Shes gonna look like an entitled brat if she does this. If CC went to the Fever that no one even watched before and changed that whole franchise why cant Paige do the same?
@@BigTexan59 exactly CC wanted to go to Indiana knowing herself and what she did in Iowa she repeating it. This cements it. Paige is no CC. Why can’t they team Paige wants wheel and deal like how the NBA does it, trades are known to happen on Draft day.
Getting rid of the draft will be the beginning of the end. The wnba already have a cap/roster problem with teams like the aces boasting 4 olympic players. Theyve just now got eyes on the league and they cant help but find ways to fuck it up.
If the PA succeeded and got rid of the draft it would be the end of the WNBA. The Have Nots owners would sell or shut down their franchise. It would give their franchise very little value versus the Haves. These damn players do not want to play on a even playing field. They mostly went to UCONN, South Carolina, Tennessee, LSU and Notre Dame. They want to share Championship in the pros as they did in college. Damn Iowa and all the other colleges that are not in their clique.
I don't want her to be treated like CC was! I don't want any rookie to ever be so abused again. This can only be corrected if the Refs are trained to properly call fouls and abusers are forced to face real consequences.
@@Cmat-tn5en you folks keep writing of her injuries as if it’s an excuse. It’s a detriment. She is not built for the physicality of the sport?(hahahahahahahaahahahahahaha)
@@Cmat-tn5enyou are right. Your comment made so little sense I need a team to research it. So what are you trying to say? Did her five years in college not give her enough experience because of injuries? If that is the case, should she really go number one? Or are you saying that because she was injured and still has eligibility left, her backing out of the draft to dodge Dallas will be seen as a perfectly legitimate move? What ARE you saying?
@@mzzm5919 the original comment, not mine, said she “already stayed an extra year in college”. I think suggesting she had already played her four years. I was only highlighted that she missed a year because of her injury and had only played 3 years. I didn’t comment on anything about the draft or her backing out. You read into it and made something out of nothing.
Women don't want fair tho, because fair means some people don't get the same outcome. Better players go to worse teams to balance the league,. It's bad enough the Aces are doing off the books payments to keep players which is salary cap avoidance
The NBA won't let the WNBA get rid of the draft. End of story. The NBA owners are still losing money. Eliminating the draft will make them lose more money. Let's think these things all the way through.
If they get read of the draft you might as well disband the entire league. It would be a complete nightmare with which ever team has the most money dominating. It literally defeats the purpose of the whole sport.
1. The draft isn't going anywhere the nba would overrule the idea in a flash. 2. Nneka isn't even trust in her locker room and you want me to believe she'll be able to talk the Wnba into dropping the draft 😂😂.
She's definitely going to Dallas. She's not passing up the opportunity to be the #1 overall pick, that's part of the reason why she went back to UCONN. She knew Clark would be the first pick so she wanted this upcoming draft to be hers.
she either goes to dallas are stays in collage. Can't wait to hear people taking about a 25 year old playing against 18 year olds. Also the NBA won't bent over and get rid of the draft. its ridiculous that we are talking about getting rid of the draft for Paige Bueckers
@@jeffmccormack3692 Elway was a macho tough guy in a league of cutthroats. She would be an injury prone bratty princess in a league of bitchy prima-donnas. Her best quality is “knows her privilege” - remember that? WNBA has a two year window to leave the gutter. No-one is watching JuJu and UConn this year. And there is plenty of hype- so it’s now or never. It ain’t gonna get better.
John Elway said he would refuse to play for the Colts, even threatening to sit out. The Colts capitulated and traded him to Denver. A high enough draft pick can leverage that to get out of playing for a team. And Elway's reputation suffered for a time because of it.
@@trhansen3244 I hate that comparison. Because it just doesn’t make sense. That happened like 40 years ago. It was the nfl. The roster size is 53. And it is unpredictable if a quarterback will turn out. Additionally, elway threatened with baseball. The wnba at best is the 5th most popular sports league in the us and Paige is the obvious number one prospect. And there is no threat for Paige to make. The wnba is her dream. The only people floating this idea are Paige super fans devastated by the idea of her in Dallas.
This is just part of normal negotiations for the CBA. Make as many demands as possible, including ones you know have no chance of being met, so you can concede on some demands in exchange for concessions on things you really care about, like getting a higher share of revenue.
Its not going to happen. If she does this. It would be one of the biggest mistakes of her life. Nobody is interested in a 25-year-old rookie! That would be insane.
The draft is what keeps the rich from getting richer and the poor from getting poorer. If the draft is abolished, all the teams in poor locations and with bad records will fold. Up to the WNBA if they want to try it. If Paige gets drafted and refuses to play for Dallas, what will she do if they do not trade the rights? People will want to go to New York or Los Angeles for media or to the top 3 or 4 teams with the best records. Who would choose to go to a bad team? The reason pro sports teams have a draft is to keep all the teams competitive. Who wants to go to a bad team in a poor market? Those teams would fold, one by one. I think that they might try the experiment and maybe a smaller league would be better, though I doubt it. By the way, I think Paige to Dallas would be good for both players. Arike would not have to take absurd iso shots and instead could spot up like Mitchell. And Getting easier, clear looks would help her shooting percentage. Page would get a spot up shooter who is not afraid to take the shot and she would get the pass when she was open. It is the same as Clark being good for Mitchell and vice versa.
Ahem… 1. only bad teams get the first draft choice. She can wait a thousand years and still be drafted by the worst team. 2. Dallas was a good enough city for Nowitzki, Kidd, Doncic, Nash. Is it not good enough for Princess Paige? That’s a good monicker for her, no? PP.
