This was a horrible showcase for the WNBA. I think the WNBA needs to focus on skills, coaching if they ever want to be taken seriously. The 3-pt shot has masked the underlying issues, lack of fundamentals it's pretty bad. College basketball is way better than the WNBA, it should be the other way around.
Great point. 1) I thought that if the Sides/Fever spent the off season focusing on BOXING OUT they would win 5-8 more games per season. They were awful at boxing out. 2) And pinning players on the low post so the entry pass wouldn't be consistently knocked away or even worse, intercepted. 3) Setting a DECENT screen!! With the perimeter scorers Indiana has, GOOD screens are a must.
I watched highlights of Caitlin’s performances in the NCAa tournament from freshman to senior years. This shows how complete her game was in college - logo threes, great passing, efficient in driving to the basket, mid jumpers, steals, blocks ice in her veins in big moments. No surprise that she broke so many records as a rookie and shined above other so called stars in the league.
Good morning! Just want to relate how much I enjoy your posts every day! You keep us all informed with facts about the WNBA and their disastrous policies and decisions! Thank you with actual and factual reporting! Have a Blessed day and God Bless you, your family, your fans, and us all! Keep up your great efforts and your great work energy. Your greetings always brighten up my day!
Yes, he says what many who truly understand the game refrain from saying on most channels. It's a sense of relief that we aren't crazy and are seeing the same thing. We're not crazy!! 👍
This was the first game I watched since the Fever has been out. I thought it was really bad. It was boring and it was miss after miss the score would stay the same for minutes.
Some of the calls in the WNBA are so bad, it raises the question of whether some of these refs even fully understand the game of basketball. I'm not talking about debatable calls where when you watch the rerun in slowmo, you can at least see why the call was made (or not made), even if it was a bad call or missed call. I'm talking about real head scratchers, as in There is nothing there, at all, nothing! Or the player is laying on the court with an egg growing over her eye within seconds, and no call is made. Or a player slaps a pad and gets a technical, and a few games later with another team, a player slaps the pad right in front of the same ref, and he turns a blind eye. I would say (again) where is the WNBA leadership, but that is just wasting words, as there is no WNBA leadership. CC, or any other player, cannot save a league with so many deep flaws and no leadership.
@@audrasforest The League allowed the refs to Not call clear fouls against Caitlin All year. The Commissioner allowed it and didn’t discipline players numerous times. Her own Team Undermined her. The rest of the Hate out of Jealousy and Envy was Sick. A Lying created Racist charge and a Media promoting an agenda and ignoring what was going on. The refs were terrible with other games because it is corrupt.
The problem that the WNBA has is that CC is the only SUPERSTAR in the league and the only player that most people want to watch. She is a ONE-in-a-generation player. The league can't MAKE another generational player. The league has to market enough very, very good players to make the game more exciting and entertaining until another Caitlin Clark type of player comes along. There are a lot of good players that can shoot 3 pointers. But, none off them have the style and flair of Caitlin Clark and Stephan Curry. They have fans mesmerized and watching in awe.
It wouldn't hurt if there was a league wide, required layup training seminar during the off season. Full speed in realistic conditions. No one graduates until they average an 75-80% finish rate.
I'm sorry. I get what you're saying. I really do. However, 75-80% finish rate would be an acceptable rate for middle schoolers. Heck, in 6th grade I won a lay-up contest with 19-20 made. That's 95% for a 6th grader! And I did that on the regular as I'm sure many kids that age do. These are professionals! They should be shooting nothing less than 95% on lay-ups. They should all be shooting above 80% on free throws as professionals. The problem is, they are far too concerned with outside noise that offends them than they are about improving their game. Getting offended often times is a choice. Staying on and participating in social media is a choice. Working on your game is a choice. Shutting your mouth is a choice. These W players do nothing but keep displaying poor choices either by bad play or bad behavior.
@@jammin_J64 75-80% Is still more than the average wnba player is making. Sure it's less than the examples you've given, but I'm just looking at the big wnba picture.
@mikehall4517 You just stated the problem in your reply. Just because that's the average doesn't mean it's acceptable. Good basketball is still good basketball. 75-80% for lay-ups is NOT a good or acceptable percentage for PAID professionals! This is their JOB! Yet they piss and moan about everything under the sun, namely their wages. Well, put out a product that people want to see, and perhaps those results will come. It should start with lay-ups. Look at the finals. These are supposedly the "best" players in the world. Seriously? In the world? Yet they can only hit a 2-3 foot shot lay-up at a 75-80% clip? That's absurd! That's comparable to NBA players missing dunks! Spud Webb could dunk at whatever he was...5-5? Come on now! Whatever you put in the work on, it reflects in your performance. This league is terrible and has largely been exposed this year with all the extra eyeballs because of Caitlin Clark. All they saw was bad basketball with missed lay-up after missed lay-up. Maybe a certain fan base sticks while Ckark is out and still watches these playoffs. More power to them. I'm not here telling people what they should or shouldn't watch. That's personal preference and rightly so. However, the league again, has done nothing but complain for years. Accepting a statistic like this while complaining about the things they do is ridiculous! Clean up your game first!! Maybe then some of those fans will start taking you seriously ladies.
Hey Cuz! As long as you're putting out honest content, and not click bait CC content which is about all the CC content that's out there, I'll keep viewing.
I try! Thanks for watching! It's always a fine line because we have to create thumbnails and write titles that get attention and people to click, otherwise no one sees it. It's not easy to stand out on that YT page. 😂
@@ChicksDigScarsPodcast I was referring to the many channels that are click baiting that Caitlin has signed a big deal with Addidas, or that she's decided to play in Europe next year. Or just as prevalent, the ones that insist that Angel or Djonai have tested positive for steroids. You know, fake stories.
There is the concept of "let them play", but "let them play" in the WNBA means "Don't let them play basketball". It is not the toughest and most skilled who win, but the biggest bullies. A simple fix is to call fouls until the the teams adjust their style of play be a balance of skill and physicality. This assumes the league has the vision and referees to know the difference.
