Mai Yamamoto

This is my favorite photo because we saw, we saw the two shorties go against each other.

So all them people who got all the stuff to say about short players and how, how certain players can't make it to the WNBA, i.e. Diamond Johnson and others, um, [laughs] hey, all you gotta do is look at Mai Yamamoto and Caitlin Shannon and be inspired and say, "Hey, if they can make it and be playing significant minutes in the semifinals, then I have a chance too." There's no disrespect to them.

It's just saying, hey, it is possible for, for shorties to play in the playoffs, to make a WNBA team, okay? Um, yeah, Roland, this was, uh, this was little on little [laughs].

Little on little violence right there [laughs].

You had Kennedy Carter at the start of the, at, at the start of the season, right? Um, it seemed like she was getting along very well with everybody, then all of a sudden she's gone.

And say what you want about Kennedy Carter, I don't know specifically what happened, why she's not on the team anymore, but I could tell you this, this Las Vegas Aces team needs a spark off the bench badly, and that spark was Kennedy Carter.

And yeah, they get rid of Kennedy Carter, end up picking up Mai Yamamoto, who, Mai is fun, but at the same time, you need a bucket.

You got Mai Yamamoto, you got, uh, Justine Passat, you got Kalani Brown, you got Kirsten Bell, you got Cheyenne Parker-Tyus, who's probably the highest of those, of those names, um, wasn't much of a factor yesterday.

[laughs] This is my favorite photo because we saw, we saw the two shorties go against each other.

So all them people who got all the stuff to say about short players and how, how certain players can't make it to the WNBA, i.e. Diamond Johnson and others, um, [laughs] hey, all you gotta do is look at Mai Yamamoto and Caitlin Shannon and be inspired and say, "Hey, if they can make it and be playing significant minutes in the semifinals, then I have a chance too." There's no disrespect to them.

It's just saying, "Hey, it is possible for, for shorties to play in the playoffs, to make a WNBA team," okay? Um, yeah, Roland, this was, uh, this was little on little.

[laughs] Little on little violence, right? The...

And say what you want about Kennedy Carter, I don't know specifically what happened, why she's not on the team anymore, but I could tell you this.

This Las Vegas Aces team needs a spark off the bench badly, and that spark was Kennedy Carter.

And yeah, they, uh, get rid of Kennedy Carter, end up picking up Mai Yamamoto, who...

Mai is fun, but at the same time, you need a bucket.

Having to play a lot more of the bench than we're used to seeing from Las Vegas.

Over 20 minutes for Kirsten Bell, almost 19 for Mai Yamamoto.

It just does not seem like there is... a lot going there from the bench for Las Vegas, which is not necessarily something new.

It's been a pretty common critique over the past few years.

That could have been somebody.

It's Mai Yamamoto.

5'5", Mai Yamamoto.

She tries really hard.

She tries really hard.

So...

And I think you could play Mai Yamamoto more this series.

You can.

Because last series, she was undersized.

And in that first half, they were massive three-pointers a few times where she's just keyed completely open.

I thought my Yamamoto played pretty good defense when she did come in on Kaitlyn.

Frustrated her.

Picked her up full court.