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We asked Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve how she saw Phoenix Mercury forward Kahleah Copper evolve over the course of the Olympics.
She did not want to answer the question.
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Diana Taurasi when asked about Caitlin Clark's impact on women's basketball:
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Here was Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark’s response when asked about facing Diana Taurasi for the first time on Sunday.
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This was Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi’s response when asked about facing Caitlin Clark for the first time on Sunday.
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This was Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi’s response when asked about facing Caitlin Clark for the first time on Sunday.
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The Indiana Fever’s Aliyah Boston said it’s special what the Phoenix Mercury’s Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner have been able to do.
She said her and Caitlin Clark are “kind of the same pieces,” when asked if they could form a similar duo.
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Phoenix
#Suns
forward Kevin Durant was asked about trade rumors surrounding his name on
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night.
(Via
@YahooSports
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More from Taurasi on Clark: "...More importantly, she's done a lot for the Indiana Fever. A team that for the last couple of years is trying to get back to their glory days of Tamika Catchings and putting up banners. So obviously, what she's done for the game has been pretty
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Immediately after Caitlin Clark misses a half-court shot, Angel Reese sinks a half-court shot.
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Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell on Caitlin Clark’s upcoming signature shoe with Nike.
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Caitlin Clark and Nneka Ogwumike receive instruction from Team WNBA coach Cheryl Miller.
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Phoenix Mercury guard Natasha Cloud’s kicks ahead of Gun Safety Awareness night.
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The Phoenix Mercury’s Kahleah Copper broke down in tears when speaking about how much making the Olympic team means to her.
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Caitlin Clark on her favorite Nike Kobe shoes and wanting to continue Kobe Bryant’s legacy:
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The Indiana Fever and NaLyssa Smith after their win over the Phoenix Mercury:
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Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner said she is looking forward to her matchup against Chicago Sky rookie Kamilla Cardoso.
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#SkyTown
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An interaction between Diana Taurasi and Caitlin Clark in the second quarter.
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#FeverRising
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Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark said Diana Taurasi is “definitely my first memory of the
#WNBA
.”
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Kiki Hebert Harrigan on
@GamecockWBB
and former coach Dawn Staley (
@dawnstaley
):
“She prepared me a lot. One of her sayings that always stuck with me was, ‘Never get too high with the highs, never get too low with the lows.’”
Staley texted Herbert Harrigan to congratulate her
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Caitlin Clark says Aliyah Boston would be her karaoke teammate and they would sing either High School Musical or Justin Bieber.
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The Indiana Fever’s Kelsey Mitchell on how the Fever have adjusted to playing with Caitlin Clark.
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The Indiana Fever’s Aliyah Boston on receiving quick passes from Caitlin Clark and staying ready for them.
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Caitlin Clark on her impressions of Phoenix, Mat Ishbia’s investment in the Phoenix Mercury and Diana Taurasi:
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Natasha Cloud said she sees herself in Phoenix Mercury guard Celeste Taylor (
@_celeste620
), who has signed a second 7-day contract with the organization.
“Even the other night, I’m sitting on the bench and I’m like, ‘We’re missing Celeste.’”
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#ValleyTogether
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Natasha Cloud advocates for the
#WNBA
to tweak its scheduling amid a stretch of three games in four days following a month-long break:
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Caitlin Clark on where she’s at mentally after the long year she’s had:
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Here is what Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark said when she was asked about her growth this season:
“I feel like I’ve learned a lot over the course of whatever it’s been, two months? I think the game is played in such a different way than it is in college. The pace is faster,
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Kahleah Copper messing with Diana Taurasi after the
#WNBAAllStar
Game 😂
@kahleahcopper
@DianaTaurasi
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#ValleyTogether
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Team USA head coach Cheryl Reeve said there was no second-guessing from her on Caitlin Clark not making the Olympic team.
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“I don’t make those decisions so you’ll have to wait and see,” Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark said when asked when her first signature shoe with Nike will come out.
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“To give eight years to an organization and to be fired on an off-day is kinda crazy, coming off a vacation too, so that was not fun,” Mercury guard Natasha Cloud said after beating her old team, the Washington Mystics.
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FULL PRESS CONFERENCE: Angel Reese of the Chicago Sky on the impact of Diana Taurasi on her playing career,
#WNBAAllStar
weekend, playing in the All-Star Game and what she would love to see from the WNBA in its growth.
