Saturday, June 30, 2012
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
I have been fade material lately, with the WNBA being so weird and quirky this olympic year. Inconsistent Injury reports, I saw one source saying McCoughtry would be out for a while and play sporadically until the Olympics. Candace Parker was a healthy scratch getting rest before the Olympics, but the sparks played 14 games in 5 weeks.
Mystics +3
ths storm have won 4 in a row and all at home, even beating the Lynx. The Storm and mystics flew out on the same flight to DC. the Storm are 1-6 on the road, while the Mystics are 2-3@home. I think the mystics have a good chance to surprise the Storm.
Fever +2.5
The sky are missing 22ppg with Prince's injury and always struggle against the Fever. The fever after jshooting 29% and getting blown out in Atlanta. I think will be focused and ready to play tomorrow. These teams play grind it out type games and Prince was the perimeter option for the sky.
Mystics +3
ths storm have won 4 in a row and all at home, even beating the Lynx. The Storm and mystics flew out on the same flight to DC. the Storm are 1-6 on the road, while the Mystics are 2-3@home. I think the mystics have a good chance to surprise the Storm.
Fever +2.5
The sky are missing 22ppg with Prince's injury and always struggle against the Fever. The fever after jshooting 29% and getting blown out in Atlanta. I think will be focused and ready to play tomorrow. These teams play grind it out type games and Prince was the perimeter option for the sky.
Monday, June 25, 2012
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Saturday, June 23, 2012
This blog
was intended to make people more informed betttors. The WNBA is bad at times about releasing injury information and even the league website is slow to update. You have to seek out links and reviews from the local writers that follow the teams. I try to post articles and even some highlight clips from youtube. That was the purpose of this blog and yes I do post picks. I am also a bettor.
Friday, June 22, 2012
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Friday, June 15, 2012
Tulsa -1.5
Despite being winless tulsa has lost three games by 3 points or less and one in OT. The shock does one thing very well force turnovers, in a 76-75 loss to the sparks, they force 24, 14 committed by Tolliver who hit a late 3 to beat them. Seattle has struggled mightily offensively, with Swin Cash being traded to Chicago and Lauren Jackson with the Australian Olympic Team. they are averaging 61 ppg. Seattle has been the top under team the last three years in the WNBA. but the offense has been dreadful on the road.
Sparks +3 and ML +130
a healthy Candace Parker and a revamped team and sold 15 ppg and 6 rpg from the #1 pick in the WNBA draft. One , the sparks have a clear advantage in the post against the dream with Desouza out with the Brazilian Olympic team. One overlooked thing , Carol Ross first year sparks coach was an assistant for the Dream, last season. The Dream have won the last 4 meetings but parker has missed 3 of them.
15-11 ytd on pregame.com
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Niesen: There's an unfair bias against WNBA
Niesen: There's an unfair bias against WNBA
MINNEAPOLIS – Maya Moore is not Michael Jordan. She never will be.
Moore could average 30 points for her career. She could lead her team to the WNBA Finals year after year. She could flash championship rings, pro titles after college ones. Jordan did all that, but she will never be Jordan.
Maya Moore is a woman. Maya Moore is, due to biology and genetics, a different type of player. Maya Moore will never dunk frequently in games. Her muscles will never bulge like Jordan's, and her jump will never explode so high.
And all of that is okay. No one should watch Moore expecting to see Michael Jordan. She's still one of the best players in the history of women's basketball. She's still talented beyond measure. If people could just accept Moore and the WNBA for what they are, something separate and different, even something enjoyable, this could all be a little less mean, devoid of condescension and sexism. There'd certainly be a lot less unwarranted Internet vitriol.
This is not about female equality. This is not about Title IX. This is not about forcing people to care. This is not about sexuality or politics or feminism.
It's about unfair comparisons and biases. It's about giving women opportunities and subsequently demanding that they use those opportunities to do impossible things. The WNBA is not the NBA. It never will be. But these women are still talented athletes, in better shape than 99 percent of the people who cheer for and against them. Their successes and accomplishments mean no less than those of their male counterparts.
There's a two-pronged problem with the way society can at times view the WNBA. The first is a broad generalization about athletes' sexuality, the sweeping statement that it's a league for homosexual women and that therefore something is wrong with it. That's antiquated and crude and so far from the truth. It's so easily refutable upon meeting a team of these women and learning their stories that it deserves no more mention than this.
