what up what up what up welcome to the aces high podcast we're your host Mariah and Ty Ty yeah Monday crazy Monday oh yeah how you doing I'm doing good how are you doing I'm doing good doing good besides I was just choking on a piece of candy but you know I'm coming alive coming around now sorry for the delay y'all technical difficulties sometimes you know technology don't want to don't want to be working with us so exactly we are going out you know computers don't want to compute what can you do yeah here we are here we are though you know I hope everybody is having a great weekend happy labor day happy Labor Day weekend to everybody hopefully y all are enjoying staying safe um you know barbecuing whatever it is everybody does on Labor Day I don't know normally I work normally I labor on Labor Day so you know I don't know what what regular people do but you know you take the name literally yep uh let's see Don what's up what up Don hope you're doing well tell the girls hi we got throwback in the house what's up Sir appreciate you and Daniel B what's good hope you're doing well good evening you know speaking of saying evening so I picked my daughter up real quick Side Story here I picked my daughter up from work the other night slash morning um well no actually I think that night she had gotten off around 11 or so so it wasn't that late um so it wasn't yet like a morning time and I think she was like messaging probably like a a bigger boss that she don't usually talk to or something and she asked me she's like you know like when I send a message you know during the morning I say good morning so and so and yada yada yada with my message right she's like in the afternoon Obviously good afternoon she's like but when it's night she's like I'm not gonna tell him good night like good night Mr blah you know like she's like what do I what do I say and she's like you know good evening she's like it's already passed the evening time she's like so what do you say like in these hours and I'm like you know normally in you know the rest of normal people that you know don't live in 24hour places they don't have to worry about these things you know so they they're working during a normal hours that you can say good morning good afternoon good evening and then they're home sleeping when it's time to worry about good night yeah but us you know here in Vegas um so like I thought about it for a second and I'm like this is something that literally I had thought about before having worked in casinos all hours of the night and I told her I'm like you know if it's a dark out before morning time I'm putting good evening I you know whatever other time it is like I'm not about to tell No Stranger good night and start a conversation like or you know a boss good night and start a conversation so yeah yeah that just reminded me when he said good evening because I'm like I wonder if like this is a conversation that other people like have ever had their lives or this is a kid starting work they they need to know the protocol they need to know what the proper thing to say so yeah yeah and speaking speaking of protocol like the the store right directly next to her like next door is a like music music store they sell some instruments and they do like lessons and stuff there the other night they got robbed oh wow and so we didn't know until and my daughter was closing her shop that night and so we didn't know till my wife went to go pick her up at like 2 three in the morning and she tells my wife like yeah they got robbed next door and so my wife's like explain like like it never like I always tell her like be careful obviously it's come you up like oh yeah they could get robbed of course that's anywhere you know but to have it happen so close you know it's like exactly okay like we need to have these conversations like to tell her like it ain't worth your life you know you give them whatever the hell they want and get them out of there you know like like who cares that that money is insured your life ain't insured exactly yeah like robbing a music store like that had to be like an inside job or like somebody knew what instrument or you know like exactly what to go for yeah because who would think oh I'm gonna Rob like I don't even know like how many instruments like I would think that like that store's small like they can't fit that much stuff in there you know so it's like I I don't know crazy thing to be robbing but yeah life of having a children in the Working World y especially in these times crazy times out there oh yeah um so let's get into basketball you know what we're here for start off let's get into our stars um there's been some great basketball being played heck yeah the race for the playoffs is starting you know the aces clinch their spot um this week couple few teams now have clinched their spots but those last little playoff spots at the end there it's that race is coming up we'll get into that um but as I pull up these numbers you know normally I try to not spend time giving you know stars to this person because you literally could um do it like at all times every show I could give her a star but considering everything going on and that she's literally the only person on her team that has been doing anything and you know as players on her team are getting rest and you know she's had to carry her team through the first half of the Season she had to carry our Olympic team to a gold