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Time flies, I remember the first WNBA season like it was yesterday. I attended the first ever Charlotte Sting (R.I.P.) home game back in 1997. Convinced a friend of mine to make the 90 minute ride down with me on a Sunday afternoon. We had seats on the floor behind the basket. Anyway... at halftime.. one of the local TV stations asked me to do an interview.. as they wanted the perspective of a male fan. One of the questions was why was interested in the WNBA. I told them that I'd been a college fan for years, and that the WNBA gave me the chance to watch/follow my favorite college players after college. This was before the day of TV stations streaming and archiving newscasts.. so unfortunately I never got to see the interview. To this day I'll never forgive Bob Johnson for turning the franchise over to the league which ultimately folded the Sting. :(
 
Sabrina with 10 assists / 0 TO and just started the 3Q. She will have difficulties getting shots for herself I think but she can run the pick and roll. And Onyenware is a revelation for me. Unfortunately, Liberty can't rebound. McGowan (5OB 5DB) eating them alive on the boards.
 
triaddukefan said:
Time flies, I remember the first WNBA season like it was yesterday. I attended the first ever Charlotte Sting (R.I.P.) home game back in 1997. Convinced a friend of mine to make the 90 minute ride down with me on a Sunday afternoon. We had seats on the floor behind the basket. Anyway... at halftime.. one of the local TV stations asked me to do an interview.. as they wanted the perspective of a male fan. One of the questions was why was interested in the WNBA. I told them that I'd been a college fan for years, and that the WNBA gave me the chance to watch/follow my favorite college players after college. This was before the day of TV stations streaming and archiving newscasts.. so unfortunately I never got to see the interview. To this day I'll never forgive Bob Johnson for turning the franchise over to the league which ultimately folded the Sting. :(
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We were at the first home NYL game at the garden, in fact we had season tix for the first 10 seasons. Rebecca Lobo's mother was in the section below us, we had the best cheap seats in the house - i.e. just behind the section divide where you walked in (we were a couple steps up); one section to our left was considered "center" and of course below the walkway were pricy as well.

After 10 or so years it just became too much (and too expensive) to make it into NY to see enough games to make it worth while. Similarly, we did a partial season package for the Mercury out here, but only did it for 2 (non-consecutive) seasons. The problem being my wife's health prevented her from making games regularly and yes, pricy. Although our seats were in the 3rd row, down near the basket. We had some NBA'ers sitting next to us one game.
 
I really tried to watch the Sun game but it is impossible to follow it using Twitter. Horrible production. Three people having a private conversation that has absolutely nothing to do with the game. No sound from the game itself. AWFUL! Having the games on streams instead of on networks is a terrible idea. They have no idea how to produce a game. This could kill the WNBA. 5.6k viewers. And later we get to try to watch streams on Facebook??? I really wanted to like the WNBA but this was not a good start for me.
 
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eebmg said:
Sabrina with 10 assists / 0 TO and just started the 3Q. She will have difficulties getting shots for herself I think but she can run the pick and roll. And Onyenware is a revelation for me. Unfortunately, Liberty can't rebound. McGowan (5OB 5DB) eating them alive on the boards.
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Where’s Cox??
 
Kaizen said:
Wow at 0.4 sec left Sabrina hit a three, Liberty wins Fever 90-87 ...

Sabrina has 25 pts, 4 rebs, 11 asts ... what a performance.
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That is one of the most clutch shots you will ever see. 5' behind the line and off balance and this is after making a clutch 3 to cut an 86-82w deficit to 86-85. Sabrina is already a star 😍😍😍😍😍😍 and will very quickly become one of the faces of the WNBA. Really psyched about the season.
 
CBSSN pushed the Lynx - Mercury game back a few minutes to see some cornhole match.
 
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eebmg said:
That is one of the most clutch shots you will ever see. 5' behind the line and off balance and this is after making a clutch 3 to cut an 86-82w deficit to 86-85. Sabrina is already a star 😍😍😍😍😍😍 and will very quickly become one of the faces of the WNBA. Really psyched about the season.
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Sabrina hit the last 8 pts for NY Liberty's 90, just same as Paige at South Carolina game this year. She is so confident and good.
 
eebmg said:
CBSSN pushed the Lynx - Mercury game back a few minutes to see some cornhole match.
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This one is no work of art. Maybe cornhole was not a bad choice. :oops:
 
Kaizen said:
Wow at 0.4 sec left Sabrina hit a three, Liberty wins Fever 90-87 ...

Sabrina has 25 pts, 4 rebs, 11 asts ... what a performance.

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Shout out to Kylee Shook for a great screen after the handoff on that last play.

Ionescu was amazing especially in the fourth quarter. Came back after a bad turnover and a missed shot. That's what stars do.
 
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Taurasi with a game winner of her own. After a rather pedestrian game overall. You can’t teach clutch.
 
