Nalyssa Smith Coming To the END Of her Time With the Fever... Sides Has Lost Trust...

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  • Nalyssa Smith Coming To the END Of her Time With the Fever... Sides Has Lost Trust...In this video we are going to be talking about Caitlin Clark, the number 1 pick in the WNBA draft and how she is ready to take over the WNBA. Temi Fagbenle is almost back for the fever
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    Nalyssa Smith's Brother CALLS OUT Christie Sides & the Fever after Loss...In this video we are going to be talking about Caitlin Clark, the number 1 pick in the WNBA draft and how she is hated by WNBA players. Caitlin Clark was drafted number 1 by the indiana fever after being one of the greatest college basketball players of all time. WNBA players like A'Ja Wilson, Diana Taurasi, Breanna Stewart and Sue bird are not fans of the number 1 pick.
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  • @user-wp7rh4nl9u
    @user-wp7rh4nl9u 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +37

    Don’t care what she did at Baylor. She is on the fever. She can’t layup she can’t shoot free throws, sucks at defense. She can’t adjust.

    • @HieuHoang-vp6ou
      @HieuHoang-vp6ou 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@user-wp7rh4nl9u smith is soooo slow winding up especially in her wheelhouse doing low post moves. literally takes forever which allows multiple defenders to swarm her resulting in blocks, steals or TO’s. Worst of all, she has NO court awareness to pass out of a triple team & instead plows ahead right into teeth of defenses. Worst defense ever too… alligator arms for such a big & tall player

    • @thomasespositio3139
      @thomasespositio3139 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      all valid points

    • @Idklemmesee
      @Idklemmesee 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Statistically she's the best finisher in the league 😂😂

    • @nigeltufnel775
      @nigeltufnel775 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@user-wp7rh4nl9u it’s not that she can’t adjust it’s that she won’t adjust.

    • @hw6664
      @hw6664 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      She reminds me of Kyle Anderson from the NBA with how slow her shot is.

  • @masonpalazzolo2387
    @masonpalazzolo2387 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +55

    Get rid of Smith, Wheeler, Sides, and Dunn. Fever would be unstoppable team without them. It’s fact.

    • @EricD-pj4wp
      @EricD-pj4wp 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Definitely not a fact

    • @diIbert
      @diIbert 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      I'd keep Wheeler if she promised not to dribble the ball, ever. Once you get the ball take your shot or pass!

    • @ericwatts6996
      @ericwatts6996 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      FEVER strong

    • @Burning_Rose1
      @Burning_Rose1 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I’ve changed my mind on Sides and think she’s worth keeping. Wheeler is ok for a few minutes and has crazy energy (not always in control though).

    • @1Ggirl1959
      @1Ggirl1959 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Amen Bro!

  • @marcleblanc6293
    @marcleblanc6293 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

    They missed the chance to trade her and get someone who would help them to the playoffs......Fever management is to blame for that.

    • @francesw.6774
      @francesw.6774 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Lin Dunn was asleep at the wheel, as usual.

  • @blackcrowvol2281
    @blackcrowvol2281 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    Trade Smith to the Sun just to get of her. Wheeler & Wallace needs to go. Keep Temi & Hull. I can't stand this coach! 🙄

  • @davidmathewson1088
    @davidmathewson1088 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +36

    Smith needs a clean, fresh start somewhere else. She needs to clear her head, clear it of petty grievances, slights, jealousies and grudges. She needs new teammates, new coaches. She refused to drink the Fever coolaid.

    • @deansouthwick1906
      @deansouthwick1906 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Fever cool aid? 🤔

    • @robertmarking817
      @robertmarking817 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The problem is Smith, and Smith’s Kool-Aid and her girlfriend, the problems not the fever. She’s lazy!!!

    • @jadenuniverse9541
      @jadenuniverse9541 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@robertmarking817facts she bigger then everybody and can’t catch and finish right definitely don’t shoot as good as that girl Damaris

    • @robertmarking817
      @robertmarking817 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@jadenuniverse9541
      She lacks heart, desire, and a killer instinct.

    • @square-deal2375
      @square-deal2375 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      What coolaid? The coolaid Fever has been drinking has been filled with a dose of desire to win. Smith has been straight up drinking toxins!!

  • @SH-jd3zg
    @SH-jd3zg 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +30

    Smith is more interested in being a vlogger or something with Carrington. Doesnt know how to seperate personal life & career yet. Carrington focused on her team & she is not. You can speculate seeing her partner be a star and shes not can cause her to be in her own mind.

  • @bipolarpunt5721
    @bipolarpunt5721 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    Nalyssa is a part of the W that resist Caitlyn. Good Luck to her. From what I hear there are teams all over the world, but you have to make yourself likeable like any job.

  • @jollyj3285
    @jollyj3285 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +53

    Carrington poisoned her mind

    • @leonardoD81
      @leonardoD81 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      100% and because of that she needs to go

    • @Idklemmesee
      @Idklemmesee 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Wtf are you talking about. This is not their first year being together. Y'all people are weird.

