One thing you learn if you actually play basketball is how much harder it is to foul the exact person you want to at the time you want to in these situations
what’s crazy to me is that michigan knew azzi was by far uconn’s best free throw shooter and still for some reason didn’t try to stop her at all from getting the ball? 😭
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For the first time, I am willing to hear cases for Sonia winning ROY. 15 ppg on 55% eFG as a rookie is ridiculous.
Has anyone ever hit those marks? I am pretty sure she’s on track to be the first, closest I could find was Boston at 14.5 / 58.3
This is like saying Andrew Wiggins is borderline a hall of famer
All due respect to Ariel Atkins, it’s not even about her talent level. She’s a borderline Hall of Famer in my book.
It’s just that the Sky were never one piece away as we were told incessantly all offseason based off one year of Angel/Kamilla
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What in the world? Seattle looking for more on-ball guards is odd but damn that’s an athletic backcourt.
For Washington this is likely either the Aces or Storm’s own pick. Pretty awesome way to cash in on an expiring deal
Trade summary, per @alexaphilippou:
Storm get - Brittney Sykes
Mystics get - Alysha Clark, 2026 first-round pick
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Paige has to create all of this on her own. Soni gets to spot up + be a cutter around other creators (which she’s great at).
But yeah the efficient, 1st option creator of 18.5 / 5.5 is miles more impactful
We can have the conversation. No, I’m not saying Sonia Citron is better than Paige Bueckers — but when it comes to team basketball, Sonia’s stats have more impact. No empty calories with Sonia.
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WNBA fans capacity to complain about everything is exhausting
Basketball is not football. It’s not that dangerous and injuries are just as likely in practice. If Phee got hurt in a 5v5 practice would this be the complaint?
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Better defenders often foul more.
Paige is incredible but this is a useless stat, just tell us how many times a rookie has had 20/6 (even if it brings a certain someone into the sample)
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One of the edges the WNBA has on the NBA is that they take every regular season game seriously, get chippy often, and play extremely hard.
Shame the players didn’t use the all star game to amplify that, especially as they negotiate their worth in the new CBA.
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Picturing him doing the Shai joke about Brittany Sykes
In a year of crazy growth for women's sports choosing an ESPYs host who doesn't even try to make clever jokes about women athletes (he at least *attempted* for the men) he goes with hacky "no one knows the WNBA" bits, "Pinoe is a bad time" & repeatedly insults Black women. COOL.
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Player A:
- 12.3 pts, 8.3 reb, 1.3 assists
- 46% eFG
- played every game for bad team
Player B:
- 17.0 pts, 7.6 reb, 3.8 assists
- 55% eFG
- played every game for bad team
There is no argument for Kiki Iriafen being a front court all-star over Hamby. Baffling
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Paige’s first game without the ball stoppers: Wings score 98 and beat Phoenix
Arike is the only one with any off-ball gravity, even if she mostly stands and watches. And 3.5/4 of them are ball stoppers - which is contagious and gets worse when multiplied. It is a basketball crime that Paige is going to be stuck on such a “your turn/my turn” team 11/
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WNBA Aggregator retweeted
Paige / Arike feels a lot like Steph / Monta Ellis
We all know the winning isn’t going to start until Arike is gone.
A 1st for Nalyssa? Absolute fleecing by the Wings. Great sign that their FO was willing to make the move after putting together this bizarre roster
NALYSSA: Ball stopper who thinks it’s her turn every time she goes 3 possessions without scoring. Doesn’t space the floor. Loves post-ups that go nowhere. Didn’t quite make sense with Caitlin, fits even worse with Paige. 8/
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