In this exciting podcast clip, we’re celebrating a historic milestone as A’ja Wilson shatters the WNBA record for points in a single season! We’ll dive into her incredible performance and what this achievement means for her legacy and the league.
But that’s not all—Caitlin Clark is also making headlines, as she’s now just 5 assists away from breaking the WNBA record for assists in a season. We’ll discuss her impressive run.
And here’s a big question for discussion: Is Caitlin Clark’s season the best rookie season in WNBA history? George Balekji thinks so but Ountae Campbell has Candace Parker. Tune in as we explore this and more, breaking down these phenomenal achievements and their impact on the future of women’s basketball! Catch 'Hold My Banner' every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on NESN's Youtube, Twitch, Facebook, and wherever you listen to podcasts.
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But if I go all-stars, because if he's an old, but you know what? No, forget it. What year was he drafted? The year he was drafted would be 2017. 2017, year after JB. And look, and I'll even give you this, 2017 draft and he was a lottery pick. Oh, all right. But you won't give me the college. I say how it is, bro. So when I go position, I appreciate you saying he was a wing when we're talking about Jalen Brown. So position, forward wing, point guard. Yes, this is definitely a forward. He's definitely a, you know, front court type of guy. All right. So he's currently playing never want to ring. That was question number seven by the way. 2017 draft, a forward that was drafted in 2017 and playing in the east drafted out of SEC. Yeah. Would you like your silhouette before you take a guess? Yeah. I need on this one. Okay. Can we get the silhouette, please? Thank you. Oh, crap. Where did he go? Bam out of bio. No, he was no. Bam has an old pro. Does Bam have an old pro? That looks like Bam out of bio. Give me Bam out of bio. You're correct, George. Bam. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go, baby. He does it. He's never been old. Yeah. He has all defensive teams. Yeah. No, no all MBAs. Where did Bam go to college? Kentucky. Kentucky. He played a Kentucky tell. Which is why I'm like, I can't give you Kentucky because like Kentucky 2017 draft. Yeah. That's a little too much. You know what? The silhouette gave it that that silhouette was that assist that I need. Yeah. All right, man. And you guys always complain about the silhouette. I know it helps me the last two and JB with the beard and the braids. Yes. And then for Bam, I was just like, that looks like Bam and you always know I always have to be topical with these and the reason that I brought up this guy. My man. I like this. It's because his quote, unquote, maybe girlfriend, Angel Wilson is confirmed. Hey, man. All I know is Angel Wilson broke the record first, WNBA single season scoring record. And of course, but look, it's kind of, I don't know if you use it. You scoured through Twitter, like how I scoured through Twitter, right? It was funny because the aces put out a tweet congratulating Asia and they said, Bam. They know what they're doing. And then they said, you know, she wanted a scoring title, whatever. They know what they're doing. Then she quote tweeted that with like the dude that's like, how did he get so serious? Like with the side on? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Like getting in the car right or something. Yeah. So that Bam tweeted out unanimous with an apostrophe between the you and the end confirm it. So it's confirmed. It's confirmed. That is what we, they were spotted in Paris credit to both of them. Good for Bam, man. He's landing the best player. Great for Bam in the league. This is great for Bam. Great for Asia. And Bam's a good player, but like Bam out kicked his coverage in a way. Good for him. Good for Asia. Wilson, bro. Third MVP, she's about to win. Yeah, bro. 956 points. Here's a think. Hey, I love where when I saw 956, I go, does she get to a thousand in the season? They got four games left. Yeah. She could get that in two. She could get that one game. She's going to get this in two or three games, first thousand points score in the history of the WNBA and breaking a record that Jewel Lloyd said last season, it shows where the leagues at. Asia, Wilson is so special. So, so, so good. Yeah. So I love the tea leaves. We're getting back. Yeah. So, our visual audience, I got the, you know, the tweets up here on the side. So, watch over the next couple of minutes and you'll see it scrolling through. But George, you see it says, "Bam!" There it is. Says, "Bam!" You know what I'm saying? And then Bam with the emoji, so they're making sure Bam is by itself. Yep. Credit to the social media, credit to the admin of the ACES. Yeah, yeah. For sure. But yeah, seriously, though, congratulations to Asia. She's such a great player. Like, I've been a huge fan of her since South Carolina. She's just been so dominant. I'm so glad to see that it actually translated to the WNBA because we've seen it before where players are dominant in college basketball, but not so much in the W. That's not the case for Asia. She's great. She has a chance to be the goat when she walks away from this game, which, like you said, I think this is probably the best WNBA season put together. She has to go and finish and win one, which the ACES are struggling this year. That's the honest truth. They're in the 4C, which is uncharacteristic for a team that has so many stars on it. But you know what I mean? If they can get back to that mountaintop, this probably will be the greatest WNBA season of all time. And I think she has more, honestly, like I was sitting there watching that game against the fever. She was 11 for 28, 27 points, and I'm sitting there and I'm like, that's not Asia. She could be better. And it was a great game. She was fantastic. And she's only like 27. