Christie Sides Not Starting NaLyssa Smith Was a 'Coach's Decision'-Not a Basketball One
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
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Indiana Fever Coach Christie Sides is facing criticism and questions for not starting NaLyssa Smith in the loss against the Washington Mystics on Wednesday. After all, the Fever had come out strong against-and defeated-#1 New York Liberty in the previous game with Smith in the starting lineup. Sides was tight-lipped about her reason for the change, simply citing a "coach's decision." In this video, I speculate about the possible reason behind what I believe was a non-basketball decision.
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When no one was watching the WNBA they got sloppy with rules , refs and professional conduct. Now the league has a lot of eyes on it-they all have to step up and grow with the business.
Spot on!
This team is totally messed up. They can't accept Clark not only as their best player but maybe the best player in the league.
This entire league is meesed up. Thanks to the NBA subisides, playing in the WNBA in fact NOT a job, but a welfare program to which they feel entitled to in the name of "diversity". The arrival of Clark is a huge threat. Should Clark inspire the next generation of college players, the untalented welfare ladies will all be irrelevant and jobless three seasons from now.
That move had disciplinary action written all over it. Sides answer makes it plain as day if you’ve ever been on an organized team
True
Absolutely. While this is shaping up to not be a SA or SH issue, most companies have very specific rules against such behavior while on the clock that typically leads to dismissal.
I agree. Disciplinary situation.
If NaLyssa has a conflict that interferes with her job on the Fever, something’s got to give. The same goes for anyone in the work world. You don’t undermine, in any way, the people or company you work with/for.
@@theadriennerossshow3143 ...Are you that dense not to see what is happening. Let me get this right. The Fever, after beating the best team in the league, with Clark getting the first triple double by a rookie in the WNBA somehow fell behind the worst team in the league and was behind by 25 entering the 4th quarter. After spearheading a huge comeback and pulling within 3, the coach pulls Clark, who already has5 steals and 3 block shots and a player who has a will to win like no other player on the team like no other for defensive purposes. Anyone who believes that then I've got some land I want to sell them when the tide goes out. CAITLIN CLARK IS THE BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER ON THE TEAM, yet is routinley pulled from the game for alleged defensive reasons when in fact she is pulled from the game to prevent the team from winning, or in one case, prevent Caitlin from getting the first triple double by a rookie in league history, for so called defensive purposes, when in fact the outcome was already decided and the only thing the coach was preventing was Caitlin getting a triple double. WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They ae deliberatly undermining Caitlin and the fever, and the coach is in on it.
I've never heard anything more immature than what I've heard about these players.
It's totally unprofessional how they are behaving. Of course it should be questioned.
You are correct. When I heard that answer, I immediately thought it was something Smith had done off the court.
But is it reasonable to take her out of the starting lineup as a disciplinary action?? Maybe yes maybe not. Maybe she missed the practice. Either way I think they lost because of Sides not making good plays especially at the end of the 4th qtr.
@@LuKaa316No it's because of her relationship with dijonai I would be willing to bet on it and she's another sell out on the fever team
Both the coach and smith fault @@ronniecarter266
Clark Wins 2 of 3 ESPYS
I took a long lunch to watch the Mystics game. It was a weird game. It was like the team morphed back to the lack of cohesion they had early in the season.
Very frustrating huh
I believe you are correct, Adrienne. The Indiana Fever should trade Melissa Smith asap! She should have been the one they traded instead of that good defender that got the axe. What a shame.. poor Caitlin - she's got enemies all around the outside... and enemies from within!!!
Trade wouldn't have worked. Dontas was on injured list and they needed to open a roster spot to activate her. Choices were Taylor, Berger, and Saxton. For whatever reason Taylor got the short straw.
Did you hear Taylor will play in Australia?
@@colleenposadas8415 Yes, didn't fact check though
@@colleenposadas8415 thanks! I just looked it up and she got signed to a one year deal. I'm happy for her. Still, I don't understand why they draft her in the first place. Dantas looks totally out of shape.
@@colleenposadas8415 Indeed
NaLyssa Smith is way too emotional, and it really affects her game negatively.
@IATG Smith has not played to her talent level after the Sky game. Reese affected her confidence. I hope she has a better game next time against Reese Smith is my favorite player and she is athletic and has talent!
@@ernestclayboniii656 if Smith got sent to the line as many times as Angel Reese did she would.
@@ernestclayboniii656it’s been since Connecticut game she may be compromised a little. Since her girlfriend is the girl that despises Clark and bashes her on Twitter. Smith has had some descent games this year nonetheless but I’d trade her for another big who can rebound and defend. Maybe Cardosa since Chicago only lets AR play all game
Nalyssa Smith went out of town for 2 days to see her gf. She probably thought they just beat the Liberty, so they got the Mystics in the bag. Guess what? She comes back to a loss to the worst team in the league. 🤦
Actually mystics are really good
@@jto-eg7qwI don't know if they are really good, but they are pretty good.
Dennis Rodman went to Vegas and didnt comeback until they dragged him back.. but the Bulls were smart enough to keep their eyes on the prize. The WNBA is taking advantage of these players.. no way the coaches should be making 7 times more than the players..
They aren’t the worst team in the league. Seriously do you ppl do any research before making a donkey out of yourself?!
@@jto-eg7qwRecord wise they are one of the worst games.
Smith probably missed practice to spend time with her gf. After the Liberty game, Sides was joking and said the team was trying to get two days off again like theyd had that week. Bet Smith took two days anyway.
That sounds like that could have been what happened
This is what needs to happen, Sides takes Clark into her office, closes the door, sits down at her desk, asks Clark to sit down, takes a deep breath and asks - Caitlin who do you want to start the game with - listen - then do - and after the Game Caitlin will give her the credit - simple solution if you think about it.
WHYYYY was I thinking this today 😅😅😅😅
@@rhondastewart8805 I should have added the owner and GM be there too - that coach has cost the Fever at least 2 games - and I would be bringing back the Fever best defender.
@@DonaldBruceSmith Signed with an Australian league team today? yesterday?
She's the coach, she's supposed to know more than the players.
@@markyg236 who signed
She didn't tell you which coach....probably the coach of the SKY.
LOL!
Haaaa
I find it interesting how NaLyssa is allowing Carrington to sabotage her career with the Fever. Not the best love choice.
She seems immature and not serious being a committed player of the team.
@@marygooden2905 in other words..unprofessional
Nalyssa is puzzy whipped. Men are not the only ones that get that way.
Because it's a choice based on lust (which can be blinding)... not love.
Sounds like Miss Smith broke an internal team rule
She is very open to talk about personal issues involving Caitlon Clark.
Caitlyn …… and we don’t know what occurred! It may have been Carrington meddling no doubt as a Clark hater! Smith is wholly inconsistent anyway and I like Samuelson and Hull better for speed!
Right??
Yup, this is what I reached out about…Carrington and smith are back to dating again. Carringtons last few tweets towards Clark are def going to make that locker room quiet
Carrington is an activist. The hate seeps out of her.
Nah it doesn't, it pours out@colleenposadas8415
Whoever is the owner of this team must not care about winning?
Smith was not on her game. The fever need Temi Fagbenle back in the line up!
Agree 100%
The reporter that asked Christie Sides the question was Bob Kravitz. He is an all-time great sports journalist and long time Indy sports journalist. He always ask meaningful questions and good sport analysis and opinions.
Oh! Good to know his name! Thank you! I do like his questions! He seems very invested in his job and seems very professional.
Makes sense. Kravitz clearly understood what "coach's decision" meant as he didn't pursue further and wasn't even butt-hurt about the non-answer.
She did not know why I hope next time she learned from her mistake
Your starting line up comes out on fire 🔥 M Tyson all was did
If you don’t do your. Job your. Gone does she have an assistant. Coach to help coaching
Agreed coach that sounded like it was for personal reasons. Still question why Mitchell was given the final shot and not Clark.
CC have an open clear shot & did not pass the ball to her on the last few crucial seconds! When she is in the 3 pt. zone!
@chrissmith2753, wonder no more: bad coaching
@@theadriennerossshow3143 amen, and not the first glaring display of terrible choices in critical moments ny Sides.
@@theadriennerossshow3143 Not bad coaching....deliberately undermining the team to destroy and discredit Clark, who refuses to bow down to the woke agenda and kiss the black lesbian feet like Beuckers for U-Conn has already done.
