Collier doesn’t get the respect she deserves. WAY too much praise is heaped on A’ja. She’s ok on defense but she is not the defensive player of the year.
You can clearly see how Hammond got named in a federal civil rights case that included potential harassment.. She's more corn cob than silk as they say in Iowa.
Becky is a bully and it’s getting so old. She basically makes Hamby‘s case every day. The fact that reporters react almost fearfully about being accused of not voting for her it’s sad. Go away Becky.
Phee’s defensive rtg is 92.2 and the lynx have the no.2 ranked defense. A’ja Wilson’s is 99 and the acrs have the no.4 ranked defense. Lynx finished as #2, Aces as #4 Sorry Becky but A’ja is not entitled to the DPOY award. Not as the #4 seed. Advantage Phee
I truly understand why the wnba was not big before Caitlyn Clark. Their attitudes are disguising they have a terrible sense of entitlement and I HATE the aces coach and Ajia is a ball hog to me just cause your the best scorer does not make you the mvp two different things
I know why you don't like her😂😂😂 She called y'all yt peoples... Race has part in CC popularity. Yes, that's true and Kate Martin is a better exemple to illustrate that.
The Aces are so unlikeable except for Kate Martin & Megan Gustafson. I think the only reason Martin is on this team because they thought she would be a after draft invite if she went undrafted to the Fever. Coach is so unlikeable as is A'ja Wilson. Bitter Beer Face. If I were to start a new franchise and I could not get CC, it would easily be Naphessa Collier over anyone else in this league. She plays offense, defense and works within the scheme. Strange to say this about a UCONN basketball player.
Translation,: You don't like the Aces so nobody should. Reality: Aces are the most valuable WNBA team at $140 million and it isn't close. Aces had the highest home attendance and tv ratings in 2023. Aces sold out ALL their home games before the season started.
The Aces want to act as if they dont care about records and stats like the rebound record. But they tailored their whole season around Aja Wilson to get MVP this year, because she felt snubbed last year. They wasted their full team chemisry and the standings for the MVP stat padding, lets see if it was worth it or if they threw away the third title in a row by not having homecourt advantage because of this petty stuff.
@@bobby12348 Stop the Cap. Aja Played 35 minutes per Game this season (+4) and took 20 shots per Game this season (+5) from Last year while dropping from first seed to 4th seed with the Same roster. She inflated her Output in playing minutes and shots taken to get MVP and everyone can See it.
@@edvonschleck3098 Somebody gotta carry. First 12 games 6-6 without your starting pg. Plum and Young were going against some off court thing who affected their game. Now you see them clicking, its over... The robbery last year was already proven in the game 4 when she was down by 2 starters and still carry like always.
It’s so crazy how people play for stats. I understand you have to do what you can to make a name for yourself but if you can get wins for your team that is a bigger deal to me.
It’s always felt like all year that everyone on the Aces, including A’ja, are always making cases for her winning everything. I’ve only been following this year, but that’s the impression I get from the entire team and coach. Entitlement it almost feels like from the very start of the year. It’s really odd, I’ve never heard a team and player do this before like it’s a trial in a court.
It's such entitlement. They know it's alot of new eyes on the league so they bully everyone into accepting the gospel that Aja is the best player in the league and everyone else is bowing to her on bended knee. Everyone that covers the league follows the same script. Make the new fans worship Aja.
IMO, I say give Naphessa both MVP and DPOY. DPOY isn't about just getting stats. You need to have a good defensive team. If you want to give MVP to a 4th seed, fine. But the narratives are low: Collier won against both NYL and LVA and ought to be MVP.
I’d be fine with that for sure. They basically gave A’ja MVP before the season even started but it’s at least understandable. DPOY? No way. There are better defensive players.
As a true Aces fan… our defence has been horrible. Aja shouldn’t be DPOY. And I know they are trying to make up for her not winning MVP last year. But claiming she is MVP after game 1 of this season was crazzzy.
You are not a true Aces fan... Trying to make what ? She is the best defender in the league. Back to back DPOY ? are you kidding me ? This is the same situation with Gobert and Wemby last year ? Gobert won it because of her team.
This team are such whinners. The team has a better defensive rating with A'ja on the bench. She can't guard the perimeter and is slow in the open court. Only gets blocks camping under the basket waiting for guards to run right into her. A'ja isn't even a top 3 DPOY on merit.
According to the metrics, the only player who has played more than 30 games and has a higher defensive rating than A'ja is Collier. A'ja has more blocks and defensive rebounds.
@@marcleblanc6293 I’ve watched a few of the top teams playing each other and the half court stuff is boring. I noticed that many of the girls can actually play the speed game. But once they go half court. Ass out at the 3 point line, then it’s the bad ole W. Missed shots, crawling around the floor after the ball, etc.
I feel like all the Aces do is bully and manipulate people into voting for A’ja. I think CC absolutely has a case for MVP. I think she’s had the bigger impact on her team. But it was decided at the beginning of the year that A’ja is MVP. And that’s that. Very off putting.