A SIMPLE thing they could do is use the BOX on the backboard and learn to use the weaker hand to help with the layups. Also.... don't jump to pass, BOX OUT (,I noticed the Lynx were doing terrible with offensive rebounds)... and other simple BB fundamentals
Clark is the REAL MVP by any metric. Go back thru the history of the W (which is short as a sport) no player has had such an impact as Caitlin Clark or achieved as much with such opposition. The Fevers history is a testament also the records set which are rookie and veteran alike. What more should Clark have done?
Of course, this morning on Sports Center the ESPN reporters had no problem trashing the Cowboys for their lousy game yesterday, but they didn't say one negative word about the Lynx v Liberty game. Nothing about the missed layups. Can't offend the frickin' W...
Thank you for being real , Trey want us to watch all the games and the entire league but it is hard sometimes , no entertaining with those missed layup and slow pace , this make me missed Caitlin and the fever more!!
What was more egregious to me were the turnovers - especially the unforced ones. Lynx with 20 while Liberty had 16 Well said about the commercial and what men's sports go through.
I watched during commercials in the football games. I only saw a few minutes of the basketball game but saw plenty of plays worthy of a blooper video. Somebody dribbled the ball out of bounds with no defender nearby. There were airballs, dumb passes resulting in turnovers, bricked layups, etc. Just poor play, and these were supposed to be the best of the best.
The first half had virtually no fouls, then in the second half Phee got the Aaliyah Boston treatment. They started calling ridiculous foul after ridiculous foul. There's definitely something sketchy with the referees. Referees across the board in all sports are getting sketchy. I do wonder if because in the past standard defense for a layup was to clock people in the head or body slam them the players tend to avoid doing layups?? I would say both teams made more layups than during the average WNBA game.
Being an athlete my whole life, I stand at just 6'3 240 lbs and I can say no woman can take me in a 1 on 1 basketball game. But I could be proven wrong with a shooter like Clark. That step back 3, that hard switch back blow by might be my downfall. The WNBA is now going through a change. You can tell by this rookie year compared to just a few years ago. Mark my words, layups will be made, and shots will drop, and defense will be a lot better from here on in.
High scoring games are more enjoyable since they can't dunk. The league needs to focus on offense. These low scoring defensive games are a bore. Open the game up for the smaller players and get rid of the non-athletic physical players. The league needs new leadership which includes new offensive focused coaches.
Yep. For a long, long time, the key to succeeding in the WNBA has been to simply be a really big body. That was enough. Hopefully that's changing with Caitlin Clark and young girls following her see you can be skilled and play the game the right way to make it.
Gotta admit, I like both teams so I stuck around..game one was exciting, game two though was torturous..when Lynx cut down the lead to two and had two chances to tie or take the lead, and both times turned the ball over because of poor dribbling and poor passing..I went back to football//
Two minutes watching mid-4th quarter, watched four missed layups and an air ball from the field, all it needed was a slapstick music accompaniment to be the best comedy out there! Hilarious 😂
I really tried to enjoy the game but it was tough to watch. Seems like I got duped by GM 1. This barely looked like a professional match, let alone the finals of a professional league
The Lynx scored 27 points in the second half, and it had nothing to do with great defense by the Liberty., who only scored 31 points themselves. And this is the WNBA finals, with the 2 best teams playing. The 2024 Snoozefest is the best way to describe it.
This game was very disappointing. The referees need to be consistent. Last 2 games made a difference in the outcome. I didn’t think it was that physical but the shooting was very poor. Liberty not playing at all like they did in the season.
They tell us that the product is good. The problem is marketing. Well you can say a shit pie is cheese cake. It won't take people long to find out that it is actually just shit. Marketing has nothing to do with it. Good referees, consistent calls, fair to both teams. Adjust the rules and interpretation to make it a less physical game and a more finesse game. Tone the physicality down in order to elevate the offense and the scoring. Stop trying to prove you are as hardcore as men. That's not what anyone wants to see.
YES!!! The Womens' Softball is AWESOME!! Long lost cousin here! That game is SO fast and womens' reactions and skills are INCREDIBLE!! I don't miss it!!!!
This is cousin 21. This is not the best 144 players in the world. They are being brain washed if they think is true. The 2024 Olympic team was a good example that they were not the best players in the world. Caitlin Clark is exposing that some of the players need to improve their game because the new fans can see they are not the world best.
Nike sells running shoes, and they have these commercials out now that make running look miserable and uncomfortable. I have no idea what their thought process is. Yes racing at a fast pace can be challenging but overall running is enjoyable and they should highlight that. I'm not sure who's in charge of their marketing but they need somebody else. 🙄🙄
Somebody needs to put together a compilation of Caitlin Clark's lay ups! Every one talks about the flashy logo threes and her next level passing, BUT her lay ups are MONEY. She rarely misses them. Seriously, they don't get much attention but when she drives to the basket it's about 95% the ball is going in.
I enjoyed the game. There is a filter for women's sports. Its not as fast, and efficient as men's sports. I watch women's cricket, football, tennis and folks who watch women's sports have to watch for what it is.
To watch these games, I need at least some minimal level of emotional involvement. In this case, the only interest is in which team I dislike the least. Uh, that's not good enough.
If I have a hard time falling asleep on wednesday or friday evening, I'll be sure to tune into the WNBA final games those evenings... Snoozefest galore!
That's just it, they think their game is being criticized, because they're women. That's not it at all. I think what some people forget is that sports are about entertainment, not just playing the game. For years, the WNBA has not been entertaining, because all they do is pullup jumpers, layups, and 3 pointers. The problem is that we can watch the same thing at the YMCA with little kids. Now, Caitlin Clark on the other hand, is entertaining to watch, she's must-see TV. Here's why it's not a "woman" thing, look at the NBA when Magic Johnson and Larry Bird were playing, it was good, but not entertaining. When Michael Jordan arrived, he brought a different kind of style that entertained people, both at home and at away games. Caitlin Clark is doing the same. Let the WNBA continue to blame and point the fingers about it being the men don't like "women's sports." Instead, they should be thinking of ways to improve the game with more storylines, rivals, and just flat out playing good, exciting basketball. JS!!!
