Steve Kerr Reveals When Draymond Green Made Him Most Angry + a WNBA Playoff Preview w/Sophia Jones!

oh we're so it's it's it's it's official September is the deadest month for basketball coverage I think August is a close second but we had the Olympics fortunately Sophia Jones and I were about to reach into our bag of desperation and do a show based on training camp countdowns pulling all the gimmicks and then last minute we saw the news item it dropped of Steve Kerr talking about the Draymond Green punch we're going back in time two years Sophia we're also going to talk about the WNBA you've got some exciting Valkyries news but when Steve Kerr talks about the punch and when you hear the punch you we're obviously referring to Draymond Green and Jordan pul that's newsworthy so let's break it down we're going to talk about that and so much more next this is the golden days they always find something to niit pick and that's because there's expectations for us to win it was a pretty crazy night [Music] let's go in a minute I'mma need a Sentimental Man a woman to PP me come on and break me off break me cuz I get what I want and I like what I see [Music] here we go all right welcome to the Golden Days Sophia Jones and myself are your host you can follow me on threads and Instagram at dog wild over on Twitter my handle is at Surf journalist you can follow Sofia Jones I even made a a little Banner for you right there we're gonna keep that up for the show today Sophia you can follow Sophia Jones on Twitter Sophia jones2 I'll let you uh uh explain to the folks how they can follow you on Instagram different handle there before we get started Sophia and uh we could hear about how you're doing and everything else first let's quickly give some love to the official sponsor of the golden days and that's bet online bet online is the world's most trusted betting platform and your number one source for everything football Sophia do you follow football are you a football fan or is Hoops your primary sport basketball is definitely a primary sport I wouldn't say I intently watch football but I will see some scores every now and then just to follow along with and see what's happening you're in Florida right now in Miami are you did you grow up a dolphins fan is the Jon does the Jones family have a team that they have an allegiance to not NFL no I didn't grow up a dolphins fan I feel like for pretty much my entire duration of being live the Dolphins have been very subpar I remember so it was never really a team that I wanted to root for you're right they've had a lot of there's been they've had a lot of bad years uh can't I'm trying to think back like when the last time they were decent and it's it's been a while well regardless if you love football you can bet on it bet online has every stat every matchup even live odds and spreads to' been on during the games and if you think you know your stuff get in on the $200,000 Mega contest and pick five games against the spread every week for your chance at weekly prizes and a share of $200,000 when the game's over kick back relax put those feet up pour yourself a stiff one light them up if you got them and head on over to the online casino for a game of blackjack or poker or maybe unwind with one of over A50 slot games so head to the website today to get in on the action bet online the game starts here sopia Jones how the hell are you doing you're in Florida right now is the weather as beautiful as I imagine it and how's life treating before we get started weather so one thing that people actually might not realize about this time of year for Florida is we're in Peak hurricane season so it's actually very muggy very rainy not a ton of sunshine as one might anticipate but so it's been really hot and humid as well but overall we're I'm doing good just chilling pretty much nice good to see you well we're uh you know like I said we were going to talk we're going to fill content and I absolutely hate doing that but I'd rather be consistent and have a show each week even if there's virtually nothing to talk about but we were going to do a training camp countdown and we can still do that later in the show uh because we the the Finish Line metaphorically speaking and it's really more of a starting line is it's officially in view it's just in the distance we can see it uh training camp again begins right I believe on October 1st uh and then they play their first exhibition game in Hawaii at the conclusion of that week I believe they play the Clippers we'll have obviously a lot more information about that as it gets closer but then as I do every day I look up what's going on with the Warriors I I you know I peruse all of my my sources all of my my social media accounts that I have set up just to you know uh to to consume Warriors information NBA content and then I saw on the wire that Steve Kerr uh as a means of promoting uh registering to vote which is something every one of you should be doing out there uh he was on The Dan leard show Dan is I'm sure Sophia you're familiar with him being a Florida native uh he's based out of there I believe he's a columnist for the Miami Herald among his work with the ESPN and other things well he had Steve Kerr on his program today and the discussion got interesting because the question was posed about some of the difficult moments that Steve Kerr has had with Draymond Green and why don't we let the show fill the rest of it here is Steve Kerr on The Dan leard show what is the angriest that you have been at Draymond Green well there's a lot of examples so oh boy yes I would imagine I would imagine so but what's the first one that jumps to mind I think that for sure the the Jordan pool incident um Draymond and I um are a lot alike in many way people probably wouldn't see that from the outside but we're we're both kind of maniacal competitors and and we've lost our minds uh with each other during games over whatever you know disagreements about strategy uh but he crossed the line um with Jordan um and and he knows it he knew it immediately and it made that season incredibly difficult for everybody and um you know it's I that that story has been