#Maria Vadeeva

[worldssportskeeda]

WNBA's 10 Hottest Women's Basketball Players

WNBA's 10 Hottest Women's Basketball Players

View On WordPress

#Alana Smith Hottest Women&039;s Basketball Players #Hottest Women&039;s Basketball Players Chelsea Dungy #Hottest Women&039;s Basketball Players Marina Mabrey #Hottest Women&039;s Basketball Players Sister Richards #Hottest Women&039;s Basketball Players Sophie Cunningham #Hottest Women&039;s Basketball Players Stephanie Dolson #Liz Cambage Hottest Women&039;s Basketball Players #Maria Vadeeva Hottest Women&039;s Basketball Players #Megan Gustafson Hottest Women&039;s Basketball Players #Natalie Achonwa Hottest Women&039;s Basketball Players #WNBA&039;s 10 Hottest Women&039;s Basketball Players

[gaywoso]

Wait is Masha actually going to be playing for the Sparks 2021?? I thought she was sitting out to play with Russia?? I feel like they would've put Emma if they were gonna include players sitting out this year 👀

#maria vadeeva #wnba #los angeles sparks #myupload

[nosowoso]

vadeeva get her time yet if she goes back to the wnba. kid's only twenty-two...

very fair point, I forgot she’s barely old enough to drink 😌

#Maria vadeeva #or at least in the states #but STILL #girl has got a lot of shit going for her #and it seems like they barely play her #like I’m not saying playing her the wholeass game #but she’s young #she’ll probably soak up info like a sponge if they put her on the court for longer #idk #I’m just biased towards Maria #ask

[candaceparkers]

#kayla mcbride #maria vadeeva #basketball

[julieallemands]

ummc ekaterinburg looking really good in their warmup tops (ft a friendly cristina ouvina)

#maria vadeeva #brittney griner #emma meesseman #alba torrens #cristina ouvina #ummc ekaterinburg #elw2020 #euroleague women

[fillourstands]

2018 WNBA Draft Picks 8-12

#WNBA #Draft #Victoria Vivians #Lexie Brown #Kia Nurse #Maria Vadeeva #Marie Gulich

[tommylindholm]

When scouting international prospects as potential first-round picks in the WNBA draft, every franchise hopes to land the next Lauren Jackson or Penny Taylor. In the 17 years since those Australian legends were drafted, however, few have yielded a return that comes close.

From 1997 to 2007, 13 international prospects (all without NCAA experience) were drafted in the first round. In the past 10 drafts, there have been only four. Six years have passed since an international prospect was drafted in the first round. The most recent, Astan Dabo of Mali, was taken ninth by Connecticut in 2012 but has yet to play a game in the WNBA. The most notable, Liz Cambage of Australia, was drafted second overall by Tulsa in 2011. She is back this season after a six-year hiatus.

At 6-foot-3, Russian center Maria Vadeeva probably will break the first-round dry spell for international draftees. Just 19 years old, Vadeeva has been playing professionally for four years in the Russian Women's Basketball Premier League (WBPL), a top offseason destination for WNBA players. Vadeeva's team, Dynamo Kursk, also competes in EuroLeague competition, which this year featured Diana Taurasi, Emma Meesseman, Kayla McBride and Courtney Vandersloot.

General consensus says Vadeeva will be taken in the first round, but it's unclear which team will make the call. She has been one of the most mobile pieces on WNBA mock draft boards in recent months, ranked as high as No. 2 and down to No. 12, the last pick in the first round. When UConn's Azurá Stevens declared for the draft last week with one year of NCAA eligibility left, the news further sent Vadeeva's name into the spin cycle. But while question marks surround Vadeeva, ranging from her national team obligations to her commitment to playing in the league, her talent is undeniable. And for the front office willing to take a chance, she just might be the steal of the draft.

