Diana Taurasi speaks, and people listen. It's what made her comments last week about how the media approaches WNBA comparisons so compelling, writes RichardDeitsch. He asked asked three big media voices for their thoughts:
The tweet as of this writing has 750,000 impressions and produced a lot of thoughtful answers . I wanted to explore Taurasi’s thoughts further because I thought she made a really astute observation and one worth thinking about.
“I think Diana’s point is fair,” Lobo said. “There’s now 27 years of WNBA players to use as comparison for the current crop. This is something I think about every year when preparing for the WNBA Draft. We always want to find a player’s comp to someone who has had success already in the league. I can usually come up with a former WNBA player or a mash-up of a few players. That being said, there are players like Caitlin who have traits that might compare better to anplayer.
One person on Twitter to respond earliest to my post was a user named Nick Davies based in the Portland area.many of the good-faith comments. “I understand what she’s saying, but in order to grow the audience, I think you need to make references a casual fan would understand,” Davies wrote. “But maybe it’s about mentioning both. She rebounds like Rodman and Brunson.
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