2025 WNBA Regular Season

[NycUcWbbFan]

I was mostly basing my statement off of win shares. I probably should have kept it open between the two as I went back and forth between Bueckers and Citron because of the above stats. The race for ROY is much closer than people think.

Using Win Shares to compare Paige and Sonia who are on two dissimilar teams (Wins, Defense) is flawed;

• Win Shares (Total) approximates Wins; as of today, Dallas has 9 wins whereas Washington has 16 wins; so Paige is disadvantaged in this comparison (though compares favorably with (Win Shares / Wins) % with (3.2/9 = 35.6% Paige) vs (4.1/16 = 25.6%);
• Defensive Win Shares punishes a player if she is on a poor defensive team; see Kyrie example &1.

&1 “A good example of this is Kyrie: 16-17 in Cleveland he had 0.028 DWS/48 and when he went to Boston he now had 0.067 DWS/48 more than doubling his total despite his RPM only improving slightly (-2.3 to -1.3), meanwhile Kyrie has really improved his D this year yet his DWS/48 has decreased to .063.”

 

[GamecockFam]

Using Win Shares to compare Paige and Sonia who are on two dissimilar teams (Wins, Defense) is flawed;

• Win Shares (Total) approximates Wins; as of today, Dallas has 9 wins whereas Washington has 16 wins; so Paige is disadvantaged in this comparison (though compares favorably with (Win Shares / Wins) % with (3.2/9 = 35.6% Paige) vs (4.1/16 = 25.6%);
• Defensive Win Shares punishes a player if she is on a poor defensive team; see Kyrie example &1.

&1 “A good example of this is Kyrie: 16-17 in Cleveland he had 0.028 DWS/48 and when he went to Boston he now had 0.067 DWS/48 more than doubling his total despite his RPM only improving slightly (-2.3 to -1.3), meanwhile Kyrie has really improved his D this year yet his DWS/48 has decreased to .063.”View attachment 111175

Yeah, the thought about the total # of wins in the sample size hit me after the fact. Eh, I'm sticking with it for now just to watch y'all UConn fans here squirm. 😉

 

[nwhoopfan]

Well the difference in 3 point shooting % is striking.

 

[Dillon77]

Using Win Shares to compare Paige and Sonia who are on two dissimilar teams (Wins, Defense) is flawed;

• Win Shares (Total) approximates Wins; as of today, Dallas has 9 wins whereas Washington has 16 wins; so Paige is disadvantaged in this comparison (though compares favorably with (Win Shares / Wins) % with (3.2/9 = 35.6% Paige) vs (4.1/16 = 25.6%);
• Defensive Win Shares punishes a player if she is on a poor defensive team; see Kyrie example &1.

&1 “A good example of this is Kyrie: 16-17 in Cleveland he had 0.028 DWS/48 and when he went to Boston he now had 0.067 DWS/48 more than doubling his total despite his RPM only improving slightly (-2.3 to -1.3), meanwhile Kyrie has really improved his D this year yet his DWS/48 has decreased to .063.”View attachment 111175

An interesting element of Citron's game is how few shots she takes to generate this offense. She only takes 11.1 attempts from the field, the fewest amount of the top 20 scorers in the W. The amount of shots have probably gone up a bit since Sykes has left and Citron is the #1 option in the Mystics' backcourt. However, she's always been selective.

 

[nwhoopfan]

What's the WNBA record for most points in a game by a rookie? Bueckers has 43, game isn't over yet. Why does LA have to work so hard trying to beat a team as bad as Dallas? Wings up 1 w/ 2 1/2 minutes left.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Oooh...not her best night, but looks like Plum came up with a buzzer beater to spoil Bueckers' 44 point explosion.

 

[Dillon77]

What's the WNBA record for most points in a game by a rookie? Bueckers has 43, game isn't over yet. Why does LA have to work so hard trying to beat a team as bad as Dallas? Wings up 1 w/ 2 1/2 minutes left.

Found this: In July 1997, Cynthia Cooper, the eventual four-time champion and two-time MVP registered 44 points in a game as a rookie for the Houston Comets in a regular-season game against the Sacramento Monarchs.

So, it looks like Paige Bueckers and Coop have something in common --- 44 points. Wow.

 

[MilfordHusky]

What's the WNBA record for most points in a game by a rookie? Bueckers has 43, game isn't over yet. Why does LA have to work so hard trying to beat a team as bad as Dallas? Wings up 1 w/ 2 1/2 minutes left.

The rookie record was set by Cooper--not a true rookie--and Paige tied it. It was also the highest total in the W by anyone this year. Paige shot 17-21, 4-4, and 6-6.

I like Citron's game, but she's no Paige Bueckers.

 

[AidanFan20]

Paige was absolutely RIDICULOUS tonight... Still not enough to push that collection of misfits over the wire.

But THAT was fun to watch!!

 

[nwhoopfan]

Wow. Hard hedge by Geiselsoder almost at half court, but once KP finally got around her it was like the parting of the red seas. One defender started to come over to help, but then moved back toward Allemand spotted up on the 3 point line. Between the 2 I think you should be more worried about KP than Allemand w/ a couple seconds left.