{"id":96527,"date":"2026-05-19T10:24:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=96527"},"modified":"2026-05-19T10:34:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:34:30","slug":"fanview-5-19-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=96527","title":{"rendered":"FanView: 5\/19\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_89497\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89497\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-89497\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OSCAR-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OSCAR-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OSCAR-70x70.jpeg 70w, https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OSCAR-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OSCAR-144x144.jpeg 144w, https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OSCAR.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-89497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe T., always working hard&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By Joe Torosian<\/p>\n<p>Kick it!<\/p>\n<p>In five years, everyone will be watching the WNBA.<\/p>\n<p>I said it.<\/p>\n<p>We will all be watching the Wemby National Basketball Association. (WNBA)<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>What can you add to Victor Wembanyama&#8217;s 41-point, 24-rebound performance while playing 49 minutes?<\/p>\n<p>Nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Last Add Wemby: He&#8217;s got the size, he&#8217;s got the talent, but it all works because he has a Jordan-like spite to his game. The dude didn&#8217;t grow into a basketball career. Instead, he was a basketball player who grew.<\/p>\n<p>OKC plays great defense, that&#8217;s a great team, and the Spurs were exhausted in the fourth\u2026but San Antonio found what it needed in double-OT.<\/p>\n<p>Best way to watch a great basketball game? Have no emotional investment in either team.<\/p>\n<p>And now I&#8217;m looking for a plausible exit off the Knicks bandwagon.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RamView: 5\/18\/2026 (LA Rams Football)\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RJr2CV6wI90?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Watched the Washington Mystics &amp; Dallas Wings play. Paige Bueckers is probably the most efficient player in the WNBA, and she absolutely shut down Sonia Citron.<\/p>\n<p>With that said, as good as Bueckers is, she&#8217;s not a must-see.<\/p>\n<p>Since I&#8217;ve got, legitimately, more Native American blood in me than Liz &#8220;I&#8217;m Gonna Have A Beer&#8221; Warren, I&#8217;m highly offended by the state of California forcing all public schools to drop mascots they deem offensive.<\/p>\n<p>Like (language warning) the Arcadia Apaches, and Baldwin Park Braves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I know, right? Just hearing those titles puts us all on the verge of a crying selfie in our car. (Blank that Trump!)<\/p>\n<p>If you want a terrifying team name, make your mascot the &#8220;White Liberals&#8221;\u2026.truly an unstoppable force. The girls&#8217; teams can be called the \u201cKarens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last Add Knicks: For a mere $632, you can attend the Cavaliers-Knicks opener at Madison Square Garden. Of course, you&#8217;ll be sitting in the Hoboken Section, but you&#8217;ll be at the game.<\/p>\n<p>Ohtani, Betts, Freeman, Tucker, Smith, Muncy, and Pages combined for five hits and zero runs in the Dodgers&#8217; 1-0 loss to the Padres last night.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>#48\u2014May the San Francisco Giants rot and lie stinking in the earth\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Last Add WNBA: This will sound silly, but one thing that really drags this league down\u2014the current league, not the future Wembanyama National Basketball Association\u2014is a lack of hands.<\/p>\n<p>Turnovers are bad, but they become toxic to the eyes when they occur after a great pass.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If it could be improved by 50%, it could change many opinions about the women&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p>Note to Netflix: I don&#8217;t need to see Gina Carano versus Ronda Rousey\u2026I don&#8217;t need to see Floyd Mayweather versus Manny Pacquiao duke it out from the wheelchairs\u2026But what would be an interesting fight?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chet Holmgren versus Victor Wembanyama.<\/p>\n<p>The Dude abides\u2026<\/p>\n<p>1,294<br \/>\nLuke 7:41-43<br \/>\njtbank1964@yahoo.com<br \/>\n\u201cRamView\u201d M-W-F<br \/>\nFollow Joe on X: @joet13b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Joe Torosian Kick it! 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