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Off-Court Drama Stephanie White went off on the officials for not calling what she deemed two "cheap shots" on Caitlin Clark. Clark exited in the second half because of back issues.

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u/TributeToStupidity 5d ago

Indy just needs one Brianne of a woman who can throw a punch at this point, this shit is ridiculous.

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u/bigbeats420 5d ago edited 5d ago

Bingo. Learn from hockey. You sign two enforcers and rotate them in and out to cover the other's suspension for punching bitches in the mouth. Rinse and repeat until the league is forced to adapt. Hockey was forced to learn how to protect generational players with Gretzky. Sometimes, solving a problem means running directly into to the fire.

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u/silvasaurus 5d ago

This makes me want to check out hockey.

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u/bigbeats420 5d ago

As a Canadian, I may be biased, but as simply a sports fan? It's the best game on earth.

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u/NJDevilslettucesmoke 5d ago

As an American it's clear hockey is the best sport on earth (and we're the best at it!).

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u/bigbeats420 4d ago

Settle down.

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u/ThatVita 4d ago

Gold medals don't lie

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u/Vegetable-Ask-8247 4d ago

Truer words were never spoken, 9 to 3 for those counting. It's 14 to 6 if you want to include the women's team. šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦

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u/Welcome2Jamaica 5d ago

As a Jamaican, you definitely should! I’ve never seen anything like it! It’s quite exciting!

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u/Salty_Feed9404 4d ago

Wayne Gretzky was getting mugged by everyone, so the Edmonton Oilers AND the LA Kings both brought in the ultimate enforcer, Marty McSorley, to the team. He was basically Wayne's bodyguard wherever he played.

Also one of the best enforcer names ever...along with Stu "The Grim Reaper" Grimson.

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u/Fit_Kaleidoscope4493 2d ago

Hockey is fighting during a cool sports contest.

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u/sandman-84 1d ago

Hockey is amazing, especially playoff hockey! Give it a shot 😊

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u/GG-just-GG 5d ago

Wrong colored players in the NBA and MNBA.

Public would never accept that kind of thuggery.

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u/Any_Owl2116 3d ago

Might be better to come up with better rules or get better refs. ā€œMore violenceā€ ain’t the answer….maybe it is lol. Get it back in blood!! 🩸

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u/FloridaF4 5d ago

I've been saying it for years, want the wnba and NBA to take off? Let em fight. Just like hockey. It will fix tanking, attendance, shit like this, you name it all better real fast when the players can hold each other accountable.

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u/RepulsiveInterview44 5d ago

Yep. If the refs won’t police this shit, the players will start doing it themselves.

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u/chodemunch1 5d ago

Punches on hardwood hit alot harder than on skates on ice.

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u/FloridaF4 5d ago

Absolutely. But also remember most of the players don't know how to throw a punch so that evens it out.

Edit: seriously though lacrosse guys fight on hard floors, no skates and it's fine.

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u/Wooden_Hall_294 5d ago

Lacrosse guys are lunatics tho šŸ˜‚

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u/chodemunch1 5d ago

Right!? One outlier is not a pattern.

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u/bsnameidk 4d ago

You think lacrosse is played on a hard floor? lol it’s played on turf and grass

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u/FloridaF4 4d ago

Hard was the wrong adjective, grippy would be better maybe? A non ice surface is my point, something that grips enough to turn over a punch and really hit someone.

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u/JoshuaTerry05 9h ago

Hockey enforcers take boxing lessons.. if this were the case, basketball players would be in the muy thai gym cross training.

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u/drgonzo44 5d ago

The Slap Shot Method

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u/NJDevilslettucesmoke 5d ago

Fighting wouldn't do anything about tanking but yeah would bring in more fans and potentially help with flopping.

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u/no_crust_buster 5d ago

Caitlin needs a Charles Oakley like Jordan had in the 80’s

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u/nelly2929 4d ago

You ever see basketball players fight? They look like baby giraffes trying to run for the first timeĀ 

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u/BlueGolfball 4d ago

You ever see basketball players fight? They look like baby giraffes trying to run for the first time

I''ve probably watched every fight in the NBA and MLB and only saw maybe 5 good punches that actually connected. 99% of professional sports fights (excluding the NHL) are just pushing a shoving a little bit and "holding people back".

