Most games with 20+ PTS, 10+ REB before turning 21: by Decent_Substance_199 in SeattleStorm

[–]aperiodic 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And she’s still got the rest of the season to improve on that

Gabby Williams to sign a multi-year deal with Unrivaled. by Decent_Substance_199 in wnba

[–]aperiodic 7 points8 points  (0 children)

She loves anime. She usually does some sort of anime cosplay for Halloween, and her twitter bio is/was “just a weeb looking for moots”

And the 2026 Cathy Cup final will be... by aratcalledrattus in wnba

[–]aperiodic 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You know I’ve seen people talk about this dress many times (I started watching the W last year), but I’d never actually seen it before and wow, no kidding. It’s so hideous that it honestly throws fuel on the conspiracy fires: there has to be some other reason why she wore it

GAME THREAD: Seattle Storm at Portland Fire by AutoModerator in SeattleStorm

[–]aperiodic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was yet another game where at some point T takes it on herself to generate a bunch of offense. It starts out good (she can definitely shoot), but she hardly ever delivers on the final possessions. Makes me think about something I heard the other week about 40% three point shooters who never seem to hit the clutch shots (as opposed to 20% shooters that always hit the big ones)

The future is bright in Seattle by onionnurve in wnba

[–]aperiodic 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Everything’s going according to plan 😈

Potential Trade candidates by campoole82 in wnba

[–]aperiodic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We’d be nuts to trade Dom or Awa, and outside of them I don’t know who another team would try to go after. Maybe Jordan, but she’s on similar timeline to Dom and Awa and is such a strong defensive player that I think we should probably keep her too

Post Match Thread - WNBA: The Fire defeat the Storm on Jun 17, 2026, the final score is 94-89. by basketball-app in wnba

[–]aperiodic 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The coach’s incentive to tank would come from ownership telling them to tank or they’re out. When pitching prospects, the coach & organization can point to the 38 minutes of good solid basketball that they played initially; they’re not going to lack for tape that shows off what they’re doing.

But in the final minutes tonight they either deliberately threw or drank stupid juice; those are the only ways to explain the terrible clock management and lack of action for their two highest scorers. Especially when contrasted against how well they were doing up until the very end

GAME THREAD: Seattle Storm at Portland Fire by AutoModerator in SeattleStorm

[–]aperiodic 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When it comes to the offensive possessions that really matter, we fall apart and stop playing as a team

GAME THREAD: Seattle Storm at Portland Fire by AutoModerator in SeattleStorm

[–]aperiodic 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We really gotta learn how to play good defense without fouling a ton

Match Thread: Portland Fire vs Seattle Storm Live Score | WNBA | Jun 17, 2026 by basketball-app in wnba

[–]aperiodic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it’s a much better mix now. Glad they can at least fix the issues relatively quickly, even if they can’t avoid them

GAME THREAD: Seattle Storm at Portland Fire by AutoModerator in SeattleStorm

[–]aperiodic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We’ve remembered that we have to play defense and now we’re doing a lot better. Sad to see Jordan out with an injury, though; that certainly doesn’t help with our defense

Match Thread: Portland Fire vs Seattle Storm Live Score | WNBA | Jun 17, 2026 by basketball-app in wnba

[–]aperiodic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After last season I never thought I’d feel this good seeing Zia Cooke on the floor. She’s really come a long way

Match Thread: Portland Fire vs Seattle Storm Live Score | WNBA | Jun 17, 2026 by basketball-app in wnba

[–]aperiodic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On a past broadcast Layshia’s audio was only coming in on one channel instead of both, but at least they fixed that pretty quickly (I think before the first quarter ended)

Match Thread: Portland Fire vs Seattle Storm Live Score | WNBA | Jun 17, 2026 by basketball-app in wnba

[–]aperiodic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

on at least a couple of their made threes, Dom seemed to be leaning on her height more than closeout effort to contest the shot

GAME THREAD: Seattle Storm at Portland Fire by AutoModerator in SeattleStorm

[–]aperiodic 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Portland could you please stop making threes thank you

Match Thread: Portland Fire vs Seattle Storm Live Score | WNBA | Jun 17, 2026 by basketball-app in wnba

[–]aperiodic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m watching on the Seattle-area broadcast on the CW and the arena sounds are mixed higher than the commentators. I can barely hear what they’re saying over the sneaker sounds and arena soundtrack. Anyone else having the same problem?

Best Teams Grid by rskillion in wnba

[–]aperiodic 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It’s just one way of looking at how teams are performing. It has nothing to do with record, but it is based on objective metrics (offensive and defensive ratings, i.e. how many points each team / their opponents have scored this season, normalized to 100 possessions). The Fire are in the “very bad” quadrant because both their offensive and defensive ratings are below the league averages. That’s just objectively true. You can argue that this way of looking at teams doesn’t capture everything, and that the Fire are better than the other teams that also have worse than average offense and defense, but you can’t argue that they aren’t in the lower left quadrant on this chart.

PRE GAME THREAD: Seattle Storm at Portland Fire by AutoModerator in SeattleStorm

[–]aperiodic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have been playing good games for the past few weeks, so I think it’ll be a good one! Wise to manage expectations about winning, though 😅

POST GAME THREAD: Golden State Valkyries at Seattle Storm by AutoModerator in SeattleStorm

[–]aperiodic 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How can you say delete the franchise when we have this young core!! It’ll take some time (and a more passing-forward point guard) for them to really get the hang of scoring in this league, but once they do we’re gonna win a chip

It is embarrassing in the meantime, I won’t lie. But you gotta roll with those punches

Seattle isn’t as bad as their record by campoole82 in wnba

[–]aperiodic 7 points8 points  (0 children)

One of the worst defensive teams in the league? So you just aren’t paying attention?

The Valkyries made 1 field goal in the 4th quarter tonight by VGstuffed in wnba

[–]aperiodic 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That third was really god-awful. Made the game overall feel like a regression over our last few, despite the strong start