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Harden Joins $500 Million Club with New Cavs Deal, NFL Joint Practice Debate, and WNBA Injury & Leadership Updates · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey everyone, Welcome to the Daily Play with Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 2: James Harden is halfway there.
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  Speaker 1: After signing a new three year, ninety seven million dollar
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  Speaker 1: contract to return to the Calves. He ended his free
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  Speaker 1: agency on Thursday, and in doing so, he helped clear
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  Speaker 1: the way for the Calves to trade for Peyton Watson.
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  Speaker 1: The Calves executed it Wednesday, sending Max Strue to the
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  Speaker 1: Clippers for and their twenty thirty one first round pick
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  Speaker 1: and a twenty thirty two second round pick via the
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  Speaker 1: Kings to the Nuggets and a five teen deal. The
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  Speaker 1: Calves needed Harden to lower his annual salary in a
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  Speaker 1: three year deal versus a more costly two year deal
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  Speaker 1: in order to get under the first and second apron.
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  Speaker 2: So, according to the reports.
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  Speaker 1: Harden played a recruiting role in bringing Watson in during
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  Speaker 1: his restricted free agency, staying in active communication to push
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  Speaker 1: into Cleveland. So the Cab will now post most a
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  Speaker 1: starting lineup of Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Watson, Evan Mobley and
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  Speaker 1: Jared Allen. So there's some layers to this James Harden
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  Speaker 1: contract onion, so he will now have earned well, he
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  Speaker 1: will eventually earn more than five hundred million dollars in
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  Speaker 1: his career.
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  Speaker 2: Second, as recruiter, that's very interesting.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, he's not allegedly been known as like the team guy,
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  Speaker 1: so he's in that phase, which is an interesting, you know,
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  Speaker 1: wrinkle to his career reputation. And thirdly, that's a pretty
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  Speaker 1: solid starting lineup. Now. They made their first Eastern Conference
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  Speaker 1: Finals since twenty eighteen this year with the addition of Harden,
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  Speaker 1: who averaged nineteen point two points, five point five assists,
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  Speaker 1: five point five point point one rebounds in their eighteen
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  Speaker 1: postseason games. So, you know, Harden's reputation has gone a
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  Speaker 1: lot of different ways over the years. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: he is joining a list of players in Lebron, James,
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  Speaker 1: Steph Curry, and Kevin Durantz to have hit that five
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  Speaker 1: hundred million mark in their careers. Obviously, all of those
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  Speaker 1: guys have multiple championships, so his name may stick out
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  Speaker 1: a bit for someone who has earned that money. But
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  Speaker 1: you know, I am not a pocket watching I've had
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  Speaker 1: my issues with James Harden's play, particularly in the postseason
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  Speaker 1: over the years. He's obviously, you know, a prolific scorer.
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  Speaker 1: He only Steph Curry has more field goals. He ranks
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  Speaker 1: second all time and career three point field goals made
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  Speaker 1: to Steph Curry.
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  Speaker 2: So it's not that he's ever had.
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  Speaker 1: A problem scoring, it's that he's had a problem showing
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  Speaker 1: up in big moments and you know, sticking with teams.
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  Speaker 1: So I think this is a very interesting move. It
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  Speaker 1: seems like this is where he will finish his career.
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  Speaker 1: We will likely finished his career a three year deal
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  Speaker 1: at the age of thirty seven. I know Lebron is
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  Speaker 1: playing into his forties, but I don't think that that
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  Speaker 1: necessarily fits for everyone's timeline. So, you know, I think
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  Speaker 1: the Calves have their their lineup for next year, for
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  Speaker 1: their their starting lineup and what that's going to look like,
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  Speaker 1: and if they can put things together. The way that
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  Speaker 1: things have been going in the NBA, there has not
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  Speaker 1: been a repeat champion since the Warriors, So if that's
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  Speaker 1: trend stays the way it is, which I believe it will,
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  Speaker 1: it's it's someone else's championship next year. Maybe it'll be
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  Speaker 1: the Calves. So yesterday I gave a training camp update,
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  Speaker 1: including a slew of injuries perceived at joint practices this week. Thursday,
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  Speaker 1: Eagle's running back sake when Barkley wide in on the topic,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, he was asked what he sees if
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  Speaker 1: he sees the value in joint practices, he said, on
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  Speaker 1: the wrong guy to ask, because I hate joint practices,
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  Speaker 1: to be honest, I think one day is good. More
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  Speaker 1: times than not, nothing good comes out of it. When
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  Speaker 1: you have the work, it's good. But then you get
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  Speaker 1: the pushing and shoving and someone says this about you,
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  Speaker 1: and it's I don't know about that, but you're this.