The best part about the game was the CC Gatorade commercial and the Boston Adidas commercial. The 1st quarter was good. that was it. The 2nd/3rd/4th back to force the ball into the paint boring basketball. player after player wide open, yet they would not take a shot from 3 land. Pass the ball, make bad pass, turnover, force the ball to the paint, miss layup. boring,boring !!! I would rather watch them shoot 3 point shots, miss, get the rebound, try another 3 point shot. another thing !!! Is CC the only player that can pass the ball behind their back ??? Sounds like a good Nike deal !!!
It is facinating that the claim of the W is that they have the greatest professional ballers period and yet as viewers we go, say what, where, I'm not seeing it, until Caitlin Clark show's up and bam that was what we have been waiting for, someone that is a true baller, playing with passion, skills, and ingenuity. Come on now is this to much to ask for.
The Liberty have a far better record for going to the foul line than their opponents do as well as not having as many fouls called against them. .... The Liberty receive a disproportion number of shooting fouls, from personal fouls and appear to have influenced possible outcomes of games. Game 2; Roy Gulbeyan, Fatou Cissoko-Stephens, Tiara Cruse, Randy Richardson, Special Whistle and did not call a balanced game. 15 PFs were called against Lynx, and Liberty went to the foul line 14 times. Shooting 11 of 14 for 11 Pts 15 PFs were called against Liberty, and Lynx went to the foul line 7 times. Shooting 6 of 7 for 6 Pts. Previous Games that seem that fouls called that might have influenced the outcome. Liberty 82 vs Sun 79 May 9th, 2024, 4 Pts more from PFs, Margin of Win 3 Pts Kevin Fahy, Paul Tuomey, Jenna Reneau 17 PFs were called against Sun, and Liberty went to the foul line 12 times. Shooting 10 of 12 for 10 Pts 14 PFs were called against Liberty, Sun went to the foul line 4 times. Shooting 3 of 4 for 6 Pts. .... Liberty 85 vs Mystics 80 May 14th, 2024, 2 Pts more Pts from PFs, Margin of Win 5 Pts Charles Watson, Tim Greene, Biniam Maru 20 PFs were called against the Mystics, and the Liberty went to the foul line 15 times. Shooting 13 of 15 for 13 Pts 20 PFs were called against Liberty, Mystics went to the foul line 11 times. Shooting 8 of 11 for 11 Pts. .... Liberty 91 vs Fever 80 May 18th, 2024, 10 Pts more Pts from PFs, Margin of Win 11 Pts Roy Gulbeyan, Maj Forsberg,Agon Abazi 16 PFs were called against the Fever, and the Liberty went to the foul line 16 times. Shooting 16 of 16 for 16 Pts 14 PFs were called against Liberty, Fever went to the foul line 6 times. Shooting 5 of 6 for 6 Pts. ..... Liberty 74 vs Storm 63 May 20th, 2024, 10 Pts more Pts from PF, Margin of Win 9 Pts Fatou Cissoko-Stephens,Ryan Sassano,Toni Patillo 23 PFs were called against the Storm, and the Liberty went to foul line 20 times. Shooting 19 of 20 for 19 Pts 20 PFs were called against Liberty, and Storm went to the foul line 14 times. Shooting 9 of 14 for 9 Pts. .... Liberty 81 vs Sky 90 May 23rd, 2024, 00 More Pts from PF, Margin of Win 9 Pts Marcy Williams, Isaac Barnett, Paul Tuomey 18 PFs were called against the Sky, and the Liberty went to foul line 20 times. Shooting 13 of 20 for 13 Pts 17 PFs were called against Liberty, and Storm went to the foul line 20 times. Shooting 13 of 20 for 13 Pts. .... Liberty 81 vs Mercury 78 May 29th, 2024, 6 Pts more Pts from PF, Margin of Win 3 Pts Amy Bonner, Clare Aubry, Sarah Williams 18 PFs were called against the Mercury, and the Liberty went to foul line 18 times. Shooting 16 of 18 for 16 Pts 12 PFs were called against Liberty, and Mercury went to the foul line 13 times. Shooting 10 of 13 for 10 Pts. ....
Please STOP copy/pasting this nonsense post everywhere mmkay? In game 1 of the Finals the Liberty took 20 more shot attempts yet went to the line 4 less times, which makes it pretty evident where the officiating bias lies.
@@christopherkohl6511 When you stop making up numbers. Game 1 Fatou Cissoko-Stephens, Eric Brewton, Isaac Barnett, Jenna Reneau - No special Whistle and did call a balanced game. 15 PFs were called against Lynx, and Liberty went to the foul line 14 times. Shooting 12 of 14 for 12 Pts 14 PFs were called against Liberty, and Lynx went to the foul line 15 times. Shooting 14 of 15 for 14 Pts.
Thank you! I'm not crazy. I couldn't believe that call on Collier and wondered why more wasn't made about it. AND Stewart!!! I had to go back to replay it to hopefully see that SOMETHING caused that slam off the backboard that looked like a ridiculously missed layup. It was just a ridiculously missed layup. Not even a little touch that would have made it reboundable - SLAM! Pro players? C'mon. (And didn't she have ANOTHER one before that?)
27-31 IN THE SECOND HALF! With a 24 second shot clock...my god....that's worse than JV high school basketball...and don't tell me it was great defense...
The WNBA keeps trying to tell us that they play better fundamental basketball than the NBA. With stuff like that how can we take them seriously at all?
A few missed layups is all you can point out to say Breanna Stewart isn't fun to watch? What, you don't like watching a great basketball player because of that? And of all the players you could have pointed out this is who you chose to make an example of? Let me tell ya something you're missing about Stewart. She's essentially a power forward size point guard out there, already that's a rarity, she's a novelty in this league. Now take note she has a 7'1" wingspan. Watch and enjoy how easily she helps the Liberty break tough presses and traps with her height, length and passing ability. She can stroke 3's with the best of them. She recorded an WNBA record 7 steals in game 2 by using that unique blend of height, length, basketball IQ, and sheer grit and determination. Oh and tossed in 21 pts 7 boards, 5 assists all of which is starting to look like quadruple double territory. I have no idea what it takes to please you but those kind of numbers and unique skillset is a thing of beauty and something you don't see every day in any basketball league... And let's be honest here most of the women in the WNBA will miss the occasional layup. They're never going to be as good as the men. And you know what? I'm fine with that. Better to watch actual women than a league full of Britney Griners, which is where they want to take this league in the future to apparently please the fickle frans (pun intended) like you and Ben Daniel. And btw, they have called the Liberty's Feobich for that exact same foul (running into a screener) several times so far this series, so finally at least they got something they can point to that's being consistently called on both sides.
