Cheryl Reeve

But they were missing something.

And I feel like Cheryl Reeve is 10 years younger because she has this new possibly MVP.

I mean, I think she's the MVP in her backcourt as a rookie who is just... making it so exciting to go watch those games.

I watch every single game.

And you can disagree with me if you want.

But we got Cheryl Reeve, who took this Minnesota Lakes team, which is a good team.

And usually a coach like Cheryl Reeve, who has won in the past, you have a really good talented roster.

You might pay the super team tax to a degree.

No one defeats the college throughout the year.

I wonder how much people absorb the Jose Fernandez campaign throughout the course of the season as far as the ups, the downs, the highs, the lows.

Not sure, but my three are pretty set.

I got Cheryl Reeve, I got Natalie Nakase, and I got Cindy Johnson.

They really let them play like it's a different foul sort of.

Cheryl Reeve hasn't had the FIBA refs over for a barbecue to talk about.

No, she hasn't tried to clean up the game at all at the international level.

And

Maybe she had other plans or maybe now was the right time for her to jump in.

But she is someone who I thought has been a pretty consistent role player throughout her WNBA career I think someone who can bring great energy defensively um doesn't jump off the page certainly as a shooter or a three-point shooter but I always wonder about you know what kind of shots you're going to be able to get under this offense with Cheryl Reeve and what that might look like in terms of opportunity and the kind of shots you're going to be able to see and playing you know potentially alongside uh you know a great playmaker like the links have in Olivia miles or Courtney Williams, depending on how that rotation works out.

But certainly that backcourt depth, I think defensive energy and intensity is what she's going to be able to bring.

I think that's going to be, you know, someone who doesn't shy away from just toughness on that side of the ball.

The question isn't always what were you given, it's what did you do with it? And Van did his thing.

How about Cheryl Reeve? Like I said, Van should be the first one.

Cheryl Reeve.

We may need to talk about Cheryl Reeve being the next coach to have a statue at the WNBA.

Now, keep in mind, ladies and gentlemen, if Minnesota ever decides a basketball coach deserves permanent recognition outside their arena, yeah, Reeve gotta be out there for sure.

Four championships, okay? Spanning over different time periods, too.

Again, sustained relevance.

That matters for sure.

Um, Natalie Nakase's case, I feel like is kind of very similar to what she did last year.

Uh, like the culture that the Valkyries have, I of feel like was already in place in 2025 and i don't want to discount the fact that like they brought in you know a new starter and gabby williams new starter actually in kia stokes as well like everything has stayed on track like that's not nothing you can't just say that because something exists in 2025 it's going to happen again in 26 so i think natalie gets a lot of credit there uh With Cheryl, the case is a little challenging because how much of it goes to Cheryl Reeve executive versus Cheryl Reeve head coach? She drafted Olivia Miles.

She signed Natasha Howard.

Whereas the Mystics have made this very easy.