Natalie Nakase
@NatalieNakase
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Las Vegas Aces Assistant Coach | Former LA Clippers Assistant Coach | UCLA alum
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Happy Born Day Dad! We got you another one 🏆🏆. Trying to continue your UNAPOLOGETIC LEGACY live on! Thank you for your tough love, competitive mindset & obsessive discipline! Miss you & Love you forever! BUILT DIFFERENT 🕊️🤍
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Representation Matters! 👊🏽
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Y’all missed out 🏆
.
@BeckyHammon
's first season as a Head Coach:
🏆
@WNBA
Championship
🏆 Commissioner's Cup Championship
🏆 Coach of the Year
🏆 WNBA All-Star Head Coach
🏆
#1
Overall Record
🏆 First Championship in Aces Franchise History
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Family support hits different 👊🏽
.
@NatalieNakase
's first game at The House so you know her
@LAClippers
fam Coach Ty Lue had to be in attendance.
#ALLIN
♦️♠️
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WOMEN making moves! 🏆
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Visibility matters! ✊🏽
.
@NatalieNakase
is a woman of firsts 👏
The Japanese American is an inspiration to the Asian basketball community.
#ThatsaW
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Humbled and honored with the opportunity!
@LVAces
𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: Natalie Nakase is joining the Las Vegas Aces Coaching Staff.
Welcome to Las Vegas,
@NatalieNakase
! ♦️♠️
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WE LOVE YOU VEGAS! 💍
𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐌𝐀𝐃𝐄
Thank you Las Vegas! You showed up and showed out!
2022
@WNBA
Championship Celebration ☑️
#RaiseTheStakes
//
#WNBAChampions
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Family supporting family 🤍
The world champion Aces are here. Kawhi and PG greeted Becky Hammon and Aces assistant and former Clippers assistant Natalie Nakase before practice
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You’re all heart
@terance_mann
Continue to be unapologetic for greatness.
"I’m so proud of Nat. She’s doing something she always wanted to do. I’m excited for her. She’s helped me tremendously... If it wasn’t for her, I definitely wouldn’t be here today. I’m excited to see her do big things over there."
@terance_mann
on
@NatalieNakase
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Women in Sports 🏆
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Witnessing GREATNESS 🏆🏆
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Season 1 ✅
"Just because you got ingredients doesn't mean you can cook, and so I thought I had the right ingredients ... to win with this team and win a championship."
—Becky Hammon on why she and the Aces were a perfect match
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We lived in the gym and couldn’t be happier
@terance_mann
🙌🏽
"If it wasn't for her, I definitely wouldn't be here today."-
@terance_mann
on
@NatalieNakase
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Our beautiful story 🤍🤍🤍
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Family support! 💯
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Our Leader 👊🏽
Best 10-game start to a
@WNBA
coaching career 👏
@BeckyHammon
has earned
#WNBA
Coach of the Month honors for the month of May!
#ALLIN
♦️♠️
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Sharing is caring 🫶🏽
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Family supporting family!
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Earned it! 👊🏽
𝗠'𝗩𝗣 😤🧞♀️
1st in Double-Doubles
1st in Blocks Per Game
1st in Efficiency Per 40 Minutes
2nd in Rebounds Per Game
5th in Points Per Game
#1
Overall Team Record
2x Player of the Month
4x Player of the Week
@_ajawilson22
//
#ALLIN
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Hard work pays off! 💪🏽
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CLUTCH GENE 🧬
Riquna Williams was
#MoreThan
CLUTCH in crunch time of Game 4 of the
#WNBAFinals
Her 4th quarter performance earned her a
@Microsoft
Azure
#WNBACrunchTime
score of 66.7 👏
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Our captain 🤍
"She's our sister ... I can't imagine what she's going through ... I pray so much for BG and I hope we can bring her home."
@_ajawilson22
on Brittney Griner's detainment in Russia.
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.
@BeckyHammon
is one of the best leaders in sports! Take notes ✍🏽
Add
@WNBA
𝐂𝐎𝐀𝐂𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑 to
@BeckyHammon
's debut season as Aces Head Coach!
#1
overall record
#1
in scoring & offensive efficiency
2nd best winning percentage ever by a rookie H.C.
Franchise record for wins in a season
All-Star H.C.
Commissioner's Cup Champ 🏆
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Hardest working players around 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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Family support hits different! ✍🏽🤍
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Get y’all 🍿 ready! Elite basketball mindset plus jokes! Y’all ain’t ready 😉
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FAMILY 🤍
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What a day
@WhiteHouse
Today, President Biden welcomed the Las Vegas Aces to the White House to celebrate their 2023 WNBA championship. Congratulations,
@LVAces
on going back-to-back!
