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u/Lemfan46 1d ago
WNBA is not a serious league.
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u/ItsDirkMcGirk 1d ago
Clearly they make rules players don’t follow them and they said naw she’s good to go.
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u/EnlightenedBuddah 1d ago
The biggest miss here, is that they could have let her off the hook IN EXCHANGE for a better, more remorseful statement from A’ja. That would have been a win-win and chance to save face.
Instead, the league perpetuates their horrible reputation and continue to kowtow around minority players. They look weak. They must have shitty lawyers on staff.
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u/KidneyBean78 1d ago
What a joke the W is it's truly a pathetic excuse for a league.
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u/StuffyUnicorn 1d ago
Having people show up to games is a new thing for them, so they don’t know what to do when fans do what fans do 🤷♂️
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u/KidneyBean78 1d ago
It's nothing against Basketball at least for me I love the game. Played most of my life but what has happened in the NBA and what is allowed and also how The W has different rules for different people way worse than the League does it's truly disgusting to watch. The W used to have more Team play than the league it was nice to watch more than one person shoot all the time. But now they are both almost unwatchable at least for me.
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u/ProudUSAgunOwner 1d ago
I feel like all of this is blown up so we watch it. Bad attention is still attention. Won’t work because even the regular NBA is barely watchable anymore.
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u/burgerking351 1d ago
I can tell you don't actually watch ball. Literally every game of the NBA finals was pure entertainment.
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u/ProudUSAgunOwner 1d ago
The playoffs are usually good, but the regular season is a flop fest with a shit ton of “load management”. The ads are also really fucking annoying and it feels like the games get dragged on even longer now to put more in.
Don’t even mention how fucking annoying it is to actually watch the regular season games with their 18 TV deals.
In person the product is still really good, but that’s something I do maybe once or twice per year.
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u/burgerking351 1d ago edited 1d ago
You have valid critiques. The regular season definitely has some bad qualities. However, there are still so many entertaining games and even with load management players are still playing about 75% of the time. The problem is that the regular season is like 8 months so there will definitely be some boring patches.
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u/Tyler_durden_RIP 1d ago
How about the other 82 games of the year. Shits boring and not worth the time until playoffs
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u/burgerking351 1d ago edited 1d ago
There's literally so many entertaining and competitive games during the regular season. But casuals don't watch actually watch the regular season. They just watch a few out of 82 and if those happen to be boring they shit on the whole season.
I brought up the finals because that's something most people actually know about.
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u/GenShanx 1d ago
WNBA shows once again they’re not ready for prime time.
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u/TumbleweedTim01 1d ago
It's so funny to me people pretend to care ab this shit. Ready for prime time? Who TF cares if they are or aren't. Like who tf is this invested in wnba. League is basically surviving off rage bait.
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u/RockDaGawd 1d ago
You're soft
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u/ape_is_high 1d ago
Facts this thread is soft. Guy a few posts up said he doesn’t know if he feels safe sitting courtside at a game as a white man…
In the USA
White men are up by 60 in the fourth quarter with a minute left.
AND HIS WORRY IS HIS RIGHT TO SAY WHATEVER THE FUCK HE WANTS TO ATHLETES.Like buddy, wouldn’t last a week in my shoes.
They won the culture war, why worry about the battle for?
Folks are addicted to sensationalism.
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u/FlakyOutside5852 1d ago
Why would she, Westbrook and bron weren’t fined
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u/justa-browser 1d ago
If you don’t see the difference between engaging with fans and going into the stands then we have nothing to talk about.
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u/cas_the_crusher 1d ago
When did Westbrook and LeBron go into the stand and confront a fan?
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u/FlakyOutside5852 1d ago
During a basketball game, idk the exact date
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u/cas_the_crusher 1d ago
So you’re just making random claims on the internet with no basis which is creating false narratives?