regurgitated many times but um yeah that's um you know that's probably the time I was most angry and there's your headline um you guys can tweet this thank you I see your team back there right now all right we'll stop it right there so basically Steve cert admitting on The Dan lebatard show today that the most that the most angry he's ever been with Draymond Green was the Jordan pool incident Sophia your immediate reaction to Steve K's comment I feel like it's very valid that's that moment kind of defined how that the whole rest of the season was the team really wasn't the same after that and even though Draymond has had moments in the past because it was against another teammate and because it was so public that footage got released and everyone was talking about it it really hurt that team it totally did um there there's a there's a lot of nuance to that incident and I know we're two years removed from it now but uh you know when when I think back and I haven't looked at the video in a long time for some reason one of the first thoughts that comes to mind is Ron Adams just not being phased at all like he never even flinched when that happened which told me that he was used to it that this was a very common occurrence Sophia uh you know you've been around the NBA for a long time your dad Mark Jones the voice of the NBA besides the fact that he's been he's routinely you know involved in the NBA circles but he also played D1 basketball just like you so you you your family is in trenched deep in basketball culture uh from what you've heard throughout the years with stories did the incident with Draymond Green and Jordan pul surprised you um like was it something that was you know like jaw-dropping or or in your mind was it just you know part for the course like this happens regularly in in in practices and and sometimes in locker rooms there's a lot of testosterone you know flowing through coursing through the veins of each athlete in there is this common to you or or were you taking back when you first heard about it I was not phased I I was not phased at all I think the real problem became because it got so much publicity and that footage was released I feel like that was really caused the majority of the Fallout but from being in many different types of basketball environments at all levels that stuff really does happen it like I said it's just because it was in the view of the public eye that really caused for it to really fracture the bond between those two and a little bit of the team as well absolutely um in your opinion if that P if the video of that punch was never leaked and that's a whole other story right I mean Bob Meers excuse me was uh a guest on JJ reck's podcast uh I believe this was before JJ reck was hired by the Lakers he's not doing the podcast thing anymore but JJ reck asked Bob Myers did you did you guys ever catch the individual that leaked that video and and I and I love Bob Myers for a lot of reasons including his candidness and he flat out said no we never found out who leaked it uh so that person whoever it is uh is still out there they got away with it so congratulations I guess and I'm sure they got a nice payday by TMZ in the process in your opinion if that video was never made public would things have been different I think that they would have been I feel like because just the amount of people that were adding their opinions specifically to Jordan pool because he was the recipient of the action it really you know it takes a takes a lot on a person when in such a large light you're getting punched no one wants a video of them getting punched circulating throughout so I feel like if it was a more contained scenario I don't think it would have had the same Fallout as it did totally agree with you because with with the video getting leaked suddenly Jordan P there's you know the the ego side of it comes into play right I mean he got humiliated there's no other you know way to spin that it's it's not a good look to get punched and and basically I don't know if he was like literally knocked out but you know I don't I didn't see him throwing punches back I saw him collapse after he was on the receiving end it wasn't a good look and the fact that it it became public like you said uh you know definitely made it a lot worse than it was and then Kev F in the chat brings up something I think is a great point which is that Steve Kerr the head coach that we just listened to himself was on the receiving end of a punch in practice which I think plays off with you and I have been saying about the fact that this is a a fairly common thing this was not out of the norm and Steve Kerr got punched by Michael Jordan took the punch uh wanted to actually did Steve Curt throw the punch first I can't I I think Jordan did do do you remember I I'm brain farting right now but do you remember exactly how that went down I can't remember who threw the first punch first punch in that scenario I think it was Jordan though maybe was Steve Kerr you remember I wasn't around for that so I honestly don't know you saw the Last Dance right I mean they they talk about I did yeah no I can't remember I can't remember I think actually Steve Kerr threw punched Jordan in the chat and then and then Jordan threw a punch at Steve K's face I think that's how it went down but the point is this stuff happens and it got leaked which made it worse let me ask you this I and you know I'm gonna break some news right here on the show today all right um and and I'm curious to to get your uh reaction to this Sophia uh and this has never been reported but the the the from what I learned two years ago the the either the day of or the day before Draymond Green had learned that he lost custody of I believe his youngest child um little Dre right and I don't know if you if you folks are aware of this but like little Dre used to be around like all the time like you'd see him at press conferences you'd see him at practices you'd see him at games and he's an adorable kid right and and then but we haven't seen him much recently the last years there's been an absence of Dre Jr and from what I've learned uh it's because he lost the