medal she has to come back from Paris without getting a break and continue to carry her team to clinching a playoff win that's your MVP Asia the goat Wilson so you know she's been on this white tea thing I've been telling people when they ask well why did she keep learn these white te's well because when when you play like ass when your team's playing like [ __ ] like what are you getting dressed up for why are you spending so much time to be there modeling in the tunnel to just go out there on the court and play like [ __ ] like I never understood that like some some teams they spend more time on their tunnel fit than they do on the practice court and putting effort into playing um so there's that right so she's been there just wearing a wrinkled white tea to the game like she hardly most of the time don't even smile as she's walking through the tunnel she's not having it right so these last three games that she you know been wearing this white tea let me read you off a little some Little Numbers here yesterday there is a lot for me to read off so Let Me Clear My Throat here 41 points 17 rebounds two assists two steals one block 16 out of 23 from the field two threep pointers then you know she dropped at 26 points 16 rebounds five assists and five block game and then she had another 42 points six rebounds three blocks you know it's sad because Jackie got a rest day this week been beat up obviously you know the Olympic ladies they didn't get this rest break like all the other you know players did so she's been a little banged up she got she got to sit a game and rest Chelsea she got a little banged up last night's game she gets to sit the second half of the game and rest yeah maybe she'll sit tomorrow's game who knows we'll we'll see um but you know I was thinking like Asia she got to be tired you know she's been doing all this caring that I mentioned like I I if she were to sit down a game yeah the aces might will just stay home because what they GNA do like we have players out there playing 15 minutes turning into z00 zero line um so that's supposed to be the people that are backing her up so how's she supposed to rest oh she don't get to so she just has to continue carrying right on into the playoffs you know and as far as the aces go so hats out to Asia because you know she's getting a lot of hate because if she drops if she even drops you know under 30 points a game I all of a sudden start seeing people like oh well this MVP race you know it might be spping away it might not be ases anymore it ridiculous down ridiculous that's your MVP give her her flowers give her her Stars give her whatever you want to give her but that's your MVP exactly we talked about this we touched on this a little bit last week when we talked about the Good Year nefisa ker is having and she's having a damn good year and you know if she gets one or two MVP first place votes I ain't got nothing wrong with that but we all know who the true MVP is from day one game one it's been Asia Wilson and it's not like she did this like meteoric rise in the first half of the season and now she's like dipped off or even leveled off in the second half and just riding the wave no she continues to push her MVP legitimacy and continues to be the best person in the game night in and night out so let's just stop with the BS like I'm rocking my white te and tribute to her because you know and it's wrinkled too so you know I mean business so he just didn't want to [ __ ] do his laundry don't let him lie to you hey hey hey hey it's a family show now a whole bunch of people are doing that they're like oh she can get away with wearing this all right I don't have to get ready today I ain't got iron either throw it on no but she is the truth she is it and it's like you said she is literally carrying the team right now because it's supposed to be the big four and with tip that's supposed to be like a big four plus one and that just ain't the case right now everybody's not showing up on a nightly basis the way they should be so she's doing it all and it's funny you see that picture of her leaving the press conference the other and she was like holding her back I was like yeah it hurts cuz she's been carrying [ __ ] team so much that's what I commented on there yeah thing got ice on her knee she's walking holding her back holding her back yeah I know I'd hurt so yeah this this yeah I've heard the Rumblings of the MVP slipping and this person's entering the race and this person's entering the race no nada not having it and that game she had yesterday like most people get their little you know 10o 12 rebound double double we talking 41 17 and she's shooting 70% from the floor and everything ain't under the basket she's hitting threes she's in 15f Footers she's doing it all well hardly turning the ball over at all exactly no turnovers and what she's doing on the other end to the court I mean the blocks and the steals she's literally doing it all on both ends like yeah she gets all the flowers the whole flower shop she gets them all because she is doing it all and there should be no rum if if she gets if she doesn't play another game for the rest of this season she's got it wrapped up that's how good she's been as I mentioned earlier all season long yeah yep what you got who you got how do you guys go live to Twitter gotta pay for it that's basically the truth for premium you get the stream no he means like with the video