James Young Joins to Give His Insight on Sun vs. Lynx Game 5

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00:00Coach James Young is our basketball guru and analyst of choice.

00:09That's my boy over there, uh, styling.

00:12You can catch betting above the rim is podcast every week, Tuesdays, Thursdays, I think it

00:16is.

00:17And, uh, we love talking rack, but we got to start with your Mets.

00:20Uh, they're getting ready to play game three at city field against the Phillies.

00:24Do you like him today against NOLA to get it done in this huge game in Queens?

00:30Absolutely not.

00:32My day's already been horrible.

00:35I got up.

00:36I thought the world was fine.

00:37Sounded like it's fired during sports marketing class.

00:41I didn't know what was going on.

00:43By the way, Salah should have been fired, but Nathaniel Hackett, he must got some pictures

00:48of Aaron Rodgers.

00:49I don't know how he still has a job.

00:51But I do have a feeling, Pharrell, could Devontae be a jet by tomorrow?

00:56Stay tuned.

00:57Wow.

00:58So you're calling for Devontae to the gangrene, but you're, you're going southbound on your

01:05Mets.

01:06I always knew you were a traitor when I saw you at Yankee Stadium drinking beers.

01:10Oh, they were good.

01:11They were good.

01:12Hey, Pharrell, especially that, especially that bar next, next to the, next to the store

01:17where you got the free access.

01:18Oh, no, no, no.

01:19I thought it was the one in the stadium, but that was, that was a nice time.

01:23But I will say this, Pharrell, you know what, how about this?

01:26The game goes over because it's going to get to the bullpens.

01:30They're both going to blow it, both, you know, Robbie Thompson and obviously Mendoza will

01:35be short leashes with their pitchers, even Nola.

01:37I think this game smells, smells over.

01:41All right.

01:42That's what Carver High is thinking.

01:44Nola and Mania out in Queens getting ready to go in a couple minutes.

01:47All right, coach, let's talk rack.

01:49I want to start with the Liberty and what they did because they eliminated the two-time

01:55defending champs and they got it done in Sin City.

01:58They lost game three.

01:59They didn't play well, but game four, they handled their business.

02:02Well, simply put, it was Sabrina Inescu.

02:05And if you look at the series, Pharrell, she scored 20 points or more in every game.

02:09But game number three, that's the game that she only made one shot.

02:12So Sabrina Inescu, particularly in the first half, hitting four threes, obviously the play

02:17of Stewie getting a double-double, kind of exercising her demons.

02:21Remember that 3-for-17 game last year in game four of the WNBA Finals.

02:27But then you start looking at some of the other players, John, 12, 14, and 8.

02:30Leona Fibich in the starting line-up put 11 points.

02:33They did some things, but to me, it's more on the other side.

02:36It was the lack of shooting of Hayes, of Young, of Plum, and of Gray.

02:43The three-starred shot, a combined 5-of-18 from three.

02:46I said that was going to be the issue of the series.

02:49The delivery shoots are better.

02:50Half-court basketball, you crowd the space of Aja Wilson.

02:53Notice, her points ball was 24-and-a-half.

02:55Pharrell, she didn't go over one time that series.

03:00So let's go back to Sabrina for a second.

03:03Because I noticed, and I was, Chop had a game on Sunday and hit four threes.

03:07And she did it with the release, that catch-and-shoot.

03:11Like I saw Inescu literally catch the ball and literally shoot at the same time.

03:16She caught the ball.

03:17There was no hesi on her fire after the catch.

03:22The catch-and-shoot was pure.

03:23Deep corner pocket, boom.

03:25She let it fly.

03:26On the wing, boom.

03:27Let it fly.

03:28All snap-net.

03:29And, you know, Chop hit four of them, too, in a game.

03:32I think that she looked fantastic shooting the ball off at a pass.

03:37I thought she had it all going.

03:38I mean, when you shoot like that and you're on, they're tough to beat.

03:43They are tough to beat because now you have that presence.

03:46And I think, here's the other thing people don't realize.

03:48And let's just do it all with respect.

03:51Kaitlyn Clark is absolutely phenomenal.

03:53But people forget that Inescu was Kaitlyn Clark before Kaitlyn Clark.

03:57This is the Inescu that in her senior year at Oregon got robbed of probably Oregon with

04:01the best team in the country.

04:02Would have won a National Championship because of the COVID outbreak.

04:05She goes to the WNBA with the Liberty as the number one pick.

04:08After the third game, she hurts her ankle.

04:12Misses the entire season.

04:14The rest of that 2021 season.

04:16It took her a while to figure it out.

04:19You saw glimpses last year.

04:20But this year, she played like one of the top ten players in the world.

04:24And when you can put her, Stewie, John Quarrell-Jones, for real, you got three of the top 12, 13 players

04:31in the world on one team.

04:32They're balanced.

04:33They're big.

04:35And they can defend.

04:36And they should win the WNBA Championship.

04:38Yeah, well they should.