custody battle and these things are obviously family dichotomies and the you know the the dynamic of it it's it's complicated you know I don't want to delve into you know just the ugliness of custody battle battles and stuff but my question to you Sophia is do you feel like in any regard given that Draymond Green was likely having an awful day all right like like when you get news like that you're not feeling good I'm not excusing Draymond Green throwing the punch but but given that he was going through it and dealing with L does that change your Viewpoint at all or do you think Draymond Green is just still flat out no excuse just was wrong to do what he did what are your thoughts on that I think he still was in the wrong in that situation I'm very much a peace person I don't really like violence like that and I remember so last two semesters ago I took a stress management class and one of the things that they taught us was that despite all the stimulus that you might be receiving you always have to create space between that and your reactions and I think no matter what type of stimulus and what's going on that you're receiving you have to have that capacity to be able to think before you react pretty much absolutely know that's and and regardless of what's going on in your life there is no excuse or justification for violence um it's just Draymond was having a bad day it's a it was just an ugly situation all around but um do you have any thoughts on Steve Kerr and Draymond Green's relationship like it's a fascinating one right it's to me it's very reminiscent of Phil Jackson the way he coached uh uh Dennis Rodman and handled Rodman right it's it's uh someone who I don't know if unstable is the right word but maybe volatile very emotional right um certainly passionate um what are your thoughts on on Steve Kerr's job managing Draymond green because I I commend him for it I don't think draymond's an easy person to coach what are your thoughts well like he said in the interview clip as well at both of their core they are competitors and I think that if you can at least have a common ground that you can find and you both have the same goal and end result end result that you want to achieve you should be able to kind of get past anything any type of disagreement that they might be working through especially when you have such fiery individuals but I think that Steve KR does have a very tough job especially there might even be sometimes when Draymond does Express himself maybe more than he should and in the back of Coach Kerr's mind he's like I kind of agree with what he did but at the end of the day you have to be like you can't do that no yeah you you're absolutely right it's there just the no matter what you're going through you're you're you're not going to get a free pass for violence that's the bottom line um and look Jordan that that the whole incident was ugly the the the year it is we the warriors failed in defending the championship it's weird that they won 44 games and got the six seed then the next year they wi 46 and they're a playing team but that's how it went um but Jordan pool was traded we all know that right after the season he got after they won the title he got a big contract then he then the following season the production didn't necessarily match the salary in terms of what expectations are what the team was hoping to get back so he gets traded to the Wizards and the player that they got from that was Chris Paul you you get Chris Paul for a one year rental and now Chris Paul's gone and Jordan P's gone and I feel like the only thing they got from all that was salary cap relief or maybe luxury tax relief right which is fine I mean the lake have spent a lot of money to maintain that dynasty and and I I'm always going to sit here and tell people Joel lob's an awesome owner in the sense that he actually cares he's willing to spend the money he's not perfect I'm not sitting here defending every action he's done but in terms of adding some perspective relation to other sports owners out there I think Joel lob is one of the best and I think the Barry is lucky to have an owner like Joel lob who who wants to win who's not complacent who cares more about the pocketbook than he does about the talent on the court um so with all that said and and and the reason why I bring all this up is because d57 in the chat says if Brandon pky who I think is the person who has now unofficially replaced that Jordan pool piece right if Brandon pky brings his three-point shooting around 40% which I think is very possible everyone's going to forget Jordan P um and and d57 you add in the chat you know psky is already a better rebounder without saying a better Defender yes uh what are your thoughts Sophia on Brandon psky maybe being that that Cog that finally fills the void in the Warriors machine since Jordan p regressed and then Chris Paul came and left I agree I think he can definitely step in and fill those shoes like um the chat mentioned with his defense and rebounding are already better he does a lot of the little things like taking charges moving off the ball so when you have enough of that stuff put together along with just bringing up that scoring a little bit he can definitely be that type that role type player that the Warriors had in Jordan pool that helped them win the championship do you feel bad for Jordan Paul like like some people sit here I I see it in social media a lot like people feel bad that he's with the Wizards he went from being you know with an organization that is well respected he you know won a championship two years ago and now he's Meed in a Wizards organization that I don't think is is widely uh respected in the league they're they have the same reputation as the Warriors and Clippers did 30 years ago um do you feel bad for Jordan Paul or or do you or are you what your thoughts on Jordan Paul's current situation it's one of those things where he probably after the Draymond situation he probably was ready to step away from the war with the Wizards he kind of is the guy there between him and kak kusma so he's able to run that team as his own the problem is they're just not very