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GOOD FOLLOW - Will A’ja Wilson Or Napheesa Collier Win MVP? Who To Watch For The End-of-Season Awards.
11 Sep 2025
Chapter 1: What are the end-of-season awards being discussed?
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Hey, what's up, y'all? Welcome to Good Follow Show, presented by DraftKings. I'm Roz Gold on what day, and that is five-time WNBA All-Star and the birthday girl, Angel McCautry, is back again. What's up, Angel? How was your birthday celebrations?
Man, so much fun. I had dinner at Tao. Shout out to Cronwell Advisors. You showed up. I mean... I pulled up.
Chapter 2: Who are the top candidates for MVP and why?
Yup.
I had to pull up on you for the celebration, celebrate your birthday. You look so beautiful. Oh, thank you.
So...
Yeah, no, absolutely. We had a time. We about to have a time on this show. We've got a full menu for you today. I can't believe we are already at the end of the regular season because today's show, what we are talking about, we are discussing all of the end of season awards and the candidates as well. And all the cases people have. So damn time flies, but here we are in award season. Yeah.
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Absolutely. OK, Angel, I know it was your birthday yesterday, but, you know, I'm sure your phone was bloop, bloop, bloop, beep, beep, beep, beep.
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Chapter 3: What impact did August 2nd have on the MVP race?
Because with all sorts of notifications, you had a clip from our show that went viral. So is there anything you want to say to the audience about it?
Guys, what are we mad about right now? Why is everybody mad about this? If somebody offered you 10 grand today, you're going to take it. So stop this hypocritical behavior, number one. Number two, has athletes never gifted their teammates before? I've seen Shaq gifted D-Wade when he was in Miami a car. You know what I'm saying?
The quarterback, they gift their O-line to show appreciation to protect the quarterback. What are we saying here, guys? It's okay. I didn't say she had to do it. It was a suggestion. It's another way to invest in women's sports. Why not?
Chapter 4: Who is favored for Coach of the Year and what makes them stand out?
And I said, if the brand wanted to give her an extra 100K and then she could gift her teammates if she wanted to ask for it. Guys, what are we mad about? I want us to really think about this right here. Like we're mad at giving. Let's move on, Ross. I don't know. What do you have to say about that, though?
No, no. I mean, I feel like if the audience, you know, didn't necessarily agree with your strategy or suggestion, that's cool. But I think overall what's important for me is we spoke about the Chicago sky and Angel Reese for like 18 minutes. And if you actually watch the entire conversation, which I'm not sure that everyone did. And I think that would be fair to do for us.
You know, I stand 10 toes down that we had a conversation that was like, objective. It was nuanced discourse on the situation. We reported on the Chicago Sky and their staff's role in creating this situation. And as far as Angel, I think the tone of the conversation was very nurturing and thoughtful and supportive of Angel, but also constructive.
And so what I do want to say is a message to everyone who pulls up to a good follow show. I know Angel is relatively new here, but we kind of started this thing up or relaunched it in January. So actually the show is pretty new.
Chapter 5: Which players are leading the Defensive Player of the Year conversation?
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Beautifully said. Drop the mic, Ross. All right, let's get going.
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Chapter 6: Who is the frontrunner for Rookie of the Year and what are their strengths?
Let's get to it. Let's get to it. We got end of season awards. Okay. So the MVP race, we're going to start right at the top with it. It literally went from like, we have a favorite to an all out horse race where it's coming down to the finish line.
So at the all-star break, okay, Nafisa Collier was the clear MVP favorite with minus 700 in the odds and then followed by Alyssa Thomas for plus 700 and then Breanna Stewart at plus 2,000. Asia Wilson wasn't even in the top three, y'all. So, Angel, let me just set this up. This is something that I think is very interesting, okay? August 2nd, 2025 was a fateful day. Do you know why?
Why?
Okay, that was the day the Lynx beat the Aces by 53 points. And nothing was the same. Nothing was the same from that moment on. Let me tell you why. Okay, Nafisa Collier had been dominant for the first part of the season, MVP front runner, and the Lynx were comfortably top of the league. On August 2nd, she was playing in the game against the Lynx. They're up big.
Some people are like, why was she in the game so late still with them up so big? That was controversial. Late in the third quarter, she hurts her ankle. So so it might have cost her the MVP. Right. Think about it. Think about it.
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Chapter 7: What factors contribute to a player's Most Improved Player candidacy?
It opened a door. Fee went on to miss seven straight games from that game. She missed 10 total. And during that time, Asia Wilson, Alyssa Thomas are breaking records after records each game. Let me show you the other side of that. August 2nd, 2025, the Aces get beat by 53 points. by the links. So this is the same game. This same game sealed so much fate.
The aces were 14 and 14, sitting 500, and a lot of people were kind of saying, you know what? they're out of it this season instead that was their rock bottom moment and from that day they have never lost again they won 15 straight from that august 2nd 2025 including for win number 13 straight a head-to-head matchup with the links who remember on august 2nd 2025 beat them by 53 Guess what?
The Aces won for win number 13 straight. In fact, Asia Wilson had 31 points on 80% shooting. I mean, they climbed as high as number two in the standings. They now sit at number three. And look at how the world comes at you fast. Asia's actually up in the odds for MVP right now.
Chapter 8: How do the hosts evaluate the Sixth Player of the Year candidates?
And so it's just crazy how that day was so pivotal to this conversation of MVP. And so look. Fee was dominant up top, but Asia has been on a heater for, you know, the second half plus of the season. Alyssa Thomas continues to rewrite the assists and triple double record books.
So just for you, like as a player and also now as an analyst, like what's important for you as you evaluate an MVP situation?
To me, what an MVP is, number one, a leader, a person who makes their teammates better, who gets their teammates involved. They know how to bite and win. That's what Asia did. I mean, after that 53-point loss, you heard the quote she said. She said, this is not Aces basketball. This is not who we are. And they listened. They bought in. Now, I'm not going to count out Fi.
They both have similar stats, which makes it very hard. It could be a toying cost. But this win streak right here is kind of... That's what's giving it away, guys. So...
You know, I just was thinking about like the fact that that day was so pivotal in the conversation because it really changed, you know, the trajectory of what Fi was doing and opened the door for everyone else. Like, you know, you look at Asia right now, she could be trying to get her fourth MVP. That's never been done before.
So she could, and mind you, if she wins this MVP, Asia's actually, talk about a body of dominance. She could have had five MVPs, you know, as far as like the conversation she's been a part of and at the top four.
but she's won three um you know she's had 13 30 point games so on top of that just the amount of dominance at the highest level nobody's touching that um that that statement game against the links was pretty dominant 31 on 80 shooting she's this is a body of work this isn't just something that just happened this is all season she's leading the league now in points In blocks, second in rebounds.
Now, if you go to the other side for Fee and her credit, Fee is 0.4 behind in points per game than Asia. You know what we're talking about? So she's number two in scoring, but it's this small. It's right there. Fee is also third in the league in steals, obviously plays both sides of the court. In leading the best team in the league and the top team in the league –
You know, she's also managed to have personal bests this season, career highs in points, blocks, field goal percentage. And it's her impact on both ends. I think, you know, Fee's defensive presence on the number one defense in the league is really important. And one thing I'll say about Fee's case, I don't like penalizing her because her team won without her.
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