but like you connect it when you go to set up your live stream um through streamyard and connect your YouTube and you can connect Facebook you can connect Twitter you can connect you know different things so when you connect it through Twitter then that's how it's able to show up there at the top and like you know be separate from the regular spaces and actually have the video and whatnot is because it's connected through streamyard and then it sends it over there through Twitter unfortunately like they still need to update it so that we're able to see all the comments since like you know like like people that comment over there on Twitter during like through the live stream like I I can't see the comments and whatnot so that's the only thing that sucks that they need to like but his comment did show up so maybe it is getting fixed I know maybe yeah do something that's pretty cool now that I think about it because normally yeah because normally we can't see your guys' comments but yeah it shows that he's on X commenting so what up spirit maybe maybe it's fixed you just let us know but up until now you hadn't been able to comment and us be able to see your comments so that's good good to know but appreciate you um so you got some you got a star or you want GNA just keep going I got one I got one I wanted I want to mention Asia as well because I heard the same Rumblings and the same conversation and it's like do you are you paying attention to what she's doing so I'm glad you started off with her um you know it's been a lot of talk about the OG about the rookies and what they're doing but we got to give a shout out to to an OG and that's Tina Charles no she was mine oh well well heyn see great great minds great minds Tina Charles is bowling right now and if my internet was working I could give you the numbers but she is on a rooll you got him she's the same person break it down what she's been doing these past games so the last three games we have and now she's only playing it's not like she's playing you know a full game of minutes either so she's doing this like she her last game she played 26 minutes she had 23 points 10 rebounds two two assists one steal I mean one yeah one steal um and then she had 19 points 17 rebounds 10 assists four four steals one block um and then she had 28 points eight rebounds one assist so yeah and like I said she's doing that in you know 30 she plays like 26 minutes 37 minutes 34 minutes um so yeah go ahead yeah no no just want to give her props because she's doing it and and like we mentioned for Asia it's not just on the offensive end she's doing it on the defensive then also rebounding blocks and the passing like you mentioned the assist numbers she's getting her teammates involved right like she's not just being a ball hog and that's what you want to see especially from a big they want to get their things and be able to kick out and hit their Shooters as well and Atlanta does have some young good Shooters so shout out to her I mean she found a fountain of youth somewhere she's been balling in this second half yeah um let me make sure because my other one I had saved the stats for but these I had deleted one page and I'm thinking I deleted the wrong one so let me just make sure I'm not going to be reading you all the wrong stats um all right here we go all right so I try to it's so hard because you know obviously everybody knows you know we Asus fans whatever but I watch you know pretty much there if the WNBA game is on and I'm around a TV or a streaming device I'm probably watching it regardless of what team they're playing and I I try to you know on social media on Twitter whatever comments like you know I like to comment as I'm watching you know give props like just because I'm an ases fan like I love I like to give flowers get props where props are due right like I like good ball so if somebody's playing good ball like I would love to give them flowers unfortunately there's some fans now on social media that have made it so hard to be able to say anything one way or another even if you're saying something good like they'll find some way to turn it and twist it into something so I just try to stay away from it that being said I'm not going to sit up here and have an entire season long a podcast and like not mention people because of you know a certain portion of their fan base like that ain't right either so all that being to said to say since coming back from um the Olympic break they're GNA take clar been [ __ ] balling like she has been balling and with that serving up a [ __ ] ton of wins right like that she's putting her team in good chances into this playoff race here um and like the last like they've they're on a one two three four game winning streak right now like they've been they've been balling and so like her last games um 28 points four rebounds 12 assists one steal the only thing then she has seven turnovers like that's the thing with her like her turnovers you know that's her thing yeah you know so keep that in mind you know but um and then she has 31 points four rebounds 12 assists one steal she has 19 points five rebounds five assists for her to have five assists like that's that's her I like one of her lowest that I've seen um but then like 19 points seven rebounds seven assists 23 points five rebounds eight assists 23 points five rebounds nine assists 29 Points five rebounds 10 assists like she's you know