The WNBA’s Big Three
The Lead
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🗓️ 27 February 2020
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Earlier this month there was a big trade in the WNBA. The Phoenix Mercury acquired Skylar Diggins-Smith and the star guard is now united with two all-time greats: Brittney Griner and Diana Taurasi. A lot of people say this is the first time one WNBA team has had three true stars. The Athletic’s Alexis Mansanarez joins us to talk about how Diggins-Smith ended up in the desert, why she wanted out of her old team, and how the WNBA is starting to mirror the NBA in really good ways.
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| 0:00.0 | Earlier this month, there was a big trade in the WNBA. |
| 0:11.4 | The Phoenix Mercury acquired Skylar Dig and Smith, and the Star Guard is now united |
| 0:16.1 | with two all-time great players, Brittany Griner and Diana Terossi. |
| 0:20.9 | And a lot of people say this is the first time that one WNBA team has had three true |
| 0:26.7 | stars. |
| 0:28.0 | Today, we're going to talk with the Athletics Alexis Mancinera's about how Skylar Dig and Smith |
| 0:33.1 | ended up in the desert, why she wanted out of her old team, and how the WNBA is starting |
| 0:39.1 | to mirror the NBA in really good ways. |
| 0:42.2 | It creates kind of a newfound excitement for new fans of the league. |
| 0:47.0 | From wondering on the athletic, I'm Kabytha Davidson. |
| 0:49.4 | And I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 0:50.6 | It's Thursday, February 27th, and this is the League. |
| 0:54.9 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 0:57.3 | There was just something about the emotion and the heart of the game. |
| 1:01.9 | You gotta go fast from fast. |
| 1:03.3 | The failures of the past don't matter because we've got this now. |
| 1:06.0 | You can't pay. |
| 1:07.0 | I'm seeing anything like that. |
| 1:08.2 | That's not good news. |
| 1:09.2 | This isn't a story you'd hear if you interviewed the athlete in the home. |
| 1:13.4 | It stays with you. |
| 1:20.5 | Hey, prime members. |
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