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6/23/2024  11:45 PM

This was somehow called a foul. I remember when CC was getting beat up every WNBA commentator saying that the league is physical. If CC got these fouls she would avg 22 a game. I actually don't want anyone geting these BS fouls but Smith is already a bad defender. Calling these fous against her makes her a turnstile for free points.
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6/25/2024  8:40 AM    LAST EDITED: 6/25/2024  10:19 AM


You almost forget how much better CC can be with good coaching and the right players who can catch and hit an open shot/layup.
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6/25/2024  8:46 AM
I mean this isn't even about basketball, being white and straight in general is demonized these days.
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6/25/2024  11:04 AM
nycericanguy wrote:I mean this isn't even about basketball, being white and straight in general is demonized these days.

Like compared to like going on a ride down Main Street in a BMW paid for by mom and dad’s trust fund or what?

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6/25/2024  12:59 PM

These numbers are crazy. CC is in a class of her own. Angel joins that class for their rival games. The extra attention this season has helped the WNBA grow outside of CC too. All great numbers that should help the WNBA become profitable after they get their new TV deal soon.
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6/25/2024  1:43 PM
martin wrote:
nycericanguy wrote:I mean this isn't even about basketball, being white and straight in general is demonized these days.

Like compared to like going on a ride down Main Street in a BMW paid for by mom and dad’s trust fund or what?

are trust funds bad or something? Not sure I get that?

I grew up poor AF in the NYC projects, and now i'm hoping to set up my daughter with a trust fund. That's a great thing and should be applauded no? Or should she be guilted for "privilege"?

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6/25/2024  2:49 PM
nycericanguy wrote:I mean this isn't even about basketball, being white and straight in general is demonized these days.

LOL. It's about engagement farming and the revenue that can be generated from clicks. CC is white and straight. She is a great basketball player. No one is trying to cancel her b/c of these characteristics

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6/25/2024  2:52 PM
nycericanguy wrote:
martin wrote:
nycericanguy wrote:I mean this isn't even about basketball, being white and straight in general is demonized these days.

Like compared to like going on a ride down Main Street in a BMW paid for by mom and dad’s trust fund or what?

are trust funds bad or something? Not sure I get that?

I grew up poor AF in the NYC projects, and now i'm hoping to set up my daughter with a trust fund. That's a great thing and should be applauded no? Or should she be guilted for "privilege"?

Is she being forced to walk naked through the town square while getting abused by the commoners like Cersei? If not what are they doing to shame her?

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6/25/2024  2:53 PM
nycericanguy wrote:
martin wrote:
nycericanguy wrote:I mean this isn't even about basketball, being white and straight in general is demonized these days.

Like compared to like going on a ride down Main Street in a BMW paid for by mom and dad’s trust fund or what?

are trust funds bad or something? Not sure I get that?

I grew up poor AF in the NYC projects, and now i'm hoping to set up my daughter with a trust fund. That's a great thing and should be applauded no? Or should she be guilted for "privilege"?

I don't know why you would think in these terms. Maybe I'm missing the context.

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6/25/2024  7:38 PM    LAST EDITED: 6/25/2024  7:41 PM

The Fever got tired of teams doubling CC and everyone else still bricking open shots. They signed a gunner. I see the vision.
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6/26/2024  9:26 AM

She is a starter and plays the most minutes by far at her position.
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I’m trying to get up to speed. Is this a fair’ish take?

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6/26/2024  2:45 PM
martin wrote:I’m trying to get up to speed. Is this a fair’ish take?

There’s been so much noise that I’ve just been tuning it out. It seems you either love Caitlin or you hate her which is a real turn off to me, the casual fan. I never considered the politics angle but that piece sheds a lot of light on it.

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6/26/2024  3:34 PM
martin wrote:I’m trying to get up to speed. Is this a fair’ish take?

I seen this video on my timeline and bookmarked it for later. I was going to watch but that 13 minute watch time made me put it off for a little later. Since you put it here I am going to give it a watch and see whats up.

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He said the WNBA has potential to compete with the NBA. That will never happen.

I been a hardcore MMA fan for over a decade and he was wrong about that part also. Conor did not carry the UFC to success. They were already Successful and making ton of money. What Conor did was amplify an already successful company. I would also like to add he did not do it alone. A lot of people forget the Conor and Ronda eras of MMA overlapped. Both of them brought the UFC to knew levels but the UFC was also a juggernaut before them. If we are going to be honest it is because Know the business better than anyone and are not affraid to make cuthroat decisions that are in the best interest of the company.

He was 100% correct on the WNBA not liking CC because she is not like Paige. I mean the WNBA Player who came after CC on twitter basically admitted that.

He said the WNBA is 30% gay? He really undersold that amount by a lot. If I assume any WNBA player I don't know is gay and I would have an 85%+ to 90%+ accuracy.

I don't think he was right about A'ja not being marketable. She is but not to the same levels as a CC and is also limited by being in a league that did not get many eyes on it. Which is why CC is important to players like her.

He was right about A'ja bring up race about CC. I said as much in my previous posts. He also left out another instance where she did it.

I agree with his takes on jemele Hill and those like her in the media.

The tweet from Kim Tran he showed perfectly stated the situation in the WNBA.

He was talking the truth about the players/former players not being happy because CC was the face of the WNBA and was not a social activists. To add to his Paige example of them liking white girls when they prove to be social activists is Cameron Brink.

Oh this is getting good. He is even bringing up the Team USA/Lynx coach who was liking negative stuff about CC while she was still at IOWA. I brought this up in my previous posts. He did not cover all the instances but he did well touching on it.

He was right about the report about CC's popularity being a big reason why she did not make it. That report came from a very credible report who covered Team USA for way over 10 years. I forgot exactly how long because I did not think I would need to recall that later.

All you heard was CC was not good enough to make the team. However, she had better numbers than Diana and Chelsea gray had not played for over 9 months. This while seeing more blitzes than literal teams. No one even the MVP was getting defended harder than CC.

He touched on the money lost this year but I already told you why to ignore the money lost this year in a previous post.

Now to get into the real nasty side of CC drama. The race baiters. There are nasty race baiters on both sides. The amount of race baiters on CC's side increased a ton since she was blindsided by Carter. In response to protect the black players who were getting harassed the black race baiters multplied and now their whole agenda is to vilify and discredit CC. As a black dude who turned into a CC fan you would be surprised I am getting more race based negativity from the black race baiters. While a lot of the race baiters from both sides are still there it has toned down a lot and we are talking more about how terrible of a coach Sides is rather than social activitism and race these days. The WNBA also stopped beating CC up because they can no longer get away with it like back in the day. Too many eyes watch every CC games. So hopefully we are past the worst part of all of this and we can continue talking about the game of basketball.

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6/26/2024  3:43 PM    LAST EDITED: 6/26/2024  3:43 PM

Seen this tweet about them practicing plays and all I could notice is 3 missed layups in a row. Yup, that is the definitly the Fever.
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6/26/2024  3:55 PM    LAST EDITED: 6/26/2024  11:33 PM
Honest question here : I read that there are « men pretending to be women » playing in the WNBA, is that true ?
Like Griner is a man who was raised as a girl by her parents. That can’t be real right ?!?
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6/26/2024  3:59 PM
FrenchKnicks wrote:Honest question here : I read that there are men pretending to be women playing in the WNBA, is that true ?
Like Griner is a man who was raised as a boy by her parents. That can't be real right ?!?
That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard
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