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Caitlin Clark set a record of 19 assists in a WNBA game. You would think that in the history of the WNBA. There would be a point guard set a higher number of assists in a game.

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Walkoff Balk wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2024 8:02 pm Caitlin Clark set a record of 19 assists in a WNBA game. You would think that in the history of the WNBA. There would be a point guard set a higher number of assists in a game.
I watched the highlights of the game last night and it looked like turnovers was a big deal in the Fever-Wings game. CC had 6 turnovers versus 18 for the team. But still the highlights are so much more interesting than watching MLB for me. The biggest deal in the MLB how a drunken singer butchered the national anthem during the home run derby.


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shrek2 wrote: Sun Jul 14, 2024 9:07 am I thought that the Phoenix Mercury was a tough team but they were on network tv today against the Connecticut Sun and they did not put on a very good show even though they have two Olympians Taurasi and Griner. They need to change their head coach to a female instead of a male. Tibbetts is about as useless as Ganot.
Like many, I just got into WNBA. Just want to hear opinions on why women would be better than men. I wonder about that too.

I don't have enough time vested t to form my opinion, the only thing I don't like watching WNBA is some of the "thug" ball or thug attitude. I understand they want the game to be "exciting" like men's basketball. But men basketball does not mean thug ball. Just my opinion.

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cabanalane wrote: Thu Jul 18, 2024 1:24 pm Like many, I just got into WNBA. Just want to hear opinions on why women would be better than men. I wonder about that too.

I don't have enough time vested t to form my opinion, the only thing I don't like watching WNBA is some of the "thug" ball or thug attitude. I understand they want the game to be "exciting" like men's basketball. But men basketball does not mean thug ball. Just my opinion.
Until this year, I don't think I've been really interested in the WNBA. It's sort of like the Olympics for me. Unless they have a background story that might add meaning to the sport, it's just competing. Right now there's no USFL , CFL, UFL or MLB that really has a story for me. Watching sports is fun if you're watching somebody battling adversity and sometimes coming out a winner or not. With Caitlin Clark, she really just talks about the game and I've never caught her putting down any other player in the WNBA or in college, so she's coming out with an image that people can follow both on and off the court. So far, each of her games that I caught on network tv or highlights, they've all been competitive. Ie, it's likely lost at the end of the game for the Indiana Fever. When the Connecticut Suns played the Phoenix Mercury, I thought that the male coach for the Mercury did not inspire or even seem to huddle up the team for the Mercury. The game looked like the Mercury was just going through the motions and the coach stuck out to me like a sore thumb. What I thought about was when the women's USWNT (soccer) lost in the medal round of the last Olympics, they had a male coach. I think that with professional sports since men have to keep their distance with female athletes, men don't necessarily make the best coaches for women because they can't hug a player or pat them on their butt or whatever to encourage them to play harder and better and let them know when they did great. I like the NBA more than the WNBA but right now, it's just the scrubs in the summer league. My thoughts with the Mercury is that if Brittney Griner came out smiling and saying she was so happy to back in the US and she's really excited to be playing for the national team, etc. she would draw a larger following in my opinion. She would probably get more endorsements and not have to worry about money and playing abroad. Right now the WNBA is working on a multi-billion dollar tv deal because of the new viewership.
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WNBA All-stars vs Olympic team on ABC @ 2:30PM HT/5:30PM PDT 7/20. It would be an embarrassment if the all-stars beat the Olympic team. Looking for Angel Reese to neutralize Breanna Stewart.

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shrek2 wrote: Thu Jul 18, 2024 2:27 pm
I think that with professional sports since men have to keep their distance with female athletes, men don't necessarily make the best coaches for women because they can't hug a player or pat them on their butt or whatever to encourage them to play harder and better and let them know when they did great.
True. I imagine there would be locker room situations where the coach would go in (to yell at a player). Can't do that in the WNBA. All they have to is not be fully dressed, and the male coach can't go in. "So you want to talk to me....I don't want to talk to you..."

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There's a woman's sports podcaster that in her promo mention that where else could you have a WNBA player throw a pass to her ex-partner wife. You would never see that in the NBA.

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It was a competitive game between the WNBA vs US Olympic team but great CC remark about beating the Olympic team. First 4 or 5 minutes of the video is the interview, the rest is junk. She's probably the best salesperson for the WNBA.


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This is where the 22yo CC is more classy than the 26yo Sabrina Ionescu. I thought the best part of the NBA All-Star game was the 3pt contest between Curry and Ionescu but then she does a night-night gesture in the Olympics. There goes her market.
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This USA Women's Olympic team has become unlikeable. They block Caitlin Clark from being selected to the team. Their head coach is a hard head. And now acting like bullies by taunting lesser opponents. The only one who has improved her brand is Brittney Griner. She went from kneeling to the national anthem to being humbled after spending time in a prison in Russia.

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If the USA Women's Olympic team wins the gold medal. Will Brittney Griner take the knee during the national anthem for the gold medal? That would ruin all the goodwill that Caitlin Clark brought to WNBA. People will get mad at the WNBA.

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People forget what stage they're on and what brand they are trying to promote. No doubt Dillon "the villain" Brooks (playing for Canada) of the Houston Rockets is known for his bad behavior, so much so, other NBA legends don't want to associate with him such as Kyrie Irving not wanting Dillon's jersey but giving him his. Then you have LeBron James, who grew up with just a single mom, never went to college, married his childhood sweetheart and never had a public affair to embarrass her but always says the right thing. He never says anything putting down his opponents, being humble, talking team but yet seems to be carrying the USA team in the Olympics when its crunch time. Diana Taurasi can be seen doing the shush with her finger to her lips when the game is almost over and you think wow, maybe the US should lose the gold to the Nigerians. Maybe they need to look at Katie Ledecky and use her as an example of what it means to represent the US in the Olympic games and who is paying their way to be in Paris. They needed CC to translate basketball into goodwill.

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No need get all huhu for two meaningless points. I wouldn't be surprised if the USA women's basketball team take the knee for the national anthem of the gold medal.

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Walkoff Balk wrote: Thu Aug 08, 2024 5:39 pm https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/ ... r-AA1oqE33

No need get all huhu for two meaningless points. I wouldn't be surprised if the USA women's basketball team take the knee for the national anthem of the gold medal.
You may be overly concerned about the US Women taking a knee. The athletes are really not all that ignorant to understand what's at stake in November. After Trump made that remark about Mexicans taking away black jobs, Simone Biles came out to say she liked her Black job as she showed off her gold. This was intended to turn another stupid remark into something maybe more positive. Although some of the US Women's basketball team has shown a little more arrogance than sportsmanship, if they kneel, they will be ruining their future and the future of the country and they know it.

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I saw the end of the USA vs France game and I was wishing Team France actually made the three instead of the two. But, I followed the medal ceremonies and Brittney Griner showed her true feelings when the national anthem played at about the 5 minute mark. Amy Atwell was on the podium as well.


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