Dallas should do a three team trade with Indiana and Washington that brings Edwards to Dallas. If Paige turns them down then she will look like the villain.
The Fever had the #1 Pick two years in a row. If Boston could have stayed another year and was the better pick over Clark, she would be with the Fever anyway. If Paige stays at UCONN and Dallas gets the #1 pick next year, she'll end up there anyway
caitlin clark wanted to go to one of the worst WNBA teams who had been shite for years. Peyton manning wanted to go to the colts who were god awful. Also the NWSL have more talent to choose from, they can afford to get rid of the draft, also the NWSL have a salary cap that teams arent allowed to cheat. While the WNBA have looked the other way as the aces have took the piss.
I don't understand the waste of energy here bro! If you don't have anything realistic to talk about, take a break from posting! Regardless what idiotic things the players may demand, this particular concept is a non-starter for the WNBA leadership!
They can try to abolish the draft. It's not going to happen. These owners need the money a lot less than the players. They better be careful with this nonsense or their asses will be back on commercial flights.
I've seen this guy a lot in my recommendations and every video I've clicked on he's farting on "Paige won't play for Dallas" nonsense. I guess it's the only thing that gets him views because he keeps doing it.
it's either paige or caitlin clark. He started off as a big Angel reese mark but when that wasn't getting him views or subscribers he moved on to clark.
The NFL is the best run professional league where every team has a shot at making the playoffs in a few years. The coaches and front office are the ones who create misery, like the Giants and the Jets year after year. The salary cap and the draft picks are an important part of the NFL's success.
The idea of the draft is to make teams more equal. I understand that players want to go to certain teams but then, if there is no draft, you will end up with a couple of super teams and you can kiss goodby to viewership. Maybe they could change the 4 years contract to 2 or even 1 and give time to the player to see if the team she is going to, really is the one she wants to play or not.
Indiana went from the worst team in the league to a top 5 team. Draft seems pretty effective to me. Or is Clark THAT good? Media doesn’t seem to think so.
It would make better sense to stay at school than to abolish the draft. I don't see a reason why she couldn't still play Unrivalled. However, I don't know the rule rules for Unrivalled. Bigger than not wanting to play for Dallas, the rookie deals will for sure be renegotiated.
If the NBA cares anything about the W, they won't let it happen. They will tell Paige, " If you don't play with the Wings, you don't play. Ever." Let Paige sue. For its part, the players association may not care if they kill the W. Actually, that might not be a bad idea. From college to overseas. Satellites can televise the games.
This is how I know this guy just be saying anything... Talking about going to a franchise that hasn't been historically great. They've won 3 championships! Like, what are we talking about?!
The Wings should ice her force her back to college! Im old school and I remember when John Elway wouldnt play for my Baltimore Colts! So the Colts caved and traded Elway to Denver! That set the franchise back a decade and led to the team moving to Indianapolis.
I genuinely say this with the most respect possible, paige doesnt control anything, no one cares about the other chick trying to get rid of the draft, we care about cc and thats about it 😂
It won’t work the owners just have to let them strike for a couple weeks maybe a month and the majority of players making 100k and less will fold and they will end up with potentially a worse deal than they have now. They don’t have the capital for an extended strike.
It’s going to be a non-issue if the 7’5” Chinese giant gets in the draft. She will be unstoppable and should be 1st choice for Dallas. The wonders of human growth hormone supplements…..
Caitlin went to the WNBA because she wanted to play at the next level. Athletes have a clock for how long they can play. Caitlin could have stayed and made money. That cannot be a consideration.
I told you that she did not want to go to Dallas and that Geno wants her to stay for another year. But really I do not care about basketball except what Clark does. I would love to see her play overseas.
I think this is very unlikely. I don't think college players wanting to end up with another team is the best leverage tool to change an integral component to the league (whether you like it or hate it). The WNBPA negotiating this change is the proper way. Paige attempting to trigger this on her own comes with big risks.
All that would happen if they abolished the draft , woman's sports just becomes more of a joke then it already appears to be. They want this to be a popularity league and that is fucking stupid.
I'm not sure I want to see how much more of a joke women's basketball can become. The lone bright spot for me is Clark and they are doing everything they can to diminish her.
It's nothing new in the world of sports. Elway did it to the Colts in 83. Eli Manning did it to the Chargers in '04. I don't think it is right, but when you have options, you have leverage
That's the NFL, where if you decide to sit out a year you can sign for any team you want. Also Eli Manning made it clear he wasn't going to the chargers and he came from a family of NFL royalty.
Mick really love your show. But, this, does it really matter? Let her play this year and take a peek at end of season; focus on the games, way to much drama and speculation in the world and honestly, doesn't effect anyone here.
If this is true it’s one more nail in the coffin for professional basketball! Michael Jordan was drafted number 3 to a pathetic coked up Chicago Bulls team that so bad it was laughable! In his rookie year he started winning games they weren’t supposed to (like Caitlin and the Fever), and they even went to the playoffs with that garbage team and of we know what happened from there. Suck it up Paige, play for Dallas and see what happens from there. Make it your own!
