Official Chicago Sky Thread - Sky WNBA CHAMPS!!!

Dominator83 · Post #401 » by **Dominator83** » Thu Oct 7, 2021 2:48 am

Michael Jackson wrote:
TyrusRose2425 wrote:
Dominater wrote:Probably should have bumped the Candace Parker thread instead

Ha didn't know we had another one, I just googled Chicago Sky + RealGM Bulls and this popped up

For a second I thought that she maybe was coming back lol.

Yea eff EDD. She left us hanging

Dominator83 · Post #402 » by **Dominator83** » Thu Oct 7, 2021 2:51 am

Here's the thread that should be bumped. Eff EDD

Betta Bulleavit · Post #403 » by **Betta Bulleavit** » Thu Oct 7, 2021 3:08 am

Dominater wrote:Here's the thread that should be bumped. Eff EDD

Good call bumping this one up!

Super proud of Candace and the Chicago Sky. I’ve followed the WNBA quite a bit this season. And I will say that the Sky knocking off the Sun shouldn’t come as a huge surprise. The Sky played like a top 3 team this season when Parker was healthy. So it’s nice to see it come together for these ladies.

jacoby1us · Post #404 » by **jacoby1us** » Sat Oct 9, 2021 6:28 pm

Good luck to these ladies in the Finals! They deserve the support, big task ahead playing against a hot Diana T!

Let's GO CHICAGO SKY!

Post #405 » by **dougthonus** » Sat Oct 9, 2021 10:25 pm

Would like to watch this, but it runs against the Bears tomorrow for the 2nd half, and I will be in Cancun for games 2/3. Hope they pull it out. Really rough to position game 1 against the local football team.

ChettheJet · Post #406 » by **ChettheJet** » Sat Oct 9, 2021 11:08 pm

I hope they win it all. I have extra Chicago championship merchandise money to spend since the White Sox crashed

Andi Obst · Post #407 » by **Andi Obst** » Sun Oct 10, 2021 2:39 pm

Just saw that game 1 is today.

Definitely going to tune in for that. I didn't really follow the WNBA at all in the past but definitely enjoyed the few games I watched.

Andi Obst · Post #408 » by **Andi Obst** » Sun Oct 10, 2021 9:15 pm

Dominant win for the Sky in game 1!

(I know you’re all watching football right now)

Dominator83 · Post #409 » by **Dominator83** » Mon Oct 11, 2021 2:20 am

Not getting nearly the respect they deserve around here

Andi Obst · Post #410 » by **Andi Obst** » Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:02 am

Dominater wrote:Not getting nearly the respect they deserve around here

True! They're a really, really good basketball team. Just so many weapons on offense, it's beautiful to watch.

Post #411 » by **dougthonus** » Mon Oct 11, 2021 1:55 pm

Dominater wrote:Not getting nearly the respect they deserve around here

I do think the WNBA generally isn't all that respected for whatever reason. People mock women's basketball in a way that doesn't seem true of Women's Golf or Tennis or MMA, or other pro women's sports that had some sustainability to them.

That said, I don't know that anyone here is disrespecting them. There may not be much interest, but lack of interest isn't the same as disrespect.

Personally, I was flipping back and forth during the Bears game and watched them before it went on. I think ironically the Sky were like -30 while I watched and +40 while I was on the Bears (probably not quite that bad but sure felt that way as I had both huge runs against them in the 2nd half when watching and their huge runs where when I was on the Bears).

Post #412 » by **Michael Jackson** » Mon Oct 11, 2021 2:13 pm

dougthonus wrote:
Dominater wrote:Not getting nearly the respect they deserve around here

I do think the WNBA generally isn't all that respected for whatever reason. People mock women's basketball in a way that doesn't seem true of Women's Golf or Tennis or MMA, or other pro women's sports that had some sustainability to them.

That said, I don't know that anyone here is disrespecting them. There may not be much interest, but lack of interest isn't the same as disrespect.

Personally, I was flipping back and forth during the Bears game and watched them before it went on. I think ironically the Sky were like -30 while I watched and +40 while I was on the Bears (probably not quite that bad but sure felt that way as I had both huge runs against them in the 2nd half when watching and their huge runs where when I was on the Bears).

Honestly I think it has a lot to do with everyone being conditioned on basketball being a tall mans game. Tennis, Golf and MMA being taller doesn’t give a specific advantage like it does in Basketball. Just my speculation. Might simply also be because it is part of the big 4.

Post #413 » by **dougthonus** » Mon Oct 11, 2021 2:19 pm

Michael Jackson wrote:Honestly I think it has a lot to do with everyone being conditioned on basketball being a tall mans game. Tennis, Golf and MMA being taller doesn’t give a specific advantage like it does in Basketball. Just my speculation. Might simply also be because it is part of the big 4.

