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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 8h

Mark Davis paid $2M to buy the Las Vegas Aces in 2021.

$40M training facility opens in 2023.

3 titles in 4 years. Valuation in June 2025 made them worth $310M. Pretty sure that’s going to be higher next time.

15,400% increase so far.

He invested. Time for the WNBA to put that investment back

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Quan Burton @quantessentialr.bsky.social · 1h

Who else brings a tambourine to a press conference? A 🐐 does.

Quan Burton @quantessentialr.bsky.social · 1h

Just chilling being a 🐐

The Athletic @theathletic.com · 8h

A'ja Wilson at her own press conference 😂

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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 8h

A'ja Wilson at her own press conference 😂

@benpickman.bsky.social

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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 16h

3 or 4 for me.

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Just Mica @msmicaluv.bsky.social · 9h

Welp! That concludes this season of the W!

A’ja and Aces ON TOP TOP TOP!

Now things to look forward to:

—CBA for the W
—NCAA Women’s Collegiate hoop
—Unrivaled
—Expansion draft for Portland and Toronto
—WNBA draft

SO MANY EXCITING THINGS!

Until then…take a breather and rest up folks!!

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Quan Burton @quantessentialr.bsky.social · 9h

Me too

Quan Burton @quantessentialr.bsky.social · 9h

What if this isn’t even A’Ja‘s peak?

a woman with her eyes closed and the words heaven help us all written below her

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HERbron James 🐐 @meekayelah.bsky.social · 9h

A’JA WILSON, 4x MVP AND 3x WNBA CHAMPION 🐐

LONG LIVE MY GOAT

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Mik | Graphic Designer + Strategist @oksoboom.blacksky.app · 9h

Made myself some phone wallpaper 🥰

Photo of A’ja Wilson doing an incredible shot but only she is in color, the rest of the pic in black and white. A’Winner is in a script font on the lower right corner in WNBA Orange.

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Quan Burton @quantessentialr.bsky.social · 9h

The streets had A’Ja as fifth for MVP before the season began.

a man in a suit and tie says somebody told a lie one day .

Alt: Dr. Martin Luther King says somebody told a lie one day.

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Quan Burton @quantessentialr.bsky.social · 9h

A’Ja snapped her fingers after that 53 point loss, and won everything. She became Basketball Thanos.

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Quan Burton @quantessentialr.bsky.social · 9h

Can we really question anything about her at this point?

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Seerat Sohi @seeratsohi.bsky.social · 11h

I don’t hate it when a close out game is a highlight reel for the winners

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Maggie Hendricks @maggiehendricks.bsky.social · 11h

Tonight was Alyssa Thomas' 58th playoff game, and she does not have a ring. She's been SO SO close, so seeing her go down like that is so awful.

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I'm Chris, a writer. That's pretty much it. @christhewriter.bsky.social · 11h

It also says these women deserve every penny they're asking for. And not a penny less.

Immaculate @and1grad.bsky.social · 11h

WNBA playoffs turning into a game of attrition and the ACES being the ones to benefit from that is kinda crazy

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 13h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 16h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Dorothy Zbornak @fabriqueen89.blacksky.app · 11h

Someone made a choice here and I’m concerned

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Quan Burton @quantessentialr.bsky.social · 11h

I hate to see Alyssa Thomas finish her fantastic season like this.

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Quan Burton @quantessentialr.bsky.social · 11h

Dana Evens and Alyssa Thomas are getting spicy.

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Quan Burton @quantessentialr.bsky.social · 11h

The Mercury aren’t in retrograde. They are shook though.

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Quan Burton @quantessentialr.bsky.social · 11h

Jewell has been a godsend since this playoff run.

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Humble_One @humbleone.bsky.social · 12h

I think the curiosity was never there which is why so many people are eager to use it.

Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 15h

I find it bleak that ChatGPT now has more users than Wikipedia. Many people would rather be spoon-fed information by a machine than read and research for themselves. Tech isn't just making us dumber. Worse than that: it's killing curiosity itself and the desire to learn.

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 11h

This would be a pretty great stat line for a half. For just one quarter, that’s just otherworldly.

Screenshot from Real app showing A’ja Wilson’s Q1 stats in WNBA Finals Game 4 on October 10, 2025.

10 min
12 pts
3 reb (all defensive)
2 ast
1 stl
1 bulk
+/- 9
50% FG
4/8 FG
4/5 FT
0/2 3FG
0 TO
1 PF
58.8 TS%
24.6 FPS

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Quan Burton @quantessentialr.bsky.social · 11h

The Aces said the only way we’re going back to Vegas is in a party bus.

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