figure out the, like, clean fit for Kelsey.
02:17And that's not me.
02:18I'm not, like, trying to be low on Kelsey Plum.
02:21You know what I mean?
02:22Like, she's really good.
02:24Do you just send her back to Vegas?
02:27Yeah, and she's another one, though.
02:29She's another one that guys like.
02:32It's weird.
02:33WNBA have sort of different cliques with fans and stuff.
02:37Dudes all are in love with Kelsey Plum, but I don't think her teammates are, Kevin.
02:43She's another one.
02:44There's a pattern, if you'll notice.
02:48I mean, listen.
02:49The pattern, yeah.
02:49Like, no, I'm just being real.
02:51Like, Kelsey doesn't – like, you'll notice her teammates don't run to her after big shots too much and stuff.
02:58Kelsey lives in her own little world type of deal, right?
03:01There's a lot of cliques in the WNBA, and she seems to be in her own little – her own
03:07little world type of thing.
03:10And I'll put it this way.
03:11For as good as she is, Kevin, why is she on so many teams?
03:15Well, this would be her third – I think it would be her third team.
03:19I don't think – I think she's only been on the Aces and the Sparks.
03:22Yeah, but, like, it's not like these teams are dying to keep her.
03:26Well, there's also only – there's also only, like – to be fair, you play for two teams.
03:29That's, you know, like 25% of the league.
03:32Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
03:33I don't want to overdo it.
03:34But I'm just stating, you know, but you get my point that – I'm not saying –
03:40Look, the Vegas Corps hasn't broke up.
03:41She's the only one who's gone.
03:42So I get your point.
03:44The Vegas Corps are all still together except for her.
03:47And they won without her after, right?
03:49And they won, so they sort of moved on.
03:51Yeah.
03:52I just –
03:52And my whole point is, too, not just – I'm not saying that – and I don't want to speak
03:56ill will.
03:57Let's say she's a bad person or anything, but I think she wanted out almost.
04:01I think she wants to be the star, Kevin.
04:03I think that's her thing.
04:05She wants to sort of be the star.
04:07But what team can you be the star on?
04:10Portland?
04:12Like, it's a good point.
04:13Like, we've talked, like, how many teams are lining up for Kelsey Plum right now?
04:17I don't think the Liberty are.
04:18I don't think the Vegas are.
04:20Atlanta are.
04:20It's a golden state or bust to lift that offense up.
04:24That's what I said.
04:24I think the Valkyries are the best fit for her.
04:28And they might not think she's part of their team's system.
04:31You know what I'm saying?
04:32The Fever don't need a guard.
04:34And she's taking shots at Caitlin.
04:36The Liberty don't need a guard.
04:39Atlanta?
04:40Like, eh.