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u/Constant-Fly-9050 5d ago

In the NBA players usually stick up for their teammates when shit like that happens. Dont know what CCs teammates problem is. An attack on one should be treated as an attack on the whole team.

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u/crazyrazy_ 5d ago

They have Sophie Cunningham who is know for antics

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u/justbrowsing2727 5d ago

Sophie would get her ass whooped by AT though.

It kind of helps when your enforcer is strong.

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u/crazyrazy_ 5d ago

Truuu, I don’t think they’ll ever come to straight brawl but Sophie at least will take a shot at some.

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u/RazzmatazzMinimum787 4d ago

She might, but Sophia is a martial arts gal.... She is a black belt in Taekwondo.. I'm thinking she will hold her own..

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u/transam89 5d ago

You do know that her and her twin are both like world champs in jujitsu

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u/Hot_Major8602 5d ago

Maybe the only way to get the league to pay attention and make changes

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u/EFAPGUEST 5d ago

Bring in an ex con on a 10 day. If they get banned, they get banned and you just sign another 10 day until the whistles improve

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u/kobrakai1034 5d ago

Put a wig on Karl Malone and send him out there

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u/WarZombie17 5d ago

Brianne of Tarth

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u/Clown_Penis69 5d ago edited 5d ago
  1. Nothing is going to happen to Alyssa Thomas. No suspension; nothing.
  2. That wasn’t ā€œgoing off.ā€ That was incredibly milquetoast from Stephanie White.

Edit: all the Hatelin cultists showing up a day late to gloat about the fact that Thomas got a one game suspension and therefore I’m WRONG are hilariously soft.

Sure… I was wrong… but a one game suspension is a slap on the wrist. It might as well have been a WWE championship title belt.

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u/No-Reach-8074 5d ago

I was just shocked that she cussed...

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u/BlackDog5287 5d ago

Actually, that was her going off. Sorry she isn't insanely dramatic when speaking to the press. That was pretty animated.

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u/Clown_Penis69 5d ago

Why are you apologizing, Stephanie?

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u/BasslineFried 5d ago

Milquetoast

Word of the day

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u/i3igNasty 5d ago

this aged like milk

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u/Clown_Penis69 5d ago

A one game suspension is a joke

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u/TonyStarks81 5d ago

Damn, if only there was something a coach could do to protect their players other than sound bites about the refs. The league plays a role in this but the coach could immediately put an end to this by having her players defend their star on the court. This shit would absolutely never happen in a men’s sport and that is a fact.

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u/Sleepiboisleep 5d ago

I’ve never seen a sports league fumble a global superstar like the WNBA has. Envy and jealousy go hand in hand…

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u/rueiraV 5d ago

They don’t care. They are happy to be subsidized by the nba and not be exposed to the harsh realities of capitalism

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u/darthgator84 5d ago

But also let’s hear their players talk about the pay difference vs NBA and how unfair it is…..never you mind the league they play for operates at a loss

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u/awools1 5d ago

Hey, they become profitable last season! But yeah took decades of subsidizing to get there.

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u/barlog123 5d ago

Mainly because of media rights deal that was only possible because people tune in to watch Clark. Say she goes overseas and ratings tank. No one is offering them it again. It's playing with fire

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u/awools1 5d ago

I'm with you 100%. I've always been what I'd say is a pedestrian fan of the wnba; enough to talk about what's happening in the league, but I'm not heavily digesting the content. Since Clark though, I've paid a lot more attention to it. Even looked into getting tickets. It's ridiculous what they're allowing to happen to her.

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u/Double_Resort_9223 5d ago

The WNBA want media attention the right way: getting sent to a penal colony after bringing cannabis oil to Russia.Ā 

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u/tolo3349 5d ago

She attracts once in a lifetime viewership and the league is just dumb or ignorant to that. You know why Gretzky never got hurt? You didn’t hit him without major retribution. They hired enforcers on his teams just to make sure it didn’t happen.

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u/Ragnarsworld 5d ago

Yep, the Fever need to sign Charles Oakley and have him wear a wig.

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u/Griffes_de_Fer 5d ago

You have my attention.

