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I had no idea you could take into account uncalled fouls on reviews like this. Wild lol
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if you wanna say it grazed her fingertips fine but that contact can't be a foul
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I do notice that the WNBA announcers stress a lot more that the refs have different angles than we do.
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Let's loving goooooooool
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Played it right down the stretch but still a lot of tension
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Nice of the Sun and Lynx to show us what deeply unexciting basketball looks like after all that exciting basketball
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I have no voice, amazing win
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cmon The Sun
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Oct 2, 2024 03:09
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That buzzer beater was sweet
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Oct 2, 2024 03:29
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Oct 2, 2024 04:17
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Even making the playoffs isn't enough to save a coaching job https://x.com/trendyhoopstars/status/1841580862875566501?s=46&t=0x_opuk5bo0lymk_1YRzgQ
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Hey I've got a sincere question that I hope doesn't come across as weird. To set the tone, I'm someone who hasn't followed the WNBA but I've read a bit of the dialogue around Caitlin Clark in the WNBA and controversial media attention. I'm mostly an NBA watcher, I've watched a bit of the WNBA this year (not Clark related), and have enjoyed it, might watch the Liberty's playoff run, I don't really watch college basketball on either side so I'm ignorant on all of that. What is it about Caitlin Clark that people who don't follow the WNBA care about? What I mean by that is that I've read a lot of sentiments of people who seem to like Caitlin Clark and have it out for the WNBA, and there's this whole "hazing" thing that's getting a lot of media attention. I don't quite get why people who don't follow women's basketball (or maybe they're fans of women's college basketball but not the WNBA? that also seems very strange to me) but suddenly care very much about one rookie. I presume she's very good? I know she had a big contract for the WNBA and sponsorship deals and all that, but beyond that I have no idea how good she is relative to the rest of the league? Why have people seemed to start caring about this sport but only in regard to one player?
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piratepilates posted:Hey I've got a sincere question that I hope doesn't come across as weird. To set the tone, I'm someone who hasn't followed the WNBA but I've read a bit of the dialogue around Caitlin Clark in the WNBA and controversial media attention. I'm mostly an NBA watcher, I've watched a bit of the WNBA this year (not Clark related), and have enjoyed it, might watch the Liberty's playoff run, I don't really watch college basketball on either side so I'm ignorant on all of that. She was a phenom in college, so a lot of people started watching women's college ball because of her. Then Angel Reese talked trash to her, which Caitlin said was normal and no worse than what she does herself, because they both play basketball. A lot of people who had never seen any women's basketball decided that they needed to defend one of those two stars against the other and You'll Never Guess Why
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she's already very good, will probably go on to become great. the reason she's getting a lot of fan interest is because she was a phenomenal college player and spent four years consistently building a legacy of greatness that people got interested in, and she was playing against great competition, and the games were really good, and now her and her amazing class made it to the pros and they're all fun to watch and the games are good. the reason she gets even more media attention than you'd expect, even with all that buildup, is because she unfortunately became a proxy for the culture war
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more falafel please posted:She was a phenom in college, so a lot of people started watching women's college ball because of her. Then Angel Reese talked trash to her, which Caitlin said was normal and no worse than what she does herself, because they both play basketball. A lot of people who had never seen any women's basketball decided that they needed to defend one of those two stars against the other and You'll Never Guess Why to spoil it a bit I have read a bit of this thread before, so I can guess the why 👀 indigi posted:she's already very good, will probably go on to become great. the reason she's getting a lot of fan interest is because she was a phenomenal college player and spent four years consistently building a legacy of greatness that people got interested in, and she was playing against great competition, and the games were really good, and now her and her amazing class made it to the pros and they're all fun to watch and the games are good. the reason she gets even more media attention than you'd expect, even with all that buildup, is because she unfortunately became a proxy for the culture war about what I figured then alright. thanks for the responses, they were very helpful. I've started watching a bit more wnba this year, I think as a side effect of clark-mania, but the games I've watched haven't really involved her (the TV mostly has on Liberty games I guess, since I live in NYC), so I've had this weird parallel discovery thing on the other end of it where I'm watching the league more because of her but not really seeing her. so I had a weird moment of frustration reading the comments on yet another caitlin clark article, but it never seems to be about the sport itself? I don't know it's just annoying being exposed to so much talk about a sport but it's not really about the sport, like what's the damned point, if "you" have such a strong opinion of the league why don't you care about actually watching any of it. piratepilates fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Oct 2, 2024 |
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Oct 2, 2024 23:21
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piratepilates posted:*snip* this is a common thought among many, many, many people who followed the WNBA before this season.
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Oct 2, 2024 23:31
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It got so bad this playoffs the league had to put out a statement condemning the actions of Fever fans lol. I hope it just blows over with another season or two when Clark is just a star in the league like many others.
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yeah she seems very likable (even if I've posted about wanting her to be a teensy more vocal against her racist cheerleaders) so it'll be nice when poo poo calms down and she can just ball and be goofy in press conferences
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I think the chuds projected a lot of “all-American girl / america’s sweetheart” onto her as well, when the reality is that she’s got a volatile temper and cusses like a sailor
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I know it is not actually his fault in any real way but I think we should blame Dave Portnoy for being a brand new WNBA fan and bringing his obnoxious and vaguely hateful brand of sports fandom with him
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I just hope that people end up finding out that like 90% of the players in this league are hilarious characters in their own right. Plus you get stuff like the Mabrey/Carrington beef ending with them being teammates and besties.
