WNBA Draft

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Apr 14, 2016 6:04 pm

They just showed a war room and it's two people smiling at a laptop. I'm hooked.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Apr 15, 2016 5:58 am

2008 Minnesota Lynx war room blog

12:29 PM

Welcome to the 2008 WNBA Draft brought to from inside The Lynx War Room! Transformed from the team’s locker room into the place where it all happens, stand decision makers COO Roger Griffith, VP of Business Development Angela Taylor, head coach Don Zierden and three assistant coaches Ed Prohofsky, Julie Plank and Jennifer Gillom.

The Draft kicked off at noon with Los Angeles picking as expected by taking Tennessee all-everything Candace Parker. Not a bad frontcourt combination with Parker and All-Star Lisa Leslie.

Next up is Chicago. Pretty much as anticipated, the Sky roll with dominant post Sylvia Fowles.

Here we go! WNBA President Donna Orender stepped to the podium and announced, “With the third pick in the WNBA draft, the Minnesota Lynx select Candice Wiggins from Stanford.”

Coach Z and and Taylor quickly stepped out to hear the reaction from Lynx season ticket holders at a large party in NBA City.

“Great reaction,” Coach Z and Taylor exclaim simultaneously as they reenter The War Room.

12:52 PM

Picks are pretty much going as expected from The Lynx front office. No surprises yet.

Griffith just announced that there was lunch in the back of the room, so a few seats just became vacant.

Oh, the first shocker of the draft occurred for the Lynx staff when the eighth pick was taken. Gillom summed up the feeling at the moment by exclaiming, “Oh my!”

Coach Z echoed Gillom by stating, “This is where it gets interesting.”

A call for Taylor came in from a player’s agent trying to see if the Lynx are taking a look at her. The agent was getting nervous that his player had not been picked yet. Taylor was her usual self, playing it cool.

“We have four people in our box, and there are five picks before us,” Zierden explained to the group.

2008 San Antonio Silver Stars war room blog

2:05

Our trainer is in the corner snacking on some Cheez Nips.... I think she's holding out on us... Connecticut is on the clock with the 37th pick, so two more to get to us at 39!

2:13

Fire up your search engines, folks.... our 39th pick is Alex Anderson, a forward from the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga.

Just trying to keep everyone on their toes in the late rounds!

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Apr 15, 2016 7:31 am

I hung in there long enough to see the Dallas Wings take Aerial Powers. MARKETING DEPARTMENT, ACTIVATE!

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Apr 15, 2016 8:03 am

"I'm on it!" - Jay Stanton, Dallas Wings Senior VP of Marketing, Accounting, Human Resources, Sales, Facilities & Technology

Post by **brian** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 5:07 pm

So San Antonio's WNBA team is moving to Las Vegas starting with the 2018 season (but playing at Mandalay Bay's arena and not T-Mobile -- barf).

Crazy thing though is that 16 months ago, Las Vegas had 1 minor league team and no major pro sports teams and now has 3 major pro sports teams (NHL, NFL, WNBA*) and two minor league teams (AAA, including a new stadium in 2019 and USL (starting play in 2018). Kind of legitimately not sure how we never got a D-League team, though honestly the NBA Summer League is probably better anyway.

* - Certainly depending on your definition of WNBA as a "major pro sports league".

Post by **brian** » Mon Dec 11, 2017 7:47 pm

Anyone who liked the name "Las Vegas Aces" when the Golden Knights were shopping for a nickname -- you're in luck!

Also, this was entirely predictable.

Post by **brian** » Sat Sep 25, 2021 2:12 pm

Just got tickets for me and Rams Fanny (and Mrs. Rams Fanny) to go see the LV Aces in the semifinals later in the week.

Post by **brian** » Sat Sep 25, 2021 2:12 pm

A'ja Wilson gonna have to school some biches.

Post by **brian** » Wed Jun 01, 2022 9:45 am

After Las Vegas wins the next two or three WNBA titles I certainly hope some forward thinking NBA team gives Becky Hammon a head coaching shot because a great coach is a great coach. (One possibility could be San Antonio if Pop retires in a couple of years. Wonder if he might want that to be part of his legacy.)

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Jun 01, 2022 10:38 am

brian wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 9:45 am After Las Vegas wins the next two or three WNBA titles I certainly hope some forward thinking NBA team gives Becky Hammon a head coaching shot because a great coach is a great coach. (One possibility could be San Antonio if Pop retires in a couple of years. Wonder if he might want that to be part of his legacy.)

The Popovich coaching tree is looking good. Both coaches in the NBA Finals plus Becky Hammon…

Post by **brian** » Sun Sep 04, 2022 6:56 pm

You can’t watch the last minute of regulation In the Storm-Aces game today and then try to convince me that the women’s game is uninteresting to watch.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Sep 05, 2022 2:25 pm

brian wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 6:56 pm You can’t watch the last minute of regulation In the Storm-Aces game today and then try to convince me that the women’s game is uninteresting to watch.

Got into an argument with some buddies about it. If you watch that and say you still don’t like women’s basketball just admit you only like dunks.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Sep 05, 2022 3:18 pm

brian wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 6:56 pm You can’t watch ... the women’s game.

FIFY

And this is from a guy who assistant coaches a girls travel basketball team. For the record, I can't watch the NBA anymore either. I loved the NBA from the mid-80s through mid-90s.