Rblack335 said:
Taurasi with a game winner of her own. After a rather pedestrian game overall. You can’t teach clutch.
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Well except for the way the refs butchered it at the end. Never saw anything like that ever. Game clock freezes and nobody notices it until after Diana hits the three. Then they spent 10-15 minutes using a stopwatch to estimate the time laeft in the game. Mind boggling that out of three refs nobody sees the clock isn't running. Usually they spot it and stop the game immediately to correct it. Cheryl Reeve was having a fit at the end. Can't blame her. Great to see "D" hit that clutch shot after being a bit off the entire game.
 
oddsmakers really got it wrong with the wings and sparks, I have no clue why the wings were 6 pt dog they have the better talent. Sparks future looks glim, I don't expect Ogwumike sisters too be here much longer wether it's cause of going to another team or other opportunies that might arise outside of basketball. It's too early to tank for Bueckers I assume :)
 
Dallas looks like they could be a good team this year. They are missing their #2 pick one Sabally, and have a lot of scoring guards. Collier looked good. Onyenwere was another rookie who looked really good. It's crazy that a lot of these players we are watching today are going to be bounced out of the league in the next few years by the Boston and Bueckers draft classes. I hope the league can start to find more success so they can expand a few teams.
 
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Reypl21 said:
Dallas looks like they could be a good team this year. They are missing their #2 pick one Sabally, and have a lot of scoring guards. Collier looked good. Onyenwere was another rookie who looked really good. It's crazy that a lot of these players we are watching today are going to be bounced out of the league in the next few years by the Boston and Bueckers draft classes. I hope the league can start to find more success so they can expand a few teams.
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Expansion would be nice but there are alot of players in the League who are not playing as well as some of the young stars entering soon. Sabrina playing so well and the connection to Kobe and her presence at the HOF induction will continue to give the league more positive exposure
 
I am a huge college men’s and women’s basketball fan. Was a huge NBA fan but my interest has faded a little bit I still watch it. The WNBA I have tried and tried to watch but most of the teams honestly are unwatchable. I wanna give them support because I think they deserve it, but man, to me last night was just the same as in previous years, just non cohesive basketball. I know it’s early but to me it’s always like this. Some teams in certain years play well like some of Mayas teams and Stevie and Sue’s team D’s team when they wine titles, but for the most part I wouldn’t be surprised if the league was no more if it weren’t for the talent infused by Paige and Azzi and others. The college women’s teams play more cohesive than the WNBA teams. The players are left to police their own conditioning and most of them are in terrible shape.... always. Only a small percentage you can tell are in excellent shape. It’s just not as good as I expect it to be. They are hurting themselves.
 
uconnever said:
I am a huge college men’s and women’s basketball fan. Was a huge NBA fan but my interest has faded a little bit I still watch it. The WNBA I have tried and tried to watch but most of the teams honestly are unwatchable. I wanna give them support because I think they deserve it, but man, to me last night was just the same as in previous years, just non cohesive basketball. I know it’s early but to me it’s always like this. Some teams in certain years play well like some of Mayas teams and Stevie and Sue’s team D’s team when they wine titles, but for the most part I wouldn’t be surprised if the league was no more if it weren’t for the talent infused by Paige and Azzi and others. The college women’s teams play more cohesive than the WNBA teams. The players are left to police their own conditioning and most of them are in terrible shape.... always. Only a small percentage you can tell are in excellent shape. It’s just not as good as I expect it to be. They are hurting themselves.
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I think the college games can often look better because their is usually some talent/coaching discrepency between teams that allows at least one of the teams to take advantage of other team weaknesses. Not so in the WNBA except in a few situations like a Stewie or 6-8 posts down low or if we (or at least me) are lucky, Sabrina, Paige, Caitlyn etc. who are true shooters and playmakers together But I love the passion and competition and hope the overall shooting will pick up.
 
uconnever said:
I am a huge college men’s and women’s basketball fan. Was a huge NBA fan but my interest has faded a little bit I still watch it. The WNBA I have tried and tried to watch but most of the teams honestly are unwatchable. I wanna give them support because I think they deserve it, but man, to me last night was just the same as in previous years, just non cohesive basketball. I know it’s early but to me it’s always like this. Some teams in certain years play well like some of Mayas teams and Stevie and Sue’s team D’s team when they wine titles, but for the most part I wouldn’t be surprised if the league was no more if it weren’t for the talent infused by Paige and Azzi and others. The college women’s teams play more cohesive than the WNBA teams. The players are left to police their own conditioning and most of them are in terrible shape.... always. Only a small percentage you can tell are in excellent shape. It’s just not as good as I expect it to be. They are hurting themselves.
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I know I am sometimes the biggest UConn homer, but wow, this comment completely discounts any talent from other schools not named UConn. There will always be a need for good/great players from different schools, so Paige and Azzi won't be the the only ones making a difference.

"The players are left to police their own conditioning and most of them are in terrible shape.... always. Only a small percentage you can tell are in excellent shape."

Says who? 35% of the BY identified in the 65-74 age range, and 86% identified as 40+. I would bet that most of us here have no idea what it takes to get in shape, keep in shape by WNBA standards. Not all of the women can develop arms like Maya or Crystal, just to name a few. Not all post players have the "visual" body type like Tina. DT can shoot the lights out from just about any distance, but does she look "in shape" compared to other players? I guess it depends on how you define "in shape". If you are basing your opinion on what a player looks like, please don't. If players were not in shape, in game shape, they would not make the roster of 12 as there's no way a coach or GM would waste a spot on someone that cannot contribute, especially with this sized roster.
 
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