I can see the logic behind losing t he draft, but I can also see the reason for it. SO. Lets say they lose the draft. what happens. 1. College players will go to the winning teams. hands down. there's no moral high ground here, players want to boost their stats, put championships on their records. its what they will do. 2. The owners of those teams will get a cheaper team because at this stage rookies are only getting 70k so all the talent, no cost or less cost. Even if that salary goes up, it willa lways be relative to the veteran players. 3. The owners of these teams will capitalize the success with advertising. more money, more wins etc. So effectively the WNBA becomes a competition for what business can spend the most money. 4. Owners of the losing teams will never be able to get off the ground, so private funding dries up and they collapse. So what if the draft stays? 1. The competition becomes more even keeled. 2. Players salaries wont be linked to where they play. 3. Owners will only spend money when their team wins so they can capitalize on the team (they will always do this, its just good business) 4. Teams will rise and fall constantly. SO, whish one is better? obviously the draft is a winner for fledgling teams to keep them competitive. Rookies pay their penance and can then get selected once they are free of their rookie contracts. If the draft goes, there must be some kind of balance so half of the teams wont always end up with the best players. The obvious solution here is to adjust the player salary caps for the bottom ranked teams. So, while some rookies will go to the winning sides, they will do that sacrificing the pay. Also some veterans who are on a peak salary with a winning team can earn more by heading down to the lower teams. This way the lower teams have a chance at still being competitive. My opinion... Keep the draft.
The draft is the one good thing about American sports, the worst team that season gets the no1 pick. I mean the NWSL can get rid of the draft and let players and teams work it out because of the sheer amount of top quality soccer players coming out of collage & you can guarantee the NWSL will be keeping a close eye on salary caps. The WNBA have let the aces get away with paying players of the books since they moved to vegas
This would not be the first time players refuse to go to the team that drafted them. lets look at the NFL. Eli Manning refused to go to to the Chargers even after being drafted. John Elway refused to go to the Colts even after being drafted. Jim Kelly refused to go to the Bills and instead went to play with the Houston Gamblers (USFL) for 2 years. Quality players have some options if they truly hate a destination. With all the other leagues out there for women in other countries the WNBA is on shaky footing.
in the NFL if you sit out for a year you can sign for any team you want. Also that year's draft was loaded with top QB's. San diego didn't want to waste their no1 pick on a player who would never play for them. Also the chargers & Giants worked out a deal. Giants got Eli & the chargers got Phillip rivers. Also unlike the NFL the WNBA is owned by the NBA, you think NBA owners would sign off on getting rid of the draft. Paige should suck it up. Peyton manning wanted to play for the colts who had been awful for years, caitlin clark (who last time I checked was a better player than paige wanted to play for the fever a team who had sucked for years. Paige is coming off as a brat.
The league and the players association have an agreement if you want to play in the league you have to go through the draft. Who know what happens with the 2026 agreement.
CC WANTED to go to Indiana. Paige does NOT WANT to go to Dallas, she wants to go to L.A. (She should also want to go to my San Francisco's Valkyries...)
Tough luck. She is coming across as an entitled brat. Sulking because she doesn't get to go to LA. Great players want to go to bad teams to show how good they are.
Eric Lindros!!! Any hockey fans around? How about some funky crazy trades to get rebel Paige in your team? That would be disaster and fun at the same time.
She mostly spends her off season mostly hanging out with Sparks players visiting some sporting events in LA. she's friends with Cam, RJ and Azura for sure she's shocked asf LA didn't got that number 1 but regardless she doesn't have choice 😂💜💛
Im not sure if it is smart to wait for new CBA agreement next year or in that case most of 2025 draft class would have same interest to wait another year before entering draft. However if Arike is the main reason for Paige to not land in Dallas, can she ask them to trade her for idk a cardoso + carter ? and keep Satou ?
She is a dumbster fire already. She has already melded herself with the wnba players. Great basketball player without the maturity. She is a kid a real kid.
Paige will not play for Dallas. She already has more money than 90% of all the players in the WNBA. Why go to a toxic organization with the biggest ball hog on planet earth? Paige doesn't need the pennies Dallas can offer her. It won't hurt Paige in the least not to sign with Dallas, plus the entire draft is changing next year anyway. Paige will either sit out and play for Unrivaled in January of 2026 or the Sparks will work a deal to move up with a trade. It's not about being entitled, it's about having common sense. But, I can almost guarantee Paige will not be in a Wings uniform next season.
7-5will get fouled out so fast your head will spin and she will not stop perimeter shots or threes will shut down post play but if she can only play post that will not win games
If players could pick their teams then it would b all the best on a few and the not so good players b on the rest. People won't watch. They want to see their team build up to being champions not come out and b a super team
They will never get ride of the draft because after draft then salary cap. Draft and cap makes it where teams can be somewhat equal. I know they don’t care but you would loss most fans and teams would fold. Think having 2-4 super teams with 8 superstars each 80 million salary each team. Tickets gonna be so expensive to pay for this people will stop going to games. Lmao picture all star game type play durning regular season would be a joke. Last year was the first year the league was so hyped and they acting like it been like that for ages. Soccer fans are built different the wnba fans.
There’s never been hype until last year for CC22.. Paige isn’t as popular as you’re making out to be.. ‘maybe if cc22 said she didn’t want to go to Indiana they would move heaven and earth for .. but not Paige.. please be serious
I understand why there is a draft. If the draft was gone it would force the undesirable teams to up their game to get players. Even then, who wants to go play for a bad team with a bad locker room or a bad coach. Paige's situation is unique. After all her injuries she might well want to get on with her career. Of course, in the NIL world things are very different. I only hope she has good people advising her.
