{"id":383377,"date":"2026-01-02T11:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T11:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/383377\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T11:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T11:17:08","slug":"the-intensity-has-to-be-the-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/383377\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe intensity has to be the foundation\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Coach Kara is about locking in and working really hard,\u201d the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/caitlin-clark&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiX057y7NyRAxUqmmoFHa48K_sQFnoECAwQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw2OBoJTAI8STlb_GWojXeAP\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Caitlin Clark<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>Angel Reese, a WNBA All-Star as a rookie and one of the league\u2019s premier rebounders and defenders, sees Lawson\u2019s intensity as a perfect fit for the next era of Team USA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s intense, and I like an intense coach,\u201d Reese said. \u201cShe\u2019s very intentional. She works a lot on defense, and that\u2019s something I can bring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With her experience, Lawson knows the importance of: \u201cYou definitely lean on your veterans in terms of setting the tone.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lawson has also earned the respect of veterans like WNBA reigning champion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/chelsea-gray&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiEiNCF7dyRAxXu78kDHeGtIRgQFnoECBoQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw1BF22U-aPdPVXF_OmIWGH8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea Gray<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s worked for this,\u201d said three time Olympic champion Gray. \u201cShe has a legacy behind her.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;Coach Kara is about locking in and working really hard,\u201d the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year Caitlin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-383377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}