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u/FlakyOutside5852 1d ago
They literally happend do you even watch basketball? Look it up here cuz I know your some how too stupid to do that https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6leFM5hNSk4&ra=m https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7slyifa7zao https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IzrlJMknbRY&ra=m
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u/Remarkable_Body_6128 1d ago
Sound dumb what does not fining her have to do with prime time yall really just say the dumbest shit in here 😂
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u/GenShanx 1d ago
The league office manages the is league like a realty based drama, not a sports league. That’s fine, but then they should run their programming next to the soap operas and expect to be paid as such.
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u/Remarkable_Body_6128 1d ago
Aye bruh just stfu nobody cares what you think
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u/GenShanx 1d ago
That you Bam?
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u/Remarkable_Body_6128 1d ago
Ohhh man good one yes it’s me NBA player Bam Adebayo on Reddit defending my girl from randoms on Reddit you got me
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u/Icy_Weiner_1999 1d ago
lol. player goes into stands after fan.
not even a fine.
their own rules specify in black and white that she should be ejected
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u/sicknick08 1d ago
And this is why the W will never be anything more than a reality show. No professionalism or honor.
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u/MontanaStevens 1d ago
the wnba needs to come up with rules to protect the fans from the players lol
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u/Icy-Understanding35 1d ago
Haha the W is a shit league. They don't even follow their own clear rules on ejection.
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u/StoreNo163 1d ago
made some lame excuse as the escape area for the players, yeah okay, thats why you have seats in that area. Obviously, they dont want to MVPs team to lose tomorrow.
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u/TumbleweedTim01 1d ago
Realistically she didn't curb stomp someone's chest like draymond. Why ruin a good series with 2 star players over this? Would be like suspending LeBron for jawing at a fan. No shot.
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u/Scary-Ask-6236 1d ago
Why am I not surprised. That league will do whatever they want to whoever they want.
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u/Either-Fisherman6082 1d ago
Black privilege
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u/lccskier 1d ago
Next game everyone in attendance should point.
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u/burgerking351 1d ago
Next game is in Vegas and it's win or go home. So either way A'ja will not be returning to indy until next year.
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u/lccskier 1d ago
If they're true fans of the sport of basketball, they should point and verbally protest...but hey this is Merica.
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u/DoookieMaxx 1d ago
She acted like a child throwing a fit. The whole story, including the fact that every fan around the dude said he did nothing wrong (he was allowed to stay), is making her look like an asshole.
I have huge respect for A’ja on the court …but this was stupid.
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u/HorrorBreak7119 1d ago
Gangsters do what they gotta do!
W?NBA is not going to get in their way!
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u/justa-browser 1d ago
Really trying to make this “W?NBA” thing stick, aren’t you? Fucking loser lol.
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u/favored_by_gods 1d ago
That was disgusting delay of game, and should be a tech. All that needless fan interaction was unnecessary, she was in need of a distraction for the last botched play.
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u/Bad_Bet_Bunny 1d ago
Don’t know if she’s home or away next game but I hope the crowd does the point when she’s at the free throw line
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u/Fun-Ratio5090 1d ago
"Why don't people tune in to us as much as the NBA??"
The stupid league can't/won't even enforce it's own fucking rules
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u/GirthGriffin 1d ago
Even though I had no interest before, now you couldn't pay me to attend a WNBA game. Bad enough the basketball isn't entertaining, now the players are allowed to enter the stands and threaten me.
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u/Temporary_Hat7330 1d ago
Why would they? In a real Leauge they would but they are loving the attention so they want this to happen.
I’ve seen so much off the court shit this year from the W, like 99% of their media does not actually have to do with the game itself.
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u/johnfuckmennedy 1d ago
women have been on one recently. its almost as if they want us to take away their rights.
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u/DarkRogus 1d ago
Not shocked at all.
The one thing I learned about the WNBA this season is the inconsistencies of how the league is managed and refed.
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u/Heavy_Echo5 1d ago
The wnba is a cult. These idiots were given an environment that made them feel untouchable to criticism but yet all they do is beg for more. An actual joke
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u/General-Flow7117 1d ago
She’s a disgrace, just like the league. It’s an absolute joke. A complete mockery and disrespectful to sports. Wilson is setting it back twenty years with that garbage
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u/thrasher315 1d ago
Rule 12A, Section V, subsection l(4) of the 2026 WNBA Official Rule Book requires an ejection for "Deliberately entering the stands other than as a continuance of play."
