Hardwood Knocks is joined by SB Nation's Sabreena Merchant (@sabreenajm) for a very special episode in which she guides Dan through all the major fallout from 2022 WNBA free agency before tackling some of the biggest questions we have about the Western Conference following the 2022 NBA All-Star break. TIMESTAMPS⬇️ 🗣WNBA FREE-AGENCY FALLOUT 🔘 Intro (0:30) 🔘 Sabreena's new role at SB Nation! (6:14) 🔘 The WNBA's increase in player movement (8:32) 🔘 Phoenix Mercury/Tina Charles (9:26) 🔘 Impact of Vanessa Nygaard taking over Phoenix's coaching reins (13:52) 🔘 Seattle Storm/Breanna Stewart (16:58) 🔘 Chicago Sky, Courtney Vandersloot, Allie Quigley (19:48) 🔘 WNBA players overseas/playing year-round (26:37) 🔘 Los Angeles Sparks, Liz Cambage, Jordin Canada, Chennedy Carter, Katie Lou Samuelson (28:15) 🔘 Connecticut Sun/Las Vegas Aces (34:11) 🔘 Becky Hammon's impact on Las Vegas (37:01) 🔘 Who's the best MVP bet? (40:18) 🔘 Which new coach will have the biggest impact (43:07) 🔘 Biggest WNBA offseason winner (44:42) 🔘 Most underrated offseason (45:19) 🔘 Which offense will be most exciting to watch? (48:01) 🔘 Which team takes the biggest step back/forward (49:01) 🗣POST-NBA-ALL-STAR-BREAK QUESTIONS FOR THE WEST 🔘 Utah Jazz (53:32) 🔘 Dallas Mavericks (56:47) 🔘 Zion Williamson/Pelicans (1:00:21) 🔘 West Play-In Predictions + LA Clippers/Ty Lue (1:01:59) JOIN OUR DISCORD: bit.ly/hwkdiscord SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL: bit.ly/31z7eyI FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL⬇️ TWITTER/IG: @danfavale / @danfavale TWITTER: @fromal09 TWITTER/IG: @HardwoodKnocks / @Hardwood_Knocks TWITTER: @SportsMathNet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices