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ALLEY OOP BONUS EPISODE: Paige Will Take Care of the Dallas Wings & Protect Griner at All Costs | Alley Oop | Bonus Ep 21
10 Sep 2025
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Welcome to another show of the alley-oop. I'm joined by my big dog, Trista Crick.
We're here. We're everywhere. I need a ball. You got faith in every team in the WNBA. No, I don't, bro. Who do you not have faith in?
I don't got faith in the Dallas Wings. Hey, you talking about the Dallas Wings? Look, they better get it together, too, because I understand. Every time I turn on the TV, Paige is Paige. Every time I go, like, Paige doing Paige things. But at the same time, Salute to Louisa Geisel soldier and them girls. They need a roster turnover as well soon because it's a different day and age.
You see Angel frustrated after year one, after year two, I mean. So, I mean, Dallas, they got to get it together in my opinion.
Yeah, they're probably going to have the largest odds to get the number one overall pick, though. And guess what? Chicago traded their first-round pick next year to the Minnesota Lynx. Now Minnesota Lynx, I believe it was for the rights to draft Haley Van Lith.
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Chapter 2: What challenges are the Dallas Wings facing in the WNBA?
oh my god bro that's crazy the rights to draft the player that is getting do did not play coach's decisions aka dnpcd bruh and then they got they the links got dj out of the whole deal the links rolling man like rolling yeah I also don't have faith in Connecticut at all. I salute to the good folks in the Connecticut Sun organization. You got to know I love you.
But at the same time, bruh, it ain't looking good to me. They stringing together some good performances at the end of the year. I see it. But, man, I don't see them folk winning no damn championship behind. Salute to sis Marina Mabry and Olivia Nelson Udota. Like, come on. What are we talking about?
I agree, I think those three teams are the biggest messes in all of the WNBA. I don't have faith in any of them, but I do have faith in Paige, because I think Paige is different than Angel, right? Like Paige, Paige would be the one to call her folks at, what is it, WME? So she calls her agents up and says, listen, I'm gonna be preaching togetherness, like Mr. Mamba and the head coaches.
But here's what we're not going to do.
Salute to Coco Clannis.
Also, shout out to those people who said that Trista looks like this girl looks like a younger version of that old hag that's on Cam and Mace. I am still that old hag on Cam and Mace. I just have a hoodie on.
That's a compliment. That's a beautiful compliment. They're like, dang.
It's a low-res camera. You can't see the wrinkles or the gray hairs. Anyway, I think Paige is going to try to clean it up behind the scenes. I think she's very good at having her public face not be tarnished by saying anything in the media. Angel is one of those ones. I respect the one of them ones. It's like, listen, I'm not dealing with this anymore.
Right, right, right. You know who I lost faith in a little bit, and it kind of hurt me, like my heart, how they ended the season? The Washington Mystics, bro. They were in the mix. They was right there in the thick of things, and they just put out turd after turd, man. Sonya sits around my sister. I love you. She don't show up. She don't even wake up to the third quarter.
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Chapter 3: Why do the hosts lack faith in the Chicago Sky's future?
They've got the best player in all of the WNBA in Asia Wilson. They've figured out their rotations. Becky Hammond has sort of figured out life after her top assistants with Tyler Marsh and Natalie Nakase. She sort of figured out exactly how she wants to run the team. They're taking things seriously. The culture is gelling. 14 in a row is a lot.
So you kind of have to give them slight edge just based on everything that they've done. Now, Minnesota has the championship pedigree too, just not this roster in particular.
Chapter 4: What are the major concerns regarding the Connecticut Sun?
Minnesota is one of the most storied franchises in all of the WNBA. That's all they did when they had Maya Moore was win. You've got all the pieces. You added Nijanae Carrington. Nafisa is back and she's healthy. And they're out for blood since they got absolutely **** last year in game five of the finals. So I think it's those two.
I think for New York, it's really, really difficult to put things together. Like you talk about putting a plane together in the air. Like the plane was together. Like they took off. They took off and the plane was there. And then pieces, John Quell, the left wing starts falling out. And then you got Stewie, the engine falls out. And then the tip from the plane falls out in Sabrina.