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#WNBATwitter
#SkyTown
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Angel Reese said she was asked to participate in the Skills Competition but she wanted to just watch and “enjoy the moment” of her first All-Star.
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Team WNBA coach Cheryl Miller on the “rivalry” between Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese:
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Caitlin Clark when she was asked about coming back to Phoenix to potentially play in the 2024
#WNBA
All-Star Game: “I don’t talk in hypotheticals.”
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BREAKING: The first returns of fan voting for the 2024 WNBA All-Star Game in Phoenix.
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Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark is practicing at ASU ahead of facing the Phoenix Mercury tomorrow.
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Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner on having a postgame beer during media availability.
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BREAKING: Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark “is not feeling well,” according to the Indiana Fever.
As a result, Clark will not speak to the media after the game.
Clark played 39:27 and had 15 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds.
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The Indiana Fever’s NaLyssa Smith on looking up to Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner:
“She’s a big help for my career.”
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#FeverRising
#ValleyTogether
#SicEm
@BaylorWBB
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Here is what Phoenix Mercury guard Natasha Cloud said about her in-game scuffle with Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell:
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Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi joked this is Kahleah Copper’s first meal of the weekend. 😂😂😂
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Walking through
#WNBALive
at the Phoenix Convention Center.
UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers is here working with kids in a mini-camp.
Some other sights and sounds:
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Phoenix Mercury coach Nate Tibbetts on Caitlin Clark’s ability to find Kelsey Mitchell:
“Caitlin is an unbelievable passer and Kelsey shot the heck out of it. So I thought Caitlin made good plays looking for Kelsey. I'm not sure how she was getting open, but we'll have to look
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The Indiana Fever’s Aliyah Boston on the crowd (which was officially counted at 17,071) .
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The Skills Challenge and 3-Point Contest champion Allisha Gray of the Atlanta Dream with both of her trophies and her family.
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Diana Taurasi on when she played through hype and pressure as a rookie like Caitlin Clark is doing now: "I loved it. I just loved to play basketball. I didn't care too much about outside noise or what people thought of me or what they didn't think of me. So I enjoyed every
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Caitlin Clark called Diana Taurasi’s 20-year career in the
#WNBA
“incredible.”
“It’s a feat that not a lot of people will ever accomplish in their career.”
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FULL: Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese and Los Angeles Sparks forward Dearica Hamby preview the 2024
#WNBAAllStar
Game.
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#WNBATwitter
#SkyTown
#TheNewClassic
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Phoenix Mercury guards Sophie Cunningham and Diana Taurasi share a laugh after Taurasi answers a question in Spanish and Cunningham thinks Taurasi is talking about dogs.😂
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Exclusive:
@TrevorMBooth
and
@veenstra_david
talked with Nika Mühl about her pregame style, conversations with Paige Bueckers, her
#WNBA
transition, staying ready and Diana Taurasi having a “Welcome to the League” interaction with her in the preseason.
Full interview:
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Indiana Fever coach Christie Sides on Caitlin Clark, who was one rebound shy of a triple double:
“She’s just a willing, incredible passer.”
Clark finished with 15 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds.
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Phoenix Mercury forward Kahleah Copper says she is excited to be back in Chicago.
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#ValleyTogether
#skytown
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.
@UConnWBB
star Paige Bueckers signs autographs and takes pictures with Phoenix Mercury and Suns owner Mat Ishbia’s kids.
#BleedBlue
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Angel Reese on the impact Diana Taurasi has had on her basketball career:
“Being able to see DT, I watched her for a really, really long time. She’s one of the GOATs of the game.”
High praise from the Chicago Sky rookie here:
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Caitlin Clark scores the and-one. Diana Taurasi after this is assessed her sixth technical foul of the season. The Mercury lead the
#WNBA
with 25.
One more Taurasi will be enough for a one-game suspension.
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Caitlin Clark on how the 2024 Paris Olympic break in
#WNBA
play will benefit her young Indiana Fever team.
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FULL: Indiana Fever stars Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston on facing the United States women’s national team in the
#WNBAAllStar
Game on Saturday.
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Phoenix Mercury coach Nate Tibbetts on Angel Reese’s career-high 20 rebounds:
“Obviously what Angel is doing is super impressive. Give her a ton of credit. She’s got a gift to go get that thing.”