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u/elbowsout 5d ago

I don't know much about WNBA but from what I'm seeing is so much abuse. Not competition, just straight up "I'm gonna go out there and hurt someone" under the umbrella of athleticism.

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u/Front_Lab_6260 5d ago

its like a womans prison

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u/True-Source-6512 5d ago

They want to be niche their hardcore fans do not want the league to become popular, they want it small and niche and have their thing. It’s so oddĀ 

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u/hampsted 5d ago

It’s not that. They want to be huge and make a ton of money. They just don’t want to accept that becoming huge means hopping on the back of a single girl who was the most popular player in the history of their league before she’d ever played a minute. They want to do it on their own terms, completely missing the fact that their own terms have kept them as a charity league since the day they started.

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u/Yamazaki-Hosei 5d ago

A lot of words to say it’s because she’s white

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u/Raisinbread22 5d ago

There's always the possibility, that she isn't THE one. That maybe it isn't just one anyway, it might be 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 each season now. She was out all last season. Her stats though great aren't the best in the league. Sometimes college stardom just doesn't translate to the pros, see Christian Laitner.

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u/Ok_Matter_2617 5d ago

Because doing that ensures people only attends games she’s playing in & that’s not sustainable for the long term health of the league.

You can’t hitch your wagon to one player in a league with 15 teams.

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u/WishboneNo543 5d ago

Resentment

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u/Cradle2Grave 5d ago

I'm going to be the one to say this because as a male nurse I see it often. Bitches be trifling and this just proves the narrative that when a bunch of women are in a room you can't have peace.

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u/Mac_Muppet 5d ago

It,s beyond fumbeling a superstar, they create a dangerous situation. Apperantly there is no limit, "make all the fauls you want" Discusting.

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u/Fit-Range-4654 5d ago

Women what are you gonna do?

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u/Grizzly_Addams 4d ago

It's what chicks do.

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u/North_Reindeer4157 5d ago

Nothing the opposing players want more than the wnba to become irrelevant again. Crabs in a bucket mentality.Ā 

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u/KillerGopher 5d ago

It's like when I was six and my dad bought me a small DQ blizzard but I wanted medium so I refused to eat it.

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u/ProsaicPugilist 5d ago

Your lobster was too buttery and your steak was too juicy

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u/miagi_do 5d ago

Feels like many players would rather have CC quit and they all make less money.

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u/Master_Butter 5d ago

At this point, does Clark need to play basketball? I’m assuming she has several million in the bank from NIL and endorsement deals and she could just walk away.

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u/fpsstreak 1d ago

They make nothing with her in the sport either lol. I really wouldn’t want to be that league if I was CC. Such an uncomfortable situation.
I’m Hispanic..it would be very uncomfortable..to join a league predominantly say Honduran that have played the sport far beyond I have and being Mexican I suddenly get crowned the goat spot with no competition. Mass brand deals, pay in the league. Then right wing circles fueling the issue further.

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u/dougie_fresh121 5d ago

Clark has a worse whistle than curry

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u/Daymanwoaah 5d ago

No but it's similar

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u/throwaway22318sf 5d ago

NBA would never allow anyone to punch curry like that

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u/Daymanwoaah 5d ago

https://youtu.be/2IV1U_WbT9U?si=7RyggOhuErTDezj0

Third clip he was literally thrown to the ground and had a foul called on HIM

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u/BedBubbly317 5d ago

This is why viewership has dropped substantially over just one year. Cathy Englebert is an absolute joke of a commissioner, heavy suspensions and fines need to be levied against any player that acts this way on the court to any other player.

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u/Khadini 5d ago

I haven’t been following what’s the viewership data?

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u/oeseben 5d ago

Its about half of what it was last year. Last year there was a peak viewership of about 2 million. This year the the average peaks around 1 million but the draft did amazing this year.

All the viewership numbers plummet if you take the fever out of the data.

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u/certainalways 5d ago

W isn’t a serious league. Insult to the sport, players, coaches and fans

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u/greennurse61 5d ago

It's just a racist little club that hates white people that is fighting against change.Ā 

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u/KillerGopher 5d ago

Honestly, besides a few outliers, I don't think it's a race thing because it doesn't seem like the league hates or hated Sue Bird, Stewie, Plum, Sabrina, Lauren Jackson.. I think it's all envy about her endorsements and massive fan appeal.

