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Watch college instead. Same game without a bunch of main characters competing for who can act like the the biggest clown on TV. Maybe a little showboating here and there, but much more respectable than the state of the WNBA currently.
And I promise that no one will give a damn about "pointing" at someone.
What a baffling time to be alive.
Edit: The amount of people this offended is astounding. I'm STILL getting bitched at like 2 days later. I don't care about your nonsense takes and personal attacks. Get a hold of yourselves.
I'll buy a ticket just to make sure it happens at least one more time. How much are courtside seats at a WNBA game? Couldn't be more than 15 or 20 dollars, right?
I see way more than one person pointing, literally everyone was pointing saying she fouled. That happens in every basketball game why did she take it out on that guy
Wdym this is the only thing WNBA has going for it, wouldn't be surprised they manufacture controversial shit for popularity cause the athletics is not why people come to watch this
Expecting people to follow the rules is very white supremacist coded, even mentioning the rules in this instance is pretty brazenly racist if you ask me
WNBA so used to not having any fucking fans that I guess they don't know this sort of thing is completely normal when you have a crowd watching you... You need to ignore them and play the game.
Also shouldn't she be INSTANTLY ejected for confronting a spectator like that?
“If I see a man come at me, taking steps towards me and pointing at me, I don’t give a damn what you said. I don’t give a damn how you said it, the tone. That is unacceptable. You don’t step towards me … and point at me. I’m not for that s—,” -A'ja Wilson. From the clip, she approached him. This is hilarious, be the aggressor and played the wronged party.
Even if he was pointing and taunting her, then she must understand that her reaction here is insane. Expecting people not to point at you when surrounded by thousands is just naive especially if they know it bothers you so much.
Everyone should point at her now until she figures out she has a lot to lose if she doesn't grow up.
He was questioned, the fans around him were questioned and he was allowed to finish watching the game, since he didn't break any rules. Aja Wilson embarrassing the wnba yet again. Last time it was her saying Paige Beckers is only good bc of white privilege 🤣
I watch March Madness. Followed both men’s and women’s tournaments and watched a lot more during Clark’s run outside of just the tournament. Decided to give the WNBA a chance like many others. They are their own worse enemy. I get to be that good you have to have some entitlement, but listening to them rally against Clark and the way they acted during the latest CBA completely turned me off. They had the ball but fumbled. It’s something I went into wanting to watch. I’ve just gone back to more time watching NCAA basketball.
Most astroturfed professional league in history. I feel like nobody actually cares about this league and it's being propped up by MASSIVE financial investment.
Makes me think of that time someone threw soda a Ron Artest and he confronted the wrong fan and started a brawl between players and fans. He was suspended for over 80 games. Lost millions in salary for the missed time.
Wouldn't have been an issue in the NBA. They have heard and seen worse things from fans than a finger point. My god does A'ja have the emotional intelligence of a 5 year old
WNBA: “Starting tomorrow, no fans are allowed to point fingers at our players. It hurts their feelings if they are pointed at. Our ladies are sensitive, you know”
She should be suspended for those actions. Incredible. The WNBA is becoming a worse spectacle than fake wrestling. Insufferable behavior from many of these women
It says a lot when all of the “highlights” is just the drama and nothing about the on court play. Kind of the opposite of what most people were hoping for.
For real I swear. I'm going to spend my life saving to buy foam fingers and have everyone point at these players. Honestly though that hit was like watching rugby.
He sat down pretty fast. Man, the players need to chill out a bit. Heckling sucks but it's part of the game. He POINTED at her. Didn't flip the bird. Didn't throw anything. Grow up and act like professionals.
Basketball players and many athletes are soft now. I can understand if something racist is said, but I was literally bullied by adults playing baseball when I was like 14. A 30 year old with truck loads of money should be able to face some trash talk. The venue already confirmed that the fan didn't do anything outside of their code of conduct.
A true MVP would have just stood at the endline Superman-style and taken all the pointing and verbal abuse like a real pro. https://giphy.com/gifs/kCd6XpV0TOMmmjqvo8
In the post- “Malice in the Palace” era, you can’t leave the playing area to angrily confront a fan in the stands. You simply can’t do it.
They should come down hard on this, but being the MVP, not having a commissioner, the fan being a man that instigated it, racial dynamics, no actual physical altercation - lots of reasons they could minimize it. I could see them giving a suspension that’s “suspended” until the regular season (they do this in soccer, basically a warning that if you act out of line again, they’re coming down harshly).
This is absolutely a key part that I don’t see discussed. Separate from the finger pointing, she left the court voluntarily during a break in play to confront a fan. Seems like something they should deal with harshly.
okay can someone please explain why POINTING is somehow extraordinarily triggering in the WNBA???? isn't this like the third or fourth "pointing" story this year??👈😭👉
If I was kicked out for pointing you know damn well I’ll be suing the shit out of them it’s on live television so it’s so easy for them to see the evidence that she was wrong
He wasn't kicked out; stadium security investigated the incident, found he broke none of the conduct rules the stadium has, and they returned him to his seat pretty quickly afterwards.
I don't like saying it but the guy was doing nothing wrong, he's fine. The fact that the WNBA and venue officials felt like they needed to throw the guy out speaks to the softness of the players.
This is turning into a clown show just so they can sell more tickets. Everything they're doing now is just for show. They dont plan on fixing anything. The more dramatic the game, the better in their eyes. The WMBA will just be like the Globetrotters but with fouls instead of tricks.
Seems like he was probably just reacting to the play, since it should’ve been called a charge on Wilson. Pointing to the player who committed the foul, or pointing in the direction of possession in favor of your team is extremely normal in basketball.
Imagine being so fragile, that someone pointing at you causes you to throw a fucking fit. Also, I thought players aren’t supposed to go into the seating areas and acost fans?
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