Angel Reese predictions as Dream face Valkyries in WNBA Finals

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTonight's question comes from Yahoo Sports, which has three bold predictions from Angel Reese before the first WNBA Finals, Atlanta Dream against the Golden State Valkyries.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe question: are bold predictions actually bold, or just guessing with better lighting? Kenji says bold. Dale says guessing.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNinety seconds total, and nobody mentions the weather.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOpening statement. Reese is in her first season with the Dream after an offseason trade, and it's her first playoffs.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPredicting anything in that spot takes guts.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentYou put a number on a Finals in front of everybody, and if you're wrong, the replay lives forever.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThat's the bravest thing on the internet.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA bold prediction is when someone says it'll rain on Thursday and it's July. Everything else is a coin toss wearing a tie.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwo teams, one trophy. Whoever you pick, half the country is already proved right by Tuesday. That is not courage, that is arithmetic.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRebuttals. Kenji, you have one minute. The argument about the coin is banned from here on.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentDale thinks arithmetic is a personality.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentReese could say the Dream win in six and get ten million replays if she's right, and ten million more if she's wrong.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTen million people watching you be wrong is not a reward, Kenji. It's a punishment with a comments section.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSurprise evidence now. The story says Atlanta got contributions from several players to reach this moment, so nobody got here alone.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSeveral players. So the prediction is shared, which makes it less bold, and the blame is spread thin. I'm vindicated.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOr it's a group chat, and the group chat is undefeated.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLightning round. One line each, alternating. Is predicting a sweep bold? Kenji.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOnly if you say it before the series starts and pin it to your profile.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA sweep is when the other side stops turning up. Every series ends in doom for someone.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIs a guess better with a spreadsheet?

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA guess with a spreadsheet is a guess with homework.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHomework. That's the first thing Dale's said that I'd clip.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorClosing statements. Dale first, thirty seconds.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIf every forecast is bold, the word means nothing.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI have predicted a catastrophe every single day this year, and the country has called me tiresome. That is true boldness.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentDale is the only man whose bold predictions keep failing to come true, and he posts them anyway. Respect.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentMy close: the Finals are the Finals. First time here for Reese, first time for a lot of us watching.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSay the big thing out loud, because that's the whole sport.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe verdict. Bold predictions are bold when you say them before the game and mean them after. Kenji wins on points.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOutrageous.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMy ruling also says Dale gets to be right in the end, no matter what. Neither of you will accept it, and the ruling stands.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNope.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorChat, quick poll: is a bold prediction bold or just a guess? Type bold or guess, and tell us your Finals pick.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorType guess, and watch the chat turn on you by Friday.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMy own bold prediction: this debate runs over, and nobody learns anything. I am ninety percent sure of that.