    • @Doctor_Kroom
      @Doctor_Kroom 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      ​@@IdklemmeseeCarrington hates Caitlin.

    • @Idklemmesee
      @Idklemmesee 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Doctor_Kroom No she doesn't. She dislikes her fans. Specifically fans like y'all.

    • @Idklemmesee
      @Idklemmesee 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Doctor_Kroom no she doesn't she hates her fans. Specifically fans like you.

  • @awkw4rdjoke
    @awkw4rdjoke 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

    Her play depredation coincided with her getting back with dijonai!

  • @lakelanddentalarts
    @lakelanddentalarts 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    I fail to see how a coach is responsible for a player fumbling easy passes and throwing bricks at the basket. Is Sides supposed to go out on the court and personally wrap Smith's hands around the ball when it's passed to her? Is she supposed to take shots at the basket for Smith? I'll agree that Sides makes some dimwit calls on plays and who she puts on the court at times, but I'm not going to blame her for simple tasks that are a player's responsibility to perform. I've watched Smith blow way too many executions of easy plays due to mishandling the ball to lay any fault for that at the feet of her coach. If Smith is having 'confidence problem', she needs to focus on getting better through hard work instead of blame-shifting her issues on to other players and the coach. That's what Aliyah, Mitchel, and Lexie have been doing this season, and the results speak for themselves.

    • @1Ggirl1959
      @1Ggirl1959 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Right on!

    • @JE-IC
      @JE-IC 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      But part of a coach's job is building confidence in the players. Coaches need to inspire the players.

    • @vincente4570
      @vincente4570 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Fans are idiots. That’s all

    • @lakelanddentalarts
      @lakelanddentalarts 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@JE-IC There's a difference between inspiring and being a babysitter. Building confidence comes from succeeding at something, and no coach is capable of helping a player succeed if they lack adequate self-motivation to put the necessary amount of work in. Attitude matters. Having a strong work-ethic matters. And, being a self-responsible and self-accountable player instead of an excuse-maker matters most of all.

  • @espinosalexis
    @espinosalexis 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    "Awful Coaching" have just made a great video showing Fever faulty defense. Smith is in so many plays!

    • @Barto-p4k
      @Barto-p4k 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Clark too!

    • @mikeronald3812
      @mikeronald3812 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Clark 3

    • @espinosalexis
      @espinosalexis 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      CC like 10. She's really an awful defender. I think she's the reason why they loss. She just left her mark free for easy 3's like a hundred times.

    • @annamoyle
      @annamoyle 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      CC is outmatched against teams that have incredible ball movement. So basically the Lynx and maybe the Liberty. 😅

    • @KenG826
      @KenG826 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@espinosalexis not all players are great at defense, but Clarks value far outweighs her defensive or lack of if you look at lows she was aloud to float or over persue steals . She will improve her defense I bet my house on it . She works hard on every thing. But you can find defensive players every day but . A player as great as Clark comes once in a lifetime. I take her and build around her .

  • @Knowcaptv
    @Knowcaptv 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    It’s not a confidence issue, it’s a mentally checked-out issue. She’s not invested in the team because Caitlyn is in the driver’s seat!

    • @DemonKingBadger
      @DemonKingBadger 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Thing is even if it wasn't Clark, it would be Boston

  • @mercurialblonde
    @mercurialblonde 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +28

    She has talent, but her head is gone.

  • @clubof1
    @clubof1 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

    Sides appears to have ruined Smith, Berger and is now working on CC.

    • @donnamoore2832
      @donnamoore2832 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      It is a crime that Grace has been relegated to the bench. She is better than that. But Sides wouldn't know talent if it slapped her in the face.

    • @mikeronald3812
      @mikeronald3812 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      Grace missed 3 free throws in a row when she got fouled shooting a 3. She got benched and almost never saw the floor after that. You don’t do that to anyone. Grace is a solid backup PG. I like her game.

    • @BulletSponge178
      @BulletSponge178 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Given the nature of attitudes in the WNBA, I wonder how many players have been crushed or forced into roles they weren't the best fit for.

    • @francesw.6774
      @francesw.6774 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It's her singular accomplishment - undermining talent and potential. She's just dumb and incompetent when it comes to basketball, and I hate coaches who ruin teams and players.

    • @donnamoore2832
      @donnamoore2832 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@mikeronald3812 Smith and Boston aren't the best in FT%. 59% and 69% respectively. We know what Boston brings to the game. Berger was never really more than a 74-75% free throw shooter in college. Fever knew that when the drafted her...or should have. Lol.

  • @Magnus055
    @Magnus055 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Fever is screwing lexi, berger not giving them more time. Thus making their value lower for next years negotiations. Disgusting

  • @michaelshumate6324
    @michaelshumate6324 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    If she doesn't have much trade value we should leave her exposed in the expansion draft. It would probably be best for her career.