Thanks for your great comments on this game. I'm still boycotting, not watching. Amazing missed layups you show. Geez, pro basketball players?? That is a high school skill issue
Will you speak to defending the three? I see a lot of players doing a late close out, often resulting in a foul whether called or not. Only Dennis Johnson could jump high enough to block threes on a close out. Most of the time the shot is gone before the closer gets there. It seems like the smarter play would be to make sure the shooter doesn’t follow the shot and go from there.
I’ll never understand the 19 cousins thing. I’ve watched so many videos and it’s never explained. I assume it’s an LDS thing or something. I have like 4 cousins so it’s hard to relate.
Ha! Carries are no longer called and it drives me nuts. These players so easily go by defenders because they break the rules. They don't have great handles or lightning quick crossovers. They cheat. 😂
If you don’t like it then don’t watch it. You aren’t going to change it no matter how you bitch about it. I don’t watch the NBA because all they do it dunk and travel with some threes thrown it. NBA isn’t basketball it’s me ball.
Haven't watched the NBA in 25 years and never plan to again, it's a ruined league that will never recover. But here I am giddy as a schoolgirl waiting to see the next game of the WNBA finals, and can't wait for next year to watch Caitlin Clark play (wherever that is).
@@christopherkohl6511 I'm excited to watch Caitlin and the Fever play but this is not good basketball. I can tell that just from the highlights and the box score. I didn't see this many missed wide open layups at the college level. If they could leave out all of the activist BS, hate, gaslighing and drama that would help immensely.
Hell, never mind NBA players against these national team or what have you..Clay Travis is still waiting for them to accept and play their Champion with his high school state champion for a million bucks, winner take all. No response yet from wnba, they'll get walloped//
does anyone really want to see the liberty-lynx to play a seven-game series like they might next year? instead of making every round a five-game series, they went with 3-5-7. stupid
hey, CDS, they don't need the W players v the NBA in exhibition. Just have the W players take the Clay Travis challenge v an ordinary HS boys state championship team
Ha! Very true! They would not have beaten my 8th grade team. Of course, I don't say that to be mean, M & F are actually different. I only have to bring it up because they insist they are better.
This was a horrible showcase for the WNBA. I think the WNBA needs to focus on skills, coaching if they ever want to be taken seriously. The 3-pt shot has masked the underlying issues, lack of fundamentals it's pretty bad. College basketball is way better than the WNBA, it should be the other way around.
No FUNDAMENTAL playing.
100%! The lack of fundamentals is astonishing.
Great point.
1) I thought that if the Sides/Fever spent the off season focusing on BOXING OUT they would win 5-8 more games per season. They were awful at boxing out.
2) And pinning players on the low post so the entry pass wouldn't be consistently knocked away or even worse, intercepted.
3) Setting a DECENT screen!! With the perimeter scorers Indiana has, GOOD screens are a must.
This is why they hate CC. She exposes them. They’re garbage. I’m cousin 18 and I approve this statement.
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Cousin 22 here 😂 i concur
@@user-oi3rp4tt6s welcome aboard, cousin 22! You’ve found a fantastic channel. Chics is one of the best!
I watched highlights of Caitlin’s performances in the NCAa tournament from freshman to senior years. This shows how complete her game was in college - logo threes, great passing, efficient in driving to the basket, mid jumpers, steals, blocks ice in her veins in big moments. No surprise that she broke so many records as a rookie and shined above other so called stars in the league.
So you nailed it..
Good morning! Just want to relate how much I enjoy your posts every day! You keep us all informed with facts about the WNBA and their disastrous policies and decisions! Thank you with actual and factual reporting! Have a Blessed day and God Bless you, your family, your fans, and us all! Keep up your great efforts and your great work energy. Your greetings always brighten up my day!
Wow! Thank you so much! I really appreciate this!
Yes, he says what many who truly understand the game refrain from saying on most channels. It's a sense of relief that we aren't crazy and are seeing the same thing. We're not crazy!! 👍
Agree The game was BORING. So slow, no successful lay ups, just bad basketball...No bueno.
No bueno
Drama and Excitement is no substitute for Entertainment and Talent
Well said!
And Performance.
That ad's target audience is why CC gets no promotion from Nike. They'd rather have those customers/fans than Caitlin's. Good luck with that.
This was the first game I watched since the Fever has been out. I thought it was really bad. It was boring and it was miss after miss the score would stay the same for minutes.
Stewie plays such a fast and interesting game you are certain she's gonna hit that clutch shot.
Then she doesn't.
Some of the calls in the WNBA are so bad, it raises the question of whether some of these refs even fully understand the game of basketball. I'm not talking about debatable calls where when you watch the rerun in slowmo, you can at least see why the call was made (or not made), even if it was a bad call or missed call. I'm talking about real head scratchers, as in There is nothing there, at all, nothing! Or the player is laying on the court with an egg growing over her eye within seconds, and no call is made. Or a player slaps a pad and gets a technical, and a few games later with another team, a player slaps the pad right in front of the same ref, and he turns a blind eye. I would say (again) where is the WNBA leadership, but that is just wasting words, as there is no WNBA leadership. CC, or any other player, cannot save a league with so many deep flaws and no leadership.
Which is why its more fun watching Caitlin Clark doing her assists, or her drives. I rest my case.
Caitlin Please do not come back to this Sick League!
Why? What she gone do?
@@grandjoy12 She was Abused All year. Play international or new League whatever. This is not going to change.
Hey! the League has to rise out of the gutter. This year they took a small step. Remember, you have to crawl before you walk!!!!☆☆☆☆☆☆
@@audrasforest The League allowed the refs to Not call clear fouls against Caitlin All year. The Commissioner allowed it and didn’t discipline players numerous times. Her own Team Undermined her. The rest of the Hate out of Jealousy and Envy was Sick. A Lying created Racist charge and a Media promoting an agenda and ignoring what was going on.
The refs were terrible with other games because it is corrupt.
This league is full of entitled Karen's 😒
Best WNBA games are Fever vs Wings. 200+ points every time.
Exactly right. I can’t watch WNBA ball unless it’s the Fever or the Wings. The rest of the league SUCKS. Strong post!!! Couldn’t agree more!
Well sure, when neither team does defense, and has high scoring players like Kelsey, Caitlin and on the other side Arike, scores are high
awesome!!! Can we play them 44 times??
And the Wings aren't thugs out to assault Caitlin. They were nothing but class when they played the Fever.
@@rafangirl1 Except for that Gowin chick. She a scary one at 6’7.
The problem that the WNBA has is that CC is the only SUPERSTAR in the league and the only player that most people want to watch. She is a ONE-in-a-generation player. The league can't MAKE another generational player. The league has to market enough very, very good players to make the game more exciting and entertaining until another Caitlin Clark type of player comes along.
There are a lot of good players that can shoot 3 pointers. But, none off them have the style and flair of Caitlin Clark and Stephan Curry. They have fans mesmerized and watching in awe.
Players get tired then start making mistakes. These ladies need more stamina training.
My takeaway of the whole league. Way too many of them are not very quick. Conditioning does not seem to be a priority.
They are BORING - BORING BORING BORING ! ! ! - these women are Lazy - LAzy LAZy LAZY
It wouldn't hurt if there was a league wide, required layup training seminar during the off season. Full speed in realistic conditions. No one graduates until they average an 75-80% finish rate.
I'm sorry. I get what you're saying. I really do. However, 75-80% finish rate would be an acceptable rate for middle schoolers. Heck, in 6th grade I won a lay-up contest with 19-20 made. That's 95% for a 6th grader! And I did that on the regular as I'm sure many kids that age do.
These are professionals! They should be shooting nothing less than 95% on lay-ups. They should all be shooting above 80% on free throws as professionals. The problem is, they are far too concerned with outside noise that offends them than they are about improving their game. Getting offended often times is a choice. Staying on and participating in social media is a choice. Working on your game is a choice. Shutting your mouth is a choice. These W players do nothing but keep displaying poor choices either by bad play or bad behavior.
@@jammin_J64 75-80% Is still more than the average wnba player is making. Sure it's less than the examples you've given, but I'm just looking at the big wnba picture.
@mikehall4517
You just stated the problem in your reply. Just because that's the average doesn't mean it's acceptable. Good basketball is still good basketball. 75-80% for lay-ups is NOT a good or acceptable percentage for PAID professionals! This is their JOB! Yet they piss and moan about everything under the sun, namely their wages. Well, put out a product that people want to see, and perhaps those results will come. It should start with lay-ups. Look at the finals. These are supposedly the "best" players in the world. Seriously? In the world? Yet they can only hit a 2-3 foot shot lay-up at a 75-80% clip? That's absurd! That's comparable to NBA players missing dunks! Spud Webb could dunk at whatever he was...5-5? Come on now!
Whatever you put in the work on, it reflects in your performance. This league is terrible and has largely been exposed this year with all the extra eyeballs because of Caitlin Clark. All they saw was bad basketball with missed lay-up after missed lay-up. Maybe a certain fan base sticks while Ckark is out and still watches these playoffs. More power to them. I'm not here telling people what they should or shouldn't watch. That's personal preference and rightly so.
However, the league again, has done nothing but complain for years. Accepting a statistic like this while complaining about the things they do is ridiculous! Clean up your game first!! Maybe then some of those fans will start taking you seriously ladies.
Hey Cuz! As long as you're putting out honest content, and not click bait CC content which is about all the CC content that's out there, I'll keep viewing.
I try! Thanks for watching! It's always a fine line because we have to create thumbnails and write titles that get attention and people to click, otherwise no one sees it. It's not easy to stand out on that YT page. 😂
@@ChicksDigScarsPodcast I was referring to the many channels that are click baiting that Caitlin has signed a big deal with Addidas, or that she's decided to play in Europe next year. Or just as prevalent, the ones that insist that Angel or Djonai have tested positive for steroids. You know, fake stories.
I thought both teams played bad. Lots of turnovers and missed layups!
Sounds like championship play in the WNBA😂😂😂😂
it's the pressure
@@audrasforest Oh yeaah! That's Prolly It..........Or Mid Playing by Mid Players
Missed Layup’s is a Super Power in this league.
@@ChrisHutchinson-z9d LOL Sad But True
Truly, I do not understand why anyone is actually watching these games. Pure garbage.
you did. !! so it's working.☆☆☆☆
@@audrasforest I didn't so it's not working
@@audrasforestnope..we just get the highlights on UA-cam and look at the box score.....it was garbage...
@@audrasforest No, I did not watch this game. I stopped watching when the Fever were ousted.
There is the concept of "let them play", but "let them play" in the WNBA means "Don't let them play basketball". It is not the toughest and most skilled who win, but the biggest bullies. A simple fix is to call fouls until the the teams adjust their style of play be a balance of skill and physicality. This assumes the league has the vision and referees to know the difference.
New referees are a must!
A SIMPLE thing they could do is use the BOX on the backboard and learn to use the weaker hand to help with the layups.
Also.... don't jump to pass, BOX OUT (,I noticed the Lynx were doing terrible with offensive rebounds)... and other simple BB fundamentals
Yep! An incredible lack of fundamentals from the pros.
"it was not good basketball". I started doing sound effects to the airballs, missed layups, and turnovers...I thought I was quite good.
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Clark is the REAL MVP by any metric. Go back thru the history of the W (which is short as a sport) no player has had such an impact as Caitlin Clark or achieved as much with such opposition. The Fevers history is a testament also the records set which are rookie and veteran alike. What more should Clark have done?
One thing they can do, is miss layup’s. It’s their Super Power
Just brutal .Stewie is shooting 30 percent from the field. She is the best player on the team. Just horrific basketball
Of course, this morning on Sports Center the ESPN reporters had no problem trashing the Cowboys for their lousy game yesterday, but they didn't say one negative word about the Lynx v Liberty game. Nothing about the missed layups. Can't offend the frickin' W...