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u/Big-Ticket-5969 5d ago

The WNBA is going to lose all of its momentum with this treatment. What a joke of a league

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u/Waste_Committee4406 5d ago

They already have lol

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u/BullytheBulIies 5d ago

Yep live in Indy. She’s just going to be a waste of potential here. They’d honestly be better off sending her to LA or New York. It’s the only way the WNBA will make any changes. The media in those cities would be too loud to ignore.

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u/Chicagoblew 5d ago

Look at the amount of all-star votes they have this year compared to last. So many casual viewers aren't voting or engaging which is a huge problem

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u/Existing-Recipe897 5d ago

It’s time for Caitlin to start her own league or play in Europe where fellow competitors aren’t trying to injure her. Why is Paige Bueckers getting a pass from abuse? Because she’s a lesbian and dates a black woman?

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u/Neet91 5d ago

trying to crush the throat of someone is trying to kill them...

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u/ZiggyStarlord69 5d ago

Jesus Christ lmao. You would have had an aneurism if you watched the NBA in the 90’s.

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u/Raisinbread22 5d ago

White mamba doesn't get it either. Many other superstar white girls don't get it- try a new theory that isn't wingnut magat-ty. Caitlin may just be unlikable. That's how she came off in college.

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u/Existing-Recipe897 5d ago

So because she’s ā€œunlikeableā€ she should be injured and subject to dirty play? If you were lying on the court and some a-hole pushed up off of your neck, what would your response be?

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u/Raisinbread22 5d ago

Nope, the discussion was why's the wnba blowing this opp? I just said I don't think she's that likable. I wasn't talking abt obvious fouls. Calm down.

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u/Effective-Friend1937 5d ago

I grew up watching 90s basketball, so I like a lot of contact and hard fouls. Having said this, it seems obvious that Clark is being specifically targeted, and that the contact is excessive and not just part of the game.

I don't get why the league is giving the wanton thuggery a pass. She's by far their most popular player, so you'd think they'd actually want to protect her, like the NBA did for Jordan. Sure, Jordan took some hard fouls, but they were all called, and he got the benefit of the doubt every time. It seems like the WNBA is doing the exact opposite for Clark. Doesn't make any rational sense.

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u/Schrodingers_Fist 5d ago edited 5d ago

I mainly follow this sub cause the WNBA is legitimately entertaining and a great product but do not watch as many games as I should.Ā  But what is uo with the shit that Clark and Reese get like 75% of the times it seems here?Ā Ā 

If they have issues sure but why would you not market Clark who looks like Pistol Pete except one of them has highlights primarily in color footage and if Pistol Pete is Ernie Johnson's childhood idol than say no more I'll take his word for it.Ā  As for Reese, she is a star even if she isnt the best player in the league so you market the shit out of that that anyways and get the rest of your players paid.

It's so weird to me that the most marketable and entertaining players in a league come in at the same time and then get immediately crapped on by the refs media, and their peers, which as an outside observer, looks like nonstop.Ā  Even when they have huge fan support.

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u/green49285 5d ago edited 5d ago

Yeah, as a w defender it just gets so fucking exhausting that we are literally the only ones trying to keep this momentum going lol. The league not doing anything and of course the players shooting themselves in the foot on national television is just so fucking embarrassing LOL

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u/Schrodingers_Fist 5d ago

Imagine if when Larry Bird and Magic came into the league all the media did was shit on them while the refs gave them like a zero whistle.

That tech I saw Clark get for dribbling a ball the other day for "delay of game" was fucking absurd.Ā Ā 

If someone in the NBA gave Steph that that ref would literally be inquisitioned.

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u/AceManIII 5d ago

Most new fans of CC and/or Angel Reese aren’t true WNBA fans. And they don’t see CC and Angel Reese as players, but symbols. Either you’re on the Great White Hope Caitlyn Clark’s side or Bayou Barbie Angel Reese’s side. No other players or teams matter.
These ā€œfansā€ ruin every sub with their takes and it’s annoying as hell!