I do think you're right that being part of the big four is a large factor in the equation. Because there was such massive popularity of the men's version of the game before the women's version had a pro league, people need to come up with a reason as to why they don't like the women's version and that probably causes the disrespect.

ThreeMileAllan · Post #414 » by **ThreeMileAllan** » Tue Oct 12, 2021 9:43 am

Dominater wrote:
Michael Jackson wrote:
TyrusRose2425 wrote:Ha didn't know we had another one, I just googled Chicago Sky + RealGM Bulls and this popped up

For a second I thought that she maybe was coming back lol.

Yea eff EDD. She left us hanging

Didn't she leave to be closer to her sister? Can't be mad at that tbh.

That said.... does anyone have a ticket buying strategy for these games? I find it hard to believe some of the prices on the secondary market even tho this is a sports town

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Dominator83 · Post #415 » by **Dominator83** » Tue Oct 12, 2021 10:45 am

ThreeMileAllan wrote:
Dominater wrote:
Michael Jackson wrote:

For a second I thought that she maybe was coming back lol.

Yea eff EDD. She left us hanging
Didn't she leave to be closer to her sister? Can't be mad at that tbh.

That said.... does anyone have a ticket buying strategy for these games? I find it hard to believe some of the prices on the secondary market even tho this is a sports town

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I don't recall all the details, but I remember both her and Sylvia Fowles basically Ben Simmons'd us

Post #416 » by **dougthonus** » Tue Oct 12, 2021 12:10 pm

Dominater wrote:I don't recall all the details, but I remember both her and Sylvia Fowles basically Ben Simmons'd us

The WNBA has fairly draconian rules towards their star players (effectively we could have franchise tagged her until she was 33), she threatened to sit out if we didn't trade her. We got back the #2 pick for her. She did force her way out of town, but I have a bit of sympathy for her not having true free agency until 33.

Post #417 » by **Michael Jackson** » Tue Oct 12, 2021 12:46 pm

ThreeMileAllan wrote:
Dominater wrote:
Michael Jackson wrote:

For a second I thought that she maybe was coming back lol.

Yea eff EDD. She left us hanging
Didn't she leave to be closer to her sister? Can't be mad at that tbh.

That said.... does anyone have a ticket buying strategy for these games? I find it hard to believe some of the prices on the secondary market even tho this is a sports town

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Yes and even before she was drafted everyone knew her sister was the priority in her life. As Doug mentioned the situation was not a favorable one contract wise and she forced her hand. I don’t think it was super bitter, just a thing of circumstances.

Hangtime84 · Post #418 » by **Hangtime84** » Tue Oct 12, 2021 4:50 pm

Dominater wrote:
ThreeMileAllan wrote:
Dominater wrote:Yea eff EDD. She left us hanging
Didn't she leave to be closer to her sister? Can't be mad at that tbh.

That said.... does anyone have a ticket buying strategy for these games? I find it hard to believe some of the prices on the secondary market even tho this is a sports town

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I don't recall all the details, but I remember both her and Sylvia Fowles basically Ben Simmons'd us

They accomplished what Ben Simmons tried to do. Only reason it wasn't advertised more cause it's the **** WNBA. Low class move from them.

Sylvia was the worse one. EDD did it for her sister. But still I don't IDGAF.

It made NOT watch WNBA basketball again until Parker got here.

Dominator83 · Post #419 » by **Dominator83** » Tue Oct 12, 2021 6:38 pm

Hangtime84 wrote:
Dominater wrote:
ThreeMileAllan wrote:Didn't she leave to be closer to her sister? Can't be mad at that tbh.

That said.... does anyone have a ticket buying strategy for these games? I find it hard to believe some of the prices on the secondary market even tho this is a sports town

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I don't recall all the details, but I remember both her and Sylvia Fowles basically Ben Simmons'd us

They accomplished what Ben Simmons tried to do. Only reason it wasn't advertised more cause it's the **** WNBA. Low class move from them.

Sylvia was the worse one. EDD did it for her sister. But still I don't IDGAF.

It made NOT watch WNBA basketball again until Parker got here.

And with FA being that far away, I would've let them both rot. No way would I have accepted pennies on the dollar for them. Especially considering they likely would have caved when the game checks weren't being issued.

TheSuzerain · Post #420 » by **TheSuzerain** » Tue Oct 12, 2021 6:42 pm

So how are they winning? They were .500 in the regular season and they kind of look mediocre across the board from the numbers.