Bald Bull

I’m Just a lion protecting his lioness and cubs

[NJ Ladies Hoops @NJLadiesHoops]

Huge Smile Here!!! Super decision

[Bald Bull @MPizzi9314]

Rae & Coach Dan W. back together again, going to be a great 4 years. LETS GO

[Bald Bull @MPizzi9314]

https://t.co/L2NuwFFiME

[Bald Bull @MPizzi9314]

makes sense

[Code.E.Banx @Code_E_Banx]

Every year that Stephanie White played for the Indiana Fever they had a losing record except one. That year they went .500 with the same amount of wins as they had losses. That was the best the Fever did with her on the team.

That year Stephanie White was out with an injury.

[Bald Bull @MPizzi9314]

facts

[jjmac21 @jjmac2169]

Olivia Miles shot 10% tonight with 6 Turnovers. Where are all the think pieces like Caitlin Clark gets? WNBA has a double standard.

[Bald Bull @MPizzi9314]

@joeroganhq these women have to be the dumbest or just evil women alive. you really can’t be this stupid but then again

[Bald Bull @MPizzi9314]

thats the justin G damage

[ESPN MMA @espnmma]

The last two fighters to face Justin Gaethje 😳

[Bald Bull @MPizzi9314]

thank you i get tired of hearing that statement. just because they are tall doesn’t mean crap.

[Dennis Marshall @mar5hallhoops]

I hate when coaches ask me “how tall is he\she?” How about just getting a really good damn basketball player. A good kid that works, and someone you can develop. Try that.

[Bald Bull @MPizzi9314]

amazing god is good

[Bald Bull @MPizzi9314]

@BravoHrt @Viralvid_89 he is half black retard

[Bald Bull @MPizzi9314]

Just want to Thank Our Daughter Raeleigh for including Mom & I on this incredible journey, Congratulations on your 8th grade graduation. We look forward to the next chapter of your life, i’m pretty sure it will be just as remarkable as this previous chapter.

[Bald Bull @MPizzi9314]

i’m disgusted with all sports the have become a political agenda war zone. If you want to hear or see this bullshit all you have to do is turn on the news. I just want to watch and enjoy talented athletes play respectfully against each other with zero hated with each other

[Sports Patriot @SportsPatriotUS]

I’m going to say this as calmly as possible:

Watching Caitlin Clark in the WNBA has become genuinely hard to stomach.

Not because she struggles sometimes. Not because she makes mistakes. Not because she gets criticized. That comes with being great.

It’s hard to stomach because it has become obvious that the league, the officials, the media, the players, and even her own organization have all decided that the most important thing is not letting Caitlin Clark become too big.

And that is insane.

This league was handed the most marketable, electric, revenue-generating player women’s basketball has ever seen, and instead of building around the moment, too many people seem obsessed with humbling her.

She gets fouled. Held. Hit. Cheap-shotted. Mocked. Targeted. Then when she reacts like a normal competitor, suddenly everyone wants to analyze her attitude.

No.

Her attitude is not the story.

The story is that a generational player is being treated like a problem by the very league she helped drag into mainstream relevance.

This reminds me of the worst kind of youth coach... the one who sees a special player, feels threatened by her talent, and slowly drains the joy out of her in the name of “teaching humility.”

That is what this looks like.

The freedom she played with at Iowa is disappearing. The fire is still there, but the joy looks damaged. The confidence looks weighed down. She looks like someone constantly fighting the refs, opponents, narratives, coaching decisions, jealousy, and a league culture that should be protecting its golden opportunity instead of resenting it.

And let’s be honest: Stephanie White has not helped.

Benching Caitlin Clark randomly when she is controlling the game tempo, or having your best shooter off the floor in critical game ending minutes when a victory is within reach is basketball malpractice. Limiting her rhythm, downplaying her greatness, benching momentum, and treating her like just another piece instead of the engine is absurd.

You do not take a player who changed the economics of your sport and manage her like you’re afraid her greatness might offend the room.

Nike deserves criticism too. Other players get signature shoes rolled out with urgency, while the biggest draw in women’s basketball is somehow still waiting on that signature shoe. That is not confusing. That is revealing.

Fans are not stupid.

