In addition to the distance and basketball size difference, is there a time difference between the WNBA contest and the NBA one? Regardless, an incredible accomplishment.
There are plenty of examples of players making 45 shots in a row from 3. My point was her accomplishment didn't need to be compared to the men's to be impressive
I think it's more that it was under the lights, and had something on the line that makes it impressive. I remember watching rookie year Sergio Rodriguez go 22-for-25 in his pregame shootaround drill going around the court. I asked an assistant at the time why he didn't shoot better during the games (he was under 30% 3pt at the time) and was told "there's no adrenaline right now".
your context was slightly misleading 2 of the ball racks she shot were from the same distance as the NBA 3 point line. So 10 of 28 shots from the NBA distance the NBA 3 point line is a max of 1.5 feet further But ratchets down to 22 feet on the baseline. Her second and next to last rack of balls was probably only 8-10 inches inside the NBA three instead of 1.5 feet. she was 9-10 on NBA distance; I think 17-18 on the rest. And of course, the WNBA distance is 1.5 feet longer than the NCAA
That’s not how things work anymore. For some reason society feels the need to constantly compare accomplishments instead of letting them stand on their own. But it’s more click bait to compare her awesome performance to the NBA.
Again, my point was that the person comparing her to the NBA 3 point contest (implying she should be in it, etc) discounts what she did because its impressive without having to compare it to the men's. Like when there's a dunk in one of their games, it's an awesome feat, and doesn't need to be compared to the dunks in an NBA game.
The flip side is the people saying it's the best ever performance, WNBA or NBA. Not that you're the one doing it, but ya can't have it both ways.
“Ionescu was ICE COLD with her historic 37-point performance in the #WNBAAllstar 3-PT contest.” What?? Did the meaning of “ice cold” when shooting a basketball change when I wasn’t looking?
Some folks might confuse "Ice cold", with "Ice in their veins". I kinda thought "Ice cold" referred to a marriage.....about 3 years in.
If the NBA were smart they should extend her an invitation to the NBA 3PT contest. Just make a rule that contestants can select men’s or women’s balls would get tons of hype and be fun to watch. I’d tune in to see her against Curry, Dame et al.
I didn't watch this year's NBA all star game but I remember in the past a shooting contest where each team had an NBA player, a WNBA player and a retired player.
