| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Force10rulz
Joined: 11 Apr 2009
Posts: 1966
Location: Puget Sound
Back to top |
 Posted: 11/22/09 11:03 am ::: Re: WNBA Future |
Reply  |
|
| BobScoutingReport wrote: |
Seattle - not drawing as well as advertised but still 4000+ - ok for now with private ownership
Which seem the safest franchises? |
More like 8,000+ and so far I see them as the safest franchise.
_________________
Seattle Storm 3 times Champions
|
|
pilight
Joined: 23 Sep 2004
Posts: 66896
Location: Where the action is
Back to top |
| Posted: 11/22/09 11:28 am ::: |
Reply |
|
| toad455 wrote: |
| Also, with a potential new arena being built in Las Vegas, it's only a matter of time before the Maloofs move the Kings to Las Vegas. |
I have no doubt that this is a part of the Maloofs arena struggle. The Monarchs are a casualty of them wanting to show the city that they're serious about potentially leaving the city without a team.
I don't see the Kings staying in Sacto for much longer.
_________________
I'm a lonely frog
I ain't got a home
|
|
Force10rulz
Joined: 11 Apr 2009
Posts: 1966
Location: Puget Sound
Back to top |
| Posted: 11/22/09 12:01 pm ::: Re: WNBA Future |
Reply |
|
| Genero36 wrote: |
I think the Sun is the model franchise by which Orender wants to build on. Loaded financially and totally independent from the NBA, because Orender knows that the WNBA can't lean on the NBA for much longer. It's like the NBA is saying that we got your here; now it's time for you to help yourselves with what we've given to you. The Sun has done that and Orender's hoping that the other teams in the league will follow suit.
If they don't.... |
For who to help who? The Sun doesn't have money because of the team, they have money because the owners have a casino. What does Orender want the rest of the league to do? The Sun, Fever, Stars Libs, Lynx, Dream, Mystic's and Sky need to do what the rest of the teams have done, win a 'ship.
_________________
Seattle Storm 3 times Champions
|
|
ladeeda
Joined: 02 Jul 2008
Posts: 125
Back to top |
| Posted: 11/22/09 12:05 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
| irk wrote: |
| Shades wrote: |
| eyevolley4 wrote: |
That we are going to see a dispersal draft - Kara Lawson to Minnesota, please, for some true veteran leadership - and she won't even have to play point. |
If they have #2 pick, they better take Powell |
I'd take Powell. In a heartbeat. Would she want to come here? |
Lawson is a free agent she will not be part of the dispersal
|
|
Slovydal
Joined: 17 Nov 2004
Posts: 12205
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Back to top |
| Posted: 11/22/09 12:10 pm ::: Re: WNBA Future |
Reply |
|
| Force10rulz wrote: |
| Genero36 wrote: |
I think the Sun is the model franchise by which Orender wants to build on. Loaded financially and totally independent from the NBA, because Orender knows that the WNBA can't lean on the NBA for much longer. It's like the NBA is saying that we got your here; now it's time for you to help yourselves with what we've given to you. The Sun has done that and Orender's hoping that the other teams in the league will follow suit.
If they don't.... |
For who to help who? The Sun doesn't have money because of the team, they have money because the owners have a casino. What does Orender want the rest of the league to do? The Sun, Fever, Stars Libs, Lynx, Dream, Mystic's and Sky need to do what the rest of the teams have done, win a 'ship. |
How did that work out for the Comets, Shock and Monarchs?
|
|
myt
Joined: 29 Nov 2007
Posts: 3923
Location: California
Back to top |
|
abontorab9
Joined: 19 Jun 2008
Posts: 6207
Location: Connecticut
Back to top |
| Posted: 11/22/09 4:29 pm ::: Re: WNBA Future |
Reply |
|
| Force10rulz wrote: |
| Genero36 wrote: |
I think the Sun is the model franchise by which Orender wants to build on. Loaded financially and totally independent from the NBA, because Orender knows that the WNBA can't lean on the NBA for much longer. It's like the NBA is saying that we got your here; now it's time for you to help yourselves with what we've given to you. The Sun has done that and Orender's hoping that the other teams in the league will follow suit.
