Former South Carolina guard, Te-Hina PaoPao, is having a dream run in the WNBA. The Atlanta Dream are making waves in the league and PaoPao, in her rookie year, has been putting up good numbers.
Making the most of her free time, PaoPao recently enjoyed some pool time with some of her Atlanta teammates. She was seen wearing a green bikini in the pool and doing a TikTok trend.
In the video, PaoPao can be seen dancing to ‘Nasty Dancer’ by Kilo Ali. PaoPao has a strong social media presence. She has over 75k followers on TikTok and more than 1.6 million likes.
@olive.pow♬ NastyDancaahh – Undergroundmusiclover
But Te-Hina PaoPao wasn’t alone. In another video uploaded on her TikTok account, she can be seen dancing with some of her teammates to ‘Do It’ by Mykko Montana. The video features Brionna Jones, Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, and more.
@olive.pow Ws IN THE CH🅰️TTTTTTTTT #fypppppppppppppppppppppp #atldreamskiii#vibez#phoenix ♬ original sound – Kiana💕
Jones and Walker-Kimbrough are her Atlanta Dream teammates. Currently, the Dream have a five-game winning streak, the longest running win streak in the league. They’ve won eight of their last 10 games, and have shown dominance in home and away games.
With 20 total wins and only 11 losses, Dream are tied with the Liberty for second position. The only team ahead of those two is the Lynx, with 27 wins and just five losses.
As for her individual performance, PaoPao has played 30 games, averaging 5.5 points, 1.9 assists and 1.5 rebounds, shooting over 47% from the field.
Te-Hina PaoPao revealed biggest learning in her rookie year
Te-Hina PaoPao has been a fan favorite since college, where she played for Oregon and South Carolina. Taking lessons from her college stint to head into the WNBA, she has managed to live up to the expectations so far. She’s only going to improve from here based on the opportunities she gets.
While speaking to the media on Aug. 1, PaoPao revealed an area she has identified where she can get better. PaoPao said:
“Defense. I mean, the offense is always going to be there, but defense, you’ve got to move them puppies, and it’s a different world out there on the defensive end when you’re on an island with the best players in the world.”
“And I’m still learning to get over ball screens, because they’ve run so many ball screens during the whole game. I’m tired of ball screens, but at the end of the day, I’ve got to get over ball screens and just do that for my teammates, because I know they’re depending on me to guard my yard.”
Te-Hina PaoPao said that she understands the mental strength it takes to be a great defensive player. But the most important thing is that she is willing to put in the required work. Players, especially in today’s game, don’t pay much attention to defense.
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