← Post Moves with Candace Parker & Aliyah Boston
Post Moves with Candace Parker & Aliyah Boston
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Candice Parker
Hit one note with the Ray J and do not clean this up in post. Go ahead.
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Aaliyah Boston
No, I.
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Candice Parker
Surprise Major. Put you first. Go ahead.
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Aaliyah Boston
Why are you making me stutter now?
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Candice Parker
I have, like, a.
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Aaliyah Boston
Go.
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Candice Parker
Go. We're waiting. The world is waiting.
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Aaliyah Boston
As a matter of fact, I was the one who said I loved you first. It was about eight years ago. Don't act like you don't know we're sitting home in your mama's living room. Cause we couldn't be alone. Yeah. Okay, listen, I can't wait till I hear this back. And it's probably not even good, but it sounds good in here.
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Candice Parker
Y' all better not auto tune. What's up, everybody? And welcome to another episode of Post Moves. I'm Candice Parker, doing this with my co host, Aaliyah Boston. A reminder to follow us at postmoveshow on all socials. That's two S's. And hit the subscribe button on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Aaliyah Boston
And don't forget to give us our five star reviews. I'm not tooting our own horn or anything, but I think we're pretty good.
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Candice Parker
Yeah. And new episodes drop every Wednesday, so don't forget to tune in. Hi. You've had a big week.
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Aaliyah Boston
I know it's been a. I mean, you had a big. No face paint. I thought you were gonna come with, like, a different, like, vibe today because, like, last week was super great. So I was like, well, I was.
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Candice Parker
Coming from the club last night, last week in Mykonos, so if I slurred a couple of my words, and you know what I mean, I'll. I'll blame it on the alcohol, the Greek wine. But we had. We had a time. It was my brother's 50th birthday. The whole fam got together, his friends. We had a blast.
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Aaliyah Boston
And you guys were turning up.
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Candice Parker
I'm not gonna lie. I'm not gonna lie, Aaliyah. Like, play basketball as long as you can, but this is my first summer. Like, really my first summer. Because we played basketball every summer of our entire lives. If you think about it.
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Aaliyah Boston
I mean, going back to aau, like, you're literally hooping. Then you get to college, and you don't really get a summer break. Like, what even is that? Because summer workouts start, and it was.
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Candice Parker
Before nil, so you didn't have money to travel. So literally, this is my first ever summer. My. My son was born last summer. I had surgery last summer, so that doesn't count this summer. It's like, big ball and Chuck Holland jumping off boats, you know, eating amazing food.
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Aaliyah Boston
Flip, front flip for the win.
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Candice Parker
It definitely. But it definitely felt better than it looked. I felt like I was Dominique Dawes or Simone Biles when I did it.
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Aaliyah Boston
And, I mean, you kind of looked the part.
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Candice Parker
It was kind of like my back hit in the water. But anyway, you're back in indie. You had a long, long road trip. We did.
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Aaliyah Boston
We were on the road for, like, eight days.
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Candice Parker
You did pretty well. Congrats on player of the Week last week. Oh, thank you.
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Aaliyah Boston
Thank you.
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Candice Parker
Amazing.
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Aaliyah Boston
Thank you.
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Candice Parker
Do you have any update stories? I always like traveling. Those long road trips are tough and grueling, but it really provides, like, camaraderie and.
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Aaliyah Boston
Yeah.
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Candice Parker
You know, like, laughing on the bus. Went out.
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Aaliyah Boston
Birthday. Went out for Sid's birthday. We had, like, a team dinner. And then one of the bus was, like, karaoke on the way back. I took the first bus. But they did send us the videos.
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Candice Parker
What's your karaoke songs?
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Aaliyah Boston
Ooh. I mean, making my way downtown, walking. Okay, sorry. Or I would do. I really would do, like, One Wish. Because, like, Ray J, One Wish. I know every single lyric from that song. Okay? And that is always gonna be my go to. But every time I tell people I'll do One Wish, they're like, I'm like, what's the problem?
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Candice Parker
Guess what our next live show idea is gonna be. We have a karaoke machine, and everybody has to come with their best songs, and we're gonna judge it.
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Aaliyah Boston
I.
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Candice Parker
That's my favorite.
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Aaliyah Boston
Now you know what song I'm going to do. What's yours?
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Candice Parker
You know, I'm a little like Usher. I like. I like a little Usher. Hey, Daddy. Okay, Daddy's home.
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Aaliyah Boston
But you were looking crazy at me For One Wish.
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Candice Parker
No, One Wish is like, you gotta hit a bunch of notes.
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Aaliyah Boston
Yeah, but you can't hit the notes, though.
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Candice Parker
Like, that's like me being like, I wanna. I. My song is Adele.
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Aaliyah Boston
I know limits. But Ray J, like, he ate that.
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Candice Parker
Hit one. Hit One note. Hit one note with the Ray J. And do not clean this up in post. Chelsea. Do not clean this up in post. What do you mean?
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Aaliyah Boston
I don't think you're really hitting any notes. You're not really hitting any notes in one way.
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Candice Parker
As a matter of fact, sing that part of the. Of the. Go Ahead, Major. Put you first. Go ahead.
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Aaliyah Boston
Why are you making me stutter now?
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Candice Parker
Go, go. We're waiting. The world is waiting.
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Aaliyah Boston
As a matter of fact, it was the one who said, I Loved you first. It was about eight years ago. Don't act like you don't know we're sitting home in your mama's living room because we couldn't be alone. Yeah, yeah. Okay, listen, I can't wait till I hear this back. It is probably not even good, but it sounds good in here.
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Candice Parker
Y' all better not auto tune that. That was great. Okay, you surprised me a little bit. Now we really are going to have a karaoke, I'm telling you.
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Aaliyah Boston
And that's. That's my song.
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Candice Parker
That's all right. We digressed because clearly that's what we do a lot on the show. It's time for what we want to talk about. Per usual, we got to start with Indiana Fever, the Thief show. I mean, let's get into it. Fever beat the Sky 92 70. You guys have won five straight games versus the Sky. You were a dominant 15. Four, three.
