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Real talk though i know that the NBA G league and WNBA dont necessarily generate profit. it would not hurt if the NBA took out a small percentage from their earnings to pay these athletes better
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Jw what would be the potential benefits for the nba?
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Don't they already do that?
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LOL at billionaires helping funding the WNBA
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Not sure that they're quite "done." That Core 3 is still in their prime. Bob Myers and Co will be back in the mix quickly imoSan Francisco on the baseline looked weak
Should have read THE BAY
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But they done anyways
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Sweet pic of young Mullin man! He would've thrived with today's Warriors as great as he was on offense.
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Indeed quite a conundrum...Funny how the past years the Warriors roster felt like they had too many centers. Now they are razor thin up front.
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I appreciate what Beal is trying to to, but at the same time there’s only so much the NBA can do to make the WBNA more popular/successful (that makes economic sense). The WNBA has been around for 20 years now and it’s not like it hasn’t been promoted. Ads for the league are featured on NBA broadcasts, they talk about it on NBAtv, prominent WNBA occasionally players get features on NBA studio shows. The NBA can’t force people to be more into women’s hoops who are not.
I personally have tried multiple times to get into the WBNA and can’t. The drop off in athleticism is so significant from the men’s game that I just don’t find the product that entertaining. I respected the WNBA players’ skills and ability, but it’s just not something I feel compelled to watch. No amount or promotion or investment by the NBA is going to change that. And I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels that way.
I personally have tried multiple times to get into the WBNA and can’t. The drop off in athleticism is so significant from the men’s game that I just don’t find the product that entertaining. I respected the WNBA players’ skills and ability, but it’s just not something I feel compelled to watch. No amount or promotion or investment by the NBA is going to change that. And I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels that way.
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Do people not realize that the Warriors played in San Francisco for quite some time? Not sure I get the tone of this message. Yes, they left Oakland, get over it.
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Who would watch the WNBA if the league had multiple women dunking with regularity?
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That's fair. I try and watch as much WNBA as possible and the drop off in athleticism doesn't really brother me that much because I know I'm still getting a high level of skill. Compared to something like men's college basketball where there's a drop off in athleticism, skill level, and something that I refer to as playing with intent. Half of a college basketball possession is spent swinging the ball around the perimeter and it bores me.
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If you don’t understand then don’t waste your time replying
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Beal talking about investing into the WNBA goes past marketing. They still fly commercial with layovers.
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I can’t say I have a huge problem with that since they play far fewer games, in less places with more games in between then the men. NBA players were still flying commercial until the 90s.
If the NBA incurs the extra expense to have the WNBA fly private all the time, how do they get back that return on investment? It’s a business. “Support” is one thing, but throwing extra money at the WNBA just because it exists, when it’s not actually going to ultimately make the league more profitable, is something else.
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most accurate nba meme all summer.
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Think the idea is that if the NBA invest 'more' in the WNBA, they won't see a profit in the immediate future, but 15, 20 years from now how our society digest WNBA basketball could be completely different.
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That makes sense. I personally don’t see anything happening in the next 20 years that hasn’t happened in the last 20 years that’s going to result in the WNBA being dramatically more popular than it is now, but who knows? Things change faster now than they used to.
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MLS is an interesting comparison to the WNBA, both started around the same time and have had completely different trajectories. i think i read MLS franchises are worth over 200 million now.
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Bikini football has some fans
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AD look magnificent. Y'all mfers in trouble.
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