WNBA Training Camp Vibe Checks, Courtney Vandersloot's Chicago Influence and Tennessee's Transfer Wins | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast
APR 23, 202657 MIN
WNBA Training Camp Vibe Checks, Courtney Vandersloot's Chicago Influence and Tennessee's Transfer Wins | Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast
APR 23, 202657 MIN
Description
On this episode of Ball Up Top: A WBB Podcast, Andrew and Tyler take the temperature of several WNBA franchises by assessing their training camp vibes. Everything from the series, like Dallas Wings head coach Jose Fernandez and how he is empowering Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd, to the more social-media driven, like Golden State Valkyries head coach Natalie Nakase taking to the court to scrimmage her own team. The show continues with a lengthy discussion about the Chicago Sky's rebuild priorities and how Courtney Vandersloot, the 37 year old point guard with a major influence in the front office, factors into these moves. Is she engineering an accelerated rebuild? Is this overblowing newspaper quotes? What is the Sky's actual culture? We dive into it. Ball Up Top ends with some discussion about the NCAA transfer portal, as Tennessee Lady Vols head coach Kim Caldwell brings own two more high-major starters in Maryland's Kaylene Smikle and Texas A&M's Fatmata Janneh. Subscribe to our free daily newsletter over at nocapspacewbb.com and rate us five stars on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pod!