I agree. Aces seem to be such a smug and entitled team. I'll be rooted for any team they go up against. They'll be insufferable if they win a 3rd championship
The narrative is ridiculous and it began before the season even started. The Aces made a point of getting her the MVP and if we’re honest and follow precedent, A’ja is MVP. But man are the Aces insufferable.
I love Napheesa Collier . The Lynx are in my opinion going to be the team to beat in playoffs. I despise Reeve as a person, but she is a good coach for the Lynx. I would love something that will never happen. The final Lynx vs Fever …
@@Kokobazonkos I hope you’re right. That would be the game to watch. The Fever won one matchup with the Lynx. I’ll never understand Fever losing every game to LV Aces . C’est la vie …
Not possible for them to be in final together as one would have to knock off the other in the semi. To add the that, the Fever beat the Lynx when Napheesa Collier sat out.
She isn’t. And she has a much smaller market and fan base. She’s a low key star on a low key team, personality-wise. Becky Hammon would like us to believe that the amount of buzz a player generates relative to another is entirely merit-based. I’m totally fine with A’ja winning MVP, even though I’d love to see it for Phee. But just because Hammon can sit there and scowl and bully reporters about considering Phee for DPOY as if she’s not even in A’ja’s stratosphere doesn’t make it so. She’s also aiming her argument at stat simpletons who don’t understand that blocks and steals, as exciting and quantifiable as they are, don’t even account for the bulk of defensive skill.
Aja has an argument for sure. But to act like Napheesa Collier at 1st in Defensive Rating (91.4) and 2nd in Defensive Win Shares (3.6) as the best defender on the best defensive team in the WNBA is a “rabbit hole” is comical. Never mind knowing becky hammon she is that kind of lady love to disrespect other players specially what she did to hamby , and her comments to jalen brunson for being small haha.
Becky Hammon is a clown. Disrespecting the reporter and putting them on the spot on behalf of the entire network is also weak sauce. I can easily see this being the same person who abused Dearica Hamby.
From my EXTREMELY limited watching of the Aces. I only watched them 4 times. (Against the Fever) A'ja isn't that good of a defender. She blocks shots, but Boston shouldn't be dominating them.
Wemby couldn't get DPOY this year because San Antonio had the worst defense in the league even though he was the best defensive player individually by far.
AJA IS THE BEST PLAYER EVER PLAYED. QUESTION: HAVE CAITLIN CLARK EVER WON ANY CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES? NO HAVE AJA WILSON EVER WON ANY CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES? YES AJA WON BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES (NO TEAM EVER DONE)😊🙏😊
Everyone part of the Aces should be ashamed of themselves and shouldn’t be allowed to win anything!! The coach should be fired!! She is rude and a bully!
@Benzy-d3u Napheesa Collier destroyed Aja Wilson the last 2 game they played...She had way betters numbers and dog walked her all night...Go look Sparky, the last 2 times
@analyticalinsight A'ja is 9-6 against Collier head to head in their careers in the WNBA. A'ja has the better stats head to head. A'ja has 2 WNBA MVPs. Collier has 0. A'ja has won 2 WNBA championships. Collier has won 0. A'ja has been the Finals MVP. Collier 0. Why are we having this conversation? 🤣🤣
@@analyticalinsight Alysha Clark was Guarding Collier😂 you know why Alysha Clark ? Because Collier call a pick when she had Wilson as a primary defender...😂 Yt people 🤦♂️
I thought that all she was going to say and then ‘PECKY’ and yes I spelled that with a P, had to go on and on. Why are coaches and using that term loosely, jealous too. Step back.
Here we go this is what they did last season to bully the league to get Aja the MVP now they are doing this again to force the league to give Aja another DEI award.
Whoever wins DPOTY deserves it because there is no clear favourite. I remember to begin the season you didn't rate advanced stats when a certain player was ahead of another. But now all of a sudden it's important. The best defensive player on the best defensive team is acceptable to me. Can't argue with that.
Sorry but having Aja Wilson stand in the paint and in a basic zone while her team plays man to man, she is basically a help defender. Does she guard on the ball? More often than not, she plays a zone while her team is playing man.
One thing you see here is everybody’s coach fight for their player to get all the accolades and Christy sides never fights for her players unless it’s Boston or Mitchell. Never Clark.
Whatever.........most did not even know any of these wnba players prior to CC, only reason they are known now is because of Caitlin. They can give every award to A'ja for all I care, despite Caitlins efforts the WNBA is still a crap league and only reason to watch is Caitlin.....whatcha what happens if the Fever are knocked out .....viewership will easily drop by half or more....