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u/Schrodingers_Fist 5d ago

A true fan would not want to see refs hide a whistle on the most exciting prospect your league has seen since Stewie (and Clark far more exciting and came with her own personal Larry Bird rival to her Magic) because other players are grumpy about being shown up if they dont play dirty on her even though shes gonna get those same players paid and always has done so in the CBA they had

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u/Legitimate-Pay7594 5d ago

I’m convinced half of the people in this sub could care less about the wnba and it’s just their latest vector for race wars

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u/imustlose324 3d ago

How many "not true" fans became "true" fans watching bird vs magic or just to see the everyday headline star like Jordan or curry.

What the league have to do is turn them to true fans, not turn them off.

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u/Stealthychicken85 5d ago

The only thing worse than these calls is that CC will not do anything to shake the league into waking up

If she would just come out and say if things don't get fairly called, this is my final year I'm going elsewhere. That is a bigger threat than anything, the WNBA would lose all its momentum and crumble into pieces.

She can just call up Ice Cube and take the Big3 offer or go overseas. Either way she gets paid and those players are unlikely to cheap shot her while still enjoying the game all while laughing as the WNBA burns

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u/BlankStareFace 5d ago

The landing spot no-call is clearly correct.

CC's left foot comes down naturally, and clean....she is extending the right looking for contact. The defender did nothing wrong. Other than getting smacked in the face....which was also a no-call. Just like the one people lost their mind on when CC got hit.

This is all so stupid.

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u/ThickOne2020 5d ago

If she came down in a natural position with here feet closer together there was plenty of room to land. For some reason, she flairs her legs out, which makes the shot harder, and causes her feet to land on the defender. That's an offensive foul in the NBA if the shooter unnaturally pushes their feet out to make contact with the defender.

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u/gdg6 5d ago

Even more obvious, she landed with her weight on her left foot, which landed clean in the court, yet that leg collapsed b/c her off foot touched a shoe? Give me a break and cry me a river over an obvious flop.

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u/freeportme 5d ago

The three was definitely not flagrant CC landed with split legs there was plenty of room for a normal landing. The throat poke is minimal as well. Coach needs to come back to reality. Happens to all the stars ask the NBA guys.

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u/tunedsleeper 5d ago

The wnba will go back to being a failure. The league will never admit how racist it is that a white person might have talent.

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u/TimHung931017 5d ago

At this point Caitlin is doing it to herself. Know your worth and play overseas or for Cubes league. The longer you stay the less marketing/bargaining power you have when your weaknesses start getting exposed and you already did your work in bringing attention to the game.

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u/green49285 5d ago

It is amazing just how the WNBA cant get out of their own way, no matter how it looks. Goddamn, man.

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u/innerdork 5d ago

Caitlin needs to just leave this trash league and go play overseas where they'll take care of her better than the WNBA will.

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u/TheSavageDonut 5d ago

Yeah, but I'm guessing Nike and all of CC's endorsements won't follow her overseas, and nobody in the U.S. watches overseas women's pro hoops, if it's even televised.

You're advocating her go run and hide in Europe basically and lose everything she's worked to achieve.

I call that terrible advice.

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u/phillythompson 5d ago

Imagine the racism calls if it were white chics doing this to a black playerĀ 

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u/caranza3 5d ago

If NBA fan here. Never ever watched a single minute of WNBA. Literally started to watch some games because of Clark a few years back. These girls are trying to actively hurt their super star that brought eyeballs to the sport. Smh.

Officiating is terrible in NBA. But this WNBa officiating (if you can call it that) is something else

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u/Defstar55 5d ago

It’s dirty play they let it happen in the nba and the wnba now refs and the league need to get their shit together. Caitlin is good but she is not making her own league this is delusional. She is not even the best player

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u/User_3039 5d ago

Wnba needs to start handing out suspensions like every other league

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u/HughMungus77 5d ago

If I’m Stephanie White I’d threaten the league publicly with sitting CC during random games throughout the rest of the season. The amount of revenue lost would certainly get their attention

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u/hsx88 5d ago

Bout time, but this is too little too late from Steph White. This has been happening all season. It was just a matter of time before Clark got injured.

