Penny Taylor

Name the names.

Well, Penny.

Obviously Penny Taylor.

Um, who else? Kristen Veal.

Uh, Susie Batkovic, um-

We had-

Mm-hmm

... not very long until we had that, that game, and um, you know, Penny and Snellé and, uh, all the girls, you know, Jenny Screen played a role defensively, like Tully.

But of course, it is Opals World Cup time.

We have a very special guest on today in Opals legend Penny Taylor, of course, the MVP of the 2006 World Championships, which the Opals won, uh, a historic gold medal there, uh, beating Russia, um, in the final.

And of course, there's a, there's a great documentary, I think headed by Mat- Matty, uh, Adegboya, One of One, the Opals documentary on YouTube if you haven't checked that out.

Check it out.

But Jase, um, special for us to have such a legend of Australian basketball in Penny Taylor on the show.

No, really, really exciting.

I've known Penny a long time.

[chuckles]

But it's also, it's a role that she's always been comfortable in.

I mean, it's like we said before, like, she's playing next to Diana Taurasi, Penny Taylor, Brittany Grinder.

So, she knows how to... able to compliment but then also you know play off a great player so i feel like this is a role that she's always been built for honestly so i think her coming to this atlanta team and being able to contribute offensively i think it's gonna be great for them but as for the other side um you know low talk about minnesota how they really you know found a way to really contain olivia miles i know that she had 21 points in the contest but just the lack of, you know, like being able to get others involved.

I think that really took Minnesota out of a flow and out of a rhythm offensively.

I mean, maybe there's things that we're not seeing also.

Or like, hey, Penny Taylor had a husband before Diana Taurasi swooped in.

I

need more of them to move

I do.

I do.

Especially when, like, looking at Diana and Penny Taylor, I don't care that she had a husband before.

Like, they are my couple goals.

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