  • @marceybull
    @marceybull 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    I like Nalyssa sooooooo much. I wish she wanted to be a Fever but doesn't seem her hearts in it with trying to build with this team. I think you got the right word in regards to Nalyssa's play this year at the Fever: Not having that sense of urgency that you could see in the video from her Baylor days with Coach Mulkey. The only time I see that sense of fun/urgency in her play, is in those moments she drives up to the board and scores following one of those long passes from CC all the way across court ... .... And, then there always that thing of her being a smitten kitten over Carrington so her energy also seems there too ... I want her to find a team that fits her -- which is also better for the Fever team if Nalyssa isn't feeling it there ...

  • @TradingDays83
    @TradingDays83 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    They should have traded her at the deadline for everyone’s benefit.

    • @driger888
      @driger888 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      sure, if they want throw their season away. they lose every time sides benches her.

    • @iamadrianscott
      @iamadrianscott 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      They probably tried and nobody wanted her

    • @francesw.6774
      @francesw.6774 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Agreed. Unfortunately, to accomplish that you have to have a competent GM.

  • @hawkbusby9007
    @hawkbusby9007 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    If she played the game like she post on Instagram on Carrington she'd be great. 6'5 and can't defend a parking meter

  • @TedTrinity
    @TedTrinity 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Looks like a few players want to leave not being coached properly to succeed as a team. An experienced coach is desperately needed for the players to progress and be better overall. CC needs an experienced coach to guide her

    • @mikeronald3812
      @mikeronald3812 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      If Smith and LM leave this team will take a step back and their ownership and GN have riven they have no idea how to build a team. They have gone 10 seasons in a row without a winning record. Lynx added a few pieces this year and they may win the W.

    • @francesw.6774
      @francesw.6774 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I completely agree. Can Lisa Bluder be abducted and be given a drug that convinces her that she wants to lead a WNBA team as the final act in her coaching career?

  • @edvonschleck3098
    @edvonschleck3098 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    Sides told her at the start of the season she didnt want Smith in the Team anymore but then the Temi injuries happened and she needed to start her again. But with Temi back there is No need to keep Smith in the Rotation, Most important against the Sun with Carrington.

    • @Wraithlen
      @Wraithlen 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I'd take Smith over Dantes though. She's more athletic and finishes better. However, Smith clearly isn't happy and she doesn't seem to be in very good shape tbh. Look at A'ja and Temi and such. They are FIT and it helps with elevation, running the floor, blocks, etc.

    • @Smido83
      @Smido83 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      So I am confused, Sides understands Basketball now? So many say she has no clue what she is doing. But now she is right and should bench Smith completely? I dont understand a lot of Fever fans...

    • @jefferylord3068
      @jefferylord3068 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      All lies.

    • @driger888
      @driger888 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      who's going to back ab up when she get in foul trouble or temi when she gets injured again?

    • @driger888
      @driger888 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Smido83 they just hate dj and need a scapegoat.

  • @gnome963
    @gnome963 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    If she would stop thinking of her girl Dijania her head be in the game

  • @garymarks5044
    @garymarks5044 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    A great starting lineup for the Fever's game against the Dream: CC, AB, Temi, Kelsey, and Lexi.

    • @masonpalazzolo2387
      @masonpalazzolo2387 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      That lineup would have beaten Lynx last night too.

    • @mstanleydo
      @mstanleydo 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      100%

    • @Smido83
      @Smido83 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I would love to see CC/KM/LH/KLS/AB
      I would keep Temi off the bench as an athletic backup to AB. And with that lineup the paint would open up for the CC/AB 2 women game with 3 floor spacers next to them.

    • @driger888
      @driger888 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@masonpalazzolo2387 indiana played terrible team defense top to bottom.

    • @masonpalazzolo2387
      @masonpalazzolo2387 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@driger888I said that starting lineup would give better advantage to beat Lynx. Having Hull not starting the line is the problem why they had terrible performance on first half.

  • @nealaldous9037
    @nealaldous9037 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Looks like to me she’s not playing well because she wants out of there, they’re better off without her

  • @schlichter11
    @schlichter11 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    The Fever need a forward that can run out, catch long passes, hit an open catch & shoot 3, and stay in front of their defensive assignment. It doesn't sound like it should be that difficult but apparently it is. No one on the Fever at this time can do all those things.

    • @thomasespositio3139
      @thomasespositio3139 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I agree the talent at the forward position is severely lacking compared to the back court and at center, fever needs a stud at one of the forward positions

  • @espinosalexis
    @espinosalexis 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Who would ever want her? How would that trade even work? Can you make a video talking about how trades/drafting will work next year with the expansion? And also taking into account the next draft with the next expansion?

  • @daviddci7650
    @daviddci7650 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    How do you know they didn't try to trade her?

  • @cliffjackson1973
    @cliffjackson1973 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    You could tell each game when she was drinking Carrington's poison. Frankly, it looked like she was intentionally playing awful in games where Fever was favored to win. If someone gambled, they won big money against the odds.

  • @nancy9891
    @nancy9891 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Again, Sides destroying another player after two years since draft. Sad.

  • @nigeltufnel775
    @nigeltufnel775 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Smith’s motivation at Baylor was Mulkey’s foot on her behind

    • @BulletSponge178
      @BulletSponge178 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Imagine having been coached by Mulkey and then having to play under Sides.