This roster must be revamped over the off-season. Too many players are in it for themselves.
Whole team, from the front office on down.
I agree!
Wallace Wheeler Mitchell need to go .smith needs to make a decision on her future in basketball loyal to your teammate Caitlin or be traded.can't stand thug Carrington .
Adrienne, as always your analysis is spot on. I thought something was odd about Sides reaction to the question, and you nailed it. Blessings to you
I think the situation between NaLyssa Smith and DiJonai Carrington is becoming a conflict of interest. DiJonai has been making some suspect comments on X and NaLyssa has been cosigning.
I said after Dijonai's first tweet, that she was just a proxy for Smith. These tweets are coming from Smith herself. I guarantee it.
This is so confusing. Smith seems to like Clark in those practice videos. So how can she let Carrington carry on with that rant stuff?
I’m really not too impressed with the character of former Baylor players. Looks like Mulkey ran a circus
Yep, it was a thug system and it continued over at LSU.
@@thewire19 obviously VanderVeer and Carrington didn’t mesh
ive never been teammates with someone romantically involved with an opponent. I find this extremely weird and i would trade smith
I wouldn’t be surprised if, they share each other’s team’s playbook. Whoever is weaker, emotionally, in that relationship will be the one being squeezed for information.
CC got 2 ESPYs and Aja got 2 ESPYs
dei no doubt for wilson
Come with something new. Aja deserved the espy just like Caitlin
Happy for Caitlin only..
Thank you Adrienne. It never occurred to me that it was a discipline issue. I thought Christie just didn't appreciate having her starters decision questioned......If that romantic relationship stuff is true, that is a problem. In many professional settings you can't have relationships with the competition, or even with a coworker. Seems like an ethical issue.....However, I sincerely doubt Christie Sides would wade into that controversial area and discipline a player over it.
It's one thing to 'fraternize', it's another to do so on the internet for any and all to see. How long have we been hearing about "the appearance of impropriety"?
I agree. Adrienne, you are getting way too in to this petty gossip…we are not I. High school.
@@jacquelinerhone5950 When you say "I agree," what are you referring to?
@@jacquelinerhone5950 i didnt say Adrienne was being petty. I just said Sides probably wouldn’t risk being politically incorrect.
She's the coach, so it was her decision. But the reason the fans are upset, was not because of Lexy, but because as a rule of thumb, you don't change a winning side.
Yes, but my video is about something totally different.
For Lexi’s confidence alone she should have said it was because Lexi could better defend in that matchup.
@@Burning_Rose1 Especially since Lexi's defensive intensity is 💯
Bench Nalysa Smith if Fever will play the Connecticut Sun but not the Mystics when the Fever are trying to settle at 7th place. Again, idiotic coaching.
I get your point, but sometimes, coach's have to make a point right away. The issue isn't the team they're playing; the issue is the behavior period. And, unfortunately, sometimes it takes not starting someone to cause teammate to teammate pressure. I once sat two players who came in late to practice and made the other players run instead. The pain of watching your teammates suffer for your mistake can be eye-opening. But also, since you want to make the playoffs, as you mentioned, it was a gift to be able to sit them against the bottom team. Connecticut is dominant, so you figure you can sit her against a weaker team, the Mystics, send a message, yet still have a good shot at winning. It would have been great if it had worked, but the team came out playing like The Bad News Bears.
Dijonnai been bitching a lot on Social media lately...
@@StewsReplay toxic behavior
Living RENT FREE ... 😂
Who cares? If you don’t follow her, life is so much better. Just like Caitlin
@nathanthompson3401 We Don't follow her. Watching a lot of vblogs here in RUclips. We care less. Who is she?
@nathanthompson3401 maybe you should care since she is literally sleeping with the enemy
Lyssa gotta tell get her gf Carrington to cut the shit and stop tweeting about CC. It's embarrassing.
Smith should be waived. Her cozy relationship with a player on an opposing team is inappropriate and unprofessional.
Carrington is pure hate. She won't listen.
Trade lyssa to play with her gf
@@JE-ICI don't think that's inappropriate at all. However, the fact that her girlfriend, Djonai, keeps making jabs at both Caitlin Clark and her fans online constantly is a problem. It's also a problem that she keeps liking tweets to fire the coach. Those are far more disturbing.