good currently but for him feeling that he does kind of that he is able to kind of run that team does provide a little bit more Comfort than I I hope that will help to fill some of that Warriors void yes yeah absolutely um and again if if for any of you out there who feel bad for Jordan PA just remember he is a multi- multi-millionaire and he he gets paid to play basketball so um I understand Washington's probably a lot more difficult than it was than the the Warriors although maybe that last season was hard as well but um the pool party man we we should yeah it's it is the whole thing was just crazy I mean one minute he's like the future of the Warriors you know he was in a fundamental piece of a championship and just two years removed now we're talking about this um before we talk about the WNBA and the Valkyries I know Sophia you have a lot of information and you become my my uh leading voice for the wnb I'm getting more and more into it just by you teaching me and the audience about it um some Warriors training camp notes because it's just around the corner and and this information does not bear a ton of relevance uh and Sophia if you have any thing you want to add or if you disagree at any point please jump in um but I I never really get that excited about train Camp invites just because these players don't typically make the final roster they're there mostly to provide competition for the players currently on the team but according to Mike Scotto of Hoops Hypes uh the Golden State Warriors have added um Javon or is it Javon or Javin Johnson I don't know how to pronounce his first name and Dante Scott do either of those names sound familiar to you do you know anything about these players I'm not in entirely familiar same but yeah uh and either it's Javon or Javon and I sincerely apologize for not knowing the pronunciation of the name uh but he did play for Santa Cruz last year he played 14 games and so he got invited to to training camp uh another player nser little I believe was also invited to training camp um he's had some NBA experience uh in the past and then we never really touched on Davis bton um as well because he was in the news a couple weeks weeks ago I don't know if you have any thoughts on that bton is like a 69ine dude who can shoot the three uh I was a little intrigued when I saw his name being mentioned as a training camp invite and then a day later he if we find out excuse me that uh he turned down the invite to go play internationally which is what a lot of players are doing now uh Sophia any thoughts on Bon's on uh training camp rosters fireway well you mentioned bons that potentially could have been someone that would have been a little exciting to add to the work Warriors roster but you mentioned that he signed a contract to go play internationally he not only internationally but he signed with BC Dubai which they're going to be in their first year and if there's if that team kind of follows along the trend with some of the other local team areas he most likely got a pretty lucrative contract that was hard to turn away espe especially compared to what the Warriors proba would have offered him yeah there's a lot of players like like Patrick Beverly is going International uh there's a few other names out there that I'm bringing farting I think Evan fornier I believe is is playing internationally uh I you could fill in the blanks on anyone else that I'm forgetting about um but then Bruce marrow I think is is very accurate in saying that bruton's cannot play defense that is that was the biggest negative with bretton's play and it's why I think he's not in the NBA now is defensively he was a bit of a liability um but I think that's also a great segue to uh WNBA discussion because Bruce marrow in the chat also brings up is it a Wilson is that how you pronounce it please correct me I'm sorry it's Asia Wilson Asia okay thank you and that's that's my naivity I apologize for that Asia Wilson's gonna win MVP this year or she's the favorite is that correct Sophia she's the favorite for MVP and he brings up her defense and she's also looking to seek another Defensive Player of the Year award as well so she's really one of the best allaround players that the WNBA has seen in its history honestly a and who does she play for Asia Wilson she plays for the Las Vegas Aces okay they were last year's Champions she was last year's finals MVP and yeah and she actually she just became the first WNBA player to score a th000 points in a single season a couple days ago so she's really having a historic playing season so far this year and she's a center is she is does she dominate the middle like sha did what what is what is the the the comp that you could think of in terms of Asia Wilson what is her NBA equivalent to that to to maybe help me get a better idea of how she plays that's a good question it's funny because um it's rumored but not really that she is dating Bam adabo from the Miami Heat and I feel like they kind of actually do have similar games aside from the fact that Asia is more mobile and I feel like she's a better shooter and more aggressive I'm honest I'm having issues thinking of an NBA comp just because she is such a unique player but i' almost when thinking of her two-way ability between and scoring rebounding everything I would almost say there's some that there's a little bit of Lebron in her honestly oo yeah w wow so she's like she's just a so she you're saying that she's got skills offensively in in addition to being a force she's very skilled yes so and again I'm I'm such a noob to all this NVA stuff so so please forgive me I I am admittedly naive and when it comes to a lot of this stuff um so I'm I'm learning as we go here the Vegas uh Las Vegas Aces right now Asia Wilson's team they're they're currently four they have the fourth best record in the WNBA uh so you're saying they won the title last year why what's what's preventing them from winning the title this year like why are they not the favorites aside from Asia some of the other players on the team have just been a little little bit inconsistent as well as their point guard Chelsea Gray she was out with an