Vadeeva presents a skill set that many league personnel believe makes her a top-five pick. She's lauded for her physical presence in the interior, and has the ability to spot up or put the ball on the floor from 15 feet. Vadeeva's foundation is built off of her proficiency in finishing with her left hand, particularly her knack for taking defenders off the right shoulder with her back to the basket. Vadeeva will have to continue to expand her range beyond the arc in the WNBA and will need to improve her speed to better run the floor. At her core, teammates describe Vadeeva as a basketball junkie, a smart player with a high basketball IQ.

"She watches basketball, she plays it, she lives it, she breathes it," said 2016 WNBA MVP Nneka Ogwumike, who has played with Vadeeva for two seasons on Kursk.

http://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/23108287/19-year-old-russian-maria-vadeeva-steal-2018-wnba-draft

#Maria Vadeeva #WNBA #basketball #Russia #ESPN

[female-buckets]

Ukrainian superstar Alina Iagupova led Fenerbahce to a Turkish SuperLeague Championship last year. She also won the EuroLeague regular season MVP two years in a row in 2020 and 2021. She's led the Euroleague in scoring two seasons in a row, too. She's the first non-American player to win the scoring title since Penny Taylor in 2010-2011. And she's the first European player to do it since Gordana Grubin in 2003-2004. This is the kind of company she's in as a EuroLeague scoring champion...

Only 5 women have ever won multiple EuroLeague scoring titles. Razija Mujanović, Clarissa Davis, Katie Douglas, Diana Taurasi, and Alina Iagupova. Mujanovic was a 6'8" center. But the other four scoring champions have quite a bit in common. They're all big mean guards. And Alina, at 6'1" with what looks like 190 lbs of muscle... she's definitely the biggest. And if you think all that size makes her slow, think again.

This year, Fenerbahce has put together a SuperTeam. They're doing everything they can to challenge UMMC. Here's how well each competitive roster is represented in the top 15 Euroleague stats.

Avenida 2 scorers: Kahleah Copper 1st, Katie Lou Samuelson 14th 1 assister: Sylvia Dominguez 13th 1 blocker: Bella Alarie 14th Top 15 total: 4 | Top 3 total: 1

Dynamo Kursk 2 scorers: Natasha Howard 4th, Arike Ogunbowale 14th 1 rebounder: Natasha Howard 1st 2 thieves: Eva Lisec 5th, Epiphanny Prince 9th Top 15 total: 5 | Top 3 total: 1

UMMC 2 scorers: Jonquel Jones 8th, Allie Quigley 13th 2 rebounders: Jonquel Jones 6th, Emma Meesseman 15th 2 assisters: Alex Bentley 10th, Alba Torrens 12th 2 blockers: Jonquel Jones 7th, Maria Vadeeva 8th Top 15 total: 8 | Top 3 total: 0

USK Praha 2 scorers: Brionna Jones 2nd, Maria Conde 7th 2 rebounders: Alyssa Thomas 4th, Brionna Jones 12th 2 assisters: Alyssa Thomas 2nd, Teja Oblak 7th 1 blocker: Dragana Stankovic 2nd 2 thieves: Alyssa Thomas 7th, Brionna Jones 11th Top 15 total: 9 | Top 3 total: 3

Fenerbahce 3 scorers: Kayla McBride 3rd, Alina Iagupova 11th, Satou Sabally 14th 2 rebounders: Elizabeth Williams 5th, Satou Sabally 10th 2 assisters: Alina Iagupova 3rd, Olcay Cakir 5th 2 blockers: Elizabeth Williams 1st, Satou Sabally 13th 2 thieves: Alina Iagupova 15th, Elizabeth Williams 15th Top 15 total: 11 | Top 3 total: 3

With so many stars on the team, Alina doesn't need to carry the scoring burden this season. She's averaging 16.1 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 5.6 assists. She's more than a scoring machine. She's an incredible facilitator as well. She can carry a team when she needs to but she loves to set up her teammates.

Don't be fooled by UMMC looking like a mid-level team here. They are a SuperTeam. They're such a SuperTeam that each superstar does a fraction of what they'd do on a regular team. But when the EuroLeague final four comes around, the superstars go all out and cut through everyone.