@@thewolfofwallstreet627it is. The fact that these girls date each other is a big issue. It's not professional and then out it on social media.
That's what people don't take the lesbi9nic league seriously. They don't take it serious themselves. Imagine this going on in the nba or any other professional league. Players and coaches should not be dating each other.
The problem I have with that is that she eventually put her in. I am suspicious and I think that there’s more here than just disciplinary action against the player. I’m beginning to think this league is chalk full of corruption.
Well, as a coach, I have not started players for disciplinary reasons. Players pride themselves on starting, and not starting them for a certain violation tends to jar them--if they even care, that is.
@lizhricik - I Definitely think the WNBA is Corrupt. None of this makes sense, what's All going on!
Drama, Drama, Drama, is All it has been.
Nobody can be a professional head coach, and be as ignorant as Christy Sides. No Smart business person (the Owner, President, GM), would put up with what they are doing to Caitlin; Or to the entire team, because they DO have potential, IF they had a decent coach.
The Drama with Swoops; Reece; ESPN BS; All-Star game; Olympics; ROTY; Reece Double-double Fixes;
The treatment with Everybody Against Clark; ETC.
It's just one thing after another.
There Has to be more to all this.
I don't know if it's for a distraction; I don't know if it's about racism & division, or what.
I think a Lot of fans are tired of being made to feel stupid, and it might backfire in their face.
If it wasn't for watching Clark's game (because of her style of play), I wouldn't watch at all.
Your not the only one.something corrupt is going on
@@theadriennerossshow3143 ...You claim to be a coach, yet you can't see the obvious?
There are reasons that she was hired and reasons that she remains. Winning championships and developing team play are not among them.
Carrington is about to ruin Smith’s entire career over her own ego. And Smith is about to let her. This is absolutely wild. You speak the truth Adrienne, your loyalty has to lie with your team. This is business. They are just being messy about this. And what Smith needs to realize if it comes down to choosing Clark or her they are not going to pick her she needs to be making wiser moves. As people have said before this is an incredibly competitive league and it’s hard to get a spot if she loses her spot on the fever, where is she going to play?
Carrington isn't even good looking or pretty she's 1000 percent fake fake hair fake eyelashes fake everything
I honestly thought the same thing Adrienne when she hesitated to answer! You could tell she wanted to say something but kept it in house for once instead of telling the whole world ! Like when Caitlin said they woke up a monster Coach! Anything a player tells their coach should always stay between them. All that did was give the league a heads up and I'm sure they tried to shut Caitlin down even more than they have already been trying to do IMHO I think Christy lost Caitlin's trust just from that incident! I know I got off the subject a little bit LOL
Im trying to like women's basketball but they don't make it easy.love your truth
Smith's coziness with a competing team's player is inappropriate and unprofessional.
Especially when her girlfriend mocks Caitlin on the court and makes social media posts attacking Caitlin. It's bad for team morale, and raises serious questions about Smith's loyalty to her own team.
Smith needs to be waived, the sooner the better. Especially since she's very inconsistent and therefore not a reliable person to keep on the roster.
She has trade value. She was a number 2 pick and if she wasn’t choosing to be like this she is actually one of the best offensive players on the team. Caitlin showed on court chemistry with her before anyone else. The whole thing is very sad.
They need to get rid of Smith - trade or whatever.
You're right about loyalty. Nalyssa couple weeks ago made comment in Paige's IG comments : "we would look good in a purple 👀", implying that both them could be teammates on the Valkyries. What unprofessional dummie you have to be to make public comments like that....
Plus, Dijonai could not stop tweeting about CC. I'm so tired of all the think peaces from all these pundits and Dijonais. THEY keep escalating this race narrative, make things about black vs white. There're millions of people watching WNBA now and 95% of them are decent human beings. However, they keep adressing and making narratives based on actions some dumb and loud trolls on twitter.
Immediately
Like last month
This is unacceptable to be dating a competing player
Especially once attacking your teammate
She trash anyway
She never passes the 🏀
She do the dumbest shit I ever seen in a game
Trade her immediately
Imagine working somewhere and your significant other is constantly bad mouthing your co-worker ... Regardless of how appropriate some may feel about the relationship... It's interfering with WORK and morale.. I promise you that.. and Mustard knows ACTUALLY what she's doing!
