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re: Why does the WNBA exist
Posted on 6/14/17 at 10:08 am to StraightCashHomey21
Posted on 6/14/17 at 10:08 am to StraightCashHomey21
The only team I've ever pulled for was the Lynx because Seimone Augustus was drafted there.
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Posted on 6/14/17 at 10:11 am to ShortyRob
They need to play the WNBA games on shorter goals and maybe smaller courts. Just altering the size of the ball isn't enough.
Even the best female athletes are going to struggle in aspects of the game that prove challenging for their male counterparts. As it stands now, WNBA basketball is a different game than NBA basketball. People don't enjoy watching a poor facsimile.
Even the best female athletes are going to struggle in aspects of the game that prove challenging for their male counterparts. As it stands now, WNBA basketball is a different game than NBA basketball. People don't enjoy watching a poor facsimile.
Posted on 6/14/17 at 10:27 am to ShortyRob
quote:It actually is the most fundamental basketball you will see.
1. Holy frick it's terrible basketball
Posted on 6/14/17 at 10:57 am to MontyFranklyn
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It actually is the most fundamental basketball you will see.
This. It's not a bad game, just a different, more ground-bound game than most folks are used to. The girls can't rely on their athleticism like the guys can so they rely on passing and execution.
Posted on 6/14/17 at 11:07 am to c on z
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The only team I've ever pulled for was the Lynx because Seimone Augustus was drafted there.
lol you have a WNBA team
Posted on 6/14/17 at 11:36 am to ShortyRob
For the LGBTABCDEFG crowd.
Posted on 6/14/17 at 12:16 pm to Korin
New York vs Connecticut tonight! Who's watching?
Posted on 6/14/17 at 12:18 pm to ShortyRob
By your reasoning, why does any women's sports exist?
Posted on 6/14/17 at 12:24 pm to ShortyRob
there has to be a write off somewhere......
Posted on 6/14/17 at 12:30 pm to TbirdSpur2010
quote:then why aren't the people yearning deeply for the return of the 80's NBA watching it?
This. It's not a bad game, just a different, more ground-bound game than most folks are used to. The girls can't rely on their athleticism like the guys can so they rely on passing and execution.
Posted on 6/14/17 at 2:55 pm to Chitter Chatter
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there has to be a write off somewhere......
Posted on 6/14/17 at 5:53 pm to MontyFranklyn
quote:lol. No.
actually is the most fundamental basketball you will see.
Their ball skills are a fraction of their male counterparts.
If you created a high school boys all star team from many states, they would pound the best WNBA team.
And. They'd do it even if you mandated that they couldn't play any players taller than the WNBA teams tallest player
Posted on 6/14/17 at 5:54 pm to kciDAtaE
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By your reasoning, why does any women's sports exist
Women's tennis draws good crowds
Posted on 6/14/17 at 6:03 pm to MontyFranklyn
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It actually is the most fundamental basketball you will see.
This tag line talking point has been used by the WNBA since its inception.
Oh, we can't dunk or jump as high but we're WAY more fundamental and sound than the men.
There big stat to back this up is free throws. That's the big fundamental in their fundamentals claim. They claimed that last year 4 WNBA teams shot FT% over 80% but only 1 NBA team did.
So what? There are old fat white guys who can hit 4,000 FTs in a row...doesn't mean they can play in the NBA.
Fundamentals is code for lack of athleticism...and dribbling the ball off your knee while driving to the basket and bricking layups.
This post was edited on 6/14/17 at 6:05 pm
Posted on 6/14/17 at 6:12 pm to UncleFestersLegs
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why aren't the people yearning deeply for the return of the 80's NBA watching it?
Because even the people who tout 80s NBA basketball as the be-all, end-all, know the product sucks when compared to today's NBA.
Posted on 6/14/17 at 6:28 pm to c on z
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To piss you off.
It works. It sucks when I know my favorite teams are barely getting coverage (especially when they are good), but the WNBA is on every night, despite the fact that nobody cares.
Posted on 6/14/17 at 6:44 pm to ShortyRob
So when a basketball player beats or cheats, they can say WE DO CARE ABOUT WOMEN!
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