They see the fouls.
They see the double standards.
They see the jealousy.
They see the media resentment.
They see the league benefiting from her popularity while refusing to fully embrace her.
And here is the part the WNBA better understand quickly:
People are not tuning in to watch Caitlin Clark be humbled.
They are tuning in to watch Caitlin Clark be great.
If she walked away tomorrow, the fans would follow her. The sponsors would follow her. The energy would follow her. The high salaries and the charter jets would follow her. And the league would be forced to confront the uncomfortable truth it keeps trying to avoid:

Caitlin Clark did not need the WNBA nearly as much as the WNBA needed Caitlin Clark.

At some point, her family, her agent, and her team need to ask a hard question:

How much longer do you let a league profit from her while allowing the culture around her to beat the spirit out of her?

Because from the outside looking in, this does not look like normal adversity anymore. It looks like abuse.

It looks like a league trying to break the very player who made millions of people care.

https://t.co/AAxFrO46Z4

[Bald Bull @MPizzi9314]

great teammate

[Zach Schumaker @ZachSchumaker]

Dylan Harper is mature years beyond his age.

Castle was about to snap, and a tech or ejection changes everything.

For a rookie to have this kind of presence of mind to play peacemaker and protect his teammate like this is insane.

[Zach Schumaker @ZachSchumaker]

Dylan Harper is mature years beyond his age.

Castle was about to snap, and a tech or ejection changes everything.

For a rookie to have this kind of presence of mind to play peacemaker and protect his teammate like this is insane.

[Bald Bull @MPizzi9314]

Yes sir

[Derek Deprey @derekdeprey]

Unpopular opinion…

AAU doesn’t need to lead to college basketball to be worth it.

For a lot of players today, it’s simply part of becoming competitive enough to play varsity basketball.

Not every player is chasing a Division I scholarship. Some are chasing a varsity roster spot. Some want to make the rotation. Some want to help their high school team win. Some just love the game.

And that’s enough!

I think we’ve become too obsessed with using college basketball as the scoreboard for whether a player’s journey was worth it.

What if they never play another organized game after high school?

If they loved the practices… loved the tournaments… loved the road trips… loved the teammates… loved competing…

Wasn’t that valuable too?

Not every basketball journey has to end with a scholarship to be a success.

Sometimes success is simply getting better, building friendships, making memories, learning life lessons, and squeezing EVERY DROP out of a game you love.

If you’re playing on Court 1 or Court 37, play hard.

The love of the game doesn’t care what division you’re headed to.

❤️🏀

[Bald Bull @MPizzi9314]

Here is the issue these reclass players are not just repeating a grade but if they are not playing up in their correct age group , they are playing weaker talent because like the article says these kids are a year older stronger and smarter. Imagine being a sophomore or freshman playing against 8th graders.

[RedWave Press @RedWavePress]

SHOCKING: A growing number of middle school athletes — mostly boys — are intentionally repeating 8th grade to delay their start in high school, giving themselves another full year to get bigger, stronger, and faster, which in turn dramatically boosts their chances at elite high school spots, college scholarships, and massive NIL deals potentially worth millions.

William La Jeunesse: “Of 8M high school students in sports only 7% will play in college.”

“On the other hand, the [likely] number one pick in this year’s NBA draft, [AJ Dybantsa], did 8th grade twice.”

CRAZY IDEA: How about we let more kids be kids!

[RedWave Press @RedWavePress]

SHOCKING: A growing number of middle school athletes — mostly boys — are intentionally repeating 8th grade to delay their start in high school, giving themselves another full year to get bigger, stronger, and faster, which in turn dramatically boosts their chances at elite high school spots, college scholarships, and massive NIL deals potentially worth millions.

William La Jeunesse: “Of 8M high school students in sports only 7% will play in college.”

“On the other hand, the [likely] number one pick in this year’s NBA draft, [AJ Dybantsa], did 8th grade twice.”

CRAZY IDEA: How about we let more kids be kids!

[Jay Bee @TheJayBee]

Brexton Busch will be a future NASCAR champion and the entire world will cheer him on.

Bookmark this.

[Sophie Cunningham @sophaller]

This weekend we lift up all the fallen heroes and their families! We thank you for your service from the bottom of our hearts so we can live in the greatest country in the world! Jesus lift them up 🇺🇸

[Bald Bull @MPizzi9314]

awesome moment

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

That time Kyle Busch saw one of his fans wearing his hat while driving

RIP to a legend