Definitely don’t know what Paige will do obviously. I don’t know what the rules are about future draft rights in WNBA. Maybe some can let me know. If Paige gets drafted and skips the year playing in Europe or Asia, does Dallas keep her rights or can she be drafted again on 2026? Paige’s injury history makes her a risk being drafted and she has to make though this season healthy first anyway. Does Paige want to go to LA if they have to give up Brink and the 2 pick to Dallas for her? Speculation that Paige doesn’t want to go to Dallas may lead to Sabaly and Howard signing elsewhere leaving the Wings weaker
As for the Players Association and their plans, I’m hoping the NBA replace the Commissioner with someone with an iron will to force them into accepting a deal that leads to the league being profitable starting in 2026 with the new deal. I’m hoping the NBA stops carrying the league losing money season after season. As I understand the 11 year rights deal, the TV people can renegotiate after 2028 if tv numbers drop back and the Owners can if the CC effect leads to higher ratings league-wide
If they honestly got ride of the draft, I may stop watching period that is such a stupid thing to do. You would screw teams and lose teama out of the league.
For those who choose to live that lifestyle, Dallas has one of the largest gay communities in the country, one of the largest nightlife scenes catered to them and one of the largest annual parade celebrations for them, so why the sarcasm towards TX...just curious 🤔
Paige or nobody from her camp even Geno ain't said nun about her not going to Dallas any news on that is speculation just like you speculated catlin was gonna play in unrivaled 😂😂 just wait and see
Geno has only said that this is Paige’s last year at UCONN which is true. She cannot play for that school after this season. But she can transfer. But she won’t do that unless she gets hurt again and in that case she will have bigger issues to deal with.
As advertised Paige will leave UCONN and go to Dallas they gonna have to figure out arike and page but fever finna come nasty or stay still til Aja and big Dawgs lol Aja Wilson Catlin we a see with pro management
Well then she can take her degree and get a REAL job then like the vast majority of people! She can take that bachelors degree in human development and family sciences and get her a nice $50,000-$60,000/yr job!!!
Eliminating the draft only has one benefit which is teams won’t tank to get lower picks. Aside from that, it’s a terrible idea and will really hurt the league. But the WNBAPA isn’t known for being intelligent.
Shes gonna look like an entitled brat if she does this. If CC went to the Fever that no one even watched before and changed that whole franchise why cant Paige do the same?
It's not like she went reluctantly, she WANTED to go to the Fever.
@@ronelz999 preaaaach
@@BigTexan59 exactly CC wanted to go to Indiana knowing herself and what she did in Iowa she repeating it. This cements it. Paige is no CC. Why can’t they team Paige wants wheel and deal like how the NBA does it, trades are known to happen on Draft day.
@@BigTexan59how does that change the argument
@@BigTexan59I think she just wanted to enter the WNBA
If Paige decided to stay another year to avoid going to Dallas, I think she would be labeled an entitled brat and targeted once she is drafted.
And would deserve it....
For sure...in fairness she would deserve it. She'd be 24+ playing against college kids for christ sakes 😂😂 Billy madisonmmm..t-t-t-todayyy junior
@@usveteran9893 Paige won't get targeted she went to UCON.
It would make swoopes correct though.😂😂😂
Better hear something from Sheryl Swoopes if she does stay and is 24 , playing in college .
Getting rid of the draft will be the beginning of the end. The wnba already have a cap/roster problem with teams like the aces boasting 4 olympic players. Theyve just now got eyes on the league and they cant help but find ways to fuck it up.
If the PA succeeded and got rid of the draft it would be the end of the WNBA. The Have Nots owners would sell or shut down their franchise. It would give their franchise very little value versus the Haves. These damn players do not want to play on a even playing field. They mostly went to UCONN, South Carolina, Tennessee, LSU and Notre Dame. They want to share Championship in the pros as they did in college. Damn Iowa and all the other colleges that are not in their clique.
If Paige is treated like CC in her rookie year, she probably won't last a whole season.
I don't want her to be treated like CC was! I don't want any rookie to ever be so abused again. This can only be corrected if the Refs are trained to properly call fouls and abusers are forced to face real consequences.
if you choose to be a hooper you need to accept the conditions or step aside
She’s super picky for someone that keeps getting injured on the court lol.
If she did anything to not go to Dallas, it would ruin her stock.. she already stayed an extra year in college..
She did miss a year because of her injuries. So it’s not like she’s played an extra year.
@@Cmat-tn5en you folks keep writing of her injuries as if it’s an excuse. It’s a detriment. She is not built for the physicality of the sport?(hahahahahahahaahahahahahaha)
@@mzzm5919 you should probably have someone read you my comment and explained it to you since you clearly didn’t understand it.
@@Cmat-tn5enyou are right. Your comment made so little sense I need a team to research it. So what are you trying to say? Did her five years in college not give her enough experience because of injuries? If that is the case, should she really go number one? Or are you saying that because she was injured and still has eligibility left, her backing out of the draft to dodge Dallas will be seen as a perfectly legitimate move? What ARE you saying?
@@mzzm5919 the original comment, not mine, said she “already stayed an extra year in college”. I think suggesting she had already played her four years. I was only highlighted that she missed a year because of her injury and had only played 3 years. I didn’t comment on anything about the draft or her backing out. You read into it and made something out of nothing.
it is not fair if there is no draft in wnba like nba No one can select where they want to play .It is a fair system for every team.
not just basketball...every sports league has a draft
Women don't want fair tho, because fair means some people don't get the same outcome. Better players go to worse teams to balance the league,. It's bad enough the Aces are doing off the books payments to keep players which is salary cap avoidance
@@Rondigity92 Spoken like a true incel.
