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azfan said:
This ESPN article is only peripherally related to the current WNBA season but is certainly provocative.

Titled 25 under 25 the authors rate Malonga above Reese?!?!?

Now that's a hot take

www.espn.com

25 under 25: Ranking the WNBA's best young players

Which WNBA players have the most future potential? Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers and Angel Reese make our list.
www.espn.com www.espn.com

Authors not listed so I'm assuming some of them were aware there would be some heat attached to the analysis
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Its most likely Michelle Micheal Voepel .
 
I noticed the Dallas Wings signed another young (combo) guard to a 7-day contract:

Serena Sundell signed a 7-Day Contract (1st Contract) with the Dallas Wings.
Serena Sundell Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and More | WNBA
All power to Sundell for getting back into the league. Since the Wings are not going anywhere past the regular season, it gives Curt Miller a chance to see how Sundell stocks up against the numerous other young guards on the roster.

Even though Washington was primarily a seller at the trade deadline, I think they held out a bit of hope that they could make the playoffs, so they didn't want to pick up a rookie at the point/combo guard position. Too bad, because I think Sundell is the type of assured PG who can distribute and score and brings height to the position that helps in this league.
Then again, it's only a 7-day contract....
 
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WFFL said:
Its most likely Michelle Micheal Voepel .
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If you click on the article and read it, you will see it is a ranking complied and with analysis by: Michael Voepel, Alexa Philippou, Kendra Andrews, and Kevin Pelton.
 
CamrnCrz1974 said:
If you click on the article and read it, you will see it is a ranking complied and with analysis by: Michael Voepel, Alexa Philippou, Kendra Andrews, and Kevin Pelton.
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ya but we all know a Voepel article its clear when you read the narrative everytime .
 

Anyone else see this on X or Reddit? Some feelings from the Dream about South Carolina fans chanting “MVP” at A’ja at the end of the game.

I love A’ja but Howard is right. Fellow Gamecock alum Alisha Gray isn’t going to win it but is also having an MVP-caliber season. A’ja is always going to have SC’s heart as the hometown girl who brought home a title, but they don’t win that title without Allisha Gray.

I’m sure there was no harm meant, it’s just a weird situation.
 
GoChips20 said:

Anyone else see this on X or Reddit? Some feelings from the Dream about South Carolina fans chanting “MVP” at A’ja at the end of the game.

I love A’ja but Howard is right. Fellow Gamecock alum Alisha Gray isn’t going to win it but is also having an MVP-caliber season. A’ja is always going to have SC’s heart as the hometown girl who brought home a title, but they don’t win that title without Allisha Gray.

I’m sure there was no harm meant, it’s just a weird situation.
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Uncouth fowl fans.
 
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triaddukefan said:
Uncouth fowl fans.
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More like uncouth ATL fans. Come play in Ballhalla, Rhyne, and I can assure you you won't have that problem... Gray, come on down too, girl! Fowl fans can root for whomever they want, but ATL fans apparently don't feel any need to defend home court.
 
GoChips20 said:

Anyone else see this on X or Reddit? Some feelings from the Dream about South Carolina fans chanting “MVP” at A’ja at the end of the game.

I love A’ja but Howard is right. Fellow Gamecock alum Alisha Gray isn’t going to win it but is also having an MVP-caliber season. A’ja is always going to have SC’s heart as the hometown girl who brought home a title, but they don’t win that title without Allisha Gray.

I’m sure there was no harm meant, it’s just a weird situation.
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I disagree. First people are assuming that all Gamecock fans in the area are Dream fans. Secondly, A'ja had a 30+ point 10 rebound kind of night in a win whereas Gray's numbers were pedestrian. If the opposite scenario happened, I'm sure the Gamecocks would be making the same chant for Gray. IMO they were just cheering for the person who had the better performance that night.
 
GamecockFam said:
I disagree. First people are assuming that all Gamecock fans in the area are Dream fans. Secondly, A'ja had a 30+ point 10 rebound kind of night in a win whereas Gray's numbers were pedestrian. If the opposite scenario happened, I'm sure the Gamecocks would be making the same chant for Gray. IMO they were just cheering for the person who had the better performance that night.
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Yes, but: I may be excited to see my old pals Lexie, Cam, and Kiki spin through town, but I can assure you my fellow Ballhallans and I are never, ever going to be heard rooting for them more loudly than Billings, Amihere, and Chen, even though UCLA, SCAR, and UConn are three of our bigger rivals. That the SCAR fans could drown out the ATL fans at an ATL home game is something ATL should apologize for - not SCAR!
 
TheFarmFan said:
Yes, but: I may be excited to see my old pals Lexie, Cam, and Kiki spin through town, but I can assure you my fellow Ballhallans and I are never, ever going to be heard rooting for them more loudly than Billings, Amihere, and Chen, even though UCLA, SCAR, and UConn are three of our bigger rivals. That the SCAR fans could drown out the ATL fans at an ATL home game is something ATL should apologize for - not SCAR!
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I totally understand. Honestly I think Atlanta doesn't have a strong fan base, so it's mostly Gamecock fans going to watch their Gamecocks play.
 
