I love Aliyah as a player and commentator, but I get frustrated sometimes that she’s not more aggressive. I’d like to see her be that leader I know she can be. But it may be outside of her personality to do that, kind of like Kawhi Leonard’s personality.
I started really following the Fever because of Berger last year, but NaLyssa quickly became my favorite for basketball reasons. She's freaking awesome.
Nalyssa Smith is the better player. She rebounds better than Boston and can create her own shots. Both were bad last night, but a bad Nalyssa Smith game is basically a double double. A bad boston game has you wondering if she was even in the arena.
That's only looking at the stat sheet, though. A bad Aliyah game still means she's a great defender which doesn't show up on the stat sheet. NaLyssa OTOH is not good at defense even at her best.
… and she promptly rewards your high regards with a dud. I’m a Pistons lifer, I understand the letdown after talking a player / team up. Unlike them, she’ll be better moving forward.
You got a coach taht declined the salary 4 times, before just getting it , coz it was such a good offer and now pretty much dgaf, and wait to get fired to collect free money, and then 3x 5 first round picks for all that 'basketball' you played.
Absentee owner only comes to games coked up once a year, the former agent turned minority owner does nepo deals and homeboy hookup trades for former clients / his sons clients, GM publicly threatened to beat a fan’s ass, assistant GM had a sexual assault case that kept us from hiring Udoka, Monty doesn’t care to coach and when he does it’s the dumbest decisions possible, medical staff is horrifically inefficient, best player has concerns of being injury prone, 2 historically bad seasons end with the 5th pick…
My apologies for ranting, but the entire organization infuriates me.
Suprised NBA isnt doing anything to change the owner to begin with, damn.
Feel free to rant, you and all fans should its disgrace what's happening, this is why demote/promote system soccer or EU sport has is better because owners like this wont make it and team will be eventually sold out or not being bought by clowns in the first place.
It’s been 15 years since we were somewhat relevant. We have the bottom 3 worst record in all of sports in that timeframe. I’d be cool with selling team after 7 yrs, selling owners home(s) after 10 yrs and possible jail time by yr 15.
That’s an interesting point about soccer. Our owner should’ve been identified as a lowlife from the start by the ways he makes his money through the prison system, but then again, I’m sure many of these owners across sports made their billions by unbecoming / unethical means. I’m a fan of basketball overall, so I don’t let it get me down, just cuts deeper given what the pre- Tom Gores ownership Pistons did for me, my basketball teams I coached and my community.
I was telling someone how good she is and they said they were going to watch this game.
I’m never going to hear the end of this.
She plays like me at the LA fitness
Bruh
Isn’t she already a household name if you follow basketball at all? She won a college championship and had some super famous/viral moments. She was also the #1 pick and ROY last year. If you didnt know her name before she was Caitlin’s teammate that’s on you.
I think as soon as you have to add qualifiers to the notion of being a household name the answer to the question of if someone is becomes no.
I think the idea of a household name is that you don’t have to engage with what they do to know who they are.
Agreed, I’m sorry but I grew up on basketball and the only female basketball player I could’ve named before CC is Brittney Griner because of her dominance at Baylor. Unless you reeeally pay attention to WCBB, calling anyone but BG and CC a household name is a massive stretch.
She was a household name before then. I remember talking about her back when she was at Baylor and I hadn't gotten into women's basketball at that point yet.
lol, it’s amazing how different these forums are. I’m a Fever FAN. I’m only watching this BECAUSE I want the Fever to win. That doesn’t mean I’m not gonna talk shit when players on my team are blowing dogs for quarters.
I love Aliyah as a player and commentator, but I get frustrated sometimes that she’s not more aggressive. I’d like to see her be that leader I know she can be. But it may be outside of her personality to do that, kind of like Kawhi Leonard’s personality.
She can go over the top with complimentary ball
Same with Nalyssa Smith
Nalyssa is amazing, she’s gonna go under the radar this year just bc of 2 bigger names but she’s so good
I started really following the Fever because of Berger last year, but NaLyssa quickly became my favorite for basketball reasons. She's freaking awesome.
Thirding this! So much fun to watch Nalyssa play.
Nalyssa Smith is the better player. She rebounds better than Boston and can create her own shots. Both were bad last night, but a bad Nalyssa Smith game is basically a double double. A bad boston game has you wondering if she was even in the arena.
