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| Clark and Mitchell just ran out of gas. Playing every minute of the game was just too much. |
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So, too much height and veteran experience from a sharing team. Better team. Indiana needs some roster changes to supporting cast. Some height/bulk combo plus bench provides little. Mitchell short but very good offensively generally, so need to some other defenders off the bench at least.
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| focus wrote: | | So, WNBA playoffs will continue without the Clark/Fever story. |
I’ll have to take your word for it, because I won’t be watching without Clark. |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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Great WNBA career start for Caitlin. Indiana will beat the woods to find help for her next season.
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focus
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| Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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| dont_be_a_wuss wrote: | | focus wrote: | | So, WNBA playoffs will continue without the Clark/Fever story. |
I’ll have to take your word for it, because I won’t be watching without Clark. |
You sure? You might see some even better play between Las Vegas with consensus MVP and NY with best record and Kobe-friend Ionescu. I didn't see much but get the impression they both play higher level than either of these two teams.
And finals could be pretty intriguing. |
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focus
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| Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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| jodeke wrote: | | Great WNBA career start for Caitlin. Indiana will beat the woods to find help for her next season. |
Wonder if the Spurs will do the same for Wemby. |
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aprevo15
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| Looking forward to next season. Clark and Boston duo is real. Next year they are going to be scary. |
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Not a Clark thing, but since there’s no WNBA thread, the 3 game “series” where the higher seed gets the first 2 games is absolute BS. It definitely hurts the brand at point they are on the midst of busting out to wider popularity.
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| Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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| DaMuleRules wrote: | | Not a Clark thing, but since there’s no WNBA thread, the 3 game “series” where the higher seed gets the first 2 games is absolute BS. It definitely hurts the brand at point they are on the midst of busting out to wider popularity. |
I made a WNBA playoffs thread on the general basketball board. But anyway yeah I'm hoping they get rid of this three game series format sooner rather than later, and definitely having the first two games in one arena right off the bat it's just no good just on a variety of levels... but anyway it will (hopefully) continue to evolve as they continue to increase in popularity. |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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WNBA basketball is more disciplined than NBA. There's a lot less ISO. Women pass and move.
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Why come (meant to phrase it that way)no one talks about Diana Turasi's age? She's 42,
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A fan said bad enough trash talk to CC that they had to stop the game and he was allowed back to his seat?
WNBA got some realy (bleep) managment
No way would I let you back to your seat.. maybe next game after signing documents with security. |
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| DaMuleRules wrote: | | Not a Clark thing, but since there’s no WNBA thread, the 3 game “series” where the higher seed gets the first 2 games is absolute BS. It definitely hurts the brand at point they are on the midst of busting out to wider popularity. |
Its timed to end before the start of the NBA season.
Also the WNBA Finals are best of 5 games. |
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| lakersken80 wrote: | | DaMuleRules wrote: | | Not a Clark thing, but since there’s no WNBA thread, the 3 game “series” where the higher seed gets the first 2 games is absolute BS. It definitely hurts the brand at point they are on the midst of busting out to wider popularity. |
Its timed to end before the start of the NBA season.
Also the WNBA Finals are best of 5 games. |
I realize everything about the WNBA is smaller and shorter, right down to the length of the games, and that it is designed to fit into the NBA offseason. But the 3 game series stacked in the favor of the higher seed is essentially pointless. It’d be far more interesting to do a format where 6 teams go in instead of 8, with the conference winners (or top 2) getting a bye and 4 teams play a 5 game series to advance. It’d be far more competitive and better than just having four 2 game sweeps that all take place solely in one arena. I mean the fans of the away teams basically will never see a game on their floor in the playoffs which is a lousy was to build interest and energy.
The WNBA has a great chance to break out at the moment and this system is shooting themselves in the foot.
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| aprevo15 wrote: | | Clark and Mitchell just ran out of gas. Playing every minute of the game was just too much. |
Caitlin seems to be very cognizant of her position and detractors and is careful to not place blame, but, yes, I think she was gassed, and has been. She played the second most minutes of any player in the league. If we look at the beginning of the season and up to the Olympic break, she was inconsistent. Some of this can be attributed to the tough schedule they had, but some, due to the fact that she had little break from the college season and finals. After the Olympic break and the extended rest, she was about as good as any player, for a while, but slipped back a bit after some 8-10 games or so. She says she will not participate in any of the off-season leagues, so, I suspect, she can re-charge fully.
Watch out league next year.