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  Speaker 2: It's immature when it gets that level.
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  Speaker 1: I have to do a better job too, because I'm
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  Speaker 1: a little troublemaker sometimes.
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  Speaker 2: But I was good this week.
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  Speaker 1: After joint practice with the Pages this week, defensive coordinator
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  Speaker 1: Vic Fangio saw a lot more positives. He said, I
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  Speaker 1: love doing these things. I think these things are great.
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  Speaker 1: I wish we would do another one. It's great to
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  Speaker 1: go against a new team, new schemes, new players. You
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  Speaker 1: learn things you're gonna get unscouted looks and plays and
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  Speaker 1: see how people react. These things are tremendous and I
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  Speaker 1: can't get enough of it. Nobody wants to see injuries. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: injuries are a part of the game. There is a
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  Speaker 1: one hundred percent injury rate when it comes to the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: At some point in your career, you're aring to deal
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  Speaker 1: with an injury. I am on the fence about this.
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  Speaker 1: I do think that you know, so often we look
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  Speaker 1: at training camp, we look at joint practices, We look
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  Speaker 1: at preseason games as things that are completely like lacking
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  Speaker 1: in value because of the risk that it poses to
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  Speaker 1: your star and to your stars. But as we know,
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  Speaker 1: it takes a lot of guys to keep a team running,
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  Speaker 1: particularly in the NFL, really with football, and you've got
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  Speaker 1: to see what you have on the roster, and so
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  Speaker 1: you need you need to see what these undrafted players
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  Speaker 1: look like. You need to see what these new guys
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  Speaker 1: that you brought into camp look like. The rookies need reps,
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  Speaker 1: the young players need reps. Guys who are new to
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  Speaker 1: the system need reps. So obviously we all hate injuries.
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  Speaker 1: That doesn't mean that you can just do away with
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  Speaker 1: training camp.
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  Speaker 2: It does.
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  Speaker 1: It doesn't mean you can do away with being able
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  Speaker 1: to have the ability to try out the things that
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  Speaker 1: you've been practicing in training camp on teams that don't
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  Speaker 1: know what you're about to do.
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  Speaker 2: So, you know, I.
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  Speaker 1: Do want to try and find ways to minimize injuries.
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  Speaker 1: Nobody wants to see them.
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  Speaker 2: They suck.
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  Speaker 1: They awful, They affect money, they affect uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: people's lives and health.
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  Speaker 2: It's it's it's awful.
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  Speaker 1: But you do also need certain things in order to
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  Speaker 1: prepare first season, and you have the whole roster is
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  Speaker 1: not just the starters. You're going to need depth, and
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  Speaker 1: those guys are not getting the reps they're acting the
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  Speaker 1: first team reps in practice. This is your opportunity to
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  Speaker 1: put your team together, to implement a new system if
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  Speaker 1: it's a new coach.
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  Speaker 2: So, you know, I do think that there are values
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  Speaker 2: to these things.
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  Speaker 1: I you know, obviously have never participated in training camp,
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  Speaker 1: so I do tend to, you know, lean towards you know,
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  Speaker 1: if saying that they're he doesn't like them, and that
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  Speaker 1: one is enough. I'm like the coach obviously feels differently,
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  Speaker 1: and players are going to feel differently because it's.
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  Speaker 2: Their bodies that are on the line.
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  Speaker 1: I think that these type of things are important. Maybe
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  Speaker 1: there's a world where you cut them down for health purposes,
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  Speaker 1: but you've got to be able to implement and test
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  Speaker 1: systems and plays and see what players are made of.
