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I obviously don't know DeWanna Bonner personally to be able to claim this for sure, but I have to believe that finishing out her career playing alongside her fiancée, Alyssa Thomas, in Phoenix, Atlanta, or wherever else after this season, would be high on her priority list.
 
1/8 and just two points at the half from CC.

Third straight game in a row where she's been shooting worse percentages than Angel Reese.

Just, wow. Regression is insane.
 
HoneyBadger said:
She's spent most of the season on the bench.

Indiana REALLY needs to get Aari McDonald back.
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She averaged about 20 minutes per game, which is pretty fair. Her two best performances came without Clark so I wonder if she simply didn’t want to play tempo at being near 38 years old, which I could understand.
 
Mitchell finally found her 3PT shot again tonight and AB was stout as usual. Those two put the team on their backs tonight. Huge road victory in spite of another terrible night from Clark.

Slumps are one thing, but that’s 1/23 from outside over the last three games for CC. She had a great first two games back, but I wonder if that quad isn’t acting up again. Jumpers are almost all legs, especially with the range she usually likes to utilize.
 
FLRacingFan said:
Mitchell finally found her 3PT shot again tonight and AB was stout as usual. Those two put the team on their backs tonight. Huge road victory in spite of another terrible night from Clark.

Slumps are one thing, but that’s 1/23 from outside over the last three games for CC. She had a great first two games back, but I wonder if that quad isn’t acting up again. Jumpers are almost all legs, especially with the range she usually likes to utilize.
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I haven't watched the games in question, just looked at the stat sheets, but obviously CC will be fine. Even the greatest shooters have serious slumps every now and then, especially when they're hurt. It doesn’t necessarily take much to throw them off.

Clearly Indiana needs her shooting, but when you have the luxury of having a facilitator like her running the offense and a team where seemingly anyone is capable of going off at any time, it makes it a heck of a lot easier to weather the storm. It's still fairly early in the season. I'd only start to worry if she stops contributing in other ways, or if she's still in a shooting slump come playoff time.
 
FLRacingFan said:
Mitchell finally found her 3PT shot again tonight and AB was stout as usual. Those two put the team on their backs tonight. Huge road victory in spite of another terrible night from Clark.

Slumps are one thing, but that’s 1/23 from outside over the last three games for CC. She had a great first two games back, but I wonder if that quad isn’t acting up again. Jumpers are almost all legs, especially with the range she usually likes to utilize.
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Aside from three or four games, she’s been terrible all season. Something is definitely off.
 
Paige Bueckers is so fun to watch.

She's so smooth. She can create her own shot from anywhere, her mid-range game is incredible. Also, she's pretty good on the defensive end already.

It's scary how polished she is, but she was a stone cold killer for UConn.
 
FLRacingFan said:
She was also limited in preseason with some kind of leg injury. I’m not sure she’s been close to 100% yet at any point this season.
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I think the DeWanna Bonner situation plays a role.

Bonner was supposed to be a mentor and a veteran presence for the younger players.

The nonstop drama has to be weighing heavy too. She’s just not been the same since that Connecticut game.
 
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Geez, that was fast. When I saw that tweet, I thought something must have happened beyond DB just not being a good fit. Regardless, as per this likely paywalled IndyStar piece, Indiana actually did her a solid. They tried to trade her first, at her request, but they didn’t get any offers that they liked, so they just let her go.

It was a disappointing run for her with Indiana in the end, but I expected it to be a one and done this year with that next CBA looming. Hopefully she finds some basketball happiness wherever she ends up.

WARNING: POTENTIAL PAYWALL AHEAD
www.indystar.com

Unable to find suitable trade, Indiana Fever waive DeWanna Bonner, re-sign Aari McDonald

Indiana Fever waived DeWanna Bonner, league sources told IndyStar. Bonner was a coveted signing in February, but she couldn't find a role.
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HoneyBadger said:


This league is so unserious.
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I don't 100% understand how the whole waiver process works, but the teams were apparently told that because DB wants to sign with Phoenix or Atlanta.

"The Golden State Valkyries, Connecticut Sun, and Washington Mystics all have enough cap space to claim Bonner off of waivers. However, multiple sources told FOS that teams are being advised not to pick her up because Bonner’s preference would be to sign with the Phoenix Mercury. Bonner is engaged to Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas," Costabile wrote.

She later added, "If Bonner clears waivers she would become an unrestricted free agent, meaning she is free to sign with any team... The Mercury would need to cut one player to stay under the WNBA’s league-mandated 12-player roster maximum. Sources have indicated that the Mercury signing Bonner is not set in stone given the potential it has to disrupt a strong dynamic developing among Phoenix’s core."
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If that is indeed the reason, I'm 100% fine with it. Why would any team not named Phoenix or Atlanta even want to sign her knowing that she just left a team that she didn't want to play for? Not worth it IMO.

DB is one of the all-time greats. Let her land where she wants to land.

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WNBA Teams 'Advised' to Not Sign DeWanna Bonner Due to Clear Preference, per Report

On June 25, news broke that the Indiana Fever had waived veteran guard DeWanna Bonner. This came after reports surfaced on June 24 that Bonner, who had not been
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Final ballot is cast. This started out as my All-Hustle/Sentimental Favorites Team but eventually just degraded into a protest vote with the likes of Megan Gustafson, the captain of my All-Hustle Team, and Katie Lou Samuelson, both of whom are out for the season with injuries.

