00:00So this WNBA task force, has it been embarrassing this week talking about this task force?
00:08Because, boy, I mean, you got to know what the W means in WNBA, don't you?
00:14Yeah, yeah.
00:15And I think this is just another problem that the league has had where they just don't focus on the
00:23right things.
00:24You know what the focus should be on the league?
00:26Last night.
00:28The focus should be on the matchups today.
00:31It should be about the stars, about Paige, about Caitlin Clark, about Kelsey Mitchell, right?
00:37About Brianna Stewart, about Asia Wilson, about Becky Hammond.
00:41It should be about the players.
00:44Keep it on the floor.
00:46That's all you got to worry about, Big Sills.
00:49And that's the problem with the league is the league tries to be a league, but they try to be
00:54politically correct.
00:55They want to check all these boxes.
00:57You know what?
00:58Do yourself a favor.
00:59Check one box.
01:01Be great at basketball.
01:02That's all you got to worry about.
01:04And if you're great at basketball, people will continue to watch the league.
01:08Don't worry about all the task force and transgender and all this.
01:14Play great basketball.
01:17Continue to get the ratings.
01:18And everything else will take care of itself.
01:21Are the NBA owners embarrassed what's going on off the court?
01:27I mean, you know the narrative and the conversation that you just mentioned.
01:30I mean, I wanted to start it off with Caitlin Clark and with Beckers because I watched that thing last
01:36night.
01:36I was entertained by it.
01:38And I want to see more stuff being talked about on the court.
01:42Has it become to an issue now where the NBA owners are now looking at it also with Adam Silver
01:47saying, hey, look here.
01:48We know, I mean, we don't want to be all the things that you just mentioned.
01:51We don't want to go down looking like a political arm here for some sort of group.
01:56Do you believe right now the owners are starting to get embarrassed themselves and want to see the league?
02:01Or do they look at, like Jerry Jones says all the time, hey, any publicity is good publicity.
02:06And you're talking about the league.
02:08Do they look at it that way or the other way?
02:13Both.
02:14You know what it is, Big Sills?
02:16Hey, don't play with their money.
02:19That is all it comes down to.
02:21Don't play with their money.
02:22If the WNBA continues to have great ratings and people are glued in, whether it's for the basketball or all
02:32the other stuff, the league's finally making money right now, right?
02:36They're finally making money.
02:37So as long as they make money, the NBA owners are going to be fine.
02:42If this sideshow and all these other things going on, Big Sills, leads the league to be losing money and
02:49losing revenue and losing ad dollars, that's when you're going to have the issue.
02:55See, that's the interesting thing about Kathy Engelberg.
02:58She has done a great job with media rights and stuff like that in regards to the league.
03:02It's all the other things that she's not doing well, including, most importantly, her lack of communication and compassion for
03:12the players.
03:13That is what has become the issue with Kathy.
03:16If you look at the business sense, they've done a great job.
03:19Keep it about the sport.
03:21Keep it about hoops.
03:23Grow the game.
03:24And if you do that, the NBA owners will stay out of the way.
03:27J.Y., do you think that Kaitlin Clark has played herself into being one of the top five players in
03:32the game?
03:34She absolutely is.
03:35Top five.
03:36Dive and close.
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