The NBA won't let the WNBA get rid of the draft. End of story. The NBA owners are still losing money. Eliminating the draft will make them lose more money. Let's think these things all the way through.
It's like these women are trying to sabotage their league right when people are actually starting to watch. Crazy.
If they get read of the draft you might as well disband the entire league. It would be a complete nightmare with which ever team has the most money dominating. It literally defeats the purpose of the whole sport.
1. The draft isn't going anywhere the nba would overrule the idea in a flash. 2. Nneka isn't even trust in her locker room and you want me to believe she'll be able to talk the Wnba into dropping the draft 😂😂.
Nah I think Paige will go to Dallas. It will be cool to see how she plays with Arike.
She's definitely going to Dallas. She's not passing up the opportunity to be the #1 overall pick, that's part of the reason why she went back to UCONN. She knew Clark would be the first pick so she wanted this upcoming draft to be hers.
she either goes to dallas are stays in collage. Can't wait to hear people taking about a 25 year old playing against 18 year olds. Also the NBA won't bent over and get rid of the draft. its ridiculous that we are talking about getting rid of the draft for Paige Bueckers
Entitled era at its finest
☝️that part!!!
absurd to abolish the draft, hurts the league. John Elway refused to go the Indianapolis Colts and it did not ruin the draft or the league.
Elway had baseball as a backup.
Elway is also a HOFer who had major hype behind him in an extremely popular sports league.
@@jeffmccormack3692 Elway was a macho tough guy in a league of cutthroats. She would be an injury prone bratty princess in a league of bitchy prima-donnas. Her best quality is “knows her privilege” - remember that? WNBA has a two year window to leave the gutter. No-one is watching JuJu and UConn this year. And there is plenty of hype- so it’s now or never. It ain’t gonna get better.
@@NeonSuperNovashe wasn't when he forced the Colts to trade the #1 pick in 83. He had options (top 10 baseball prospect) and used it as leverage.
@@rebauer2000Paige has returning to NCAA (and more NIL money)
Wow can Paige be the face of WNBA? It shouldn’t matter where you play if you got game.
Nothing to see here. Paige hasn't said anything. Just wild speculation.
Abolish the draft? Not happening. And Paige wouldn't agree to be the figurehead for that kind of movement. If Dallas selects her, she will go there.
John Elway said he would refuse to play for the Colts, even threatening to sit out. The Colts capitulated and traded him to Denver. A high enough draft pick can leverage that to get out of playing for a team. And Elway's reputation suffered for a time because of it.
but that UCONN PRIVELEGDE THING............
The NWSL already did it. We'll see how that plays out, but there's a lot more talent parity around that league than in the WNBA.
@@trhansen3244 I hate that comparison. Because it just doesn’t make sense. That happened like 40 years ago. It was the nfl. The roster size is 53. And it is unpredictable if a quarterback will turn out. Additionally, elway threatened with baseball. The wnba at best is the 5th most popular sports league in the us and Paige is the obvious number one prospect. And there is no threat for Paige to make. The wnba is her dream.
The only people floating this idea are Paige super fans devastated by the idea of her in Dallas.
@@TheDisruptiveOne All she has to do is say 'no thanks' and sit out. Or come back to UConn. She can do those things.
This is just part of normal negotiations for the CBA. Make as many demands as possible, including ones you know have no chance of being met, so you can concede on some demands in exchange for concessions on things you really care about, like getting a higher share of revenue.
She's gonna go to Dallas. She's never indicated otherwise. This is just more hypothetical content
It's mostly Sparks fans thinking they're entitled to Paige.
Its not going to happen. If she does this. It would be one of the biggest mistakes of her life. Nobody is interested in a 25-year-old rookie! That would be insane.
The draft is what keeps the rich from getting richer and the poor from getting poorer. If the draft is abolished, all the teams in poor locations and with bad records will fold. Up to the WNBA if they want to try it. If Paige gets drafted and refuses to play for Dallas, what will she do if they do not trade the rights?
People will want to go to New York or Los Angeles for media or to the top 3 or 4 teams with the best records. Who would choose to go to a bad team?
The reason pro sports teams have a draft is to keep all the teams competitive. Who wants to go to a bad team in a poor market? Those teams would fold, one by one. I think that they might try the experiment and maybe a smaller league would be better, though I doubt it.
By the way, I think Paige to Dallas would be good for both players. Arike would not have to take absurd iso shots and instead could spot up like Mitchell. And Getting easier, clear looks would help her shooting percentage. Page would get a spot up shooter who is not afraid to take the shot and she would get the pass when she was open. It is the same as Clark being good for Mitchell and vice versa.
There’s a zero percent chance plz stop she’s already signed to unrivaled for next season let it go plz dude
Ahem… 1. only bad teams get the first draft choice. She can wait a thousand years and still be drafted by the worst team. 2. Dallas was a good enough city for Nowitzki, Kidd, Doncic, Nash. Is it not good enough for Princess Paige? That’s a good monicker for her, no? PP.
Dallas should do a three team trade with Indiana and Washington that brings Edwards to Dallas. If Paige turns them down then she will look like the villain.
The Fever had the #1 Pick two years in a row. If Boston could have stayed another year and was the better pick over Clark, she would be with the Fever anyway. If Paige stays at UCONN and Dallas gets the #1 pick next year, she'll end up there anyway
Geno wants to hang on to her with all his life.