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| DaMuleRules wrote: | | lakersken80 wrote: | | DaMuleRules wrote: | | Not a Clark thing, but since there’s no WNBA thread, the 3 game “series” where the higher seed gets the first 2 games is absolute BS. It definitely hurts the brand at point they are on the midst of busting out to wider popularity. |
Its timed to end before the start of the NBA season.
Also the WNBA Finals are best of 5 games. |
I realize everything about the WNBA is smaller and shorter, right down to the length of the games, and that it is designed to fit into the NBA offseason. But the 3 game series stacked in the favor of the higher seed is essentially pointless. It’d be far more interesting to do a format where 6 teams go in instead of 8, with the conference winners (or top 2) getting a bye and 4 teams play a 5 game series to advance. It’d be far more competitive and better than just having four 2 game sweeps that all take place solely in one arena. I mean the fans of the away teams basically will never see a game on their floor in the playoffs which is a lousy was to build interest and energy.
The WNBA has a great chance to break out at the moment and this system is shooting themselves in the foot. |
That’s a fantastic idea! You’re absolutely right about the current format doing very little to drive long-term fan interest. But again, the WNBA seems to regularly shoot itself in the foot. |
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I was watching a video on the ref'in' for the game. I really don't like to blame the refs as it is so easy to do with a loss, but I'll ask some questions:
Which team was the most physical?
Which team also shot 23 free throws to 9?
Which player was constantly harassed?
Which player only shot 2 free throws?
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| ribeye wrote: | I was watching a video on the ref'in' for the game. I really don't like to blame the refs as it is so easy to do with a loss, but I'll ask some questions:
Which team was the most physical?
Which team also shot 23 free throws to 9?
Which player was constantly harassed?
Which player only shot 2 free throws? |
Any idea why WNBA let that heckler back onto the floor?
Do they not have microphones that could replay what was said or cameras etc.. |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2024 9:18 am Post subject: |
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| ribeye wrote: | I was watching a video on the ref'in' for the game. I really don't like to blame the refs as it is so easy to do with a loss, but I'll ask some questions:
Which team was the most physical?
Which team also shot 23 free throws to 9?
Which player was constantly harassed?
Which player only shot 2 free throws? |
The game was pretty physical. It seemed like the refs were only blowing the whistle for contact during the shooting motion. Some of the players were getting knocked down due to contact after release, or while not shooting and the refs let it go. Indiana seemed sloppier and less disciplined, making a lot of contact during the shooting motion on layups. |
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| DuncanIdaho wrote: | | DaMuleRules wrote: | | lakersken80 wrote: | | DaMuleRules wrote: | | Not a Clark thing, but since there’s no WNBA thread, the 3 game “series” where the higher seed gets the first 2 games is absolute BS. It definitely hurts the brand at point they are on the midst of busting out to wider popularity. |
Its timed to end before the start of the NBA season.
Also the WNBA Finals are best of 5 games. |
I realize everything about the WNBA is smaller and shorter, right down to the length of the games, and that it is designed to fit into the NBA offseason. But the 3 game series stacked in the favor of the higher seed is essentially pointless. It’d be far more interesting to do a format where 6 teams go in instead of 8, with the conference winners (or top 2) getting a bye and 4 teams play a 5 game series to advance. It’d be far more competitive and better than just having four 2 game sweeps that all take place solely in one arena. I mean the fans of the away teams basically will never see a game on their floor in the playoffs which is a lousy was to build interest and energy.
The WNBA has a great chance to break out at the moment and this system is shooting themselves in the foot. |
That’s a fantastic idea! You’re absolutely right about the current format doing very little to drive long-term fan interest. But again, the WNBA seems to regularly shoot itself in the foot. |
They aren’t going to go to five games in the first round, but starting next season it will at least be 1-1-1.
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I think they're doing fine, the Olympics falling on this year has messed things around schedule wise, but the league has acquitted itself well with all the extra attention. Ionescu was one of the standout players when I started watching this season, so seeing her and Jones/Stewart go the distance has been great. A'ja has been a star regardless of not making the finals, and now we're seeing the fight from the Lynx lead to daggers like that. This is great.
The rookies did really well this season, and there's more coming. Hoping it sticks around on discovery over here as I'll be happy enough to have basketball to watch all year round.
The only negative has been the boring stupidity of social media fandom, but that's the case with just about everything these days.
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Since I am one of the newbies to the WNBA, I can't say this with much authority, but having watched two games during the regular season, and a bit last night, Phee Collier sure looks like the best WNBA player. She puts up numbers, leading the league in scoring, postseason, fourth in rebounding and tied for the lead in blocks), and plays wicked defense.
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