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Guess who said this 👉 "You've got a player like Bridget Carleton who's had a lot of success in Portland."
Full video with responses from other players
Bridget getting her flowers from a great player! Looks like video was taken during 2026 All Stars Weekend.
Love seeing WNBA players name Kelsey M as their toughest defensive assignment.
YouTube, Insta.
Sue Bird has heard variations of "Kelsey Mitchell is the hardest player to game plan for" from everyone she has asked (players, coaches, NBC coworkers).
Dom Malonga (Seattle): Kelsey is "so fast. She's almost unguardable."
(Dom also cites Bri Jones in response to another question from Sue, at clip's end.)
Insta.
Liv Miles (Minnesota) about Kelsey: "This is my low key 'welcome to the W' moment, just trying to guard her."
(EDIT: Liv told Kelsey in-game: "You're so tough, man." See drawing n video here.)
YouTube at 4:18.
Nards Puoch (Portland) also cited guarding Kelsey M as her 'welcome to the W.'
Nards on guarding Kelsey: "That was scary. That was scary. She's so quick. I got lost so many times. I nearly got crossed up. Backdoor, left, right, center. I was like, 'I can't do this.'"
Insta. Paige Bueckers (Dallas): "She's so unpredictable. She's fast, twitchy, extremely quick, can also shoot. So if you give her space, - - and she's just super creative."
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Published days before 3pt contest. Topics include how her off-balance 3PM vs Dallas Wings is a perfect example of Constraints-Led Approach's effect on her game.
.. at podcast's 5:40 mark https://youtu.be/RD1RTCXj2KI?t=5m40s
.. 8:37 mark here show Bridge's 3PM from Meg's handoff https://youtu.be/QeLgHlilSyA?t=8m37s
> Episode 88: Pull Up With Bridget Carleton.
Pull Up with Myles and Owen.
> Portland Fire wing Bridget Carleton joins Episode 88 of Pull Up With Myles and Owen for a wide-ranging conversation. In this episode Carleton discusses the joys of building something from scratch in Portland as a member of one of the WNBA’s two newest expansion franchises, playing under Fire head coach Alex Sarama and adjusting to his unique teaching style, growing up in Canada with her parents coaching her in hockey and basketball, learning from the great Sylvia Fowles, and her love of badminton.
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Tribute video in full
https://youtu.be/7bw1cWTbHrE
from Portland Fire Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbXABaoAIT_/?l=1
I wonder if the Aces presented her with her ring for the 2025 championship.
megan is officially married and will now be megan dileo!! congratulations to her, david, & pancake 🥳🥳🥳 the portland fire also posted a video of the team congratulating her. cant wait to see the pictures 🥰
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WNBA art. I think this is the first time Bridget and the Fire got featured here. 😀 https://www.instagram.com/p/Da9eciWDtjk/?l=1
EDIT: first WNBA Art sketch of Bridget, but not of the Fire.
game clips:
.. with commentary from Lynx.
EDIT: similar thread in Lynx sub
Pregame presser at Minnesota. Reporters' questions could not be heard.
Yesterday's chats with Lynx legends, players, n coach:
... Phee: "Syl Was The First Person To Embrace Me Here" https://youtu.be/Cv48JXl08sQ&t=1m0s
... Lynx legends: https://youtu.be/3YeSlKEpc0Q
... Tash Howard: Syl "getting her flowers is amazing" https://youtu.be/4bC76KwLgws
... Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve: "to celebrate (Syl), I think the group is excited to do that." https://youtu.be/dOvQW5zLSx8&t=1m0s
From Fansided:
Clutchness. It's this hard-to-define idea, right? Well...technically, it's not hard to define at all, as the WNBA has official stats for "clutch" situations, i.e. when it's the final five minutes of a game or overtime and the margin between the teams is five points or less.