These awards have the same kind of problem as sports where you hold up a number on a card like gymnastics and figure skating. First an illustration. My wife loved figure skating, so I always sat with her to watch it during the Olympics. I mostly found it boring, but I watched it because she wanted me to watch it with her. Then there was this girl named Surya Bonaly who could do a backflip! I thought she was exciting and fantastic. But the judges gave her low marks. What they wanted to see was not what I wanted to see. If there was a standard, that we can measure, weigh, count, etc. to show who is MVP or DPOY, etc., then there would be no discussions. But nobody really knows what it takes to be MVP. So when someone gets picked, is it wrong? Similarly for DPOY. Some things, like blocked shots and steals are easily measured. But what about guarding someone so close that they are simply shut down? It is very hard to measure that. What about forcing a bad pass by guarding the jump shooter so well they had to fling a wild pass? There is no stat for that. So some parts of basketball can't be measured with a ruler or stopwatch even if we wanted to try. MVP and DPOY are subjective. I have not watched enough games to know who the DPOY is. I pretty much just watch the Seattle and Indiana games. It takes a lot of close observation to know who is a really great defender night in and night out. For ROY, I would choose Clark. For MVP, I would choose A'ja. In both cases, I think if someone else got picked, it would be an injustice of some sort {in my view} But whoever you pick and stick the shiny ribbon on their lapel, the best are who they are and that may or may not line up with who is chosen (or who is really best, because others probably know more than I do anyway)
If she doesn't want to base it on stats, Caitlin Clark who is not know to guard people was able to guard her. So based on this should we take away her MVP also?
She's going to bat for one of her players, good for her. It doesn't mean anyone has to care. But, that is how you campaign for someone. Will Reeves do the same for Collier?
100blocks. I wonder how many of those was against reese, seems like every time reese would shoot Aja would block her. but it was at least 7 over the whole year
Just heard mick sat tim duncan wasnt a shot blocker like dikembe mutembo... Ok ill just say doesnt know nba basketball lol that was the craziest take he ever had
If MVP means the best performer in the league, then I would give it to A'ja. However, if it means most valuable player in the league then I would give it to Caitlin, because she is debatably the most impactful player on the WNBA than anyone in the history of the WNBA. It's too numerous to list, so go figure.
Listening to a head coach talking this way is cringey and highly unprofessional. Saying that you believe your player is this or that and stopping there is fine but she just keeps digging a hole that smells awful. The W needs to clean this stuff up or even Caitlin won’t be able to keep the spotlight shining. I’m weary of this drama.
A'ja is a substantially better defender than Phee, just look at the Olympics and especially the final where Phee and Stewie almost lost out to the French pressure. Now back to the league, if she's 2X DPOY, it's because she's first and foremost a great defender...This year, the Aces have been very average in defense and without A'ja, it would have been worse...But individually, as with the MVP, she stands out from the crowd, she's better than Phee on individual stats and for that she should be Dpoy...She played alone in this Aces defence unlike the Lynx who had great consistency in defense.
BH has a massive conflict of interest with respect AW. Her opinion is basically worthless regardless of whether AW is MVP or DPY. BH would benefit from a media training refresher course LOL.
We should ask her, why shouldn't Caitlin Clark be MVP after she pulled Indiana Fever to the playoffs for the first time in 7 or 8 years, or had the best season ANY guard have EVER had?.. AND has produced more points with points AND assists? that A'ja?.. and all in her Rookie year.
That’s ROTY stuff, not MVP stuff. Fever improved by 7 wins year over year. In 2023, they improved by 8 wins over 2022. Her team is 6th seed…in an 8 team playoff…in a league with 12 teams. Atlanta is in the playoffs this year with only 2 more wins than Indiana had last year.
And A’ja isn’t a point guard, so of course she doesn’t have as many assists. 😂 crediting Caitlin for points off her assists is such a stretch. There’s a reason they are recorded as ASSISTS and not points.
@Benzy-d3u It's not only about stats...That's the problem with people like YOU, that don't really know the sport or played the sport much or at any type of level...You don't really know what you are watching, you need announcers to tell you what's happening and you only know stats...My eyes tell me that undoubtedly Collier is the best player in the league....Shes one of the best on ball defenders in the league, she's a great perimeter defender post defender and helper, she also makes the players around her better all while playing system basketball, the offense is not revolved around her, they play more of a motion offense....Which is predicated towards balance....Aces play do everything for Aja offense....Collier will win Finals MVP
@analyticalinsight You're clueless if you think come playoff time, Collier can match up with the MVP and the best player in the WNBA A'ja Wilson. A'ja led the WNBA in scoring, second in rebounding, and first in blocked shots. She's a great player on both ends. That's why her team is going for the 3 peat, and she's going to be the MVP again. Collier is a real good player, but not on A'ja's level. There are levels to this.
@@analyticalinsight You don't like A'ja that's why you bring Stokes in the conversation... Now Gustafson take the Stokes's starting, is she the best defender ?😂
@MOHAMEDMOHAMED-bx3ji No but she will guard Nneka Oguemike in the playoffs series...Aja will guard Magmegor.....Aja gets stats but players have their better games all season... Collier, Natasha Howard, Stephanie Dolson, Brianna Jones, Dearica Hamby literally destroyed her, AB had a couple good games against her and Griner had huge games against them...Collier is a Dawg on defense, Aja is a good shot blocker but is not a dog on defense, she doesn't like to defend all the time, she likes to freelance and rest a bit on Defense...Shes smart she defends when she needs too but Collier locks up on D
@@MOHAMEDMOHAMED-bx3ji There's also a big man bias when it comes to DPOY award in the NBA. A wing player who can guard positions 1-4 effectively on switches is more valuable to me than a slow footed Rudy Gobert who can't guard anybody outside the paint. The NBA has to look at how they define DPOY.
