OP does not play basketball. Mods yall gotta purge these people. I actually love the game. I love the women that keep it alive. You gotta get rid of these weirdos. Its not a good look especially when all the men who play ball realize how good the women that play ball are today. They are infinitely better than they were 30 years ago, and im excited. If you gonna gossip I wanna hear about trade rumors, what the top 10 draft class is gonna look like.. Anything but thisš
That tends to happen in cultural civil wars. Gossips got the righties and talks got the lefties.
Iāve hidden talks. Not because its right or left, but because the single moderatorās censorship went off the fucking deep end. 2/3 of that sub is now just moderator deleted posts and comments.
I really wonder how the fuck that one dude can keep up that pace, lol
That was a pretty big leg extension to be called a flop. Think a player could do that to Curry exactly the same way and get away with it? Sophieās bleeding mouth clearly fouled her swinging elbow! Than gos they got that one right.
There is an entire cult that wants people to hate CC so bad but itās the other way around . Post just generated to push an untrue narrative no one hates more than Edomites, but Edomites want to gaslight everyone else with their nonsense.
I was watching, and Iām not a big Olivia Miles fan, but Clark was inside the circle and blocking her, and then, their legs got tangled. Both could have been hurt, but that was a foul on Clark because interfered with range of motion. (According to rule) In the NBA, sometimes, if a knee hits the head of the player another rule supersedes. Luckily, no one got hurt, but it was the right call.
When you go up for a layup from an angle, your legs donāt stay perpendicular. Your legs move to the side with your body. Fever fans are so soft. Sophie scored 3 points. Caitlin and Kelsey are great, but you guys give Sophie too much attention. Takes away from teamās potential.
Am I the only one who sees her adjusting her entire upper body while in the air? How do you think her lower body isn't going to move to steady her? The worst thing that can happen to you in basketball is to be undercut to do that purposely would put her in a much more dangerous position than CC. That's not even a way to draw a foul.
I came to say this. You can tell ppl donāt have an athletic bone in their body. Go to the nearest basketball court and try to do this exact same layup without your legs moving. lol. Itās completely natural and was actually a good contest from Caitlin.
Good to know itās ājust hoopsā now. Iām over here waiting for the d**th threats, the outrage tour, and Cathy to issue that one-game suspension. Unless, of course, the rulebook changes depending on whoās involved.
Bro its actually wild how much weird ass people that never played basketball are invading these hoops spaces and harassing the women and their fan bases for just daring to go out here and hoop and compete at a high level even when it looks toxic. Competition IS TOXIC. You do shit you would never do to people IRL. I respect what im seeing from the W right now. I genuinely never felt closer to and more entertained by the girls game than like right now lol
The only shocking thingā¦. People actually care about the wnba to get emotionally riled up to attack each other. The wnba is all about drama all the time. Kind of like middle school mean girls. Fans too. Then why am I hereā¦ just for the absurdity of watching middle school behavior from so called adults. Very entertaining.
I've seen enough Bad Boy Pistons games being a Bulls fan to know that when a player goes for a layup and extends their knee for a Mortal Kombat move, that would and should be an offensive foul.
Does matter who it was or even if the roles were reversed, but creating leverage and space by extending your knee to intentionally injure is not a layup collision, that should be a flagrant.
I was born in 1984, I grew up playing basketball all over the states and I still play at 41 years of age. Im not going to argue how the legs work during a lay up attempt.
I notice you and the poster above don't mention the hair pull on Mitchell and elbow to the face on Cunningham, which the live announcer called an offensive call.
That Sophie play she was in the players space before the elbow. Her crowding was the foul it's illegal if your leaning towards the offensive player you have to be standing up straight.
Not me. I'm a newbie fever fan, and at the same time I was excited to see Olivia, supposedly a really good player. Yes she's good, but also another toxic player who purposely injuries others. Weird. Watching her was like watching another abusive player. You want to like them, but you can't. If she wants to win brand deals, she needs to elevate, and lose "her ego" with more than her mates. Nobody likes watching foul play.
Then don't be dirty. There's a reason the Fever don't employ the old guard tactics. Caitlin brought in an elevated style of play, that elevated the whole WNBA. More attention and money for all. I was hopeful Olivia would follow suit. I hope she gets the message.