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Aaliyah Boston
One more than one assist.
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Candice Parker
I'm really proud of you because that is what I track. I immediately go to assist. Like bump a double double. I immediately go to assist. You are plus 19. 63% from the field in 24 minutes. Talk about efficiency. You rank third all time in franchise history with 132 blocks.
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Aaliyah Boston
Can we also just look, though? Tamika Catchings has 385. Like, I always think it's so funny every time they post like a stat, it's like Tamika's at the top and then everyone else is kind of like really close together and then she's like 500 levels above. I love it.
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Candice Parker
And let's give a huge shout out to Tammy Sutton. Brown played against her. She blocked a couple of my shots. 267 for her, man. So you all are really locking down defensively, which is something that we talked about before this road trip.
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Aaliyah Boston
Yeah, I think going in on the road trip, obviously, we. I think our games against Phoenix, like, that was just. That was just a rough game for us. I think last game on the road trip, that was just pretty hard for us. But I mean, even when we went to Dallas and Seattle, like, those were pretty good games defensively. And I feel like that's still our focus, like making sure we can get stops. Because offenses, offensively, it's going to come. It's. We're going to find it. But defensively, that's our focus.
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Candice Parker
All right, let's talk about some really tough news for. For two players. For one that is near and dear to my heart. Sydney Colson tore her ACL and will be out for the remainder of the year and in the same game, if I'm not correct.
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Aaliyah Boston
Yeah.
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Candice Parker
Arie McDonald, broken bone in her right foot. You hate that for her, she was balling, hooping. Really stepping up huge for you all this season, but also just in her career, I mean, she was playing some of the best basketball we've seen her play. So what can you say about how your team plans on responding? And then also just in terms of your teammates, I mean, those are two crucial pieces.
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Aaliyah Boston
Yeah.
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Candice Parker
To your fever team.
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Aaliyah Boston
I mean, everyone was pretty heartbroken, like, when we found out. There was, like, a lot of tears. But I think for us, like, this whole season has been next woman up. And no matter what happens, like, I feel like when we started the season, like, people were out. Injury here, injury there, coming back in the lineup, out the lineup, and that's kind of how it's been for us this entire season. It kind of sucks because obviously we were in our groove and everyone had figured out, you know, their plan and, like, what. How they're going to play. And so for us, it's like, listen, like, this sucks. But I think the best thing is that Sydney and Arie, they continue to show up like they're there for us, and so for us, just continue to be there for one another, be there for them, but also understand that we're playing for them like this now that they can't finish out the season technically playing with us, it's like, well, we play for them every time we step on that court.
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Candice Parker
Well, I'll be honest, you know, it's tough to see Aerie go down just because of, like you said, the type of season she was having and her resilience and just her character. And, you know, she was playing some really great basketball, and I think that there's far more basketball ahead of her than behind her. On the other side, Cindy Coulson, I believe she is 36 years old, and as someone that, you know, knows what it's like to play kind of in your later 30s, it's really tough. And I think my thoughts and my heart goes out to Sydney because of the human she is and the amount of energy she brings to the table. It sucks sitting on the sideline. It sucks missing games. Rehab is grueling. And I think I just challenge you as a teammate to continue to lift them up, because it's not initially you get a bunch of calls and reach outs and condolences and all that stuff initially, but it's like day 37, when you're sitting on a table by yourself and you have to do your quad, quad sets in rehab. And it sucks. I mean, as somebody that has had 13 surgeries in my career, you don't want to sit on the sideline. And sometimes you go through the emotional ups and downs. So I just challenge you as a teammate, as a leader, to, like, continue to raise them, lift them up, shoot them text messages randomly when you think of them, because it's not easy. But now you all. Well, you guys played without a true point guard because two point guards went down in one game. You all only had nine players available. And due to WNBA rules, Indy was not able to sign a hardship player until after the game. So Kelsey and Sophie kind of split position at the point guard position, which Kelsey is good. I mean, let's not let. She could play point guard. Yeah, you want to bring her off screen. She's tough to guard that way. But she's quoted as saying, I think this is the most resilient team I've ever been a part of. And I say that wholeheartedly.
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Aaliyah Boston
Yeah, I. I agree with her. I agree with her. I think, like, from the beginning of the season, it was crazy. Like, we just talked about, listen, like, a season is not gonna be perfect. There's gonna have its highs and lows and. But I feel like for us, in a sense, like, we kind of got blessed with some of those lows at the beginning of the season, so it wasn't really much of a shock to us. Like, obviously it still always hits home, but we still get up and we show up and we compete every single time. Every single time, we stay together in that huddle. Like, we make eye contact and, like, seriously, like, we stick together and that' and every single time, no matter what happens, we come back up and we keep fighting. And that's kind of been our mindset, our approach. Every single day we step on that court and nothing's really changed from that.
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Candice Parker
You all signed Odyssey Sims, who was actually my teammate with The Sparks in 2017 through 2019. You signed her to a hardship contract. Most recently, she played for the Sparks. She was averaging 9.8 points, 3.5 assists in 11 starts. Has she become acclimated? I know she's gotten a couple practices under her belt, obviously, with Caitlyn kind of day to day understanding how she bounces back from her injury, playing, you know, rest, whatever. What can you say about what is needed from the point guard position?
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Aaliyah Boston
Yeah, honestly, I think O is going to be a great fill for us. I think she's quick. She defends plays both sides of the ball. Her ability to score the ball, knocking down threes, being able to get downhill, and then once again, like, finding. Finding our shooters on the. On the. On the wings. And so that's kind of. She's like, walking into that. That spot and sense of, like, listen, like, we're going to continue to communicate. I feel like that's just going to be our biggest thing, is making sure that we communicate. Make her feel like, listen no matter what, like, we're just out here hooping. And that's kind of how it feels, is that every time you step on that floor, it's like, be confident in your game and trust yourself.
