Third-largest comeback in WNBA playoff history. Kudos to the Mercury.

Drafting a Satou Sabally apology form as we speak bc people have been talking crazy

How was this not Nick U'Ren?

Daniel Padover that trophy better be in the mail to Phoenix right now bc you robbed Nick U'Ren

I don't mean to subtly criticize anybody in particular, but every time I see a list of potential HCs for WNBA jobs it makes me feel even more confident in saying nobody knows who will actually be a good or bad hire

With Sandy Brondello out, Cheryl Reeve has officially been on the job longer than every other WNBA coach combined. Cheryl Reeve's tenure: 5768 days Every other WNBA coach combined: 4529 days

32 wins and the Finals, 32 wins and a Championship, 27 wins and a first round exit and bye. Coaching is wild.

When I consider if a coach could be fired, I ask myself “self, is there a better coach out there?” I would not have said “yes” for Sandy Brondello. I didn’t even think it was an option to not bring her back.

our great american corporations, everyone: run by panicky dipshits who have no idea what they're doing

Erica Wheeler is an all time bag chaser lmao

closing out a career of "oh brother, this guy stinks" moves by retiring so close to the season that the school has no choice but to internally promote your son whose only job has been as your assistant. you've gotta respect it (jk you don't have to respect it)

> They Can't Keep Getting Away With This: The Story of the 2025 Lynx In fact, they have and will continue to keep getting away with this:

52 of Phoenix's 59 points are in the paint. That's unreal

A lot of people forget that the first principle of calculator ball is pressuring the rim

No matter the outcome, Lynx Mercury is going to be some of the Realest Hoop imaginable

I think it's really cool that Brooks & Dunn wrote that song about KPop Demon Hunters Ya know "i spend most every night, beneath the light of the New Honmoon"

alright which college coach that shoots a lot of 3s can the Storm snipe three weeks into the NCAA season

The biggest travesty in the WNBA MVP voting is that I can't juice any social media engagement by spotlighting down-ballot results for Angel Reese or Caitlin Clark. How am I supposed to craft any hot takes now!?

Streets saying A’ja won MVP so Bam can finally touch that award.

1. Aliyah Boston only on 3 ballots is mind boggling 2. How are we giving down ballot votes to players who missed the playoffs and aren't even clearly the best player on their own team 3. Having the top 3 in basically any order is mostly fine to me 4. Leaving Allisha Gray off a ballot is absurd 👎

This is the most NO NO NO NO YES NO NO YES YES YES NO NO Nebraska game I've seen since, like, last November

Yeah I've said this before but I didn't quit Twitter out of some great sense of Purpose; I quit because the user experience fucking sucked

With the Fever and Aces now set to meet up in the Semifinals, how about a throwback to the 1998 NCAA Tournament where their head coaches matched up in the Second Round? Stephanie White's Purdue squad overcame Becky Hammon and Colorado State 77-63 in West Lafayette.

Quiet quitting has arrived in the WNBA

Of the eight players who saw meaningful action for the Mercury tonight, six were new to the team this season. This was one of the great roster rebuilds in WNBA history.

Stewie/Sabrina were asked how they felt about people questioning Sandy's job security. before answering, Stewie kinda smiled and softly murmured to herself "the fuuck?"

Why is there a contingent of Liberty fans always trying to fire Sandy 1. Who the hell are you getting that's a better coach than her? 2. Why?? 3. If you fire Sandy, between 10 and 15 other WNBA teams are calling her offering a job the next day

idk I feel like it's not AT's fault she's strong as hell

Stewie left it all out there.

RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH LET'S GO MERCURY

Heck of a basket from Kah

forever and always, amen

The W is so competitive and these 3 game first round series are a *sprint* love these playoffs.

What a night of hoop. Incredible stuff

Truly TRULY the full Erica Wheeler experience

DOMINIQUE MALONGA YOU ARE IN DANGER GIRL

A'ja 25, rest of Aces 20.

Ok yep fun's over, it's time to stop letting Dom guard A'ja one on one with no help

Some thoughts Atlanta should feel bad for getting knocked out by This version of the Fever Massive shout-out to Odyssey Sims, real hoop Dom has always had the tools, but her being this good already is so crazy to me Tremendous hoops being played all over tonight

Indiana becomes the first lower seed to win a first-round series since the WNBA went back to series in 2022.

In the 2010s, this country's elites were thrown onto social platforms with everyone else and could finally read what we all think about them and it caused them so much psychic damage that they decided to destroy both the internet and democracy to make sure nothing like it ever happened again.

Congratulations to Wnba defensive player of the year Bam Adebayo

It’s worth noting that per Lo’eau Labonta, KC Current players were cut out from player arrival pictures on team social media for wearing the WNBPA “pay them what you owe them” shirts. Some might call that censorship.

I respect the Golden State Valkyries just deciding to trap *everything* down 1 late in this game.

Salute to the Golden State Valkyries. They deserve their flowers for taking a bunch of role players, and a rookie HC, to a winning record and a playoff berth in their inaugural season.

Golden State built a culture where fans are staying when the game is over to cheer on a team that just lost. They built that in ONE SEASON. So impressive

The WNBA playoffs have been phenomenal so far. Three win-or-go-home games over the next two days, crazy Storm comeback last night, Lynx threatening to one-up them tonight...

Full credit to Golden State and those Valkyries fans. Very rare that teams manage to take their atmosphere to the backup arena, never mind that packed-house raucous atmosphere GSV have. Also, of course, just an incredible season. Expansion teams don't do this. Outstanding debut year. #WNBA

and thus ends the inaugural season. see you next season!

"These moments don’t come around too often. More and more WNBA teams will join the league in the next few years, but there’s only one Valkyries inaugural season, only one Ballhalla, only one deeply personal connection for every fan." Thanks, y'all. riseofthevalkyries.substack.com/p/the-valkyr...