So today, we're combining data and a little bit of analysis to determine who the five most clutch players have been in 2026. You might notice this list is missing some of the big-name players you might expect. There's no A'ja Wilson. No Caitlin Clark. No member of the New York Liberty or Atlanta Dream, a team that is accustomed to being snubbed this week. Well...some of that is because those players haven't had a lot of clutch opportunities, while other reasons include those expected clutch players actually struggling in the clutch this season. Breanna Stewart? 5-for-20 in clutch situations this season. Wilson? It's hard to really talk about her clutch performance when she has just nine attempts in the clutch in 2026.
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Source (no paywall): https://fansided.com/ranking-the-best-clutch-players-in-the-wnba-right-now
Looks like these were done in Portland, in between road trips to Minnesota and Chicago. (EDIT: interviews were after Jun 18 win vs Seattle. Bridget's interviewer mentions her seven 3PMs.)
Bridget Carleton https://youtu.be/1eIkSkooyow At Moda wins, do u wanna increase your chances of getting victory rose from Bridget? 👉 https://youtu.be/1eIkSkooyow&t=7m14s
Frieda Buhner https://youtu.be/E5u4wvODcSU
Teja Oblak https://youtu.be/AmNuz6VIhFM
Sarah Ashlee Barker https://youtu.be/uCM3JtVJpH4
Holly Winterburn https://youtu.be/kLHb2udglRs
June 15, 2026 today: Bridget and coach Syl Fowles return to Minnesota. See comments for more videos or photos I found as the night unfolded.
BC greeted by Courtney https://www.instagram.com/p/DZn8CypCWd0/?img_index=1&l=1
Will link later to Carla's "welcome back to Balhalla." Hopefully I'd find pics or video for SAB at LA.
Next up would be Luisa at Dallas, Meg at Vegas, Em at DC, ... I might be forgetting someone.
EDIT: Before her long injury break, Karlie played for the Lynx. Sometime after her injury, she got traded to the Wings. Eventually signed with our Fire squad.
Undoubtedly welcome and fun semi-trolling. 😀 So far I've seen Fire squad do this for Bridge Carleton's "media availability" chats:
asst coach Syl Fowles asking Bridge to compare coaches Alex Sarama and Chery Reeve. "Are there any similarities in their styles? Is Alex rver gonna throw the coat?" 😆 Jun 4, 2026 https://youtu.be/xa5qGIejWNI?t=5m17s
SA Barker teasing Bridge about Canadian stuff. thankfully this camera angle shows SAB. May 22, 2026, practice n Bridget's homecoming in Canada.
Facebook and Instagram https://www.reddit.com/r/PortlandFire/s/MOS5nzTCij
I think it's Luisa G playfully asking questions at Bridge's first-ever media meet as a Portland Fire player). Too bad those questions are not audible in all videos I've found so far. May 2026 https://youtu.be/AC-8EW9aBjo?t=4m49s
Multiple shot clock violations by the Fever. Wonder why couldn't anyone on their bench do what Breezy Turner used to do: yell "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1!" to alert oncourt players about the shot clock?
Our Fire squad plays with so much heart, grit, and joy! Here are some of those moments captured by cameras. Starting with fanvid of May 30 game, Fever visited Fire
Podcast was done day before Bridget's birthday, and two days before Portland Fire visits Toronto Tempo for Canada's first-ever regular season WNBA game.
At 14:10, Ticha recalls that "every team wanted Bridget" before the 2026 expansion draft. Every team including the Tempo. The two of them did not know ahead of time whether the Lynx would protect Bridget from the expansion draft.
Plenty other topics discussed.
Does the coach or GM decide who among their players would show up in the pressers post-game? Do the media request which players they wanna see?
Just wondering.
- tunnel walk and talk right after Fire win
- more clips in the comments
Ex-Lynx teammates are proud that Bridget led her Fire squad to first win. Watch this clip of Courtney Williams and Natisha Hiedeman aka StudBudz.
15 minutes long, posted on Fire's YouTube. Interviewed by Elise Woodward, commenator for the Fire.