Hot takes, deep dives, and bold predictions — everything you need as the postseason heats up.

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This week I dive into the WNBA’s end-of-season awards — Rookie of the Year, Most Improved, Coach of the Year, Sixth Player of the Year, and the historic Co-Defensive Player of the Year. I break down the biggest debates, including the narrative around splitting DPOY and what it says about the league.

Then, I shift into playoff mode with a deep analysis of each first-round series: Lynx vs. Valkyries, Dream vs. Fever, Mercury vs. Liberty, and Aces vs. Storm. I share why the Atlanta Dream continue to struggle, what Breanna Stewart’s injury means for the Liberty, and why bigs not showing up consistently is becoming a bigger conversation in the league.

Finally, I give my semifinal predictions for Lynx vs. Mercury and Aces vs. Fever — and what fans should be watching for as the postseason intensity rises.

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Season Ticket Holder Price Increase: https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/wnba/news-that-s-leonie-s-salary-season-wnba-fans-react-new-york-liberty-season-tickets-price-hike-reaching-astronomical-levels

Alanna Smith solo DPOY video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SVV9je/

Alanna Smith DPOY montage: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SVuy86/

My TikTok Discussing A’ja MVP chances after being voted Co-DPOY : https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SVHacR/

In this week’s episode, Tori shares her playoff predictions and analysis of the matchups. She also talks about who she’d pick for coach of the year, the MVP race, Defensive player of the year, 6POTY, and who she thinks will make it to the WNBA finals. She also shares her thoughts on media members and their transparency for post-season award votes. And she gives a big shoutout to the Minnesota Lynx and more on this week’s episode.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:17 Episode topics

01:29 Thank you for the support

01:58 Minnesota Lynx MERCH HAUL

04:40 Thank you for the community

06:57 Playoff Predictions

08:17 Lynx vs Valkyries

08:57 Coach of the Year

11:10 Muddied Waters of WNBA Media

13:55 A’ja Wilson’s MVP Case

15:49 Alyssa Thomas

17:09 Napheesa Collier

19:06 I hate the discrediting going on in W commentary

23:25 Lynx vs Valkyries | What the Lynx need to win

29:43 Aces vs Storm | Noel Quinn’s future with Storm

36:07 Mercury vs Liberty

37:43 Dream vs Fever

39:27 Semi-Finals Predictions and Matchup Thoughts

42:48 Finals matchup | Lynx vs Aces

45:00 Defensive Player of the Year

48:00 6POTY

49:51 COTY Again & 1st Team

58:07 Teams that didn’t make the playoffs

1:00:00 Kelsey Plum and the Sparks

1:06:23 Wings, Sky, Mystics

In this week’s episode, Tori briefly touches upon her WNBA end-of-season award predictions and her thoughts on the media votes. She also delves into the recent trades, waivers, and injuries, providing a team-by-team analysis and their chances of making it to the championship.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:17 Housekeeping | Like, Subscribe, Follow

00:41 Housekeeping | Responsible Degenerates & Unbiased and Unbothered

02:12 Player of the Week : Kayla McBride

02:52 WNBA Season Award Predictions | All-WNBA, MVP, ROTY

06:05 Why it’s hard to have a serious conversation about MVP

12:50 ROTY

15:49 DPOTY Conversation

17:33 Back to my All-WNBA team

20:02 Trades & Waives | Mystics & Sun— Jacy & Aaliyah

23:17 Mystics & Storm | Alysha Clark, Zia, Pick & Slim

30:28 Wings & Lynx | Carrington - Miller, 2027 pick, Samuelson

33:10 Sika Kone, Teaira McCowan, Alissa Pili

35:02 Injuries | Napheesa Collier, Sydney Colson, Aari McDonald

40:06 The Lynx

42:14 There are only 2 real contenders right now

46:57 The Storm

50:38 The Mercury

53:35 The Dream

55:39 The Liberty

59:30 The Fever

1:01:05 The Valkyries

1:03:26 The Aces

1:07:06 The Mystics

1:08:25 The Sparks

1:11:39 The Sky, Wings and Sun

In this week’s episode, Tori delves into the significance of StudBudz on All-Star Weekend, The All-Star Game, and various events. Additionally, we explore the ongoing negotiations between team owners and W players and discuss the crucial steps every team must take to secure a spot in the playoffs after the All-Star break.

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Unrivaled : https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/wnba/2025/07/19/unrivaled-juju-watkins-flaujae-johnson/c7b742fe-64cf-11f0-bf70-56d8888ebb94_story.html

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:17 Housekeeping | Like, Subscribe, Follow

01:28 Tori’s Player of the Week to Watch | Naz Hillmon

02:47 Portland Fire

04:51 CBA Negotiations

07:45 StudBudz 72 Hour Stream

11:38 All-Star Events and Game

14:28 Favorite StudBudz moment | Diplo

16:13 Lynx

25:26 Mercury

29:27 Liberty

30:58 Storm

34:25 Dream

37:11 Fever

39:43 Valkyries

41:28 Aces

43:30 Sky

45:52 Mystics

47:42 Wings

50:24 The Sun ARE THE NEXT BIG THING

In this week’s episode, Tori discusses the Commissioner’s Cup game, All-Star roster and snubs. She also finally discusses her final playoff seeding for the season, addresses concerns she has about the Lynx championship contention and discusses why the Aces should disband after this season. She also takes some time to discuss waives and trades, and much more on this weeks episode!

