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Here until the Golden State Valkyries win a championship | @valkyries

Joined May 2022
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Biggest championship parade in WNBA history… Most championship merch sales in WNBA history… Most-watched playoff game in WNBA history… Already the most valuable team in WNBA history… This Valkyries title is REALLY good for the league.
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So… - Dream fans only see Dream/Angel content on their feed - Nothing shows up about Valks title - They assume no one cares about Valks title - They criticize Valks fans as a way to cope For anyone studying algorithms, this is a PRIME case study on how it influences thought
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Narrator: The trade will not, in fact, go down as the worst in Valkyries’ history. Not using a single 2026 draft pick and instead bringing back Kaitlyn Chen was a light years ahead type of move Won them a chip. 🏆🏆
Replying to @UnderdogWNBA
Them trading Flau will go down as their worst trade in franchise history cuz what was the whole point 😭
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16-1* when Angel Reese makes a 3 *the 1 being Game 7 of the WNBA Finals with a championship on the line
Angel Reese just hit a three. The Dream are 16-0 when she hits from deep #WNBAFinals
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Gabby Williams just delivered an all-time great Bay Area sports performance in a championship. Steph. Montana. Young. Bumgarner… Gabby.
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The Valkyries started as a team full of rejects. They defied all odds and made the playoffs last year. Then they added Gabby Williams. And went right on to win the championship in her first year with them. Legendary. 🏆
🚨 BREAKING: THE GOLDEN STATE VALKYRIES ARE THE 2026 WNBA CHAMPIONS! 🏆
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Kiah Stokes to the entire Atlanta Dream all series:
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I’ve been a sports fan my whole life I’ve seen titles. I’ve seen heartbreak Tomorrow could go either way. Valks and Dream are both legit We don’t control result. So don’t let it control your mental health There are bigger things in life, win or lose. Just a friendly reminder
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All we need is 2 hoops. 94 feet. And each other. Let’s go win Game 7 in Ballhalla.
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Okay so the league wants a Game 7 and to not end it at 11am PT That’s understandable. Also obvious from some of these calls
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If the Valkyries lose, coach goes deep into film prep, and the players move on to the next one. If the Dream lose, players and fans blame refs, cheating, and racism. Regardless of who wins the series, this is a model lesson in how to respond to losses… and how not to.
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The Valkyries… - are in their 2nd year - started with players nobody wanted - broke WNBA attendance records - sold out every game in franchise history - are worth $1B and most valuable team in the W If you add “champs” to that list, Disney would buy the rights on the spot.
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This is why the Dream were complaining about the whistle when they lose They know they get a favorable whistle. They expect it. They expect to have a massive advantage from the start and they feel off when they don’t. Because this is a historic discrepancy in FTA.
A 52 free-throw-attempt gap is the largest FTA discrepancy over a 5-game stretch in W Finals history. No other Finals series has more than 9 FTA differential. The Valkyries has 78 to Dream's 130 or 10.4 FTA per game differential. The highest recorded gap was Game 4 with +18 FTA.
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This tweet is right but it’s the opposite The Valks are the ones full of dawgs and straight heart Meanwhile, the Dream get a favorable whistle, have the DPOY and had another All-Star join them last month. They the prestige suburban school fr
Valkyries vs Dream is what happens when the Suburban school with the prestige fundamentals & all the funding plays the Black school with a squad full of dawgs with straight HEART! That system won’t work when it’s time to scrap. Valks can’t stop what they never seen before.
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The Valkyries and Dream in the Finals should show the rest of the WNBA that you need to build around defense. Crazy scoring will sell tickets. Defense wins championships.
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At the end of a tight Game 2, broadcasters kept saying: “The Aces have been here before. They know how to win these games.” Valkyries won. At the end of a tight Game 3, broadcasters said the same. Valkyries won. This Valks defense is different. #Finalsbound
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The end of Valkyries-Aces was high octane drama And the Valks have one of the best fan bases and biggest markets in the WNBA So why did the game get relegated to Peacock?
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Narrator: Caitlin ended up shooting 3-12 FG in Ballhalla, and the Valkyries won. The sellout crowd had an impact.
Far more boos for Caitlin Clark in starting five introductions from the Valkyries fans as opposed to last year. Ballhalla’s changing.
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Maybe expansion teams are Temi’s destiny She helped the Valkyries. Now she’ll help the Tempo Maybe in 2 years she goes to Detroit’s new team. Perhaps her trajectory is to be the foundational center of an expansion team on the rise. Honestly? That’s not a bad job.
Breaking: Free agent center Temi Fagbenle has agreed to a one-year deal with the Toronto Tempo for $1 million, per her agent, Marcus Crenshaw of The FAM Sports agency. A big payday for the 2017 WNBA champ and former standout with the Valkyries.
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The Valkyries made the playoffs last year with a roster of castoffs they transformed into gems. Now they’re adding: 🔥Gabby Williams (elite All-Star) 🔥Juste Jocyte (playmaking PG) 🔥Marta Suarez (stretch big) They’re building a SQUAD in Golden State.
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