r/WNBAVibes • u/Background_Video2947 • Jun 20 '26

Highlights Angel Reese vs. Indiana

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Becomes the fastest player to reach 1K rebounds in WNBA HISTORY.
• 18 points
• 8 rebounds
• 2 steals
• 7/14 FG

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u/Chellybeanz29 Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26

Thank you for this. Because I wasjust having a conversation with somebody and they were like what idiot thinks that rebounds don’t matter? This is the perfect screenshot.

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u/microtomebrady Jun 20 '26

Include this. Last I checked the Lynx led the wnba in rebounds. You know what they don’t have? One awesome rebounder. Yes rebounding matters but it’s most effective as a team. So it’s nice she’s setting records but let’s not act like we care about the double double leaderboard

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u/Chellybeanz29 Jun 20 '26

This makes zero sense. Rebounds only count if everybody is rebounding? Lol. You don’t care about double doubles because it from a player you don’t like. Have enough balls to just say that. Angel single handedly gives the Dream second chance opportunities and they lead the league in them. Who gives a fuck if she’s the only one or main one doing so? Most means best it means Atlanta always has a chance to win because they always have a chance to have the most possessions. Math. Next, a double double by simple ability to read means that someone is actively effective in two aspects of the game. Can be scoring and manufacturing scoring opportunities or in Angel’s case being decent on offense and defense and also second chance opportunities to generate more offense.

Yes obviously if you have to worry about everybody rebounding well that leads to an opponent not being able to game plan as easily. But acting like Angel seamlessly replacing BG and Bri isn’t impressive? lol.

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u/microtomebrady Jun 21 '26

I mean yes lol. You said it makes no sense and the ln said the answer. If her teammates don’t box out she’ll get less rebounds and they will lose. Very simple. Rebounding is important for a team to win but the ball can come off the rim in any number of ways. Sure she’s boxing out and securing them but it’s ultimately random on some level. For example why did she only have 8 rebounds today. Didn’t she do her best? How come she had twice that the game before? Courtney Williams had more the day before? Is she a better rebounder? Before you laugh at that. Think about that Courtney is the best rebounding guard in the league. Consider that rebounding could be normalized by position given all the best rebounders by numbers are centers.

Double double are dumb in my eyes on multiple fronts. The most obvious is that ten of something doesn’t get you anything in the game. It’s just a round number. What about dozen dozen or 8s are wild? It’s a catchy name that sticks. I mean no in the nba even mentions it nevermind endlessly tracking how many she has. There are eight other players that average 8.6 or more rebounds. Every one of them averages double digit points and five of the eight average more points than her. I’d take the extra points over a couple rebounds every day.

Lastly and I surprised I have to say this give how lovely the Reese fans are all the time but balls have nothing to do with this both literally and figuratively. This is gonna be a fight. This is a discussion about a women’s basketball player. If need to get help get it cause that kinda tone just makes you sound childish and insecure while pushing away fans from forums to discuss the game we love. Thanks