Welp, eating some crow re: WNBA this morning

[18IsTheMan]

I've admittedly been dogging the WNBA a lot lately. However, I'm here to eat my helping of crow this morning. I've scoffed at those who defended play in the WNBA as more technically and fundamentally sound than MBB. I get it now. I do. I'm sorry.

 

[Lurker123]

I thought they called that "the Wilt Chamberlain"? Its a classic move.

 

[Piscis]

Where else can you see a play like that? The WNBA brings entertainment you can't get elsewhere.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I thought they called that "the Wilt Chamberlain"? Its a classic move.

Where else can you see a play like that? The WNBA brings entertainment you can't get elsewhere.

Reese is poetry in motion.

 

[Piscis]

Reese is poetry in motion.

Greatest athlete alive today.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Greatest athlete alive today.

Your post misses the mark, sir. Greatest athlete. Period. Any generation.

 

[PrestonyteParrot]

She did get her own rebound. Hence a rebound leader.

 

[Piscis]

Your post misses the mark, sir. Greatest athlete. Period. Any generation.

I didn't want to take anything away from Rapinoe.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I thought they called that "the Wilt Chamberlain"? Its a classic move.

I have often commented "I could do that" in reference to some ridiculous WNBA clip (like the All Star game that looked like church league ball). But I could literally do this. Flail about and wildly fling the ball backwards in the general direction of the backboard.

 

[Gamecock Jacque]

I saw the video on X. This video was stopped before Reese got her rebound, scored, and was fouled. Didn't show any free throws. Why do you think this version stops where it did?

 

[Piscis]

I saw the video on X. This video was stopped before Reese got her rebound, scored, and was fouled. Didn't show any free throws. Why do you think this version stops where it did?

I didn't stop before it showed her taking three steps with the ball and not getting called for walking. Why do you think she wasn't called for that?

 

[Lurker123]

She did get her own rebound. Hence a rebound leader.

Mebound?

 

[18IsTheMan]

I saw the video on X. This video was stopped before Reese got her rebound, scored, and was fouled. Didn't show any free throws. Why do you think this version stops where it did?

because nothing that happened after that matters.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Mebound?

Credit where due. She is good getting rebounds off her misses. She creates a lot of rebound opportunities for herself.

 

[CreekSnake]

Wait till they get the trans player from France avg 21 pts 20 rebounds per game in the W.
i read where France league declined to give MVP to HER last year because of trans status

 

[JohnnySolo]

I have often commented "I could do that" in reference to some ridiculous WNBA clip (like the All Star game that looked like church league ball). But I could literally do this. Flail about and wildly fling the ball backwards in the general direction of the backboard.

Dont disrespect church league ball. We had intense games with reasonable talent.

 

[Piscis]

Wait till they get the trans player from France avg 21 pts 20 rebounds per game in the W.
i read where France league declined to give MVP to HER last year because of trans status

So brave.

 

[Forkcock]

 

[18IsTheMan]

It's baffling to me how she is a star in the league...one of the biggest. There is no correlation to men's sports.

A male athlete of comparable talent to the rest of the players in the league would be an afterthought, if that. She's on the cover of the WNBA video game.

 

[Piscis]

It's baffling to me how she is a star in the league...one of the biggest. There is no correlation to men's sports.

A male athlete of comparable talent to the rest of the players in the league would be an afterthought, if that. She's on the cover of the WNBA video game.

The WNBA isn't a real sports league, it is a reality show based on basketball. The personal drama and appearance and wardrobe choices are the things that attract the WNBA viewers. No one ever talks about a player or team's actual performance on the court. Everything is about the various personalities and their interactions with each other.

I liken it to the WWE, it is a soap opera set in a women's basketball league.

 

[18IsTheMan]

In case anyone is curious, yes, there are some more hilarious clips of Reese doing whatever it is she does on the basketball court last night.

If you need a description of Reese's game, here it is: Run down the court and wildly throw up some shot in the general direction of the backboard, win an Upwards Basketball style free-for-all for the rebound, throw up another wild shot...repeat this cycle until a shot finally bounces in.

 

[Forkcock]

The WNBA isn't a real sports league, it is a reality show based on basketball. The personal drama and appearance and wardrobe choices are the things that attract the WNBA viewers. No one ever talks about a player or team's actual performance on the court. Everything is about the various personalities and their interactions with each other.

I liken it to the WWE, it is a soap opera set in a women's basketball league.

Yep

 

[Forkcock]