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Congratulations Stef and Azura! WNBA Champs!

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Not to take anything away from Steph but now I remember why I don't watch the WNBA anymore. The refs let so much contact that it's nothing like the way it's supposed to be played. In some States it would have been considered an assault on some of the players. DT got mugged, pushed, shoved, even got hit upside the head and no call. These refs shouldn't even be able to call grade school basketball.
 
Congratulations to both.
I hope the Z bashing that is occurring on the FB post doesn't start here, just because she didn't return for her redshirt Senior year. I know some BYers took that personally, IMO, but she did what was best for her.
Jumping off my soapbox now.
 
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She's got a chip still from 2 Olympics ago when she wasn't picked
This series, she was a wonderful teammate and very effective
And wasn't our Steff useful at the end making two big shots and clearing a big board
She's got the winning tradition
But how can how blow four chipees in 2 minutes...Any team that does that doesn't deserve to win.
 
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Swerve: Because of what I posted earlier in this thread, my mind got to thinking...did Azure get a degree from UConn and graduate? After all, she did attend college for 4 years (2 at Duke and 2 at UConn) and left partly because she had completed 4 years, or pretty close to that.
 
Centerstream said:
Swerve: Because of what I posted earlier in this thread, my mind got to thinking...did Azure get a degree from UConn and graduate? After all, she did attend college for 4 years (2 at Duke and 2 at UConn) and left partly because she had completed 4 years, or pretty close to that.
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Z was on track to earn her CLAS (College of Liberal Arts & Science) degree during the summer of 2018, after turning pro during the spring of that year. I assume she completed her degree requirements, but I have not seen anything definitive.
 
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I congratulate Stef. I am still unapologetically bitter about Z. Wish I were a better person. Wish she was too.
 
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MSGRET said:
Not to take anything away from Steph but now I remember why I don't watch the WNBA anymore. The refs let so much contact that it's nothing like the way it's supposed to be played. In some States it would have been considered an assault on some of the players. DT got mugged, pushed, shoved, even got hit upside the head and no call. These refs shouldn't even be able to call grade school basketball.
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DT definitely dishes out as much cheap shots as any one else. She is even allowed to push refs too, with a fine instead of being suspended a game.
 
As a reminder, Stef and Kahleah were part of the trade for EDD. Elena won her championship in 2019, and Stef and KFC got theirs this year. Over the last few years, there has been a shortage of quality small forwards, as players were injured or retired (Catch, Maya, EDD, Angel). Team USA reflects this shortage. Maybe KFC should be in the pool for next year. She's almost unstoppable off the dribble. KFC has separated herself from Diamond on the Sky.
 
Reypl21 said:
DT definitely dishes out as much cheap shots as any one else. She is even allowed to push refs too, with a fine instead of being suspended a game.
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However, from college and on throughout the WNBA, I know that teams felt the best way to defend her was to prevent her from getting around picks, thus they try to slow her movement. By slowing movement one thing you do is grab. When she was in her prime you never wanted to give DT space. And if she puts the ball on the floor, the defender wanted to get into her chest and use their arms to put their hands on her waist to slow her down. It's not as prevalent now that she is 39 but in the past the idea was to deny and/or be physical and use your hands on her. To counter that DT uses her own physicality. On the flip side, it's probably why Katie Lou struggles to get shots as an example. She can't counter the defenders physicality with her own like DT can.

So it goes both ways. DT needs to be more physical to counter the defenders own "dirty play/physicality” with her own. At the highest level pros are desperately looking for an advantage.
 
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