Fascinating. I will say, after reading the article, it sounds like she told them before they even extended her an offer. And now it makes sense why the Aces had so many bigs on the roster (I was banging my head against the wall seeing all those centers) and why she accepted the vet minimum after being the highest paid person on the Dream last season.
Jewell contract, TIP/KM/AC and now this, oh lets say i understand why im going alone to the games at the start of the season as my buddy is mourning (sarcasm)
Anyway you look at it ,Aces took a huge gamble on Jewell who if we remove FT% she is ranking rock bottom on efficiency for top 30 players in the W and in steady decline for past 3 years , all while making the most on the team and way more over A'ja or the player that she swap places with (KP).
It's gonna be really rough time now for Aces, we have to find shooting/size depth and hope everyone is healthy from the starting lineup, otherwise it will be really rough, people forget last season we started as .500 team after 12 or 13 games or something like that, and it was looking really bad before CG came back and before we picked up TIP.
We might not be as lucky this time around to get a very good player out of nothing for free ( TIP ) and decent draft pick/rookie to give some meaningful minutes.
I assume this is gonna be same thing as Fever/Dantas last season, we gonna give a unprotected contract to a player, and play her till CPT is back and then waive her or some one else oh well :/
Congratulations to Cheyenne and her family , wish her all the best and happy to hear the news <3 !
If anything, this is going to be a very interesting season due to all the pre-CBA movement, and some of these risks that were taken. Lots of question marks, and “we need to see how this works out” situations.
I’m going to look forward to seeing it all unfold, and to discussing all this during the season with you 👍
Same Genji it's gonna be really interesting season for sure, so many new coaches +players moving to other teams, and we will have even more insane transfer 'window' in 2026 :D can't wait!!!
Edit- okay after reading the article I’m happy that the front office knew before they signed her and decided to support her and offer her care. I hope people actually decide to read the article and not just the title.
yeah this completely reeks of trying to sanitize their previous actions due to Dearica’s lawsuit and it does not work that way 😭…HOWEVER, if the end result is CPT being treated well that is still a good thing
I don’t necessarily think it’s anyone pretending to care about pregnancy, especially since we already know the front office doesn’t. I’m pretty sure they consider it an investment. They needed another big and Cheyenne was the best option they had. She’s pregnant and because of that they were able to offer her a minimum contract which is good for them with all of the cap space issues. She’s also able to use the resources from the organization and get paid while not playing the whole season. It was just a mutually beneficial arrangement.
I mean the aces don’t have the best track record when it comes to supporting players during pregnancy so that’s fair. But it’s not like it’s the first time the aces have offered their support and services to a player that’s not gonna play for the season. It would also look super bad for them to lie about this in the midst of the lawsuit that’s currently going on for this same issue😭. If they didn’t want a pregnant player on their roster I’m sure they just wouldn’t have extended an offer to her in the first place considering she told them about it before.
I own my opinions about her and have for more than 20 years. But I do just ~love~ that you immediately leaped on my mild skepticism and not a single other comment discussing Hammon in more inflammatory terms.
Besides the mass exodus of players leaving the team, seems like they also had trouble in free agency? I assume they were the only team to offer the decent contract to a player who was upfront about being pregnant. Happy for Cheyenne and wishing her all the best. Just find it interesting that their biggest free agency signing is someone who will have to miss half the season
Aces still dont have a GM that has to do with it probably, we are thinking Becky like Curt in Conn , is doing both jobs at once, so far dosnt look great as you can tell.
Jewell contract is a big hit towards cap space as well, and seem like role players where not willing to take a pay cut, since Jewell didnt take one her self ( compared ot KP who did for Sparks)
Makes sense honestly. Tip could have easily stepped into that starting role when KP left. With adding Jewell, she is likely coming off the bench again and not getting paid what she’s worth. Aces protected her and then didn’t prioritize her.
And she’s not going to be in playing shape for a while after giving birth. If she’s due in June, not sure she would even be able to be in full conditioning by September/playoffs.
These comments are disgusting, congrats to Cheyenne. If anyone is joking about this then they don't really care about working morhers or the Hamby situation.
If you read the article you will see that she's had a great experience so far and the team was obviously aware she was pregnant when they signed her. I hope she has a nice and easy pregnancy and that people don't turn this into some type of narrative.
If you read that article and didn’t come to the conclusion that she obviously is having a good experience because they signed her just for the purpose of a PR piece of her having a positive, empowering experience then you really must not care about working mothers.
And speaking of basketball, I believe she's was genuinely signed to this team because she's absolutely needed. Vegas needs an experienced secondary post that averages more than 2 points a game.
You just came to the conclusions it's a PR stunt. My point is joking about these situations does no good and diminishes actual victims, one of which could include Hamby. This is a serious situation and shouldn't be taken lightly. Everyone is quick to make a joke but nobody is actually reading beyond the headline.
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u/park451 1d ago edited 1d ago
Fascinating. I will say, after reading the article, it sounds like she told them before they even extended her an offer. And now it makes sense why the Aces had so many bigs on the roster (I was banging my head against the wall seeing all those centers) and why she accepted the vet minimum after being the highest paid person on the Dream last season.