WNBA 2024 WNBA Season Thread

[GKJ]

Who got Finals MVP? I lost control of the remote after the game ended.

Jonquel

 

[GKJ]

 

[Jussi]

Awak Kuier, who played with the Dallas Wings for 3 seasons but took a break this year from the WNBA due to exhaustion, has said she intends to return. Not sure how the WNBA rule change where players have to be present at training camps will work out, since her Italian club Reyer Venezia's season lasts beyond that. She won the league last year with them and was the finals MVP. This season they won the Italian Super Cup already and she was the MVP and became only the second Finnish player to play in the women's Euroleague.

 

[John Price]

Reeve blasts officiating; title 'stolen' from Lynx

Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said the WNBA title was "stolen" from her team due to what she called "incredibly disappointing" officiating.

www.espn.com

 

[John Price]

WNBA players opt out of CBA; stoppage possible

WNBA players have opted out of their current collective bargaining agreement and face the prospect of a work stoppage if they don't negotiate a new deal with the league by the end of the 2025 season.

www.espn.com

 

[Machinehead]

Reeve blasts officiating; title 'stolen' from Lynx

Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said the WNBA title was "stolen" from her team due to what she called "incredibly disappointing" officiating.

www.espn.com

 

[Voight]

YouTubeTV BLASTED For Forcing The WNBA On Americans In Multiview

Were you one of the millions of YouTubeTV subscribers who wanted to watch the NFL and MLB in multiview only to find out you would also be force to watch the WNBA?

www.outkick.com

 

[GKJ]

 

[John Price]

YouTubeTV BLASTED For Forcing The WNBA On Americans In Multiview

Were you one of the millions of YouTubeTV subscribers who wanted to watch the NFL and MLB in multiview only to find out you would also be force to watch the WNBA?

www.outkick.com

I didn't post it here in this thread but someone posted a tweet about watching the Youtube multiview with a blanket over the WNBA game

Let the game grow organically.

Also curious how the league handles the looming work stoppage. I mean WNBA pay is pretty bad (Angel Reese said so herself) and many of the players have to get second jobs in the offseason to make a living.

Reese, Clark et all were making more with college NIL deals than they were in the WNBA

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

I didn't post it here in this thread but someone posted a tweet about watching the Youtube multiview with a blanket over the WNBA game

Let the game grow organically.

Also curious how the league handles the looming work stoppage. I mean WNBA pay is pretty bad (Angel Reese said so herself) and many of the players have to get second jobs in the offseason to make a living.

Reese, Clark et all were making more with college NIL deals than they were in the WNBA

The players are about 5 years too quick on the trigger IMO. The money isnt there and you cant change your TV deals mid stream. The league is trending sharply in the right direction but still lost money this season. Going into a stoppage now is extremely short sighted and hurts the players and the league. They're killing any momentum they just built up.

Like you point out, until the league revenues are there to support higher pay, the stars will make their money in licensing/endorsement deals.

 

[John Price]

@Aladyyn the younger son had a nightmare season with the mystics they are lucky they "barely" missed the playoffs with that 14-25 record lol

https://x.com/i/web/status/1849104994374709699

 

[Aladyyn]

@Aladyyn the younger son had a nightmare season with the mystics they are lucky they "barely" missed the playoffs with that 14-25 record lol

https://x.com/i/web/status/1849104994374709699

A couple seasons ruined by horrendous injury luck and we go right back to being the Mystakes alright then

 

[GKJ]

‘Mystakes’

I hadn’t thought of that.

 

[John Price]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1849858165002862719

 

[John Price]

Fever ax Sides despite Clark stardom, playoff bid

The Fever have fired coach Christie Sides after two seasons. Sides presided over Caitlin Clark's historic rookie season and led the team to its first postseason appearance since 2016.

www.espn.com

 

[GKJ]

Tough crowd

 

[John Price]

WNBA's Fever name White as new head coach

Former Connecticut Sun coach Stephanie White has been hired as the new head coach of the Indiana Fever, the team announced.

www.espn.com

 

[GKJ]

If you can’t beat ‘em, buy ‘em

 

[Jussi]

If you can’t beat ‘em, buy ‘em

From what I saw of the playoff series, Conn. Sun played a much better team game than the Fever, so a good hire.

 

[GKJ]

From what I saw of the playoff series, Conn. Sun played a much better team game than the Fever, so a good hire.

She had been there before, too.

 

[John Price]

Clark won't play in Unrivaled league, source says

Fever star Caitlin Clark will not play in the new 3-on-3 league Unrivaled in its inaugural season, a source with knowledge of the situation told ESPN on Wednesday.

www.espn.com

 

[John Price]

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

WNBA doing everything it can to sabotage any potential positives for league

 

[GKJ]

WNBA doing everything it can to sabotage any potential positives for league

They’re worse than the NHL at this in terms of gatekeeping new fans