2024 WNBA Season Discussion Thread

[MrDollarBills]

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/wnba/news/angel-reese-rebounding-controversy-stat-padding-wnba/bf63933055d5f3861e874a46

This article does a great job of putting down the nonsense about Angel rebounding her own misses, her FG% has ticked upward each month of the season so far. She's getting better at finishing through contact.

Rebounding, at the end of the day, is an effort stat. There are players bigger and stronger than Angel that aren't corraling in boards like she does.

She just works a lot harder and actually seals people off. There's a reason why the name Rodman keeps coming up when she gets talked about, she has that same relentlessness and never takes possessions off.

[MrDollarBills]

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Most entertaining player in the sport right now.

Her hitting jumpers is one thing but man those drop step moves are crazy good. And she is overwhelming defenders on her way to the rim.

She is a flat out beast.

[ellobo]

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/wnba/news/angel-reese-rebounding-controversy-stat-padding-wnba/bf63933055d5f3861e874a46

To me, it's not stat padding, and it's not an "accusation" that needs a defense because it's irrelevant. It doesn't matter whose miss you rebound. A missed shot is a missed shot regardless of who misses it, and an offensive rebound is an extra possession regardless of who missed the shot.

I mean, Angel's field goal percentage is bad, especially with her shot profile (.418 FG%/.422 eFG%/.495 TS%). That just a fact. But it doesn't diminish her rebounding ability.

Moses Malone was celebrated in his time for grabbing his own misses. Supposedly he improvised the voiceover monologue for one of my favorite commercials:

"At the age of fourteen I discovered the secret: Pick the one thing you do best and work at it.
So while every other kid were trying to be the next Iceman, I were hittin' the boards.
Because I figure: If you ain't got the ball, you can't shoot the ball."

Watch on YouTube

[Ghetto Gospel]

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/wnba/news/angel-reese-rebounding-controversy-stat-padding-wnba/bf63933055d5f3861e874a46

To me, it's not stat padding, and it's not an "accusation" that needs a defense because it's irrelevant. It doesn't matter whose miss you rebound. A missed shot is a missed shot regardless of who misses it, and an offensive rebound is an extra possession regardless of who missed the shot.

I mean, Angel's field goal percentage is bad, especially with her shot profile (.418 FG%/.422 eFG%/.495 TS%). That just a fact. But it doesn't diminish her rebounding ability.

Moses Malone was celebrated in his time for grabbing his own misses. Supposedly he improvised the voiceover monologue for one of my favorite commercials:

"At the age of fourteen I discovered the secret: Pick the one thing you do best and work at it.
So while every other kid were trying to be the next Iceman, I were hittin' the boards.
Because I figure: If you ain't got the ball, you can't shoot the ball."

Watch on YouTube

her fg% is bad, but if you factor in the fact that she cleans up a lot of her misses, her "true" fg% really isn't that bad.

i think it's a little disingenuous though for the author to suggest that NBA players don't get clowned for rebounding their own misses because though i haven't seen jokic get much for it, i've definitely seen the drummond slander. she's a rookie though and people should let her breathe a little and she's already gotten better in the paint as the season has went on.

though, if she was doing this in like year 6 or 7 then yeah, but she's a rookie and she's contributing in a big way to the success of her team. she's doing great

[TerrenceClarke]

Watch the majority of Reese rebounds. They in traffic. She is usually surround by 2-3 players on a lot of them. She simply out hustles players to get them. She can easily not get her misses. How many basketball players in general rebound their own misses at Angels rate.

Her hustle game is elite. Angel has one of the strongest wills to achieve I seen in recent sport memory.

She is the definition of dog.

I won’t even read an article saying she stat padding.


I already know it’s a BS take from the rip if you saying that.

[wojoaderge]

I won’t even read an article saying she stat padding.

The article is against the notion of her stat-padding my friend

[Wingy]

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/wnba/news/angel-reese-rebounding-controversy-stat-padding-wnba/bf63933055d5f3861e874a46

Noh is great. This link will surely be used plenty to shut idiots up.

[TerrenceClarke]

I won’t even read an article saying she stat padding.

The article is against the notion of her stat-padding my friend

Well I stand corrected on the article. it’s against people trying to imply that. I misread the comments in response to it.Well my point still stand for anyone saying that in general.

[hermes]

good start for the lynx

[hermes]

pili!

getting some early minutes

[hermes]

nine lynx have scored already after one quarter

[hermes]

diamond miller is going downhill tonight. getting to the rim every time she touches the ball it seems

[hermes]

sparks getting back into it

[hermes]

bridget carleton always looks happy

[Clocian]

I love how Hamby plays.

[hermes]

burning up the nets

[hermes]

bridget is white hot

[hermes]

minnesota native lindsey vonn saying 'go sparks'????

say it ain't so

[hermes]

yay lynx win!

[DOT]

Good game between the Sun and Liberty at the half

It's every time though, they get close but then can't seal the deal.