my opinion wasn’t just bc of the final being closer than anticipated, it is pretty obvious it was stupid to leave her off regardless to anyone that knows how to grow a sport and a league. Something David Stern never would have done. The arguments that she would have been a liability on the court look dumber by the day. it is good Football is starting up
A 2 week plus old post of mine got quoted( thank you Daniel Ocean ) and I responded ..didn’t want to keep this CC convo going. thought she should have clearly been on the team, this thread of 3 fans doesn’t..it is ok . Like I said before CC gets people dug in, NBA has player stans and agendas but at least fans don’t ignore their eyes and common sense when evaluating players and on what should have been a no brainer as a grow the game and basketball decision.
Someone said it best on twitter. Angel Reese is the female version of Joakim Noah. Nobody going to hustle and work harder than her but her offensive game lacks. Once she gets work on that, she'll be a monster
The Olympic roster construction (especially considering Taurasi was hurt for most of it) also played right into storylines leading up to the season that the old guard was gatekeeping against the rookies almost out of spite and against the best interests of the league as a whole.
In my defense I don’t check this thread that often and replied before I saw the date on your post. If I’d have check the date I would not have replied.
It's a gift and a curse for her. Her rebounding numbers are high because she just throws shit up at the rim and repositions to get it and have another shot. A lot of her first shots near the rim are so bad I'm convinced she's not even trying to make it.
I don't necessarily disagree but it'd be wild if this was actually the case. like, for a game or something and maybe she's trying to break a record sure, I'm positive pro athletes have sandbagged for stuff like that before but for 3/4 of a full season? got to be something mental. guess we'll find out next season. this is the last time you'll see her and Clark pitted directly against one another by the media in such a way so I wonder if once she's freed of that constant comparison if she won't loosen up and work on things. it'd be crazy if she retires 10-15 years down the line as the greatest rebounder in the history of the league and its worst shooter.
She really is the female Rodman or Noah. I think it's just part of her game near the rim. She needs to develop a mid range shot though. She's shooting around 75% on free throws so she should be able to do it.
Even excluding all her rebounds on her own misses, she’s still clear and away better than everyone at getting OREB’s.
for those curious (because I was), total OREB in order of above tweet: AR 152 (35% own miss) AB 89 (25%) EM 77 (13%) AT 78 (20%) TM 75 (23%)
for anyone not watching: she came back after a few minutes and is fine, looks like she just rolled it a bit.
CC playing hot potato this 4th quarter, passed out of a mid range look. Let it fly and stop being so passive
I also thought that was a weird Timeout but my thought was maybe they wanted to make sure it got advanced to the front court? Not sure though.
Fever 4-1 since the break, 13-7 in their last 20, and if the rest of the team could have shot better from downtown (CC and Hull 5/11, rest of team 2/18) they'd have beaten Minnesota the other night. they have the foundation for a potent offense. the right coach, the right draft picks and you can do big things with this team.
They may not need that long; right now, they’re playing like one of the four best teams in the league. They don’t have the juice to win the ship yet, but the conference finals don’t seem impossible with the right draw.
I need to watch this whole game. was out to dinner and saw the score 21-9 in the 1Q with Chicago shooting 75% from the field and 3/3 from downrange and I said welp, wonder what this one will look like. not like this. I did not see it looking like this.
Dallas rolling Minnesota by almost 20 wasn't on my bingo card either. betting on this league sounds both fun and hair-pulling levels of infuriation.
the stat padding for reese is honestly unbelievable. i can't believe she's down with that or that the franchise is about it.