    • @SDotCole
      @SDotCole 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@BulletSponge178bingo

    • @nigeltufnel775
      @nigeltufnel775 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@SDotCole or… being Coached by Geno(Samuelson), VanderVeer (Hull), Moren(Berger), Bluer(Clark), or Staley(Boston) and now having to play for Sides.

    • @SDotCole
      @SDotCole 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      💯💯 & then they have to adjust to being losing often and mediocre coaching. It's upsetting​@@nigeltufnel775

    • @ChrisSavenSH
      @ChrisSavenSH 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@nigeltufnel775 ouch 😂

  • @KenG826
    @KenG826 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Smith has no hustle on defense her women beating her back on defense consistently. What's playing time earn it .

  • @ceretomer5987
    @ceretomer5987 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    She doesn't hustle. Quite often she lagging behind a charging offense. Her shoes are full of lead and she doesn't read defense at all.

  • @captainandcoke7085
    @captainandcoke7085 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Her girlfriend is a CC hater. Better off for everyone if they all move on.

  • @lyndim6926
    @lyndim6926 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Take Lin Dunn and Sides with you please!!!!!!

    • @francesw.6774
      @francesw.6774 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You just named the two who are actually untradeable, due to a complete lack of value.

  • @frederickrobinson9502
    @frederickrobinson9502 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Sides and Dunn are career and team killers because they are incompetent! Sides almost killed the careers of CC, and Lexie by demonstratively insisting they run a slow half court style of basketball. Hell, the 2024 2nd round draft pick and defense specialist, Celeste Taylor, never got off the bench!?! The careers of Berger and Saxon are done before starting.
    That said and to be fair, if you are on the court, you have to produce. Smith has NOT been producing and she is the starting forward!?! I like Smith but her game is NOT improving. In fact, it has regressed.
    Dunn had a chance before the trade deadline, last Tuesday, to make the necessary adjustments to positively impact this team’s production and she did nothing! Not a damn thing!

    • @cliffjackson1973
      @cliffjackson1973 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Sides and Dunn were "coaching" before the Olympics to make CC look as bad as possible. "Teach" CC to play like a dinosaur. Mission accomplished of stopping as many records as possible and play slow boring basketball. Once the Olympics were over Dunn and Sides miraculously discovered that maybe playing with pace might be good. How do you trust coaching and managing like that. ? Smith was and still is a liability because she is not committed to her team.

    • @francesw.6774
      @francesw.6774 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I agree with your assessment of the situation, 100%.

  • @Idklemmesee
    @Idklemmesee 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Yeah Sides is a whole talent killer. How do you go from a walking double double one year to not having and touches on the offensive end the next.

    • @ronsmac
      @ronsmac 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      She’s not a good player. Weird spin on her jumpers , poor free throw shooter, terrible defender, not as athletic as you would think, in slow motion when she does have an open shot. Good riddance.

    • @Idklemmesee
      @Idklemmesee 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@ronsmac Please I've been watching her since college. She's more athletic than you think. And all those things you just named were only this bad this year.

    • @yngtrey1638
      @yngtrey1638 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Do y’all understand that when a team gets more talented players that someone has to get less touches… less shots…. Etc. she’s actually have a better year this year compared to last year, she’s just not getting as many touches and shots because the team is a lot more talented this year. All her percentages are actually up.

    • @EricD-pj4wp
      @EricD-pj4wp 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      But according to you CC fans I thought double doubles were worthless, I guess it’s only when a certain other player gets them

    • @masonpalazzolo2387
      @masonpalazzolo2387 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@EricD-pj4wppoints and assist double doubles is much more impressive than pts and rebounds double doubles. 10 assist is a lot harder than 10 rebounds.

  • @patricialanghurst3798
    @patricialanghurst3798 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    As for Smith, her lack of confidence can be directly tied to Sides telling her in the early season she was going to be traded right after Temi started catching Caitlin's passes when no-one else could. Smith was very shaken according to her family & prepared for the worst. Then Temi got hurt & Sides continued to play Smith un til Temi was better, then Smith out, till Temi got hurt again. Then in and now Team's back and Smith is out. And everyone is on Nalyssa's case. Sides has destroyed an outstanding truly talented athlete! It was heartbreaking to see what Sides did to Cautlin, and it is heartbreaking to see Smith's confidence destroyed!

  • @scotthamp7145
    @scotthamp7145 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    You can't get anything for Nalyssa Smith in a trade.

    • @masonpalazzolo2387
      @masonpalazzolo2387 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      If the sun can trade her, they would. Her girlfriend is on sun team lol

    • @jefferylord3068
      @jefferylord3068 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Box of newports and some puma sweats

    • @masonpalazzolo2387
      @masonpalazzolo2387 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@jefferylord3068lmao

    • @mikeronald3812
      @mikeronald3812 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      She’s talented. She will help another team.

    • @JE-IC
      @JE-IC 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      She's talented. But she needs a coach who will help her get her mojo back.

  • @alfredwayne6498
    @alfredwayne6498 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If she cant play defense in the paint then she sets herself up for failure as a big. She is letting the Fever down.