Thank you for being real , Trey want us to watch all the games and the entire league but it is hard sometimes , no entertaining with those missed layup and slow pace , this make me missed Caitlin and the fever more!!
What was more egregious to me were the turnovers - especially the unforced ones. Lynx with 20 while Liberty had 16
Well said about the commercial and what men's sports go through.
Agreed! Way too sloppy!
I watched during commercials in the football games. I only saw a few minutes of the basketball game but saw plenty of plays worthy of a blooper video. Somebody dribbled the ball out of bounds with no defender nearby. There were airballs, dumb passes resulting in turnovers, bricked layups, etc. Just poor play, and these were supposed to be the best of the best.
It was horrendous.
The first half had virtually no fouls, then in the second half Phee got the Aaliyah Boston treatment. They started calling ridiculous foul after ridiculous foul. There's definitely something sketchy with the referees. Referees across the board in all sports are getting sketchy.
I do wonder if because in the past standard defense for a layup was to clock people in the head or body slam them the players tend to avoid doing layups?? I would say both teams made more layups than during the average WNBA game.
Consistently inconsistent!
Watcha guys talking about? The WNBA is back to normal. Everything should be ok now. Back to your regular scheduled program.
wow 16 points a quarter
You should cover US womans Rugby. Maher is awesome amd a great spokeperson for women. Also they are champions.
That sounds cool! I'll check it out. I love watching the All Blacks.
I actually did a video on her during the Olympics! Thanks!
Being an athlete my whole life, I stand at just 6'3 240 lbs and I can say no woman can take me in a 1 on 1 basketball game. But I could be proven wrong with a shooter like Clark. That step back 3, that hard switch back blow by might be my downfall. The WNBA is now going through a change. You can tell by this rookie year compared to just a few years ago. Mark my words, layups will be made, and shots will drop, and defense will be a lot better from here on in.
Women’s college volleyball is exciting to watch n def more exciting than most W games n I realize that’s not setting the bar very high
High scoring games are more enjoyable since they can't dunk. The league needs to focus on offense. These low scoring defensive games are a bore. Open the game up for the smaller players and get rid of the non-athletic physical players. The league needs new leadership which includes new offensive focused coaches.
It’s like a private clique club.
Yep. For a long, long time, the key to succeeding in the WNBA has been to simply be a really big body. That was enough. Hopefully that's changing with Caitlin Clark and young girls following her see you can be skilled and play the game the right way to make it.
Gotta admit, I like both teams so I stuck around..game one was exciting, game two though was torturous..when Lynx cut down the lead to two and had two chances to tie or take the lead, and both times turned the ball over because of poor dribbling and poor passing..I went back to football//
Unwatchable. Go back and forth between a WNBA and NBA game and tell me how good these women are. Pathetic.
Two minutes watching mid-4th quarter, watched four missed layups and an air ball from the field, all it needed was a slapstick music accompaniment to be the best comedy out there! Hilarious 😂
I don't know for sure if Playoff game 2 was a snoozefest because I fell asleep in the 3rd QTR 😮
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I really tried to enjoy the game but it was tough to watch. Seems like I got duped by GM 1.
This barely looked like a professional match, let alone the finals of a professional league
The Lynx scored 27 points in the second half, and it had nothing to do with great defense by the Liberty., who only scored 31 points themselves. And this is the WNBA finals, with the 2 best teams playing. The 2024 Snoozefest is the best way to describe it.
This game was very disappointing. The referees need to be consistent. Last 2 games made a difference in the outcome. I didn’t think it was that physical but the shooting was very poor. Liberty not playing at all like they did in the season.
They tell us that the product is good. The problem is marketing. Well you can say a shit pie is cheese cake. It won't take people long to find out that it is actually just shit. Marketing has nothing to do with it. Good referees, consistent calls, fair to both teams. Adjust the rules and interpretation to make it a less physical game and a more finesse game. Tone the physicality down in order to elevate the offense and the scoring. Stop trying to prove you are as hardcore as men. That's not what anyone wants to see.
YES!!! The Womens' Softball is AWESOME!! Long lost cousin here! That game is SO fast and womens' reactions and skills are INCREDIBLE!! I don't miss it!!!!
Not watching, just following up here. Not an WNBA fan.
And they critiqued Caitlin for turnovers but wow they were many on that game too !!
Williams was handing over the ball to Stewart time after time!
What a great video. Great point about soccer.
Thank you! I appreciate that!
Some of the post players shoot jump shots, but as you know it takes a lot of strength to shoot a jump shot from 30.
That's true! I guess some of the shots around the paint technically become jump shots.
That commercial was a huge turn off.
One of your best videos.
Thanks! I appreciate that!
This is cousin 21. This is not the best 144 players in the world. They are being brain washed if they think is true. The 2024 Olympic team was a good example that they were not the best players in the world. Caitlin Clark is exposing that some of the players need to improve their game because the new fans can see they are not the world best.
Agreed, cuz!
Those games make us miss Caitlin more ❤#22
Nike sells running shoes, and they have these commercials out now that make running look miserable and uncomfortable. I have no idea what their thought process is.
Yes racing at a fast pace can be challenging but overall running is enjoyable and they should highlight that. I'm not sure who's in charge of their marketing but they need somebody else. 🙄🙄
Men’s & women’s Marathon is fun to watch. If they got paid just one year of wnba salary, it would be their entire family’s lifetime salary
Dang, Breanna brick shots...thought Angel was out there
The first game was a classic, though can't deny that
Because of the refs. That game was going to be the same boring blowout
@@JamesMaberry Still ended up being a good game
Somebody needs to put together a compilation of Caitlin Clark's lay ups! Every one talks about the flashy logo threes and her next level passing, BUT her lay ups are MONEY. She rarely misses them. Seriously, they don't get much attention but when she drives to the basket it's about 95% the ball is going in.
I enjoyed the game. There is a filter for women's sports. Its not as fast, and efficient as men's sports. I watch women's cricket, football, tennis and folks who watch women's sports have to watch for what it is.