As Geno said " Paige is having to much fun at UCONN"
I Hope Geno convinces her to go back to UC0NN.
caitlin clark wanted to go to one of the worst WNBA teams who had been shite for years. Peyton manning wanted to go to the colts who were god awful. Also the NWSL have more talent to choose from, they can afford to get rid of the draft, also the NWSL have a salary cap that teams arent allowed to cheat. While the WNBA have looked the other way as the aces have took the piss.
I don't understand the waste of energy here bro! If you don't have anything realistic to talk about, take a break from posting! Regardless what idiotic things the players may demand, this particular concept is a non-starter for the WNBA leadership!
They can try to abolish the draft. It's not going to happen. These owners need the money a lot less than the players. They better be careful with this nonsense or their asses will be back on commercial flights.
I've seen this guy a lot in my recommendations and every video I've clicked on he's farting on "Paige won't play for Dallas" nonsense. I guess it's the only thing that gets him views because he keeps doing it.
it's either paige or caitlin clark. He started off as a big Angel reese mark but when that wasn't getting him views or subscribers he moved on to clark.
She could, but it would be the end of her brand..no, she's going to Dallas, play three years then move on to a different team//
LOL she's not leaving Dallas. In 3 years they will be a title contender and one of the premiere franchises because of Paige.
@@LinkRocks bro if she doesn't like Dallas, she's gonna leave
Abolish the draft? What major sports league has ever done this?
No wonder this league has NEVER been profitable. Women and money.
Abolish the WNBAPA!!!
the NWSL did it but they NWSL have a massive amount of top players coming out of collage. The NBA are going to shut this down straight away.
@@ads2686 I literally said what MAJOR sports league? Has the nwsl ever been profitable? This year is the first time I've ever heard of it
The problem with getting rid of the draft.The teams where players want to go to might not want them
They’re not getting rid of the draft, but that would be a sure fire way for Paige to start with some people strongly rooting against her for years.
The NFL is the best run professional league where every team has a shot at making the playoffs in a few years. The coaches and front office are the ones who create misery, like the Giants and the Jets year after year. The salary cap and the draft picks are an important part of the NFL's success.
The idea of the draft is to make teams more equal. I understand that players want to go to certain teams but then, if there is no draft, you will end up with a couple of super teams and you can kiss goodby to viewership.
Maybe they could change the 4 years contract to 2 or even 1 and give time to the player to see if the team she is going to, really is the one she wants to play or not.
The draft is important to even out the teams as much as that is possible to do. It remains to be seen with Indiana.
Indiana went from the worst team in the league to a top 5 team. Draft seems pretty effective to me. Or is Clark THAT good? Media doesn’t seem to think so.
It would make better sense to stay at school than to abolish the draft. I don't see a reason why she couldn't still play Unrivalled. However, I don't know the rule rules for Unrivalled. Bigger than not wanting to play for Dallas, the rookie deals will for sure be renegotiated.
If the NBA cares anything about the W, they won't let it happen. They will tell Paige, " If you don't play with the Wings, you don't play. Ever." Let Paige sue. For its part, the players association may not care if they kill the W. Actually, that might not be a bad idea. From college to overseas. Satellites can televise the games.
This is how I know this guy just be saying anything... Talking about going to a franchise that hasn't been historically great. They've won 3 championships! Like, what are we talking about?!
Come on... The Detroit Shock rings don't count. They have had 1 winning season in Dallas
Her other option is to force an Eli Manning/Phillip Rivers trade refusing to play for Dallas And then Big Ben turns out to be the best QB of the 3
Who told you that lie? Did bucketz told you her plans? We don't know that the Wings may trade the #1 for more impact players.
The Wings should ice her force her back to college! Im old school and I remember when John Elway wouldnt play for my Baltimore Colts! So the Colts caved and traded Elway to Denver! That set the franchise back a decade and led to the team moving to Indianapolis.
I genuinely say this with the most respect possible, paige doesnt control anything, no one cares about the other chick trying to get rid of the draft, we care about cc and thats about it 😂
Honestly playing with Dallas is the worse thing that could happen unless they trade Arike.
If they did that, they would lose even more fans because then teams would start to crumble
Paige to the Minnesota Lynx is a perfect fit.
It won’t work the owners just have to let them strike for a couple weeks maybe a month and the majority of players making 100k and less will fold and they will end up with potentially a worse deal than they have now. They don’t have the capital for an extended strike.
It’s going to be a non-issue if the 7’5” Chinese giant gets in the draft. She will be unstoppable and should be 1st choice for Dallas. The wonders of human growth hormone supplements…..
That 'giant' has the coordination of a beached whale.
Caitlin went to the WNBA because she wanted to play at the next level. Athletes have a clock for how long they can play. Caitlin could have stayed and made money. That cannot be a consideration.
All of this fuss due to her reaction when asked about Dallas having the number one pick.
I told you that she did not want to go to Dallas and that Geno wants her to stay for another year. But really I do not care about basketball except what Clark does. I would love to see her play overseas.
I think this is very unlikely. I don't think college players wanting to end up with another team is the best leverage tool to change an integral component to the league (whether you like it or hate it). The WNBPA negotiating this change is the proper way. Paige attempting to trigger this on her own comes with big risks.
All that would happen if they abolished the draft , woman's sports just becomes more of a joke then it already appears to be.
They want this to be a popularity league and that is fucking stupid.
I'm not sure I want to see how much more of a joke women's basketball can become. The lone bright spot for me is Clark and they are doing everything they can to diminish her.
#1 in her class staying would be wild.
abolishing the draft, also wild
If I was Dallas I wouldn’t want her so she doesn’t have a problem
Dumb move, Paige. The WNBA is not on solid ground yet. You’re not helping the WNBA any.
