Key point is that the WNBA started the PotM award in 2010.
Since then there is no one close to what A'ja has been doing. There may be a time where she is not unequivocally the best player in the league, but today is not that day.
All of these reactions are from this 4 second clip- https://bsky.app/profile/strap-tap.bsky.social/post/3mpqgr2djwk22
If you watch that carefully you can see every one of them.
She did immediately drive and hit a free throw line jumper.
There will be no Azzi slander in this thread.
My squad was concealed. I moved my concealed Ranger up against a wall with a window which revealed 2 Lost. Somehow this movement revealed my squad, but the fun part is is that I have the skill that keeps my Ranger concealed so the only people that were revealed were behind 2-3 other walls.
This is the first time I have been surprised by how Stealth and Concealment has worked.
I was alive and aware of all this going on, was a very casual fan but not viewer/attendee of the Portland Power, and thought this was a really good read.
It starts with a slightly weird discussion of 30th year vs 30 years played, then dives into why that might be important.
A couple of excerpts (though not every interesting bit) -
>And then, of course, there’s the ABL. That was the women’s pro league in the 90s that predated the WNBA and is not widely known about. It’s also the league that the vast majority of the ‘96 Olympic team signed with over the WNBA. The ABL was just a more lucrative and appealing organization for many players at that time. They paid players legitimate salaries. They gave them equity in the league. They played basketball during the winter season — or as [ABL co-founder] Anne Cribbs said, “not when the boys finish using the gym.” In many ways, the ABL was more forward-thinking, ambitious and worker focused than the WNBA for most of its brief existence.
>One thing I think a lot about when talking to these women is how cruel the timing was for so many of them. Like Valerie Still. She is someone who played the majority of her golden years, arguably, overseas in Italy and Spain. She learned the language, started modeling and singing there, completely assimilated because she had to. And because she was one of the best basketball players in the world, and that’s where she could play and make the most money.
>I think the ABL played an incredibly important role in the WNBA’s labor history. Basically, as the ABL folded in 1998, WNBA players formed their first union - the same union that eventually negotiated a groundbreaking CBA with the league in 2026. And I think of the ABL as a sort of the genesis for that - first, quite literally because the WNBA’s union began in order for players to protect their contracts and jobs as ABL players were coming into the league, but also because the union grew after the ABL players - who had already been paid a lot more money, and had more say in how their teams were run and how the league was operated - joined them. They knew that they could expect more. That’s one of the most useful ways that the ABL is kind of baked into the history of the WNBA. It just made it better for all the players.
>One thing that I’m quite moved by when I talked to these players is they knew they were creating these new leagues for future generations. They knew they weren’t going to make a ton of money, or necessarily be household names. But they also understood that they were working towards something that was much bigger than them, and that’s really moving to me. It’s also a version of basketball that feels lost now - like where you’re literally just playing because you love it. And you want to make it better for others. I think that’s the essence of that era: women who played not because they wanted all the glory but because they fucking loved playing basketball and wanted to see the sport grow.
I don't know if this is the best way to have shared this, but I thought it was worth sharing and this is the way I chose to do so.
As far as I can tell the author is not a journalist or in media at all, they are just a huge fan of women's basketball with a large Bluesky following.
I think they hit the nail on the head on this entire thing. I had no notes.
Additional details about the 2027 regular-season schedule, including key dates, will be announced in the coming months.
I thought this was a pretty good interview with Fire GM Vanja Černivec; it's about 12 minutes long.
Most interesting to me towards the end she makes it clear that they are trying to make the playoffs and that trying get a high draft pick while building a team is a bad move.
This is from Friday's episode of Bird/s Eye View with Naz Hillmon which was a good interview.
First I didn't realize this had sound, so sorry about that.
Second I have had a couple of beers and am resisting the urge to overhype this play.
But what an incredible play by Miles. Getting into the lane like that then recognizing the defender coming in and adjusting both her body and shot angle to protect the shot and still finishing through contact is really impressive.
The Commissioner's Cup is the WNBA's in-season tournament. Each team players for a charity/community organization which receives money based on how each team does.
The Commissioner's Cup is the WNBA's in-season tournament. Each team picks a charity to recieve money based on the team's results and the Fire will be playing for the Black Parent Initiative.
A very good interview with Kiki today.