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Warriors Plus Minus: A show about the Golden State Warriors

[Valkyries Wednesday] Do the Valkyries Even Need a Superstar?

Warriors Plus Minus: A show about the Golden State Warriors

Audacy

Sports News, Basketball, Sports, News

4.6703 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The Athletic's Marcus Thompson and The Mercury News' Nathan Canilao are joined by USA Today's Callie Fin, the most plugged in beat reporter with the Las Vegas Aces, after the Valkyries faced off against the Aces. The conversation dives into how the Valkyries opened season on Caitlin Clark's defense, Golden State's need for a star and the Becky Hammond-Natalie Nakase connection.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's Valkyries Wednesday.

0:04.9

Hosted by Marcus Thompson.

0:09.6

We're back.

0:11.4

Welcome to another episode of Valkyrie's Wednesday.

0:16.0

Oh man, Nate, is this our first episode off of a L?

0:21.9

Yeah.

0:23.1

I think if I hear the first off of an L.

0:25.8

Yeah.

0:26.5

That was a wild game.

0:30.4

At first, they looked to be a little bit out of their league.

0:34.9

And then, you know, that Nacasey toughness kicked in and it was just

0:41.1

like yeah we're not going out like that so they did lose to the Aces 91 81 but I thought it was

0:48.6

thought it was good another good measure of stick against the good really good team obviously the defending champions

0:56.1

what was your takeaway as you were in the building uh what did you think of that game

1:01.4

uh yeah no i think i think they fought hard at the end i mean i didn't expect any less like

1:06.7

even when they were down 24 i kind of knew they're going to try to make this something at the end.

1:11.8

But like, yeah, this was a good test for them.

1:15.0

I just thought that when it came down to it, it was Asia Wilson and Jackie Young and their star power versus, you know, the defense and the system of the Valkyries.

1:24.1

And in the end, it was just Asia and Jack it was too too much um I did think

1:29.8

to a certain extent it did highlight their need for probably a center I don't know if they're

1:33.7

I don't know how they would get one if they could sign one off the street I mean does it though

1:37.1

does it I mean it's been a because Asia went crazy no I mean it's been like it's been

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