There is a panel of 100 sportswriters from the regions that have wnba teams who vote for mvp. First place votes are 5 points, second place votes are 3 points, third place votes are 1 point. The player with the most POINTS wins mpv. Not the most first place votes.
@@clemdane Whoops, I just checked, I only had it partly right 100 sportswriters FROM UNITED STATES AND CANADA (why Canada idk) vote on FIVE places, first place 10 points, second place 7 points, third place 5 points, fourth place 3 points, fifth place 1 point. The rest was correct. The player with the most POINTS is mvp. I believe the first explanation is for roty, except it is only 68 sportswriters from regions that wnba teams are based, with the first, second, and third place votes equating to the points I listed, and the player with the most POINTS is roty.
Mick, for you to sit here and say that Wilson is terrible on defense when you continuously try to defend CC's defense is hilarious and you lose what little credibility you do have. Wilson is 1st in blocks, 1st in defensive rebounds and 5th in steals. We all know why you don't want Wilson to win.
Hammon is speaking up for her players. Nothing wrong with that and Christi Sides could learn a lot from Hammon in how a coach has the back of the players. Instead, Sides tends to throw her players under the bus.
I honestly have not watched enough games to really give an opinion. Based on the games between the Fever , Aces, and Lynx, I would give it to A’ja. The fact that people are using ESPN’s BS made up stats as a reason for Collier, just makes me think it should be A’ja too.
No idea what she's blabbering on about, just going off the eye test Phee is a better defender. Better all around player too. A'ja is just a freak athlete.
She’s really trying to gaslight people into giving Aja the dpoy
I disagree with Hammon's take, but I wish Christie Sides would defend and advocate for Caitlin Clark this way!!
Collier doesn’t get the respect she deserves. WAY too much praise is heaped on A’ja. She’s ok on defense but she is not the defensive player of the year.
You can clearly see how Hammond got named in a federal civil rights case that included potential harassment.. She's more corn cob than silk as they say in Iowa.
Becky is a bully and it’s getting so old. She basically makes Hamby‘s case every day. The fact that reporters react almost fearfully about being accused of not voting for her it’s sad. Go away Becky.
@SW-lx3lu 💯
I will never like Hammon.
And depending on the outcome of this Hamby stuff. I think she should be disciplined more.
Phee’s defensive rtg is 92.2 and the lynx have the no.2 ranked defense.
A’ja Wilson’s is 99 and the acrs have the no.4 ranked defense.
Lynx finished as #2, Aces as #4
Sorry Becky but A’ja is not entitled to the DPOY award. Not as the #4 seed. Advantage Phee
This right here, dude rattled on for 10 mins to support a YT algorithm when this was all that needed to be said.
I truly understand why the wnba was not big before Caitlyn Clark. Their attitudes are disguising they have a terrible sense of entitlement and I HATE the aces coach and Ajia is a ball hog to me just cause your the best scorer does not make you the mvp two different things
Check out the ball hog's efficiency! Check out Aja's championship rings and MVP trophies, hater! She's a winner in this game.
I know why you don't like her😂😂😂 She called y'all yt peoples... Race has part in CC popularity. Yes, that's true and Kate Martin is a better exemple to illustrate that.
The Aces are so unlikeable except for Kate Martin & Megan Gustafson. I think the only reason Martin is on this team because they thought she would be a after draft invite if she went undrafted to the Fever. Coach is so unlikeable as is A'ja Wilson. Bitter Beer Face. If I were to start a new franchise and I could not get CC, it would easily be Naphessa Collier over anyone else in this league. She plays offense, defense and works within the scheme. Strange to say this about a UCONN basketball player.
Translation,: You don't like the Aces so nobody should.
Reality: Aces are the most valuable WNBA team at $140 million and it isn't close. Aces had the highest home attendance and tv ratings in 2023. Aces sold out ALL their home games before the season started.
Translation : I don't love A'ja because she called out, us , fans, for playing the race card in our support to CC.
Kate Martin is a great exemple
The Aces want to act as if they dont care about records and stats like the rebound record. But they tailored their whole season around Aja Wilson to get MVP this year, because she felt snubbed last year. They wasted their full team chemisry and the standings for the MVP stat padding, lets see if it was worth it or if they threw away the third title in a row by not having homecourt advantage because of this petty stuff.
She doesn't care. AJA just plays she knows she's going to hit something anyway how she plays.
Exactly. had the whole team doing worse just to boost her stats.
@@bobby12348 Stop the Cap. Aja Played 35 minutes per Game this season (+4) and took 20 shots per Game this season (+5) from Last year while dropping from first seed to 4th seed with the Same roster. She inflated her Output in playing minutes and shots taken to get MVP and everyone can See it.
@@edvonschleck3098 Somebody gotta carry. First 12 games 6-6 without your starting pg. Plum and Young were going against some off court thing who affected their game.
Now you see them clicking, its over...
The robbery last year was already proven in the game 4 when she was down by 2 starters and still carry like always.