If they don't.... |
For who to help who? The Sun doesn't have money because of the team, they have money because the owners have a casino. What does Orender want the rest of the league to do? The Sun, Fever, Stars Libs, Lynx, Dream, Mystic's and Sky need to do what the rest of the teams have done, win a 'ship. |
If Mohegan Sun is not making money off the Connecticut Sun (and I mean making money, not simply breaking even) then the rest of the league is in deep, deep, deep shit.
|
|
JRae
Joined: 15 Aug 2008
Posts: 671
Location: somewhere where they got rid of their wnba team cuz the kings suck
Back to top |
| Posted: 11/22/09 10:17 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
anyone notice since the monarchs were folded on friday the kings have gone on a losing streak again? personally i hope they lose out the season and every season to follow. i hope this is like the curse of the bambino.
from here on out i will not go to another event at arco. i will not support the maloofs and i will continue to have the maloofs can suck it on my back window as long as i can! screw them!
_________________
CANCER FREE MOM!
Avatar: From the back of my car. yes it's still there. Maloofs can suck it!
|
|
Slovydal
Joined: 17 Nov 2004
Posts: 12205
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Back to top |
| Posted: 11/22/09 10:56 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
| JRae wrote: |
anyone notice since the monarchs were folded on friday the kings have gone on a losing streak again? personally i hope they lose out the season and every season to follow. i hope this is like the curse of the bambino.
from here on out i will not go to another event at arco. i will not support the maloofs and i will continue to have the maloofs can suck it on my back window as long as i can! screw them! |
The same goes for me.
Have you called the Kings ticket line to let them know how you feel?
|
|
JRae
Joined: 15 Aug 2008
Posts: 671
Location: somewhere where they got rid of their wnba team cuz the kings suck
Back to top |
| Posted: 11/22/09 11:01 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
| no i havent. im actually going to arco tomorrow to talk to my rep about getting a refund for the $1200 i paid for my season tickets for next year.
_________________
CANCER FREE MOM!
Avatar: From the back of my car. yes it's still there. Maloofs can suck it!
|
|
scullyfu
Joined: 01 Jan 2006
Posts: 8858
Location: Niagara Falls
Back to top |
| Posted: 11/22/09 11:20 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
| JRae wrote: |
| no i havent. im actually going to arco tomorrow to talk to my rep about getting a refund for the $1200 i paid for my season tickets for next year. |
seriously, good luck with that. i'm sure we'd all be interested in what they have to say.
_________________
i'll always bleed Storm green.
|
|
MuneravenMN
Champion Tipster
Joined: 01 Jun 2008
Posts: 3990
Back to top |
| Posted: 11/22/09 11:35 pm ::: Re: WNBA Future |
Reply |
|
| Force10rulz wrote: |
| Genero36 wrote: |
I think the Sun is the model franchise by which Orender wants to build on. Loaded financially and totally independent from the NBA, because Orender knows that the WNBA can't lean on the NBA for much longer. It's like the NBA is saying that we got your here; now it's time for you to help yourselves with what we've given to you. The Sun has done that and Orender's hoping that the other teams in the league will follow suit.
If they don't.... |
For who to help who? The Sun doesn't have money because of the team, they have money because the owners have a casino. What does Orender want the rest of the league to do? The Sun, Fever, Stars Libs, Lynx, Dream, Mystic's and Sky need to do what the rest of the teams have done, win a 'ship. |
Hell they don't even have to win it all, just not sucking and being in contention would help in Minnesota. I mean do you folks even get how bad the Lynx sucked before snagging the three good rooks a couple years ago? Think about it: The second best player on the team was supposed to be Nicole Ohlde in 2007. Players that are now at the far end of the bench on other teams were Lynx starters. It was so bad that we cheered A GOOD PASS. You know, one that got from player A to player B relatively quickly and without a deflection. We had Seimone Augustus and nothing else.
