Bueckers, Collier, Stewart up for ESPYs

[bbfanLA]

Voting starts today for the ESPYs. Paige Bueckers is up for Best Comeback Athlete while Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart are up for Best WNBA Player.

2024 ESPYS nominations: Caitlin Clark up for three different awards. Check out full list.

The full list of nominees for the 2024 ESPYS has been revealed. Who is up for an award at ESPN's annual sports celebration?

www.usatoday.com

 

[yhun89]

Putting Bueckers up against Simone Biles for Comeback athlete

 

[MilfordHusky]

Putting Bueckers up against Simone Biles for Comeback athlete

Two mega-stars. Tough competition.

 

[Zarathustra]

Voting starts today for the ESPYs. Paige Bueckers is up for Best Comeback Athlete while Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart are up for Best WNBA Player.

2024 ESPYS nominations: Caitlin Clark up for three different awards. Check out full list.

The full list of nominees for the 2024 ESPYS has been revealed. Who is up for an award at ESPN's annual sports celebration?

www.usatoday.com

Is there a best "link" to vote for the ESPY Awards? I tried and there was some sort
of error message..... We need to get the VOTE OUT!!

 

[David54]

I think the gymnast will win in Paige’s category but I think the men’s basketball team have a good shot at best team.

 

[AzzisBraids]

I think the gymnast will win in Paige’s category but I think the men’s basketball team have a good shot at best team.

The 37 Olympic winning gymnast. Even if Paige wings she's going to talk about everybody else who deserved to win in that category. She's very Maya Moor-ish in that sense. She's so great her natural propensity is to deflect because she's had to do that her whole life. When Biles wins she'll do the same

 

[Skeets]

Putting Bueckers up against Simone Biles for Comeback athlete

That was my reaction too. As popular as Paige is (and this is a popularity contest) there's no way she beats out Simone. By the nature of her sport, Simone's a one man show. Nothing else to focus on. I won't ever talk about TV commercials... To many in this country (not here on the BY) Paige is just a kid compared to Simone.

 

[yhun89]

That was my reaction too. As popular as Paige is (and this is a popularity contest) there's no way she beats out Simone. By the nature of her sport, Simone's a one man show. Nothing else to focus on. I won't ever talk about TV commercials... To many in this country (not here on the BY) Paige is just a kid compared to Simone.

If we were talking about College Athlete comebacks, Paige probably takes it. But IMO, putting college athletes in categories with pros is unfair. They’ve got no chance. Should be separate sections for pros and college.

 

[HuskyNan]

One mention for South Carolina? That should tell you all you need about the "popularity contest" aspect of the whole thing.

South Carolina got the stinky end of the stick this year. What they accomplished in a rebuilding year was astonishing, amazing, and incredible but they were overshadowed all season. I was impressed by the Gamecocks and feel they didn't get the accolades they deserved.

This is not an anti-anything post, but a pro South Carolina one. Pleeeeez, let's not turn it into another thread about a player from another team.

 

[yhun89]

One mention for South Carolina? That should tell you all you need about the "popularity contest" aspect of the whole thing.

South Carolina got the stinky end of the stick this year. What they accomplished in a rebuilding year was astonishing, amazing, and incredible but they were overshadowed all season. I was impressed by the Gamecocks and feel they didn't get the accolades they deserved.

This is not an anti-anything post, but a pro South Carolina one. Pleeeeez, let's not turn it into another thread about a player from another team.

Are these things/awards stat based? Every time I see a player nominated for anything, all they seem to care about is stats. And since SC playtime was a lot shorter because of the large bench production, even star players like Fulwiley and Watkins don’t get the recognition they need because their stats aren’t standout enough.

 

[Kaizen]

It is tough to select between Collier and Stewart at The Best WNBA Player.

 

[Zarathustra]

Are these things/awards stat based? Every time I see a player nominated for anything, all they seem to care about is stats. And since SC playtime was a lot shorter because of the large bench production, even star players like Fulwiley and Watkins don’t get the recognition they need because their stats aren’t standout enough.

Stats, yes. But there is also the "spin" factor, the " drama" factor, and the " marketing" of
a player or team's "image"/ " brand". IMHO.

 

[HuskyNan]

It is tough to select between Collier and Stewart at The Best WNBA Player.

Or A'ja Wilson

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Simone essentially had a panic attack. Am I right about that? She dropped out of the team - Olympics and a while later came back to competition.

