Topic: 2022 WNBA Discussion and Betting - page 26. (Read 7677 times)

Usually an athlete women will choose his career over anything, so if her performance is still at the peak, I don't think she will quit WNBA just to have a child. Although she may regret when she get older, but it's what it's and she might just choose to marry widower.

Don't forget many athlete usually doesn't have good strength and power, but Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi which is 40 years old player seems like 30 years old player. I think women after get pregnancy can still jump into competitive scene, but it take time until she really back like before.

There is an advantage for them and they also make big decisions in their life when they decided not to get pregnant because they cutting their chances to have a child. Anyway, this is a different discussion since most athletes are rich and they can pay to make it possible. I never thought that their strength will drastically be decreased after they give birth and I mean, their worth in the sports industry will probably also decrease or in the worst scenario, no one will gonna sign them a full contract anymore.

Sad because she's still young and fighting with this kind of illness which is really common with women victims.

Yeah, your logic is right. Women's upper part is at risk and just like how Jackson died, the chance that it was because of
frequent hit to his boobs, though they are using protections but battling for rebounds and being so active inside the paint
ii is not impossible that he will get that much hit. Rest in Peace Tiff..

This is another cause why women are not into contract sports their upper part was exposed to hits that may cause swelling and you never know if women have breast cancer, if not checked properly, but again it is still their own choice if they are a Basketball player, Boxer, MMA fighter or any combat contact sports they play, regardless they are still vulnerable to any cancer in their body,

Well, that is surely sad news for the WNBA community, I haven't seen Tiffany Jackson in action because I have just started watching the WNBA and put it on my list to try and watch sports, but her legacy and braveness live on, it was on 2017 the last years of her WNBA career, and it was on Los Angeles Sparks and now she is a coach as an assistant in Texas for the Longhorns, Rest In Peace

In other great news Well on the 2020 NBA bubble while many are in a Covid lockdown inside the bubble Lebron James and other league stars  were hungry to spread the word about the WNBA by wearing matching W's orange-and-white pullover hoodies, Lebron James,  Russell Westbrook, Chris Paul, Damian Lillard, Trae Young, and DeMar DeRozan in hopes in spreading awareness and supporting the NBA's Sister Company League during the today's talk uninterrupted series "The Shop," Lebron James was interviewed, I would love getting a hoodie like that to support the WNBA aswell,

Yeah, and not just that.
Recently a WNBA player died because of breast cancer. Here is the full article about the news.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wnba-former-texas-longhorns-star-tiffany-jackson-dies-37-rcna50684
Former Los Angles Sparks player but her better days was with New York Liberty. Led the league at games played and 4th in the rebounding category.
Breast cancer is mostly found in women and this is another sad day for the women's sports industry. She's still young at 37 years of age.

That is how amazing fan support truly is this goes to show how amazing the Chinese people would go for their players I just realized the Philippine basketball community on the recent Fiba cup I think every country will truly support 1 another in the fight for the country, but in the World cup like these the cheer and support was pretty much different than with the support and cheer when a player is playing against one another, I think in the next year because of this Dominating performance of the USA I hope other countries will be more determined getting the goal that they want,


Great find on the video a totally needed information because we have a topic about certain issues with women working in companies and nobody likes to hire them and I think this good example of what may happen when they are pregnant and the solution to this, is 9 months plus 1 rest for the mother, that is pretty much good topic indeed,

I just finished reading this article.
https://www.espn.ph/olympics/story/_/id/34696652/fiba-world-cup-2022-alyssa-thomas-making-most-us-national-team-debut
I didn't have a clue there is a deep story behind Alyssa Thomas joining the national team.
There's no question she is a great player but she proved it more after the game against the Aces and the Fiba Women's Basketball World Cup.
She did contribute a lot for the Connecticut Sun to play in the Finals (although sadly they lost) and achieve the gold for the USA.

Luckily, pregnancy can be controlled these days. If an athlete does not want to get pregnant because she is on top of his career, she can choose not to.

It is really hard for them to come back to their competitive state once they are away for too long. Not to mention that the changes in their body might have a negative effect on their performance. So, I think most female athletes already have plans or do birth control to protect their careers. And once they are ready to quit or move on from sports, they can stop doing birth control. It is not that much of a hindrance anymore. It is more of a choice these days.

This is true. There are things that we need to consider once a woman athlete gets impregnated and delivers a child.

There are skill-sets that they might be no longer the same when they comeback and play the game again,
not saying this to bring down our women athletes, but part of them will grow with the child and the focus
is something that will challenge them most of the time the mental stabilities, but talent wise that can be
learn when doing deeper practices and exercise.

Here's an example of how our WNBA players are dealing with it when they are pregnant.
https://twitter.com/WNBA/status/1577418289587683328?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
Here is the full clip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrmkJeJePkU

9 months + rest. It's one of the challenging parts when you are becoming a mother but fully rewarding.
Another rough path is when you are trying to get back to the game. You will need to be fit again and it will take months of training and exercise then, trying to tell yourself you are good to go mentally.
Some will go back, some don't. I think that's what businesses are trying to avoid that is why the support for women's basketball is lesser.

I think that is right, though we have seen that they are being dominated by team US, but the fighting spirit is really high.