Thanks a lot for explaining. Sides still needs to go.
GO FEVER 🏀🏀🏀
I think Smith has been doing things behind closed doors that is a detriment to the team. I actually got she gets rid of Smith because of her toxic girlfriend who keeps race boring CC.
I don’t trust Smith - you don’t allow your partner to treat your teammate like that and expect everything to be okay!!!!
She needs to go regardless of her being a good player!
I think it was both of them on X during their time off seemingly stoned out of their mind fraternizing on X
Yeah, Smith has to go!!!!
Agree 1000%!!!! And none if this "Carrington is a grown woman stuff" either. I'd have to tell her, "Hey, grown woman. Chill out with the 22 rants. It's reflecting on ME."
Suns got two players engaged on the same team. Sides tired of people threatening her coaching decisions. Lex plays better defense. Mystic shoots a lot of threes. Boston wasn't supposed to get in early foul trouble.
She’s not a good player!
I think you've nailed it coach!!
I like that perspective...I made friends with other players and we had real connections. But my coach was very clear...you represent and respect the uniform. We never left the locker room before a game til warm upstairs and stayed focused. if I'm playing against my best friend I don't acknowledge her I am focusing on beating the crap out of her and her team. Whatever I edge I needed to help win I used. That was in high school. I didn't get paid...this is supposed to be professional. The WNBA is way too toxic. CC deserves better.
Adrienne you should stop saying "Coach Sides," just say Sides. LOL
A coach knows what they are doing, and is in control of the team.
She was asked today about it and who was starting tomorrow and she said that’s team business and I’m not talking about it.
Good
I was glad she wouldn't say whose starting. Other team doesn't need to know that before the game.
Nobody on the team can trust her anymore. What's to prevent her from clanking a shot on purpose to help Carrington's team? What's to prevent her from throwing the ball out of bounds on purpose? Carrington has been talking smack about Caitlin, but Smith hasn't done a thing to stop it. Bench her for the rest of the season or cut her.
Smith allegedly was liking negative comments online about Coach Sides earlier in the season, which resulted in Smith being benched and told by Sides that she doesn’t see a place for her on the team. That’s when Temi Fagbenle became the starter. Of course we know that Temi injured her foot and Smith got her starting spot back. That’s what was going around on RUclips,
I feel bad that Carrington is so disrespectful to Smith. Smith could do better.
Smith's dumb. Carrington's a weasel.
💯💯💯
1000 percent
Smith is a pawn. Dijonai is playing chess. Project Fever sabotage in full effect.
I wish fever could get Cardoso
OMG, I said this exact same thing to my friend today!!!
I agree. I think Cardoso is also being underutilized with the Sky. I wanted to see her quickly own her ‘big’ role.
Nah, they need to draft a big like Hannah Stuelke that can run the floor and play fast paced. They had the best on court chemistry at Iowa.
I wish they would get Monika Czinski!
NaLyssa has stunk it up a number of games aside rebounding. She has 1 quality screen for CC for the season. Smith doesn't want to play with CC. I bet she blames CC for the Dijonass breakup. There's video of Smith grabbing Carrington by the elbow post game, so...
They're back together, unfortunately lol
The "drag" is near criminal.
Do that at your work.....see where it leads you.
Discipline is definitely needed.
This makes a WHOLE lot of sense too when you see how Caitlin responded to the lineup question too
ESPN UPGRADED REESE REBOUNDS FROM 9 TO 10 POST GAME TODAY!!! ILLEGAL, JASON WHITLOCK WAS RIGHT
1 of the 5 Offensive Rebounds was Reece's own miss
A rebound is a rebound…
For all the outrage expressed about Caitlin Clark fans supposedly disrespecting the history of the WNBA & the vets, where is the outrage over these shenanigans going on to get Reese double-doubles and how it is disrespectful to the game and to Candace Parker?
@@shf4592 Exactly--disrespectful to Candace Parker!
@@shillery653 offensive rebounds were from missed or blocked shots
Smith is inconsistent and is more of a one on one player , i don't have a problem with her not starting
Makes sense. Cost them the game. Takes down my interest in Women's bball. Drama off the court is out of this world.
