Chiney Ogwumike talks Lakers, all-time starting five and Giannis | Courtside Club w/ Rachel DeMita

Rachel DeMita chats with current ESPN NBA analyst and 2014 first-overall WNBA selection Chiney Ogwumike. Chiney shares her unique expertise gained from being both a professional athlete and an analyst and how she can balance a sports and media career. Who are Chiney’s sleeper teams this season? Is the Lakers’ season salvageable? If so, how? Why does Chiney believe Giannis Antetokounmpo is the perfect star to lead the NBA’s next era? Who did Chiney name for her all-time and current starting five NBA lineup? And finally, the growth of women’s basketball and what Chiney believes needs to happen to continue its growth.

0:00 - Courtside Club: Rachel DeMita with Chiney Ogwumike
2:25 - Balancing a sports and media career
3:47 - The unique perspective of simultaneously being a professional athlete and an analyst
5:50 - Who are the sleeper teams for the 2022-2023 seasons?
9:24 - The state of LA basketball with the Lakers and the Clippers
15:16 - Who will lead the new era of superstars?
16:43 - Which current NBA player does Chiney most admire?
19:20 - Halftime: Chiney's all-time starting five
32:14 - The recent emergence of women's basketball
35:15 - Debate on lowering the rim in women's basketball
38:57 - Thoughts on NIL in collegiate basketball
41:03 - Buzzer Beaters: Best event Chiney was courtside for? Person dead or alive you would sit courtside with? Any event that you would want to sit courtside at?

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