  • @ljn5232
    @ljn5232 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    The coach needs to develop talent.
    The GM also needs to make good roster decisions. If they didn't want Smith they should have traded her before the deadline

    • @francesw.6774
      @francesw.6774 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Sadly, neither the coach or GM are capable of doing what you are saying they should do.

  • @PukaHeadMan
    @PukaHeadMan 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    It’s not Christy Side’s fault for a player not performing as well as expected. It comes down to the individual’s will to practice harder to become a better athlete and an asset to the team. NaLyssa doesn’t hustle, nor does she have that ‘must win’ attitude that top notch players have. The sick part is she has the talent and skills, but doesn’t have the drive to be better.

    • @masonpalazzolo2387
      @masonpalazzolo2387 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      So having Lexie Hull not on starting lineup who made 6 on 3 point shoot from storm game is not Sides’s fault????

    • @JE-IC
      @JE-IC 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I would expect a good coach to play a role in motivating players. If someone is in a slump, try to help them get out of it.

    • @francesw.6774
      @francesw.6774 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      For the right coach, some players will kill themselves working for them. Some players need someone who can inspire them. Don't underestimate how much a bad coach can undermine a player's attitude, motivation, and potential.

  • @diIbert
    @diIbert 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Soon?? I need it NOW.

    • @Smido83
      @Smido83 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Please go and educate yourself. Nothing will happen, hell can even happen, till after the season!

  • @Cmanne18
    @Cmanne18 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Fever organization staying true to Dunn and sides and sides staying true to wheeler and Katie Lou cause she brought both from Atlanta killing fever.

  • @eduardoante5581
    @eduardoante5581 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hope Sides change her starting line up with Hull and Temi. The team has to win against the ATL. Samuelson and Smith are useless in the starting line up no defense and poor shooting.

  • @nikel4849
    @nikel4849 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Looking at her stats from last year and some of her college footage, I was trying to figure out why she was struggling this year. I especially didn't like the way she play when they played the Connecticut Sun with EXCEPTION to last matchup when she really gave it her all. She fights for the ball, gets hit to the ground and still tries again. The Fever need that. I like that she is putting up points again and watching her, I seeing a connection developing between her and Clark. Clark is starting to trust her game. I would like her to stay with the Fever. Alyssa Smith needs to know she does have Fever fans and to keep giving it her all. She is way more talented that people (me including) knew and could be an amazing support team mate as long as Sides does not sabotage her playing time.

  • @bodybuildinglife3718
    @bodybuildinglife3718 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Smith has the slowest ball release of any player

  • @danieltravis9266
    @danieltravis9266 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    She already declared she wanted to join the expansion. She's getting poisoned by her family and her girlfriend. She'll be happier elsewhere and good luck to her. Sides is the Coach, of course it's her fault!!

  • @Smido83
    @Smido83 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    You said Sides sets her up for failure... What schould Sides do? Take paint touches away from AB? Take perimeter possessions away from KM and CC? Who should defend the best forward in your opinion if not Smith? There are just 2 things Sides can do: Start her and she will be the 4th option and needed on defense, or play her off the bench in an even smaller role.
    Pretty sure Smith herself prefers starting. Cause she sees herself as a possible star. Not to mention it would hurt her trade value even more if she plays 15 minutes off the bench, compared to 15 minutes as a starter. In my book she will never be more then a good role player. Her skillset is just to limited. But right now the Fever have to keep her on the court if possible, cause otherwise they dont get anything of value back in a possible trade.

    • @masonpalazzolo2387
      @masonpalazzolo2387 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      If you watch CC college game, she was never slowed down. Never. First two game after Olympic break is exactly how CC supposed to play then on Lynx games, Sides changed the lineup and the rotation is so confusing which causing CC slow down. Like I always said. Let CC COOK! Sides is opposite of that.

    • @Smido83
      @Smido83 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@masonpalazzolo2387 What change in the lineup? What are you talking about? CC had 3 turnover in the 1st half alone on fastbreak outlet passes... Was that on Sides? The 2 games before, she put the ball in the right spot and the Fever got 10 fastbreak points out of them. This game only 2, cause CC's passing was off.
      No clue if Sides made the decision or CC herself. But she stopped to force fastbreaks in the middle of the 2nd Quater (after she came back into the game). And the team was better for it. The biggest problem was the missed 3's. Nothing else! If Dantas/Mitchell/Samuelson dont shoot 0/10 from 3 in the 2nd half, the Fever have any chance to win the game.
      The gameplan was exactly the same as the last view games. BUT they didnt create TO, and CC was way off on outlet passes. And the Lynx are one of, if the most athletic team in the league. Noone outruns them. And the Run&Gun playstyle didnt work all the time in college. Go back and look how often the Hawkeyes ran against LSU in 2023 and USC in 2024... against the best run&gun is way harder to do. Hell, even in the 2nd LSU matchup they didnt run that much. Like 30 of CC's 41 came out of halfcourt sets...
      You can run best off of turnover and def rebounds when opp players are behind the ball. The Linx more often then not didnt even try to go after off reb off of 3P shots. They all sprinted back as soon as the ball was in the air. Tell me how to run fastbreaks against that!