Crash Out Video:

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:17 Housekeeping

02:22 Tori’s Player of the Week to Watch | Alanna Smith

03:04 My Preseason Playoff Seeding :(

05:43 NEW Final Playoff Seeding List

09:08 All-Star Roster

11:46 All-Star Snubs

16:50 Expansion Teams | Expanding too quickly?

18:33 The Portland Issue

19:32 I will not be watching all that

20:07 Commissioner’s Cup Game Analysis

22:40 How the Fever beat the Lynx

24:07 Are the Lynx really championship contenders?

31:22 Waives and Trades | Aces

33:06 Sparks Wavies and Signs | Odyssey Sims

34:55 Julie Vanloo, The Valkyries & Sparks

38:17 Fever vs Aces

40:13 The Aces have to rebuild

50:06 Liberty vs Sparks

52:21 Storm vs Dream

56:16 BRI JONES WAS SNUBBED

56:43 Wings vs Mercury

59:52 Mystics vs Lynx

1:00:44 Aaliyah Edwards … Allegedly taking calls

1:03:07 Fever vs Sparks

1:05:28 Lynx vs Valkyries

1:08:06 Liberty vs Storm

1:10:53 Aces vs Sun

1:12:44 Sky vs Lynx

In this week’s episode, Tori discusses the Commissioner’s Cup tournament results and her excitement for the final matchup, All-Star voting ballot, and gives a team by team analysis for Week 3 and 4. She also discusses why some rookie head coaches are given longer leashes than others while breaking down everything wrong for larger market teams and much more!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:17 Like & Subscribe | Week 3 & 4 Analysis

01:37 Poll Question: Who’s winning the Commissioner’s Cup

01:51 Where I’ve been

04:03 Commissioner’s Cup

04:30 Liberty vs Dream (Commissioner’s Cup)

06:38 All-Star Voting Ballot

10:34 Lynx vs Aces (Commissioner’s Cup)

11:55 My thoughts on Fever vs Sun | Holding Players & Officials Accountable

19:75 Excited for Fever vs Lynx

20:58 Cathy Complaints

24:25 StudBudz Twitch Stream

25:04 Li Yueru trade request

26:16 Player of the week to watch

27:53 Dream Analysis

31:30 Chicago Sky

33:43 Connecticut Sun | Potential, Strength, and Weaknesses

38:59 Indiana Fever | Figuring out how to win without Caitlin

42:00 Teams have to be able to win without their star

46:17 New York Liberty

48:49 Washington Mystics | Brittney Sykes, Aaliyah Edwards, Kiki, Sonia, and coaching

52:07 Dallas Wings

54:42 GS Valkyries

58:10 Las Vegas Aces | Everything is going Wrong

01:03:42 LA Sparks | Why the Sparks are struggling

01:11:13 Minnesota Lynx

01:14:18 Phoenix Mercury | Dark Horse

01:17:14 Seattle Storm

In this week’s episode, Tori gives us a detailed breakdown of each game, reveals her player to watch of the week and breaks down week 2 of WNBA team offenses, defenses, and more!-Follow me on social media:https://linktr.ee/toriphillips5-Chapters:00:00 Intro00:17 The BEST excuse you’ve ever heard 02:30 Double Feature this week03:11 Tori’s Player to Watch of the Week 03:18 Monique Akoa Makani04:25 Lynx vs Sun 12:20 Mercury vs Storm 17:56 Mystics vs Aces 25:00 Valkyries vs Sparks 25:22 Breaking down the Sparks 31:16 Liberty vs Fever 38:21 Wings vs Dream 44:27 Sun vs Dream49:12 Aces vs Storm54:20 Mystics vs Mercury 56:01 Sky vs Sparks 01:00:06 Liberty vs Valkyries 01:01:18 Wings vs Sun 01:03:21 Storm vs Lynx 01:06:04 Dream vs Sparks 01:08:14 Fever vs Mystics 01:09:44 Liberty vs Valkyries01:12:37 Sky vs Wings

In this week’s episode, Tori gives us a detailed breakdown of each game and shares her thoughts on what she expects from this season compared to last year. She also talks about the new rosters and offers some support to the new coaches. But she also has some tough conversations with others.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:17 Housekeeping | Like & Subscribe | Poll Question

03:27 Poll Question

04:00 Episode reminders

06:53 Dream vs Mystics

13:43 Lynx vs Wings

16:31 The Wings deserve room for grace

18:22 Sparks vs Valkyries

25:40 Aces vs Liberty

26:10 Why I don’t enjoy watching the Liberty

27:17 Aces Analysis

28:15 Liberty Analysis

30:37 Sky vs Fever — sigh

31:15 Let’s have a real conversation

35:50 Things the Sky need to work on

37:30 The Fever

38:07 Storm vs Mercury

38:35 My open apology to the Mercury

41:35 The Storm …

42:32 Mystics vs Sun

44:55 What I like about the Sun

47:43 Lynx vs Sparks

51:58 Storm vs Wings

53:51 Why the Wings lost this game

57:30 The Storm redemption arch

58:57 Aces vs Sun

01:02:06 Dream vs Fever

01:09:02 Wings vs Lynx

01:12:42 Mystics vs Valkyries

01:16:51 Mercury vs Sparks

01:19:24 Fever vs Dream

1:27:29 Liberty vs Sky