It's nothing new in the world of sports. Elway did it to the Colts in 83. Eli Manning did it to the Chargers in '04. I don't think it is right, but when you have options, you have leverage
That's the NFL, where if you decide to sit out a year you can sign for any team you want. Also Eli Manning made it clear he wasn't going to the chargers and he came from a family of NFL royalty.
Mick really love your show. But, this, does it really matter? Let her play this year and take a peek at end of season; focus on the games, way to much drama and speculation in the world and honestly, doesn't effect anyone here.
If this is true it’s one more nail in the coffin for professional basketball! Michael Jordan was drafted number 3 to a pathetic coked up Chicago Bulls team that so bad it was laughable! In his rookie year he started winning games they weren’t supposed to (like Caitlin and the Fever), and they even went to the playoffs with that garbage team and of we know what happened from there. Suck it up Paige, play for Dallas and see what happens from there. Make it your own!
I can see the logic behind losing t he draft, but I can also see the reason for it. SO. Lets say they lose the draft. what happens.
1. College players will go to the winning teams. hands down. there's no moral high ground here, players want to boost their stats, put championships on their records. its what they will do.
2. The owners of those teams will get a cheaper team because at this stage rookies are only getting 70k so all the talent, no cost or less cost. Even if that salary goes up, it willa lways be relative to the veteran players.
3. The owners of these teams will capitalize the success with advertising. more money, more wins etc. So effectively the WNBA becomes a competition for what business can spend the most money.
4. Owners of the losing teams will never be able to get off the ground, so private funding dries up and they collapse.
So what if the draft stays?
1. The competition becomes more even keeled.
2. Players salaries wont be linked to where they play.
3. Owners will only spend money when their team wins so they can capitalize on the team (they will always do this, its just good business)
4. Teams will rise and fall constantly.
SO, whish one is better? obviously the draft is a winner for fledgling teams to keep them competitive. Rookies pay their penance and can then get selected once they are free of their rookie contracts.
If the draft goes, there must be some kind of balance so half of the teams wont always end up with the best players. The obvious solution here is to adjust the player salary caps for the bottom ranked teams. So, while some rookies will go to the winning sides, they will do that sacrificing the pay. Also some veterans who are on a peak salary with a winning team can earn more by heading down to the lower teams. This way the lower teams have a chance at still being competitive.
My opinion... Keep the draft.
The draft is the one good thing about American sports, the worst team that season gets the no1 pick. I mean the NWSL can get rid of the draft and let players and teams work it out because of the sheer amount of top quality soccer players coming out of collage & you can guarantee the NWSL will be keeping a close eye on salary caps. The WNBA have let the aces get away with paying players of the books since they moved to vegas
No draft?
These wmn consistently find ways to make people not like this league.
This would not be the first time players refuse to go to the team that drafted them. lets look at the NFL. Eli Manning refused to go to to the Chargers even after being drafted. John Elway refused to go to the Colts even after being drafted. Jim Kelly refused to go to the Bills and instead went to play with the Houston Gamblers (USFL) for 2 years. Quality players have some options if they truly hate a destination. With all the other leagues out there for women in other countries the WNBA is on shaky footing.
in the NFL if you sit out for a year you can sign for any team you want. Also that year's draft was loaded with top QB's. San diego didn't want to waste their no1 pick on a player who would never play for them. Also the chargers & Giants worked out a deal. Giants got Eli & the chargers got Phillip rivers. Also unlike the NFL the WNBA is owned by the NBA, you think NBA owners would sign off on getting rid of the draft. Paige should suck it up. Peyton manning wanted to play for the colts who had been awful for years, caitlin clark (who last time I checked was a better player than paige wanted to play for the fever a team who had sucked for years. Paige is coming off as a brat.
Or the WNBA could tell Paige to go pound sand if she doesn't like the way the league is setup for the draft .
Who says she has to declare for the draft? She could just say "I'm a free agent", and see who comes knocking.
The league and the players association have an agreement if you want to play in the league you have to go through the draft. Who know what happens with the 2026 agreement.
CC WANTED to go to Indiana. Paige does NOT WANT to go to Dallas, she wants to go to L.A. (She should also want to go to my San Francisco's Valkyries...)
Tough luck. She is coming across as an entitled brat. Sulking because she doesn't get to go to LA. Great players want to go to bad teams to show how good they are.
The players are going to destroy the league. Every major professional league in the U.S. has a draft, and those leagues are profitable.
Minnesota is state of the art too bro you were there!
Minnesota is mostly great. Except the liberal areas. Liberals are insane.
❤We have the rights to quit and still not be quitters😂😂❤
Pulling an Eli Manning would be spicy lol but no shot it's happening
Eric Lindros!!! Any hockey fans around? How about some funky crazy trades to get rebel Paige in your team? That would be disaster and fun at the same time.
She mostly spends her off season mostly hanging out with Sparks players visiting some sporting events in LA. she's friends with Cam, RJ and Azura for sure she's shocked asf LA didn't got that number 1 but regardless she doesn't have choice 😂💜💛
Im not sure if it is smart to wait for new CBA agreement next year or in that case most of 2025 draft class would have same interest to wait another year before entering draft. However if Arike is the main reason for Paige to not land in Dallas, can she ask them to trade her for idk a cardoso + carter ? and keep Satou ?
Who the hell does this girl think she is?? 🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
She is a dumbster fire already. She has already melded herself with the wnba players. Great basketball player without the maturity. She is a kid a real kid.
