I’ve come to accept that the WNBA is a fact of life. You know like, “smog”...“taxes”…“death”. You know, inescapable! It’s not going anywhere. NBA commissioner, David Stern, will never “rip the plug on the respirator” that keeps that league alive. And for whatever reason, will probably pay whatever it costs to keep that “patient breathing”.
Fine! I’ve come to accept it. Just stop “banging me over the head” with it and telling me every time a player dunks. All right, so only two in the history of the league have done it, but Candace Parker just became the second. Check it out. Wow! 50!!! I thought they were going to “hit her with a tee” for showing up the other team. I mean, you can’t “hang on the rim and gloss your dunk” like that. I thought she was going to go all “Darryl Dawkins” and duck to avoid the falling glass.
Look, I like Candace Parker a lot. She’s a class act and a great athlete. But, if all you have to sell is a layup that you’re calling a dunk, that’s not much at all, is it. It’s basketball! People “throw it down”! Why are you giving yourselves credit for something they do in high school all the time? And in local runs down by the beach? And it would be even more impressive if she didn’t go in all alone, late in a blowout, with a smaller, bi-colored basketball.
Look, I’m not looking for her to take off from the free throw line, or to go off the glass through your legs and throw down a “windmill jam”. But, if it’s not too much to ask, I need to know what I just saw is an actually a dunk. The WNBA…they’ve got to next. And, two people who can dunk! Sort of!
