Ball Up Top: A Women’s Basketball Podcast

• Stormy Skies, The Defensive Player of the Year Race & Can Anyone Catch Minnesota?| Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

  Now that we’re in the swing of Wednesday podcasts, we hope you’ve all been enjoying the double dose of our crew every week. If you missed our Sunday live show (or Monday morning pod, if you read Five Out), you can see it at the link below on YouTube. You can also see Ball Up Top in full over there in video form as well! Just be sure to like, share and subscribe if you do!Chauny, back by popular demand, is in the host seat once again. One might say that in a group where everyone eats but there’s a clear star, she’s the Paige Bueckers of this ship. After a bit of internal crisis at such realizations, the show opens with a simple question: is there anyone in the same tier as the Minnesota Lynx right now? Andrew argues that Atlanta and New York could still get the best of them in a multi-game series and the debate ensues. After touching on Alanna Smith’s Defensive Player of the Year candidacy, the crew discusses the mess happening in Chicago and where the fault lies for an organization that feels caught in a death spiral. The show wraps with a look at another team in turmoil, the Seattle Storm.Scroll ahead to hear…0:00 - Show Introductions4:59 - Is Minnesota in a tier of their own?22:17 - Alanna Smith’s Defensive Player of the Year candidacy…24:04 - The Sky is…falling…43:31 - Storms in Seattle…Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast is brought to you in part by Homefield. Just this past week they revealed the full Can’t Miss Kickoff release schedule with hundreds of new football themed products to get you ready for the fall! Want some women’s hoops merch instead? Check out our No Cap Space WBB collection, a curated page of all of Homefield’s best WBB shirts, jackets, jerseys and more!No Cap Space WBB is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.nocapspacewbb.com/subscribe

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• Five Out: Dreams & Nightmares, America's Team and Malonga Mania

  Without being too hyperbolic, this has been one of the better WNBA late season playoff races I can remember. While there’s been plenty of jockeying in the standings at this point in prior years, there’s something about there being three (maybe even four) true Finals contenders in the mix. But before we dive into that, let’s welcome you back to Five Out now that we’re reformatted and back to our normal style.As we mentioned last week, the column will now include a Monday podcast that comes from our Sunday live wrap shows on YouTube. It’ll cover the biggest games of the day and some of the biggest news items between Thursday and the end of the week. Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast will now be dropping every Wednesday morning instead of Tuesday to give you two evenly spaced out podcasts that talk women’s basketball!Keep an eye out for more Overtime Select coverage this week as well. Chauny was down in Atlanta for the weekend getting you caught up on the next generation of women’s hoops stars and the WNBA legends they’re working with this summer (and that’s before we start to get into NCAA previews). In short, it’s a great time to be a women’s basketball fan! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.nocapspacewbb.com/subscribe

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• A Busy WNBA Trade Deadline, Surging Sparks and DeWanna Bonner vs. The State of Indiana | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

  A quick programming note for you loyal podcast listeners. Ball Up Top is moving to Wednesdays full-time! We will now have a second show for you that will be a live weekend wrap up that will air on Sundays on YouTube and edited into pod form for Monday morning. That will push Ball Up Top to Wednesdays so you now get two chances to listen to some women’s basketball a talk a week with us!Chauny is in the host chair with Tyler and Andrew as the trio discusses the recent action near the WNBA trade deadline. Brittney Sykes is now in Seattle and the pod breaks down how the move benefits both teams. The discussion then covers the hottest teams in the league right now including the Los Angeles Sparks who continue to surge towards a playoff spot before wrapping up with a discussion around DeWanna Bonner, Sophie Cunningham and how rivalries grow organically in the WNBA.Scroll ahead to hear…0:00 - Show Introduction6:11 - Trade Breakdowns…25:30 - What is L.A.’s ceiling?46:05 - Connecticut Sun/WNBA sale drama.53:10 - One last look at DeWanna Bonner’s Indiana exit.Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast is brought to you in part by Homefield. Just this past week they revealed the full Can’t Miss Kickoff release schedule with hundreds of new football themed products to get you ready for the fall! Want some women’s hoops merch instead? Check out our No Cap Space WBB collection, a curated page of all of Homefield’s best WBB shirts, jackets, jerseys and more! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.nocapspacewbb.com/subscribe

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• A Special Five Out: If This Is The End of The Connecticut Sun...

  Some news on the home front. Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast is moving to Wednesdays so we can get you two pods per week. On Sundays, our No Cap Space WBB team will be live on YouTube breaking down the biggest WNBA games of the weekend and biggest news items headed into Monday. Ball Up Top will be each Wednesday previewing the week ahead. It's all a part of our desire to get you a little more content and women's hoop talk! Be sure to subscribe, like and rate us five stars on Apple, Spotify or wherever you're listening! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.nocapspacewbb.com/subscribe

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• Cam Brink Returns to WNBA Action, Injury Bugs and One Move To Make Before the Trade Deadline | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast

  While the injury bug continued to hit the New York Liberty, the L.A. Sparks finally got one of their young superstars back after a 13 month recovery. Tyler, Greer and Andrew take a look at Cam Brink’s ceiling and what it could mean for a late season playoff push from Los Angeles.The trio open the show with news of Kennedy Burke’s injury and how the short turnaround times are hurting the WNBA as a league and may become a source of contention at the CBA Bargaining table. The show wraps up with a discussion on the upcoming trade deadline and some of the best moves top teams can make.Scroll ahead to hear…0:00 - Show Introduction2:15 - The WNBA’s Injury Issue & The Effect on CBA Negotiations15:00 - Cam Brink’s Return and What It Means For L.A.36:50 - One Move We Want To See At The Trade DeadlineBall Up Top: A WBB Podcast is brought to you in part by Homefield. Just this past week they revealed the full Can’t Miss Kickoff release schedule with hundreds of new football themed products to get you ready for the fall! Want some women’s hoops merch instead? Check out our No Cap Space WBB collection, a curated page of all of Homefield’s best WBB shirts, jackets, jerseys and more! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.nocapspacewbb.com/subscribe

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