Paige Bueckers Dominates at UConn + WNBA Free Agency Moves

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🗓️ 17 February 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

University of Connecticut freshman Paige Bueckers has notched three straight 30-point games. This historic run has placed her in conversation with all-time great UConn stars like Diana Taurasi and Breanna Stewart. Could she catapult to greatest UConn player...ever? ESPN’s LaChina Robinson breaks down how Paige makes plays. Then, over in the WNBA, it’s a hot free agency season. Candace Parker left L.A. after more than a decade. The Liberty signed Natasha Howard. And there are more major moves to discuss. And Howard University men’s basketball coach Kenny Blakeney explains why his team cancelled the rest of their season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Becker's giving it up to Nelson Adota.
0:03.0	Back to Beckers who will let it fly.
0:06.6	The magic of Paige Beckers.
0:12.9	You bet.
0:13.9	Wow.
0:15.2	Are you kidding me?
0:19.0	Oh my goodness.
0:32.1	No. me. Oh my goodness. That is the kind of awe that Yukon basketball star Paige Beckers inspires, and she is only a freshman. Today, what makes her game special and whether she can bring the Huskies back to the top?
0:44.3	Then, it's been a headline making off season for the WNBA, so we break down a league that
0:51.0	has been rising, on and off the court. I'm Pablo Torre. It's Wednesday,
0:57.5	February 17th. This is ESPN Day.
1:06.3	LeChina, it is great to have you back on the show. It is always wonderful to be with you, Pablo.
1:11.9	Thanks for having me.
1:13.3	LeChina Robinson hosts the Around the Rim podcast and serves as a basketball analyst and calls games for ESPN.
1:21.1	So you are an extremely busy person, LeChina.
1:24.8	You just came off calling a game like minutes ago. Describe to me what
1:29.5	your life is like in this new kind of era of broadcasting. How is it going? Well, Pablo, I can pretty
1:36.7	much sum that up in about three words, in the house. That is where I spend a majority of my time
1:41.9	these days. I'm in the house, calling games, watching film,
1:46.3	and that's pretty much my life right now. I come to you, LeChina, from a bunk bed inside an Airbnb,
1:52.1	so I feel all of your pain. And I want to get into women's basketball with you, of course,
1:58.0	and we'll get to the professionals in a little bit. But I want to start by asking you about the, really the single biggest name that's been
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