Is there a reason that she wouldn’t want to go to Dallas? There are a lot worse teams to go to.
Paige will not play for Dallas. She already has more money than 90% of all the players in the WNBA. Why go to a toxic organization with the biggest ball hog on planet earth? Paige doesn't need the pennies Dallas can offer her. It won't hurt Paige in the least not to sign with Dallas, plus the entire draft is changing next year anyway. Paige will either sit out and play for Unrivaled in January of 2026 or the Sparks will work a deal to move up with a trade. It's not about being entitled, it's about having common sense. But, I can almost guarantee Paige will not be in a Wings uniform next season.
The number one shot chucker in the W last year was actually jewel lloyd ur such a hater 😂😂😂
So..... We're supposed to watch a video where you start with, "there is NO basis for this, AT ALL?"
LOL!
No thanks!
It’s just an opinion piece. And it is an option Paige has so it’s worth considering even though it likely won’t happen.
7-5will get fouled out so fast your head will spin and she will not stop perimeter shots or threes will shut down post play but if she can only play post that will not win games
So what ? she wants to pull a Kobe and go to LA ?
Stay at UCONN 3-4 more years!
you always got something negative to say about Paige, why don't you talk about CC and keep Paige name out your mouth.
Paige will go to Dallas; she doesn't have the power or leverage to pull a power move. her lack of drawing power in her latest games proves that...
Paige's worth to the sport is seriously overvalued.
If players could pick their teams then it would b all the best on a few and the not so good players b on the rest. People won't watch. They want to see their team build up to being champions not come out and b a super team
They will never get ride of the draft because after draft then salary cap. Draft and cap makes it where teams can be somewhat equal. I know they don’t care but you would loss most fans and teams would fold. Think having 2-4 super teams with 8 superstars each 80 million salary each team. Tickets gonna be so expensive to pay for this people will stop going to games. Lmao picture all star game type play durning regular season would be a joke. Last year was the first year the league was so hyped and they acting like it been like that for ages. Soccer fans are built different the wnba fans.
There’s never been hype until last year for CC22.. Paige isn’t as popular as you’re making out to be.. ‘maybe if cc22 said she didn’t want to go to Indiana they would move heaven and earth for .. but not Paige.. please be serious
I understand why there is a draft. If the draft was gone it would force the undesirable teams to up their game to get players. Even then, who wants to go play for a bad team with a bad locker room or a bad coach. Paige's situation is unique. After all her injuries she might well want to get on with her career. Of course, in the NIL world things are very different. I only hope she has good people advising her.
Definitely don’t know what Paige will do obviously. I don’t know what the rules are about future draft rights in WNBA. Maybe some can let me know. If Paige gets drafted and skips the year playing in Europe or Asia, does Dallas keep her rights or can she be drafted again on 2026? Paige’s injury history makes her a risk being drafted and she has to make though this season healthy first anyway. Does Paige want to go to LA if they have to give up Brink and the 2 pick to Dallas for her? Speculation that Paige doesn’t want to go to Dallas may lead to Sabaly and Howard signing elsewhere leaving the Wings weaker
As for the Players Association and their plans, I’m hoping the NBA replace the Commissioner with someone with an iron will to force them into accepting a deal that leads to the league being profitable starting in 2026 with the new deal. I’m hoping the NBA stops carrying the league losing money season after season. As I understand the 11 year rights deal, the TV people can renegotiate after 2028 if tv numbers drop back and the Owners can if the CC effect leads to higher ratings league-wide
If she is drafted by Dallas they will retain her rights for however long they choose until they relinquish them!
@@MrDallasblk thanks for the info.
WNBPA would rather sink the ship than let league grow and more players get involved.
If they honestly got ride of the draft, I may stop watching period that is such a stupid thing to do. You would screw teams and lose teama out of the league.
State of the art in Phoenix!!!! Hello??
Dude, it us still illegal to be gay in TX, they just can't arrest you anymore.
Then that cancels the illegal part. DUH.
Just like it is illegal to smoke weed but who's getting arrested for that and going to jail?
For those who choose to live that lifestyle, Dallas has one of the largest gay communities in the country, one of the largest nightlife scenes catered to them and one of the largest annual parade celebrations for them, so why the sarcasm towards TX...just curious 🤔
That would be death to this pretend league.
A pretend league? Would a pretend league expand without even making a profit a single year?
@@trhansen3244 Apparently
Why are you into making up stuff without merit?
Paige or nobody from her camp even Geno ain't said nun about her not going to Dallas any news on that is speculation just like you speculated catlin was gonna play in unrivaled 😂😂 just wait and see
Geno has only said that this is Paige’s last year at UCONN which is true. She cannot play for that school after this season. But she can transfer. But she won’t do that unless she gets hurt again and in that case she will have bigger issues to deal with.
She wants to go to LA and she was talking about golden state as well this is facts she doesn't want to go to Dallas
As advertised Paige will leave UCONN and go to Dallas they gonna have to figure out arike and page but fever finna come nasty or stay still til Aja and big Dawgs lol Aja Wilson Catlin we a see with pro management
It sounds kind of dumb to make someone move cross-country with zero input from then and you're getting a max salary of 75k.
Well then she can take her degree and get a REAL job then like the vast majority of people!
She can take that bachelors degree in human development and family sciences and get her a nice $50,000-$60,000/yr job!!!
Eliminating the draft only has one benefit which is teams won’t tank to get lower picks. Aside from that, it’s a terrible idea and will really hurt the league. But the WNBAPA isn’t known for being intelligent.