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Candice Parker
And because we trust you, I always am interested. Because on this trip, you know, going back to this road trip, um, you all had two losses. One against Mercury, one against the Sparks. Obviously, they came later in the road trip when you all were kind of going through the difficulties of the grueling road trip, but also losing players. You all lost pretty good to the mercury. 95, 60 and pretty good. Here's the thing. I think nobody understands that there are some games on your schedule that you're not going in saying you're going to lose, but you are set up to lose because of the scheduling, because of the travel, because of the timing, injuries, like, whatever it is. But what was it about the Mercury? Was there something specific that they did? You had four points, nine rebounds, three assists, two steals. Because I really want to talk about it. I don't think people talk about how you bounce back from games like that to then follow it up with efficiency, you know, with. Against the Sparks and then against the sky.
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Aaliyah Boston
Yeah, I mean, it was just, I think once, like, one. We're at the end of the road trip. We were out there for about eight days, but I feel like sometimes too, like, some of the shots just weren't going in. Like, we were getting good looks at shots and they just weren't falling. I think those are, like, the hardest nights, is when your shot just is not falling because you know you're taking good shots and now you don't want to second guess yourself. But you're also like, dang. Why is the shot that I usually take rolling around the rim? Why is it hitting back rim? Why? What are we doing? And it was kind of just one of those nights. And then I think, obviously when Sid went down early in that game, it was kind of like, okay, let's focus. Like, let's try to get back on track. And then it was kind of hard Hard to do that. And honestly, it was one of those games where even after the game, we kind of just flushed it. Like, there was really nothing to talk about. Like, in the sense of, like, listen, like, obviously we knew there's a lot of things that we need to improve, but I think sometimes, too, like, just hitting shots changes the whole basketball game. And I think we missed just a lot of shots. Like, I know I had a few just front rim, just, like, rolling off. And I'm like, okay. Like, looking at my hands, like, this is. I feel like this is everything that I've been doing consistently. So why is it doing that? It's just one of those that you kind of just have to brush off and be like, listen. Like, that was a crappy game. But we knew that we had Chicago coming up, and we just had to turn that page. So that's kind of just what we did.
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Candice Parker
But you personally, like, how do you mentally deal with not having a great outing?
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Aaliyah Boston
Well, during the game, I try not to crash. Um, I'm like. Because I won't even lie to you.
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Candice Parker
Oh.
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Aaliyah Boston
Like, I know you're probably talking about.
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Candice Parker
After the game, but do you think that's your biggest growth from your first and your second year?
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Aaliyah Boston
Yes. Honestly, this year, I think I've grown a lot mentally. And it's funny, my teammates probably especially. I'll say, like, some of the people that haven't played with me are probably looking at me like, this girl kind of crash out. But I've actually improved a whole lot from rookie season to now. And I feel like that's because I'm. I always say, like, just, you know, just focus and finish. Just focus and finish. Like, you're focusing. So finish it. So when I. When that doesn't happen, like, okay, this is interesting, but most of the time, I just try to give my energy into something else, kind of take my mind off it. And then after the game, like, I'm somebody that goes back and I want to watch my shots. I want to look at the release. I want to look at my footwork. I look at my positioning, and that's kind of what I do. Even sometimes I definitely crash out then, though, because I'm like, wow, rewatching. It just makes you. Like. Because the film doesn't lie. You know what I'm saying? Like, so it just makes you just.
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Candice Parker
Like, you're like, what?
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Aaliyah Boston
Like, you know, like, sometimes you just wanna. But you can't. The game's over.
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Candice Parker
It's so. It's so difficult, especially when you do all the right things. And then the next game you may have a shooting slump or you may struggle from the free throw line or something like that. And I think I get most mad at the controllables.
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Aaliyah Boston
Yes.
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Candice Parker
And, you know, not controlling the controllables. And I think that's the way out of a slump. And yeah, slumps only happen when mentally you allow it to happen.
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Aaliyah Boston
Yeah.
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Candice Parker
You know, I think people forget that sometimes. You know, Steph Curry, the greatest shooter of our entire lifetime in generations to come, has slumps. So if he can, I think all of us can learn from that and his mentality of what's a good shot? And continuing to buy into, like staying consistent. So kudos to you, man. Growth in your third year. Look at you proud bet right here. Look at you.
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Aaliyah Boston
After we won the national championship in 2022. I saw you, Candace, in the crowd, and I just grabbed the mic and said it. I love you, girl.
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Candice Parker
And I felt that because I saw myself in you. The joy, the pressure, the entire journey.
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Aaliyah Boston
You've always been someone that I've looked up to. And hearing you say, you got this, that meant more to me than you probably even know.
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Candice Parker
That's what Adidas is all about. The you got this campaign as a reminder that support, even one moment, one voice, can change everything, whether it's a.
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Aaliyah Boston
Coach, a teammate, a friend. Sometimes it just takes someone reminding you who you are.
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Candice Parker
We've both had those people, and now we're trying to be that for someone else.
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Aaliyah Boston
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Candice Parker
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Aaliyah Boston
Yeah, she has been. I, I, it was crazy. We did like post practice media and you know, everybody's asking about Kelsey and I'm like, kelsey is dominating. Kelsey's putting up crazy numbers and like, and I think what's also standing out too is Kelsey's assist numbers are also going up. Like, I think she had a career high assist the other night, Chicago. And when you look at it, it's like she's passing that ball. Why? Because all the teams are like, okay, we got to get the ball out of her hands and she's doing a great job of finding everyone. And then that kind of opens up the floor again because now you're like, well, they just hit the pockets, so I can't come up too high. But if you don't come up too high, she's going to knock it down. So it's like you got to pick your poison. I feel like they, the, they really haven't made the right choice with the poison. But also Kelsey scoring that ball is such a high level. I think her focus and just all the work that she's continued to put in, like, you're seeing it, you're seeing it. And so definitely she needs to be in those conversations. When you think about it, like her importance to the squad, the numbers she's putting up, I mean, it's undeniable.
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Candice Parker
Well, what was so interesting is, you know, she's always been circled on the scouting report. Like, she's always been the topic of conversation at shootaround for the Indiana Fever. It's just in years past, you all were not on the map, you all were not winning. And so I feel like she's kind of like that quiet assassin that has continued to work on her craft and better it, but also now she's stacking wins. And I'm telling you, when Kaylin gets back, it's gonna be scary from a backport back court standpoint because the two of them with the ball in their hands, without the ball That's a threat. And as a post player, your eyes have to light up because if there's that much attention from the back, they're gonna find you. If you set screens.