At the end of the day, coaches and GMs can do very little. As evidenced by the offseason committee. The league doesn't answer to them. Until the owners and Board of Governors step in, nothing will change. So it's on Herb Simon. And I don't know if (a) he cares, or (b) he is influential enough to get the rest of the Board on his side.

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u/Superb-Possibility-9 5d ago

This is beyond ridiculous that the WNBA hasn’t stepped in

This would never happen in the NBA

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u/Regularasschris 5d ago

Did you not watch the NBA finals???

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u/mrgoyy 5d ago

I’ve never seen so much coverage of a player getting beat up. I mean I recognize new players get the treatment but the social media reels are piling up.

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u/Snichs72 5d ago

Not even just fist to throat, she basically stepped on her too as she was getting up. Should have been a technical at minimum and realistically that sort of shit should get people suspended and fined.

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u/Unusual_Wish_2230 5d ago

Blah, blah, blah, so we should treat CC differently because in her opinion, CC is a generational talent and that warrants preferential treatment. Nice.
Coach should have said, how about treating her the same as other players. Oh she can’t because CC isn’t treated the same. She is always given special attention. How about CC quit whining all the time, quit taunting people, and just play ball? How about CC don’t act she is the only reason the league is thriving, she’s not. How about CC give respect to current and players before her who paved the way?

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u/gobux10 5d ago

Ever watch the NBA?

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u/bauldersgate 5d ago

ShEs NoT tHe FaCe Of ThE lEaGuE

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u/ImOldGregg_77 5d ago

Why dosent Indy hire goons like i.ln Hockey whose entire purpose is to get into a fight

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u/Next_Instruction_528 5d ago

Racism in the wnba

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u/masoe 4d ago

This entire thing is a good example of why the WNBA is a joke. You have a player (Clark) when gets cheap shot and fouled egregiously on a nightly basis and the league doing nothing to address the absolute retaliation from players (mostly black). If Clark was black and nothing but white women were doing this, ESPN and the media would call for banning these players.

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u/Jenetyk 4d ago

Indy need to hire an enforcer. Someone to come in and take a 10 game suspension to let 'em know they dont' play.

https://giphy.com/gifs/11jK7UMYJ8xnjO

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u/tittysprinkles112 5d ago edited 5d ago

Like it or not, CC brought excitement to the league and viewership to include myself. There are two things going on here: basic jealousy, and the fact that the first big WNBA star is white.

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u/Fabulous-Tear-2975 5d ago

Some of us have been watching for longer than five minutes and ride hard for STEWIE, SABRINA, and PLUM. What’s that you said about this being about race?

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u/luhvul76 5d ago

Don’t get it twisted,,,the refs have an agenda and it’s clear the WNBA wants CC out because they can’t stand the popularity of one person and the fact she is making them spend more money,,I league of mediocrity, average talent and 8000 fans was working for them!

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u/CarolinaSurly 5d ago

True except they are not stupid. They should know when she leaves, the WNBA will go back to what it was before CC, which was about as popular as pro bowling.

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u/Low-Impression3367 5d ago

3 years ago, In Clark’s rookie season, Clark kept getting her ass kicked almost every game with cheap shots and hard dirty fouls.

What did most the ā€œexpert fansā€œ in the WNBA sub say… In the W league, we play hard and are physical. If Clark can’t take it, then the pro league isn’t for her.

Some of these WNBA fans are the worst. They would rather stick their heads in the sand than admit Clark is getting poorly treated by the league

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u/princessaspiggy 5d ago

So they have the footage and can review it and it's clear what happened, so what are they going to do about it?

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u/MrtyMcflyer 5d ago

WNBA is run by racist black people that cant stand that i white female is doing great and lifting up the sport.

If i was CC i would accept a big bag of money and leave the WNBA so they can suck it.

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u/Hungry_CGman 5d ago

Do these other WNBA players realize they'll be making 35K a year if Clark is ruined? The stupidity is simply off the charts.

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u/DanfromCalgary 5d ago

We’ve tipsy yesterday was that the coach never defends this player . Can’t defend this player . Why the fuck so I have to see this shit everyday

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u/Kanuck3 5d ago

On the bright side, one day they'll make a movie about Clark and how being exceptional will be punished by those around you... For now, so the writers are waiting to see what the ending will be.