unfortunately like they they play her to freaking like give the girls some freaking rest like holy [ __ ] like this last game like is one of the least amount of minutes she played 32 minutes other than that 38 37 38 40 37 38 38 38 38 like holy smokes yeah um but yeah since coming back from the break you know she's been playing good ball that team as a whole even you guys know like I can't stand that coach but and unfortunately like they're probably playing her into a coaching job next season um but even you you know I don't know if in spite of her they're winning and playing good ball or like during this break like something happened she pulled her head of her ass and got it together and like but as a whole the fever they're jelling um obviously we know to start the season there was all this drama you know fans coming at the players on the team you know all this different [ __ ] they are dealing with plus the coach you know trying to learn how to coach a superstar while for like I guess remembering that she has other players on the team um and all that but coming back from the bre break the fever Caitlyn Clark they've all been balling and so has off to them yep they I've been playing good ball my other play my other player the last player that I have is actually her teammate Kelsey Mitchell Kelsey has been balling like her last six games she's averaging close to 30 points a game and whenever like they've been in some tight games and whenever they need a bucket she's been the person she's been the go-to she's been stepping up she is not afraid to take that shot and make that shot like she she's really been the Catalyst for them quiet as it's kept so hats off to her you know she's a vet a Savvy vet we all know she was once the leading scorer in NCAA history some debate that she was one of the better scorers in NCAA history because she can score in all three levels consistently whatever right now she is balling she has taken her game up a notch so I'm super happy for her she's been around forever and now she's finally they're winning she's tasting some success so it's good stuff good for her yeah I wouldn't mind um next season if the aces you know they swapped out Kelsey look at that look at that swap the lefties just throwing it out there you know like the fever don't like her they don't appreciate her Caitlyn's fans don't like her so I mean we're g to have an opening we got a spot speaking of I'll transition that right into the Aces and their opening that they've been um having an extra spot on their roster has been filled um the team announced that they signed Queen how do you pronounce her last name Queen Eggo egg egg Eggo Eggo okay yeah so they signed a queen to a 7day um we'll see obviously what that turns into now I was kind of wondering at first um news since has come out you know changing this but when this news first announced I was wondering if this had something to do with Chelsea Gray um you know those that don't know in the game yesterday she had got hurt she landed like fell back um hard like on her back and then the aces were up you know by 31 points at that time and so at halim she didn't return back to the game the aces have since announced that she you know is good to go tomorrow um so you know we were wondering you know is that why is she gonna be out a few days you know they needed somebody no um maybe they're still going to arest her who knows but you know not because she's hurt hurt so that's the good thing right um now the other thing that and I had sent TI this is that it says when I you know the aces put out the thing you know telling about or whatever it says uh over her career she averages 5.6 points and five rebounds um a game now those that don't know or listen or care to listen to Becky's press conferences um the not this past game no not the game before that but so three games ago when we lost um she got up there in press conference and read off everybody's rebounds even Asia's like threw everybody out there and said well you can't win games when your highest rebounders are tied with six rebounds and this person has zero and this person has zero and this person has two which is the truth right um and now we signed somebody the averages of five rebounds a game coincidence I don't think so I don't think so because like I said um you know in that game in that loss that was against the wings 90 to 93 um Meg started that game her second game her second start in a row and in 11 minutes dropped that big goose egg statline of zero zero zero and more zeros and then you had Kia now remember the only people with height on this team are Asia Meg and Kia okay yep so you had Meg z0000 Z and then you had Kia in 14 minutes coming off the bench had two rebounds and zero zero zero and more zeros and that's why Asia can't get rest people want to talk [ __ ] that she was stat padding um padding those stats last night because the aces had a sizable lead and she was still playing but when you have no Chelsea Gray and you have nobody else on the team doing [ __ ] literal games because of it like what what like everybody pissed was pissed at Becky last year and every year because she took Asia out of the games too early and so Asia lost MVP last season because she couldn't get her stats now oh they're stat padding like uhuh what's up Bashar I see you so yeah what what do you think about the Queen signing and then we'll get into these games I like the signing we