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Our MVP 🤍🤍🤍
The reigning MVP A'ja Wilson was HYPED to get her 2022 WNBA Championship ring 💍🏆
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What an experience to remember 🤍🤍🤍
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Our leader 🗣✊🏽
Ty Lue is calm under pressure.
He's 10-2 all-time when facing elimination and 3-0 so far in the 2021 playoffs.
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Thank you
@LAClippers
&
@bumble
for allowing me to share my obsessive passion for the game.
“Be patient, work hard, and you will progress.”
Assistant coach
@NatalieNakase
started as a video intern, worked her way up the ladder, and is now coaching at the highest level.
In partnership with
@bumble
, here is her story.
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SMOOTH! 💪🏽
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Double OFF HAND ✌🏽
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Your Pops is so proud of you
@Alysha_Clark
🤍🤍🤍
Got the worst call of my life a year ago today…to have to pull it together and go out there and play tonight was tough, but I know one thing my dad loved was to watch me play basketball. So tonight was for you Pops❤️🙏🏽
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Mentors are 🔑
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My hero
@Alysha_Clark
🕊️🤍
Stepped up all szn long👏
@Alysha_Clark
is your 2023 WNBA
@Kia
Sixth Player of the Year
Coming off the bench, Alysha Clark averaged 6.7 PPG, 3.4 RPG, and 1.1 APG in 22.5 MPG for the
@LVAces
#KiaSixth
#MoreThanGame
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Must Read 🤍🤍🤍
Alysha Clark on what this Finals win meant for the Las Vegas Aces: “All season, it was us vs. us.
We didn’t say a lot.
We read a lot! We heard a lot! We observed some real weirdo activities taking place online, the way some of you were talking about the Aces. We got receipts.
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Y’all two are ICONIC! 🤍🤍
Legacy. Togetherness. Joy.
For the cover of SLAM 247, two-time WNBA champion Sydney Colson reflects on A'ja Wilson's legacy and what this team means to her and the entire city of Vegas.
@_ajawilson22
@SydJColson
Read here:
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🐐
No Kawhi + PG should’ve been a death sentence this season. But Clippers have gone from a team that melted down in the bubble to making historic comebacks on way to the play-in as Ty Lue is showing what he can do without LeBron or any star: “He is the star”
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Changing the Game 💍💍
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💫👇🏽
😮💨😮💨😮💨 she really like that.
July: 20.5 PPG // 8.0 RPG // 1.9 SPG // 1.4 BPG // 52.2 FG% // 43.5 3P%
Including a franchise record 8 consecutive games with 20+ points.
@_ajawilson22
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#ALLIN
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CLUTCH 🙌🏽
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Our Leader 👏🏽 👏🏽👏🏽
Ty Lue and Clipper nation gave Terance Mann a standing ovation after his career-night 👏
- 39 PTS (career-high)
- 7-10 3PM
- 36 min
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LAY-UPS! 👌🏽
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That’s the dagger right there! HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE!
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👀
A night full of dimes for
@cgray209
👏
Chelsea Gray blessed us with a season-high 12 AST along with some tuff defense and buckets
#MoreThanGame
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Happy to get back at it! 💪🏽
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All Stops Pat! 💯
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Thank you
@ACClippers
Family!
Happy International Women's Day! ✊👸
To celebrate we're recognizing the one and only
@NatalieNakase
!
Thank you for inspiring women everywhere to become who they want to be! 💙❤️
#InternationalWomensDay
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Bay prepared for this moment 🤫
Riquna Williams went crazy in the last minute of yesterday's
#WNBAFinals
Game 4 victory
Bay Bay hit 3 clutch shots in a row to put the bow on the
@LVAces
first title 🏆
#MoreThan
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It’s her competitive leadership, her energy, her rim protection, her composure, her elite level basketball IQ…measure that ✍🏽
𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗛 ✨
Averaged a league-leading 24.8 PPG in August
6 double-doubles
Set new 40-point career-high ⤵️
New 53-point career-high (Tied
@WNBA
Record)
@_ajawilson22
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#ALLINLV
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🐐
A’ja = HER
You can’t argue with the resume. A’ja Wilson is the best women’s basketball player on the planet.
Watch episode 210 of
#AllTheSmoke
with
@_ajawilson22
on our YouTube.
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Genuine Leadership is priceless 🤍
.