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Like she's so young, played so well in college, dude, she's going to get a thousand points. Third player in WNBA history to average 20 and 10, highest point per game. Yeah. Well, just going off that metric straight up 20 and 10 on the floor of that 20, highest point per game ever in the WNBA. I'm saying she's 28 years old. Oh, oh, my baby. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. She's only 28. So she's in her primer, entering it. It's a great season. Second instills, first in blocks, second in defensive rating, anyone that's played more than 800 minutes, first in offensive rating, anyone that's played more than 800 minutes, first in win shares as well. Yeah. And then we see what she does on the floor. It's the greatest season we've ever seen. Yeah. And Tae, Tae, let me tap into Fresno State U tap on Tae. Say you're in the barbershop, right? You're getting a fade. Let's say you're back in LA, but you're in your college playing days. Yeah. And someone's talking ball and we're talking everything that's important. Even the day, the most important thing about basketball is taking that ball and putting it in the cup. She's doing it better than anyone right now, bro. She is. She is. And the thing about it is that everyone knows it too. She can't be stopped. She comes in with her little fit on that's literally just like a tank top and sweats. Now she's putting on some nicer clothes, but she shows that she's locked in and she's really good at doing her dang job. You know what I always say, bro, when we clown on wicked and kick it and like some of these fits are terrible and like NFL, whatever it is, I love the simplicity and again, showing up for business. She went white tea, gray sweats, not caring. Yeah. It's the same thing that I love the biosean and do it during the play. I can do the same thing. Just roll up white tea, bomber jacket, jeans, black pants, whatever you want to do. Good pair of dunks. You don't got to go with this crazy oversized BS. We see Jordan Clarkson doing it. I love simplicity. I love simplicity for the stars and someone like Asia Wilson, Trav and I always say it like it boils down to some of these athletes. Are you professional? Are you not? Yeah. Asia Wilson is the epitome of a professional because when things aren't going how they should, she goes, I'm not doing distractions. I'm making my world smaller. I'm making my world smaller by having less decisions to make white tea, sweats, show up, get buckets. I love this season for major Wilson. Yeah. Aces Liberty, WNBA finals, you think that's how it shakes out or no, no, no, my, my son. Come on. My son. And that's how men CT son are getting to the WNBA finals this year. You can book it, but I do want to ask you about this. We say that's the greatest WNBA season that we've seen, obviously, from Asia Wilson. Is this the best WNBA rookie year out of Caitlin Clark, who's now five assists away from breaking the record for assisting the season in the WNBA? How do we not when she's top 10 in scoring and she's always been someone that can set up her teammates for buckets going back to Iowa days. She got back from the Olympic game. I think she, she got faster where she just got free and just playing more freely. Yeah. Dude, the fever were dead. Like as a franchise, that entire team was dead. Yep. When was the last time in the playoffs, 2015? Yeah, like a while ago. And they locked in a playoff spot two weeks ago and they were picking number one overall for a reason. Yeah. And she's not even the leading scorer on her team. She's playing selfless basketball. She's about to set the single season assist record. Yeah. She has the record already set career, career-wise for 20.12 assists games. Yep. Bro, yeah, we're seeing the greatest season for a player. We're seeing the best rookie season, too. I, I, we have something to get to. You're gonna go can park her MVP rookie of the year. And pregnant. And pregnant. Oh. 100%. I'm giving it. We talked about a CP3 earlier. She'll go great season. I'm going to see P3. I'm going to see P3. She was rookie of the year. And one MVP. And pregnant to finish the season. How can you not? Yeah. Come on, bro. All right. Yeah. So, but I, but Cece's great. She's, she's got a, she's number two for sure. Yeah. See, you know what I mean? I guess it's nitpicking. It's one of those things. We're like, what do you like? You know what I mean? LeBron or Jordan? Both. They're great. You know what I mean? And I'm just enjoying greatness. But yeah. CP3, the real CP3. No, I'm joking. They're both CP3. Get, get the nod from me. I knew, I knew, I knew when you make your face of like, let me go through and let me go with a calendar for Tae. And I knew it. Candice Parker coming MVP. But you're right, bro. Prag, come on. Prag net. Come on. Prag net is crazy. 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