  • @Woelch
    @Woelch 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I hope she takes Wheeler if she indeed wants out.

  • @josephp6432
    @josephp6432 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The coach has to see that if it’s a slow down offense, it might help Smith to the detriment of Clark. I think the recent run shows that the fast pace offense wins games for the Fever. It’s a simple question of who do you build your team around.

  • @crazy.horse622
    @crazy.horse622 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    When Smith touches the ball I prepare myself for a 0 point possession.
    Trade her to the Sky. She would probably like being there.

  • @cynthiawhite3945
    @cynthiawhite3945 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    She used to do so much better. I blame coaching. I really like her & it is heartbreaking seeing people criticizing her non stop. I pray she is treated better on her next team. 💔🙏

    • @gnphillips5481
      @gnphillips5481 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      that was before the fever did a complete 180 and decided to "rebuild" the team after this year's #1 pick. even tho they were supposed to be rebuilding around the all star from last year plus their 2 bigs from 2022 and 2023.

    • @jefferylord3068
      @jefferylord3068 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Huh? Treated better???

  • @dayshawn708
    @dayshawn708 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I don’t like this Smith slander. I she had 2 bad games and y’all ready to get rid of her she been averaging 12 points and 8 rebounds as 4th options

  • @hollowichigo1023
    @hollowichigo1023 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    She should’ve been traded but I doubt she had much value. There’s no reason to have Nalyssa as a focal point of the offense when so many other players are more effective. Bad fit, and lacks tools to be effective defensively

  • @scotthamp7145
    @scotthamp7145 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I think the right coach could turn her around.

  • @BruceWayne-sf2de
    @BruceWayne-sf2de 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    In the last game her poor performance was intentional in my opinion.

  • @jefferylord3068
    @jefferylord3068 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Hallelujah

  • @deansouthwick1906
    @deansouthwick1906 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Honestly, I think she has given a half effort, because CC is there and leading the team…surrounded by like minded players who also want to win.

  • @tool4rage434
    @tool4rage434 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Would've been hilarious if they had traded Smith to CON and then watch that locker room implode

    • @nigeltufnel775
      @nigeltufnel775 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@tool4rage434 LOL… great strategy!

  • @donalddarko9636
    @donalddarko9636 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Shes not in a position to succeed because everytime shes given any responsibility she makes horrible decisions, turns the ball over or bricks a shot she has had more than enough opportunity to put herself in a position to succeed she just plays herself out of it everytime. add to that being the worst defender on the worst defensive team in the league what is sides supposed to do? i think this is the one thing not on sides

  • @hardensoul7248
    @hardensoul7248 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    It’s coaching! How can a player regress like this? She looks lost in this offense. There is no consistent offensive philosophy on this Fever team.
    I swear the team is not really running any of Sides offense. 🤷‍♂️

    • @mercurialblonde
      @mercurialblonde 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      She's the fourth option. It takes a certain mentality to be a good fourth option, and Smith doesn't have it. She has to be contributing in other ways. Temi is a lot better fit.

    • @hardensoul7248
      @hardensoul7248 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@mercurialblonde Sure but that doesn’t excuse the bad positioning on offense or defense(Fever as a whole is bad). Good coaching can help fix that.

    • @cynthiawhite3945
      @cynthiawhite3945 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Agreed, she clearly is talented. The whole team looked so confused last night.

    • @masonpalazzolo2387
      @masonpalazzolo2387 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Only the former Iowa Coach who recently retired knows how to use CC. We need her to become Coach for CC again.

    • @mikeronald3812
      @mikeronald3812 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      She was a part of the offense last year. Last year they had a big 3. Now too many cooks in the kitchen. Someone has to go.

  • @BobG-pi8bb
    @BobG-pi8bb 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I watched some clips. She’s gotta run the floor! I don’t know Sides but she strikes me as a rah rah, wanna see energy type coach. If you’re not running back and forth, I think it’s an easy way to get in her doghouse. I agree with you that she can rebound and she seems to finish ok with her right hand. I don’t think they’re ready to play Temi 30 minutes a game so I think Smith has got a little time but this offseason I think they’ll look elsewhere for a big.

  • @NotAPacifist825
    @NotAPacifist825 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Smith was abysmal. Last player (of either team) across center fourt in transition. No idea where Collier was as the lynx cooked them. Smith's brother days please trade her. As a Fever fan, i say yes, please.

  • @robertstanford1778
    @robertstanford1778 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What does what she did at Baylor have to do with what she does now? It's on her to play well and she hasn't played worth a damn all season. Sooner she and Wheeler are gone the better.

  • @zealazax6287
    @zealazax6287 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Starting of the season Smith was good and she even shot open 3's. Now she's a liability.

  • @robertmarking817
    @robertmarking817 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great news!!!

  • @zealazax6287
    @zealazax6287 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Gustafson will be huge for the Fever. They should give her 215K and get her or Nenka.

