for the record, i am, and always have been, a big fan of individual women’s players. there’s just not enough of the elite ones to make the product as a whole something that many people want to watch. that’s my opinion.
with that said, in my life i have admired and/or followed and been a fan of clarissa davis, cheryl miller, danielle viglione, edwina brown, jamie carey, nneka enemkpali, chamique holdsclaw, simone augustus, odyssey sims, ivory latta, cynthia cooper, tamika catchings, skylar diggins, and so, so, so many more.
but again, the unfortunate truth, at least from my perspective, is that the wnba would have to go down to 4-6 teams in order for me to become interested in the product at this point. the best players are absolutely talented, athletic, engaging, and worth watching. but every time i tune in to an actual game there’s just such a drop off from the best couple of players to even the rest of the starters that i just can’t get into it. i do believe that given enough time that women’s basketball can become a popular sport, but for now there’s still to much of a disparity in talent between the great players and the average player for me to be interested.