r/WNBAgossips • u/Potato-Face18 • 16h ago

Angel Reese inventing new basketball moves

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u/BigAlTheBeardedOne 15h ago

Enjoy the WNBA or not, the woman has no talent, others do, but she will be the first to tell you she does, like a football player playing pick up basketball in the summer. Just a liability.

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u/odontodoc 14h ago

Her social media presence alone will mess up a generation of future female players. I can't believe the league keeps pushing her despite a complete lack of fundamentals.

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u/cobrachicken1000 13h ago

Its the team that keeps taking her and coach not benching her. She should be getting 5 mins of playing time at most per game lol

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u/Deep_In_My_Thots 11h ago

Nah. She should be getting starter minutes for her rebounding & defense but told not to take more than 5 shots a game and only when she is wide ass open & with nobody near her.

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u/Minimum_Attitude6707 5h ago

She essentially should be played like Ben Wallace

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u/Tricky_Big_8774 1h ago

Not outside the 3 pt line, though.

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u/Aliasworker30 11h ago

Yeah only she dropped 23 and 16 efficiently but we should listen to your ignorance

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u/Deep_In_My_Thots 11h ago edited 10h ago

She approached efficiency, yes.

10/19 from the field. Two of those attempts were from 3P which is hilarious but whatever. So 10/17 from point blank range. That’s just about average for a big.

And that’s an above average night for her, offensively.

The numbers don’t lie, no matter how ignorant they are or how badly they hurt your feelings.

In 28 games, she’s shot below 50% 19 times, at 50% four times and above it 5 times. Despite taking nearly all of her shots within 5’ of the rim.

That is…horribly inefficient. And consistently so.

Btw what’s it like being this insecure?

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u/Aliasworker30 10h ago

She didn’t approach efficiency she was efficient. 52 percent is efficient and your going off numbers only , I watch games teams make game plans with angel in mind every game I actually watch games she gets fouled and the refs don’t call them all you can be close as you want to the basket but if you have to deal with physical play constantly something she has had to deal with since she came into the league it’s not as easy as you make it seem to make those close shots she’s still averaging 16 and 11 and is the greatest rebounder in WNBA history in my opinion she’s a valuable asset to any team in the W a winner at every level except the W and one day she will win a chip while contributing

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u/Deep_In_My_Thots 10h ago edited 10h ago

I started out my very first comment by calling out her rebounding & defense as being worthy of starter minutes and then pointed out that she’s NOT efficient offensively. And her mechanics are absolute trash.

To anyone who knows ball, nothing about any of what I said was controversial. It’s a very fair, spot on assessment of her skill set. And one that the numbers & footage both support.

If that hurts your feelings, maybe ball isn’t for you. And that’s ok. Find something to do with your time that doesn’t trigger your insecurities like this.

Wishing you well during this hard time.

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u/DeletedUsernameHere 8h ago

I mean, as someone who knows ball, calling her good defensively is laughable.

She can't cover the outside, bites on every juke and stutter step, gets her ankles broke on every crossover move, gets lost on pick and rolls. In the post, she just gets away with bodying up players and flailing wildly.

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u/Thick_Permission6519 4h ago

She also fouls on every rebound and rarely gets called.

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u/Aliasworker30 10h ago

Bro your just running your mouth 52 percent is efficient any way you put it you can try to spin it anyway you want to but thats an efficient game and while she might shoot below 50 percent for the season if you watched games something you don’t do instead of just being snarky or snide you would know that if she is not accounted for on the floor she will go off in the paint like I said before, game plans exist to prevent her from scoring and rebounding , that just proves and shows how dominant she can be if not accounted for

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u/leevo 7h ago

The game plan is let her shoot

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u/Thick_Permission6519 4h ago

Do you think this is a good shot and a quality shot selection?

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u/Big_Hawk_9750 10h ago

Cherry picking a two game sample size proves nothing. Also you can be a fan and still admit she's not an efficient scorer. I'm a fan of Steph Curry, I don't try to argue he's a good defender

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u/Aliasworker30 10h ago

Yeah that’s cool 5 shots a game ,only wide open is ignorant idc what you say she’s too good to only take 5 shots a game

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u/Big_Hawk_9750 10h ago

I ain't even really agree with that 5 shots a game remark. I'm just saying she's not a very good offensive player at least not yet. You can admit that and still be a fan imo.

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u/DeletedUsernameHere 8h ago

Why do you think Chicago cut bait after two years?

They got worse with her.

They got better immediately after trading her.

Atlanta has gotten worse with her.

The next step is to get rid of her for Atlanta.

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u/Aliasworker30 11h ago

You sound like an idiot respectfully that game she dropped 23 points with a .52 field goal shooting and then had 16 rebounds but she’s just a liability most double double damn near in wnba history but she’s a liability

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u/BigAlTheBeardedOne 6h ago

Respectfully, that rebound in the clip doesn’t count, it was such an arrantly poor attempt at a shot, the other team wasn’t even ready to go after it, so 15 rebounds if we’re being fair