  • @jsk910
    @jsk910 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    fever just won't protect her in expansion draft. for starters i don't think her trade value is very high so she will probably be released in the end

  • @patricklarson7564
    @patricklarson7564 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The issue is not that she’s a bad player, it’s that Temi can be as good of a 4th option except with much better defense. She just doesn’t fit or complement the other starters. By the eye test, the unit that works best is Clark, KM, Lexie, Temi, and AB. And it makes sense because that lineup can space the floor better and has 3 “plus” defenders on the floor rather than just one.
    When you have KLS and NaLyssa starting that leaves AB as the only actual good defender on the floor, whereas if you start Lexie and Temi you now have three above average defenders.

  • @fauxblonde
    @fauxblonde 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I think they tried to trade her but the hard cap makes it so difficult. I think Christie Sides motivates by not being warm and fuzzy supportive at all which some players such as CC and others respond well to. I think AB falls in that category as well. Players like Smith I think it just didnt work and now she is in her own head.

  • @TrojanFan-id5pc
    @TrojanFan-id5pc 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Good Lord have mercy, NaLyssa posted “Everything is in Gods timing” yet she is in a same-sex relationship, which is a clear violation of what the Bible says is allowed. You can’t call on the Lord to help you and bless you, but be living like the devil 24/7, 365 days out of the year.
    When we live in outright disobedience to God’s will for our life, we risk coming under a curse, or being punished for rejecting what He commands us to do. See Deuteronomy Chapter 28 NIV (New International Version - #1 modern English translation). It’s a great chapter summing up the benefits of obeying God rather than disobeying Him. God Bless you all! I will be praying for her..

  • @usveteran9893
    @usveteran9893 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If Smith is so bad, why doesn't the fever release her so that other players [Lexie Hull, maybe] get the playing time?

  • @Dsperse1
    @Dsperse1 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Trade her for Michaela Onyenwere in the offseason. I would love to see N. Smith turn her motor back up and do whatever the team needs to win though.

  • @cooliscool115
    @cooliscool115 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    man, lys is not playing well. cannot defend, offense not working, poor freethrows, seemed slow. she has to do something about this.

  • @TonyHogan
    @TonyHogan 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    It's #Dijone's fault, pressuring her to not play well cause she hates #CC22

  • @dougpost8958
    @dougpost8958 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I don't see how Smith is being set up for failure unless she is benched and then brought in to spell the 3. If she's a 4, she's matched against the other 4s as you noted. If the other 4s are better, that's not the coach's fault. I'm not a fan of Sides, but I think this is an unfair assessment.

  • @CecileBonvouloir
    @CecileBonvouloir 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Smith is a great player who needs a fresh start with clear boundaries with Carrington and Smith's family not interfering. One of the expansion teams may provide that fresh start.

  • @jeffg1524
    @jeffg1524 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hope the Fever gets a good player for her and doesn't just give her away. This is where a good GM shows their mettle in negotiations with another team. Do I have confidence in Dunn? 😂

    • @francesw.6774
      @francesw.6774 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I don't know if you do, but I don't. Unless you count zero confidence.

  • @foxwood67
    @foxwood67 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I think her gf has more to do with where her head is than anything else.

  • @andythoms8130
    @andythoms8130 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    wont be hard to replace.

  • @bodybuildinglife3718
    @bodybuildinglife3718 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Prayers are getting answered

  • @francesw.6774
    @francesw.6774 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Playing for a bad coach can ruin a certain kind of player. Not everyone can rise above bad coaching (like CC or AB have). Some players need a coach who can build them up and help them develop their talent. Sides is not capable of this. I feel that there is a much better player waiting to blossom inside of Smith. It won't happen with the Fever as long as Cheerleader Sides is the coach. She's getting ruined on the Fever. It's over. If the Fever leadership was smart (which they are not), they would have gotten the best they could have gotten for Smith in a trade. I hope she eventually finds a better situation to play in and prospers there.

    • @nedtaylor1983
      @nedtaylor1983 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      When you are not very good its easy to blame the coach.

    • @francesw.6774
      @francesw.6774 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@nedtaylor1983 And it's easy to blame the player when the coach is not very good.

    • @nedtaylor1983
      @nedtaylor1983 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@francesw.6774 The coach does not play. Go cry to mommy. Maybe get a juicebox.

  • @coolhand96
    @coolhand96 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hey Man, They Need To Go Out To Try To Sign Monika Czinano ! Remember Her Bo Is On The Sun So She Doesn’t Play Hard Against The Sun

  • @thelmaalmaden8131
    @thelmaalmaden8131 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Smith is a good player but need to be consistent.

  • @destinypirate
    @destinypirate 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    She's not on team clark, nor is anybody else except for Temi, Hull, and maybe Boston, everybody else needs to go

  • @user-ou2dx9ev7x
    @user-ou2dx9ev7x 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Her girlfriend don't want her in Connecticut Suns be nothing but problems for the team

  • @danshootsslingshots1261
    @danshootsslingshots1261 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Better than Sophie? That’s a no. Sophie hustles and can shoot it

  • @gregjames9875
    @gregjames9875 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The Fever should trade Smith and Wheeler, to the Sky, for Cardoso.

