Host Ben Dull is joined in part one by Alex Coffey (@cafecita_) of The Athletic Seattle for an opening week check in with the Seattle Storm, including the season-opening win over the Phoenix Mercury, the team's upcoming road stretch, Jewell Loyd and Jordin Canada carrying a much bigger scoring load in 2019, Natasha Howard's confidence and comfort level taking on more responsibility up front, updates on Sue Bird, Alysha Clark and Dan Hughes, Gary Kloppenburg dialing up the team's pressure on defense, the team's early impressions of rookie Anriel Howard and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices