May 14, 2025
Locked On Women’s Basketball: Sparks media day, Part 1
By The Next
Plum: 'I'm excited, and it's going to be fun'
On the latest episode of Locked On Women’s Basketball, host Howard Megdal reports from the Los Angeles Sparks’ media day, in Part 1 of a two-part series. He speaks with Kelsey Plum, Dearica Hamby and Rickea Jackson, analyzes the team’s offensive makeup, and more.
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Megdal starts the show by asking Plum how feels about coming to Los Angeles. “It doesn’t really sink in until it starts, you know,” Plum says. “This week has been an emotional week … just having it really sink in, to like, oh my gosh, I’m really here. … I’m excited and it’s going to be fun.”
Later on, Megdal talks to Hamby about her growth as a player. “I think I’ve always been a player that plays hard, no matter the amount of minutes I play,” Hamby says. “I mean, maybe as I get older, it’ll slow down a little bit, but not right now.”
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Megdal closes out the show by chatting with Jackson about about her rookie year and her growth since then. “The first year, of course, I hit a rookie wall,” Jackson says. “It was a whirlwind, but it made me tougher mentally. So I appreciate my rookie year, and I wouldn’t trade it for the world.”
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