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Aaliyah Boston
Yep.
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Candice Parker
If you set early drags in transition, they're. They're. I mean, the sky's the limit of what you all are able to accomplish. The wnba, let's talk about the WNBA as a whole. And in terms of the season picking up, let's just say the least. I remember August was always the month where we had the most amount of games and the most amount of every other day we played, and sometimes back to backs. And yeah, that's four games and seven nights and all of that. And I think injuries are becoming more common in the wnba. And teams playing without their number one players in recent games are Indiana, Caitlin Clark, Dallas Paige, Atlanta, Ryan Howard, who actually came back on Sunday. Minnesota, Nafisa Collier, where Minnesota got that huge win against New York at New York. New York is actually missing Brianna Stewart. She's been out with a bone bruise. Golden State, Kayla Thornton out for the year, which they were having. Great season, amazing season until that point. Chicago Angel Reese has been out for some time. So what do you think the uptick in injuries is a result of?
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Aaliyah Boston
I mean, it's. It's hard, but I definitely think obviously, like you said, like, we play like every other day. Every two days you have back to backs, like four games. Four games in seven days. With traveling, like, our bodies are just kind of feeling it. But I also think it's great for us as players to once again prioritize that because this is not just for this season. Like, you want to make sure for your career in the long run that you're taking care of your bodies. So it's definitely. It's definitely hard. I feel like playing without your teammates, especially for us playing without C. But you just. You just got to keep going.
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Candice Parker
I just always feel like the same amount of time to add. Like, you all are playing eight more games than I played when I retired. Do you realize that, like, when I left, it was 36, and then that year I retired, it moved to 40, and now it's at 44. And so with that being said in the same amount of time frame, it's not allowing rest and recovery, which is, you know, every league has its issues with scheduling conflicts and timing and trying to hit dates and appease, you know, media and, you know, obviously television contracts and things like that. But I think it's interesting seeing all of these injuries and then also now from last year's press conference hearing Kathy Engelberg say that now the finals is going to be a best of seven, which, you know, we saw the finals last year, which was phenomenal. I think it was some of the best finals we've had. Great series game. Game three, they were tired. Game four, they were exhausted. So I've got to think that there's got to be some sort of balance, obviously pushing the game forward and adding more games to the schedule, but also.
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Aaliyah Boston
Having that balance of recovery, having that.
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Candice Parker
Balance of recovery because you, you need your stars to play. You need your stars on the floor.
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Aaliyah Boston
I agree.
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Candice Parker
Okay, I'm glad you agree. Mystics big trades at trade deadline. Mystics trade all star Britney Sykes to the Storm.
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Aaliyah Boston
I was shocked.
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Candice Parker
Were you?
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Aaliyah Boston
I remember because we got out of shoot around and, and we're like scrolling on Twitter and it's like Sykes traded to. I was like, oh, good morning. Good morning. Whatever happened to how are you? You know.
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Candice Parker
Well, in that trade, Mystics receive three time WNBA champion Alicia Clark, Ziya Cook and a 2026 first round draft pick. It also seems like Brittany Sykes requested the trade via her IG posts. She said, P.S. making decisions for yourself is a hell of a liberating feeling. I know you've never been traded and you know it. I've never been traded either. But at the same time I think going to a new situation, especially the Storm. The Storm are struggling. They're. They're struggling right now. So what do you think that Brittany Sykes can bring to the Storm which are already locking down defensively? I mean, let's talk about Malanga. She had a big double double against usual. Yeah. Last. Last finding that last last game. And so what can you say about what Britney Sykes can bring to the Storm with only a handful of games remaining in the season?
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Aaliyah Boston
Yeah, honestly, I think Britney Sykes like her athleticism and I think her ability to get downhill, make defenses have to collapse because they don't want her to just get downhill. And her ability to pass the ball which allows for NECA to get wide open threes. Gabby to get wide open shots. Skyler. Um, so I definitely think that's probably what they're looking at. I mean they recently played against the, the Sparks actually and I think she had 20, 27 or 21 or 27 and knocking down threes, getting downhill, getting to the free throw line. Like I think her ability. She's super crafty. She's a crafty guard. She's a quick guard, keeps people on their toes. So I Feel like that's probably what the Storm's looking at. Another threat from that guard position.
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Candice Parker
100%. I think she's a great point of attack defender.
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Aaliyah Boston
Yeah.
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Candice Parker
I mean, Brittany Sykes, you almost don't need a defensive coverage. She's going to get through the screen. She's going to be able to stay man up. You're not going to have to switch. So I think she could definitely help the Storm, but the Storm have to figure out how to generate something on the offensive end, to be honest with you, because I think defensively they've been in games, they've been able to kind of control the tempo, but on the offensive side they, they have to figure out how to stay at it in that fourth quarter because they've lost some really tight ones to the Sparks, to, to the Aces and, and all of that. The Mystics seem like they're into rebuild mode as they traded Aaliyah Edwards to Connecticut sun in exchange for J.C. sheldon and a first round pick swap in 2026. The fifth and sixth picks in the 2024 WNBA Draft have now switched teams and you look at them and it's like Georgia Amore, she was out at the start of the season with an ACL tear, so she'll be back next year. You know, it seems like the Mystics have kind of leaned into playing their draft picks in. In Sonya as well as Kiki.
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Aaliyah Boston
Kiki.
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Candice Parker
They seem like they're a dynamic D, they're a dynamic duo. I just look for them to try to figure out some vet and I think that's why they brought Alicia Clark back into the fold. Because as you know, you got to do it with some bets.
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Aaliyah Boston
Yes, you need, you need good bets and you need bets that have won. That's what I think is super crucial, is both. Exactly. Exactly. She's both that knows, that knows. Knows their role, embraces their role, knows how to win, what it takes to win. I feel like that's the best thing that a young core, young core needs a hundred percent.