Post by **brian** » Tue Sep 13, 2022 11:24 pm

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!

(But seriously if Becky Hammon doesn’t get an NBA head coaching shot after this it’ll never happen.)

Post by **brian** » Mon Jul 03, 2023 11:49 pm

I predicted preseason that the Aces would go 35-5 and may have been too conservative.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Jul 14, 2023 5:46 pm

Holy shit!!!

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Fri Jul 14, 2023 6:21 pm

Thats absurd. Larry would be proud

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Jul 14, 2023 7:02 pm

Damn son

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Jul 14, 2023 10:55 pm

Jesús that’s some shooting. 20 in a row at one point?

Post by **brian** » Tue Aug 22, 2023 8:43 pm

A’ja Wilson ties WNBA single game record with 53 points tonight.

Post by **brian** » Thu Aug 24, 2023 9:03 pm

Las Vegas is the first team in WNBA history to win 30 games in a season.

Post by **brian** » Thu Aug 31, 2023 10:55 pm

I realize 95 percent of you don’t give a fuck but it’s amazing to watch A’ja Wilson become the best female basketball player ever. Literally. Ever.

Post by **brian** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 9:16 pm

BACK TO BACK!

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 5:56 am

brian wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 9:16 pmBACK TO BACK!

Draft picks?

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 6:01 am

Hate to parachute in for the last game of the season but that last sequence by the Libs can't be what Brondello was telling them to do during that last time out when ESPN spent the whole time with a camera in her face. Yikes.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:46 pm

Glad that the swamp seems to have a history of hating Doyel

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:51 pm

Because he somehow spells both sides of "Greg Doyle" wrong or were there other reasons before whatever the hell that was?

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:57 pm

I mean you could search for it too but since rush always made me laugh when he was in this mode:

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EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:14 pm

What the hell was that though? Doyle used to write for CBS Sports. Is he purposely looking for followers in the racist, yet suburban angry white male crowd? That's Dave Portnoy's gig, no?

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:13 pm

So, was he trying to flirt? Or, just be a cringy douchebag?

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:16 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:13 pm So, was he trying to flirt? Or, just be a cringy douchebag?

Is this the new dog whistle? Or just the same as it ever was.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:19 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:13 pm So, was he trying to flirt? Or, just be a cringy douchebag?

Googled him. Says he was born in 1967, so he just misses the cusp of being a Boomer, but there's a component of Gen X that acts pretty boomerish, so I'd say since he's a white dude with a lot of entitlement and not much common sense he was doing the thing people like him do: throw out "I wanna fuck you" vibes in the weirdest way possible because that's his nature.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:28 pm

Johnnie wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:19 pm
sancarlos wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:13 pm So, was he trying to flirt? Or, just be a cringy douchebag?
Googled him. Says he was born in 1967, so he just misses the cusp of being a Boomer, but there's a component of Gen X that acts pretty boomerish, so I'd say since he's a white dude with a lot of entitlement and not much common sense he was doing the thing people like him do: throw out "I wanna fuck you" vibes in the weirdest way possible because that's his nature.

Who does he work for now? Is he still at CBSSports?

Post by **brian** » Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:30 pm

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:28 pm
Johnnie wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:19 pm
sancarlos wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:13 pm So, was he trying to flirt? Or, just be a cringy douchebag?
Googled him. Says he was born in 1967, so he just misses the cusp of being a Boomer, but there's a component of Gen X that acts pretty boomerish, so I'd say since he's a white dude with a lot of entitlement and not much common sense he was doing the thing people like him do: throw out "I wanna fuck you" vibes in the weirdest way possible because that's his nature.
Who does he work for now? Is he still at CBSSports?

Indy Star I think.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:35 pm

brian wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:30 pm
EnochRoot wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:28 pm
Johnnie wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:19 pm
sancarlos wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:13 pm So, was he trying to flirt? Or, just be a cringy douchebag?
Googled him. Says he was born in 1967, so he just misses the cusp of being a Boomer, but there's a component of Gen X that acts pretty boomerish, so I'd say since he's a white dude with a lot of entitlement and not much common sense he was doing the thing people like him do: throw out "I wanna fuck you" vibes in the weirdest way possible because that's his nature.
Who does he work for now? Is he still at CBSSports?
Indy Star I think.

He needs to be replaced. My guess is he was told he might get fired for embarrassing himself, the paper and the city today.

How hard is it to just not be a fucking tool?

It reminds me of that scene in Mars Attacks..

"They came in peace, maaan!"

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:23 am

Gregg Doyel has been a raging asshole for a long time now. Maybe this will be the last straw.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:37 am

That's so fucking unprofessional and weird. Fuck that guy.

Everyone trying so hard to ride her coattails. Gross.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:38 am

If you put me and Caitlyn Clark alone in a room with no witnesses or cameras the promise that she would be told it was all just an experiment in awkwardness as soon as it was over, I still don't think I could get those lines out of my mouth.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:41 am

mister d wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:38 am If you put me and Caitlyn Clark alone in a room with no witnesses or cameras the promise that she would be told it was all just an experiment in awkwardness as soon as it was over, I still don't think I could get those lines out of my mouth.

This is a long way to say you can frighten college-aged women without any help.

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:57 am

she just might prefer the awkward banter to your open mouthed stare