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  Speaker 1: And if that means like less time with the starters
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  Speaker 1: and joint practices or they're doing different things, maybe that's
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  Speaker 1: the solve.
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  Speaker 2: But you do have to have ways to actually practice.
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  Speaker 1: And before we hit the weekends, a little WNBA round
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  Speaker 1: up because there's all kinds of storylines going on right now.
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  Speaker 1: Olivia Miles put up another milestone performance on Wednesday, knocking off.
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  Speaker 2: The Valkyrie in Valhalla.
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  Speaker 1: Unfortunately, she did limp off the floor after sustaining an
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  Speaker 1: ankle injury late in the game. Links coach shoel Reeve
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  Speaker 1: did have an update, she said, obviously.
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  Speaker 2: We're hoping she's okay.
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  Speaker 1: Also very very sad news, Azy Fudd, the first overall
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  Speaker 1: pick in this year's draft, will miss the remainder of
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  Speaker 1: the season her injured for her injured right knee. She
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  Speaker 1: will undergo an arthroscopic procedure on her right knee in
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  Speaker 1: Connecticut early next week. So that's a really tough loss
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  Speaker 1: for the Wings, who have been without her for the
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  Speaker 1: last five games and appear to likely hold on to
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  Speaker 1: the eighth and final playoff spot, So that's really disappointing
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  Speaker 1: news for all of us not being able to see
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  Speaker 1: her in the playoffs, and obviously for Azy who will
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  Speaker 1: be done for this rookie season. And finally, Sophie Cunningham
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  Speaker 1: did another print profile piece and she did it with
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  Speaker 1: USA Today, talking about variety of topics but the future
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  Speaker 1: of the WNBA, and she's obviously put herself in the
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  Speaker 1: center of controversial topics before, but she had this to
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  Speaker 1: say about the commissioner role, quote, you do you have
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  Speaker 1: to have a person in power who was bold, who
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  Speaker 1: was confident, was the best for players and maybe for themselves,
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  Speaker 1: not for themselves all the time.
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  Speaker 2: So I do feel like as a whole.
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  Speaker 1: That could be a position that's maybe open at the
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  Speaker 1: end of the year, but that's not my call. So
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  Speaker 1: Kathy Engelbert's contract is set to expire after the twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty sixth season. She is her seventh as the WNBA's commissioner. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: the WNBA has seen extensive expandial growth over the past
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  Speaker 1: few years, but she has been criticized by many, many
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  Speaker 1: a player, many a media member over the past few
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  Speaker 1: years about her leadership. So it's certainly not limited to
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  Speaker 1: Sophie Cunningham or her current controversial status. This is something
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  Speaker 1: that has been talked about for a while. There are
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  Speaker 1: some issues at the table here. Obviously they had a
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  Speaker 1: great negotiation with the CBA, but there's constant conversation about
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  Speaker 1: the referees. There is a lot of controversy. There's player
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  Speaker 1: protections and growth protections that I don't think she is
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  Speaker 1: handled particularly well. I would like to see a change
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  Speaker 1: that commissioner, and for once, I do agree with Sophie.
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  Speaker 1: I do think that someone with a little more gravitas,
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  Speaker 1: someone who is willing to be at the center of
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  Speaker 1: controversy to take some arrows for the players and.
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  Speaker 2: For the league.
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  Speaker 1: That is the role of the commissioner and she needs
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  Speaker 1: so whoever is in that role needs to step up
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  Speaker 1: and be that person. When you look at some of
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  Speaker 1: the commissioners of the other major leagues, or Roger Goodell
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  Speaker 1: and Adam Silver, they have no problem stepping in front
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  Speaker 1: of and addressing topics. They have no problem making big, sweeping,
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  Speaker 1: controversial changes on behalf of the league, and I think
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  Speaker 1: that is something that would be very useful for the WNBA.
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  Speaker 1: So I think it's time for a change and Sophie
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  Speaker 1: is certainly not the first player to voice her frustrations
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  Speaker 1: with the leadership of Engelbert. For more on this and
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