Hardwood Knocks, Episode 558: WNBA Free-Agency Fallout + Biggest Post-NBA-All-Star Questions in the West

Hardwood Knocks is joined by SB Nation’s Sabreena Merchant (@sabreenajm) for a very special episode in which she guides Dan through all the major fallout from 2022 WNBA free agency before tackling some of the biggest questions we have about the Western Conference following the 2022 NBA All-Star break. TIMESTAMPS⬇️

πŸ—£WNBA FREE-AGENCY FALLOUT

πŸ”˜ Intro (0:30)
πŸ”˜ Sabreena’s new role at SB Nation! (6:14)
πŸ”˜ The WNBA’s increase in player movement (8:32)
πŸ”˜ Phoenix Mercury/Tina Charles (9:26)
πŸ”˜ Impact of Vanessa Nygaard taking over Phoenix’s coaching reins (13:52)
πŸ”˜ Seattle Storm/Breanna Stewart (16:58)
πŸ”˜ Chicago Sky, Courtney Vandersloot, Allie Quigley (19:48)
πŸ”˜ WNBA players overseas/playing year-round (26:37)
πŸ”˜ Los Angeles Sparks, Liz Cambage, Jordin Canada, Chennedy Carter, Katie Lou Samuelson (28:15)
πŸ”˜ Connecticut Sun/Las Vegas Aces (34:11)
πŸ”˜ Becky Hammon’s impact on Las Vegas (37:01)
πŸ”˜ Who’s the best MVP bet? (40:18)
πŸ”˜ Which new coach will have the biggest impact (43:07)
πŸ”˜ Biggest WNBA offseason winner (44:42)
πŸ”˜ Most underrated offseason (45:19)
πŸ”˜ Which offense will be most exciting to watch? (48:01)
πŸ”˜ Which team takes the biggest step back/forward (49:01)

πŸ—£POST-NBA-ALL-STAR-BREAK QUESTIONS FOR THE WEST

πŸ”˜ Utah Jazz (53:32)
πŸ”˜ Dallas Mavericks (56:47)
πŸ”˜ Zion Williamson/Pelicans (1:00:21)
πŸ”˜ West Play-In Predictions + LA Clippers/Ty Lue (1:01:59)

JOIN OUR DISCORD CHANNEL⬇️
Hardwood Knocks Chitchat

SUBSCRIBE TO US ON YOUTUBE⬇️
Hardwood Knocks’ YouTube Channel

FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA⬇️

@fromal09 | @danfavale | @SportsMathNet

iTunes | Google Podcasts | Spotify

Stitcher | YouTube | Instagram | Twitter