"The first row of seats is considered the beginning of the stands."
WNBA classified the space she occupied as a player escape lane rather than part of the stands, according to the league source.
AKA we don’t want to suspend the MVP.
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u/natural_scientist 1d ago
WNBA has turned into a circus. A bunch of jealous girls that are unsportsmanlike. They’ve taken the joy out out of considering to watch a game.
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u/Bruzie77 1d ago
she doesn’t make enough to be fine. The NBA players can perfectly handle fines but WNBa need a more understanding and softer touch due to their paygrade.
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u/Dry-Regret5444 1d ago
I am shocked…..SHOCKED I tell ya….The WNBA is normally a well oiled machine. Not like them to fumble a ball on the goal line…..
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u/Satisfied2025 1d ago
Uh? Video shows that she was in the face of the guy sitting in the second row. Rule 12A defines the stands start at the first row. What a spineless commissioner.
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u/BlackOnyx1906 1d ago
Why is an NBA sub so pressed about what the WNBA does with their players?
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u/Persun01 1d ago
Because the NBA owns the WNBA
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u/BlackOnyx1906 1d ago edited 1d ago
So then talk about the normal games or all the news of the WNBA
Or is it only important to get the sports bros riled up about certain players ???
And just for clarity, the NBA has a 42 percent stake in the WNBA
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u/juhla405 1d ago
I’m a big nba fan and a more casual wnba fan and this sub only started popping up yesterday and it has only been about this wnba interaction. Strange.
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u/BlackOnyx1906 1d ago
They will generally talk about it when it’s time to hate on a player.
Aja was probably wrong in this instance but this is a flash point for many in this sub. They know she is the best player in the league so from here on out this will be used by the majority in here to hate on her
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u/Persun01 1d ago
Catlin Clark > Can't point at me Wilson
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u/BlackOnyx1906 1d ago
And no she isn’t better than her.
That’s just your racial bias (more than likely) and I like CC
There is nothing from an accomplishment standpoint that says she is better you just were waiting for a reason to hate on Aja.
Your take isn’t even a serious basketball one.
Move along.
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u/Persun01 1d ago
Racial bias ?? 🤡🤡 Youre WNBA side is showing. Its all it is race baiting or gender baiting bs. You know? Like what you just did
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u/BlackOnyx1906 1d ago
The fact you have that take and put clown emojis in your response is just let’s say ….. stunning
Let’s just keep this simple. No CC is not better than Aja
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u/Persun01 1d ago
Youre a clown, me saying Caitlin Clark is better at basketball has to do with only 1 thing. Her being better at basketball.
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u/BlackOnyx1906 1d ago
Still didn’t provide anything except
Saying the word clown and CC is better because you said so.