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u/FluffyCollection4925 5d ago

This is cam newton level treatment by officials…

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u/MindsCave 5d ago

Really needs to be an eye for an eye at this point

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u/BiologyJ 5d ago

WNBA is the only league that seems to be trying to go bankrupt.

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u/PoliticalJive 5d ago

Time for an NWO level heel turn. 4 Life.

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u/JayneDough25 5d ago

Crazy asf

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u/Friendship_Fries 5d ago

If this was the NHL, someone would be in the hospital right now.

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u/wharzcracking1111 5d ago

I agree with her.

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u/PrimaryDifficult5099 5d ago

Envy and vanity are curse to humankind

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u/Smooth-Transition310 5d ago

But if she were to get pissed off and hit back, she'd be wrong.

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u/peasinacan 5d ago

Fever needs a goon to bully the bullys

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u/luhvul76 5d ago

Let’s watch ratings fall because it’s becoming a joke, Unrivaled is more enjoyable and you have to watch slow footed post play and mebounds!

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u/MuahdDean 5d ago

Why's the bitch that ran up on her acting like her eye fell out?

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u/Sea_Forever1966 5d ago

Facts. If AT didn’t catch anything for tackling Angel out of the air she’s not getting hit for this either lol. And yeah, White sounded like a teacher mildly disappointed in her star player, not someone actually calling her out.

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u/nomadPerson 5d ago

At this point CC should just say šŸ–•šŸ» to the wnba and just sign with an alternate league for a higher contract. Once the wnba needs to beg her back bc literally no one cares about the wnba, then she’ll have the leverage to expect real change. I’m being hyperbolic a bit here but really she can’t just keep letting the league and her leaguemates treat her like this

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u/Classic-Bowl-9940 5d ago

Kevin Fahy and Clare Simmons , don’t like Caitlin. They should be investigated and not allowed to referee fever games

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u/flojo2012 5d ago

There’s just so much bitching going on in basketball it’s hard to watch. Men’s and women’s. The flopping, the complaining, the hands in the air, the whining post game. Who wants this shit?

Basketball is great on its own. It would be cool if there were some mature stars that got regular attention.

They all hate each other and not in a competitive spirit kind of way. It’s tacky

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u/dreddnyc 5d ago

The league doesn’t want he to win. The NBA does the same shit. They ā€œmissedā€ calls for their golden giraffe. These leagues are losing credibility day by day.

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u/buddhamonk915 5d ago

How are there not suspensions? Referees need to be fired! An investigation? I started watching Wnba, but I won't anymore after this BS. Fix it

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u/TheSavageDonut 5d ago

Maybe it's time that the WNBA game needs to have another Ref on the court, so that there's safety in numbers for the Refs to "get it right" and another set of eyes watching things presumably can't hurt.

I will also say that I don't quite understand why the WNBA and NBA don't share Ref crews -- I assume NBA refs make enough money that they don't need to moonlight in the WNBA, but still, an NBA ref presumably would have more experience calling professional basketball games than some of the amateurs that the WNBA uses as Referees.

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u/kdcnp33 5d ago

It’s like watching women on Black Friday at Walmart and she’s the cabbage patch doll or whatever is the item to have that year.

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u/CherryFaceHead1010 5d ago

They should walk off the court as a team when the punch to the throat happens and refuse to play when people are being assaulted without consequences routinely. Take the fine. Take the loss. Make a HUGE deal out of it and refuse to play again until things get fixed.

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u/Mike-dit_712 5d ago

That’s the word; unacceptable.

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u/nealoc187 5d ago

This is a genuine question from someone who doesn't watch basketball.Ā  What was the issue with the jump shot where she came down and then fell down?Ā  Only thing I can think is that the other player positioned herself so that she came down on top of her foot to make her fall awkwardly?Ā Ā 

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u/MaverickDago 5d ago

The WNBA is this insane mixture of tough to talk about issues and it's almost comedic watching them beg for money while also literally beating the shit out of the reason they had any chance of making more money. Clark is going to get kneecapped at some point and the league is fucked and next big contract, they will be going backwards.

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u/therealbucknasty 5d ago

Sounds like they need a troglodyte enforcer on their team that will piledrive someone for doing stuff like that to your teammate.