This should not be a surprise to anyone , thank you for noticing the change and there are other problems within this team. KM laughed with Angel Reese after CC was knocked down. I heard they are friends. She will not pass to CC and Wheeler does the same thing. CC creates their plays and her own. I think Boston is hot and cold towards CC , what a mess.
Well hell, they should've released Na'Lyssa Smith and kept Celeste Taylor.
I dont think this was the first time Smith was benched.
I think Smith is more intetested in her girlfriend than playing good basketball and it seems she is a little immature.
So much for "professional players" in the league.
We know there is one anonymous General Manager in the WNBA, who said I would trade my whole team for CC. Where is the offer? If I were a GM, especially in Chicago, Minnesota, Arizona and Dallas I would make a trade. All 4 of those cities are connected to Iowa in location and/or vacation and retirement areas.
With all the airballs and Stat padding and Touchy feely going on...
Gambling steps in real quick....especially with VERY low pay scale.
The Wages HAVE to go up to help curb the FIX>
I do agree that Smith’s benching was discipline related; however, I think it’s more than what you stated. Players know that once you get between the court lines friendships goes out the door.
Smith probably called Sides a idiot and/or directly questioned her coaching competency in front of the team
Awesome analysis Ross lady :)
@frederickrobinson9502 I totally agree that something probably went south between Sides and Smith.
I agree. After that tic tock posted, I thought it would cause trouble.
I think it was airhead, high school nonsense gossip . Coach had to have a good reason got benching Smith…and it was not because of these silly videos…
I’ve said this several times before, Smith is terrible as is Wheeler and Mitchell is only out for herself and all three need to go!!!
Perhaps Europe cause the Aussies don't play that schtuff 😅
Totally agree
That's why I think they came out in shambles because whatever happened was serious enough to affect the whole team.
As it does! True.
Try trading N. Smith to Sky for Cordosa.... who's not happy being 4th fiddle behind Reese, Carter & Mabrey......
Throw in Wheeler, and Wallace as freebies.
Tell it like it is! Finally found someone who knows what she is talking about!
Must be awkward in that locker room, especially when players on the Fever, especially CC know that's her girl
and I believe $$ is involved.
Great points, great episode! I applaud your energy to keep up with this drama. I’m happy you do it! Keep it up. ❤
I thought that relationship would become a problem for the team at some point.
Someone has to go to send a message. Wheeler, Mitchell, Wallace, and Smith are not one the CC/Boston train. Trade one or cut one to send a message, Sides, for Gods sake COACH!
When ever I see something like someone suddenly dropping a lot of passes etc I wonder about the gambling aspect. It doesn't take much to beat a point spread if one was in the proper position & was so inclined. I also don't think the Smith/ Carrington conflict of interest will be tolerated much longer.. The "Coaches decision" may have come from farther up the ladder.
I wondered about that. It was disciplinary
I honestly dont have a problem with a couple 20-somethings being flirty ... Im more bothered by Carrington's negative posts against a fellow WBNA player and her fans, particular of her partner's team team ... I sure cant post negative things publicly against my co-workers, which I think is a norm for work places/public relations. It impacts morale at the work place ... ... And if this was a "coach's decision" for what you said, apparently the Sun's Coach isn't feeling the same way? ... (And Ny'lissa was totally finally shining again during the Liberty game!)
I have seen around on the "great reliable internet" that she was late or possibly missed a team meeting/practice. While i do persobally think that Carrington is involved one way or another of why she was late.
I think the fever players were rattled by the coach’s lineup; you could see that they were deflated.
Being a new fan of the WNBA I’m very concerned with this league and sports betting. When you have a lot of players who are not paid very well this has the potential to be a huge problem, especially as the popularity of the league and betting on it become more mainstream.
You should be an analyst for ESPN, seriously.
Starting Hull was a great decision. She is a beast.
But she should have benched Samuelson instead of Smith.
But if Smith needed the discipline, she needed to be benched.
Ya, sometimes people need an attitude adjustment.
@@theadriennerossshow3143
Caitlin should not be around these indisciplined players. The W needs more Hawkeyes.
Carrington has attacked CC on social media numerous times. Smith is sleeping with the enemy. It makes perfect sense! Also smiths lack of intensity and performance at times is questionable.