Achilles injury at the beginning of the Season which their record faltered during that time that she was out but since she's been back they've been able to pick it back up um Bruce marrow in the chat by the way uh I don't know if you agree with this or not Bruce Bruce is a huge WNBA fan uh saying that nefisa is more LeBron um but but he also respects your your your point nafisa Kier can you enlighten me and the audience on on her game her game also is she has very good touch and she does a lot of back to the basket moves as well as just working around the paint and doing turnarounds I almost see a little bit more of a Kevin Durant in Aisa Coler interesting on the offensive side more so especially because she's tall and lanky as well interesting all right look at you like you're teaching me you're teaching everyone else and look at you're you're impressing the audience s Paradise in the chat or Paradise uh saying Sophia you have Poise that's a compliment that is not everyone has Point yeah I agree thank you for the compliment uh well deserved um here's a question for for you real fast uh you know one of the the biggest stars in the WNBA is Sabrina iosu is that how do you pronounce your last name I'm so sorry uncu uncu okay thank you for that I apologize so Sabrina uncu what like why is she not this like like what makes Caitlyn Clark so much better than her I feel like a year or two ago when she was drafted I believe first overall uh everyone was looking at her as like the next great thing but now Caitlyn Clark is like the star of the W WNBA what separates Caitlyn Clark's game from sabrinas I would honestly say that in terms of player to player there's not a ton of Separation it's just because right now Sabrina nesu is on the best team in the WNBA so she has a lot more to work with and she takes on a little bit of a different role than Caitlyn Clark does on the Indiana Fever so I would say that's kind of the biggest difference because Sabrina was able to step into a role where she had MVP Briana Stewart on her team so okay yes so that she had help and Caitlyn definitely does have help as well Kelsey Mitchell in the back or has been playing amazingly Aaliyah Boston was the first overall pick last year as well but it's just not the same level as the New York Liberty have gotcha and is it is it in terms of making me understand better their games uh is enescu more of a two and Caitlin Clark more of a one or is that not accurate like how are their POS how are they positionally Sabrina definitely is on ball a lot so I would say she's a one when they play against each other I believe they do match up a lot of the times with Sabrina I would say maybe she's just not as streaky of a shooter in terms of off the dribble she does have really good I mean we saw in that Three-Point Contest against Steph Curry she's an incredible three-point shoot but pulling doing step back pull-ups three feet away from the three-point line isn't as much in her bag as it is kitlin Clark's but Sabrina's passing ability and playmaking ability is definitely there you know we saw a great uh event at the All-Star Game this past season the NBA All-Star game where Steph and enescu had a Three-Point Shootout um and Steph barely hung on to win that but it was it was arguably the highlight of the whole weekend um if we see something like that again only instead of unes uncu I'm so sorry man I I I hope I'm pronouncing that correctly uh if you replace incu with Caitlyn Clark does Steph still win or is that a whole different beast that's a tough one that's honestly because it's really comes down it this might sound like a little bit of a copout answer but it really comes down down to who is having a better night because we've seen Steph not be as successful in the Three-Point Contest before we haven't really seen much of Caitlyn doing much of three-points contest because it is different mechanics when you have to pick a ball up from the rack and get to your pocket and shoot so it's a little bit some of these discrepancies that can matter but I can definitely see both of them putting up a fight toward each other and I think that would be something that would be really exciting again to have this Allstar Weekend is is uncu and Clark are they the two biggest stars in the WNBA right now or are there other who else can you include in that group as like the faces of the league like I feel like those two are the top but but maybe I'm wrong uh how would you respond to that I would say when you look at the face of the league strictly on who is the best player it has to be Asia Wilson she has the Nike commercial she has the Gatorade commercial she's getting her own shoe coming out soon so I think that the WNBA has stepped up in promoting Asia Wilson as they should because in terms of pure dominance I believe she is the face of the WNBA but in terms of popularity Caitlyn Clark is someone that because we saw her rise during college a lot of people do tune in to watch her her play and among some of the other rookie class and uh d57 in the chat there I love that I love how so many people in the chat are like like in tune with this um and again I I will not pretend I'm an expert this is Sophia this is your Turf and I'm I'm your student in this regard uh Bruce marrow would you agree with his assessment that Caitlin Clark's a better point guard but uncu is a better player is that a fair assessment I feel like that is fair and unu's game is a little bit more refined at this stage and like I said she is on a better team but when you watch enescu play she does play with a little bit more uh Poise then Caitlyn she's a little bit stronger she doesn't get those technical fouls like Caitlyn picks up so I do feel like UNESCO is maybe a little bit more of an better overall well-rounded player but as Matt says Clark could overtake her with Clark it's really just if she gets her field goal percentage going up and her turnovers to go down she could be a very generational player and what about bana Stewart I hear her name mentioned a lot um where does she fit in with all the top players in the WNBA she's up there so she's last year's MVP Oh I thought as Wilson was my