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We have a Farcaster AMA from @spencerdinwiddie, an NBA player and cofounder of @calaxy which launched on Farcaster recently! The AMA starts in ~1 hour at 10am PT / 1pm ET Reply with your questions below!

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Do you think someone will dunk from the 3pt line before 2040?

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lol this is wild

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Spencer, feel free to ignore. This guy also thinks Justin Herbert will be MVP.

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fwiw: it’s ab the price more then the outcome similarly: I am a holder of Jaxson Dart ROTY shares at 4c (which I purchased in July)

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I know I’m just giving you a hard time. But after a 2 INT, 57 QBR loss to the giants I genuinely couldn’t help myself. Between that and the wnba leadership imploding as predicted, it’s a tough week for your takes. I’m here if you need a shoulder.

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Whats the tldr on WNBA leadership situation?

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Engelbert is a very poor leader and should be fired. I’ve been saying this for literal years. She’s LARPing as a leader. She has single-handedly held the WNBA back from growth, despite the culture clamoring for more WNBA. Napheesa Collier (mvp runner-up and founder of an alternative league) recently went public with … unbecoming … comments from Cathy Engelbert (WNBA commissioner) that were said in context of player association negotiations. It was done professionally. “Players should be grateful for what I do” kind of vibes.

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idk what takes I made about the wnba other than “the league is growing rapidly” and it seems to have growing pains (which makes sense) most interesting sports/biz story in my eyes rn is the balmer + kawhi + clippers fiasco

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https://farcaster.xyz/derek/0x2d39d9b9 that aside, the ballmer story is indeed INSANE i do think the Napheesa story trumps it though just barely

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I believe the wnba should exist and the players should be paid more how is that an L take lol

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i have believed forever that the wnba is poorly run and should die in its current form (either outright in favor of something like unrivaled or by ousting cathy, which it seems as if that's the direction) players should be paid more when they make more (biggest cap on players right now is the wnba itself) how is that an L take

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It seems that your issue is more in how the WNBA is run/managed rather than the league itself. The brand of the WNBA is extremely valuable, powerful and entreched which will be a huge issue for any challenger league to overcome

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the wnba as we know it needs to go away. • the ownership structure is abysmal for all involved • there's no incentive for improvement because of subsidies • salary cap is simultaneously anti-player and anti-league • leadership is incompetent If you change the leadership structure, the ownership structure, the pay structure, and the incentive structure, it's no longer the WNBA. The league is not the brand. Sure - the brand can continue to exist; either through acquisition or just brand new leadership. Though there's a real argument that the WNBA brand hurts women's basketball. Exhibit A? Players are starting new leagues.

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I would be shocked if a pro women’s basketball league gets more market share in the next decade but we will see

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Me too, honestly. Monopolies are monopolies for a reason. The bottoms-up approach in sports doesn't work, unfortunately.

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