But UMMC, despite all that Russian money and all those superstars, is not a perfect system. And when UMMC faces Fenerbahce in the Euroleague final, Fenerbahce will expose that imperfection. UMMC might have Russian money, but Fenerbahce has Ukrainian legend Alina Iagupova.

I'd love to see Alina play in the WNBA. But the LA Sparks have her WNBA rights. And that's terrible.

The Sparks are the WNBA team with the worst management in the league. They also design their roster around a certain "image." And Alina does not fit that image at all. She came to Sparks training camp in 2019 which happened to be a disaster year for that disaster team. The coach, the manager, and the star player Candace Parker were all at war with each other. Alina went home because she wasn't getting payed enough to put up with that bullshit. She didn't complete her contract. So now, if she wants to play in the WNBA, she has to negotiate with the LA Sparks. Awful.

There's actually a number of international players in the same position as Alina. The WNBA is not an attractive league for foreign players to play in. Until the WNBA fixes that, it won't be the league with all the best players, just the best Americans.

#alina iagupova #fenerbahce #wnba #wospo #la sparks #fiba euroleague #fiba #euroleague women #ummc ekaterinburg #Youtube

[adahegerbergfc]

There are so many players overseas who are for sure good enough to play in the league but are getting paid more overseas. UMMC Ekaterinburg has Vandersloot, Quigley, Stewart, Jonequel Jones, Griner, Maria Vadeeva, Meessaman and Alba Torrens from Spain all playing for them and they all get paid a lot of money. No wnba team is able to afford a roster like that

Yes! I saw some scorelines from their games and oof, the way they just beat up on the other teams. Though with players like that it’s really not surprising is it? Also, hearing some of Sue Bird’s stories about her time in Europe makes me wish there was a film crew or something with them from time to time because it sounds like the players can get up to some wild stuff!

#WNBA #anonymous

[casorasi]

Russian star Maria Vadeeva enjoying time in WNBA with Sparks

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Maria Vadeeva dreamed of playing in the WNBA after growing up watching Diana Taurasi and Lauren Jackson compete in the Russian Basketball League. Russian star Maria Vadeeva enjoying time in WNBA with Sparks

#Russian star Maria Vadeeva enjoying time in WNBA with Sparks

[investmart007]

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. | Russian star Maria Vadeeva enjoying time in WNBA with Sparks

New Post has been published on https://is.gd/TmxLhB

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. | Russian star Maria Vadeeva enjoying time in WNBA with Sparks

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Maria Vadeeva dreamed of playing in the WNBA after growing up watching Diana Taurasi and Lauren Jackson compete in the Russian Basketball League. It fueled her love of the sport.

Now the 20-year-old Russian star is living out those childhood hopes with the Los Angeles Sparks, who drafted her with the No. 11 pick last April.

“It’s been fun so far,” Vadeeva said after the Sparks practiced in New York this week.

While she’s a rookie in the WNBA, Vadeeva has been playing professionally in Russia since she was 16. The 6-foot-4 center is on the Russian league powerhouse Dynamo Kursk that features her Sparks teammate Nneka Ogwumike and won the EuroLeague title in 2017.

“There are so many good players here,” Vadeeva said. “I wanted to play with the best in the world.”

Coming to America was a little bit of an adventure for Vadeeva as she had visa issues and couldn’t get to the U.S. until early June — a month into the season. Her transition was made a little easier as her brother has been around to help her acclimate to living in Los Angeles.

“He’s definitely helped me,” she said. “Also, my teammates have been very good, too.”

She’s shown flashes of her incredible talent despite not getting much playing time yet. She filled in well when Ogwumike was out with an illness, scoring 10 points and grabbing six rebounds in a loss to Atlanta right before the All-Star break.

“She’s shown glimpses of what she can do,” Ogwumike said. “She’s a very versatile player, young obviously. She has a really great work ethic and has a lot of drive. … She’s a sponge and is having a great first experience in the WNBA.”

Sparks coach Brian Agler has liked what he’s seen so far from Vadeeva. He thinks she’ll get more playing time down the road and that she’s been hurt by the lack of practice time the team has had because of a condensed schedule.