had talked about this and talked about this and talked about this they need another big to be in there rebounding and blocking shots and being a presence Asia can't do it all we saw her versus Dallas again battling two and three people that's what she does every night it's not just Dallas that's what she do doing every night they need someone in there who's going who has the will to rebound who wants to get in there right earlier this season when they signed Jessica Carter we were like great she's 65 in college she was a double double machine she loves the rebound she'll get after it they can get her on the court and you know help AIA out and even spell Asia something some odd reason they let her walk she didn't even last dou Double Days exactly let her walk quick it's like what the f so now here comes Queen and queen is played in this league she's not a rookie like Jessica was she's played some in the league so I think that'll help and hopefully they hold on to her and give her some minutes spell asiia some like just get in there get some rebounds if that's your only focus yeah just go in there and crash the boards which you'll do I mean she's 6'4 she's solid she can do it let her have at it so it's a good signing just utilize her and she take some weight off as's back a little bit because they need it yeah I just you know moving off of like you said we'll see what happens with Queen hopefully you know it turns into something but the timing is just very strange but like I I said maybe it's who who really knows we'll see um but it's just I don't know what what's going on with Kia like we know obviously you know she had the injury to end the season but from all accounts she had a great rehab she yeah been back all this time you know like I don't know if she's not trusting herself you know if it's a fear thing like she's not trusting her body like or what it is like she's had like one game this entire season and keep in mind she started like every game except for maybe four or five now that she's been active and she's had maybe one game that I can remember where she had good rebounds like decent numbers other than that it's just like how are you the tallest person on the freaking court and you're not basketball like that never has arms and yeah yeah like you're letting people that reach up to your belly butt and outrebound you like yeah like that is your whole job as a big person rebound get your ass under the basket and stand there rebound the freaking basketball like I don't care what else you do you don't need to do anything else get a rebound and no she's not even doing that yeah it's very very bizarre like I don't know what's going on with her like when you have like I don't know how how tall Tiff Hayes is but I mean she looks She's way shorter thania right yeah yeah yeah you have her literally putting her body on the line against Amazon's to get these rebounds and fighting and like she's on the ground I swear 30 times a game yeah laying on the ground because she puts her body out there to get the ball and then you have Kia just stand there this big ass freaking thing and she just like yeah just watching Like She's Stoned like I don't know what the hell is going on like it's just very bizarre like I it's strange and then you have Olympic Meg turns into a freaking MVP in the Olympics and then she gets back to the Aces and it's like yep L like that one start she yeah yeah and then the next game it Goose it's like G how can you start and have z0000 zero stat line yeah exactly it was gone it was like that one magical start and it was like oh yeah this could be something maybe she needs to be in the starting line up nope yeah we were here giving her flowers just to look like freaking idiots the next day yeah screw you Meg thanks Meg thanks that's the last flowers you get Meg yep all right let me pull it these numbers real quick obviously you know we've talked about that game the loss I'm not get to talk about anymore um the game after that the the aces beat the dream 72 to 83 um this is the game that Jackie rested so in the starting lineup for the aces you had Alicia Clark and tip Hayes um so very very small starting five with Asia being the only big in the entire lineup yet it honestly it didn't seem like they were getting bullied out there no like I can't you know um let me see because the let me see how many minutes The Bigs ended up playing you know Off the Bench you had Meg she only had 10 minutes and then Kia only had seven minutes so you had a you had a small lineup the entire game and you won you know by 10 points so um yeah like I didn't see them getting bullied out there um you had Tiff Hayes a double double the first one that she's had for years so shout out to her um you know like I I told you guys like there's some nights where I'm feeling so bad for her because like I said she puts her body on the line she's doing everything she possibly can out there she comes out of retirement to help this team you know try to three Pat and then some nights it just looks like nobody else is out there freaking trying besides her in Asia and just like I feel bad like you know like gosh like you came out of retirement for this like you know but then on the other end like you get nights like this where you know she get gets the start she gets a double double she was everything that we needed in this game like you know like that help Asia needed to be able to like put these