Chelsea Gray on the Las Vegas Aces Dynasty and Winning Her Fourth WNBA Championship

About this episode

Chelsea Gray discusses her journey with the Las Vegas Aces and what winning her fourth WNBA Championship means to her.

This week, we welcome Chelsea Gray of the 2025 WNBA Champion Las Vegas Aces! To start the show, Sue and Tommy Alter break down what it takes to become a dynasty in sports and run through the list of WNBA dynasties. Then, Sue and Chelsea discuss ALL things Las Vegas Aces: their 2025 WNBA Championship, the team’s playoff run against the Seattle Storm and Indiana Fever, the Aces rough start to the season including the 53-point loss to the Minnesota Lynx, A’ja Wilson’s text to the group chat after that loss and how to took time for the team to gel, and so much more. Chelsea also explains what winning her FOURTH championship means to her, which one of her four was the hardest, and her special relationship with head coach Becky Hammon. She also opens up about what it’s like having Jackie Young, Jewell Loyd, and A’ja as teammates, shares what her definitions of a dynasty and “clutch gene” are, and goes in-depth about closing out Game 4 of the Finals. Sue and Chelsea close out the conversation but putting Chelsea in a GM’s shoes and discussing how she would approached this unprecedented offseason. It’s the Point Gawd herself - you don’t want to miss this conversation! Photo by Stephen…

People in this episode

Host: Sue Bird

Guest: Chelsea Gray

Topics covered

• Las Vegas Aces
• WNBA Championship
• sports dynasty
• team dynamics
• clutch performance
• playoff run

Keywords

• Chelsea Gray
• Las Vegas Aces
• WNBA
• championship
• dynasty
• A’ja Wilson
• Becky Hammon
• playoffs
• sports

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Las Vegas Aces, WNBA

Places: Minnesota Lynx, Seattle Storm, Indiana Fever

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