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Kelsey Plum Traded to Phoenix, KD on LeBron’s Philly Move, and Wemby’s Mega Summer Despite Losing Championship · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, welcome to The Daily Play with Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: falls on social at The Daily Play Joy Taylor. So
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  Speaker 1: we got a little bit of WNBA news at the
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  Speaker 1: trade deadline.
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  Speaker 2: This was rumored before the trade deadline and actually went down.
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  Speaker 2: I'm a little bummed about it.
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  Speaker 1: As an LA resident and a Sparks fan. WNBA champion,
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  Speaker 1: Kelsey Plumb is leaving Los Angeles after this season. With
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  Speaker 1: the Sparks broken up by injury and losses, Plum is
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  Speaker 1: heading to the struggling Phoenix Mercury. In exchange, the Sparks
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  Speaker 1: received Monique A. Coha mcconnie, a twenty twenty seven first
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  Speaker 1: round pick, and a twenty twenty eight second rounder.
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  Speaker 2: So this is kind of a really weird deal.
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  Speaker 1: It doesn't really make sense from the Phoenix side of
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  Speaker 1: things unless Kelsey is going to sign an extension.
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  Speaker 2: She has an expiring deal.
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  Speaker 1: The Spark been struggling, so Plum is set to become
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  Speaker 1: a free agent after the season and didn't plan to
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  Speaker 1: resign with the Sparks. Makes a lot of sense on
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  Speaker 1: the Sparks side of things, but from the Phoenix side
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  Speaker 1: of things, giving up a pick in a first round
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  Speaker 1: pick in a loaded twenty twenty seven draft is really
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  Speaker 1: weird and very risky if Plumb doesn't resign, so she
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  Speaker 1: she must have had some guarantee that she's going to resign.
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  Speaker 1: With Phoenix and a twenty twenty eight second rounder like
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  Speaker 1: it's it seems like a lot on an expiring contract.
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  Speaker 1: I really like Kelsey and she has a lot of
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  Speaker 1: star power, a great player. Maybe she just wasn't a
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  Speaker 1: good fit with LA and you know, the option of
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  Speaker 1: having a first round twenty twenty seven pick in the
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  Speaker 1: trade was too much for.
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  Speaker 2: Them to pass up on.
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  Speaker 1: She hasn't played since June twenty first because of a
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  Speaker 1: lower leg injury. She was expected to return Sunday against
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  Speaker 1: the Portland Fire. She's thirty one years old. She was
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  Speaker 1: putting together one of the best statistical seasons of her
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  Speaker 1: career before the injury. She was averaging twenty three point
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  Speaker 1: nine points and six point four assists through twelve games.
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  Speaker 2: Both career highs, and she led the league in scoring.
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  Speaker 1: Earlier this season, she started out really hot and was
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  Speaker 1: very exciting. The Sparks missed playoffs in twenty twenty five,
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  Speaker 1: and they're currently ten and seventeen. They've lost six games
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  Speaker 1: straight and have gone two and nine during her absence. Again,
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  Speaker 1: I really do not love it for Phoenix. I think
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  Speaker 1: it makes sense on the Spark side of things, because
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  Speaker 1: of the first round pick, because of the twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: eight second round pick, and because of where they are
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  Speaker 1: right now in the playoff standings.
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  Speaker 2: Kelsey is a great player.
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  Speaker 1: I think she's in an amazing addition for Phoenix if
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  Speaker 1: she ends up signing the Ascension, But just kind of
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  Speaker 1: a weird, weird trade. On the Phoenix end of things,
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  Speaker 1: it seems particularly risky. So Kevin Durant planned a seed
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  Speaker 1: that will have lots of fruits for pundits and fans
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  Speaker 1: alike as the NBA season tips off because of the
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  Speaker 1: Lebron James move.
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  Speaker 2: He was at a USA Basketball event.
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  Speaker 1: He was asked about Lebron joining Philly and he said,
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  Speaker 1: the last time they put three twenty point scorers on
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  Speaker 1: a team, they said it was unfair, which was the
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  Speaker 1: Warriors team I was on. The Sixers have got four
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  Speaker 1: to twenty five point scorers on the team, So yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I think they're gonna be a contender.
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  Speaker 2: They're gonna be a fun team to watch. It's gonna
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  Speaker 2: be league.
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  Speaker 1: Passworthy asked whether the decision to go to Philly surprise him.
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  Speaker 1: He said, I didn't know it all. Lebron hisself like that.
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  Speaker 1: I know there's a lot of noise around him, but
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  Speaker 1: you never know it's on his mind.
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  Speaker 2: I'm happy for him.
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  Speaker 1: It's a great decision for him to go on a
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  Speaker 1: team that has a good chance to win. Philly is
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  Speaker 1: a great fan base, a great market, and it's great
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  Speaker 1: for the league. There were so many eyes that were
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  Speaker 1: tuned into this decision. This is a very interesting quote
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  Speaker 1: from Katie. This will absolutely start a conversation, and I I,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I think it has a bit of an angle.
