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High Post Hoops Summit: Hall of Famers, future Hall of Famers, and a look around the WNBA

By High Post Hoops Staff

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 7: Elena Delle Donne #11 of the Washington Mystics handles the ball against the Minnesota Lynx on June 7, 2018 at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE. (Photo by Ned Dishman/NBAE via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 7: Elena Delle Donne #11 of the Washington Mystics handles the ball against the Minnesota Lynx on June 7, 2018 at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE. (Photo by Ned Dishman/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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Every week during the WNBA season, the High Post Hoops staff gathers to discuss and debate everything that has happened so far and what is still to come. Here is the conversation from our Slack channel this morning.

SPRINGFIELD, MA – SEPTEMBER 11: Inductee Lisa Leslie speaks during the 2015 Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony on September 11, 2015 at the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2015 NBAE (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)
SPRINGFIELD, MA – SEPTEMBER 11: Inductee Lisa Leslie speaks during the 2015 Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony on September 11, 2015 at the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2015 NBAE (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images) /

Howard Megdal: Awesome! Okay, so! welcome to the first High Post Hoops Summit of the season
The place I want to begin is with the work you’ve all been doing. Ari, let’s start with you. You spent some time with Lisa Leslie, a woman who’s meant a great deal to you going back to childhood. How did the meeting in person compare to the way you imagined it?

Arielle Chambers: She was literally everything I envisioned her and more. It’s one thing to be a basketball player, another thing to be an icon with such a well balanced, at peace personality. She is so well rounded, so secure in the vision for her legacy. Amazing to watch. She shows everyone how basketball is the catalyst for other opportunities. I appreciate her for that So shoutout to all of the critics who try to pigeon-hole athletes, specifically women’s basketball players, because in her case, you simply cannot. She will far exceed your expectations.

Howard: Fantastic!

Lindsay Gibbs: That makes me so happy.

Arielle: Just a great spirit, she is.

Howard: Love it.

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