bad Asia Wilson was the finals MVP last year all right yeah but so Brianna s she's an MVP in her own right she's on the New York Liberty so that team is number one for a reason and she's a big part of that I believe she had a big 30o game the other night I can't remember her exact number but she is very high-scoring and she'll put a team on her back and get Buckets so so that is okay so the New York Liberty basically have two like Mega Stars leading that team and that's why they have the best record in the WNBA right now um at 31-7 and you mentioned uh you texted me that Asia Wilson uh did we already cover this like she was the first player to score a thousand points in a single season was that this year yes so a couple days ago she hit that Milestone and even in the season she's averaging 27 points per game and 12 rebounds for game so she's yeah she's really just been on a tear that's crazy and how do you explain Caitlyn Clark like her assist numbers she leads the WNBA in assist I always think of her as more of like a a a two guard even though I know she handles the ball her her game is clearly very similar to Stephen Curry right like like a ball handling scorer uh who's just we've never seen anyone else like it in terms of shooting but the assist thing like how do you explain that I would say because of Caitlyn's shooting ability you you see a lot where players will play up on her and she I and she uses that to just either drive past which then creates people to draw and she's kicks out in the same way with Steph when he's on the court he's just such a gravitational force that the defense is drawn towards Caitlyn is a little bit of the same as well as she gets a lot of her points because she just pushes the pace a lot so when you watch the fever play they play really fast so there'll be a lot of possessions where she'll get rebound or somewhere else will get a rebound and they'll just push and so she gets some of those assists literally from just taking one dribble and throwing it up towards the rim to a Aaliyah Boston just running the floor and it's really exciting to watch it sounds exciting um and I know the playoffs are just around the corner and I want to ask you some questions about that in just a moment uh Matt Brotherton though in the chat um asked a question will I be covering the Valkyries when they're officially they're already officially a team I think you're asking when they actually start playing um and my answer to that is Sophia Jones will be covering the team I will be the sidekick I will be alongside Sophia's coverage Sophia if you're down forward once the season does start for the Valkyries next year I'm totally down with hosting a postgame show after every game if you are I'm on board for that um any anything you want to add to that Sophia yeah I would I would love to I'm so excited about the Valkyries I just they just released um a couple pictures of their new practice facility that they're building in in Oakland that looks state-ofthe-art as well as their locker room in Chase Center and they actually just the other day I believe about four days ago they became the first woman sports team to have over 177,000 season ticket deposits so there's a lot of support and people eager to be a a part of this journey that the Valkyries are about to embark on I I'm not I I don't blame you if you don't have an answer for this question it's it's very nuanced but I am curious are there any season tickets left or did they clean house do you know I I'm not sure but because they will be playing in Chase Center which is an 18,000 seat venue so I'm not entirely sure how that's going to work but it sounds like the Valkyries will be playing in amongst a lot of fans and crowds but Night by night which will be really exciting to see come next May oh yeah absolutely and that's C I've always wanted to be a season ticket holder I didn't grow up with money so I could never do it as a kid and I almost was a season ticket holder in 2008 for the warriors uh my buddy backed out last minute we were going to do it together and I'm sure he regrets it to this day but um the fact that that that's a possibility for the WNBA side is fascinating I I you got me but you're right it's probably sold out by now um and Bruce Maro is adding as well better get those WNBA stocks now it is booming I don't think they're a publicly traded company but I understand the metaphor um and Matt Brotherton I I I agree that expansion is always full of chaos and fun super exciting and we're gonna Rebrand the the the episodes that Sophia you come on we're gonna have a a rebranded name for the program just a slight variation from uh the name that we currently have which is Golden Days Like I said NBA coast to coast is a weekly NBA show I do with Casey's third and we're going to come up with a cool name for this program where we talk about uh in addition to the Warriors we'll cover WNBA and the Valkyries as well anything we uh you that we did not touch upon in terms of the WNBA the Valkyries when do the playoffs start I know that's just around the corner right the playoffs start Sunday so there are games going on right now and there are games on Thursday to kind of determine some of that last seating so those will be fun to and competitive to watch but playoffs starts Sunday so that'll really be exciting to see and that's that is exciting to see so we so we don't know yet is I'm looking at the standings right now and it seems like seven of the eight slots are determined meaning clinched uh but the number eight seed right now oh there's such a drop off in record like the Indiana Fever for example the six seed they have a 20 and9 record the seven seed who clinched getting to the playoffs of the Phoenix Mercury they're 18 and 20 so they're still lurking looming at the 500 Mark but then the e seed right now is a battle between what looks like three teams and I'm sorry are you familiar with this you want to take it away in terms of the battle for the eight seed are you are you well yeah yeah so the Washington Mystics Chicago sky and Atlanta Dream are all tied right now for that eighth seed so between the games that are going on today