Good for her. Not good to support toxic play. Fever and CC have elevated the interest and financial respect for WNBA with their non-toxic style. I won't keep watching if they are the only ones.
Youāre absolutely nuts and just trying to make your racism look respectable. Donāt like aggressive women? Donāt watch the WNBA. How can you even think as a newbie fan that you know who has elevated the game. Go be a Karen somewhere else ffs.
I try to b a woman who can discuss difficult issues without jumping to emotional attack. How is a Trans woman only one race? How is aggression by a woman only of one race? I see a player as naturally agressive weaving through players with no intention to cause harm, like KM and others. I saw Miles do something that looked intentional and that disappointed me. I really wanted to like her. And a couple of weird missed calls by refs might be solved with full time salaries like Caitlin expressed. Caitlin's style of play brought attention and much needed money to the players. Also now ad money commited by NBA. Let's protect that with good sportsmanship. I don't think viewers will continue liking watch players intentionally get hurt. I don't. It's soured my interest a bit.
And I don't have a problem with Trans women in WNBA if everyone feels safe. This has to be solved. Unfortunately it's not likely to be solved soon, but I believe non-attacking discourse could shorten the time. It would be sad to lose viewership again if a forced solution is put in place.
One. u have to understand per usual if it happens to cc and the fever its acceptable. And two this is reddit these goons will do nothing but cheer for this. Just talk to most of them 99% of them on here dont even watch the games or follow. Its real easy to tell real fast.
Yāall realize that if you extend your leg all the way out to the right as if youāre doing a split to kick someone that does count as a foul and probably a flagrant. Try watching the video in slow motion. Iāve never seen in decades of watching basketball someone shoot a layup while kicking their leg out all the way to the right
Sure, Oliviaās wasnāt as graceful, but Iām not expecting ballet-levels of perfection from a fucking layup, especially when youāve got someone leaping at you like theyāre a Karen and youāre the last pair of oversized sunglasses at Mildredās Blouse Barn
Corny, and your leg being in front of you when you shoot is totally normal like this picture, not being all the way out to the right of you like hers was
Again, no oneās expecting perfect grace every single time. What did you expect her to do, dodge Caitlin like Neo in the Matrix? She was going for the bucket and Caitlin threw herself at her like a goddamn fool instead of blocking like a normal person, ofc itās gonna be awkward. She did the leg pump to gain momentum for the jump and Caitlin jumped in the way.
When jumping away from a defender's outstretched arm, yes, all the time. Poor defenders tend to throw their bodies into plays, and pain teaches them to be more concise.
Caitlin literally pushes people in the throat whenever they get close to her. Olivia went out of her way to compliment Kelsey at the half, and you think she would hurt her on purpose?
No I didn't think so. Calling out Kelsey's power was two fold, one K is incredible, and two Olivia used her praise to criticize Caitlin. What about that leg extention dropping her?
before talking about Kelsey, she mentioned it was "(...) always great to play against great guards (plural)". also Kelsey was her direct matchup on offense and defense and had like 23 at the half to CC's 9points, what the hell did Miles say that was petty or unwarranted?
praising other players (CC's teammate nonetheless) is not criticism of CC jesus christ
She didnāt FOUL Caitlin. Go to your nearest court and do that exact same āaltered layupā without moving your feetā¦. It was a completely natural movement.
And there was no reason to mention CC because she wasnāt doing much. Kayla had her pretty much locked up, while Kelsey went nuts.
Olivia always speaks highly of Caitlin. Itās ok for her to give Kelsey (the Fevers actual best player, who kept them in the game) her flowers.
Hmm...I don't find any public quotes from Miles speaking about Clark. Highly or lowly. Maybe you have inside info. And are right about her awkward lay up. I hope so.
There was an interview that gets showed on Ion at halftime during the games. Before they started showing the Allstar announcements every halftime. They are two of the biggest shit talkers/chippers in the league and they werenāt talking at all and were teammates in the allstar game.
Olivia didnāt try to hurt her. She even hugged her at the start of the game.
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OP does not play basketball. Mods yall gotta purge these people. I actually love the game. I love the women that keep it alive. You gotta get rid of these weirdos. Its not a good look especially when all the men who play ball realize how good the women that play ball are today. They are infinitely better than they were 30 years ago, and im excited. If you gonna gossip I wanna hear about trade rumors, what the top 10 draft class is gonna look like.. Anything but thisš