Aja gets blocks and steals but she doesn't defend the other teams best big...She plays for stats, she doesn't do the little things
It’s so crazy how people play for stats. I understand you have to do what you can to make a name for yourself but if you can get wins for your team that is a bigger deal to me.
yup.. only for stats... over all offense CC.. she makes more points..
It’s always felt like all year that everyone on the Aces, including A’ja, are always making cases for her winning everything. I’ve only been following this year, but that’s the impression I get from the entire team and coach. Entitlement it almost feels like from the very start of the year. It’s really odd, I’ve never heard a team and player do this before like it’s a trial in a court.
It's such entitlement. They know it's alot of new eyes on the league so they bully everyone into accepting the gospel that Aja is the best player in the league and everyone else is bowing to her on bended knee. Everyone that covers the league follows the same script. Make the new fans worship Aja.
@@taggangmember Their Jedi mind tricks don’t work on me.
@@taggangmemberbut it didn’t work her game is boring
IMO, I say give Naphessa both MVP and DPOY.
DPOY isn't about just getting stats. You need to have a good defensive team.
If you want to give MVP to a 4th seed, fine. But the narratives are low: Collier won against both NYL and LVA and ought to be MVP.
I’d be fine with that for sure. They basically gave A’ja MVP before the season even started but it’s at least understandable. DPOY? No way. There are better defensive players.
As a true Aces fan… our defence has been horrible. Aja shouldn’t be DPOY. And I know they are trying to make up for her not winning MVP last year. But claiming she is MVP after game 1 of this season was crazzzy.
Thank you for acknowledging that !!
She proved it throughout the entire season though.
You are not a true Aces fan...
Trying to make what ? She is the best defender in the league. Back to back DPOY ? are you kidding me ? This is the same situation with Gobert and Wemby last year ? Gobert won it because of her team.
@@iamadrianscott You're a damn troll. You're a fake Aces fan. No real Aces fan talks about A'ja like that. She's the best player in the WNBA. Period!!
@iamadrianscott You are a real basketball watcher and fan.
This team are such whinners. The team has a better defensive rating with A'ja on the bench. She can't guard the perimeter and is slow in the open court. Only gets blocks camping under the basket waiting for guards to run right into her. A'ja isn't even a top 3 DPOY on merit.
According to the metrics, the only player who has played more than 30 games and has a higher defensive rating than A'ja is Collier. A'ja has more blocks and defensive rebounds.
Collier couldn't guard Reese...
You guys hate A'ja because she exposed y'all. Yt people🤦♂️
It seems many have no idea what MVP means.
Man. This league is wearing me out with the drama. I may have to check out.
Do like most of us, only watch Fever games......the rest are just boring.
@@marcleblanc6293 I’ve watched a few of the top teams playing each other and the half court stuff is boring. I noticed that many of the girls can actually play the speed game. But once they go half court. Ass out at the 3 point line, then it’s the bad ole W. Missed shots, crawling around the floor after the ball, etc.
It's like you're watching women's roller derby, and all of sudden a basketball game breaks out.
yeah I only watched the fever, I can't stand the rest of them. This woman especially is fucking annoying
Only yt peoples will hype mediocrity..
I feel like all the Aces do is bully and manipulate people into voting for A’ja. I think CC absolutely has a case for MVP. I think she’s had the bigger impact on her team. But it was decided at the beginning of the year that A’ja is MVP. And that’s that. Very off putting.
I agree. Aces seem to be such a smug and entitled team. I'll be rooted for any team they go up against. They'll be insufferable if they win a 3rd championship
Girl get out of her she hasn't hit a thousand points.
Ye but A'JA been doing this for years. She didn't just started. She been beat up to in the league.
@@eddievlifeThat is what a dynasty look like so what are you talking about that's what Becky wants.
The narrative is ridiculous and it began before the season even started. The Aces made a point of getting her the MVP and if we’re honest and follow precedent, A’ja is MVP. But man are the Aces insufferable.
I love Napheesa Collier . The Lynx are in my opinion going to be the team to beat in playoffs. I despise Reeve as a person, but she is a good coach for the Lynx. I would love something that will never happen. The final Lynx vs Fever …
You are so correct regarding the coach.
@jacquescousteau217 I agree totally, but a smart coach is a smart coach, regardless of her popularity. She’s good.
@@Kokobazonkos I hope you’re right. That would be the game to watch. The Fever won one matchup with the Lynx. I’ll never understand Fever losing every game to LV Aces . C’est la vie …
today its only about personal stats.. no more as a "team".. s cks thats why no one want to watch this league
Not possible for them to be in final together as one would have to knock off the other in the semi. To add the that, the Fever beat the Lynx when Napheesa Collier sat out.
Well.. I think they're disrespecting Collier by giving A'ja MVP, but Phee doesn't seem like the type to complain.
She isn’t. And she has a much smaller market and fan base. She’s a low key star on a low key team, personality-wise. Becky Hammon would like us to believe that the amount of buzz a player generates relative to another is entirely merit-based.
