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00:03 - We saw dramatic odds movement for the WNBA title
00:07 at the end of this year as well.
00:09 Vegas entered as the reigning champs,
00:12 both in the Commissioner's Cup and the league overall
00:14 as a minus 420 favorite to win the WNBA championship
00:18 this year ahead of the Liberty at plus 320.
00:21 Now look at the odds.
00:23 The Aces are only a minus 190 favorite.
00:26 Yes, I know, still nearly a $2 odds on favorite,
00:30 but a ton of movement, JY, nearly two and a half dollars.
00:35 Is this going to be the WNBA championship series?
00:38 And is it going to be as competitive as we might expect?
00:42 - Yes, and they better hope so.
00:46 The WNBA has been banking on this.
00:49 Listen, I said it before in this network.
00:51 This is Lakers Celtics of the 80s, now in the WNBA.
00:55 You had a little bit of it with the Comets
00:59 and the Liberty when they first started.
01:01 Remember folks, last night Commissioner's Cup
01:03 is the first title that the New York Liberty
01:07 have won in the WNBA.
01:10 The league started in '97.
01:12 They're a founding member.
01:13 It's their first championship.
01:15 So you're going to see that this is going to be important
01:18 for New York Liberty, not just this game, but moving forward.
01:21 Now, I do think that the movement is real.
01:25 I think this is where it should have been from the jump.
01:28 And I think that what you have now
01:30 is a New York Liberty team that's starting to gel.
01:35 And I've always said this with them.
01:37 If Stewie and Saab can figure out who's Batman
01:43 and who's Robin, they can be really dangerous.
01:47 Now you've got the third one in the mix in John Quayle.
01:50 And then you have other players like Laney
01:52 who can knock down shots, Johannes, shooter.
01:55 And what they have is more depth.
01:58 They can hit you more than the Vegas Aces can.
02:01 Vegas is very dependent on Ben, that top four.
02:05 They got to play and they got to play really well.
02:08 So I'm going to think that you will not,
02:10 I think you'll get a great playoff series.
02:13 But the one thing I need to look at
02:15 is if New York keeps ascending
02:17 and they don't get Candace Parker back,
02:21 you can make a real case that the New York Liberty
02:24 should win and could win the WNBA championship.
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