 

[HuskyNan]

Simone essentially had a panic attack. Am I right about that? She dropped out of the team - Olympics and a while later came back to competition.

Simone got the twisties. Below is an article from 2021

In gymnastics, [the twisties] can cause a person to lose their sense of space and dimension as they're in the air, causing them to lose control of their body and do extra twists or flips that they hadn't intended. In the worst cases, they can find themselves suddenly unable to land safely.
The twisties can happen to a gymnast even if they've done the same manoeuvre for years without problems.

Simone Biles: What are the twisties in gymnastics?

US gymnast Simone Biles said she was "having a little bit of the twisties".

www.bbc.com

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Simone got the twisties. Below is an article from 2021

In gymnastics, [the twisties] can cause a person to lose their sense of space and dimension as they're in the air, causing them to lose control of their body and do extra twists or flips that they hadn't intended. In the worst cases, they can find themselves suddenly unable to land safely.
The twisties can happen to a gymnast even if they've done the same manoeuvre for years without problems.

Simone Biles: What are the twisties in gymnastics?

US gymnast Simone Biles said she was "having a little bit of the twisties".

www.bbc.com

Thanks Nan.

 

[FormerCTrez]

That was my reaction too. As popular as Paige is (and this is a popularity contest) there's no way she beats out Simone. By the nature of her sport, Simone's a one man show. Nothing else to focus on. I won't ever talk about TV commercials... To many in this country (not here on the BY) Paige is just a kid compared to Simone.

I agree with you, but still think that Paige will win this category. Also, while I am sure both women suffered emotionally, psychologically, and physically, and had to relearn how to use their bodies, only one needed surgery. Her brilliant return and recovery from surgery wasn’t easy. And yes, Simone is an amazing athlete, whose performances are individually graded, while Paige’s outstanding displays are contributed to her team that went to the Final Four. Without her, they would’ve not been in Portland.

PS: I love both athletes, but my vote is for Paige.

 

[GoUconn7961]

Voting starts today for the ESPYs. Paige Bueckers is up for Best Comeback Athlete while Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart are up for Best WNBA Player.

2024 ESPYS nominations: Caitlin Clark up for three different awards. Check out full list.

The full list of nominees for the 2024 ESPYS has been revealed. Who is up for an award at ESPN's annual sports celebration?

www.usatoday.com

The UConn men's team is also up for an ESPY, so if you're voting don't forget to vote for them as well.

 

[YoDore]

South Carolina got the stinky end of the stick this year. What they accomplished in a rebuilding year was astonishing, amazing, and incredible but they were overshadowed all season. I was impressed by the Gamecocks and feel they didn't get the accolades they deserved.

I whole heartedly agree, Nan. In fact, I told a friend recently that I think what South Carolina did was the greatest team accomplishment in women's basketball since those UConn teams put together that seemingly endless winning streak a few years back.

Dawn has certainly gotten her flowers, but the team has received relatively little notoriety. I think it's because there are so many outstanding players who share playing time and, by extension, the glory. In terms of public perception, this is no Paige, Caitlin, JuJu or Hidalgo. Fulwiley was spectacular at times, but she wasn't called upon to dominate entire games the way those players were.

 

[CL82]

Simone got the twisties

So did Chubby Checker.

 

[Artifact]

The 37 Olympic winning gymnast. Even if Paige wings she's going to talk about everybody else who deserved to win in that category. She's very Maya Moor-ish in that sense. She's so great her natural propensity is to deflect because she's had to do that her whole life. When Biles wins she'll do the same

Paige, with basketball in mind or not , I find her as a very, "Virtuous Person" !

 

[Centerstream]

Simone got the twisties. Below is an article from 2021

In gymnastics, [the twisties] can cause a person to lose their sense of space and dimension as they're in the air, causing them to lose control of their body and do extra twists or flips that they hadn't intended. In the worst cases, they can find themselves suddenly unable to land safely.
The twisties can happen to a gymnast even if they've done the same manoeuvre for years without problems.

Simone Biles: What are the twisties in gymnastics?

US gymnast Simone Biles said she was "having a little bit of the twisties".

www.bbc.com

Thanks for posting this. I don't follow gymnastics or the Olympics and was wondering what Simone came back from. I was pretty sure that she competed in the previous Olympics so I didn't understand the comeback.
However, I am still hoping that Paige wins the ESPY.