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The best scene in the history of televison

@ItsMeghanLHall Amazing! Love your work!

In New York, attending my 3rd WNBA draft. But today is about so much more than a draft. It’s a reflection of the last 2.5 years and everything I did to arrive at this moment. With that, I’d like to share some news. I’m officially USA TODAY’s WNBA Senior Reporter.

Government must deliver for working people—and every dollar in our budget should work as hard as they do. That’s why I directed every agency to cut waste and help close our budget gap. Here’s some of what we found.

@LI_city_villain @vaxxedboostedX5 @antivirgosuns Off the top of my head, weren't Aaliyah Edwards, Nika Muhl, Lou Lopez-Senehal (sp?) and Christyn Williams all top 15?

@vaxxedboostedX5 @antivirgosuns They’re still in school. Azzi somehow being mocked #1, Sarah will easily be a lottery pick, Jana, KK will also be top 15 picks for sure. Gonna be at least 6 for PB too.

National Player of the Years and how many Top 15 picks they played with in college: Stewie: 10 Taurasi: 7 Sue Bird: 6 Aliyah: 6 A’ja: 6 Maya: 6 Harding: 5 Tina Charles: 4 Seimone: 4 Sabrina: 3 Paige: 2 Candace: 2 Meg Gustafson: 1 Juju: 1 Kelsey Plum: 1 Griner: 1 Caitlin: 0

@ItsMeghanLHall Pretty incredible how many stars were impacted by injury for the playoffs (both during and entering): Phee, Satou, AT, Djonai, Kelsey, Clark, TIff Hayes, KT. What a grind this season has been.

Alyssa Thomas just went to the locker room. It did not look good.

@ItsMeghanLHall @SheKnowsSports @natfluential With the Aces now in 2nd, shouldn't A'ja be a frontrunner right next to Phee?

MVP cases for Alyssa Thomas and Allisha Gray? MVP cases for Alyssa Thomas and Allisha Gray. @SheKnowsSports and @natfluential did a really good job highlighting why Thomas and Gray are worth considering. youtu.be/nrwUgn6_VDs?si…

@ItsMeghanLHall I saw that they can't sign a player till after their next game. What PG options are available on the market?

Just horrific news for the Fever/the players. Caitlin is already out and now, so are Syd and Aari. You hate to see it. Ooof. That’s heartbreaking stuff, man.

@RebeccaLobo @TheWNBPA Was just thinking this. Having the Valkyries play at 7pm PT on a Friday night, then playing the early game on Sunday morning in Connecticut is wild.

A priority of @TheWNBPA in the new CBA has to be addressing the condensed schedule. This season there are too many games in too short a period of time. (Research: Garrett Gastfield) AVERAGE # OF DAYS BETWEEN GAMES 2021: 4.03 2022: 2.81 2023: 2.88 2024: 3.23 2025: 2.70

@ItsMeghanLHall Seems like a win-win for both sides to go in separate directions. But wow, that SI cover was only four weeks ago. Things move quick in the W!

The writing has been on the wall for DeWanna Bonner and Indy. IMO, Bonner’s salary probably makes a trade hard at this point, but we’ll see.

@ItsMeghanLHall Wasn't it also Sheldon's screen where Cunningham hurt her ankle and chipped her tooth? Clearly, lots of feelings going around!

What is happening? I just stepped away for a moment. Watching the replay now. Goodness gracious.

@SkyDigg4 did an incredible thing before tipoff tonight. She handed the game ball to my 8-year-old daughter and asked her to check the air. A brief moment. But it was a big deal for my kid. She’s now a fan for life. @seattlestorm @valkyries

@ItsMeghanLHall Does DB being away from the team this weekend delay their need to make a decision? Or is it because DB is away for personal reasons (hope everything is okay) and not injured make it a moot point?

The real question now becomes: What are the Fever going to do with Aari McDonald? Lots of chatter to (rightfully) keep her, but all depends on what Fever value.

@TheTrentHarvey @dojacaneatmycat @VanshayM "Percentages are based on the pool of respondents to that particular question, rather than all 13 GMs." So I'm guessing GMs chose not to answer every question—like in this case.

@dojacaneatmycat @VanshayM That’s 3/13 is 23% not 20%

@womensbasketb12 Agree with your point. Probably their biggest loss ever was before NIL—Elena Delle Donne. And I think that's because she was homesick.

Geno & the UConn staff really deserve their flowers for the way they’re able to keep their star players in Storrs. especially in this day and age.

@MQuad4 @alexaphilippou @CharlieCreme Hear you on the style of play. But I was talking about substations. I imagine it's hard to get a rhythm constantly being subbed out. Williamson and Thurman played 36 min each in the Ark championship game. Last game for Tenn WBB, the top minutes for any player was 27.

@TheGregoryBell @alexaphilippou @CharlieCreme She’s running a combo of Paul Westhead/Nolan Richardson system. If you’ve watched “Guru of Go” or “40 Minutes of Hell”, you recognize it. Give and go offense combined with persistent defense. Both those coaches are what got us the change in pace if the game. Both successful.

For the first time in program history, Vanderbilt has beaten Tennessee twice in the same season. Shea Ralph has her team playing some great basketball in Greenville. Tennessee has now lost 3 of its last 4 and per @CharlieCreme now doesn't have a path to the top-16

@alexaphilippou Everyone remembers the superteam with Bird, Cash, Jones and Williams. But she won two more after they left! 🐐

UConn WBB coach Geno Auriemma’s statement on Diana Taurasi’s retirement

@alexaphilippou Wow. She'll bring such joy and experience to that locker room.

Breaking: 2x-time WNBA champion Sydney Colson is signing a one-year deal with the Indiana Fever, her agent, LIFT Sports’ Gina Paradiso, told ESPN Colson, who spent the last 3 seasons in Las Vegas, brings veteran pedigree and experience in the backcourt to a surging Fever squad

Top 5 most surprising NBA events of my life: 1: Magic in 1991 2: MJ announcing he was leaving in 93 3: LeBron to the Heat 4: Luka/AD trade 5: KD to the Warriors #NBA

@Da_Wheeler @chloepeterson67 It's news because I believe that even if a player is "cored", it doesn't mean they have to go back to their team (see Plum, Sabally, etc.). A player can still ask out, and the core ensures the team gets something back. So KM is choosing to stay. That's the news.

OFFICIAL: The Fever have re-signed Kelsey Mitchell. She will return for her eighth season with the Fever.