The bigger problem with society's perception of the league is more complicated. With Saturday's game between the Heat and Celtics drawing the highest ratings of an NBA playoff game since cable ratings began being recorded, society has made its statement. It loves basketball, loves watching it, talking about it, breaking it down. But then it turns to the women and their version of the sport and chastises them because they're not the men.
It's bad basketball. No one dunks. They're not very strong. The nonsense accusations go on and on.
Watching the Lynx, the WNBA's hottest and best team, it's possible to see the genesis of this ridiculousness. These women are good at basketball. Really good. They make great shots. Their passes are crisp, on point. They're the best the league has to offer, and their game isn't that different from the men's. They come so close to transcending gender, but they fall short, and because of their dominance and talent we criticize them for not playing like something they're not.
There are less talented teams in the WNBA, of course, whose play is messier. Maybe they aren't as fun to watch as the Lynx, but really, were the Bobcats not painful to view as well this season? No one looked at them and used their failures to insult a sport.
The WNBA isn't perfect. It's hardly a bastion for female equality in sports – just look at its television exposure. Look at how much these women are making and how hard they work. The circumstances are as different as the biology, so why must we impose this universality to the game?
Seimone Augustus' arms have averaged 18.1 points and 3.9 rebounds this season. They're among the most accurate and feared in the league. They're covered in tattoos, which impose a gruff strength, but if you look past the body art, they're movie star arms. They're the kind of arms most women would kill for. These are not he-women, not even close, not with their creative hairstyles and painted nails. These are strong, talented, athletic women. Why do we have to see them as anything else?
MINNEAPOLIS – Maya Moore is not Michael Jordan. She never will be.
Moore could average 30 points for her career. She could lead her team to the WNBA Finals year after year. She could flash championship rings, pro titles after college ones. Jordan did all that, but she will never be Jordan.
Maya Moore is a woman. Maya Moore is, due to biology and genetics, a different type of player. Maya Moore will never dunk frequently in games. Her muscles will never bulge like Jordan's, and her jump will never explode so high.
And all of that is okay. No one should watch Moore expecting to see Michael Jordan. She's still one of the best players in the history of women's basketball. She's still talented beyond measure. If people could just accept Moore and the WNBA for what they are, something separate and different, even something enjoyable, this could all be a little less mean, devoid of condescension and sexism. There'd certainly be a lot less unwarranted Internet vitriol.
This is not about female equality. This is not about Title IX. This is not about forcing people to care. This is not about sexuality or politics or feminism.
It's about unfair comparisons and biases. It's about giving women opportunities and subsequently demanding that they use those opportunities to do impossible things. The WNBA is not the NBA. It never will be. But these women are still talented athletes, in better shape than 99 percent of the people who cheer for and against them. Their successes and accomplishments mean no less than those of their male counterparts.
There's a two-pronged problem with the way society can at times view the WNBA. The first is a broad generalization about athletes' sexuality, the sweeping statement that it's a league for homosexual women and that therefore something is wrong with it. That's antiquated and crude and so far from the truth. It's so easily refutable upon meeting a team of these women and learning their stories that it deserves no more mention than this.
The bigger problem with society's perception of the league is more complicated. With Saturday's game between the Heat and Celtics drawing the highest ratings of an NBA playoff game since cable ratings began being recorded, society has made its statement. It loves basketball, loves watching it, talking about it, breaking it down. But then it turns to the women and their version of the sport and chastises them because they're not the men.
It's bad basketball. No one dunks. They're not very strong. The nonsense accusations go on and on.
Watching the Lynx, the WNBA's hottest and best team, it's possible to see the genesis of this ridiculousness. These women are good at basketball. Really good. They make great shots. Their passes are crisp, on point. They're the best the league has to offer, and their game isn't that different from the men's. They come so close to transcending gender, but they fall short, and because of their dominance and talent we criticize them for not playing like something they're not.
There are less talented teams in the WNBA, of course, whose play is messier. Maybe they aren't as fun to watch as the Lynx, but really, were the Bobcats not painful to view as well this season? No one looked at them and used their failures to insult a sport.
