Official Women's Basketball Thread - WNBA 2025 Season

[aceboon]

The NFL doesn't just promote Mahomes...they promote all types of players...Lamar, Josh, Saquon, Watt, Jettas, Burrow, Chase, Dak, Kelce, etc...

The problem with the NBA is they promoted Bron too much over the past 15 or so yrs and didn't build up enough stars...only until recently do you see the NBA taking an active role in really promoting their other stars

The W has to really promote the Phee's, the Stewie's, the Skylar's, the Plum's, the Rickea's, the Kahleah's

Unrivaled did a better job marketing players than the W...think about that

did such a better job that they had less ratings than the WNBA, Marina Mabrey cooking mac & cheese on tiktok ain't moving no needle. you sound like you stuck in a WBB Twitter echo chamber, repeating the same talking points that those broads with septum rings be posting.

 

[Controversy]

Exactly, CC is their leverage and this nikka talking about some damn Seattle , Seattle not moving anything. Get that fake contrarian bullshyt outta here

Do you think the NFL goes into contract negotiations with tv networks saying we got Patty Mahomes

Unless nikkas are executives like me, who has negotiated multi-million dollar contracts, please refrain from telling me about financial negotiations

The key to negotiating is leveraging multiple strengths to get the best deal

 

[Controversy]

did such a better job that they had less ratings than the WNBA, Marina Mabrey cooking mac & cheese on tiktok ain't moving no needle. you sound like you stuck in a WBB Twitter echo chamber, repeating the same talking points that those broads with septum rings be posting.

The WNBA averaged 205k viewers in 2020...Unrivaled averaged 221k viewers in its first yr (on cable tv to boot)

 

[aceboon]

The WNBA averaged 205k viewers in 2020...Unrivaled averaged 221k viewers in its first yr (on cable tv to boot)

2020 numbers are irrelevant when the W just experienced it's biggest change agent in it's league history and literally provided a runway for Unrivaled to get off the ground

 

[Controversy]

2020 numbers are irrelevant when the W just experienced it's biggest change agent in it's league history and literally provided a runway for Unrivaled to get off the ground

Unrivaled was in the works without the "change agent" & would've proven to be successful bc they are literally all about the players, not player

I will never support the nonstop marketing of one player...especially when that player is a subpar defender, she ain't checking no stars

The W could focus on marketing established vets vs young guns...but no, everything is CC and a dash of Aja

And when CC retires, the same structural issues will manifest again

The player who should be marketed, Stewie, as one of the sport's GOATs is an afterthought...Phee is an afterthought...Nneka, AT, etc...

I'm not gonna argue about it...I'm just gonna pray on Indy's downfall

 

[aceboon]

Unrivaled was in the works without the "change agent" & would've proven to be successful bc they are literally all about the players, not player

I will never support the nonstop marketing of one player...especially when that player is a subpar defender, she ain't checking no stars

The W could focus on marketing established vets vs young guns...but no, everything is CC and a dash of A

And when CC retires, the same structural issues will manifest again

The player who should be marketed, Stewie, as one of the sport's GOATs is an afterthought...Phee is an afterthought...Nneka, AT, etc...

I'm not gonna argue about it...I'm just gonna pray on Indy's downfall

I said they provided a runway, Unrivaled being launched the same year(I didn't say CC was the reason) that the WNBA had a ratings and popularity breakthrough was beneficial so comparing their TV ratings to the WNBA in 2020 is nonsensical. If Unrivaled had been launched prior to the momentum that the stars of the women's college game created in 2023 then that shyt would have been DOA. They don't even get that Turner deal without it.

 

[Controversy]

I said they provided a runway, Unrivaled being launched the same year(I didn't say CC was the reason) that the WNBA had a ratings and popularity breakthrough was beneficial so comparing their TV ratings to the WNBA in 2020 is nonsensical. If Unrivaled had been launched prior to the momentum that the stars of the women's college game created in 2023 then that shyt would have been DOA. They don't even get that Turner deal without it.

WNBA simply banking on one player is not a winning strategy...it's part of the reason why NBA ratings went down

What will strengthen their negotiation...only Fever games being box office or also building up the good players and teams so that they're also viable?

It doesn't matter, I'm not arguing

Y'all can keep slab sucking CC...and I will be overjoyed when she gets cooked and fails

 

[Ironman]

homophobic Hannah had them dykes in hell in that locker room

Little ass Hannah on some Bane shyt"Do you feel in charge?"

 

[daemonova]

 

[NotAHotep]

WNBA is ruthless. Some of these girls don't make past preseason.

 

[42 Monks]

cold game

 

[daemonova]

cold game

 

[GR13]

 

[Standing on business]

We almost back

 

[VegetasHairline]

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