Chiney's WNBA Picks, Nneka's Next Chapter & NBA vs. WNBA Coverage

Couple more, Chiney.

So one of the things, uh, one of the things I love the most, I mean, Stewie kinda hit on it earlier, you're, like, quite literally the perfect guest for our show.

You know, you cover both sides, you know, of the game.

And with your show Chiney Today, like, you cover all things basketball.

Why is it important for true hoop fans to appreciate both the men's and the women's game?

Yeah.

Because just as much as you might go and celebrate the Knicks' parade, you might also pull over to Barclays and see Stewie hoop.

If you're a real basketball fan, you're fans of the players, you're fans of the rivalries, you're fans of the narratives, and I think that that's where the game is right now.

And to be able to have a place, Chiney Today, where you can have all of that in one conversation, very similar to game recognize game, that's the way hoops should be.

And we've been fighting for this on ESPN.

Like, we have-- I primarily am on, you know, NBA Today.

I've been on First Take.

I've been on SportsCenter.

And I think, like, even First Take, it's been, you know, for a while was like, okay, when is women's basketball, like, the, the great games, the great players, going to have the, you know, a space on one of the biggest platforms that ESPN offers? Or NBA Today, which was a little bit, like, easier, because I'm in that space each and every day.

I'm a core element of that show.

I'm like, "Hey, guys.

Like, we should put in the W highlight, because this player just dropped 53." You know? It just, this is the way that basketball fans, like, we're already there.

They already care.

It's just about shifting the narrative to what we understand and now can share with others.

So that's, that's-- The more we do this, the better, and I'm just grateful to be in the conversation with you guys i- on the same mission.

I think also just, like, focusing on, on the basketball side of it.

You know? Like, focusing on the play, because, um, especially, like, in the W, it seems like we're focused on all these different things except what we're doing, we're doing on the court.

Um, and, like, do you have to-- Do you, do you treat it differently? You know what I'm saying? Or do you, like, treat it exactly the same when you're covering men's and women's sports?

You know what's kind of ironic? Um, there was a time-- So when I came into-- For most part of ESPN, I was a, an NBA analyst, and I, it wasn't until maybe three years ago that they brought me back onto the women's college ...

coverage, and then I stopped playing, and so I was able to contribute to the WNBA coverage.