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Originally Posted by tjforce
Anyone else notice that she hasn't been very good this year?
39th in PER. Not even top 50 in Win Shares/40.
She's shooting 39% from the field and just 29% from 3. Her Offensive Rating is 94, and Offensive Win Shares are -0.1.
I know she's been hurt and her reach is beyond just her basketball ability... but what happens long term if she just isn't all that great of a basketball player?
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Thought about this as well....Her cult following will keep her card prices up even if she somehow gets a career ending injury. Think Bo Jackson in baseball/football.
As for, "What if she doesn't get injured and she just isn't that great of a basketball player?" Well the WNBA won't allow it. They will clean up their referees and call the game a lot tighter if that starts happening. She's too valuable of an asset to let the hard fouls continue.
I read on Yahoo, that she is responsible for 26.5% of league wide attendance, merchandise sales and television in the WNBA. I'll link the article at the end of this. Definitely worth the read.
She is solely responsible for bringing in an additional 34 MILLION dollars into Indiana alone. If the WNBA somehow screws this up, players included, then they deserve to be abolished and cease to exist.
https://www.indystar.com/story/sport...a/84280346007/