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Look, if they're gonna classify every swingwoman I like as a guard and force me to pick all these forwards, then we gon' pick some forwards, YADADAMEAN!?

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I meant to pick Angel Reese but forgot, so Kayla Thornton somehow ended up sneaking in. Sonia Citron got the nod over DiJonai Carrington. I love Sonia. She's fearless and carries herself with such poise and confidence on the court.
 
Mr. Gregory said:
Final ballot is cast. This started out as my All-Hustle/Sentimental Favorites Team but eventually just degraded into a protest vote with the likes of Megan Gustafson, the captain of my All-Hustle Team, and Katie Lou Samuelson, both of whom are out for the season with injuries.

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Someone is missing.
 
FLRacingFan said:
It’s getting to the point where she’s probably going to have something nagging for the duration of the season. Really unfortunate stuff.

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Semi-related ... it's past time for the WNBA to get control of the games and do something about the piss poor officiating.

They failed to protect the most important player in the history of the league. Every head coach is complaining about how the officials have no control of the games.

How much worse does it need to get?
 
To me, it's a balancing act, and I think the refs need to find a better balance. I don't want to see them blowing the whistle constantly for every little ticky-tack bit of contact and ruining the flow of the game. However, they also can't continue to just let everything go and only step in once the players are ready to kill each other and are grabbing each other out of the air as they go up to the basket and slamming each other to the ground.

I enjoy the physicality of the W over that of the men's game that I stopped following 15 years ago, but there are other places for me to watch professional wrestling or mixed martial arts.
 
Mr. Gregory said:
To me, it's a balancing act, and I think the refs need to find a better balance. I don't want to see them blowing the whistle constantly for every little ticky-tack bit of contact and ruining the flow of the game. However, they also can't continue to just let everything go and only step in once the players are ready to kill each other and are grabbing each other out of the air as they go up to the basket and slamming each other to the ground.
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Here's the problem ... they're doing both of these things. They're calling whistles for ticky-tack fouls all the time, and then letting egregious fouls go. And way too often, the calls go one way.

You could almost give this a pass if they were letting them play, but they're not.

It's just wildly inconsistent officiating.

If it was just Stephanie White complaining, that'd be one thing. Although, Indiana is very often on the wrong side of bad calls, so she'd still have a valid point. But it's every coach and most players.

Yeah, some players are saying it's just part of the game, but those are also the players who choose to play Baltimore Street Ball instead of basketball.
 
HoneyBadger said:
Paige Bueckers spoke out about Caitlin Clark, calling the pressure she deals with "inhumane."

www.si.com

Why Paige Bueckers Thinks Caitlin Clark Is Dealing With ‘Unfair’ Criticism This Season

Bueckers is set to play Clark for the first time in her WNBA career on Friday, if the Fever star is healthy.
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I like Paige and can't argue with anything she said there. These ladies might do superhuman things on the court at times, but they're all imperfect human beings at the end of the day - much like the refs we're criticizing.

 
Mr. Gregory said:
I like Paige and can't argue with anything she said there. These ladies might do superhuman things on the court at times, but they're all imperfect human beings at the end of the day - much like the refs we're criticizing.

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I'm disappointed in you.

There's a plethora of Sophie pics and you're not reacting or contributing. :(
 
Mr. Gregory said:
To me, it's a balancing act, and I think the refs need to find a better balance. I don't want to see them blowing the whistle constantly for every little ticky-tack bit of contact and ruining the flow of the game. However, they also can't continue to just let everything go and only step in once the players are ready to kill each other and are grabbing each other out of the air as they go up to the basket and slamming each other to the ground.

I enjoy the physicality of the W over that of the men's game that I stopped following 15 years ago, but there are other places for me to watch professional wrestling or mixed martial arts.
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You are referring to the Sophia Cunningham foul. Do you not consider the Mabrey foul severe.
 
muggle not said:
You are referring to the Sophia Cunningham foul. Do you not consider the Mabrey foul severe.
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No, I actually wasn't referring to any one specific foul. I've seen plenty of players get thrown/knocked hard to the ground going up to the basket since I started following the W last season, more than I thought I would see. The Alyssa Thomas foul on Angel Reese, where AT got ejected, is the first one chronologically that I can recall seeing. That one happened after a lot of unnecessary, uncalled contact from Angel on AT, who got angry and retaliated by grabbing Angel out of the air and tossing her to the ground.

As for the particular fouls you speak of, as I've already stated a few times in this thread, I don't like full goon ball, so no, I'm not okay with either of those fouls. That said, the situation never should have escalated to the point where the ladies were even in each other's faces the way they were prior to all that. I didn't see the full game, but I saw where Coach White said she told the refs pretty early on, well before any of that goonery took place, that she could see where things were headed and that the refs needed to get control of the game. They didn't, and unsurprisingly, that was the outcome.

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FLRacingFan said:
Another blown 4th quarter lead by Indiana. It’s becoming a theme with this bunch.
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Its tough. It seems to be a team that shows flashes of brilliance with
a steady stream of bricks thrown at the hoop. With the injuries and Bonner
drama, this team is still feeling its way for chemistry. Still a good watch though.
Good chance tonight for a win against a struggling Dallas team.
 
Indiana is gonna lose this game too.

They just collapse in the second half every game.

Paige Bueckers is going to be the best women’s basketball player ever by a country mile. She’s phenomenal and finds ways to adapt and open herself up.

They had her clamped and she figured it out.

Caitlin Clark is great. Paige Bueckers is twice as good.
 
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