Episode 142: Napheesa Collier

Laughter Permitted with Julie Foudy

Julie Foudy

Sports

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

WNBA Defensive Player of the Year and two-time Olympic gold medalist and Minnesota Lynx superstar Napheesa Collier joins Laughter Permitted to talk about the 2024 WNBA Finals, how her demeanor on and off the court are very similar and why she co-founded Unrivaled, a new 3-on-3 basketball league featuring top WNBA players. Napheesa shares the non-negotiables that went into creating Unrivaled, the backstory of how it all started and what she’s most excited about when it comes to the league tipping off. Plus, find out why Sylvia Fowles garnered Napheesa’s cheer. In the close, Julie and Lynn make a pitch to join Unrivaled as wild card entries. Do you have a question or comment for Julie and Lynn? Email them at [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Laughter Permitted podcast is brought to you by Ally.
0:03.0	Do it right.
0:04.0	What's up party people?
0:06.2	Welcome to Laughter Permitted.
0:07.5	I'm Julie Fowdy.
0:08.6	I'm Lenozawi.
0:10.2	You know I'm AMP for this episode, Jules, because we talk hoops and life, and it is with
0:15.5	an absolute changemaker.
0:18.6	That's right, Dope Village.
0:20.2	Nefisa Collier is in the house.
0:23.9	And damn, Nefisa had an incredible year.
0:27.9	She was WMBA defensive player of the year.
0:32.3	She helped lead the Minnesota links to the WMBA
0:35.4	Finals, as you know, where the links lost to the New York Liberty
0:38.7	in an intense five game series that went way deep into the fifth game. We get into that, of course.
0:46.4	And she had a very busy year. She also won Olympic gold over the summer in Paris with Team USA.
0:53.6	She also won at the Tokyo Olympics. So Nefisa is a two-time Olympic gold medalist.
1:00.0	Fee played her college ball at Yukon where she won a NCAA championship, and most recently,
1:06.0	Nefisa co-founded with Brianna Stewart, unrivaled, which is a three-on-three league
1:12.4	featuring top WMBA players
1:14.6	that tips off this January.
1:17.6	And I'm telling you,
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