***WOMEN'S HOOPS THREAD*** Gold medal game: SUN, 08/11 @ 9:30am EST. Going for 8TH STRAIGHT GOLD!

[HIM]

DT going for 30+. Hope SDS got some good rest

 

[Public Enemy]

Hope my Mystics pull off the unthinkable and take out the Sun

 

[T0INE]

My GOAT blackity black ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

My GOAT legit gave up her career for justice

My GOAT is nastee.

 

[aepps20]

MY GOAT IS WHITE AND A WOMAN

 

[rolaholic]

 

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[DCAllAfrican]

That play did make the rounds, but not to the same degree as Carter's foul on Clark. It's not fair, but not much has been for Reese. She takes the criticism on the chin better than most would. Jones' hip-check on Reese did look similar to Carter's on Clark. Jones received no backlash because those types of incidents are not all that uncommon in the WNBA.

Reese's plea to look at the tape and get the facts straight fell on mostly deaf ears. Instead, one 37-second sound bite made the rounds from the generous 13-plus minutes that she provided in answering all of the assembled media's questions.

Huh man......

Agree with everything stated here. But Reese understands she just has to deal with it. It's expected. Keep fighting.

 

[dacomeup]

Do we really have to die on the hill that the Jonquel play was the same as the Chennedy play? Because they weren’t.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Hope my Mystics pull off the unthinkable and take out the Sun

Congress Heights about to go back to looking "normal" if they keep this up.

 

[rolaholic]

 

[sneaksoy]

The amount of think pieces on Carter’s cheap shot and the ensuing comments by Clark, Carter, TSpoon, Angel, etc are getting out of hand. The W has to be salivating at all of this attention.


Regarding the double standard between fouls Angel has received and the foul by Carter on Clark, the situations and calls on the court were completely different. When AT choke slammed Angel, she was immediately ejected and people (rightly) publicized/shared/wrote about the incident as a non-basketball, dirty play. It took a replay, too, to see how it was dirty. When Jonquel shoved Angel, she was immediately called for a foul but Angel was also facing her and it was part of a pair of consecutive bumps.

Carter’s foul was a completely non-basketball play into CC’s back, making her defenseless at the time. That’s why you see commentary saying “oh CC is flopping, it wasn’t that bad.” And on the court, it was only called as a normal foul - which makes no sense given it was a non-basketball play, just like AT‘s slam on Angel. Everything has really popped off after Carter refused to acknowledge it and then went on to criticize CC on social media.

The situations were different, the players’ reactions were different (AT didn’t run to social to bash Angel after the game), and almost every commentary and comparison refuses to incorporate that nuance.


But again, the league has to be loving becoming such a focal point, even if the heat on many of its players is being taken to new (and frankly, unacceptable in some cases) levels.

 

[sneaksoy]

Honestly we need more Aces games and less Fever games. Can’t wait for this schedule to balance out, I’m trying to watch A’ja and co every other day.

 

[dacomeup]

Honestly we need more Aces games and less Fever games. Can’t wait for this schedule to balance out, I’m trying to watch A’ja and co every other day.

Yep, more Aces games for sure. A’ja is having a legendary season.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[addict4sneakers]

 

[Arthur Shelby]

 

[rolaholic]

They really do all love their coach man

 

[Public Enemy]

Mystics (0- up by 1 vs the Sun (8-0) at the half after Dolson gets a corner 3

 

[mjt26]

 

[rolaholic]

 

[amitt5504]

Stewie on pace for 60

 

[rolaholic]

Windy City riding for theirs

 

[Manny Fernandez718]

Aja's hairline looks much better than before

 

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