I’m totally fine with A’ja winning MVP, even though I’d love to see it for Phee. But just because Hammon can sit there and scowl and bully reporters about considering Phee for DPOY as if she’s not even in A’ja’s stratosphere doesn’t make it so. She’s also aiming her argument at stat simpletons who don’t understand that blocks and steals, as exciting and quantifiable as they are, don’t even account for the bulk of defensive skill.
Aja has an argument for sure. But to act like Napheesa Collier at 1st in Defensive Rating (91.4) and 2nd in Defensive Win Shares (3.6) as the best defender on the best defensive team in the WNBA is a “rabbit hole” is comical.
Never mind knowing becky hammon she is that kind of lady love to disrespect other players specially what she did to hamby , and her comments to jalen brunson for being small haha.
Jesus, this team is so entitled and condescending. I can't be bothered with them.
Becky Hammon is a clown. Disrespecting the reporter and putting them on the spot on behalf of the entire network is also weak sauce. I can easily see this being the same person who abused Dearica Hamby.
From my EXTREMELY limited watching of the Aces. I only watched them 4 times. (Against the Fever) A'ja isn't that good of a defender. She blocks shots, but Boston shouldn't be dominating them.
Just because you’re 98% taller than opponents you guard and block a lot of shots doesn’t mean you’re the better defender
Becky Hammond is so likeable lol😂
Wemby couldn't get DPOY this year because San Antonio had the worst defense in the league even though he was the best defensive player individually by far.
AJA IS THE BEST PLAYER EVER PLAYED.
QUESTION: HAVE CAITLIN CLARK EVER WON ANY CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES? NO
HAVE AJA WILSON EVER WON ANY CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES? YES
AJA WON BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES (NO TEAM EVER DONE)😊🙏😊
Everyone's allowed to have their opinion, even if it's bad
Everyone part of the Aces should be ashamed of themselves and shouldn’t be allowed to win anything!! The coach should be fired!! She is rude and a bully!
The player Aja guards usually puts up numbers vs Aces
Like who?? Nobody A'ja guards puts up more nunbers than she does. Nobody.
@Benzy-d3u Napheesa Collier destroyed Aja Wilson the last 2 game they played...She had way betters numbers and dog walked her all night...Go look Sparky, the last 2 times
@analyticalinsight A'ja is 9-6 against Collier head to head in their careers in the WNBA. A'ja has the better stats head to head. A'ja has 2 WNBA MVPs. Collier has 0. A'ja has won 2 WNBA championships. Collier has won 0. A'ja has been the Finals MVP. Collier 0. Why are we having this conversation? 🤣🤣
@@analyticalinsight Alysha Clark was Guarding Collier😂 you know why Alysha Clark ? Because Collier call a pick when she had Wilson as a primary defender...😂
Yt people 🤦♂️
@@Benzy-d3u2DPOY as well😂
I thought that all she was going to say and then ‘PECKY’ and yes I spelled that with a P, had to go on and on. Why are coaches and using that term loosely, jealous too. Step back.
Here we go this is what they did last season to bully the league to get Aja the MVP now they are doing this again to force the league to give Aja another DEI award.
You can't argue with stats tho😂
0-2 you should be worried about your team not making the playoff this year😂
Stewie won mvp Las year and no one talks about it. It's just Aja Aja Aja
But remember when A'ja said she did even know about the rebound record? Where's that humility now ...
Oh they like Sabrina now? lmao.
yeah only because sabrina is out & caitlin clark is in. They just can't stand clark.The bitterness & jealousy is embarrassing
Becky's not the only coach or person who has problems with ESPN's ranking criteria!
Whoever wins DPOTY deserves it because there is no clear favourite. I remember to begin the season you didn't rate advanced stats when a certain player was ahead of another. But now all of a sudden it's important. The best defensive player on the best defensive team is acceptable to me. Can't argue with that.
Give me Lexie Hull for DPOY
Evil dishonest ppl fighting dishonest evil ppl
Becky should be telling the fan base not to boo former teammates!! That’s embarrassing.
Yes some of us are arguing aja issues
Sorry but having Aja Wilson stand in the paint and in a basic zone while her team plays man to man, she is basically a help defender. Does she guard on the ball? More often than not, she plays a zone while her team is playing man.
Just give A'JA Wilson every award she can get and just get it over with.
Then next year come back with a fresher attitude. Geez
Magbegor and Collier should be in the conversation. There is a strong case both of them should be DPOY over Wilson.
Mick 38th wnba/fever video of the day 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉💪🏿
One thing you see here is everybody’s coach fight for their player to get all the accolades and Christy sides never fights for her players unless it’s Boston or Mitchell. Never Clark.
Her argument, I thought she was talking about CC
Right?
Having blocks doesn't mean you are DPOY. Then the player with more steals can be DPOY.
Whatever.........most did not even know any of these wnba players prior to CC, only reason they are known now is because of Caitlin. They can give every award to A'ja for all I care, despite Caitlins efforts the WNBA is still a crap league and only reason to watch is Caitlin.....whatcha what happens if the Fever are knocked out .....viewership will easily drop by half or more....
Why do they care so much about those meaningless awards?