Even they've lost the finals but they win the heart of their home fans, each time they made conversions
the fans are really enjoying and cheering for them, we never know what will happen after some years for
this young cores of Chinese team but I expect they will continue to be on the upper side after witnessing
that last FIBA women finals.

Well, you are right there are certain things women have and can do that Men can not and that is giving birth, surely these types of things certainly are not allowed in a certain company and women also have a menstrual cycle where there are statistics that around 80% of women are feeling periods of pain in their lifetime and they can feel discomfort during these times, that mostly they can not work or their work may be disrupted, and those pain can surely be severe on their 1st day of periods, but in 5% to 10% of women the pain is sometimes severe enough to disrupt their life, their whole life routine worse some are bedridden because of these pains,


I think China has a women's basketball in their country and it is the WCBA or Women's Chinese Basketball Association which was established in 2002 and is a Chinese counterpart of the CBA or the Chinese Basketball Association China surely has its own WNBA in their country but yeah the level of competition might be not that much, but China's Women's Basketball has a player on the WNBA and that is Li Yueru from Chicago Sky and Han Xu from New York Liberty but yeah the whole team of the WNBA is really not fair than just getting 2 players at all, because the USA team is surely a dream team to behold,

Well deserve indeed, Wilson creates numbers for herself, a good 2-way player who can contribute a lot.
Nothing to say, we all witness how team US dominated the entire league, hopefully China and Aussie will improve more together with all the rest womens national representatives.
The focus mostly for Mens national team and Womens only recieve a little. We can't deny that fact.

It's true and this will be the reason why we won't find any good competition for the WNBA when they play internationally. Unless, there will be a big change in the basketball industry on the women's side in other parts of the world, especially in European leagues where most NBA players now are dominating.

It's not just that, I think menstruation, and pregnancy is included in the consideration. It's also happening in businesses and companies where they don't like women working because of the sudden absences or leaves due to the events mentioned.

I really think it is her right to keep silent, and even though she has commented about Brittney Griner's situation right now, her words can not do a thing even if she would say a couple of things in the media, the fact that Griner already did something illegal to Russia it is not viable to criticize a Coach that only wants to keep her silent and her personal space to not be invaded, I can say Brittney Griner surely has toxic fans it is boiling in them why the WNBA doesn't do a thing about Griner's situation and I think her own action has to lead her to her demise, and there is no need to point fingers at anyone this is really Griner's fault she ended up in this situation, people should realize that before criticizing someone,


WOW! that was impressive they really deserve those awards, and congratulations to them, they really deserve something for their wild performance, in both the WNBA and the Fiba Women's World Cup 2022,


Well, sad to say that is a harsh truth and we can not blame them it is in the history that Men Suppresses women in the whole world, this is really common, they tend to think of women as just fragile and not capable of doing things men do, and with total discrimination about that women are weak and just needs to be at home to do house chores, I think history has to blame,

But wishing that most countries that are included in the Fiba Women's World Cup will now have time to train their women in getting into basketball or having funds for them to be trained,

Women's basketball is not as supported and as well funded as men's basketball. I think it is the same in every country. Just look how small WNBA is against NBA. US is lucky there is a league for women's basketball. Women basketball players can develop their skills through WNBA.

I do not think there are leagues in other countries for women's basketball. I believe we do not have one in our own country as well. And if there is, I am not aware of it.

Forgot to mention that A'ja Wilson was awarded the Women's World Cup MVP and Alyssa Thomas for the Best Defensive Player.
Well, they deserve it, and congratulations to them.
I really wish there will be better competition in the next World Cup. This year it was too obvious which country will win it and the odds also show it.
Women's basketball seems to still lack a number of skilled players and perhaps it's also because of the lack of support from their respective countries.

I have heard about that, and the former coach receives lots of criticism regarding to that comment.

But it's freedom of speech and no one can force her in whatever he wanted to tell, not even on a national TV nothing
can push her to make any related statement, not going to go deep about this and let the opinion of many describe
how they frustrate with this kind of reaction.

I didn't take a bet on this game. Thumbs up to our WNBA stars again with A'ja Wilson leading the offense creating 19 points and Kelsey Plum behind her at 17.
Was the line +25.5 for China at that time?
Congratulations to whoever took that bet. It's great to see other countries are trying to fight back like that even though it's an obvious underdog.
1. USA
2. China
3. Australia
Another gold for the Americans.

The Never say die attitude of China is keeping their fans on their feet if they make a shot, even though it was a very one-sided game a dominant performance for the USA that seemingly is playing in their utmost 100% and now the USA have won their championship 4th time in a row, Brianna Stewart was focus on the defense, but even though she is focused on defense because the other players were focused on offense, A'ja Wilson has the lead of 19 points, Kelsey Plum has 17 points, Loyd Jewell has 11, and Chelsea Grey has 10 points for this game, well congratulation for them the team of USA that consist of WNBA players is a dominant force indeed,

Update on Brittney Griner's fate I think that swap was just a hoax or it is just taking so much time, but I guess this is really the last stop for Griner, right now Kim Mulkey faces criticism over her refusal in commenting on Griner, but I think she doesn't have to say something about it, she isn't the one that has made a mistake, so why the Criticism? and right now the WNBA players are refusing to play in Russia in showing protest in what happens to Brittney Griner,