What's good, folks? Figured I'd throw up a season joint for the 4 of us to talk shit in. Season opener coming up. What's that, Youtube TV? WNBA Season Pass...24.98 for the whole season? That's a light lunch for me at Outback...I'll take two! So...I'm gonna go through and give a quick lil spit on each team. OFf the top, nothing super in-depth. Just a primer.

Eastern Conference:
Atlanta Dream: Protect Renee Montgomery at all costs. She has been super positive for that team and the league in general. Things are turning around. Three top 15 picks in this year's draft are signed.

Chicago Sky: James Wade looking around like the Fresh Prince 'how come he don't want me?' meme. Ace, Quigs, Sloot gone. Kahleah is in full control.

Connecticut Sun: JJ gone, Curt Miller jetted to LA. They were so good...just kept running into Vegas. They got a good core remaining, though. Dewanna and Alyssa gotta step up.

Indiana Fever: Well, you got Ms. Boston...that's a start. Gonna be lean times, though.

NY Liberty: Yall know how I feel about Jonquel Jones, so I'll try not to gush. That would be a HUGE get, anywhere, anytime...but adding Stewie AND CVS (I just made that up) is overkill. I don't see how this team doesn't win 25-30 games.

Washington Mystics: EDD says this is the strongest she's been in a long time. She had a moment in the playoffs where she had it all going. She's 33, but she's got a lot of hoops left if her body holds up.

Western Conference:
Dallas Wings: Arike gets some help with Natash Howard coming in. Gonna be a long season, though. Diamond DeShileds and Lou Lopez Senechal set to miss major time with knee injuries.

Las Vegas Aces: Breaking: Really good team adds really good players. Candace Parker and Alysha Clark come into a LOADED locker room. The Dearica stuff is a bummer. For her part, Becky says she in no way ever bullied Dearica while she was pregnant. Neither her suspension nor the 2025 draft pick loss will affect them on the court.

Los Angeles Sparks: Curt Miller left the Sun, where it seemed he just couldn't get over the hump, to go back to the first WNBA org he ever worked for. He says he is a team builder. He damn well better be. Nneka, Chiney, the aforementioned Hamby and Katie Lou Samuelson give him a decent start.

Minnesota Lynx: Sylvia gone. SALUTE! Napheesa back for a full season and Diamond Miller was drafted #2 out of Maryland. Gonna be some lean times in Minny.

Phoenix Mercury: BRITT BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Apparantly DT been working her ass off and is in amazing condition. Cool. No Skylar as she will be out indefinitely with the birth of her 2nd child. Mercury are guard heavy, though. A lot of meat on the bone, there.

Seattle Storm: It's a new day, breh! (c)Tupac in Above the Rim
Sue gone. Stewie gone. I do love, love, love the Ezi Mags and Kia Nurse signings. Kia was a dawg before she tore her ACL and missed an entire season.

…I’m eatin clams on a beach, in sandals
with a young Tisha Campbell
wait…that might be a weak example - 38 Spesh

>What's good, folks? Figured I'd throw up a season joint for
>the 4 of us to talk shit in. Season opener coming up. What's
>that, Youtube TV? WNBA Season Pass...24.98 for the whole
>season?

LMAO! We subscribed to it too. The little lady wanted to watch some of the Athletes Unlimited hoops games and they came with the package. You're right though, $25 is an absolute steal.

>Eastern Conference:
>Atlanta Dream: Protect Renee Montgomery at all costs. She has
>been super positive for that team and the league in general.
>Things are turning around. Three top 15 picks in this year's
>draft are signed.

Atlanta has been bad for too long. I like Renee so I hope she can turn things around here.

>Chicago Sky: James Wade looking around like the Fresh Prince
>'how come he don't want me?' meme. Ace, Quigs, Sloot gone.
>Kahleah is in full control.

KFC plus they got Courtney Williams who can flat out score. I like Emma Meeseman too. They got lots of holes to fill but I don't think they'll be completely awful.

>Connecticut Sun: JJ gone, Curt Miller jetted to LA. They
>were so good...just kept running into Vegas. They got a good
>core remaining, though. Dewanna and Alyssa gotta step up.

I think their window has closed. It's too bad because they had a great squad. Bonner is one of my favorites to watch.

>Indiana Fever: Well, you got Ms. Boston...that's a start.
>Gonna be lean times, though.

They've been terrible for a loooong time. They gotta start making things happen.

>NY Liberty: Yall know how I feel about Jonquel Jones, so I'll
>try not to gush. That would be a HUGE get, anywhere,
>anytime...but adding Stewie AND CVS (I just made that up) is
>overkill. I don't see how this team doesn't win 25-30 games.

LOL! I like CVS! I'mma start using that. This team is a juggernaut. Only thing that can stop them is bad chemistry. I got my eye on Han Xu too. Word on the street is that she actually grew another inch or 2.

>Washington Mystics: EDD says this is the strongest she's been
>in a long time. She had a moment in the playoffs where she
>had it all going. She's 33, but she's got a lot of hoops left
>if her body holds up.

EDD has legit game but she cannot stay healthy. She's on that Zion Williamson.

>Western Conference:
>Dallas Wings: Arike gets some help with Natash Howard coming
>in. Gonna be a long season, though. Diamond DeShileds and
>Lou Lopez Senechal set to miss major time with knee injuries.

