This week on The IX Sports Podcast, hosts Howard Megdal and Jackie Powell break down some of the big questions heading into Sunday’s trade deadline, including the biggest question of the trade deadline: where will Kelsey Plum land?
Megdal said that Cameron Ruby, The IX Sports’ Los Angeles Sparks beat reporter, asked Head Coach Lynne Roberts if Plum would be a member of the Sparks after the trade deadline.
“Lynne Roberts, to her credit, answered that as fully as she could. Nowhere in her answer was ‘Yes, we expect Kelsey Plum to be part of this team,’ and that dovetails with what I’m hearing in conversations around the league,” Megdal said.
“What I’ll add on to that is my understanding of what Kelsey Plum wants is she wants to be the number one option wherever she goes,” Powell said. She went on to say that the source she was speaking to said that “things became different” when Nneka Ogwumike joined the Sparks.
“So the idea is, Plum wants to be the number one option wherever she goes, and it doesn’t have to be on a team that’s contending for a title, but it probably won’t be a team that’s at the bottom of the barrel like the Sparks,” Powell continued.
It is unclear at this time, the hosts agreed, what the Sparks would be willing to accept in exchange for Plum.
Court Vision is also about the Sparks this week, as Powell and Megdal break down the news that Farhan Zaidi — who Megdal calls a “brilliant baseball mind” is working with the team
Also on the podcast this week, Powell sits down with the Washington Mystics’ Lauren Betts for an interview, where they discuss the team’s young core, mental health strategies, and Sydney Johnson’s celebrations.
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What you missed on Women’s Sports Daily: Where could Kelsey Plum end up? A look at potential trade options for the Sparks star