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Candice Parker
Another I would say debate in the world of WNBA is rookie of the year. And honestly this is quite surprising for a lot of people. Paige versus Sonya. Paige has missed a couple games. She's missed seven games. But head to head, their stats are 22 1/2 points for Sonya, 18 1/2 for Paige, 8 rebounds for Sonya, 6 for Paige, 4 assists for Sonya, 5 assists for Paige. Obviously that's just head to head overall stats. Paige Beckers gets the nod with 18 and a half. Sonja at 14.8. So I say all that, that Paige still leads rookies in every pretty much major category and remains the favorite for Rookie of the Year. But could Sonya in August make things a little bit interesting?
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Aaliyah Boston
It's going to be great. It's going to be great. And those, everyone that has to vote is going to have a fun job doing that. But I think it's great. Like, I love seeing when rookies come into the league and they continue to do what they do best, score the ball, play defense, whatever it is. And. And I feel like both Sonya and Paige are killing it, like, they really are. And even Kiki, like, I think just their presence, just coming in with that confidence of, like, listen, like, I know this is new, but we're still Hoopers. Like, this is what we do. And I feel like that's the best mindset to have. And you can tell that that's the mindset they did have.
- [28:42]
Candice Parker
Well, again, Sonya is like, listen, everybody had you as a preseason rookie of the year. Favorite page. Here I am the last six games she is getting, putting it up for debate. I mean, 19 and a half points, two and a half rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.8 steals. She's kind of doing it all. But obviously Paige is just so calm, cool, and collected. I think the only unfavorable kind of check on Paige's side is that she has missed seven games. There are no such rules in the WNBA of an amount of games that you have to play to be eligible for, you know, postseason awards like there are in the NBA. But back in July, Paige became the first player in WNBA history to total 350 points, 100 assists in the first 20 games of their career. And so Paige is having herself a season. I think it's just a matter of her being on the court.
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Aaliyah Boston
Yeah.
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Candice Parker
Is what all of us, you know, want to see. So this could be interesting. I think I give the nod to Paige Beckers for Rookie of the Year, but Sonia, make me change my ways. Make me change my ways. Aaliyah, before we move on, I got to talk about this moment from the CBS broadcast the other night. There's coach Dawn Staley on the mic. I mean, she's going to put you on the spot. That's what coaches do.
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Aaliyah Boston
Always puts me on the spot. I'm like, you never just ask a regular question. You never just ask a regular question.
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Candice Parker
Play the clip. I got another question, though.
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Aaliyah Boston
Stop it.
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Candice Parker
Got another question. You got. You got the podcast with Candace.
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Aaliyah Boston
How long they got your mic on? How long they got your mic on?
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Candice Parker
You got the podcast with Candace. When is the signature shoe coming out? Out?
- [30:21]
Aaliyah Boston
When's the signature shoe? You just got to wait.
- [30:23]
Candice Parker
We got to wait.
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Aaliyah Boston
So is it production? It's on the way. It's on the way. It's on the way. It's on the way.
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Candice Parker
All right, last. Last question for me.
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Aaliyah Boston
No, no, no. You're done with questions. No, I love Coach Sty. I love her.
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Candice Parker
And here's the thing that I love about Coach Staley. She's not satisfied with one player having a signature shoe that she can.
- [30:44]
Aaliyah Boston
No, she.
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Candice Parker
She wants two, and I love that because I think that's pushing the game forward, honestly. And I think we're gonna. You know, as the president of Adidas women's basketball.
- [30:55]
Aaliyah Boston
Yeah, I like that.
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Candice Parker
I love how I'm sitting here, like, man, I wonder. We gonna do some talking off of the mic, so we'll see. We'll see what we can come up with, but I think we'll have a lot of those moments, as Coach Staley has agreed to join us on our podcast. So I cannot wait to be able to just kind of, like, turn the mic on and see where it goes.
- [31:18]
Aaliyah Boston
It's going to be great because she is. She's literally going to sit there, and we're going to be going back and forth, and I'm going to be like, you know what? You're done.
- [31:23]
Candice Parker
You're way to hear Aaliyah Boston crash out stories. That's the first question I ask, because a college. Aaliyah Boston. You're talking about a rookie. Aaliyah Boston, come on out.
- [31:37]
Aaliyah Boston
When I was ready to buy my first home, I really didn't know where to start. But from the moment I connected with Zillow, the process was honestly easier than I expected.
- [31:44]
Candice Parker
Wait, you bought a house? Okay, homeowner. Look at you, ab. Big moves, post moves. But for real, buying a home is a big deal. You need someone you can trust. And Zillow helps with all of that.
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Aaliyah Boston
Yeah. And they connected me with my girl Amy, my Zillow partner agent, and she was awesome. From the first conversation, she really just listened. She asked me about everything, how many bedrooms I wanted, square footage, style, interior, vibe, all of it. So when it's time to start touring homes, she already had a list that just felt like me.
- [32:15]
Candice Parker
That's a game changer. So she really helped you narrow it down, huh?
- [32:18]
Aaliyah Boston
Yeah, I probably toured, like, over 10 houses in, like, three to four days. I didn't really love the first few, but Amy said she just wanted to get A feel for what I liked and what I didn't like. And then, boom. The next days were spot on. I had options. She answered all my questions, made the whole thing so much easier. Honestly, anytime I buy a home again, I know who I'm calling. My girl, Amy.
- [32:40]
Candice Parker
Whether you're buying your first place or already know the ropes, Zillow makes the process way easier.
- [32:45]
Aaliyah Boston
They help me get a home and they can help you too. Just say the word.
- [32:49]
Candice Parker
Download the Zillow app today. Home just got real with Zillow.
- [32:54]
Aaliyah Boston
All right, it is time for order in the court, where we keep things real about something stirring up for conversation on or off the court. So there's been a lot of clips going viral from DT's new documentary where she talks about having to play overseas after the WNBA season just to make a living. So I wanted to ask if you can shed some light on what it's really like playing overseas.