teams like away and so you had her 20 points 10 rebounds two assists um you had Kelsey Plum 18 points so between those three um Asia with the 26 points 16 rebounds five assists so those three obviously um and then on the other side pretty quiet night from everybody Alicia gray um led the scoring with 17 points so um you know pretty good defensive game from the aces especially for being small yeah well Atlanta plays with kind of a smallish lineup also so it was a good matchup yeah and this that lineup that the aces put out there that's Becky's defensive lineup when she'll put T tip Hayes out there uh instead of Chelsea Gray I mean instead of um it's normally instead of Chelsea but this time it was Jackie because she rested yeah tip was a good Defender and we all know what Risha Clark does on defensive end I mean she'll guard Shaq she doesn't care yeah that's her mind set like I'mma do what I got to do um and like with that lineup AJ Wilson's the only went over six feet I think everybody else is 5'11 and under so it's an extremely small lineup but they they play some hellish defense and that's what was needed versus Atlanta you know like that they like to get out and run especially ATA gray as fast as she is and um you know so you have the two bigs with Tina Charles and and Asia but everything everything else was kind of like Guard versus guard so they played great defense and great team defense at that they was they was breaking up runs and wasn't Deni denying a bunch of crosscourt passes getting their hands up so it was a great defensive effort and offensively we talk about how it's supposed to be a big three with the aces one you know is Asia and one of the other four is supposed to show up well this time tip and Kelsey showed up they helped and that's what's needed that's the formula right if they can show show up the acers are going to score points that's a given but defensively they gotta put their hands up they gotta not allow easy transition buckets and guard the freaking three and that's what you saw and that's what that small lineup gives them the ability to rotate and get out and guard the three more so it was a great win it was a much needed win for him yeah um and it was a start you had like I swear every time we put most of the time that we put or Becky you know put Sid into the game like she's that little spark she's like a little firecracker out there you know and in this game she played um 11 minutes you know six points two rebounds and assist it doesn't say here because it doesn't list the Steals and stuff but I can guarantee you she probably had a steal and you know she just and she plays great defense yeah she's a disruptor that's the thing she's a disruptor she would H the ball and and she knows how to get in passing lanes and do things like that's what she brings to the table and it drives other teams crazy and that's what you need and we've talked about it yo give Sid minutes it doesn't even need to be a bunch of minutes that 10 to 11 minute range perfect we'll take it yeah so she had minutes that game and then last night's game play last night too the aces beat the Mercury 97 to 79 and like I said at one point the aces were up you know 31 points that I remember um you know but obviously Chelsea Grace sat you know the second half and then you have a fighting Mercury right like they got players they're gonna put up points they're not just gonna go down like oh they're we're down by 30 let us lay down like no team wants to go out like that right like so they're going to fight they're going to be doing everything they can um and they did they kept fighting and they cut into that lead yeah which is why I believe Becky left them starters out there like you fool around and let them come back if you want to nope keep putting keep putting the the Foot Down Show Me What You Got yeah so you had Asia obviously leading the way as always with 41 points 17 rebounds two assists and then I mean everybody else was pretty quiet the next you know one was Kelsey had 16 points um and you know Jackie had 11 points and Tiff had 11 points so it was pretty much the Asia show on the ases side and you know for mercury you had Britney Leading The Way with 24 points now if I'm the Mercury's head coach I'm doing what Becky did that a couple games ago where she sits there with this rebound numbers and says it's unacceptable that Brittney grer the tallest person in the league has five rebounds in a game like yep there there should never be a game where she has under 10 rebounds I'm sorry yep like there's no way that you're every single night guaranteed the tallest player on that Court yeah it's very odd you know that like I was telling my wife we watched this game yesterday and I was telling her like if Britney was like if I'm a head coach and I got Britney on my team I'm saying get your ass under the basket and everybody else you get that ball to her whatever you have to do literally yeah she her hand to the basket and it's like this close like there's no way that you should be missing any shot like your hands at the [ __ ] basket like all you have to do is go plop like right in like like me shooting a basketball into my trash can right here that's how easy it should be for her but somehow like I don't know um and then you know after that you had Cunningham um coming in with 16 points and then you had Co copper with um 15 points so not too much you know obviously on their