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When even the Summer League is a threat to the WNBA
Posted on 7/22/17 at 10:24 am
Posted on 7/22/17 at 10:24 am
Lonzo Ball and the NBA summer league spell trouble for the WNBA
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The National Basketball Association has apparently managed to crack a once-thought-to-be-unbreakable code in sports. It has become relevant year-round. Gone, it seems, are the days of an offseason "dead period," when fans have to wait several months for professional men's basketball to return.
The league is keeping its fans engaged after the NBA Finals with the NBA draft, the newly minted NBA Awards show, the free-agency frenzy and, most recently, the NBA summer league.
But while the growth of this particular basketball entity trends upward, its success could be detrimental for another, the WNBA. The NBA's summer offseason is supposed to be a prime period for growth for the WNBA -- casual and diehard fans alike can turn to the women's game to get their basketball fix.
For a league already struggling to maintain an audience, the increasing intrigue in the NBA summer league should send a clear message to the WNBA: Good basketball alone isn't sufficient to sustain interest in women's professional hoops.
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But to chalk the success of the summer league only to Ball ignores its steady growth since its creation five years ago. The series broke attendance records last year, even before the attention swirled around Lonzo Ball. With fans already clamoring about the projection of Michael Porter Jr. in next June's draft, it's safe to say the upward trend of summer league isn't slowing down any time soon.
This is a problem for the WNBA. On July 8, while Ball and the Lakers took on No. 3 draft pick Jayson Tatum and the Celtics in a meaningless game on paper, the Connecticut Sun mounted a phenomenal 22-point second-half comebackagainst the Delle Donne-lead Washington Mystics. That night, the Chicago Sky also shocked the league by delivering the WNBA powerhouse Minnesota Lynx its second loss of the season.
Instead, we ask, what about Lonzo's shoes?
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If the WNBA doesn't change its strategy quickly, it will only continue to fade behind the growth of the NBA summer league.
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Posted on 7/22/17 at 10:25 am to WestCoastAg
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Good basketball alone isn't sufficient to sustain interest in women's professional hoops.
Lol
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the Connecticut Sun mounted a phenomenal 22-point second-half comebackagainst the Delle Donne-lead Washington Mystics. That night, the Chicago Sky also shocked the league by delivering the WNBA powerhouse Minnesota Lynx its second loss of the season.
Lmao
Posted on 7/22/17 at 10:26 am to WestCoastAg
I don't even know why they keep the WNBA around. Women don't even like it.
Men don't watch. Women don't even watch. So what's the point?
Men don't watch. Women don't even watch. So what's the point?
Posted on 7/22/17 at 10:27 am to PrimeTime Money
I saw a highlight of the team in San Antonio the other night and it was just weird to see a NBA arena so empty
Posted on 7/22/17 at 10:37 am to WestCoastAg
Posted on 7/22/17 at 10:39 am to WestCoastAg
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the Connecticut Sun mounted a phenomenal 22-point second-half comebackagainst the Delle Donne-lead Washington Mystics. That night, the Chicago Sky also shocked the league by delivering the WNBA powerhouse Minnesota Lynx its second loss of the season.
Posted on 7/22/17 at 10:45 am to ShaneTheLegLechler
Good Basketball?
Men's College Basketball is barely watchable half the time and they think people want to watch professional woman's basketball?
The NBA is like a totally different sport in comparison to those other basketball alternatives.
Men's College Basketball is barely watchable half the time and they think people want to watch professional woman's basketball?
The NBA is like a totally different sport in comparison to those other basketball alternatives.
Posted on 7/22/17 at 10:45 am to ReauxlTide222
Posted on 7/22/17 at 10:45 am to WestCoastAg
People just don't get that like 99.9% of people want less layups and more of this:
It's nothing personal or anti-women in sports, we want to see shite almost all of us cannot physically do.
It's nothing personal or anti-women in sports, we want to see shite almost all of us cannot physically do.
Posted on 7/22/17 at 10:47 am to WestCoastAg
The interest in the summer league and coverage on TV is awul, FWIW.
Posted on 7/22/17 at 10:50 am to WestCoastAg
The Basketball Tournament >> Summer League, Big 3, WNBA
Posted on 7/22/17 at 10:50 am to WestCoastAg
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This post was edited on 3/31/23 at 3:10 pm
Posted on 7/22/17 at 10:52 am to BayouBengals03
The summer league is fun to watch the rookies and the overall coverage will improve as the interest continues to grow
Posted on 7/22/17 at 10:54 am to BayouBengals03
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The interest in the summer league and coverage on TV is awul, FWIW.
I disagree. It's like sitting and watching games in a rec after you're done playing. It's more about the pure sport and competition instead of all the theatrics.
Posted on 7/22/17 at 11:29 am to WestCoastAg
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If the WNBA doesn't change its strategy quickly, it will only continue to fade behind the growth of the NBA summer league.
Pretty sure the only thing that would help is dropping that W
Posted on 7/22/17 at 11:40 am to WestCoastAg
They've either gotta start playing topless or above the rim. Their choice.
Posted on 7/22/17 at 11:42 am to PrimeTime Money
Just like ESPN on this board. Don't like it, don't watch, and don't run to a message board posting about it. Miserable fricks complain about too much shite.
Posted on 7/22/17 at 11:44 am to WestCoastAg
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I saw a highlight of the team in San Antonio the other night and it was just weird to see a NBA arena so empty
I keep meaning to go to a Stars game but then I remember there is much better shite to do in this town on WNBA game night.
Like stay home and twiddle my thumbs.
Posted on 7/22/17 at 11:46 am to The Mad Fratter
Interest in the NBA summer league has no impact on the WNBA. I'm still trying to figure out what strategy the WNBA needs to change. I didn't know they had a strategy.
Posted on 7/22/17 at 11:48 am to WestCoastAg
Women's basketball is the biggest SJW ploy. Minimal audience, minimal interest yet they want to be paid the same as the men? GTFO 
Put even a remotely decent product on the court and it still wouldn't garner any interest.
Put even a remotely decent product on the court and it still wouldn't garner any interest.
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