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Feb 20Liked by Storm Chasers w/ Jeff Brown

Really enjoyed (the parts I could hear of) the interviews, Jeff! Excellent work. I'm feeling more excited about the season after hearing them, though I do wonder how Diggins-Smith's extended time away from high-level basketball will play out. I'm generally optimistic about how the season can go, but realistic about my expectations of how quickly things will come together. I'm especially eager to see a (hopefully) healthy Jordan Horston, and the strides she takes.

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Feb 20Liked by Storm Chasers w/ Jeff Brown

Awesome interviews Jeff! I hadn’t realized the depth of relationship between Jewell & Skylar until the presser & your interview. Also hadn’t a clue that Sky and Nneka were so tight. I keep reiterating it, but Jewell did us such a solid by re-upping last season. Let everybody start working. It sounds like Jewell was working hard at it too!!

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Great interviews, Jeff. It is very exciting to think about the possibilities. I had no idea either that Sky and Nneka were so well acquainted and had been talking about where they might end up with free agency. And since Skylar was like Jewell's big sister at Notre Dame they had that great connection, too. And was it Skylar or Nneka who said Jewell would come around at 13 (or 15) to hoop with the older lady hoopsters around Chicago (and probably some of the men, too). It was also interesting to hear that Nneka and Ezi are both Nigerian so there's another connection. It's too bad that you can't get away a little bit from the crowd to reduce the extraneous noise. Isn't there a piece of software that can filter out the extra noise and make it easier to listen to? I thought there was but I don't know what it's called. I am definitely looking forward to this new WNBA season coming up. Oh, I'm glad that they talked a little bit about Jordan Horston and Dulcy Fankam-Menjiadeu, too, and how they will also benefit from the new Storm stars. I'm sure that Sami and Jade Melbourne will, too, and even Mercedes. It's interesting that Coach Quinn didn't mention that they needed to add another guard - just another frontcourt player or two. I wonder if she expects Jordan to play some at the 2 as well as the 3. She definitely could although I would think that Sami is Jewell's main relief and either Sami or Jade would spell SDS.

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