July WNBA thread
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eebmg
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I think it is one of those Good Play + Being on a 1st place team + Career recognition + Basketball Analyst + Top Notch smiling awards.
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I think it’s based off of last year and since she won a championship….
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That is outrageous. She's nowhere near the best player. Not even on her own team. Some games she totally disappears. ESPN has been pushing that narrative for 2 years since she got back in Chicago. What a joke.
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I hope she recovers
nwhoopfan
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Don't have League Pass so not able to watch. So...almost at halftime, and the second leading scorer in the league has 2 FGA. Seriously? Is Plum getting frozen out of the offense tonight or what? Looked like a bit of a slow start but now Aces running away from the Fever like they should.
Done for the year, will have to wait and see if she returns. Hopefully things will clear up, and nothing serious shows up.
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It would be an understatement to say Parker is lobbying the refs hard tonight. She's been talking to them, begging for a foul, non stop for more than 5 minutes of game clock. The 3 blind mice did somehow miss McCowan absolutely bulldozing CP, while somehow they did see a phantom foul while Arike was fading away from a defender and there was absolutely zero contact.
They've been a bit up and down this game, but the Sky are a machine. Meesseman is playing great, Quigley and Copper are scoring, Stevens is playing really well off the bench. Parker playing fairly well. Allemand doesn't wow you, but she's been more than keeping things rolling while Sloot is out.
A lot left to play out, but if you consider how well the Sky played in the playoffs last year and then: replaced Dolson w/ Meesseman (big improvement) and added a very much competent backup PG (Evans was last year and their leads disappeared every single time she entered a game). Can't really call losing DeShields a significant loss, she never really found her groove last year and struggled throughout the post season.
They've been a bit up and down this game, but the Sky are a machine. Meesseman is playing great, Quigley and Copper are scoring, Stevens is playing really well off the bench. Parker playing fairly well. Allemand doesn't wow you, but she's been more than keeping things rolling while Sloot is out.
A lot left to play out, but if you consider how well the Sky played in the playoffs last year and then: replaced Dolson w/ Meesseman (big improvement) and added a very much competent backup PG (Evans was last year and their leads disappeared every single time she entered a game). Can't really call losing DeShields a significant loss, she never really found her groove last year and struggled throughout the post season.
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Man, these refs have vivid imaginations. They keep giving Arike the whistle when there is absolutely clearly NO CONTACT with any defender.
Dallas w/ a nice rally to start Q3. Mostly Arike. McCowan has been causing some trouble as well.
Dallas w/ a nice rally to start Q3. Mostly Arike. McCowan has been causing some trouble as well.
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Saw a rumor that the Storm's regular season home finale is already being announced as a sellout. Bird's last regular season home game, makes sense. That should be the biggest crowd at a WNBA game in quite a while.
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Wings with a chance to take a lead. And they do.
Can anyone explain to me why Dana Evans gets playing time? I just don't see it. If she's not hitting 3's, which she usually doesn't seem to be, I don't see anything she does at a WNBA level.
Can anyone explain to me why Dana Evans gets playing time? I just don't see it. If she's not hitting 3's, which she usually doesn't seem to be, I don't see anything she does at a WNBA level.
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Exactly. I thought the same thing about the Aces. Looked like they were putting the pieces together and getting into playoff mode. Then that Atlanta game happened. Not sure what to expect from the Aces once the playoffs start. They were my pick to win it all this season. Now. I am not sure anymore.
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Yup
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Parker w/ a double double 14/10. I don't love her shooting 3's. 1-5 tonight. That's not what they need from her. Meesseman missed a double double by 1 assist, 13/9. She was brilliant in the first half but really slowed down after the break. Copper led them w/ 19. All 5 starters in double figures. Stevens had 9 in the first half but scoreless in the second half.
Dallas managed to slow down the Sky after the break. Forced a bunch of TOs and got a bunch of buckets in transition. But the Sky have a knack for pulling games out, even when it looks like they won't.
Dallas managed to slow down the Sky after the break. Forced a bunch of TOs and got a bunch of buckets in transition. But the Sky have a knack for pulling games out, even when it looks like they won't.
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I have no idea what the record is, but might there be a record number of triple doubles in the works this season? Parker and Ionescu have 2 each.
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Chicago is just so balanced. They are so efficient and that is scary. Plus, they are playing without Sloot.
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I have no idea on the record either, but you know with some of the legends that have played (Lisa Leslie, Lauren Jackson, Cynthia Cooper, Diana,...) we would have heard something. I agree this has to be a record number of triple doubles. I guess somebody could do a Google search and find out.
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