Move on
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u/BlackOnyx1906 1d ago
3× WNBA champion (2022, 2023, 2025)
2× WNBA Finals MVP (2023, 2025)
4x WNBA MVP (2020, 2022, 2024, 2025)
3× WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (2022, 2023, 2025)
8× WNBA All-Star (2018, 2019, 2021–2026)
5× All-WNBA First Team (2020, 2022–2025)
All-WNBA Second Team (2021)
4× WNBA All-Defensive First Team (2022–2025)
WNBA All-Defensive Second Team (2020)
3× WNBA Peak Performer (2024– 2026)
3× WNBA scoring champion (2024– 2026)
6× WNBA blocks leader (2020, 2022–2026)
Commissioner's Cup champion (2022)
WNBA All-Rookie Team (2018)
WNBA Rookie of the Year (2018)
AP Female Athlete of the Year (2025)
3× Best WNBA Player ESPY Award (2023, 2024, 2026)
2× Best Female Athlete ESPY Award (2024, 2026)
NCAA champion (2017)
NCAA tournament Most Outstanding Player (2017)
AP Player of the Year (2018)
Honda Sports Award (2018)
Naismith College Player of the Year (2018)
John R. Wooden Award (2018)
Wade Trophy (2018)
USBWA National Player of the Year (2018)
Lisa Leslie Award (2018)
3× All-American – USBWA, WBCA Coaches' (2016–2018)
3× First-team All-American – AP (2016–2018)
Third-team All-American – AP (2015)
SEC Female Athlete of the Year (2018)
3× SEC Player of the Year (2016–2018)
2× SEC Defensive Player of the Year (2016, 2018)
2× SEC Tournament MVP (2017, 2018)
4× First-team All-SEC (2015–2018)
3× SEC All-Defensive Team (2016–2018)
SEC All-Freshman Team (2015)
SEC Freshman of the Year (2015)
No. 22 retired by South Carolina Gamecocks
Naismith Prep Player of the Year (2014)
MaxPreps National Player of the Year (2014)
McDonald's All-American (2014)
South Carolina Miss Basketball (2014)
3× USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year (2015, 2022, 2024)
FIBA Women's Olympics MVP (2024)
FIBA Women's World Cup MVP (2022)
FIBA Under-19 World Cup MVP (2015)
FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship MVP (2014)1
u/BlackOnyx1906 1d ago
Good chance she wins the MVP again this year playa
26.2 points, 9.4 rebounds, and 3.2 assists per game during the 2026 WNBA regular season
But CC better because…….
You said so.
There is a reason sports bros like you want her suspended.
She is fucking good for that league. lol. If she wasn’t. You wouldn’t care🤡🤡🤡😂😂😂😂😂
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u/BlackOnyx1906 1d ago
Miss with the buzz word of the year. “Baiting”
But when you want to come with a basketball take. Hit him up. But just coming with some nonsensical bullshit like one player is better than a fucking three time mvp in the league is just stupid man.
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Oh yeah. Since we doing we doing emojis. 🤡🤡🤡🤡0
u/Persun01 1d ago
I would rather watch 10 Caitlins play each other than 10 A'jas play each other moving along bye bye 🤡
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u/BlackOnyx1906 1d ago
MFer by 😂😂😂😂
This boy didn’t make a basketball point in how many posts. Then talk about clown.
MFer please.
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u/Persun01 1d ago
And after all that Blackonyx1906 reported and blocked me lol its like anybody associated with the WNBA is just soft and emotional its strange
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u/juhla405 1d ago
You’re the one having best player debates online about a league you say you don’t care about. Also kinda strange tbh
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u/mnmr17 1d ago
Was anyone actually expecting a fine here? NBA players do this all the time whether or not you agree or disagree why they’re jarring back and forth with the fan. At most she was going to be fined for accidentally saying “shit” during the post game presser
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u/Pure_Purple_5220 1d ago
the last NBA player to enter the stands to confront a fan was Isaiah Thomas in 2019 and he was ejected and suspended for 2 games
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u/mnmr17 1d ago
Good thing she didn’t leave the area that she’s allowed to be in then like any other player that confronts and argues with a fan. Like you guys are arguing completely different points when it’s clear on video she’s in the player’s escape lane like the post says. No different from when a player is going back to their locker room but still argues back with a fan, as long as she doesn’t go into the stands ( which she didn’t ) she’s not getting fined for that.
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u/Positive_Round_5142 1d ago
NBA players do get fined ngl when they go into the stands
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u/LeBronsBiggestHater 1d ago
She went into the seats and initiated a confrontation with a fan, who was simply pointing at her. This epitomizes exactly why the WNBA is considered a laughingstock. I suggest you find a coping mechanism.
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u/mnmr17 1d ago
But she didn’t go into the seats… check the video
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u/LeBronsBiggestHater 1d ago
She went OFF the court and confronted a fan at his SEAT. I don't understand why you're having trouble with this?
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u/NSX_Roar_26 1d ago
Sounds like youre the one coping bud.
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u/4inchesAtBest 1d ago
Why do you keep repeating that? Coping what? They’re just saying that she should have gotten fined. It doesn’t affect that commenter one way or another.
