# Temos feito um amor inquebrável' – como a maverick Natalie Nakase guiou as Valkyries ao sucesso na WNBA

- Seção: Estados Unidos
- Fonte: The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/nov/01/natalie-nakase-golden-state-valkyries-wnba-championship-culture)
- Publicado em: 2026-11-01T16:10:48.000Z
- URL: https://www.itatiba1.com.br/noticia/1465392-temos-feito-um-amor-inquebravel-como-a-maverick-natalie-nakase-guiou-as
- Tradução automática do original em "en": "‘We have effing unbreakable love’: how the maverick Natalie Nakase led the Valkyries to WNBA glory"

> Uma treinadora moldada por sua trajetória irregular no basquete foi especial para criar a confiança que fez os campeões do Golden State se tornarem campeões em apenas 534 dias após o primeiro jogo

A coach shaped by her circuitous basketball journey was uniquely suited to building the trust that made Golden State champions just 534 days after their first game

The mighty , miserly Golden State Valkyries won their first WNBA title on Saturday night with a point guard Dallas had given up on and cast aside, a starting forward who had been waived five times and a late-blooming All-Star once passed over by every team in the league. That made them a fitting match for their coach. Natalie Nakase has pieced together a basketball life on making small openings count, turning a walk-on place at UCLA into a scholarship and an unsolicited scouting report into a coaching job in Japan’s top men’s league.

The Valkyries’ nerve-shredding 68-63 fightback over the Atlanta Dream in Game 7 did more than make them the fastest expansion team in major North American professional sports history to win a championship – as 45-1 preseason longshots in their second season of existence. It was proof of concept for an organization that gave overlooked players the resources, responsibility and trust to become champions – and enlisted a leader whose own circuitous journey had taught her what those things could unlock.

Reportagem completa: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/nov/01/natalie-nakase-golden-state-valkyries-wnba-championship-culture

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