WEEK 1: FIRST IMPRESSION OF EVERY WNBA TEAM- EP. 56

WNBA SEASON IS BACK!! WEEK 1 is in the books and we are giving you our first impression of every WNBA team! Follow us all season long for WNBA fantasy, recaps, news and more!!
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TIME STAMPS:
0:00- INTRO
00:43 NEWS
06:05- INJURY REPORT
09:17- FIRST IMPRESSIONS
09:37- ATLANTA DREAM
12:44- CHICAGO SKY
13:57- CONNECTICUT SUN
15:48- INDIANA FEVER
20:43- NEW YORK LIBERTY
21:55- WASHINGTON MYSTICS
24:25- DALLAS WINGS
26:49- LAS VEGAS ACES
29:15- LA SPARKS
30:43- MINNESOTA LYNX
32:21- PHOENIX MERCURY
33:31- SEATTLE STORM
36:46- OUTRO
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[@TheBrookesBench]

HEY! Our discord is now live! Click the link in the description of the video to join!🎉

[@theterroriste]

Man, I love this podcast! But as an old Seattelite, we get miffed when you call us Washington. It's like, who? Oh, them. 😂

[@TheBrookesBench]

Thank you! Oh man did we say Washington? Lol our bad. Usually we just refer to Seattle lol

[@judithknevitt]

I hope they can get some sponcers!!!

[@anthonyricch5506]

Dijonai hive stand up

[@ROCKETKNIGHT-ph7xp]

I love just how much Shigi is committed to her sport. Followed!

[@TheBrookesBench]

Thank you!!

[@user-jo7hr3qn6m]

🙏🏾 QUEEN'S🌹GREAT REPORTING & INFO💯💪🏾💯

[@TheBrookesBench]

Thank you!

[@user-jo7hr3qn6m]

NEW MEMBER 💯💪🏾💯✊🏾💯

[@Philip65742]

Would like to see the Mystics and Sparks improve (at least they play each other this week). A big fan of Austin and good to see Brink looking good so far....The didn`t do Indiana and Clark any favors with this early season schedule !!. Interested to see how the Lynx do this week.

[@judithknevitt]

Y'all are on a roll!!! Agree with most assessments. I need more on my Tn girls Ricka and Horston . ya did give Hurston some Flowers . I have followed women's BB for 30+ years. sad it took this long to move the needle in 2024!!! Love when the topic makes Meg put in her 2c , you go kid. I don't care for Rhyne Howard. appreciate Halie Jones determination. Meg, the name "Valkyrie"??? Really,You need more sleep !!!

[@brendabauman5568]

FYI: Diamond Miller is still recovering and looked hesitant last game, hoping this 6 day break helps. ✌️

[@TheBrookesBench]

Very true!

[@braxtonzilem6036]

Nneka for Commissioner!!!!!

[@dfcintron]

For those wanting CC (and the Fever) to succeed & become the must see TV she was at Iowa are getting depressed seeing the Liberty just toying w them.

[@malmazing24]

Excellent show again, Maddy only played 18 minutes in both games. Why is Dallas putting handcuffs on her?😮 Also how did all of u do in Fantasy?

[@TheBrookesBench]

Thank you! Meg won in 1/2 of her leagues. Brooke lost is her league and Shigi won in hers. It was a rough week though.

[@nicolegaston3659]

with Caitlin back at the PG position & Kelsey Mitchell back in the starting lineup, I think the offense will look a lot better. I think they are getting more comfortable and overall they just need to get comfortable playing with each other

[@TheBrookesBench]

Yup! It will take time! Just have to be patient. They will be a different team at the end of the season

[@LikeTheChile]

First year doing WNBA Fantasy, its been great getting to know these players. Convinced all my friends to join and have gotten into it. I usually play NBA Fantasy with those settings, do yall have any suggestions/recommendations on ideal scoring settings for WNBA Fantasy? Or would you say its should be the same as NBA? Appreciate your content!

[@TheBrookesBench]

That is awesome! So we play with the scoring settings of: 3-pointers made +1 Rebounds +1 Assists +1 Steals + 2 Blocks + 2 Points + 1 We have thought about adding - 1 for turnovers. The rest of the settings would be if you wanted to add more “flare” to the league. I’ve heard leagues have +1 for technical fouls or ejections lol it’s all preference for each league. I think the default settings are good for your first time playing and then once you go through the season you kind of figure out what you’d like to add! I would also suggest taking off the setting of certain players not being able to be dropped from your roster, if you haven’t already! Hope that answers your question!

[@LikeTheChile]

@@TheBrookesBench Thank you! Losing points on turnovers has been a little overkill but a fun thing to add. But, this is really helpful as I commissioning 3 WNBA Fantasy leagues, lmao...

[@TheBrookesBench]

@LikeTheChile no problem! hahaha oh I know the pain of managing different leagues lol

[@miketheactor7]

Didn't CC just dropped 22 on grown women

[@phil6748]

And they still lost. 0-4

[@jamesjefferson3234]

Also y’all’s discord link is a eBay sports card link

[@TheBrookesBench]

Thank you. It has been updated!

[@judithknevitt]

explain the "Discord " what is it , and where does one find it ?

[@jamesjefferson3234]

@@judithknevitt think of it as a real time chat room with different channels to share information. And just click on the link by their social media

[@TheBrookesBench]

@judithknevitt it’s just like a server where people chat about topics they are interested in. So we made a discord for women’s basketball fans. It’s an app you can download. The link is in our description!

[@judithknevitt]

Are all y'all from the west coast?

[@TheBrookesBench]

Yes!

[@Michael-of6zf]

Las Vegas tourism board which is the source of the money to the Aces, gets their funding from the casino hotels. This can be seen as a sign of conflict because of gambling.

[@TheBrookesBench]

That’s crazy. Just let them get paid 😭

[@jamesjefferson3234]

Indiana doesn’t have a big look at that Liberty game, Indiana’s bigs looked small if you look at their whole team they look undersized and someone has to say it so I’ll say it .. Boston looks out of shape. They need to open up the floor and not everyone is putting in effort up and down. Also … the wings center Mcown has a bad attitude lol