Does the Acceptance of "Jungle Basketball" Help the WNBA?

[Mr. Friscus]

CC is not "pretty" in any conventional sense, except that looking health is attractive. If you saw her waiting tables at Diner, you would not think her out-of-place, as you might with a truly pretty young lady.

Agreed. JoeB131 is way out to lunch.

She is one of the best at playing basketball her way, which is generally within the rules. She is not the best at Jungle Basketball, as she can be neutralized by "handsy" defense that is not called.

Angel Reese, on the other hand, lacks the basketball skill to play professionally (can't dribble, pass, or shoot), but she can definitely excel at Jungle Basketball because she is relatively strong, large, and brutal.

Agreed.

1. There is far different utility to a CC than to a Reese, but they are on way different levels, being that Reese isn't on CC's level at all as far as skill/scoring, movement, basketball IQ, etc. You only have to watch Reese play for 30 seconds to realize she's uncoordinated, unable to shoot, has no finesse or touch, and is often aimless and tunnel-visioned on the court. That being said, she has a "Draymond Green" type of utility for team.

2. The problem becomes when woke organizations like the WNBA and ESPN try to put Reese ("Draymond Green") on par with CC ("Lebron James, Steph Curry, etc."). They mention these names interchangeably discussing the league when it's clear that Clark is the star, and quite frankly other players belong in front of Reese if we're going by how good of players they are. Reese has just embraced the BLM/woke narrative, so the activists in the organizations are going to exaggerate her for the good of their cause.

Is this what WNBA fans, and would-be fans want to see? I think not.

Regardless of what fans want to see, this is just further proof that women's basketball is just not effective. "Jungle ball" can be very entertaining at times, but skilled players know how to overcome it. Too many WNBA players aren't able to make sure the uncoordinated, bumbly Angel Reese isn't effective.. that's a mark on the league. Again, just watch her move, watch her hold the ball. It's like watching an 8th grade player who just happens to be very tall.

Most boy's High School state champs would roll any WNBA team by 10-20 points, and the best state champs in the nation would roll the WNBA Champ by 20 easy.

 

[Mr. Friscus]

They play in many top shelf stadiums. Their ticket prices are lower most likely. However, the costs for parking, food and drink are the same as the men's teams. Not such a deal. They should play in small college stadiums. That would cut the costs down and not exist as much on handouts. The league is artificial. And those athletes are better than I ever was in basketball.

We need to let the WNBA just die. It still loses like 30 million a year. It's a charity case by the woke NBA, trying to social engineer interest in a product that is by any observation and measure inferior.

Meanwhile, Democrats, feminists, and leftists whine that WNBA players should make equal to NBA players? LMAO. And they do this knowing that THEY don't even watch sports and probably don't know any players outside of CC and Angel Reese. They just whine and gripe about what men and society does organically.. which is what they usually do. They only want to tell others what they should do, they don't want to actually do the things they say others should do.

 

[Mr. Friscus]

If you think Clark is pretty your old lady must be dog ugly.

That much is for sure. And I’m not saying Clark is ugly, she’s just not in anyway above an average beauty standard..

 

[evenflow1969]

The "major" sports, excepting baseball, have all come to tolerate "incidental contact" that would constitute felony assaults were they committed in public. Hockey, football, and NBA fans have, it appears, come to accept and even like these displays of male aggression in the context of competitive sports.

But is that same phenomenon an enhancement of womens' basketball or a flaw what repulses their would-be fan base? Last year's television viewing numbers find more than twenty games involving Caitlin Clark that had viewership of more than a million, while there were ZERO games without her that drew that many viewers.

CC is conspicuous for playing aggressively but without physically assaulting her opponents. She is regularly assaulted, often with no penalty called.

The WNBA is a money-losing proposition, even with the enhanced viewership of the past year. Why wouldn't the owners at least attempt to control the bullshit by first, announcing to the players and the public that such conduct will no longer be tolerated, and second, making it happen. I would personally suggest suspending the coach, without pay, for a couple of games when one of these assaults occur. It would stop immediately.

What about you? Are you more likely to tune in when you know that the rules will be enforced, or do you like the muggings?

Lol, does not matter either way I don't watch, neither does anyone else.

 

[JoeB131]

That much is for sure. And I’m not saying Clark is ugly, she’s just not in anyway above an average beauty standard..

No, but she's a lot more attractive than most WNBA players, who look like they are mannish.

In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed woman is queen.

She lead the league in assists and was top 10 in scoring as a rookie. Not sure what your definition of “better” is but she’s easily a top 10 and arguably a top 5 player in her first year. The same team minus Clark was the worst team in tne league in 22 and the 3rd worst in 23. Was a PO team in 24.

Since the WNBA is largely a joke, it's kind of hard to take this seriously.

Put five NBA benchwarmers in wigs, and they'd wipe the floor with any WNBA team, and you know it.

No, she's the face of the WNBA now because she's cute. Not cute in a super-model sort of way, but more in that girl next door kind of way. She's white, she's wholesome, and she's being marketed as a product.

And not surprisingly, the other players resent her for it.

 

[Mr. Friscus]

No, but she's a lot more attractive than most WNBA players, who look like they are mannish.

Your trans ideology can’t even define what a woman is, so you really can’t comment.

Put five NBA benchwarmers in wigs, and they'd wipe the floor with any WNBA team, and you know it.

Your trans ideology would make that entirely possible as long as they just said they were a woman.

She's white

Don’t try to spread your race obsessed worldview into the rest of us, own it and keep that contempt inward.

she's wholesome, and she's being marketed as a product.

And not surprisingly, the other players resent her for it.

what’s wrong with being wholesome? Lol

 

[Unkotare]

The "major" sports, excepting baseball, have all come to tolerate "incidental contact" that would constitute felony assaults were they committed in public. Hockey, football, and NBA fans have, it appears, come to accept and even like these displays of male aggression in the context of competitive sports.

But is that same phenomenon an enhancement of womens' basketball or a flaw what repulses their would-be fan base? Last year's television viewing numbers find more than twenty games involving Caitlin Clark that had viewership of more than a million, while there were ZERO games without her that drew that many viewers.

CC is conspicuous for playing aggressively but without physically assaulting her opponents. She is regularly assaulted, often with no penalty called.

The WNBA is a money-losing proposition, even with the enhanced viewership of the past year. Why wouldn't the owners at least attempt to control the bullshit by first, announcing to the players and the public that such conduct will no longer be tolerated, and second, making it happen. I would personally suggest suspending the coach, without pay, for a couple of games when one of these assaults occur. It would stop immediately.

What about you? Are you more likely to tune in when you know that the rules will be enforced, or do you like the muggings?

Why do you keep commenting on sports when you clearly hate sports?

 

[Unkotare]

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Since the WNBA is largely a joke, it's kind of hard to take this seriously.
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Just like you!