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More expansion draft speculation, this time for the Sun and the two other teams that are currently coach-less. Connecticut Sun: Roster: Alyssa Thomas (2024) Brionna Jones (2024) DeWanna Bonner (2024) Tiffany Mitchell (2024) Astou Ndour (2024) DiJonai Carrington (2024 RFA) Veronica Burton (2024 ERFA) Caitlin Bickle (2024 ERFA) Celeste Taylor (2024 ERFA) Marina Mabrey (2025) Tyasha Harris (2025) Olivia Nelson-Ododa (2025) Draft Rights: Laila Lacan Abbey Hsu 6 Players: DiJonai Carrington Alyssa Thomas Marina Mabrey Brionna Jones Tyasha Harris Olivia Nelson-Ododa Likely Picks: Veronica Burton Laila Lacan DeWanna Bonner Atlanta Dream: Roster: Cheyenne Parker (2024) Aerial Powers (2024) Tina Charles (2024) Lorela Cubaj (2024 ERFA) Maya Caldwell (2024 ERFA) Ezinne Kalu (2024) Jordin Canada (2025) Allisha Gray (2025) Nia Coffey (2025) Rhyne Howard (2025 RFA) Naz Hillmon (2025 RFA) Haley Jones (2026) Laeticia Amihere (2026) Draft Rights: Nyadiew Punch Matilde Villa Isobel Borlase 6 Players: Rhyne Howard Allisha Gray Jordin Canada Naz Hillmon Nia Coffey Nyadiew Puoch Likely Picks: Tina Charles Haley Jones Los Angeles Sparks: Roster: Crystal Dangerfield (2024 ERFA) Odyssey Sims (2024 ERFA) Aari McDonald (2024 RFA) Kia Nurse (2024) Li Yueru (2025 RFA) Rae Burrell (2025 RFA) Layshia Clarendon (2025) Stephanie Talbot (2025) Dearica Hamby (2025) Azura Stevens (2025) Rickea Jackson (2026 RFA) Cameron Brink (2026 RFA) Zia Cooke (2026 RFA) Lexie Brown (2026) Reserve/Suspended: Julie Allemand Draft Rights: Shaneice Swain 6 Players: Cameron Brink Rickea Jackson Dearica Hamby Azurá Stevens Stephanie Talbot Lexie Brown Likely Picks: Aari McDonald Layshia Clarendon
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there's nothing wrong with being a fan who is into the WNBA for the first time because of Clark or Reese or whoever (hell i only jumped on the bandwagon when the idiot Sky somehow convinced Candace loving Parker to come home) but a lot of the Caitlin Crybabies fall into two horrible categories: people who have never watched basketball, don't understand basketball, and are just using it as front for dumb culture war bullshit, and fans of the Iowa Hawkeyes.
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A ton of it is literally just college basketball fans, a category that already includes some of the dumbest mouth breathing racist blowhards in a country where being a dumbass mouth breathing racist blowhard is the national pastime
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DC Murderverse posted:I know it is not actually his fault in any real way but I think we should blame Dave Portnoy for being a brand new WNBA fan and bringing his obnoxious and vaguely hateful brand of sports fandom with him He was poo poo talking Angel on twitter during the college tournaments, so rest assured, he is at fault in a real way.
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R.D. Mangles posted:there's nothing wrong with being a fan who is into the WNBA for the first time because of Clark or Reese or whoever (hell i only jumped on the bandwagon when the idiot Sky somehow convinced Candace loving Parker to come home) but a lot of the Caitlin Crybabies fall into two horrible categories: people who have never watched basketball, don't understand basketball, and are just using it as front for dumb culture war bullshit, and fans of the Iowa Hawkeyes. I only started watching last year bc the nets just became impossible to give a poo poo about, and it turns out there's an unbelievably talented squad playing top tier basketball in the same arena lol
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https://x.com/thefrankiedlc/status/1841073045445783749 https://x.com/thefrankiedlc/status/1841467827607228821 A good article about the recent dust up
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I read Strauss's article and it's gross, absolutely bends over backwards to defend Brennan's behavior and talk about how great and important she is as a journalist. Like I don't think he *directly* took a side but that was the framing
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this was very good on the Brennan situation and the larger WNBA vs. doofus culture war https://defector.com/the-wnbas-season-of-clash-is-big-business-for-the-permanently-aggrieved?giftLink=020dcebb639a51201027ea16f18dbfc8 (gift link that should bypass the paywall) quote:“Either the WNBA wants to be treated and covered like other major leagues or not,” one reporter wrote.
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R.D. Mangles posted:this was very good on the Brennan situation and the larger WNBA vs. doofus culture war This was a fantastic article.
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R.D. Mangles posted:there's nothing wrong with being a fan who is into the WNBA for the first time because of Clark or Reese or whoever (hell i only jumped on the bandwagon when the idiot Sky somehow convinced Candace loving Parker to come home) but a lot of the Caitlin Crybabies fall into two horrible categories: people who have never watched basketball, don't understand basketball, and are just using it as front for dumb culture war bullshit, and fans of the Iowa Hawkeyes. Yeah, this is me too. I had been to a few games at Rosemont Horizon and a few at Wintrust, but didn't start really following until Candace came home edit: man when I think about it's pretty wild that Candace Parker and I were probably in my high school at the same time on multiple occasions. I'm older than her but only by a year or so, and we were in the same IHSA conference
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R.D. Mangles posted:this was very good on the Brennan situation and the larger WNBA vs. doofus culture war Great article.
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66/67 votes for Clark for ROTY. This is going to be entertaining.
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