And then you start trying to tape it back together. So they not only had the plane in the air, now they're trying to put it back together in the air. So I can see New York, depending on how this all goes, getting into a dogfight with the Phoenix Mercury, who... Listen, they are not playing great on the road. And if the Mercury have home court advantage, that's very, very tough.
Right, bro. And the way they do it, I'd be forgetting that they don't got no real East versus West in the playoffs. It's eight. So if you happen to have the Mercury on your list, I'm sorry. Here's AT for you. Here's a mad and angry Satu Sabali. Here's a pissed off Kalaya Copper.
Chapter 5: What makes Paige Bueckers a standout player in the WNBA?
Damn, that's rough. Yeah, we need to stay two, three, because I don't want to see the Phoenix Mercury in the first round, even though they're our little brother. Because every time we played them this year, we spanked them, boys. Like, get them out of here. They don't mean anything to us. As a matter of fact, I wish we could play them the first round. I talked myself into it.
Atlanta Dream, I wish we could play anybody. It don't matter who we play first round. We win in the first round. Good luck, Golden State. Good luck, Indiana. Good luck, whoever the hell going to end up in that third spot, that seventh spot. Bro, I'm biased. I can't not look through my glasses, bro. I feel like the Atlanta Dream can beat anybody in the world. I'm sorry.
They can beat anybody in the entire world. That's on everything I know and everything I love.
If their name was the ā if their name was the ā like, if they were the Houston Comets, would you be saying the same thing?
Exactly, bro. We can beat Sheryl Spooks and them for real. Like, I ain't going to hold you. We'll beat Tina Thompson now. For this year, we'll beat them. We'll clean them up. I ain't going to lie to you.
Can we give our flowers really quick before we go to Brittany Griner, who everybody was throwing dirt on her name? Everybody was saying she was cash, cooked, washed. She was not.
Yeah.
She wasn't washed. She was plenty nasty, plenty dirty, plenty ready to defend the rim. She hasn't been washed yet, folks. Like, not at all.
She hasn't. Right, right. And I think we should put her in a plastic bubble wrap until the playoffs. I mean, forget this last week, bro. We don't need her. This is where injuries happen. This is where the good ones happen, too. Brianna Jones, too. Let's let sis sit down these last couple games.
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Chapter 6: How are the Washington Mystics performing this season?
My dog, man. Come on, man.
She could probably take me underneath her armpit and pop my head off.
Exactly. Look, last thing before we get out of here. kind of two things right quick before we get out of here two things now we went from one exactly because it's like can we not talk about how asia wilson has taken over the mvp race or is that she hasn't she hasn't you don't think she has the odds say that she has but i think that's fugazi you think it's fugazi okay i think it's fugazi
Look, I believe you. You're my sister. You connected. You plugged. Last thing before we get out of here, the WNBA playoffs start on NFL Sunday next week. Look, this is what I'm saying, bro. We right here, the horse is at the water. We have led the horse to water. I understand. Friday night. Do it Friday.
something bro monday tuesday we have to understand that look reality is reality we want folk to really love the w but let's help them love the w don't make me choose between my football team and watching my w nba team today because me personally you know what i'm gonna choose i'm gonna choose to watch both of them
Unless you're going to put it up against Spencer Rattler and the Saints. Come on, man. Just go neck and neck with them. People are watching those Atlanta Falcons now. They want Michael Penix. They want Bajon Robinson. They don't want to mess around with the multi-box on Sunday ticket. Come on, man. And then the small box with the Atlanta Dream on there on their table. Exactly.
That's what I'm saying. We got Red Zone to compete with. What are we doing?
Bro, what are we doing? At least, at bare minimum, start a Sunday night when you got a Sunday night football game. Something. Don't start it at 1 p.m. on Sunday. We not helping these sisters get the eyeballs we want. We want sports fans to lock in with sports. Most sports fans been waiting for this football season to start for so long.
Man, they can't wait to watch these first five weeks until their team is completely sucking. Ain't nobody a team suck just yet except the Panthers and the Dolphins, but neither here nor there. But, yeah, man, another great episode, man. My sister, I wouldn't be anything without you, and I also wouldn't be anything without these wonderful, beautiful listeners and subscribers, man.
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