Interview: Sabreena Merchant, writer at SB Nation, breaking down the WNBA Playoffs

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4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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In this episode, Lindsay Gibbs and Sabreena Merchant, W/NBA writer for SB Nation and co-host of The Step Through, break down the rollercoaster of the WNBA playoffs, including Becky Hammon's historic championship title with league MVP A'ja Wilson, playoff MVP Chelsea Gray, and rest of the dynamic Las Vegas Aces team. They also discuss the potential off seasons trades and moves for the Connecticut Sun, Seattle Storm and LA Sparks, as well as the potential impact of the CBA's prioritization clause on the 2023 season and players who continue to play overseas in the WBNA off-season. This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To get exclusive content and support the Burn It All Down podcast, become a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, and welcome to burn it all down. I am Lindsay Gibbs here for your interview episode for this week. We have a lot of WMBA to talk about joining me
0:23.9	is the great Sabrina Merchant from SB Nation. Sabrina, how are you doing? I'm doing great.
0:30.7	I am just checking in on the Las Vegas Aces Twitter account right now, and my goodness,
0:35.2	are they petty? Oh no, what are they doing? Okay, so what
0:38.7	we're going to be talking today about the WMBA Finals? We are recording this Sunday night moments
0:45.1	after the Aces beat the Connecticut Sun. I think it was 78 to 71 in game four to clench their
0:53.8	franchise's very first WMBA finals game.
0:57.2	We're going to go into a little bit of the series.
0:59.3	We're going to talk WMBA offseason storylines to follow.
1:03.5	There are a lot of free agents, you guys.
1:06.4	There are just so many free agents.
1:08.2	And then because Sabrina covers the sparks closely, I'm going to force her to talk to me about the sparks.
1:14.1	But first, tell me what's going on on that Twitter account.
1:18.2	So I think most people saw the tweet because, as you just said, we're recording pretty shortly after, you know, the press conferences ended in Connecticut.
1:26.5	The Vegas Aces put up one tweet where Connecticut had put up a banner saying that they had made the
1:30.8	2022 WMBA finals.
1:32.9	And so the Aces just put up a picture of like, oh, Connecticut has their banners up real quick
1:37.4	because that's the last thing they'll be able to hoist for the 2022 season.
1:41.8	I see it.
1:42.5	They're fast.
1:43.0	Honestly, I did not think too much of that one.
1:45.3	I think it's perfectly fine.
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