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Re: 2014 WNBA SEASON THREAD
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Re: 2014 WNBA SEASON THREAD
Already bruised and there's a cut, but maybe it won't look too bad. Stay strong, Phoenix fans! (Baby Shoes?)
Already bruised and there's a cut, but maybe it won't look too bad. Stay strong, Phoenix fans! (Baby Shoes?)
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I turned this on to see if DellaDonne is doing anything positive. Turns out she is but Phoenix is just on a tear.
And Diana Taurasi is still in the league? It feels like a long time ago she was playing at UCONN. Maybe it wasn't as long ago as I thought.
I turned this on to see if DellaDonne is doing anything positive. Turns out she is but Phoenix is just on a tear.
And Diana Taurasi is still in the league? It feels like a long time ago she was playing at UCONN. Maybe it wasn't as long ago as I thought.
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I think the East vs. West coast in the WNBA this year was like real NBA.
Phoenix was like 29-5, whereas Chicago was 15-19.
I got invited to Sunday's game but had stuff to do. My friend is at tonight's game. I'd go to Game 5 if it comes back (Best of 5 series) but I don't think it makes it back.
I think the East vs. West coast in the WNBA this year was like real NBA.
Phoenix was like 29-5, whereas Chicago was 15-19.
I got invited to Sunday's game but had stuff to do. My friend is at tonight's game. I'd go to Game 5 if it comes back (Best of 5 series) but I don't think it makes it back.
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It's not just this year: Indiana is the only current eastern conference team that has ever won a championship. The only other team to ever win a championship for the eastern conference relocated to the western conference, six years ago.Baby Shoes said:
This is also the fifth consecutive year that the #1 seed in the east failed to reach the Finals. In fact, it's the third time in five years that the #1 seed in the east failed to get out of the first round.
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All I know is it is a lot like college basketball.
If all the players loved to scissor each other.
All I know is it is a lot like college basketball.
If all the players loved to scissor each other.
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There is something wrong when the champion of your league might have a record of 15-19. That's just sad. I don't know how anyone, except maybe for fans of the team, can be excited that a team that is 4 games under .500 might hoist the trophy.
There is something wrong when the champion of your league might have a record of 15-19. That's just sad. I don't know how anyone, except maybe for fans of the team, can be excited that a team that is 4 games under .500 might hoist the trophy.
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Most of the positive sentiment regarding Chicago being in the Finals revolves around the fact that 1) Elena Delle Donne is one of the 2-3 most popular women's basketball players in the world, making her as close to a "ratings grabber" as actually exists for the WNBA, and 2) most WNBA fans claiming to be sick of the fact that the actual best team in the eastern conference keeps getting to the Finals and losing. So, a lot of the sentiment is less "pro-Chicago," and more "anybody but Atlanta." I think a lot of WNBA fans have a blind spot to how terrible the east, outside of Atlanta, really is.
If it makes you feel any better, they're not going to win.Detective Ventriloquist said:
Most of the positive sentiment regarding Chicago being in the Finals revolves around the fact that 1) Elena Delle Donne is one of the 2-3 most popular women's basketball players in the world, making her as close to a "ratings grabber" as actually exists for the WNBA, and 2) most WNBA fans claiming to be sick of the fact that the actual best team in the eastern conference keeps getting to the Finals and losing. So, a lot of the sentiment is less "pro-Chicago," and more "anybody but Atlanta." I think a lot of WNBA fans have a blind spot to how terrible the east, outside of Atlanta, really is.
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Chicago didn't even have DellaDonne for most of the season. She's been out with Lyme disease and a bad back here recently. And she's trying her hardest to remain on the court with her back.
Even with her though, they are pretty terrible. I'm just glad she is back out there even though she is nowhere near 100% and may never be again.
Chicago didn't even have DellaDonne for most of the season. She's been out with Lyme disease and a bad back here recently. And she's trying her hardest to remain on the court with her back.
Even with her though, they are pretty terrible. I'm just glad she is back out there even though she is nowhere near 100% and may never be again.
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The Russian Club Team that Diana Taurasi plays for is paying her to sit out the 2015-16 WNBA Season.
Baby Shoes, you must be so crushed!
The Russian Club Team that Diana Taurasi plays for is paying her to sit out the 2015-16 WNBA Season.
Baby Shoes, you must be so crushed!
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She'll be making like over a million over there.
She'll be making like over a million over there.
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Of course, nobody mentions that one huge difference between the WNBA and those foreign leagues is that most of those foreign leagues are subsidized by their respective governments.
If US taxpayers were footing the bill for the W, we could pay the players a half mill a year here, too.
Of course, nobody mentions that one huge difference between the WNBA and those foreign leagues is that most of those foreign leagues are subsidized by their respective governments.
If US taxpayers were footing the bill for the W, we could pay the players a half mill a year here, too.
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I was kind of shocked though that a top WNBA player like Taurasi only gets paid a 100 grand a year. I know WNBA's not terribly popular but still seems like it should be more than that. That's like a fifth the NBA league minimum!
I was kind of shocked though that a top WNBA player like Taurasi only gets paid a 100 grand a year. I know WNBA's not terribly popular but still seems like it should be more than that. That's like a fifth the NBA league minimum!
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What's more alarming is the fact that 36 other players in the WNBA make as much as Taurasi. That's insane; it's literally a quarter of the league. Can you imagine how fucked the NBA would be, if there were a hundred guys making as much as LeBron James?
What's more alarming is the fact that 36 other players in the WNBA make as much as Taurasi. That's insane; it's literally a quarter of the league. Can you imagine how fucked the NBA would be, if there were a hundred guys making as much as LeBron James?
