#usawbnt

[patscorner]

watching Gabby Williams say that it was a two to her teammates hurt so bad.

she played one hell of a game.

[breannastewart]

that sniff/snarl combo 🙂‍↔️ MY GOAT!

[joy-filled-pessimist]

Am I the only one who thinks the Olympics basketball looks like a pretzel bun? I cannot unsee it.

[female-buckets]

Where can I find full games of older WNBA seasons? I'm not in the US.

There's a few youtube channels you can try

womenhooping has 2021

Георгий Владимиров has 2020-2021 Mercury (Russians make up about 20% of the WNBA fandom and Australians make up 30% lol)

beckyanil has 2017-2021

The Red Corner has some 2018

CAT Basquet has 2015 finals

JWsBasketball has a little bit of 2014

uncuuul has 2007 finals, 2009 playoffs, and some classic all star games

WNBA throwbacks has some 2006-2011

homecourtedge tv and classic nba games have classic games from all seasons and some classic college moments (UConn, Tennessee, etc)

And you can find other full games on random channels. Basically, if you know of a playoff or finals series you want to watch, try searching it on youtube and hoping for the best. You have a better chance of finding playoff and all-star games than regular season ones.

It's not perfect. This, for me, is the WNBA's biggest missed opportunity. I'd pay to watch classic games on demand. I know they have them all in an archive. So let me watch them!

I have a hunch as to why they don't make them available. Women's basketball has evolved over the years. What we see now in 2021 has a lot more finesse and a lot less physicality. You might watch a recent game and see DT shoving people and go "wtf is this maniac doing." But 10-15 years ago, that's just how the game was played. There were a lot of scuffles, technicals, ejections, etc. A lot of games were low-scoring physical defensive battles rather than shooting contests. Sometimes it was just straight up ugly, scrappy, dirty basketball. All kinds of things that the WNBA doesn't want as part of their image.

But so what! I still wanna see it.

Beyond classic WNBA games, I want to see classic EuroLeague and Russian league games. Those games were twice as physical, twice as wild, with teams full of all-stars. Someone needs to make these available. I would pay to watch them.

[dianastaurasi]

[suprchnk]

[patscorner]

if stressing the country tf out was an Olympic sport, usa would've one that one too.

[patscorner]

go usa 💙