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  Speaker 1: I have always disagreed with the criticism that Katie got
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  Speaker 1: for going to the Warriors, and I have always defended
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  Speaker 1: that decision.
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  Speaker 2: He did his time in Oka, he took them to
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  Speaker 2: a finals.
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  Speaker 1: He won a league MVP, like he had every right
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  Speaker 1: to go wherever he wanted to go. I don't care
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  Speaker 1: that they lost to them the year before. He wanted
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  Speaker 1: to go play with greatness and have an opportunity to
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  Speaker 1: win a championship. He was the best player on those
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  Speaker 1: championship teams. Despite the fact that the Warriors had that core,
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  Speaker 1: and also the Warriors are great for an organization and
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  Speaker 1: had the ability to pay all those players, like do
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  Speaker 1: better tell your team to be run better? Like what
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  Speaker 1: do you want me to tell you. I've never had
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  Speaker 1: a problem with his decision to go there. I think
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  Speaker 1: it was all very much overblown. But he did get
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  Speaker 1: a lot of criticism for it, so you know, if
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  Speaker 1: this is a new Warriors situation. In regards to Lebron,
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  Speaker 1: what I said about Lebron's choice is that he was
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  Speaker 1: going there to win a championship, and I do think
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  Speaker 1: it's championship or bus for them. They have Tyree's Naxi
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  Speaker 1: vj Edgecomb, Jalen Brown, Lebron James, and Jowell embiid. He
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  Speaker 1: went there to win a championship. That is what should
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  Speaker 1: be expected at them and nothing less. And it was
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  Speaker 1: already a championship expectation. They've already been a team that
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  Speaker 1: hasn't been able to get past the second round of
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  Speaker 1: the play offs with Joel EMBII. Now they added Jalen Brown,
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  Speaker 1: now they've added Lebron James. The expectations should be that
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  Speaker 1: it's unfair and they absolutely should win a championship. And
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  Speaker 1: I don't think that's unfair of Katie to say that,
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  Speaker 1: and I don't think it's unfair for us to expect
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  Speaker 1: that that is a great lineup. It was a basketball choice,
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  Speaker 1: and that's what the standard should be. Finally, the Spurs
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  Speaker 1: may have lost in the NBA Finals, but Wemby is
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  Speaker 1: having a great off season. It started with him signing
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  Speaker 1: a five year, two hundred and fifty two million dollars
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  Speaker 1: contract with the Spurs, extending his rookie deal and now
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  Speaker 1: he'll earn roughly fifty million a year through the twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty thirty season, with a player option through twenty
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  Speaker 1: thirty one. And he reapps with Nike as well for
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  Speaker 1: a deal that is reportedly long term, and that is
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  Speaker 1: great for him. And he's also got a cool new
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  Speaker 1: alien logo that will go on his signature shoe, the
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  Speaker 1: Wemby One, which is to be released at a later date,
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  Speaker 1: so he joins an elite roster of Nike signature shoe talents.
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  Speaker 1: You can order the shoe apparently online already, which is exciting.
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  Speaker 2: And yeah, I think.
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  Speaker 1: This is absolutely in line for everything that Wenby is
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  Speaker 1: doing right now. He doesn't comment on stuff like this,
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  Speaker 1: but he belongs in that group. He is one of
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  Speaker 1: the faces, if not the new face of the NBA,
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  Speaker 1: He's the new villain of the NBA. Carried his team
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  Speaker 1: to the finals, amazing All Star Game, amazing postseason, controversial
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  Speaker 1: NBA Finals. Everyone who's paying attention to him right now.
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  Speaker 1: We expect him to eventually win a championship, and I
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  Speaker 1: think this is in line with everything that he is
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  Speaker 1: building as someone who I think will eventually be the
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  Speaker 1: face of the NBA. And I don't say that lightly
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  Speaker 1: because we don't really disappoint those but if he ends
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  Speaker 1: up winning, as young as he is and as dominant
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  Speaker 1: as he isn't as unique as he is, this is
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  Speaker 1: a really real thing. Youngest player to win NBA Defensive
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  Speaker 1: Player of the Year, first ever win. It unanimously led
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  Speaker 1: in blocks last season. All NBA first teamer made his
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  Speaker 1: second All Star Team FIRSTUS, the Star, sixth player in
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  Speaker 1: Spurs franchise history, which is obviously an elite franchise to
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  Speaker 1: be named All Star starter, joining George Gervin, Alvin Robinson,
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  Speaker 1: David Robinson, Tim Duncan, Kawhi Leonard. I mean, he's he's
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  Speaker 1: absolutely crushed the league this year. It went sideways in
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  Speaker 1: the finals. I think really after the Western Conference Finals,
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  Speaker 1: just because of his reaction and how things went against
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  Speaker 1: the Knicks. But this is just another thing that adds
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  Speaker 1: to his legacy and adds to his growth as a superstar.
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  Speaker 2: So love to hear it.
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  Speaker 1: It's going to be an exciting and very interesting season
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