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Yeah, not to mention she’s from Notre Dame!She will.... and she has more than pouting in her repertoire.
Yeah, not to mention she’s from Notre Dame!She will.... and she has more than pouting in her repertoire.
I share your sentiments!I have been a Lynx fan since Maya entered the league. Admittedly my enthusiasm waned with Maya’s departure. Love Pheesa and was thrilled when Crystal and later Dorka were drafted, so I have continued to follow them.
But have been all in on moving on to the Storm with Nika being drafted, to be clear they were always my second favorite, with Sue, Stewie snd honorary Huskie- Jewel ( not to mention stints by Kia and Gabby) on the roster it was a no brainer.
If Nka gets cut for purely monetary reasons, rather than being among the 11 best players (as Quinn has said will be the criteria) I’m pretty sure wbb will have to wait until next fall for me when our Huskies take rhe court.
This season is a critical time for the W, the explosion of interest in wcbb can be a catalyst for the same for the WNBA but its critical that they capitalize on that.
If the Storm can’t /won’t sign their primary draft choice for purely financial reasons, irregardless of her potential value to the team - that does it for me.
IMO It would be both unfair to Nika, in bringing her in to compete for a spot that wasn’t realistically an option and detrimental to the league’s real opportunity to explode.
I’m still hopeful that Nika gets a real chance to make the roster basd on her body of work. ( as stared by Quinn in quote beliw) If so I think she will be a Storm player this season We’ll know within a couple weeks
Quinn confirmed that Nika Mühl will miss tonight's game due to Visa issues. But stated that one game does not erase her body of work throughout her college career and from the practices in camp. And that she'll be back with the team when they return to Seattle
On a tangential note, I wonder if SoCal has a Coco on their team. Then they would have a Juju, a Kiki, and a Coco.They should also trade with the Mercury for Rebecca Allen.
Nika to Nneka to Becca, back to Nneka, over to Nika, cross court to Becca…….
I think established older players who can still play like DT are going nowhere. The hard choices will be made when it comes to veteran “bench players” who may be better than the rookies, but probably earn significantly more in salary. So for someone like Nika who’s competing for a roster spot on a “salary constrained” team, it may come down to which veteran can the Storm afford to cut.The WNBA is in a weird space right now. The current growth in women's basketball is almost entirely made up of college players, who have grown up knowing all about the use of social media, NIL deals, etc. As they're the ones getting the publicity, and then also raising the profile of the WNBA, do some of the teams start releasing older, more experienced and very good players (who are also relatively expensive) but who have no buzz, for younger and also very good players who can generate fans in the seats? If I was an owner, I'd start thinking about this...who is going to both put fans in the seats and provide a quality, entertaining product?
DogDude looks like you can still wield a hammer pretty darn accurately because you hit the nail head square, man.The WNBA is in a weird space right now. The current growth in women's basketball is almost entirely made up of college players, who have grown up knowing all about the use of social media, NIL deals, etc. As they're the ones getting the publicity, and then also raising the profile of the WNBA, do some of the teams start releasing older, more experienced and very good players (who are also relatively expensive) but who have no buzz, for younger and also very good players who can generate fans in the seats? If I was an owner, I'd start thinking about this...who is going to both put fans in the seats and provide a quality, entertaining product?
as i remarked on another thread, the best thing for nika's wnba prospects is her charisma. fans love her. she's a star in that regardThe WNBA is in a weird space right now. The current growth in women's basketball is almost entirely made up of college players, who have grown up knowing all about the use of social media, NIL deals, etc. As they're the ones getting the publicity, and then also raising the profile of the WNBA, do some of the teams start releasing older, more experienced and very good players (who are also relatively expensive) but who have no buzz, for younger and also very good players who can generate fans in the seats? If I was an owner, I'd start thinking about this...who is going to both put fans in the seats and provide a quality, entertaining product?