So you grade them on a curve ? Lol..
To watch these games, I need at least some minimal level of emotional involvement. In this case, the only interest is in which team I dislike the least. Uh, that's not good enough.
Well said!
If I have a hard time falling asleep on wednesday or friday evening, I'll be sure to tune into the WNBA final games those evenings... Snoozefest galore!
That's just it, they think their game is being criticized, because they're women. That's not it at all. I think what some people forget is that sports are about entertainment, not just playing the game. For years, the WNBA has not been entertaining, because all they do is pullup jumpers, layups, and 3 pointers. The problem is that we can watch the same thing at the YMCA with little kids. Now, Caitlin Clark on the other hand, is entertaining to watch, she's must-see TV. Here's why it's not a "woman" thing, look at the NBA when Magic Johnson and Larry Bird were playing, it was good, but not entertaining. When Michael Jordan arrived, he brought a different kind of style that entertained people, both at home and at away games. Caitlin Clark is doing the same. Let the WNBA continue to blame and point the fingers about it being the men don't like "women's sports." Instead, they should be thinking of ways to improve the game with more storylines, rivals, and just flat out playing good, exciting basketball. JS!!!
You found Bird and Magic not entertaining? That strikes me as extremely odd.
The best part about the game was the CC Gatorade commercial and the Boston Adidas commercial.
The 1st quarter was good. that was it. The 2nd/3rd/4th back to force the ball into the paint boring basketball. player after player wide open, yet they would not take a shot from 3 land. Pass the ball, make bad pass, turnover, force the ball to the paint, miss layup. boring,boring !!! I would rather watch them shoot 3 point shots, miss, get the rebound, try another 3 point shot. another thing !!!
Is CC the only player that can pass the ball behind their back ??? Sounds like a good Nike deal !!!
I hate this kind of basketball. That's why I quit watching after the eye poke.
It is facinating that the claim of the W is that they have the greatest professional ballers period and yet as viewers we go, say what, where, I'm not seeing it, until Caitlin Clark show's up and bam that was what we have been waiting for, someone that is a true baller, playing with passion, skills, and ingenuity. Come on now is this to much to ask for.
The people at the game were certainly excited.
That commercial is straight propaganda period!
The Liberty have a far better record for going to the foul line than their opponents do as well as not having as many fouls called against them.
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The Liberty receive a disproportion number of shooting fouls, from personal fouls and appear to have influenced possible outcomes of games.
Game 2; Roy Gulbeyan, Fatou Cissoko-Stephens, Tiara Cruse, Randy Richardson, Special Whistle and did not call a balanced game.
15 PFs were called against Lynx, and Liberty went to the foul line 14 times. Shooting 11 of 14 for 11 Pts
15 PFs were called against Liberty, and Lynx went to the foul line 7 times. Shooting 6 of 7 for 6 Pts.
Previous Games that seem that fouls called that might have influenced the outcome.
Liberty 82 vs Sun 79 May 9th, 2024,
4 Pts more from PFs, Margin of Win 3 Pts
Kevin Fahy, Paul Tuomey, Jenna Reneau
17 PFs were called against Sun, and Liberty went to the foul line 12 times. Shooting 10 of 12 for 10 Pts
14 PFs were called against Liberty, Sun went to the foul line 4 times. Shooting 3 of 4 for 6 Pts.
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Liberty 85 vs Mystics 80 May 14th, 2024,
2 Pts more Pts from PFs, Margin of Win 5 Pts
Charles Watson, Tim Greene, Biniam Maru
20 PFs were called against the Mystics, and the Liberty went to the foul line 15 times. Shooting 13 of 15 for 13 Pts
20 PFs were called against Liberty, Mystics went to the foul line 11 times. Shooting 8 of 11 for 11 Pts.
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Liberty 91 vs Fever 80 May 18th, 2024,
10 Pts more Pts from PFs, Margin of Win 11 Pts
Roy Gulbeyan, Maj Forsberg,Agon Abazi
16 PFs were called against the Fever, and the Liberty went to the foul line 16 times. Shooting 16 of 16 for 16 Pts
14 PFs were called against Liberty, Fever went to the foul line 6 times. Shooting 5 of 6 for 6 Pts.
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Liberty 74 vs Storm 63 May 20th, 2024,
10 Pts more Pts from PF, Margin of Win 9 Pts
Fatou Cissoko-Stephens,Ryan Sassano,Toni Patillo
23 PFs were called against the Storm, and the Liberty went to foul line 20 times. Shooting 19 of 20 for 19 Pts
20 PFs were called against Liberty, and Storm went to the foul line 14 times. Shooting 9 of 14 for 9 Pts.
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Liberty 81 vs Sky 90 May 23rd, 2024,
00 More Pts from PF, Margin of Win 9 Pts
Marcy Williams, Isaac Barnett, Paul Tuomey
18 PFs were called against the Sky, and the Liberty went to foul line 20 times. Shooting 13 of 20 for 13 Pts
17 PFs were called against Liberty, and Storm went to the foul line 20 times. Shooting 13 of 20 for 13 Pts.
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Liberty 81 vs Mercury 78 May 29th, 2024,
6 Pts more Pts from PF, Margin of Win 3 Pts
Amy Bonner, Clare Aubry, Sarah Williams
18 PFs were called against the Mercury, and the Liberty went to foul line 18 times. Shooting 16 of 18 for 16 Pts
12 PFs were called against Liberty, and Mercury went to the foul line 13 times. Shooting 10 of 13 for 10 Pts.
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Please STOP copy/pasting this nonsense post everywhere mmkay? In game 1 of the Finals the Liberty took 20 more shot attempts yet went to the line 4 less times, which makes it pretty evident where the officiating bias lies.
@@christopherkohl6511
When you stop making up numbers.
Game 1 Fatou Cissoko-Stephens, Eric Brewton, Isaac Barnett, Jenna Reneau -
No special Whistle and did call a balanced game.