“Her basketball IQ is elite, her potential is off the charts. She can hit 3-point shots. Her learning curve is great,” he said. “She knows the good players having played against them in Europe. She knows them better than the college players. Glad we have her. She’s a big time talent.”

What’s impressed both Agler and Ogwumike is Vadeeva’s ability to score in the post.

“Her back to the basket game is probably the best I’ve seen. She has great footwork,” Ogwumike said. “She’s not afraid, she knows what she’s capable of.”

Vadeeva is the centerpiece of a core of talented young Russian basketball players. Once a major power in women’s basketball, Russia has fallen off lately, not qualifying for the Olympics in 2016 or the world cup this September.

“She’s our main player,” Russian national team manager Svetlana Abrosimova said. “The whole system is building around her. She knows that. She has to accept the role she’s the best player. By coming here she’ll help Russia a lot.”

Vadeeva’s commitment to play for the Russia made a few teams shy away from her, knowing she may miss some time in the WNBA over the next few years during Olympic qualifying.

“I hope I can play in the Olympics,” Vadeeva said. Before then, she’s enjoying her time in California, especially the food and beaches.

“It’s very different than Moscow,” she said with a smile.

By DOUG FEINBERG , Associated Press

#Diana Taurasi #incredible talent #Los Angeles Sparks #Maria Vadeeva #Russian Basketball #Russian league powerhouse #Russian star #sports news #TodayNews #White Plains

[gaywoso]

[01/10/2021]

#ummc ekaterinburg #women's basketball #ekat vs dynamo moscow #allie quigley #jonquel jones #alba torrens #maria vadeeva #rwbpl #wbb #myupload

[nosowoso]

I would just like to remind everyone that Maria Vadeeva at the age of 22 is the captain of the russian national team

This is your daily reminder that Maria Vadeeva is an icon

#maria vadeeva #imagine being captain of your countries national team at 22 #IMAGINE #and she also plays for ekat👀 #so we stan #a living legend #ask

[candaceparkers]

LA would be stupid to let Maria Vadeeva go but they also have Derek Fisher as GM and head coach so it would surprise me

ajdkadhjadkj you’re absolutely right 🤣 he’s a mess so it wouldn’t be surprising if they did let her go

#anonymous

[julieallemands]

masha and raisa for ummc ekaterinburg

#maria vadeeva #masha vadeeva #raisa musina #ummc ekaterinburg #elw20 #elw2020 #euroleague women #russia basketball #dribble till queue cant see anymore

[wnbatattoos-blog]

Los Angeles Sparks - 2018

Tattoo percentage: 36% (4 players with tattoos, 7 without)

Players with tattoos:

Candace Parker The former champ has multiple small tattoos around her body, mostly her wrists, and in 2016 she opted to honour Pat Summitt with this “Left Foot, Right Foot, Breathe, Repeat” ink.

Cappie Pondexter One of the most tattooed ballers, Cappie was sure enough–as if there were any doubt...–at age 17 that she would make the WNBA that she got the league’s logo tattooed on her arm (she later covered), with it becoming the first inked piece she ever got. Her favourite one, though, the “LOVE” script made out of hands she got along her right arm. 

Maria Vadeeva Still to make her debut in the W, the Russian has both of her wrists minimally tattooed. 

Riquna Williams Another heavily tattooed player, Riquna does sport non-visible ink on her back along that present on her arms–front and back.

Jantel Lavender Among other multiple tattoos and although not visible in-game, Lavender has a full sentence inked on the left side of her body reading “Through Love Possibilities Are Endless”.

Players without tattoos:

Alana Beard Essence Carson Chelsea Gray Nneka Ogwumike Odyssey Sims Sydney Wiese

#Los Angeles Sparks #2018 #Candace Parker #Cappie Pondexter #Maria Vadeeva #Riquna Williams #Alana Beard #Essence Carson #Chelsea Gray #Jantel Lavender #Nneka Ogwumike #Odyssey Sims #Sydney Wiese