Is the NBA Ready to Copy Unrivaled’s 1:1 Tournament?

A Touch More with Sue Bird & Megan Rapinoe

The Vox Media Podcast Network

Soccer, Sports, Basketball

4.4 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Top of mind today: Diana Taurasi’s retirement announcement. We’re just beginning to process the news and will be taking you all along for the ride. Then, the latest twist in WNBA Free Agency as the Connecticut Suns denied Marina Mabrey’s request for a trade. Our resident “GM” Megan offers some tough love: maybe contracts exist for a reason? And Sue breaks down why the Chicago Sky traded its future picks for Ariel Atkins. March is around the corner, so we’ve got you covered with Sue Bird’s College Basketball Vibe Check of the Week and a look at the latest shake up in the AP Rankings. Plus, Paige Bueckers relatable halftime eye roll. Then, Megan’s thoughts on how the USWNT looked at the SheBelieves Cup and the upcoming season. And for The Intersection, Unrivaled’s 1:1 tournament makes waves: can NBA players put aside their egos to compete like the women of Unrivaled? A Touch More: The Podcast is produced in partnership with VOX MEDIA and TOGETHXR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:07.6	Well, I am here in studio in New York, Sue.
1:10.1	You are still out on the West Coast.
1:12.6	We had ourselves, as you guys know, a nice little show, a live show last week, and we've parted ways, but only for two days. How are you doing?
1:19.5	Are you good? Are you okay with me? I'm okay. Honestly, though, you did get to the studio on your
1:23.9	own, so I'm impressed. Yeah. I don't have to do it. I get the Ubers. We had a hundred plus
1:31.8	knot tailwind on the flight. Sign me up for that every time. Cut it down by an hour unless it's a red
1:40.8	eye. Then I'm like, can you extend this three hours? Then I'm like, take a jaunt out into the Atlantic. Honestly, it was great. The flight was like four and a half hours. It was like the shortest it's ever been. Anyways, sidebar. Coming up on the show, Unrivaled, is sparking a lot of chatter and did spark a lot of chatter at NBA All-Star. We're going to get into that. And the gals are back. The national team is back and participating in the She Believes Cup. It feels like it's been so long since they played, but it's really probably only been exactly six weeks because that's how long the break is. But we have lots of updates
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