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Candice Parker
Well, I played overseas for 10 years. I actually was Diana Taurasi's teammate in Yekaterinburg, Russia, and I played six seasons in Russia. I played two seasons in China, and I played one season for Fenerbahce in Turkey and Istanbul, actually. And I will say that I have to agree. Diana Taurasi expressed her frustration and why she had to play overseas after WNBA season due to low salaries. She's quoted as saying, I'm the best player in the world and I have to go to a communist country to get paid. Like a capitalist, I say all that to say that at that time, I agree with her that the WNBA was a summer job that was a supplementary income. I also say that through the wnba, you obviously, if you're one of the top players in the world, you get endorsements. But the opportunity to go make millions overseas was just too enticing. And the way that you take care of your family is you go overseas. And that's what she's quoted as saying. It used to be the top four or five players in women's basketball had one or two brand deals. I came out of school and I remember I signed with Gatorade and I signed with Adidas. And, you know, obviously there were others that trickled in, but not being visible for the months that you actually had a flexible schedule while you were overseas playing basketball did kind of hurt from the endorsement side as well. I will say this, it was a shame that we had to go overseas to make the type of money that we had that we were able to. But I also say that that overseas was somewhere the most memorable experience I could have had. I mean, how many teams can say that they played? They had a roster of Dina Trusty, myself, Sue Bird, Deanna Nolan, Ann Waters, Sandrine Gruda. I mean, we had literally some of the best inner squad scrimmages there were. But the fact that literally the season went in the WNBA from April to October, and then you got 14 days, and then from October to May, you went overseas and then you had to negotiate with your WNBA team because the WNBA would be like, we want you at training camp day one. So the rule was from the time you touched down, it was usually, you know, maybe a couple days. There were one. There was one time I got off the plane and played the next day. It was ring night. What? So I say all that to say that we are in a great space. I think that the endorsements have stepped up their game and now players are able to make money off the court more. But I don't know if on the court has stepped up their game.
- [36:03]
Aaliyah Boston
Well, I just, I, I'm glad you shared that for me. I feel like I've been blessed to not have to go overseas in my three seasons. But I think a big part of that too, you know, you talked about like, that visibility, being able to do different stuff, have different deals, have different endorsements where you don't have to do that and you're able to make money a different way and kind of just give your body a little bit more time. Because obviously I did unrivaled this past year and we start in January, so it was nice to get those little few months where it's kind of just, you're just training before you actually get back into hoops. Because honestly, once unrival starts, your season's basically here. It's like, I don't know where the time goes as fast as it goes. Once you're done, it's like you're back in Indy and you're in your training before the season starts.
- [36:47]
Candice Parker
I think unrivaled is amazing because you're able to stay stateside and not feel like you're in a foreign country. The challenge was the body element. I mean, the amount of beat up on your body. There was no time to ever get better.
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Aaliyah Boston
Yeah.
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Candice Parker
Unless you're doing it during the season. You know, that, that, that six to eight weeks where you're like, okay, I wanna work on this, I wanna work on this. I'm gonna drill this, I'm gonna get in better shape. I'm going to do all those things. But you're really trying to just recover and then you're going straight into another season full force. And that was a challenge for me personally is just balancing trying to make sure that I'm taking care of my beat up body, but also trying to get better at my craft in the process. So I'm happy for y' all that you all are able to stay stateside and, you know, make income. But I really do challenge, you know, the WNBA to, to step their game out because in Russia, we had chefs, we had amazing apartments, we had drivers, we had, we flew charter, we traveled around Europe as the number one team and were compensated as such. Yeah, I mean, my black diamonds are from, from Russia. They were given to me as a birthday gift. My daughter got black diamonds. I got a Rolex watch. I mean, the amount of gifts that I got from our owners in Russia, and I think that it just makes you feel welcome and it makes you feel like you are one of the top players and you're treated as such.
- [38:18]
Aaliyah Boston
Yeah. Okay, last question about overseas. Which country was the most challenging to play in and why?
- [38:24]
Candice Parker
I really had a culture shock in China and that was actually my last time going overseas. I mean, in Russia, you know, it was, it was different because as an American, you hear all of these things about how Russia doesn't like Americans and, you know, speaking the language. And I was bringing my, you know, seven month old baby for the first time over to Russia when I first went. So it had its challenges, but overall you could get by. People spoke English a little bit. It was freezing cold. It was minus 36 when I first landed in Russia.
- [38:54]
Aaliyah Boston
I would have had to be on that plane.
- [38:56]
Candice Parker
I would have been freezing. But it was an adjustment, you know, like, it was. We were treated as such, things like that. I mean, a little things like you turn on the water sometimes and the pipes would be a little rusty, so the water would be yellow. You just have to let it run. Yeah, yeah. You know, you learned, you learned a vibe. But in China, it's just a cultural shock. I can't explain it. And we weren't going on like the world tour. Like you see like John Moran and Sabrina Nescu and all of those, those people, I mean, Aunt Edwards going, we weren't staying at the state of the art hotels in Shanghai. Like, we were kind of roughing it. And so to be in those, like, little big cities and have to figure out like, food and, you know, just everything, that was one of the most difficult, most trying periods of like my life. And I think just my daughter was with me My wife was with me, my mom was. So it was really challenging. So I'd say China, Turkey was easy. There's Americans everywhere.
- [39:48]
Aaliyah Boston
Everyone always talks good about, really amazing. Everyone's always like, they love Turkey, Istanbul.
- [39:53]
Candice Parker
And it's got the Asian side and the European side. Like, we. We did the little Salt Bay restaurant. Like, there were amazing shot. There's amazing shopping. Like, like, I could get down. Honestly, I could live in Istanbul, but China was a little bit more difficult. So I am looking for all of those out there to send me an itinerary because I really want to re experience China. I just have a different experience and I want to go back. I want to take my daughter there and, like, really experience the good of it, because I just don't have great memories of it.
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Aaliyah Boston
Okay.
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Candice Parker
All right, well, will you go with me?
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Aaliyah Boston
We can go to China together. I was literally gonna say that. We can go to China together.
- [40:28]
Candice Parker
We're gonna hit up Hong Kong, though. We gonna go. We gonna go south first, then we'll make our way back up.