side they they tried to go down without a fight but Asia was Asia she was she was not losing that game she was not um and if if the aces are gonna plan on making some noise that unfortunately Asia you don't get to rest we we need that um the white tea killer a from here to the to the playoffs yep just let a ride you know they were coming back home you can tell Asia wanted to make a statement and she was on fire from the opening tip and you know like we said I think it was last show we where I said it like yeah they have stars on the team but Asia is the Superstar and at some point you just gota let the Superstar be the Superstar and depend on her and that's what that was last game she was the Superstar and it was good that I was like oh yeah yeah get the ball to her you you spotting up for three here you go shoot a three yeah you want you want to get the ball the top of the key and drive the lane here you go you do you and she was on point when she's on the rooll like that just give her the rock don't even question it and it was good to see them feeding her in good spots as well you know it wasn't a struggle like it's been like they finally smartened up like she's in good position get it to her while she's in that good position yeah because you did have Jackie with 14 assists so yeah I for mention that part it out yeah so it's it's really good and it's good to see the others contribute you know Sid did get into the game I think had it not been a blowout if it wasn't a blowout I think she still would have gotten some minutes just because she's showing that little spark that she's providing Off the Bench and I I I believe 15 minutes yeah I believe coach likes that she likes that little spark of energy that she brings you know especially on the defensive end because she's been harping on defense defense defense all season so here you go here's your little spark so um it was good to see and it's good to see you know them make a statement at home and Asia being the Catalyst of that and that should be the formula for the rest of the season yeah you know what I'm glad to see is that in this game as well um you know obviously Jackie was back and Alicia Clara got the the other start in place of Kia and something you know I've spent so much time I feel like bitching about is one of my biggest gripes with Becky this season is that and I understand right you want to you want you know Shooters shoot they get in funks you want to let them play their way out of things right like you don't want to be obviously benching them at every wrong turn right but when you've gone a half a season and your starters are literally doing jack [ __ ] not just over a few game span a literal half of the season they have showed you what they are they're not going to play themselves out of it try again next season stop letting them start like if they're giving you nothing why do you continue to roll them out there in the starting lineup playing them big minutes and expecting something from them when they've showed you they're not giving it to you yeah and they're wondering why we're losing games well let's see because you refuse to go to your bench and you're playing your starting five that's refusing to give a [ __ ] and do anything yeah so now finally we're seeing you put the people in there that are showing you that they care that they're going to try that they can make a basket when needed that they're going to rebound that they're can play freaking defense yeah because whatever is wrong with Kia I don't know but she needs to figure it out not in the starting lineup and unfortunately she's one of our only bigs but I you know that can't be the reason that you're sticking around on the court like a big body doing [ __ ] is not better than a little body doing everything they can yeah yeah you know like that doesn't balance out like put the little body in there that's actually showing you that they're going to help like you don't have to be a [ __ ] WNBA coach to figure it out like I don't you know um and so finally we're seeing you know some movement here like obviously you're not GNA bench you know Jackie right like um but like that starting lineup that we had when Jackie sat like I like that a lot um a lot but now like if we can get that same production that we got from Hayes when she's starting you know in these other games like that's what we need if they're planning to go deep into these playoffs like yeah we need whoever's in that starting five to actually show up and we need Becky to use her bench I'm tired of people saying Vegas don't have a bench we have a bench what a Ben just refuses to use it yeah like hello think about when they were they were playing well when they was on that sixth game win streak earlier in the year and then you had tip Hayes Kate Martin Kate Martin and Alicia Clark all coming off the bench and you throw in Meg too because Meg's good so that's four good players right there that you're bringing Off the Bench they got a bench coach has to use it they have to use it we're g to include Sid there Sid yeah Sid deserves minutes so look at that that's five that you could bring in and rotate rest your starters and they'll give you good minutes yeah now we'll see if gets some play um exactly now you got another big just on vation so queen wants to to get in there and rebound give us a minutes you're complaining about rebounds they brought in a rebounder are you going to use her