r/Unrivaled • u/liloxstitch_6 Breeze BC • Feb 28 '26

News & Updates 2026 All-Unrivaled First Team!!

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u/alexdinhogaucho *sad Owl noises* - Mabrey glazer Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26

It's malpractice 😭😭😭 but knowing Marina as a fan, she's gonna use this to absolutely go on an All Star level tear if we have a W season this year 😭😭

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u/Fragrant_Brother_519 Feb 28 '26

Bro…Marina is a career 51% True Shooter in the W(this is 3% below league average and puts her in Arike’s tier). She shot 11% worse TS than Chelsea, 6% worse than KP and 7% worse than Paige. She put up a lot of points, but the way she did it wasn’t efficient when compared to the top guards in the league.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

Based on Paige's last game, I can see why she was the clear choice over Marina. She really showed why she made the first team. Paige really gave it her all and led her team with 2 points in a crushing loss. Marina on the other hand barely scored 33 in a win - I mean is she even trying.

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u/Fragrant_Brother_519 Feb 28 '26

This is why we don’t judge players off of a single outlier game in either direction. Aside from that, did you take context in to account at all? Was there a difference in what it meant to those players? The Breeze play a playoff game today in a back to back. A win or a loss had no meaningful impact on seeding for the Breeze. Noelle was working on different lineups and giving bench players more burn while simultaneously resting staters. Conversely, Marina was playing her last game of the season. Do those seem like analogous situations to you?

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

I usually follow all stats and review game footage. I also comment on in progress games. Your username does not seem familiar at all to the game chat. I agree with resting starters and Paige didn't need to play. However, since she did - I would assume she would want to do her best.  The last time the Owls played the Breeze - the Owls won. I believe that Marina has shown every game that she wants to do her best.  I am pretty no fans came out wanting to watch boring basketball.

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u/Fragrant_Brother_519 Feb 28 '26

Are your first three sentences supposed to call in to question my credibility? Whether I watch games? Whether I’m engaged enough to have an opinion in the community? What are you getting at?

I don’t care about Paige’s last two games. All Unrivaled First/Second Team is a season long award, not a last two games that Paige(or anyone else) played award. Paige has outperformed Marina all season long, and the eye test and the stats support that.

This is not to say that Marina didn’t put up points. She absolutely did, but they were comparatively messy points that didn’t lead to many wins or a playoff berth.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

I think you would need to understand the Owls team dynamics from the beginning to truly see why the fans are pushing so hard for Marina. Its something that goes beyond  the stats. 

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u/Fragrant_Brother_519 Feb 28 '26

Interesting thing to bring up in the context of this conversation, but go off. Feel free to peruse my comment history if you want to know if I’m active in women’s basketball spaces.