OT: WNBA Catches On

Noticed her yesterday with the calls to have her banned,  what a joke of a league though.  Clark gets pummeled nightly with no league action, but when a teammate returns the favor she is villianized.  Looking at the play in question the girl that got rag dolled was actually the instigator as she tried plowing through Cunningham by driving her shoulder into her chest.

And yes...those legs..

JustInTime wrote:
Enforcer Barbie has some chops.

https://x.com/theindianafever/status/1935916053239898378?s=46&t=TjjB9Q4BmOwmN74RrrMjoQ

Yes, I kinda did notice her.

I think this whole Caitlin Clark drama thing is a weird attempt to drive ratings. The vast majority of WNBA content that makes it to me via algorithms is beef related. I think if they didn’t have these ongoing beefs, the WNBA would further wither from our collective attention spans.

That said, I think it’s doing the opposite for me. I’m pretty fatigued in all these identity politics drama storylines, and I just want to back away from the WNBA to avoid that content, even though the Lynx are doing well.

Clark is the most impressive shooter I’ve seen since Bird. The WNBA is going to regret letting thugs batter her on a nightly basis.

The best thing I’ve seen today so far 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/n0Ub7HX7hv

— Coach Mudrikadem (@CoachMudril2z) June 19, 2025

JimmyinSD wrote:
Noticed her yesterday with the calls to have her banned,  what a joke of a league though.  Clark gets pummeled nightly with no league action, but when a teammate returns the favor she is villianized.  Looking at the play in question the girl that got rag dolled was actually the instigator as she tried plowing through Cunningham by driving her shoulder into her chest.

And yes...those legs..

I saw that as well.  The gal driving absolutely initiated contact, launching herself into the chest of this one. I had a rule in pick up bball, if someone cleared space or used their body illegally to move me off, I didn't let them shoot.  There was going to be no "and 1" garbage when they initiated contact.

JustInTime wrote:
Clark is the most impressive shooter I’ve seen since Bird. The WNBA is going to regret letting thugs batter her on a nightly basis.

They don't care.  The battering is like clickbait.  Actually an interesting story line in the wnba.

But yeah, she can shoot.

JimmyinSD wrote:
Noticed her yesterday with the calls to have her banned,  what a joke of a league though.  Clark gets pummeled nightly with no league action, but when a teammate returns the favor she is villianized.  Looking at the play in question the girl that got rag dolled was actually the instigator as she tried plowing through Cunningham by driving her shoulder into her chest.

And yes...those legs..

She's stunning, and will drop another player (firmly but not all that viciously) for hacking her teammate.

Got drawn into the Caitlin Clark stuff last year, following the team...and I'm already a big fan of Cunningham, too (as well as Boston, Hull, etc).

medaille wrote:
I think this whole Caitlin Clark drama thing is a weird attempt to drive ratings.  The vast majority of WNBA content that makes it to me via algorithms is beef related.  I think if they didn’t have these ongoing beefs, the WNBA would further wither from our collective attention spans.

That said, I think it’s doing the opposite for me.  I’m pretty fatigued in all these identity politics drama storylines, and I just want to back away from the WNBA to avoid that content, even though the Lynx are doing well.

Well...if so, it's very convincing. I've been watching since right after she started last year, and I've watched her get knocked around brutally the whole time. In fact, I'd say that her on-court temper with the refs makes it VERY realistic, as she already has 2-3 technical fouls (mostly for growling at refs after getting clobbered) and they give a game suspension at 8. That's not a good strategy for ratings.

#SophieCunningham describes her glorious beat-down of Connecticut Sun’s goon Jacy Sheldon.#WNBA #CaitlynClark #FridayVibes #FridayFeeling #FridayMorning pic.twitter.com/8iXcz0Sfc7

— Dr. Jimmy Yam (@JimmyJoeYam) June 20, 2025

JustInTime wrote:
Enforcer Barbie has some chops.

https://x.com/theindianafever/status/1935916053239898378?s=46&t=TjjB9Q4BmOwmN74RrrMjoQ

Smoke show...

But dayum, that looks like the kinda hotel I look to avoid at all costs...

https://www.si.com/wnba/the-wnba-s-officiating-problem-is-bigger-than-caitlin-clark

I'll say this about the WNBA. I went from hearing nothing about it and not caring to hearing something about it every damn day....and not caring. So I guess whoever this Caitlin Clark is—angel or devil—she's generated a lot of interest in the sport. People are actually talking about women's basketball.

What's wrong with you people? Can't you appreciate Angel Reese's missed layups and all her "ME-bounds"

Vanguard83 wrote:
What's wrong with you people?  Can't you appreciate Angel Reese's missed layups and all her "ME-bounds"

I’ve watched my share of 4th grade basketball.

purplefaithful wrote:

Smoke show...

But dayum, that looks like the kinda hotel I look to avoid at all costs...

She certainly is smoking but wouldn't want to piss her off since she has a black belt in taekwondo.

Zanary wrote:

She's stunning, and will drop another player (firmly but not all that viciously) for hacking her teammate.

Got drawn into the Caitlin Clark stuff last year, following the team...and I'm already a big fan of Cunningham, too (as well as Boston, Hull, etc).

Well...if so, it's very convincing. I've been watching since right after she started last year, and I've watched her get knocked around brutally the whole time. In fact, I'd say that her on-court temper with the refs makes it VERY realistic, as she already has 2-3 technical fouls (mostly for growling at refs after getting clobbered) and they give a game suspension at 8. That's not a good strategy for ratings.

I'm not saying it's fake.  I'm saying it's not hard to reign this in, and they aren't, because the ratings are way better this way.

They say she dishes heavy trash talk and that's the source of the aggression towards her.  They should mic her up and sell the jawboning and the cheap shots like the WWE.  Drive those ratings to where gals hoops will never go otherwise.

comet52 wrote:

They say she dishes heavy trash talk and that's the source of the aggression towards her.  They should mic her up and sell the jawboning and the cheap shots like the WWE.  Drive those ratings to where gals hoops will never go otherwise.

StickierBuns wrote:

Its the only thing that has worked, the contrived feuds, and now the players are sexualizing it off the court which is also helping incrementally. 

But don't tell me its good basketball, because it most certainly is not.

honestly, the contrived feud has seemingly worked magic.  Not to get into the race card (too deep) but allowing the white hope for the WNBA get roughed up has brought out the support from those wanting to see her succeed.  People are such suckers for marketing.  They think they are showing the WNBA they support CC while in reality they are supporting the WNBA in the pocketbook.