I know I did not like how Smith played during last Chicago game with Fever lost. It looked like Reese was rebounding and shooting very easily and of course Chicago won. I’ve seen favoritism towards Reese with this double double record I saw it during the Minnesota game and the Atlanta game.
Can you do a video on gambling in WNBA?
Oh snap! That could turn into SA! Grabbing someone's behind in a sexual manner on court is a dicey subject. That would get you a trip to HR at best!
Sides is doing what “the league” is paying her to do. She has to lose games without being too obvious. And make sure that Caitlin is not a threat but can shine enough to string along the fans to bring in the money and the tv deals. After that they can just go ahead and hold her down and beat up on her as much as their little hearts desire…Knowing they still “own it” and will still be the ones picking winners and losers. And also…I WOULD say it’s not a😮 fair fight bc the league can lie, they can cheat, they can take the awards and give them to someone else…whatever they want to do just like always. However what they are doing looks a lot like a certain agenda that is notoriously opposed to what is right and true…and we know there is a power greater than that where truth and love are the winning power. Caitlin said it herself when asked about the treatment on the floor…treat others the way you want to be treated. That pretty much says sportsmanship too. I think the league is way out in left field when it comes to that.
Off topic: Celeste Taylor has signed a one year contract with the Sydney Flames in Australia. I gather they are one of the top teams in there league. I am very happy for Celeste; this will likely be a much happier place for her than sitting on the bench with the Fever.
This does not pass the sniff test!
They come off of a HUGE win from the Liberty game and she changes the starting line up.
She lets her team get blown out on a massive 17 or 20 point run and doesn't call time out.
When her team is on a run, she calls time out.
Sits CC when she's one away from a triple double in one game.
Sets up Kelsie who was 0/8, to take the final shot when CC carried her entire team, the final quarter.
Something is fishy, just saying.
i said the same thing! Why didn't she call time out to settle her damn team down and refocus. Made no sense to me
You are right. There have been so many questionable things that Sides has done so far this year. Not sticking up to the refs for her players, is another one. A lot of things don’t add up.
Outstanding take on the situation. You are confirming what I have been thinking since the season started.
Reporter should have asked: “do you think coaches should grow with their team?”
This would explain the funk everyone was in at the start of the game. Boston was out of it. Katie Lou was messed up. Two things I would like to see from the WNBA. 1. Clear statement and enforcement of PED policy. 2. Disclosure of any personal relationships between WNBA personnel. Coaches and players. Teams have the right to terminate contracts if they deem your intra or inter team relationship is a detriment to the organization.
Every Fortune 500 I worked for had a ‘disclose’ your relationship’s requirement if intra company or with a competitor.
Management is also very questionable has done anything to not intervene these bad decisions.
Benching Nalyssa 100% led to the loss
Get rid of Smith. Make a coach's decision to trade her.
I see what you did there! 👏🏾
Smith also doesn't do much cutting or set shots . she doesn't work well with Clark
One story said Nalyssa Smith used a laughing emoji to Carrington's post reaming CC's fans for what she saw as a double standard. Wonder if that has something to do with it - - appearance of a statement against, if not CC then her fans is pretty bad.
Smith seems to be an idiot
Nah it was on her own account not under the post
This kind of thing is probably very common in the wnba but is now easily spotlighted because of the greater attention on the league. Another reason why they want the attention to go away.
Sides is doing what shes told by the leaque
There's no shame anymore😢😢
You are right, to me when I heard her say that, it was like that was what I was told to say. Don't think it was Christy's decision, think it come down from upper management.
I don't mind a handshake, but then you try to destroy your opponent. Dating a member of an opposing organization, whether player, coach, accountant, scout, etc. is a bad look.
Women’s basketball is rife with corruption and improper sexual relationships between players and coaching staff.
I believe they were dating before Smith joined the team. I think coach Sides benched smith because she actually broke the rules such as missing practice, being insubordinate, etc. this whole mess about their relationship is gossip and don’t think a coach would bench a player for silly and mindless tik tok posts!
Sides lost that game for the Fever.
How was Sides turning over the ball?!?
This would explain the funk everyone was in at the start of the game. Boston was out of it. Katie Lou was messed up. Reason number 1001 to get rid of Sides. She had lost the locker room.