Dang, no Ionescu, JJ or Cloud, and Stewie only scored 12, Lib still crush the Mystics 89-63. What? Harrison led them w/ 16, 15 for Meesseman, 14 for Johannes, 11 for Talbot. Looks like the rookies were the only players to show up for Washington.

edit--NY shot 10-21 behind the arc and had a massive 28-6 FTA advantage. Scored 19 more points from the charity stripe, that's almost the entire margin.
 
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Wait, what?! Minnesota jumped out to a 21-6 lead early on Seattle. Still up 12 in Q3 last time I looked. Now Seattle is up 12? What happened? And I couldn't have possibly jinxed it if I wasn't even paying attention to it. 55-31 in 2nd half with a few minutes left. And it doesn't look like the Lynx are resting starters based on minutes, so it's not that.
 
MilfordHusky said:
Seattle went from 21 down to 14 up. It was a 60-33 half against Minnesota. Yikes!
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At Barclay's Center for the game. Despite bring down 3 starters, the Liberty (finally) put together a cohesive performance in the 2nd half in trouncing the Mystics. Hopefully, this is a sign that they are finally starting to jelly.
For the Mystics, Iriafen is both quick and strong on offense around the basket, and Citron is a terrific spot up shooter.
 
GoChips20 said:

Anyone else see this on X or Reddit? Some feelings from the Dream about South Carolina fans chanting “MVP” at A’ja at the end of the game.

I love A’ja but Howard is right. Fellow Gamecock alum Alisha Gray isn’t going to win it but is also having an MVP-caliber season. A’ja is always going to have SC’s heart as the hometown girl who brought home a title, but they don’t win that title without Allisha Gray.

I’m sure there was no harm meant, it’s just a weird situation.
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Why?? I don’t remember players complaining when CC had more fans than the other team. Or Paige either. It happens.
 
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It's interesting (or better yet confusing) to see Seattle have the games they've had this week. Barely beating Washington, losing soundly to Indiana only to beat Minnesota by double digits. And they have a 2-1 record against the Lynx as well. Head scratcher.
 
MilfordHusky said:
Seattle v. Minnesota could be a first-round matchup!
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Someone was quipping about that being a possibility on social media yesterday. Based on the tone of the post, they're hoping it happens because it seems that Seattle is Minnesota's kryptonite this season.
 
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Did anyone see the Lynx/Storm game last night? What happened? The Lynx gave up 60 points in the second half. Collier was 7/23 from the floor, while the rest of the Lynx shot over 50%, why did Collier take so many shots?
 
cancontent said:
Someone was quipping about that being a possibility on social media yesterday. Based on the tone of the post, they're hoping it happens because it seems that Seattle is Minnesota's kryptonite this season.
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Agreed i think Seattle is the one team Minny would hope not to meet in the first round. GS cannot beat Minny in a series , but my Eyes will be on the 4-5 matchup whomever plays the Libs is going to be a showdown !!!
 
Bigboote said:
Did anyone see the Lynx/Storm game last night? What happened? The Lynx gave up 60 points in the second half. Collier was 7/23 from the floor, while the rest of the Lynx shot over 50%, why did Collier take so many shots?
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I have to watch the game myself, however this tidbit from the Storm's PR caught my eye. This could be one piece to the puzzle, especially if the Storm made adjustments at half time to take advantage of this.
 
cancontent said:
It's interesting (or better yet confusing) to see Seattle have the games they've had this week. Barely beating Washington, losing soundly to Indiana only to beat Minnesota by double digits. And they have a 2-1 record against the Lynx as well. Head scratcher.
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The Storm went 2-2 against Lynx. Phee played in both of the Lynx loses to the Storm and she didn't play in one of the wins. The Fever is the only team that Storm hasn't beaten this season and the Sky are the only team that has yet to beat the Storm.
 
In Atlanta tonight we not only have the opportunity to see the Dallas defensive scheme but the beginning of what may be a streak of losses that will carry through the end of the season for the Wing leaving them stuck at 9 wins for the year.

Since August 12th Dallas while riding the 1 and 9 streak the former trojan and his squad have held opponents under 90 points only once. If I were either a Dream or Gamecocks fan I would be extremely disappointed if Howard and company don't top 90 tonight. In fact if Howard plays more than 25 points she could easily score 30.

I understand Paige has been upgraded and has a passion for the game but perhaps might be well advised to skip this one.

Given the blowout scenario I'm wondering what the over-under is that Maya Caldwell scores 20. Given the Dallas defense everyone else might as well. Thierry might even hit the court.
 
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Dallas was keeping it close, but managed to lose by 22. And give up 100 points. Par for the course.

They used to be huge, now they have literally no size at all. Hines-Allen is the only player remotely close to a post player who appeared for them today. Siegrist had a nice game but you can't really call her a post. Off the bench the recently signed trio of Okonkwo, Sundell and Williams played a combined 51 minutes! What?

@azfan Howard was 6 points shy of 30 and nobody else scored 20 (Gray had 19...), so you didn't quite call this one. Although the 100 points surrendered should make you happy.
 
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