{"id":274905,"date":"2025-04-25T12:37:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T12:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/fever-rookie-makayla-timpson-makes-dunking-response-to-natasha-howards-remarks\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:08:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:08:45","slug":"fever-rookie-makayla-timpson-makes-dunking-response-to-natasha-howards-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/fever-rookie-makayla-timpson-makes-dunking-response-to-natasha-howards-remarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Fever rookie Makayla Timpson makes dunking response to Natasha Howard&#8217;s remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"4891256\" data-slug-id=\"2491027\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Indiana Fever rookie Makayla Timpson gave a three-word reply to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/wnba\/natasha-howard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Natasha Howard<\/a>\u2019s dunking remark. Howard shared Timpson\u2019s picture on her story and asked her to dunk the ball.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cGone head and dunk that \ud83d\ude02,\u201d Howard wrote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Makayla Timpson gave a hilarious response to the WNBA veteran, saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWaiting on you \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude2c.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Check out their interaction below:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sk-app-thumbnail\" alt=\"Makayla Timpson's reply to Natasha Howard\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/0cd4e-17455821013589-1920.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"lazy-img\" width=\"920\" height=\"1600\" data-img=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/0cd4e-17455821013589-1920.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/0cd4e-17455821013589-1920.jpg?w=190 190w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/0cd4e-17455821013589-1920.jpg?w=720 720w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/0cd4e-17455821013589-1920.jpg?w=640 640w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/0cd4e-17455821013589-1920.jpg?w=1045 1045w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/0cd4e-17455821013589-1920.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/0cd4e-17455821013589-1920.jpg?w=1460 1460w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/0cd4e-17455821013589-1920.jpg?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/0cd4e-17455821013589-1920.jpg 1920w\" alt=\"Makayla Timpson's reply to Natasha Howard\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/0cd4e-17455821013589-1920.jpg?w=640\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,&lt;svg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20920%201600%22&gt;&lt;\/svg&gt;\"\/><figcaption>Makayla Timpson&#8217;s reply to Natasha Howard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Fever drafted Timpson with the 19th pick of the second round during the 2025 WNBA Draft. She enters the league following a stellar college career with the Florida State Seminoles. Timpson made 131 appearances for Florida, recording 13.0 points and 8.4 rebounds per game while shooting 56.8% from the field.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p>During her senior year, Timpson recorded 17.5 points, 10.6 rebounds, and 3.1 blocks per game. She took the Seminoles to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, where they lost to the No. 3-seeded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/college-basketball\/lsu-tigers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">LSU Tigers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Natasha Howard, who challenged Timpson to dunk the ball, will enter her 12th season in the WNBA in May. Howard has won three WNBA titles, averaging 17.6 points and 6.7 rebounds in her career. She won Defensive Player of the Year in 2019 and has been named to two All-Defensive 1st teams.<\/p>\n<p>Both Howard and Timpson stand at 6-foot-2. Seeing all that the 33-year-old has accomplished, Makayla could learn a thing or two while playing with her in Indiana. The 22-year-old boasts a 6&#8217;10&#8221; wingspan and will be a force to be reckoned with in the paint.<\/p>\n<p>Timpson&#8217;s ability to tower over her opponents makes her an exciting addition to this young Fever squad. It&#8217;ll be interesting to see what they have in store for us in May.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>&#8220;A lot of fun things&#8221;: Makayla Timpson on what Fever fans can expect from her game<\/h2>\n<p>Speaking to reporters after the 2025 WNBA Draft, Makayla Timpson was asked what Indiana Fever fans can expect from her game. She replied:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;A lot of fun things, you know. Hopefully, I can go in there and block a lot of shots, you know. And just do the things that I did here, to perfection. Just blocking shots, rebounding, just defending, being a great teammate, and just working hard.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Timpson also expressed her excitement to play with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/wnba\/caitlin-clark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Caitlin Clark<\/a> and believes that she&#8217;s a great point guard. 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