04:39And how many times have they been to the final and not won it?

04:42Don't you think they finally washed that down the drain?

04:45Yeah.

04:46They are an original franchise that has never won a WNBA title.

04:51Right?

04:52You got to think about the teams that have come before them.

04:54Detroit.

04:55Shocked.

04:56They were an original team.

04:57They won titles.

04:58The Houston Comets won three.

04:59I mean, those two teams are, for real, those two teams done folded already.

05:02So New York Liberty got their first, I guess, championship when they won the Commissioner's

05:06Cup last year.

05:08This is the one they want.

05:09This is an important year.

05:10That don't count.

05:11That don't count.

05:12That's like when the Lakers won.

05:13That's like when they were celebrating shit.

05:14They were popping that Moet, you know, over there when the Lakers won the NBA Cup or won

05:20an in-season tournament.

05:21No one cared about that junk.

05:23This is the one they got to win.

05:25And the New York Liberty will get it done this season.

05:27Alright, before we talk about the Lynx and Sunday night and their big game five in the

05:32Target, I want to ask you, I saw that GM report and they picked the Celtics to go back to

05:37back.

05:38Do you think they'd go back to back?

05:41I think they do.

05:43But I tell you this much, this next team with Cat, it's a different kind of beast now, Pharrell.

05:52Because listen, when you look at what the Knicks did, they literally looked at Boston.

05:56They looked at Boston.

05:59They looked at Boston and they said, what do we need?

06:02We need two perimeter stoppers.

06:03So they went and got two of the best five defenders on the perimeter and O.G. and Bridges.

06:08Then they looked at the way K.P. buries them from three and says, we got to go get a better

06:12K.P.

06:13And that's Cat.

06:14I think this team is going to be really good and do not, you look good in the preseason,

06:18late in the game, don't sleep on this kid Kolic.

06:21He could be the backup.

06:22He could be campaigner.

06:23Pharrell, he looked very good in that second unit in their first game against Charlotte.

06:27There's no doubt.

06:28I can't wait for it.

06:29It's right around the corner.

06:30Doing push-ups.

06:31There's all kinds of preseason games now that I don't care about, but let's get it on in

06:35the NBA.

06:36I can't wait to get you on talking pro hoops all the time on C2C.

06:39All right.

06:40Tonight in Minneapolis now from the jump, I told you links and Liberty, and it's not

06:45a stretch to pick those two great teams.

06:47They were great all year.

06:48They're hiding there.

06:49In fact, I think these three teams that are left are the three teams that should be left.

06:55And I, I thought the Aces had their run and I thought they weren't that good this year.

07:00I thought they lollygagged and didn't take the season seriously like a two-time champ

07:05going for a three-peat could have.

07:06They just didn't seem to have it every night.

07:09Whereas the Liberty did, the Sun did, the Links did.

07:13What do you think happens tonight in Minneapolis?

07:16I'm sure you, you're probably on the Links, right?

07:18Yeah, I'm on the Minnesota Links minus a point.

07:22Simply put, Pharrell, when you, when you, when you look at Minnesota, they're going

07:26to be at home and the way that they play, particularly defensively, this game Pharrell

07:31is going to come down to three-point shooting, right?

07:34The team that shot better from three has won all four games.

07:38So now I'm going to take the home team that's got the better shooting team.

07:42Give me the Minnesota Links.

07:44I thought they were going to the finals when the playoffs started.

07:47I'm not wavering now.

07:48Minnesota Links win and they cover, they cover the four and a half points.

07:51Now I know you got some juicy props for this game tonight.

07:54What about that Sun team total?

07:57Hey, shout out to the famous group, Black Moon.

08:02Who got the props?

08:03Coach got the props.

08:04And I'd like the Connecticut Sun to go under, under their team total of 73-and-a-half.

08:12So far in this series, 73-70.

08:15And then the outliers, the high-scoring games, Pharrell, game five, elimination game both

08:20sides.

08:21You know what this means?

08:22Game slows down.

08:24And they don't shoot the ball well under 73-and-a-half.

08:27Wow.

08:28And that's, to me, the best defensive team in the league getting defensed themselves

08:33by the Links tonight.

08:34And what about Collier?

08:36You got some action on her?

08:38Yeah, her points prop was 21-and-a-half.

08:41I was nervous.

08:42So I'm just going to go big feasts, double-double at minus 140.

08:45Top five in rebounding, top five in scoring.

08:48They're going to lean on her.

08:49Big minutes.

08:50Feast to Collier.

08:51Double-double.

08:52Minus 140 on Fandor.

08:53You call her big feasts?

08:54Yeah.

08:55Big.

08:56They call her big feasts.

08:57Well, I mean, maybe not, but I just called her, and she's a big, and she's nice.

09:03Coach's programs he's got going down the shore, he's taking over the East Coast.

09:08Forget the shore.

09:09Coach is taking over the East Coast.

09:11It's the best coach in the East Coast.

09:13My man's the best coach in the East Coast.

09:15That's what's up.

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