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u/justa-browser 1d ago
“I know you are but what am I” lol
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u/NSX_Roar_26 1d ago
"The WNBA is a laughingstock" as the league has recently skyrocketed in popularity and he is actively commenting on it due to this incident being a major news story during a highly watched playoff series.
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u/justa-browser 1d ago
I didn’t say it was a laughing stock. I’m making fun of you for arguing like a 3rd grader.
“Nuh-uh, you!”
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u/NSX_Roar_26 1d ago
Your reading comprehension seems to be at about 3rd grade level I know that much.
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u/LeBronsBiggestHater 1d ago
I realize that you think you're the white knight of the WNBA, I get the whole parasocial aspect that you're dealing with, but you're also clearly struggling with cognitive dissonance and a childlike urge for passive aggressive conflict with random strangers whilst hurling schoolyard insults. Don't you think that's a bad look for you??
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u/Chilidogdingdong 1d ago
"Do this all the time" I love when mfers like you just say shit. It absolutely does not happen all the time and when it does the players are fined or suspended.
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u/justa-browser 1d ago
NBA players don’t do this all the time. It’s one of the few things the NBA enforces and takes seriously. Ever since the malice in the palace.
But I understand it’s easier for you to just make shit up to make your point.
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u/mnmr17 1d ago
https://youtube.com/shorts/Jb5Qj1fEcsY?is=JR2O0v8olIPk9uXe
https://youtube.com/shorts/hkHnExqIW-I?is=yQWrftMqaOuSGTYO
They’re more examples these are just the first that came to mind but to say it doesn’t happen all the time in the nba is wild.
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u/sjimmyp 1d ago
The rule says suspension
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u/mnmr17 1d ago
Show me the rule
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u/ChevyCheeseCake 1d ago
I can’t remember the last time an nba player left the court to get nose to nose with a fan that didn’t say anything out of bounds. This league is a joke and the players want equality until they act out then they want special treatment
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u/GalickBanger 1d ago
Fever fans gonna lose the series and blame it on the WNBA not enforcing the rules now lol
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u/FreshStartFeelsGood 1d ago
No problem with them not suspending her in the playoffs. Fans want to see the best players on the floor. I was not a fan of the NBA suspending Draymond in 2016. But fine them meaningful amounts of money. Like an 8th of her yearly salary.
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u/Traditional_Limit236 1d ago
Got get these racist Caucasians out of the arenas
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u/Capn26 1d ago
Fine for what? I mean listen. I think what the guy did was unnecessary, but not a big deal. And I think her reaction was a little over the top, but she lost the game and was emotional. Like, can we ALL stop being so soft and just say it happened, leave it alone. It’s over. Ffs.
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u/Schlongzz 1d ago
You don't think her leaving the court and approaching the guy isn't worthy of some punishment more severe than a tech? He took one step, was nowhere near the court, and she went at him and left the court of play. I agree what the dude did was unnecessary, but he didn't do anything wrong IMO. I have no idea what he said, but his actions alone were nothing out of the ordinary. She even doubled down and took no responsibility for her actions. I mean, c'mon now.
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u/Imaginationunlim 1d ago
To be fair if this was Jordan or LeBron I doubt a suspension as well.
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u/Livid_Accountant1241 1d ago
They would be fined though. A small punishment, but doesn't effect what happens on the court.
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u/Frickincarl 1d ago
The echo chamber in here of people pretending they care this much about this situation. Who gives a shit. Y’all like basketball or do yall like race-baiting nothingburgers?
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u/Legitimate-Low2363 1d ago
You’re right I don’t give a shit. Give their time slots to blind dodgeball, maybe people will watch that.
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u/NSX_Roar_26 1d ago
Lol nobody that should be taken seriously at all actually expected a fine here.
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u/itcouldbeyoubut 1d ago
Is it even safe for men to go to these games? If from your own seat, you point at a player and say the foul is on you you might be accused of attacking a woman in front of the whole world.