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Aaliyah Boston
It's now time for you got this. Presented by Adidas. There's nothing like a great assist to help us remember you got this. Learn more about the you got this message@adidas.com you got this. And follow the action on Instagram. Adidas and Adidas us. Every week, we're going to shout out someone who showed up, rose to the occasion, or made their moment count. Whether it's a player, a coach, or even someone we saw online. If it inspired us, it's getting a shout out. So this week, my you got this moment has to go to Asia. A 30.20 rebound performance. I mean, first in WNBA history. That's crazy. That's really crazy work.
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Candice Parker
And you forgot 5 assists, 2 steals, 52% from the field, 13 for 25. Dominant performance as the Aces won 9486 over the sun. I mean, that was crazy. I watched the game and it was like a. It was like a part of me was looking at, like, my generation of players passing the torch because Tina Charles was on the other side of a lot of that 32, 20. And I remember Tina Charles used to be on the other side and be kind of scratching the surface of the 3220 from a post standpoint, Asia Wilson, we know her ability to score, but as a tenacious rebounder that got extra possessions for her team. I don't know how many of those 20 were offensive rebounds, but I saw a number of them. This wasn't like a blowout. This Wasn't an easy win.
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Aaliyah Boston
No, this was a close game.
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Candice Parker
This was a close game.
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Aaliyah Boston
I mean, at some point, the sun were. They were up 10, I think before halftime or it was tied at halftime. It was a. It was a tight game.
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Candice Parker
100. And I just think that, you know, obviously Asia's gracious and saying that, you know, she's kind of the first to do it but won't be the last and, you know, all of that. But that is a stat. Stat sheet.
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Aaliyah Boston
That was a crazy stat line.
- [42:24]
Candice Parker
That was a crazy. She gonna be able to tell her grandkids, like, listen, I got 32 and 20. But I will say that the Aces have needed all of that. The Aces go as. As far as Asia Wilson and Jackie Young go, they've won four straight to improve to 18 and 14, and they are in six. They are at six in the league. I think it's kind of surprised some individuals about the ups and downs. And I will say, just from watching the Aces, I think a lot has had to do with their bench. They've had a consistent bench the last four years. You look. You look at Sydney Colson, you look at Alicia Clark departing. That's a huge part of your veteran leadership that, you know, is an adjustment. Obviously, Kelsey Plum was able to kind of play those backup point guard minutes when Chelsea was out, so it does take a team a little bit of an adjustment to move forward. But obviously they seem like they're kind of steering the ship in the right direction. But Asia Wilson, three time MVP, 30 career games with at least 30 points, tied for third all time with Brianna Stewart. That's crazy. The rivalry, it's gonna be fun.
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Aaliyah Boston
That's. That was crazy. But that was my. You got this moment presented by Adidas. Back to you next week, Candace.
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Candice Parker
All right, it's time for one of our favorite parts of the show. This is unfiltered fan questions powered by Uncrustables. Find Smuckers Uncrustables in the freezer aisle. Learn more@uncrustables.com all right, we got a ton of great questions coming in, so please keep them coming. My first question to aaliyah from illustrious Act 6171. When did the pregame routine start with Caitlin Caitlyn Clark? What is the backstory behind her hugging you before each game?
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Aaliyah Boston
I mean, it really just started one game where we just gave each other a hug and she was like, you're going to be amazing because you are amazing. And then I set it back and we've Just done it every game. Even though she has. She's been out for a while. Like, I make sure I get my. My pre game hug. I think it's just nice to kind of just give that confidence to each other before every game. And we just continue to do that.
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Candice Parker
That one, two punch confidence. I bet you guys won that game, too, because, you know, like, it's. You gotta.
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Aaliyah Boston
You're just ready to go. You're. You just feel it. You're like, you know what? I am. I am gonna be amazing.
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Candice Parker
Yeah, but you're like, after, you know, a dominant double double performance, you're like, we hugged, so we're gonna hug next game.
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Aaliyah Boston
So we're gonna hug again. And we keep going because you know how I feel about that. Like, we're never gonna stop hugging. Okay, question for you, Candace, from Boldly B. Candace, you've been a mentor for so many players, and, Aaliyah, you're now a foundational piece for your team. What's the most valuable piece of advice that's been passed down to you, and how have you either adapted or seen it change for the next generation of players?
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Candice Parker
It's as simple as, like, confidence is key. And you get your confidence through repetition, through practice, through looking at yourself in the mirror. And one of my most amazing mentors was the late, great Kobe Bryant, and he always talked about, you know, the way that you get your percentages up and then your belief in taking those shots is to practice them over and over and over again until the next shot has to go in. And it's that mentality that I think that this generation of players has is you have to have confidence in yourself. You have to be able to kind of like, tune out the noise, the naysayers, the people that say you can't, because guess what? Everybody says you can't until you do it. And then everybody's congratulating you and patting you on your back. Exactly. And so you know you're crazy until you show that it works. And that's in between the lines and also outside. Outside the lines. And so I'm just proud of this generation of players because I feel like they're unapologetic and who they are and. And what their craft is, and I love it. So, yeah, that's a. That's a really great question, Boli B. My next next question is from Superman 24742. It's for you, Aaliyah. Has anyone dunked on anyone in practice yet?
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Aaliyah Boston
Oh, no one has gotten dunked on, but we keep telling KK to just dunk the ball, like every single time. Like, if she gets a wide open lab, we're like, dunk it. We're like, why don't you just dunk it? And she jumps and she like, will finger roll it right over the front of the rim and her hand is like, already touching the rim. I'm like, girl, just dunk it one time. Just once.
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Candice Parker
Well, this is a hot take. Not very much of a hot take. I think Malanga is going to get one down before the end of the year. I think she's going as long as.
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Aaliyah Boston
It'S not near the fever. We good?
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Candice Parker
Listen, I. I have been in a game when BG got us. She got us on a breakaway. I'll never forget. I was out front and I saw her get the steal and I was like, it was in the playoffs, too. Oh, man, I was so mad. But anyway, I think my money's on. My money's on Malanga. I think she's gonna get one.
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Aaliyah Boston
All right, so my question for you from Flute to Boot.
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Candice Parker
Wait, rewind that. What's the name?
