NATALIE NAKASE'S HIGH-ENERGY, HANDS-ON COACHING HAS GUIDED GOLDEN STATE VALKYRIES TO WNBA FINALS
Natalie Nakase throws her arms up to guard Gabby Williams one moment, then moves to defend Veronica Burton the next as Golden State's high-octane coach gets into it to help the Valkyries gear up for the WNBA Finals. She briefly steps out of the action to observe before jumping right back in to take a turn against Tiffany Hayes. And you bet Nakase can trash talk with the best of them.
“Oh, yeah, I say, ‘Yeahhh!’ I say, ‘Not here! Not this time!,” she shared Wednesday. “I let them know. Because that’s effort. Again, it goes back to you can control that. I'm 46 years old, why am I getting that (stop)?” Nakase never stops moving, and it’s why everyone around her is offering regular reminders that she needs to eat for energy and rest just the way she stresses those things to her players. The coach collapsed on the court late in the deciding game of the first round with Dallas and later called it “a wakeup call” to prioritize her well being.
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