15 PFs were called against Lynx, and Liberty went to the foul line 14 times. Shooting 12 of 14 for 12 Pts
14 PFs were called against Liberty, and Lynx went to the foul line 15 times. Shooting 14 of 15 for 14 Pts.
Thank you! I'm not crazy. I couldn't believe that call on Collier and wondered why more wasn't made about it. AND Stewart!!! I had to go back to replay it to hopefully see that SOMETHING caused that slam off the backboard that looked like a ridiculously missed layup. It was just a ridiculously missed layup. Not even a little touch that would have made it reboundable - SLAM! Pro players? C'mon. (And didn't she have ANOTHER one before that?)
I didn't watch. How many missed layups were there? I heard there were a lot.
27-31 IN THE SECOND HALF! With a 24 second shot clock...my god....that's worse than JV high school basketball...and don't tell me it was great defense...
The WNBA keeps trying to tell us that they play better fundamental basketball than the NBA. With stuff like that how can we take them seriously at all?
A few missed layups is all you can point out to say Breanna Stewart isn't fun to watch? What, you don't like watching a great basketball player because of that? And of all the players you could have pointed out this is who you chose to make an example of? Let me tell ya something you're missing about Stewart. She's essentially a power forward size point guard out there, already that's a rarity, she's a novelty in this league. Now take note she has a 7'1" wingspan. Watch and enjoy how easily she helps the Liberty break tough presses and traps with her height, length and passing ability. She can stroke 3's with the best of them. She recorded an WNBA record 7 steals in game 2 by using that unique blend of height, length, basketball IQ, and sheer grit and determination. Oh and tossed in 21 pts 7 boards, 5 assists all of which is starting to look like quadruple double territory. I have no idea what it takes to please you but those kind of numbers and unique skillset is a thing of beauty and something you don't see every day in any basketball league... And let's be honest here most of the women in the WNBA will miss the occasional layup. They're never going to be as good as the men. And you know what? I'm fine with that. Better to watch actual women than a league full of Britney Griners, which is where they want to take this league in the future to apparently please the fickle frans (pun intended) like you and Ben Daniel. And btw, they have called the Liberty's Feobich for that exact same foul (running into a screener) several times so far this series, so finally at least they got something they can point to that's being consistently called on both sides.
Brevity is the soul of wit...guess what that makes you? Stewart is NOT A POINT GUARD! Btw...she's shootings an amazing 33% in the finals! 😂😂😂..
Strokes 3's with the best of them? 29%? 47th in the league! Hahaha funny stuff...
Texas is good at WVball. You should check out Nebraska vs Minnesota. Great rivalry with a handful of the best players between them.
Thanks!
Thanks for your great comments on this game. I'm still boycotting, not watching. Amazing missed layups you show. Geez, pro basketball players?? That is a high school skill issue
Saw more missed lay ups in the finals than Lord knows when or what High School
The 19 are here
😂 Thanks!
Great take.
Thanks!
You're being too hard on them. There were dozens of excellent basketball plays during that game.
Fickle Frans as I call em. (Pun intended).
Won't be happy until every woman has been replaced with a Bob Griner or an AI robot who never misses. 😢
Will you speak to defending the three? I see a lot of players doing a late close out, often resulting in a foul whether called or not. Only Dennis Johnson could jump high enough to block threes on a close out. Most of the time the shot is gone before the closer gets there. It seems like the smarter play would be to make sure the shooter doesn’t follow the shot and go from there.
When you have your so called best teams & it's boring. You're in trouble W. 😅
I agree, awful basketball. This is the championship. Ugly
well I'm sure the 40 thousand fans from the last almost 30 years are satisfied... the new millions aint impressed with the W..
They were playing Angel Ball..
I’ll never understand the 19 cousins thing. I’ve watched so many videos and it’s never explained. I assume it’s an LDS
thing or something. I have like 4 cousins so it’s hard to relate.
I am glad i am watching football the Ben Daniel's podcast said the same thing about this pathetic playoffs. 🤣🤣🤣
You are wrong Clark shoots a jump shot, one of the only women. She gets more off the ground than Curry. Take another look.
Thumbnail is clearly a carry dribble that is no longer called in any league. We can all unite around that, amirite?
Ha! Carries are no longer called and it drives me nuts. These players so easily go by defenders because they break the rules. They don't have great handles or lightning quick crossovers. They cheat. 😂
If you don’t like it then don’t watch it. You aren’t going to change it no matter how you bitch about it. I don’t watch the NBA because all they do it dunk and travel with some threes thrown it. NBA isn’t basketball it’s me ball.
LOL, but you like the WNBA???
Haven't watched the NBA in 25 years and never plan to again, it's a ruined league that will never recover. But here I am giddy as a schoolgirl waiting to see the next game of the WNBA finals, and can't wait for next year to watch Caitlin Clark play (wherever that is).
@@christopherkohl6511 I'm excited to watch Caitlin and the Fever play but this is not good basketball. I can tell that just from the highlights and the box score. I didn't see this many missed wide open layups at the college level. If they could leave out all of the activist BS, hate, gaslighing and drama that would help immensely.
@@Willard-l7tairballs a plenty!
@@MrReymoclif714 That's what I've heard and read from multiple sources.
Hell, never mind NBA players against these national team or what have you..Clay Travis is still waiting for them to accept and play their Champion with his high school state champion for a million bucks, winner take all. No response yet from wnba, they'll get walloped//
The refs were officiating properly at least till the end of the 3rd quarter.
I quit watching then to watch my Detroit Lions maul the Dallas Cowboys.
A day when the Cowboys lose is never completely wasted.
Need for NBA players. Take 12 from highschool
Seen the same plays in the nba what are you talking about
Cool. They should merge the leagues.
Now she’s (Stewart) claiming a CC fan harassed her gf?!?
does anyone really want to see the liberty-lynx to play a seven-game series like they might next year? instead of making every round a five-game series, they went with 3-5-7. stupid
hey, CDS, they don't need the W players v the NBA in exhibition. Just have the W players take the Clay Travis challenge v an ordinary HS boys state championship team
Ha! Very true! They would not have beaten my 8th grade team. Of course, I don't say that to be mean, M & F are actually different. I only have to bring it up because they insist they are better.
Women’s beach volleyball could be the greatest sport ever. 😎
WNBA rebounding. Volleyball,get it?
Check out Ben? He’s rather animated about the game!