    • @vincente4570
      @vincente4570 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      U😂

    • @JE-IC
      @JE-IC 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I'm not a fan of Cardoso. Look up the game between South Carolina and LSU where Cardoso ran up behind LSU's Flaujae Johnson and pushed her hard from behind. Flaujae landed in a face plant. The refs had to intervene to prevent a brawl.
      I think Cardoso is right where she belongs as a teammate of Chennedy Carter.

    • @vincente4570
      @vincente4570 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@JE-IC Did you not notice that Kamilla was sticking up for her teammate when Flau Jae outta frustration pushed the South Carolina player outta tha way numb nuts👎🏿

  • @Petra123-
    @Petra123- 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Smith has got talent and coach Christie is either Stupid unexperienced are the only other option she’s paid to have the fever lose because of the queer league either way fevers good players are gonna leave their contracts up no-brainer

    • @masonpalazzolo2387
      @masonpalazzolo2387 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Sides been sleeping with the enemy. Why did you think she still not fired? She been paid 💰to keep CC slow.

  • @chuckklemme6988
    @chuckklemme6988 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I think Linn attempted to do something, but probably didn’t want to include a future draft pick. She didn’t really have much to offer that.

    • @francesw.6774
      @francesw.6774 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Maybe, but I'm not so sure. I'm guessing somebody would have seen the potential in Smith and traded a decent player for her who could have met at least some of the Fever's roster needs.

  • @VirgilioLibiran
    @VirgilioLibiran 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    She’ just tall, she Can’t shoot can’t guard. BYE!!

  • @1Ggirl1959
    @1Ggirl1959 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Goodbye and good riddance in my book.
    She plays really.well.at.times, but very inconsistent.
    And that whole girlfriend thing is messing up her game.
    Her loyalty is not.with the Fever.
    But who would want a.player like her?
    I wish she would.focus.on her game. She could be great!

  • @TheDisruptiveOne
    @TheDisruptiveOne 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Indy needs to get something good for her. That’s all I will say. She’s going to average 20 points a game somewhere. Not a good fit for Indiana. But a great fit for some other team.

  • @EricD-pj4wp
    @EricD-pj4wp 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    NaLyssa is not the only one who wants out, Kelsey is gone after this year, and maybe AB after next…hmmm I wonder what the reason could be? Could it possibly be when they win only one person gets the credit no matter how good or bad they play, but when they lose all the other players and the coach gets all the blame…I’d want out too with that kkk cult fan group

    • @casilatino
      @casilatino 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I don’t think Kelsey will leave knowing Cc is the future in the wnba and definitely not AB.

    • @ads2686
      @ads2686 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      AB isn't going anywhere, she & clark are friends and ckark praises AB all the time. So do us all a favour and stop speaking shit. If AB leaves I can guarantee Clark is asking for a trade. All you need to do is check AB Instagram where she is sharing videos of her & clark working out in the gym.

    • @tmfhale6183
      @tmfhale6183 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I am quite sure AB will stay, and happily. 😊
      Kelsey, idk what will happen.
      I hope she stays. They have been getting more and more love as fans come to know them better and they are playing better.
      Every LARGE fan base has assholes online sadly. (Stans)

    • @mosesvaladez7362
      @mosesvaladez7362 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yeh at least Kelsey is smart and is playing hard so other teams will notice her and her skills and would have a desire to pick her up. But when you have no desire to play and don't want to show what you can do, go to the bush leagues you'll really get noticed there for sure!

    • @mikeronald3812
      @mikeronald3812 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      KM is 1 of the best pure scoring guards in the W ever. She will reach 5,000 points faster than any guard ever (except DT.) you lose KM and this team is starting from scratch.

  • @bobbylee9727
    @bobbylee9727 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I heard she's going to China...for a million dollars...and to get away from Coach Sides: a win/win.

    • @francesw.6774
      @francesw.6774 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I hate China (terrible, repressive government - not the people), but I'd go there in a second if the choice was between China and being coached by Sides.

  • @patricialanghurst3798
    @patricialanghurst3798 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Get rid of Sides and Dunn!!!!!!

  • @McEnrySweet
    @McEnrySweet 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith scenario. You know what I mean

  • @davidr-c8s
    @davidr-c8s 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Sides is a terrible coach to be sure, but I haven't seen anything impressive from Smith. More often than not, when she tries to take it to the rim, she doesn't appear to be smart enough, or team oriented enough, to recognize when she gets double or triple teamed. Instead of kicking the ball back out to the perimeter in those cases, she just keeps plowing ahead to the basket and gets blocked or misses. Once in a while she will make the shot and maybe draw a foul, but damn, she just doesn't play smart at all. She's too slow for a Caitlin Clark led offense too.

    • @casilatino
      @casilatino 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      If your eyes are working then they see what you described.

  • @kazehana877
    @kazehana877 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I hope they trade Smith for Martin

    • @mikeronald3812
      @mikeronald3812 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Martin is a time player you can find anywhere. Hull is a better player.

  • @diIbert
    @diIbert 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    For Dream. I'd trade Lyss for Arial Powers.