i' SE pictures up there of out there practicing today so and then Coach um Tyler he posted and said that he was sore because Queen she's tough he said she's strong so he she beat him up today so like that's what we need we need somebody that's gonna be out there fighting people [ __ ] because we don't have that like we need that dog there like exactly throw your body around she's got the body type she's played in the league so she's used to the physicality and she wants the rebound she has that I'mma go get it mentality use it use it she's not gonna sit there and watch like some people like oh yeah oh I guess I should get back on defense because we didn't get the offensive rebound or you know get back in transition or maybe I should have went for that sheesh um speaking of rebounds before we get out of here I want to um shout out to Angel Reese for breaking um the WNBA most rebounds in a single season record it was held um at 44 rebounds in a season by Sylvia fouls since 2018 and um Now angel Reese holds that and she still has a ways few ways of the seon to go so yep like wowk speaking of somebody that you know gets out there and wants to rebound like yeah if you could teach everybody that what Angel has that yeah whatever that she has in her that makes her so good at rebounding and the want to actually do it there it is yeah there was a play the other day where she was she got knocked out of bounds and the shot went up and she ran back inbounds and fought for the rebound that's wanting it yeah like like ran in against three other players now who who are going for it on the other team and she's fighting them for it that's that want so kudos to her because she ain't the biggest girl out there she she's only 63 6'3 is big but she's fighting and she's fighting night in and night out it not a Once In A currence Thing and she's been doing it all season long yeah and yeah you got to have that dog to want the rebound she's doing it and it is an achievement and like you said she's shattering that record because there's still yeah plenty of more games to go I believe she had 17 rebounds yesterday was that her numbers like she got like a 17 19 game had some crazy game so yeah she's you can see those rebound numbers are approaching the 20s like she's really going after it so kudos to her yeah um anything else closing thoughts anything before we get out of here there been some great basketball and I think for the rest of the season as we're approaching the playoffs and teams are fighting for positions even at top yeah even at the top teams want to maintain and try to we know the links are trying to gun for the number one spot I think we're just going to see some really good basketball from here on out and shout out to the teams on the bottom because like Atlanta and um Dallas and Washington they've elevated their play yeah and they're trying to fight for a final playoff spot so this is going to be a fun end to the season like this playoff push is going to be real good yeah um real quick before we get out of here so currently had did the storm they clinched as well right I believe the storm clinched as well so currently you have the Liberty um so New York Liberty Connecticut Sun Minnesota Links Las Vegas Aces and Seattle Storm all clinch the playoffs so that's three four five spots Tak five yep has three left so you got so after that you have the fever then our next sitting at 17 and 16 then right under them are the Mercury at 16 and 17 so just a game difference between those those two and then there's quite a little drop off to the next fighting after that you have the sky and the dream tied at 11 and 11 wins um 11 and 21 then you have the wings and Mystics both tied at nine wins and 23 losses so that final spot that's saying let's you know let's just guess that The Fever make it and the Mercury make it since in the next two in line that last playoff spot you have four teams at 11 wins 11 wins nine wins and nine wins I'm telling you it's gonna be a dog fight they're gunning for that final spot so that that's going to be fun to watch and those those teams are like healthy now they spent most of the Season injured like Atlanta Dallas Washington a lot of PR they were injured but now they're healthy so now they're like hey we're healthy and we're kind of still in this thing let's shoot for it so that's going to be a fun fun fun ending to think that The Fever were just in the position to draft Caitlyn Clark last season yeah and now making the playoffs like they this is what you want your number one draft pick to do like yeah this I'm telling you you hit you hit on that lottery they could take your places like three three years in a row they hit and now you're seeing the fruit of that so here you go yep yep yep all right me and Ty for those that are you know football fans as well we will be back tomorrow talk 49ers and jets we have a Jets um guest coming on so you know [ __ ] Tuesday tomorrow that's right get all ready for the game football's back we're ready um and yeah WNBA Aces we'll be back next Monday same time same place six o'clock Pacific time um and yeah we're out of here everybody take care we appreciate everybody for coming through make sure you like subscribe make sure you subscribe to both channels Tai's link is in the description box of this video so please make sure you subscribe to his channel as well all right spr out here we appreciate yall see you tomorrow see you