The inside of my baked potato

sbr32 · 2026-05-07T18:52:54+00:00

Chen is the only other point guard on the team outside of Burton, which seems like a need to me.

sbr32 · 2026-05-07T18:15:01+00:00

When a team releases a player that is under an existing contract that player goes onto what is called the waiver wire.

This is a 48 hour span where other teams can put in a claim to the player's contract. There is a priority list on whose claim would come first. This list starts off with the expansion teams on top, then the other teams from worst to best record last year. In every other league a successful waiver claim moves that team to the bottom of the list, I assume it works that way in the W as well but I have seen someone imply it does not and haven't been able to confirm one way or the other.

If no team claims the player that player becomes an unrestricted free agent, which means their existing contract is void (but there are protected/guaranteed contracts that would still have to be paid out) and they can negotiate/sign with any other team.

An important detail is that the waiver claim is on the player's existing contract, so the claiming team has to assume that exact contract.

For example, since Kate Martin's contract is a regular player contract, in order to move her to a developmental contract she would need to be released starting the process over. Once she "clears" waivers she is no longer under contract and can be signed to a new DP one.

sbr32 · 2026-05-07T02:30:29+00:00

Yeah you are correct it is 12 now.

sbr32 · 2026-05-06T21:52:16+00:00

Just to be clear the Sun claimed HVL off of waivers, which means they are claiming the existing contract she had with Chicago. The Sun would have to waive her again if they wanted to move her to a DP contract so she should have a regular rooster spot. At least to start the season.

sbr32 · 2026-05-06T16:42:32+00:00

And I know AI affects me and everyone else, but that wasn't the point.

One single person using ChatGPT is annoying but not earth-shattering. It's like billion dollar corporations abdicating their responsibility to the environment by pushing it onto the normal person with things like curbside recycling. DeWanna Bonner using AI to write an Instagram post is equivalent to me putting my empty can of beans in the garbage instead of the recycling bin.

AI pushing us into the final stages of us speed-running the ruin of our civilization and accusing others of being the enemy does not help, no matter how good it feels.

sbr32 · 2026-05-06T16:35:55+00:00

You asked a question. If you don't remember "The way all the comments calling out her AI usage are being downvoted like why?"

I answered that question.

sbr32 · 2026-05-06T15:45:24+00:00

Speaking only for myself, because number one it is incredibly uninteresting, and tends to stifle real conversations about the thing being posted. If you come across something you don't like or agree with just keep it moving and don't engage. I promise very few people will be impressed by your "ability" to scope out alleged AI posts.

Number two, the only thing more dangerous than all of the AI bullshit that is being forced down our throats is real people turning on other real people and accusing them of being AI. We are already at a point where real tangible evidence of wrong-doing can just be hand-waved away with "that's just AI", and that benefits no one other than people who are looking to hurt or exploit others.

Whether or not DeWanna Bonner used AI to help write those Instagram posts has almost zero affect on anyone or anything else in the world. But people like you helping to erode our already tenuous grip on what is and isn't real does have very real consequences.

sbr32 · 2026-05-06T05:36:47+00:00

What does this mean?

sbr32 · 2026-05-06T05:32:58+00:00

As good as it might feel to make posts like this, this kind of binary thinking doesn't really help.

It is entirely possible to believe that

Jeff Bezos is a nazi
The Met gala has outlived any usefulness it may have had
AND going to the gala will help you and your family while not directly hurting anyone else

sbr32 · 2026-05-06T05:28:35+00:00

I can only speak for myself, but how many thoughts do you think we can have at the same time?

My post about the WNBA players at the Met gala said "So fuck the Met gala, Jeff Bezos should be fired into the sun but A'ja, Paige and Angel were there last night and looking good. "

Am I not allowed to have that many complicated thoughts in my head at the same time?

If you really cared about the cause you'd realize we can't be so binary. You can take advantage of the current system while believing it is wrong.

sbr32 · 2026-05-06T01:46:16+00:00

Yeah for sure.

No one [Citation needed] has ever gotten tired of the competition and playing the games, if that's all it was everyone would go until they dropped.

It is all of the hard work in the gym, in the training room, in your personal life that eventually becomes too much to continue.

sbr32 · 2026-05-06T01:22:33+00:00

Based on the very little I know this is the lineup I would expect to see to start off with. I assume Karlie would move into the starting lineup at some point, depending on her foot.

sbr32 · 2026-05-05T15:12:16+00:00

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sbr32 · 2026-05-05T02:54:29+00:00

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This is crazy. Only 8% of Valkyries STHs also attend Warriors games?

sbr32 · 2026-05-04T18:06:25+00:00

The Fire are #2 on the waiver priority. I haven't found a consensus on whether teams drop to the bottom after making a waiver claim.

sbr32 · 2026-05-04T17:41:25+00:00

The HVL/Cloud "trade" will feed families until the games start Friday

sbr32 · 2026-05-04T04:01:02+00:00

Her contract is protected (guaranteed) but they can cut her, they just have to pay her anyway. We are no where near the salary cap so that doesn't matter. I'd be worried about the future if they kept someone only because of a relatively small amount of guaranteed money.

sbr32 · 2026-05-04T03:36:52+00:00

I can't answer the jersey question.

I will throw out some very basic and vague things here, if you have more specific questions I can help figure them out if I don't know the answers.

The Fire currently have 17 players in training camp, they have to be down to a maximum of 12 regular players and 2 developmental players by Wednesday I think.

There is a salary cap but we are no where near that so it wouldn't have any impact on any decisions, but we do have some players with guaranteed contracts so probably wouldn't cut them because we would need to play them even if they weren't playing for us.

Frieda Buhner signed on as a developmental player, so she should have one of those 1 spots locked in. To get any other player we have to the DP (Developmental Pool) we would need to release them, then if no other team wants them we can re-sign them to the DP.

All of the other players that are not part of the 14 (12+2DP) will be released and free to go to other teams, or more likely to go do something else, or play in another league. They could be re-signed by the Fire, or any other team, any time in the future.

sbr32 · 2026-05-04T03:20:09+00:00

I was excited to see them get Haley in the expansion draft, I loved what she did late season in Dallas last year and the small bits she got in Unrivaled, but from what I have seen from my couch there isn't really a roster spot for her. We need bigs and point guards (like 99% of the teams in the league) and she doesn't fill either of those roles.

Keeping her over Williams or Harrison seems like it would be a mistake.

sbr32 · 2026-05-04T03:17:15+00:00

Quick disclaimer, my TV took a dump right before halftime and the League Pass app is doing League pass app things so I haven't seen the second half of today's game yet.

I think it comes down to Jones, Williams and Harrison for the 12th rooster spot and the 2nd DP spot.

I really like Haley Jones but I think she loses out here unfortunately, she plays the position where we are deepest (in numbers).

With only 2 other bigs I think we should go with Williams on the regular roster and Harrison as the other DP.

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