I'm a big Diamnd DeShields fan but injuries are taking big chunks out of her career. Arike is still a killer,

>Las Vegas Aces: Breaking: Really good team adds really good
>players. Candace Parker and Alysha Clark come into a LOADED
>locker room. The Dearica stuff is a bummer. For her part,
>Becky says she in no way ever bullied Dearica while she was
>pregnant. Neither her suspension nor the 2025 draft pick loss
>will affect them on the court.

They may be the only squad that can hang with NY. And I agree, the Dearica stuff is a real letdown. I don't think they'll let it affect them on the court though. We'll have to see.

>Los Angeles Sparks: Curt Miller left the Sun, where it seemed
>he just couldn't get over the hump, to go back to the first
>WNBA org he ever worked for. He says he is a team builder.
>He damn well better be. Nneka, Chiney, the aforementioned
>Hamby and Katie Lou Samuelson give him a decent start.

I think Miller is one of the better coaches in the league. I think he's gonna have LA looking up.

>Minnesota Lynx: Sylvia gone. SALUTE! Napheesa back for a
>full season and Diamond Miller was drafted #2 out of Maryland.
> Gonna be some lean times in Minny.

Yeah, they're in serious rebuild mode.

>Phoenix Mercury: BRITT BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>Apparantly DT been working her ass off and is in amazing
>condition. Cool. No Skylar as she will be out indefinitely
>with the birth of her 2nd child. Mercury are guard heavy,
>though. A lot of meat on the bone, there.

Glad to see BG back. I keep thinking DT is gonna fall off but she keeps bringing it. old girl is timeless.

>Seattle Storm: It's a new day, breh! (c)Tupac in Above the
>Rim
>Sue gone. Stewie gone. I do love, love, love the Ezi Mags
>and Kia Nurse signings. Kia was a dawg before she tore her
>ACL and missed an entire season.

Co-sign this. I'm a Kia Nurse fan too (she looks like she could be Drake's sister). I hope she can rise above the injuries and show us something.

..Hoping more people give the WNBA a chance this season.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

much more interest for the regular season. Carry over from NCAAW?

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

>much more interest for the regular season. Carry over from
>NCAAW?

I feel like overall the women's game is getting better, for better or worse the Brittney Griner situation will have a lot more attention on the WNBA, I feel like individually the players are expressing themselves more in various ways

________________________________________
"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

plus there's only 36 games. The games are super important. 12 teams and 8 make the playoffs. You can fuck around and miss the playoffs by that random Tuesday night game where you didn't go hard.

…I’m eatin clams on a beach, in sandals
with a young Tisha Campbell
wait…that might be a weak example - 38 Spesh

lol jokes aside, I get it but i think best case scenario is that maybe casual fans tune in for the playoffs but i don't see a huge increase in viewership/attendance for the regular season this year.

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

>lol jokes aside, I get it but i think best case scenario is
>that maybe casual fans tune in for the playoffs but i don't
>see a huge increase in viewership/attendance for the regular
>season this year.

not "huge" but incremental, they say viewership was up 16% last year, if they could be a similar bump or more this year that would be progress

________________________________________
"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

got you.

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

.

…I’m eatin clams on a beach, in sandals
with a young Tisha Campbell
wait…that might be a weak example - 38 Spesh

I'm default Sparks but I rock with Candace everywhere so I'll definitely be checking for the Aces, I was wondering about James Wade in Chicago too, I think everybody will be rooting for Britt in Phoenix, Napheesa is from the crib so I always rock with her

________________________________________
"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

Friday:
Connecticut @ Indiana
New York @ Washington
Chicago @ Minnesota
Phoenix @ Los Angeles (10 pm ESPN)

Saturday:
Atlanta @ Dallas (Noon ABC)
Las Vegas @ Seattle (surprised the champs don't get opening night at home) (2 pm ABC)

Sunday:
Washington @ Connecticut
Indiana @ New York (1 pm on Twitter (@WnbaLive))
Chicago @ Phoenix (3 pm ESPN)

…I’m eatin clams on a beach, in sandals
with a young Tisha Campbell
wait…that might be a weak example - 38 Spesh

that’s all I got

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

missed it, yesterday evening and I needed to see how that final score came about. Defense, missed shots and turnovers. Hey, man...Washington was hooping. NY had a lot of goofball turnovers. Washington sped them up. They were trying to force All Star game passes to one another, too. Washington was turning defense to offense like a mofo...think like 20-2 on fastbreak points. Lastly...NY missed TONS of shots. Contested, uncontested, smooth walk up threes, layups at the rim, free throws...SO many misses. They'll be fine. Shout out to Washington, though.

…I’m eatin clams on a beach, in sandals
with a young Tisha Campbell
wait…that might be a weak example - 38 Spesh

..the balance on this roster is impressive.

Shoutout to Griner & the Mercury.

The Liberty have quite a bit of work ahead of them, but they'll be fine.

Still wish Candace returned to LA, but looking forward to her debut tonight with Las Vegas.



*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

probably the only person on close is Chelsea Gray.

…I’m eatin clams on a beach, in sandals
with a young Tisha Campbell
wait…that might be a weak example - 38 Spesh

https://twitter.com/espn/status/1659981104827490304?t=H2IY9Aro7T4COf3r_4IDLQ&s=19

…I’m eatin clams on a beach, in sandals
with a young Tisha Campbell
wait…that might be a weak example - 38 Spesh

*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

..while I can't say that the media has ignored this situation, it still feels like this should be a bigger story.




*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

.

…I’m eatin clams on a beach, in sandals
with a young Tisha Campbell
wait…that might be a weak example - 38 Spesh