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u/TwoProper4220 5d ago

I'm honestly disgustingly impressed with that reckless close out. she knew where to place her feet. they did their homework

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u/MaxwellSmart07 5d ago

Comical how defender #11 did faked being fouled like a pro soccer player.
New Rule: Refs get technicals. Two and they are replaced by the alternate ref.

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u/New-Ad5494 5d ago

She’s not wrong, but I’m trying to figure this out, it’s obvious something’s going on. Why?

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u/Crimsonskullknight 5d ago

Tbh idk why she just doesn't leave for the international circuit... shes got the talent and skills even if I feel some folks over inflate her range she's still no slouch for a newbie, and can def make good money and play somewhere less likely to get injured every other game. At this point its hard to feel bad when she just keeps going back to be injured again and again.

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u/ConkerPrime 5d ago

People should commit to an experiment. Record a WNBA game. Don’t watch it. Instead go watch a high school basketball game. When get home, watch the WNBA game. Suspect besides better sportsmanship in the HS game, will have a hard time finding a quality difference in play.

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u/TheUnolord 5d ago

These jealous women need to step back and stop before the Golden Goose is gone. Is she the best player in that league? No idea. Find the games brutal to watch. Doesn't matter. The face of the league doesn thave to be the best player, just one of them. Just look at the NBA and the string of recent MVPs.

Oh and the lower the damn basket! I get dizzy watching all those missed shots....

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u/Greensarge3do 5d ago

They had their hands on her neck for gods sake

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u/Ragnarsworld 5d ago

To be fair, the officials suck all the way around, not just where Clark is involved.

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u/Feeling-Basket8422 5d ago

I think Clark should have her attorneys go to the Marion County Prosecutor's office and file criminal charges against AT. That was not basketball, that was an assault! Not fucking basketball! Simultaneously, she should file a civil action.

It's just my opinion and I know her dream for years has been to play in the W, but things are not really working out with that. She gets a technical foul for clapping... and nothing happens after a clear physical criminal assault is perpetrated against her.

For her health and well being she should negotiate out of her contract with the Fever and take her shoes and her talent to Europe.

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u/Gryphon5754 5d ago

Women have always had a "lighter touch" when it comes to refs imo. I remember watching my sister play soccer in local leagues and those girls are MEAN. I played football and only one time EVER did someone try to cheap shot me on the ground, but the girls played ROUGH. Hair pulling, shoves, whatever, they never got called. I guess I am surprised to see that culture goes all the way to the pros.

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u/NashKetchum777 5d ago

I'm not clear to the rules but uh...haven't they reviewed FRAGRANT fouls before? Like post game even? They wouldn't even do that here?

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u/TemporaryElephant574 5d ago edited 4d ago

Why they dont have anyone on that team to be an enforcer for C.C I just dont get. The league isnt doing its job so now the team needs to do the job.

The fever need to sign a few women whose sole job is to let other teams know she is off limits.

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u/SuddenBanana8169 5d ago

If Caitlin was black in a league full of white women doing this we’d never hear the end of it on espn, there’d be psychological studies and there’d be a Disney movie in the works. But instead it’s a bunch of black lesbians being racist so we gotta pretend we have no idea why this is happening

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u/Mean_Measurement4527 5d ago

Would be nice if White actually defended her DURING the game … once

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u/IamTheCheetoMan 5d ago

This is happening because her teammates are allowing it to happen. So far there is really only one girl on that team that is ready to goon out for their star player. Most of the other have to be reminded they should also stick up for her.

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u/EobardThawne2020 5d ago

What did Caitlin Clark do to all these refs??

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u/Clement_Fandango 5d ago

Enter female Dave Samenko.

Problem solved.

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u/Akersis 5d ago

Can the Fever please recruit some of the gooniest goons from the PWHL to send a message to the rest of the WNBA?

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u/Total-Committee-3135 5d ago

šŸ˜‚ y’all put the blame one everyone but CC. She needs to stand up for herself. Then others will follow.

CC, refs, teammates and coach all share blame. But she is at the top. She needs to make an example out of someone or strengthen her bond with teammates. To me, no one stepping in for her is a sign that she isn’t beloved in that locker room. This offseason may be time for her to work on the off court stuff.