The Lynx are Commissioners Cup champs, now what? Angel Reese continues to surprise and where humbling becomes something else. Andrew's thoughts on women's basketball for the week of July 1, 2024.
Personally, I thought CC saying she didn't get advice from vets was a bit blown out of proportion - both she and Aliyah were laughing during the answer, as she was asked who's giving her advice in games, and of course the answer would be nobody because who's going to give advice to the person they're picking up 94 feet? That's not to say she isn't isolated, for all of the other reasons you named, but it's weird to me people have latched on to this specifically - also because if you watched the whole postgame press conference she was biting and grumpy the entire time as it usually goes after a loss, so I'd take anything she said with a grain of salt.
However, the fact that she has been picked apart and torn to shreds for this comment did kind of illuminate for me why she might be hesitant to speak on larger issues - not because she doesn't care, because she made clear her stance, but if she can't even make a joke in a press conference without getting torn apart, how is it going to go if she's addressing more serious topics?
I can absolutely understand that. For me, it's more the totality of all the body language, answers and general affect within these pressers. I don't blame her for wanting to stay away from those kinds of comments especially towards the start of the year. More than anything, it just seems like she's exhausted and it sucks to see a situation that should be joyful play out the way it has for her.
I agree. I got way too emotional when I saw BG hug her before the game, and DT's postgame comments about her. As you said, heavy is the head with the 28 million dollar shoe contract so I understand other players not feeling the same, but it occurred to me that BG and DT specifically both understand the sort of pressure she's under. As I thought you articulated well, I think it's easy for people to see her as infallible because she appears to be so beloved but as we've learned from every child actor throughout time, when it comes to folks whose frontal lobes haven't fully developed it's rarely that simple.
Personally, I thought CC saying she didn't get advice from vets was a bit blown out of proportion - both she and Aliyah were laughing during the answer, as she was asked who's giving her advice in games, and of course the answer would be nobody because who's going to give advice to the person they're picking up 94 feet? That's not to say she isn't isolated, for all of the other reasons you named, but it's weird to me people have latched on to this specifically - also because if you watched the whole postgame press conference she was biting and grumpy the entire time as it usually goes after a loss, so I'd take anything she said with a grain of salt.
However, the fact that she has been picked apart and torn to shreds for this comment did kind of illuminate for me why she might be hesitant to speak on larger issues - not because she doesn't care, because she made clear her stance, but if she can't even make a joke in a press conference without getting torn apart, how is it going to go if she's addressing more serious topics?
I can absolutely understand that. For me, it's more the totality of all the body language, answers and general affect within these pressers. I don't blame her for wanting to stay away from those kinds of comments especially towards the start of the year. More than anything, it just seems like she's exhausted and it sucks to see a situation that should be joyful play out the way it has for her.
I agree. I got way too emotional when I saw BG hug her before the game, and DT's postgame comments about her. As you said, heavy is the head with the 28 million dollar shoe contract so I understand other players not feeling the same, but it occurred to me that BG and DT specifically both understand the sort of pressure she's under. As I thought you articulated well, I think it's easy for people to see her as infallible because she appears to be so beloved but as we've learned from every child actor throughout time, when it comes to folks whose frontal lobes haven't fully developed it's rarely that simple.