The league needs most of the teams to be in the hunt, to be competitive and to show athleticism on a nightly basis. Most of the teams, not like three a year. Only a few weirdos like me are willing to pay to watch a bad team predictably lose night after night. 
_________________
Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.
--John Wooden
|
|
JRae
Joined: 15 Aug 2008
Posts: 671
Location: somewhere where they got rid of their wnba team cuz the kings suck
Back to top |
| Posted: 11/23/09 2:34 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
| so i went down to arco today to figure out what is happening and all of the reps are on vacation for the holidays! so not only did the Maloofs fold the team friday, the poor reps are gonna come back from vacation and have to do damage control when they get back. god this pisses me off even more lol.
_________________
CANCER FREE MOM!
Avatar: From the back of my car. yes it's still there. Maloofs can suck it!
|
|
haynielicious4
Joined: 01 Jun 2008
Posts: 1450
Back to top |
|
JRae
Joined: 15 Aug 2008
Posts: 671
Location: somewhere where they got rid of their wnba team cuz the kings suck
Back to top |
|
#1Margofan
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Posts: 501
Back to top |
| Posted: 11/26/09 2:56 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
| nickv1025 wrote: |
My personal opinion is that the W will let the Monarchs fold, announcing that funding in Oakland was not raised in time.
I believe there will then be a dispersal draft for the remaining 12 teams in the league (6 in each conference).
The league will then decide to allow teams to carry 12 players, 1 being inactive.
This would make for the most competitive the league has been in a while.
Draft picks would move up simply eliminating Sacramento (1-Minnesota, 2-Connecticut, 3-Minnesota, 4-Chicago). |
This is realistic, let the league shrink a little and become more
competitive... but I don't think its gonna help........
|
|
sactowndiva
Joined: 11 Jul 2005
Posts: 507
Location: Sacramento, California
Back to top |
|
StevenHW
Joined: 25 Jul 2005
Posts: 10983
Location: Sacramento, California
Back to top |
|
uncommonclay
Joined: 14 May 2008
Posts: 1859
Location: the planet
Back to top |
| Posted: 11/20/10 2:16 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
sigh ...
it's been 365 days of suck ...
|
|
PhoenixxLily
I Voted
Joined: 17 Aug 2010
Posts: 3909
Location: South Carolina, United States, North America, Earth
Back to top |
| Posted: 11/20/10 8:02 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
| <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/97eJIkdFu0s?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/97eJIkdFu0s?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> |
|
PhoenixxLily
I Voted
Joined: 17 Aug 2010
Posts: 3909
Location: South Carolina, United States, North America, Earth
Back to top |
| Posted: 11/20/10 8:07 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
 |
|
suemar
Joined: 17 Mar 2005
Posts: 3729
Location: Norfolk Va
Back to top |
| Posted: 11/21/10 4:04 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
| Wow. A year. Weird thing for me is when I heard about the folding of the Monarchs I just kind of lost alot of interest in the league in general. I went to Styx games but didnt travel to other teams. Watched the games via Access but not with the passion of past years. Same thing happened with the Comets but not as much as you could almost predict that happening the previous year. Monarchs fans were so intense and hated to see the that team fold.
_________________
The Beat Goes On...
LifeTour 1952 -
|
|
Lib Fan
Joined: 10 May 2005
Posts: 4593
Location: New York City
Back to top |
| Posted: 11/21/10 4:40 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
Its a Horrible thing to lose your team!
I went thru this many years ago when I was a young BROOKLYN Dodger Fan !
_________________
Lets Go Liberty
Brooklyn 2021
Bring Back Maddie!
|
|
JRae
Joined: 15 Aug 2008
Posts: 671
Location: somewhere where they got rid of their wnba team cuz the kings suck
Back to top |
|
COMETFEVER
Joined: 17 May 2006
Posts: 278
Back to top |
| Posted: 11/21/10 11:50 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
| Welcome to the Comet world. Just unbelieveable. It doesn't get better. Time just goes on....
|
|
|
|