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Aaliyah Boston
Flute to Boot.
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Candice Parker
I like that.
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Aaliyah Boston
Flute to Boot. I like it a lot. You mentioned wanting to talk about the hard stuff. What's one struggle you've had as a professional athlete that fans might not see or understand?
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Candice Parker
The hardest thing to get fans to understand is sometimes what you're doing on the court is what your coach wants you to do. That's something that you're willing to give up.
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Aaliyah Boston
Yeah.
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Candice Parker
And everyone, you have this pride element of, like, you know, the way that you would guard this player one on one. But, you know, the scouting report of what your team is supposed to do.
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Aaliyah Boston
You're right.
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Candice Parker
And so the hardest thing as a professional athlete is not scream from the rooftops that this is what my coach is trying to get me to do. We are giving up the pull up game jump shot. So therefore, as a post player, I'm not supposed to come up and contest.
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Aaliyah Boston
I'm not pull up jump shot.
- [48:18]
Candice Parker
That is actually the guard. And that is actually what we're willing to give up. We want to give up long contested twos. But your pride is just like, I cannot let this person get 25.
- [48:27]
Aaliyah Boston
I. I can't. Not on my head either.
- [48:30]
Candice Parker
Exactly. And then everybody's talking about how you don't.
- [48:32]
Aaliyah Boston
You got scored on, you got. No, no, no, no, no.
- [48:35]
Candice Parker
So that is the biggest struggle that I think people don't understand is that sometimes the game plan is to give somebody 30 because you're gonna Stop everybody else.
- [48:45]
Aaliyah Boston
As long as no one else scores the ball. It's so funny when coaches say that. And then it's always. It's just so unfortunate when it's like, your person, when they're like, you know what? We're okay if they have 30. Because I'm like, I'm not.
- [48:55]
Candice Parker
But I'm also not gonna give you 30. Like, but I'm supposed to help and over recover, and then I'm recovering back. Like, it. It's so funny. I was just at an Amazon summit and everybody was there, and Udonis Haslam is talking about Dirk Nowitzki and how he had to guard him out of the pick and roll. And he was just popping, just hitting that thing, like, just hitting it, just shooting that thing like it was draining in. And he was just looking at the bench like, this is not the plan.
- [49:24]
Aaliyah Boston
You know what I mean?
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Candice Parker
And I feel him on that because there have been so many times where I'm like, I should not be recovering back to Brianna Stewart for three. Like, this cannot be the plan.
- [49:34]
Aaliyah Boston
Like, how about we stunt and full rotate? Let's just full rotate.
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Candice Parker
Help.
- [49:37]
Aaliyah Boston
Help somewhere else. Help me.
- [49:39]
Candice Parker
Everybody's going to come for me. The Twitter trolls and everything are going to come for me to my canis. Don't play defense. And it's like, no, this is the game plan. That's a coach. I'm actually buying into the game plan. Yeah, sorry. Now I'm going to be an angry person on. On all of these little clips. But anyway, funny. Yeah, moving on. All right, question from Sarah C317. What was the biggest adjustment coming out of college to the W. Wnba?
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Aaliyah Boston
Oh, the biggest adjustment was definitely the physicality. That was the biggest adjustment for me, especially being a post player. Like, you're playing games and you're getting hit crazy. And there's literally not a whistle in sight. There's not a whistle near you. There's nothing. Like, I still remember when I first stepped foot in the league and the first big I played against was Big T. I said all the time, and I had two fouls in the first two minutes. And then I was playing against Bri Jones, and then I was like, dang, no one see me getting foul because I think I'm getting fouled. But they're like, no, this is the big leagues. You're not really getting fouled. Finished through contact. So that was definitely my hardest adjustment because I was like, there's. There's nothing more tired than, like, getting beat up on one end. And then you're going on the other end, and they're running horns, and your person's rolling you down and you're. And you're behind them, and there's nothing you can do except for foul them. And now you have three fouls.
- [50:49]
Candice Parker
You know, I would feel sorry for you. I really. I really would. I would feel sorry for you.
- [50:54]
Aaliyah Boston
What are you talking about? As a rookie, why would you feel sorry for me?
- [50:57]
Candice Parker
As a rookie, I would feel really sorry for you. However, I was in practice my rookie year, and Michael Cooper put me on the white team, and it was all a part of the plan. I already knew this. As soon as he switched my jersey, I knew it. And he kept Delisha and Lisa on the other team, and they just took turns beating the out of me. Like, I would go to the hoop, and nobody would call a foul, and everybody would just run down the court. And I remember just looking like, oh, this is what y'. All. Y' all are on something.
- [51:27]
Aaliyah Boston
So this is what you guys. This is your plan?
- [51:29]
Candice Parker
That was my practice. So, I mean, at least your games. Okay.
- [51:33]
Aaliyah Boston
Yeah.
- [51:34]
Candice Parker
Yours were, like, really refs that really had gone to, like, refing school and all that stuff. Mine was like, this is assistant coach that had a whistle that he never.
- [51:44]
Aaliyah Boston
Put it in his mouth that he never, never blew.
- [51:47]
Candice Parker
Yeah, never blew it. All right, that does it for our unfiltered fan questions. Powered by uncrustables. Keep the questions coming. Drop us a DM comment on YouTube. We really want to hear from y'. All. Aaliyah, that's a wrap.
- [51:59]
Aaliyah Boston
I mean, episode three.
- [52:00]
Candice Parker
Episode three. Yes. Jersey number in the house.
- [52:05]
Aaliyah Boston
Oh, that was good. That was smooth.
- [52:06]
Candice Parker
You like that?
- [52:07]
Aaliyah Boston
That was smooth.
- [52:07]
Candice Parker
All right, well, we hope you're enjoying new new episodes. Drop every Wednesday. Subscribe on YouTube wherever you get your podcast. Follow postmoose, show on socials. And don't forget two S's.
- [52:18]
Aaliyah Boston
Five star reviews. Five star reviews. I know how we end it.
- [52:23]
Candice Parker
Bow, bow, bow, bow.
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Aaliyah Boston
Bowl.