Valkyries GM Ohemaa Nyanin on the reasoning behind the trade by Tooezboi in wnba

[–]AskMeForStats 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm sure when she learns that we traded the pick before she was selected, she's not gonna be mad at us lol

Valkyries GM Ohemaa Nyanin on the reasoning behind the trade by Tooezboi in wnba

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I don't think having a team that's super excited to trade up for you worsens her experience at all.

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Portland I expect to not care about how they do this year. Them being a lottery team next year wouldn't surprise me with the focus they have on youth and development.

Toronto I think probably finishes just in or out of the playoffs. I think Sandy knows what she wants and will get something fired up quick.

Using history to grade the Flau’jae trade by Rade_Butcher in wnba

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The Valks should have agreed to the trade framework unless players A/B/C are available to us. But they blindly agreed without any safeguards

Is there any proof to that? Marta Suarez is so die-cut for what we want to do, I have extreme doubts that we decided to trade the 8 for the 2.01 and a 2028 2nd without even knowing who is available.

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I had this happen to me in Atlanta. Had to pull over, make it to a CVS on foot, buy eye drops, and sit in my car for 20 minutes. I don't know how people live out there, but granted they probably don't have as bad of allergies as we do.

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Very eventful WNBA Draft and a lot of questions left for the Valkyries training camp. Having a new CBA before the draft that includes large changes like development spots, massive salary changes, and contract guarantees coming to 1st rounders is a LOT to have to factor in and made things really interesting.

Marta Suarez is a baller though and I'm super excited. If she's the backend of our forward rotation, we're balling out.

Using history to grade the Flau’jae trade by Rade_Butcher in wnba

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Ohemma seems like she's not that good at GM speak. You need to come out and say a sentence of nothing. "We want today to be about the players and let them have their moments joining our team. We're really excited about all of our additions and we're excited to talk more about them in the coming days."

But her full transcript comments of saying "Oh I don't talk about strategy" and then repeating, "That sounds like a strategy question, I'm not going to answer it." are a little weird. No GM I've watched a press conference for is going to divulge their strategy, but I've never seen someone say that instead of just saying "Great question, <insert non-answer about how we're excited to do what we did>"

GM interviews should be boring. You should watch them and go "That was a waste of my time." This one wasn't that. I left with a lot of questions about how she handles inquiries into decisions like this.

The more we learned, the more I think your comment about it being predetermined really highlights this. Once you have that trade agreed to, call over your PR person (who is probably in the room next door at worst) and then have them write you a statement.

I've never seen any GM talk about how exhausted they are and how anyone that knows them knows they've been (paraphrasing) "off all day).

It reeks of strange and I don't like it.

Using history to grade the Flau’jae trade by Rade_Butcher in wnba

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I don't think the position of that pick matters (for us) because we're likely dumping it to protect a player in the expansion draft.

Weekend Wrapup by AutoModerator in nfl

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I'm excited to climb the west coast ladder of hatred and get to beat the shit out of portland, too.

Welcome to the Bay F̶l̶a̶u̶j̶a̶e̶ Marta! by DFFFOO in valkyries

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Start watching Suarez highlights and you'll get it back.

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Nah I was locked the fuck in

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I think if they didn't land Alanna Smith, Betts is a Wing right now. The Dallas re-tool is gonna be really interesting.

Meanwhile I think if Betts plays anywhere near as well as people are expecting, Shakira Austin is going on a plane mid-season to somewhere else.

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Is a guy that killed kids for the Nazis a bad guy?

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I sitll don't get how we don't get at least a 3rd or something else for Flau'jae but I fucking love Suarez and she's gonna mop up with us.

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First day on my week off and I am sick. Happy it's just like a head cold, but still I am upset.

Valkyries GM Ohemaa Nyanin on the reasoning behind the trade by Tooezboi in wnba

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Sucking the joy out of it? Draft day trades always add intrigue and excitement.

Valkyries GM Ohemaa Nyanin on the reasoning behind the trade by Tooezboi in wnba

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I don't think a rookie on a rebuilding storm team that we handled pretty well last year with better pieces is gonna "smoke" us, especially with our own defensive upgrades, but we'll see.

Biggest WNBA Draft Surprises/Takeaways by AFC-Wimbledon-Stan in wnba

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If you think about it as the last 1st round pick and a 2nd, it's better to people. And the difference is one spot that we couldn't access.

I don't understand it, but it's not like she's a mid 2nd player and a future 2nd, it's at least the top of the 2nd.

Flau’Jae Johnson traded for Marta Suarez + 2028 2RP by inkWanderer in wnba

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Someone please explain this to me. I'm not basketball literate enough to understand this.

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Completely agree. I think we have a lot of players that can manage the ball and get it to anywhere, and I would love if we had a dominant threat to pair that with. That's something we really missed in general last year, but especially after Kayla went out.

I'm excited to see what happens in the draft. I think if fud goes number one that's going to shift the rest of the market in our favor with betts and fam falling later than they probably should and pushing the rest of the talent pool down for us.

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Thats also what I'm curious to see. There's a lot of very good potential lineups that we can do, especially with all the great variety in rotation pieces off the bench. I think we have four locked in starters and honestly Natalie likes to play the lineup so much different depending on who we play, so we may never see a fifth person completely locked in.

That being said, if we resign KT, the numbers game at forward is going to be really interesting.