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@nonpartizan said in WNBA:

Honestly surprised that someone in the league offices hasn't tried to convene a meeting between the two players and said "you guys have a chance to emulate what Bird & Magic did for the NBA in the 80s and lift women's basketball to another level "......

Instead it seems like the animus between the players is just another front in the interminable culture wars. It feels like they are really blowing this.

It's a construct. They played together during All Star weekend and it was fine

@canefan said in WNBA:

@nonpartizan said in WNBA:

Honestly surprised that someone in the league offices hasn't tried to convene a meeting between the two players and said "you guys have a chance to emulate what Bird & Magic did for the NBA in the 80s and lift women's basketball to another level "......

Instead it seems like the animus between the players is just another front in the interminable culture wars. It feels like they are really blowing this.

It's a construct. They played together during All Star weekend and it was fine

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That’s some BS right there man. Reese and others have so much animosity towards Clark for the fame she has, it’s just embarrassing. Some of the footage from the season is just thuggery

@voodoo said in WNBA:

@canefan said in WNBA:

@nonpartizan said in WNBA:

Honestly surprised that someone in the league offices hasn't tried to convene a meeting between the two players and said "you guys have a chance to emulate what Bird & Magic did for the NBA in the 80s and lift women's basketball to another level "......

Instead it seems like the animus between the players is just another front in the interminable culture wars. It feels like they are really blowing this.

It's a construct. They played together during All Star weekend and it was fine

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That’s some BS right there man. Reese and others have so much animosity towards Clark for the fame she has, it’s just embarrassing. Some of the footage from the season is just thuggery

Clark was roughly treated, I agree. And she faced a lot of jealousy from some in the league, and elders such as Sheryl Swoopes. But even Reese herself is on record denying beef, they are just super competitive on court

@nonpartizan said in WNBA:

Honestly surprised that someone in the league offices hasn't tried to convene a meeting between the two players and said "you guys have a chance to emulate what Bird & Magic did for the NBA in the 80s and lift women's basketball to another level "......

Instead it seems like the animus between the players is just another front in the interminable culture wars. It feels like they are really blowing this.

I think the opposite is true, the beef is bringing eyeballs. I wouldn't watch WNBA if it was the last sport left on earth, but my twitter feed has somehow been full of this crap for the last week.

If you like watching Women’s rugby you’ll enjoy watching the WNBA

If you don’t, you won’t

I enjoy Women's rugby as i enjoy rugby, I don't enjoy WNBA as I think basketball is just a boring version of netball

Another impressive performance from Clark

It's not all about Clark, Indiana has a team.

Atlanta too

@Dodge said in WNBA:

I enjoy Women's rugby as i enjoy rugby, I don't enjoy WNBA as I think basketball is just a boring version of netball

Sacrilege.

Angel is not too bright and the way she plays and conducts herself shows that.

Forget the Bird and Magic comparison because both of those guys were actual ballers, whereas only Clark has superstar status written all over her.

Reese is basically Ben Wallace without the defence.

NY looking sharp. Chicago, not so much

@MiketheSnow Sabrina, Stewie, Jones and Cloud combo is going to be a problem for the rest of the league. The Lynx have 3 players that can hang with this quartet, but I think NY are front runners for repeat with the Lynx and Fever close behind.

Cracking contest, great skills

The WNBA is on the precipice of its 'Fosbury Flop' moment.

At the moment the game is all about accurate shooting, ball movement, great passing, quick transitions, speed, driving into the paint for finger rolls and lay ups hoping to draw a foul.

Once the first player starts dunking then that will give agency for everyone to have a go and for teams to start recruiting lumbering trees.

Which will be to the detriment of the game IMHO.

@MiketheSnow said in WNBA:

The WNBA is on the precipice of its 'Fosbury Flop' moment.

At the moment the game is all about accurate shooting, ball movement, great passing, quick transitions, speed, driving into the paint for finger rolls and lay ups hoping to draw a foul.

Once the first player starts dunking then that will give agency for everyone to have a go and for teams to start recruiting lumbering trees.

Which will be to the detriment of the game IMHO.

They've already had players dunk the ball haven't they? I remember Lisa Lesley doing it for the Sparks about 20 years ago, a number of players including Britney Griner have dunked many times

@MiketheSnow said in WNBA:

The WNBA is on the precipice of its 'Fosbury Flop' moment.

At the moment the game is all about accurate shooting, ball movement, great passing, quick transitions, speed, driving into the paint for finger rolls and lay ups hoping to draw a foul.

Once the first player starts dunking then that will give agency for everyone to have a go and for teams to start recruiting lumbering trees.

Which will be to the detriment of the game IMHO.

@canefan is right that dunks have been made before. But there is no way that it changes the game as there just aren’t enough (any) athletes that can play above the rim the way the men do. A one-hand one-foot dunk on a fast break with nobody around you is one thing, leaping off 2 feet to throw it down with force or dunking on or near someone else in the half court is a totally different beast

I don’t see the WNBA changing anytime soon. They’ll get quicker and better at shooting (already happening), but they’re not taking to the skies

Another cracking match

Interesting no call at the death

@MiketheSnow said in WNBA:

Another cracking match

Interesting no call at the death

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I couldn't see if that strip on Clark was a foul or not.

That's great basketball, more relatable to what I know than the men's game. Great passing, cutting, the game is more pure when you can't rely purely on physicality and acrobatics.

It shouldn't have come down to that anyway. The Fever were up by a good margin but couldn't get any buckets late in the game, as NY erased the deficit