@BeckyHammon
on her relationship with
@LVAces
star
@Kelseyplum10
: "She reminds me a bit of myself with her competitive nature."
#LeadByExample
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🐐
The story of a young hooper from Chicago turned WNBA legend 👑
Candace Parker: Unapologetic | 9 ET | ESPN
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Right! 💪🏽
𝗣💪𝗨𝗠 𝗗𝗔𝗪𝗚
1st in 3PM
2nd in PPG
3rd in 3P%
6th in Total AST
Set new franchise records for
3PM in a single season ✅
Points in a single season ✅
Became the 2nd Player in
@WNBA
History with 100+ 3PM in a single season
@Kelseyplum10
for Team All-WNBA!
#ALLIN
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Listen up 🎙️
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All heart 🤍🤍🤍
@Kelseyplum10
Two rings in the same year 👀
@Kelseyplum10
sits with
@NatalieNakase
to talk hoops, family, and playing for Becky Hammon.
In The Paint with The Las Vegas Aces airs weekly on Wednesdays at 7 PM on the Silver State Sports & Entertainment Network.
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🤍🤍🤍 Inspiring
@kstokes41
The year-round grind for many
@WNBA
players is like no other. After nine consecutive years of playing in the W from May through early October and then overseas from November through April,
@kstokes41
finally felt the effects of the constant grind.
Here's a look at Kiah's
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Champs don’t drink water! 😂🤍 love you more
@_ajawilson22
I’m not working out with
@NatalieNakase
any more she don’t let me have any water breaks! 😂😂 jk jk love you Nat
50% 😉
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Natalie Nakase: An inspiration to coaches everywhere via
@SINow
@MadelynBurke
Thank you!!!
#WomenHistoryMonth
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Clippers Coach Natalie Nakase, One of Six Female Assistants in the NBA, Breaks Down the Playoffs - Stadium
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No Question!
Call her Jackie, JY0, All-Star, Most Improved, just don't forget Team All-WNBA!
2021: 12.2 PPG / 3.2 APG / 5-20 3PM-A / 25.0 3P%
𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐: 𝟏𝟔.𝟒 𝐏𝐏𝐆 / 𝟑.𝟗 𝐀𝐏𝐆 / 𝟓𝟎-𝟏𝟏𝟔 𝟑𝐏𝐌-𝐀 / 𝟒𝟑.𝟏 𝟑𝐏%
@JackieYoung3
is 2nd in 3P%, 3rd in minutes played & 10th in scoring.
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More to come! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
𝗔𝗟𝗟-𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗔𝗖𝗛 🤩
Aces fans, join us in congratulating Coach
@BeckyHammon
on earning her first All-Star Head Coaching selection! 👏
#ALLIN
♦️♠️
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SAUCE! ⚡️
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Your Pops is so proud of you & is with you every step of the way! You’re my hero
@Alysha_Clark
🤍🤍🤍
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You got me
@PalomaVillicana
👊🏽🥹
Getting to know the
@LVAces
coaching staff 🎬
Assistant coach
@NatalieNakase
opens up to me about the hardship she’s faced losing her best friend, her father last year.
She’s grown in ways she could never image & hopes her journey shows girls that “anything is possible” ✨
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Family support hits different 🤍
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Crazy efficient ✍🏽
What a month for The M'VP & DPOY! 👑
Sets a new 40-point career-high on August 11 and then breaks it on August 22 with 53 points tying the
@WNBA
record for most points in a single game.
Add another
@WNBA
Western Conference Player of the Month honor for
@_ajawilson22
.
24.8 PPG
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Thank you Paul George. Enough is Enough.
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No Question 🤍🤍🤍
The anchor of the league's
#1
ranked offense and defense with a league-best 33-6 record.
League leader in
♦️ Points Per Minute
♠️ Player Efficiency Rating
♥️ Defensive Rating
♣️ Defensive Win Shares
♦️ Blocks
♠️ Field Goals Made
Not to mention a historic 53-point performance.
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Very humbled & honored to speak to the FVHS Basketball Program! Such a bright future for these focused athletes!
#truthtellers
Natalie Nakase from the Las Vegas Aces visited FVHS Boys and Girls Basketball yesterday for an inspirational talk and to answer their questions about playing at the next level.🏀 Thank you Natalie, for connecting with our student-athletes and being a true inspiration!🤗
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Keep Going 👊🏽
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Wait till our next workout
@_ajawilson22
Heavy Ball for 60 mins 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽😉
@NatalieNakase
had jokes this morning! I’ll have your gamecock gear ready for the season xoxo 😘✌🏽
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