THE Hitting the Hardwood Podcast is a weekly podcast dedicated to the Minnesota Lynx and hosted by our very own Mitchell Hansen. Hitting the hardwood will provide Lynx, WNBA and basketball fans with exclusive news, interviews and information on the Lynx and the WNBA while providing dedicated, quality basketball coverage throughout the year.
Each week, Mitchell Hansen will sit down with other reporters, writers and journalists, people from across the WNBA landscape, Lynx players and coaches, and more, while discussing all things Lynx.
On this week’s episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Toronto-based WNBA and NBA writer. Chelsea Leite to discuss the WNBA Finals, league expansion, the Lynx in 2023 and beyond, and more.
Leite can be found on Twitter @chelsealeite and you can find it WNBA content at Winsidr and WNBA and NBA content on other outlets.
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Some of the topics covered in this week’s podcast include:
— Breaking down what we’ve seen so far in the WNBA Finals game between the Las Vegas Aces and the New York Liberty.
— A look at the factors that played a role in the Finals series and what to watch for moving forward
— Who will emerge victorious in the championship series
— Recent news regarding WNBA expansion and what it could look like starting in the 2025 season
— Thoughts on whether the Bay Area could become a place for expansion and what other location could be added to the WNBA before 2025
— Whether Canada, specifically Toronto, will end up having an expansion team and what factors will come into play regarding the ownership group of a Canadian-based team in the future
— If Canada is ready to host a WNBA team and if the preparatory match between the Minnesota Lynx and the Chicago Sky reassured this preparation
— What we saw from the Lynx in 2023 and what we learned from this successful season in a “rebuilding year”
— What the Lynx could do this offseason and what it could do to propel the team into 2024 and beyond
— What Minnesota could look like next summer and whether it improves, stays the same or declines from what happened in 2023
– Much more!
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