WNBA Finals - My Thoughts..

so yea, i'm the absent-minded blogger right now.. supposed to be daily, and i'm almost on a weekly schedule.. my bad..

today, i'm blogging as a fan/marketer of the WNBA.. that's it.. so i'm not talking about my FAM or anything like that.. i'm talking as a fan w/ a marketing background..

i didn't watch game 1.. it didn't interest me.. i barely knew when it was coming on.. it was lost in the cloud of the NFL season starting and the finals for the World Championships.. now, with that said, what would win out on my schedule of things to watch? "things that make you go hmm".. even w/ picture-in-picture, there were way too many games (some of which my NFL FAM were playing in) and again the World Championships (shoutout to Andre Iguodala who I saw last night at Three Peas Art Lounge - shameless plug, but it's my blog!!).. the WNBA lost out..

but it lost out, 1 because neither team interests me as a fan.. Seattle's style of play does nothing for me.. i'm sorry Seattle fans.. yes, they can play the game.. yes, they have some elite players.. but, no, i don't think they are exciting.. i've seen them on TV and courtside.. i just wasn't impressed.. the coach is doing his job.. he's exploiting the way the game is called and utilizing his players like no other coach out there.. my hat is tipped to him.. this is not a shot at him.. this is me talking about what I like to see as a fan.. sadly, his team does nothing for me..

now ATL, they are slightly interesting.. Angel makes it hard to not believe in her skills.. she gets buckets like Swoopes used to.. but then what happens? i tune in for a few minutes of game 2 and she's dropping a dud.. there goes my interest.. the game was sloppy.. no excitement.. nothing.. i tried, but couldn't get through 2 minutes straight.. i tried to turn back to it, but same result.. i heard ATL made a comeback, but not during the time i was watching.. from a Finals perspective, it just didn't do it for me..

when i think about last year's Finals, that was an exciting series.. close games.. an underdog like Phoenix (even if they were the better team, the media made it appear like EVERYONE wanted Indiana to win) played an uptempo game.. then you have Catch.. she is just a phenomenal player.. i'd watch her any day, because she does the little things and the big things.. and does them extremely well.. she has secret/cheating moves like many of the NBA players.. she gets it in!! the games were also close.. but look at Twitter.. last year, EVERYBODY was watching the games and tweeting about it.. not just the diehard fans, but also the casual fan.. more importantly, the big media names were watching and tweeting about it.. what happened from last year to this year? yea, some NBA dudes are tweeting about it, but even when LeBron tweeted about it, he then quickly changed the channel and tweeted something else.. then turned back and forth.. he was doing what i was doing.. maybe he watched it a minute longer than me, who knows, but he obviously wasn't glued to the TV..

it's wild, because to me, women's basketball is the purest form of basketball.. i love watching high school and college games - no not on some R.Kelly stuff.. they do things ALL players should, but don't, due to their rare athletic traits.. pass and pick away.. pick and roll.. backdoor cuts.. transition defense.. everything.. it's a beautiful thing to watch.. but not so much in the WNBA.. something is lost.. i've always said/felt that WNBA players graduate into the minor leagues.. that's my opinion.. there are many reasons for this.. salary cap, politics, bad refs, bad coaches, etc.. the talent on most teams fall off considerably from the 7th player to the 11th player (or however many players they have now).. yes, that's the case in NCAAs as well, but those players still get it in.. when they get in, they KNOW it's their only shot, but they play to their strengths and the fundamentals.. in the WNBA? not quite.. i've seen some BAD players this year.. i mean, really bad.. it's made me scratch my head.. all of that together makes it hard to watch at the end of the season.. VERY hard to watch.. especially when it's not that exciting..

trust me, even if i was a Seattle fan, i wouldn't be excited about this finals.. aside from wanting them to win.. that's why i used a lower case "f".. nothing upper about it..

i'm hoping game 3 shows me something (assuming i will watch it - for a few minutes at least, i will), otherwise it'll be a long offseason and the excitement for next season won't nearly be the same.. i'm praying that last season wasn't a fluke w/ the excitement the whole league brought.. i know this season needs a do-over..

i'm just sayin'..

i - Q..