on Thursday and that will determine who gets that last spot and it'll just come down to which team loses and um if this team loses but this team has to win so that'll be really interesting to see because yeah just it's always interesting to see who gets that last spot and especially for WNBA there's no play in tournament so whoever gets that e thought is in right right and someday there will be there will be a play I mean and wmb is going to be expanding for many years to come uh like I said right now there are 12 teams total uh the Val will be number 13 when the Valkyries jump into the league next year are they the going to be the only expansion so meaning like next season it's going to be 13 teams total or there two teams uh going next season is going to be just the Valkyries but the season after that Toronto will be getting a WNBA team and now it's being actually rumored that Portland might get a WNBA team so that'll be another exciting West Coast team tomorrow yeah absolutely there's a lot of cities that I imagine the WNBA would thrive in I could see San Diego being a good team San Diego's a weird market like uh like the the NBA tried there for a lot of years and I don't think they're ever going back that there's just too much going on for there to be a passionate fan base with that said at least during my time living there the interest in women's basketball is a whole different level like I could see San Diego thriving you mentioned uh Portland I don't know if Seattle Seattle doesn't have a team do they oh they do yeah okay all right so that's covered and they're actually the five seed right now currently at 24 and 14 Bruce marrow in the chat is asking is it too soon for awards discussions like like Sophia are you do you have uh any selections or do you want to save this maybe from next week in terms of WNBA Awards uh any favorites to win the whole thing what do you think should we do it now or or save that for next week's show I'll do it now why not um all right love it I would say definitely my my MVP would have to go to Asia Wilson my rookie of the year would be Caitlyn Clark and then I would say defensive player of the year I would go with I will go with nafisa nafisa Coler yeah I've been I really have been enjoying watching her play and the links play this season so she's the star of the links is she's the primary reason they're as good as they are yes I would say so yeah the yeah so right now the standings again the New York Liberty are first with the 31- seven record and the Minnesota links two games back at 29- n uh and then you have the Connecticut Sun who's third the Las Vegas Aces who are fourth the Seattle Storm who plays for the Seattle Storm that I would know is there anyone on there that that has some brand recognition or is that is a lot of uh is it an underdog type team like like what does the Storm's roster construction look like the storm so they have juel Lloyd I don't know if you've seen any of the State Farm commercials yes where um she's like she goes into someone's house that has a leak and she's like dribbling and stuff so that's J Lloyd that's her okay okay thank you for that thank you for that I wondered who that was NECA gum is another very talented player on that roster that is fun to see that is fun to watch she's a former Sparks player as well so she comes in with some Championship toage but yeah that storm that storm team they do have some history they've been in the championship discussions recently definitely but they're an exciting team to watch as well I'll say one of their Premier players even though she just retired is subir oh yeah yeah yeah AB okay there we go that uh and her name is very recognizable Bruce marrow is just a fan of the WNBA he agrees with your your selections but he also adds a coach of the year who does reev uh coach so that's Cheryl reev so that's for the Indiana Fever ah do you agree should she be be a coach of the year see what's interesting about that choice is because when the fever were struggling a little bit at the beginning of the Season there are so many people calling for her to be fired o actually but I actually really do commend her ability to be able to turn the team around and get them going and playing that the way that they have been absolutely she could be in the discussion especially because of the type of turnaround that the team had and what about most improved uh I see Carrington mentioned by Bruce Morrow your thoughts I am a d Carrington fan so she plays on the Connecticut sun and I feel like she has been a part of their success story this season they're the fourth seed right now in the league or no they're the third seed right now in the league and she is one of the best defensive players in the league I feel like personally and in addition to that she's really stepped up her offensive game this season so I think most improved for Carrington is a very well deserved award she's actually a um she graduated from Stanford as well so there's a little bit of a bay area connection graduated from Stanford and played her grad year at Baylor but she's always been a very fiery fun player to watch I love it um and and I think it's safe to say right Paige Beckers is who we're all rooting for for the Valkyries is that a safe bet is she the is she like the player in college basketball the the likely number one pick yeah I would say she's she's one of the number one picks and along with Kiki Irfan iraan she was a Stanford player and she transferred to USC to play this upcoming season she is a long forward that is really just dominant as well but I would say based on Whoever has the better season those would definitely be some of the T those are predicted to be the top two picks why would Bruce Maro say that the valkyrie have no chance of getting or is it are they not going to get the number one pick is that is that determined it just yeah it might be a little bit hard based off of how the expansion works and the likelihood of getting number one pick while it's slim hopefully it's not impossible but I even remember seeing a tweet by Paige Beckers when the valkyri came out with their branding release she said that it's the