These awards have the same kind of problem as sports where you hold up a number on a card like gymnastics and figure skating. First an illustration. My wife loved figure skating, so I always sat with her to watch it during the Olympics. I mostly found it boring, but I watched it because she wanted me to watch it with her. Then there was this girl named Surya Bonaly who could do a backflip! I thought she was exciting and fantastic. But the judges gave her low marks. What they wanted to see was not what I wanted to see. If there was a standard, that we can measure, weigh, count, etc. to show who is MVP or DPOY, etc., then there would be no discussions. But nobody really knows what it takes to be MVP. So when someone gets picked, is it wrong?
Similarly for DPOY. Some things, like blocked shots and steals are easily measured. But what about guarding someone so close that they are simply shut down? It is very hard to measure that. What about forcing a bad pass by guarding the jump shooter so well they had to fling a wild pass? There is no stat for that. So some parts of basketball can't be measured with a ruler or stopwatch even if we wanted to try. MVP and DPOY are subjective. I have not watched enough games to know who the DPOY is. I pretty much just watch the Seattle and Indiana games. It takes a lot of close observation to know who is a really great defender night in and night out.
For ROY, I would choose Clark.
For MVP, I would choose A'ja.
In both cases, I think if someone else got picked, it would be an injustice of some sort {in my view}
But whoever you pick and stick the shiny ribbon on their lapel, the best are who they are and that may or may not line up with who is chosen (or who is really best, because others probably know more than I do anyway)
The Lynx lost to the Fever without Collier but won with her!! She’s a awesome player
If she doesn't want to base it on stats, Caitlin Clark who is not know to guard people was able to guard her. So based on this should we take away her MVP also?
She's going to bat for one of her players, good for her. It doesn't mean anyone has to care. But, that is how you campaign for someone. Will Reeves do the same for Collier?
She needs to just mind her business and worry about her team. Aja doesn’t deserve every damn award
The eye test tells me ezi is the best defensive player I've seen this year
100blocks. I wonder how many of those was against reese, seems like every time reese would shoot Aja would block her. but it was at least 7 over the whole year
Hammond looks like she would do anything to win, she's a Tonya Harding
Just heard mick sat tim duncan wasnt a shot blocker like dikembe mutembo...
Ok ill just say doesnt know nba basketball lol that was the craziest take he ever had
This aja munching is generational
If MVP means the best performer in the league, then I would give it to A'ja. However, if it means most valuable player in the league then I would give it to Caitlin, because she is debatably the most impactful player on the WNBA than anyone in the history of the WNBA. It's too numerous to list, so go figure.
Oh Aja can't pull the race card on this one! Lol 😂
A'ja is the cryer of the year...wtf is she always crying for it's embarassing
uses stats and tells people not to use stats
Is she kidding ?? Wow DPOY. NOPE !!
Listening to a head coach talking this way is cringey and highly unprofessional. Saying that you believe your player is this or that and stopping there is fine but she just keeps digging a hole that smells awful. The W needs to clean this stuff up or even Caitlin won’t be able to keep the spotlight shining. I’m weary of this drama.
They hand out more awards than than games played?
I got no respect for anyone in the Aces org and it starts with her
Sounds like a bunch of spoiled ladies in a soap opera
A'ja is a substantially better defender than Phee, just look at the Olympics and especially the final where Phee and Stewie almost lost out to the French pressure. Now back to the league, if she's 2X DPOY, it's because she's first and foremost a great defender...This year, the Aces have been very average in defense and without A'ja, it would have been worse...But individually, as with the MVP, she stands out from the crowd, she's better than Phee on individual stats and for that she should be Dpoy...She played alone in this Aces defence unlike the Lynx who had great consistency in defense.
Damn Hammons looks rough, she can't be that old
Hammond hates CC!! Period she is the worse coach and got like best coach of the year!!
BH has a massive conflict of interest with respect AW. Her opinion is basically worthless regardless of whether AW is MVP or DPY. BH would benefit from a media training refresher course LOL.
Hmmmm- i'll go with MVPhee! Go to Target Center & be amazed........ extraordinary on defense!
We should ask her, why shouldn't Caitlin Clark be MVP after she pulled Indiana Fever to the playoffs for the first time in 7 or 8 years, or had the best season ANY guard have EVER had?.. AND has produced more points with points AND assists? that A'ja?.. and all in her Rookie year.
That’s ROTY stuff, not MVP stuff. Fever improved by 7 wins year over year. In 2023, they improved by 8 wins over 2022. Her team is 6th seed…in an 8 team playoff…in a league with 12 teams. Atlanta is in the playoffs this year with only 2 more wins than Indiana had last year.
And A’ja isn’t a point guard, so of course she doesn’t have as many assists. 😂 crediting Caitlin for points off her assists is such a stretch. There’s a reason they are recorded as ASSISTS and not points.
Reality vs a computer. Reality wins
I hope Hamby gets millions from her and the Aces
Aj'a is the MVP and the DPOY. She leads the WNBA in scoring and in blocked shots. Any debate about this is silly. She's the best player in the WNBA.
