Miles' WNBA debut

[JogginFrog]

Sign of things to come...and some room to grow.

21 points, 8 assists, 3 boards, 2 steals and 2 blocks in 34 minutes for the Lynx. Future is bright.

Unfortunately, she was 0-3 with a turnover in the last 4 minutes, and Atlanta rallied from 7 down to win by 1.

 

[An-Cap Frog]

Here is the last play.

 

[4 Oaks Frog]

That was a great pass from Miles. Too bad her team mate couldn’t finish…

 

[froginmn]

Here is the last play.

The NBA is tough to watch with the ridiculous traveling, but I can't watch the W.

You have the ball in space five feet from the basket and you can't convert that? Add in a huge number of missed layups and it's just painful to watch.

 

[bmoney214]

That was a great pass from Miles. Too bad her team mate couldn’t finish…

Some things never change. Think I saw that happen once or twice this past season.

 

[This Ain't Chopped Liver]

Minny had a good crowd.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

The NBA is tough to watch with the ridiculous traveling, but I can't watch the W.

You have the ball in space five feet from the basket and you can't convert that? Add in a huge number of missed layups and it's just painful to watch.

 

[AroundWorldFrog]

Dallas done scheissed up

 

[This Ain't Chopped Liver]

Crazy stats - Atlanta had more offensive rebounds than the Lynx had defensive rebounds 19-18. Lynx had 7 offensive for a total of only 25 rebounds.

The Lynx passed on drafting Angel Reese in 2024 with the 7th pick, trading down to the 8th pick with Chicago and Chicago took Reese. Reese may be a head case but she can rebound - 13 in 32 minutes per game.

 

[JogginFrog]

Dallas done scheissed up

Not an easy position for Dallas, because Bueckers is also a premier ball-handler and it's hard to see how she and Miles would mesh. Wings would've done better taking Betts--that team needed frontcourt help, not bench depth at guard.

But yeah, when people look back at this draft, people will say, "Can you believe Dallas passed on Olivia Miles?" List of players who had 20+ points and 5+ assists in their WNBA debut: Candace Parker, Tonya Edwards, Dawn Staley, Cynthia Cooper...and Olivia Miles.

 

[Mean Purple]

Minny had a good crowd.

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and yet, that league is still losing 50 million a year. how much are tickets?

 

[hometown frog]

and yet, that league is still losing 50 million a year. how much are tickets?

I don’t think it’s profitable by any means. But I wholly expect that the various NBA teams are using their W entities to carry thru lots of costs to improve the balance sheets for the nba side of the house. (Like over splitting the arena and facility costs, etc)

within the last 5-6 years, both the total ticket sales and ad/media revenue has jumped dramatically for the league. (Above the fairly stable levels from before COVID.) So the growth path is there at a basic level. I believe they will always need that NBA subsidy for facilities and even for some of the larger media contracts. But that’s true for most NBA teams really needing another professional sport (like NHL) to help subsidize large arenas or regional media outlets as well. So that’s not a W specific limitation. Just another league/ team to spread the costs with.