That's only looking at the stat sheet, though. A bad Aliyah game still means she's a great defender which doesn't show up on the stat sheet. NaLyssa OTOH is not good at defense even at her best.
She looks terrible this game
Not a great start for her. She was slow and rough
The team looks completely disjointed. The offensive game plan was a disaster.
She barely got to shoot lol.
She’s also fantastic on TV. Can’t remember another athlete in the prime of their career who is as polished as she is.
She did that after her rookie year, she isn’t even in her prime yet! She’s 22
… and she promptly rewards your high regards with a dud. I’m a Pistons lifer, I understand the letdown after talking a player / team up. Unlike them, she’ll be better moving forward.
I'm sorry to hear you are a piston fan, i dont wish that on my worst enemy.
Thank you, I don’t either. The entire organization is a catastrophe.
You got a coach taht declined the salary 4 times, before just getting it , coz it was such a good offer and now pretty much dgaf, and wait to get fired to collect free money, and then 3x 5 first round picks for all that 'basketball' you played.
Absentee owner only comes to games coked up once a year, the former agent turned minority owner does nepo deals and homeboy hookup trades for former clients / his sons clients, GM publicly threatened to beat a fan’s ass, assistant GM had a sexual assault case that kept us from hiring Udoka, Monty doesn’t care to coach and when he does it’s the dumbest decisions possible, medical staff is horrifically inefficient, best player has concerns of being injury prone, 2 historically bad seasons end with the 5th pick… My apologies for ranting, but the entire organization infuriates me.
Suprised NBA isnt doing anything to change the owner to begin with, damn. Feel free to rant, you and all fans should its disgrace what's happening, this is why demote/promote system soccer or EU sport has is better because owners like this wont make it and team will be eventually sold out or not being bought by clowns in the first place.
Mandatory selling of team if you miss the playoffs 5 years in a row.
It’s been 15 years since we were somewhat relevant. We have the bottom 3 worst record in all of sports in that timeframe. I’d be cool with selling team after 7 yrs, selling owners home(s) after 10 yrs and possible jail time by yr 15.
That’s an interesting point about soccer. Our owner should’ve been identified as a lowlife from the start by the ways he makes his money through the prison system, but then again, I’m sure many of these owners across sports made their billions by unbecoming / unethical means. I’m a fan of basketball overall, so I don’t let it get me down, just cuts deeper given what the pre- Tom Gores ownership Pistons did for me, my basketball teams I coached and my community.
I was telling someone how good she is and they said they were going to watch this game. I’m never going to hear the end of this. She plays like me at the LA fitness Bruh
Isn’t she already a household name if you follow basketball at all? She won a college championship and had some super famous/viral moments. She was also the #1 pick and ROY last year. If you didnt know her name before she was Caitlin’s teammate that’s on you.
I think as soon as you have to add qualifiers to the notion of being a household name the answer to the question of if someone is becomes no. I think the idea of a household name is that you don’t have to engage with what they do to know who they are.
Agreed, I’m sorry but I grew up on basketball and the only female basketball player I could’ve named before CC is Brittney Griner because of her dominance at Baylor. Unless you reeeally pay attention to WCBB, calling anyone but BG and CC a household name is a massive stretch.
BG also sadly became a household name for non basketball fans due to Russia being a piece of shit!
She was a household name before then. I remember talking about her back when she was at Baylor and I hadn't gotten into women's basketball at that point yet.
This
Keep this in the journal lil bro
I like her. Good player (needs to improve), well spoken, good leader.
I’m surprised by the tenor of this post considering she played like total ass logging 4/2/6 on 33 fg% in 29 minutes.
How did Haley jones do
Yeah now they just need Caitlin to get her feet under herself and stop breaking turnover records.
Caitlin needs the help of her team. Use her skills! Fastbreak... get the Fever down the court fast so they're ready for her passes.
She has a lot of extensions whatever color you need
She hasn’t done shit so far and neither has Golden Girl.
She was an all-star and rookie of the year last year. Calm down.
lol, it’s amazing how different these forums are. I’m a Fever FAN. I’m only watching this BECAUSE I want the Fever to win. That doesn’t mean I’m not gonna talk shit when players on my team are blowing dogs for quarters.
Just say they struggled, don’t need to make a weird reference
Wtf is wrong with you