I would Vote Collier as MVP honestly....Stokes guards everyone best bigs
Collier has had a strong year leading the Lynx team to the #2 seed, but her stats don't compare to what A'ja has done. Not close.
@Benzy-d3u It's not only about stats...That's the problem with people like YOU, that don't really know the sport or played the sport much or at any type of level...You don't really know what you are watching, you need announcers to tell you what's happening and you only know stats...My eyes tell me that undoubtedly Collier is the best player in the league....Shes one of the best on ball defenders in the league, she's a great perimeter defender post defender and helper, she also makes the players around her better all while playing system basketball, the offense is not revolved around her, they play more of a motion offense....Which is predicated towards balance....Aces play do everything for Aja offense....Collier will win Finals MVP
@analyticalinsight You're clueless if you think come playoff time, Collier can match up with the MVP and the best player in the WNBA A'ja Wilson. A'ja led the WNBA in scoring, second in rebounding, and first in blocked shots. She's a great player on both ends. That's why her team is going for the 3 peat, and she's going to be the MVP again. Collier is a real good player, but not on A'ja's level. There are levels to this.
@@analyticalinsight You don't like A'ja that's why you bring Stokes in the conversation...
Now Gustafson take the Stokes's starting, is she the best defender ?😂
@MOHAMEDMOHAMED-bx3ji No but she will guard Nneka Oguemike in the playoffs series...Aja will guard Magmegor.....Aja gets stats but players have their better games all season... Collier, Natasha Howard, Stephanie Dolson, Brianna Jones, Dearica Hamby literally destroyed her, AB had a couple good games against her and Griner had huge games against them...Collier is a Dawg on defense, Aja is a good shot blocker but is not a dog on defense, she doesn't like to defend all the time, she likes to freelance and rest a bit on Defense...Shes smart she defends when she needs too but Collier locks up on D
Woman: “And that’s all I’m gonna say. And the last thing I’ll say…”
I don't care about stats. From the games I saw, Ezi Magbegor was better than both of them.
People don't care about stats when their favorite player doesn't have any. A'ja is the best on both ends.
How many points A'ja average against Seattle ?😂
I agree on ezi
This is the gobert vs AD argument. Blocks don’t mean you’re the DPOY.
So what does? And who is better than A'ja??
You mean Gobert and Wemby ? Gobert won because of his team and Wemby ?
@@MOHAMEDMOHAMED-bx3ji There's also a big man bias when it comes to DPOY award in the NBA. A wing player who can guard positions 1-4 effectively on switches is more valuable to me than a slow footed Rudy Gobert who can't guard anybody outside the paint. The NBA has to look at how they define DPOY.
@@Benzy-d3u Phee is a way better defender than Aja.
@@odigomez1787 How??
I am sick of the Aces. Their season is over. Let them go mumble in an empty room somewhere.
I don’t believe Wilson deserved mvp
It was not digging w stat padding reese?
Can’t look a Becky the same way after what she did to Hamburg
Pops obviously didn’t teach you to blow off stupid questions Becky. Why does a coach even care about end of the season voting? 😂
Who chooses MVP?
There is a panel of 100 sportswriters from the regions that have wnba teams who vote for mvp. First place votes are 5 points, second place votes are 3 points, third place votes are 1 point. The player with the most POINTS wins mpv. Not the most first place votes.
@@mikehall4517 Thank you!
@@clemdane Whoops, I just checked, I only had it partly right 100 sportswriters FROM UNITED STATES AND CANADA (why Canada idk) vote on FIVE places, first place 10 points, second place 7 points, third place 5 points, fourth place 3 points, fifth place 1 point. The rest was correct. The player with the most POINTS is mvp.
I believe the first explanation is for roty, except it is only 68 sportswriters from regions that wnba teams are based, with the first, second, and third place votes equating to the points I listed, and the player with the most POINTS is roty.
@@mikehall4517 Ohh okay, thanks! Interesting process
Mick, for you to sit here and say that Wilson is terrible on defense when you continuously try to defend CC's defense is hilarious and you lose what little credibility you do have. Wilson is 1st in blocks, 1st in defensive rebounds and 5th in steals. We all know why you don't want Wilson to win.
I have to brace my mind against some of the rage baiting ace fans in the comments I won’t get pissed 🧘♂️
Aces coach sound's entitled
I don't like that coach. Sorry.
You people say anything for clicks. Stop lying with words.
Hammon is speaking up for her players. Nothing wrong with that and Christi Sides could learn a lot from Hammon in how a coach has the back of the players. Instead, Sides tends to throw her players under the bus.
Speak up for your players without belittling others.
@@taggangmember I would take Hammon over Sides without hesitation. I would take the Seattle coach, Lynx coach, even the Dallas coach.
I honestly have not watched enough games to really give an opinion. Based on the games between the Fever , Aces, and Lynx, I would give it to A’ja. The fact that people are using ESPN’s BS made up stats as a reason for Collier, just makes me think it should be A’ja too.
Dude, whats wrong with you ?? I love Naphessa but come on dude...
No idea what she's blabbering on about, just going off the eye test Phee is a better defender. Better all around player too. A'ja is just a freak athlete.