Kaitlyn Chen
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Oct 5, 2026
Jon BarberHOST
Golden State, they have a lot of players that they're trusting to play deep.
Jon BarberHOST
Kaitlyn Chen.
Jon BarberHOST
ultimately being the primary ball handler for the lion's share of this one, when you thought it was going to be Veronica Burton, Caitlin Chen is the type of player that can give you, can be this microwave scorer in the playoffs, can either be quick like Jordan Canada and get downhill and make a quick layup to give you an easy bucket or give you some outside shooting when you need a little outside shooting.
Jon BarberHOST
They didn't really need to rely on that, but they did have success in the outside shooting today because of how good Gabby Williams was today.
Chris AlvarezCORRESPONDENT
Early second quarter.
Chris AlvarezCORRESPONDENT
In transition, Kaitlyn Chen will bury the triple, part of a 14-2 Valks run.
Chris AlvarezCORRESPONDENT
Golden State up seven.
Chris AlvarezCORRESPONDENT
You hear the crowd there, all in violet.
Andrew HobnerHOST
It comes down to Natalie Nakase being one of the three best coaches in this league.
Andrew HobnerHOST
It comes down to the assistant coach pool that she has and the development job they've done on some of these players, particularly Kaitlyn Chen, who looks like one of the best driving guards in the league and plays with just...
Andrew HobnerHOST
So much joy that I think there is something to me.
Andrew HobnerHOST
And when Maya Goldberg Safer came on to do our little flash pod previewing game three last week, I'd recommend people go back and look as we talk about a lot more than just the matchup itself.
Chris AlvarezCORRESPONDENT
All-star Gabby Williams cuts it to three.
Chris AlvarezCORRESPONDENT
Kaitlyn Chen on the bench going wild.
Chris AlvarezCORRESPONDENT
65 all, just over five minutes to play.
Chris AlvarezCORRESPONDENT
Kia Stokes the block.
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Whatever Natalie Nakase and her assistant coaches said in the Valks locker room during that half changed the team.
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Kaitlyn Chen, the drive.
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Chen able to answer with the layup.
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Chen rises up in the paint.
Garrett GonzalesHOST
And then when you go to the personnel, you look at the personnel on the second team, and it does slip from that individual defensive contributor, but then it becomes about identity, right? And then it becomes about pressuring the ball.
Garrett GonzalesHOST
And you look at Kaitlyn Chen, and Kaitlyn Chen is not big.
Garrett GonzalesHOST
She's not strong, but...
Garrett GonzalesHOST
But she's got a motor, and she doesn't stop, and she's always antagonizing the ball handler.
Noa DalzellHOST
At one point, Cecchi scored 12 points.
Noa DalzellHOST
So they closed the first half on a 20-3 run, and it was just madness, right? You have Kaitlyn Chen coming in and hitting threes, Veronica Burden crossing people out, pulling up threes.
Noa DalzellHOST
Ultimately, nobody's beating the Valkyries.
Noa DalzellHOST
If they're going to shoot 18 of 36 from three, like that's what they shot today.
Marisa IngemiGUEST
The comparison I keep making is last year they had this road trip at the end of the year, and they could have been the sixth seed, and they lost both games at Seattle and to Minnesota and ended up getting the aid and having to play Minnesota in the first round.
Marisa IngemiGUEST
And this year it looked like, okay, are they going to blow this again? And then it's two players who weren't a factor last year, Gabby Williams, who was there at free agent signing, and then Kaitlyn Chen, who wasn't really into rotation, who came in and had 18 points, that kind of like – save their seating here um it's kind of uh remarkable to see that like the growth in that way
Garrett GonzalesHOST
now did you have to rewrite some of your story as the comeback was on
Marisa IngemiGUEST
oh yeah uh but that's par for the course um do you usually try to write a winning lead and a losing lead and just kind of go with like whatever the vibe is going to be, but I just had a losing lead going on.
BijanHOST
It might be a little too early, like, she might not be there yet, but you just look at, like, the length, and just, like, because the, what the Valkyries do, they do try to live in the paint, especially, you know, their bench scoring, so you asked, like, where could it come from? It could come from their bench, like, the Valkyries bench is, I believe, like, one of the top five benches in the league.
BijanHOST
So you're talking about Kaitlyn Chen.
BijanHOST
You're talking about Tiff Hayes.
BijanHOST
I mean, yeah, and Janelle Solange.
BijanHOST
Janelle Solange, who's going to win sixth player of the year.
BijanHOST
Like, it's going to be those three, but we see it all the time in the playoffs where, like, the lineups get shorter.
BijanHOST
Does that depth work? But, I mean, like, I'm here to say, like, after seeing yesterday, Kaitlyn Chen was the reason they won that Sparks game.
BijanHOST
like caitlyn chen said we are not losing today and i think she has that in her and i do think that that's going to carry into the into the playoffs where we're going to see those tough minutes those tough buckets she's somebody that they can go to maybe not in the last two minutes but like that can carry them that can kind of carry them along a little bit and then same thing with tiff hayes like still doing it at this stage in her career you know as a as a bench player so I agree I think that there are deficiencies but I do think Golden State can find enough offense and I don't know if the Dallas defense has like enough you know enough like horses if you will to uh to kind of be an impediment because I mean like you said like Paige and Enrique are going to have to carry huge offensive loads.
Marisa IngemiPANELIST
They were going to fall to the three.
Marisa IngemiPANELIST
But two pieces they didn't really have last year stepped up in Gabby Williams, their big free agent signing, and Kaitlyn Chen, who wasn't really in the rotation last year, comes off the bench last night, scores 18 points off the bench.
Marisa IngemiPANELIST
While Veronica was in foul trouble, Gabby didn't play for a solid eight-minute stretch there between the third and the fourth.
Marisa IngemiPANELIST
I mean, you have to come away feeling good.
Jane KennyPANELIST
And so that was kind of the main concern we had last season.
Jane KennyPANELIST
And I think it's been a little bit disguised this season with just having such a great defense.
Jane KennyPANELIST
But I think, you know, having someone who can score when the shot isn't falling, and that was Kaitlyn Chen.
Jane KennyPANELIST
I think what we'll remember for a long time is probably that Gabby Williams 8-0 run in 90 seconds after, like, barely playing in the second half.
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