best colorway in sports so hopefully she's already leading towards wanting to come to the Bay Area how do they determine in the WNBA who gets what pick because I mean obviously every Sport's different right the NFL it's strictly based on a hierarchy of worst record gets the number one pick and so forth uh in in the NBA you have a a draft lottery uh where the worst your you the worst your record is the higher your chances are but there's no guarantees uh to put it in perspective the worst team in the W I'm sorry the worst team in the NBA has approximately a 14% chance of getting the top pick how does that work in the WNBA like like uh is it the same system is it different enlighten me please it's similar where they go through a certain type of Lottery where you might not NE like that's the same reason why with the NBA they try to prevent just flat out tanking so that's why with the Valkyries whatever kind of weight they're assigned that would give them the likelihood for a top pick are they given like the same weight as as the team with worst record because sometime I've seen in years past some expansion teams they don't hand them the top picks right like they don't want to give them any any Edge just because they're an expansion team do the Valkyries are they going to have the same odds as the worst team or they gonna what do you do anything about that I'm not fam familiar with the precise language surrounding that gotcha okay um Xavier Ortiz in the chat saying it should be the first pick after the lottery so perhaps the fifth pick okay so Paige Becker's it looks like she's not going to land with the Valkyries unless there's a some A Stroke of Luck um which is unfortunate I well I hope the Valkyries get someone fantastic I think it's we're all rooting for that if you're if you're a Valkyries fan Sophia always a pleasure you have enlightened me you Enlighten the audience uh the WNBA discussion is awesome um how can people so you said this week's the final week and the playoffs starts Sunday is that correct yes how are we watching all this like you mentioned that I still don't know what Eon or ion is I which is you said is a former like CW so I got to find ion but like how does it work like in the NBA you know there's basketball games Thursday night on TNT you know Wednesday and Friday night there's games on ESPN you know Monday night it's going to be on NBA TV Saturday nights got some sometimes got ABC's got your National coverage when NFL's done Sundays uh you you have National coverage on ABC Andor ESPN how does that work in in the WNBA is there a structure like that or is it random I just want to be able to catch these games how can I do so so overall you can get WNBA league pass to be able to catch some of the non-televised games tonight there are two two games on NBA TV and one on CBS Sports Network and then on Thursday there's one game on NBA TV and another game on Prime video okay and then once the playoffs start rolling around we'll start seeing probably more games on ESPN and ABC and National Television that'll be easy to follow I can't wait I cannot wait for that um I I know it's uh it's it's early in Caitlin Clark's career she's a rookie but what chances do you give the Indiana Fever of making noise are they are they is is it going to be a oneand done are they going to be in the first round and knocked out like what chances do you give the Indiana Fever in Caitlin Clark's first year I think because those top four teams in the standings are so strong I would be surprised if they are able to make it out of the first round I don't think they will completely just strike out and get swept but I would those those F first four teams in the league are pretty stacked okay yeah so it's the first four and then it's the rest that's fair that's fair the NBA's like that too um Bruce marrow was saying they could the fever can beat the sun uh yeah that's the only team that I think might give a that The Fever might have the most of a chance against because they do they have had some success against them in the past interesting yeah is it is it does it work out where it's like one versus eight two versus seven is that how the playoffs breaks down yes I believe so okay well yeah then right now uh if the if the season ended today you would have the Connecticut sun and the Indiana Fever in the first round so maybe we can get a first round upset there similar to Stephen Curry's first year in the playoffs where if you have forgotten out there folks Stephen Curry's Warriors upset the number 3C Denver Nuggets in the first round um and the rest was history so there you go and we missed any last thoughts anything you want to add are we good are we done your thoughts I think we about yeah I think we about covered everything love it love it well thank you oh sorry goe no yeah I would just say that if any like you if anyone is interested in getting the season tickets for the Valkyries I would recommend doing it soon because they're really flying off the shelves beautiful beautiful yeah and then and pounce on that because those tickets will be worth something I promise you that uh Sophia thank you as always for the phenomenal work uh you do a great job and we'll be back at this every Tuesday 3 p p.m. Pacific time we were a little late today apologies for that that was on my end um but Tuesday 3 pm CCH the show here it's not just the NBA folks it's not just the Warriors folks we got the WNBA covered you got you're getting me pumped up about the Valkyries you're getting me pumped up about the WNBA playoffs I'm here for it I'm excited Sophia thank you as always phenomenal work for sure beautiful we'll be back next week Tuesdays at 3 pm uh and for this show I don't know what's next to be honest we will not have NBA Coast to Coast tomorrow uh so yeah so stay tuned uh follow me on threads and Instagram at dog wild this where I post updates about the program follow sopia Jones on Twitter at sopia jones2 and again we'll be back here next week anything else you want to promote for we rapid nope nothing else to promote awesome well thank you everyone the chat was amazing and we'll be back at this soon [Music] byebye byebye