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/18/sports/basketball/diana-taurasi-focusing-on-playing-in-russia-where-the-money-is.html?_r=0&module=ArrowsNav&contentCollection=Pro%20Basketball&action=keypress®ion=FixedLeft&pgtype=article
Good New York Times feature on Diana Taurasi's life playing in Russia.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/18/sports/basketball/diana-taurasi-focusing-on-playing-in-russia-where-the-money-is.html?_r=0&module=ArrowsNav&contentCollection=Pro%20Basketball&action=keypress®ion=FixedLeft&pgtype=article
Good New York Times feature on Diana Taurasi's life playing in Russia.
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Re: 2014 WNBA SEASON THREAD
ISIAH THOMAS IS NOW PRESIDENT OF THE NEW YORK LIBERTY
LET THE GREATNESS CONTINUE
ISIAH THOMAS IS NOW PRESIDENT OF THE NEW YORK LIBERTY
LET THE GREATNESS CONTINUE
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People are saying this is Dolan's worst decision.
I heard he's making the move to prepare for Isiah to move in after Phil abruptly retires. Okay, THAT would be the worst decision.
People are saying this is Dolan's worst decision.
I heard he's making the move to prepare for Isiah to move in after Phil abruptly retires. Okay, THAT would be the worst decision.
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CANT WAIT
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CANT WAIT
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The CBA, the Raptors, the Pacers, the Knicks, FIU... now he's moving on to ruin the WNBA? Is Zeke working off a fucking checklist?
The CBA, the Raptors, the Pacers, the Knicks, FIU... now he's moving on to ruin the WNBA? Is Zeke working off a fucking checklist?
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Changed the title from 2014 to an all-purpose one.
Got an offer from Groupon to get a Mercury ticket WITH selfie stick for $17. HOW CAN I PASS?!?!?!
Got an offer from Groupon to get a Mercury ticket WITH selfie stick for $17. HOW CAN I PASS?!?!?!
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Yeah, yeah, I know...
I normally don't check in on women's basketball between Columbus Day and Memorial Day (mainly because I loathe college sports, of all flavors), but I had time to kill yesterday, while I was waiting for the trailers to start at the showing of Doctor Strange I went to, and I happened on this:
https://www.facebook.com/13teams1journey/posts/10153937998876611
Since it's not evident by that post, let me just point out that those two women are teammates, on the same WNBA team. Last year, it became briefly noteworthy when Britney Griner and Glory Johnson got married, and subsequently divorced, but they didn't play on the same team... I find myself wondering how that would play out in a men's locker room. Like, even if there were openly gay players in a men's league, can you even imagine two guys on the same team dating each other? How would that play out, if they broke up? Hell, just looking at hetero relationships, I remember, back in 2009, that WNBA player Camille Little (a borderline All-Star talent) demanded a trade out of Atlanta, after she broke up with Marvin Williams, who was still on the Hawks at the time; she ended up getting traded to Seattle and, the next season, Seattle beat Atlanta in the WNBA Finals. That breakup may have literally cost Atlanta's WNBA team a championship: how the hell would fans react if something like that happened in a men's sport?
I normally don't check in on women's basketball between Columbus Day and Memorial Day (mainly because I loathe college sports, of all flavors), but I had time to kill yesterday, while I was waiting for the trailers to start at the showing of Doctor Strange I went to, and I happened on this:
https://www.facebook.com/13teams1journey/posts/10153937998876611
Since it's not evident by that post, let me just point out that those two women are teammates, on the same WNBA team. Last year, it became briefly noteworthy when Britney Griner and Glory Johnson got married, and subsequently divorced, but they didn't play on the same team... I find myself wondering how that would play out in a men's locker room. Like, even if there were openly gay players in a men's league, can you even imagine two guys on the same team dating each other? How would that play out, if they broke up? Hell, just looking at hetero relationships, I remember, back in 2009, that WNBA player Camille Little (a borderline All-Star talent) demanded a trade out of Atlanta, after she broke up with Marvin Williams, who was still on the Hawks at the time; she ended up getting traded to Seattle and, the next season, Seattle beat Atlanta in the WNBA Finals. That breakup may have literally cost Atlanta's WNBA team a championship: how the hell would fans react if something like that happened in a men's sport?
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Tragic. :'(
Tragic. :'(
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how long til slim comes in here straight shaming us smdh
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FWIW, a rebuttal by another former WNBA player: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10210980998414237&id=1032417279
And, an editorial piece by a current WNBA player: http://moniquecurrie.sportsblog.com/posts/32075247/perception-is-real--candice-wiggins--truth.html
And another one: http://www.imaniboyette.com/dear-candice/
Also, ninety-eight percent? That would mean that, rounding up to the nearest whole number, that there are only three hetero women in the league. I don't know exactly how many straight women there are in the WNBA, but I'll go to the bank with it being more than three.
And, an editorial piece by a current WNBA player: http://moniquecurrie.sportsblog.com/posts/32075247/perception-is-real--candice-wiggins--truth.html
And another one: http://www.imaniboyette.com/dear-candice/
Also, ninety-eight percent? That would mean that, rounding up to the nearest whole number, that there are only three hetero women in the league. I don't know exactly how many straight women there are in the WNBA, but I'll go to the bank with it being more than three.
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One of Ms. Wiggins' former teammates had a humorous comment about the 98 percent figure: https://twitter.com/MsPeters14/status/833739498194362370
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Bump time for Slim
WNBA's top pick been playing pickup with NBA's group of Washington pros for the past few years
https://therivardreport.com/how-nba-competition-shaped-the-wnbas-no-1-pick/
WNBA's top pick been playing pickup with NBA's group of Washington pros for the past few years
https://therivardreport.com/how-nba-competition-shaped-the-wnbas-no-1-pick/
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slim is probably mad that you bumped this thread because of an NBA-related tidbit.
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