Tibbetts also spoke on Sophie Cunningham’s career-high 10 rebounds:
“She’s a
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The Indiana Fever’s Aliyah Boston on battling with Mercury center Brittney Griner.
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Phoenix Mercury forward Kahleah Copper says she never really cared if people slept on her.
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This was Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark’s response when asked if she’ll have an extra chip on her shoulder playing against Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi tomorrow:
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The much-anticipated game between the GOAT (Diana Taurasi) and the Rook (Caitlin Clark) is here.
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Here is what Phoenix Mercury guard Natasha Cloud said about the competitiveness of the
#WNBA
versus years past:
“I think this is the most evenly-matched that the league has been in a few years.
“That’s the growth of our game, that’s the growth of this league in the last few
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We asked Diana Taurasi about what Celeste Taylor (
@_celeste620
) has brought to the Phoenix Mercury.
Taylor scored a career-high nine points and was a team-best plus-eight in the win over the Atlanta Dream.
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#ValleyTogether
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EXCLUSIVE: Connecticut Sun guard DiJonai Carrington spoke to us about the keys to defending Diana Taurasi and Kahleah Copper, her team's championship expectations, potentially becoming a first-time All-Star and how
@BaylorWBB
prepared her for the
#WNBA
:
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Caitlin Clark’s 2 FTs give the Fever an 85-82 lead with 19.9 seconds left. Timeout Mercury.
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Phoenix
#Suns
guard Devin Booker is here for today’s game, sitting next to majority owner Mat Ishbia.
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#ValleyTogether
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Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark on how her life has changed since playing at Iowa.
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FINAL: A Kahleah Copper 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds left gives the Mercury an 81-80 win over the Lynx.
Copper finished with 34 points.
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Funny moment from Natasha Cloud when asked what grade she would give her Phoenix Mercury through 19 games.
“I wasn’t really a school person, so I don’t know about grades. I got ‘E’ for ‘eligible’ when I was in school.”
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Team WNBA head coach Cheryl Miller shares the lessons she would give to Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese:
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New Phoenix Mercury signing Charisma Osborne says she is AVAILABLE to play tonight against the Las Vegas Aces.
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VIDEO: How would Natasha Cloud know Kahleah Copper is from Philadelphia, even if she didn't already?
Cloud: "She love her a glizzy (hot dog), bro...I don't know how her stomach be handling that shit."
Copper: "Pause." 🤣
More in their postgame presser:
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Caitlin Clark joked that she sprints all the time 😂 before talking about how the break will be beneficial to her.
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VIDEO: Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark’s pregame press conference before she faces the Phoenix Mercury and idol Diana Taurasi.
Clark, who is in her first
#WNBA
season, spoke about a favorite Taurasi memory, playing in front of sellout crowds and how she feels about Christie
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Brittney Griner (left toe fracture) is out of a walking boot. Good sign of progress.
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Phoenix Mercury guard Sophie Cunningham said “refs were awful tonight, absolutely horrible.”
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Angel Reese said she thought people would be mean to her as a rookie but said her teammates have been great.
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We asked Angel Reese about how
@LSUwbkb
prepared her for the
#WNBA
.
Reese said there are similarities between LSU coach Kim Mulkey and Sky coach Teresa Weatherspoon:
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#SkyTown
#LSU
#GeauxTigers
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Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi on how proud she is of Kahleah Copper’s fourth quarter performance in Sunday’s gold medal game:
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#ValleyTogether
#skytown
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Caitlin Clark on the Indiana Fever’s tough schedule and wanting to continue to learn and grow and get better:
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EXCLUSIVE: Rickea Jackson, the No. 4 pick in the
#WNBA
Draft, speaks to us about the learning curve for her rookie season, focusing on key areas of her game for development, what Diana Taurasi has meant to her basketball career and how
@HailStateWBK
and
@LadyVol_Hoops
have
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The Indiana Fever’s Aliyah Boston on the Fever’s “big win” over the Phoenix Mercury.
#WNBA
#FeverRising
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Indiana Fever coach Christie Sides on the battle between Diana Taurasi and Caitlin Clark.
#WNBA
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#ValleyTogether
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Mercury cut what was a 24-point deficit to six, and Kevin Durant loves it.
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