The WNBA isn't perfect. It's hardly a bastion for female equality in sports – just look at its television exposure. Look at how much these women are making and how hard they work. The circumstances are as different as the biology, so why must we impose this universality to the game?
Seimone Augustus' arms have averaged 18.1 points and 3.9 rebounds this season. They're among the most accurate and feared in the league. They're covered in tattoos, which impose a gruff strength, but if you look past the body art, they're movie star arms. They're the kind of arms most women would kill for. These are not he-women, not even close, not with their creative hairstyles and painted nails. These are strong, talented, athletic women. Why do we have to see them as anything else?
Here's what's interesting, though. The people who have given these athletes a chance, who have shelled out the money for tickets t-shirts – they're into it. Really into it. These aren't NBA crowds, but there are moments when they sound like it. There are fewer bored dates sipping beers and picking at their fingernails in the stands, more people wearing homemade, customized gear. These people care.
At the Lynx game on June 3, the seventh win in their nine-game streak, a male fan would occasionally chant: “It's not the NBA." It was quiet, at times lost among the applause, but the words were undeniably clear. At first, the man seemed to be yelling it only to protest bad refereeing calls, but as the game progressed, there appeared to be little justification for when or why he'd begin the chant.
The assumption, of course, was that he meant it negatively.
No matter that he'd bought a ticket, that he'd devoted his Sunday night to watching the reigning WNBA champions. There's no reason for that assumption, other than society's general apathy toward and dismissal of the league.
It's a statement that rings so true, though. This isn't the NBA, and it shouldn't have to be. This is entertaining. This is talent and competition and the oh-so-human stories that make us care.
So start caring. Or don't. Just stop being unreasonable.
Follow Joan Niesen on Twitter.
At the Lynx game on June 3, the seventh win in their nine-game streak, a male fan would occasionally chant: “It's not the NBA." It was quiet, at times lost among the applause, but the words were undeniably clear. At first, the man seemed to be yelling it only to protest bad refereeing calls, but as the game progressed, there appeared to be little justification for when or why he'd begin the chant.
The assumption, of course, was that he meant it negatively.
No matter that he'd bought a ticket, that he'd devoted his Sunday night to watching the reigning WNBA champions. There's no reason for that assumption, other than society's general apathy toward and dismissal of the league.
It's a statement that rings so true, though. This isn't the NBA, and it shouldn't have to be. This is entertaining. This is talent and competition and the oh-so-human stories that make us care.
So start caring. Or don't. Just stop being unreasonable.
Follow Joan Niesen on Twitter.
Sparks/Sun
The sparks are off to a 6-1 start this season, between a new coach, revamped roster and the return of Candace Parker from injury. The sparks have only lost to the Lynx and so has the Sun as well. The sparks are solid in the frontcourt , with Parker, Ogwidmuke the #1 pick to offset the advantage that tina Charles normally has. Tolliver cannot be the primary ballhandler , her 14 turnover game against tulsa along with Zoll's acl injury and the signing of the Veteran miller. The sun are a deep team as well, besides the aforementioned tina charles, they have Ashja Jones. The Sun's coach has a clear rotation and a few of his young players are barely getting minutes.but the opening line of 7 is a bit high with a fairly even opponent. the line has moved down to 6.
The sparks are off to a 6-1 start this season, between a new coach, revamped roster and the return of Candace Parker from injury. The sparks have only lost to the Lynx and so has the Sun as well. The sparks are solid in the frontcourt , with Parker, Ogwidmuke the #1 pick to offset the advantage that tina Charles normally has. Tolliver cannot be the primary ballhandler , her 14 turnover game against tulsa along with Zoll's acl injury and the signing of the Veteran miller. The sun are a deep team as well, besides the aforementioned tina charles, they have Ashja Jones. The Sun's coach has a clear rotation and a few of his young players are barely getting minutes.but the opening line of 7 is a bit high with a fairly even opponent. the line has moved down to 6.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Epiphanny Prince Shocks Tulsa - Swish Appeal
Chicago Sky 98, Tulsa Shock 91 - OT; Epiphanny Prince Shocks Tulsa - Swish Appeal
Artticle refers to the inability of the Shock to close games
Artticle refers to the inability of the Shock to close games
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Saturday, June 2, 2012
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