Reposted by maitreyi anantharamanCJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Kiah Stokes blocks A'ja 1446
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 10/10/2026digging up my Angel Reese feature from 2024 “She understands that basketball, at its core, is a 40-minute series of tiny opportunities, each of which can be seized by the person who wants it more.”defector.comAngel Reese Has Genius In Her Fingertips | DefectorReese can scrape the basketball back to herself with what seems like a sliver of her nail. Her best boards find her bending backward mid-air, like a wide receiver hauling in a touchdown pass at its hi... 119726
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Valks are sending the Wings to The Range on a high speed golf cart rn 0140
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026be smug! I probably discounted how rough this matchup is for Minnesota and Han being playable/this good is really bad for them 010
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I think my playoff preview thoughts are 2 for 2 so far: the Lynx are very gettable (ok tbf I didn’t think NY was going to be in any shape to get them) and Stewie is so so so so insanely great, you only have to show up a little bit around herdefector.comEight Teams, Eight Qualms: A Guide To The 2026 WNBA Playoffs | DefectorThe 2026 WNBA playoffs begin on Sunday, following the league’s longest-ever regular season, one in which it felt like any team could win on any given night. (Except the Connecticut Sun.) As an ethical... 2131
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I’m trying to start my own version of Gone Fishin’ 2806
Reposted by maitreyi anantharamanFrankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 16/09/2026I spent nearly two years talking to former players & fans of the WNBA’s Miami Sol without knowing if the story would find a home. Here it is at @defector.com, about what modern league expansion can learn from the team’s all-too-brief existence.defector.comThe Miami Sol's Needless Demise Provided A Familiar Lesson | DefectorFor a brief period two decades ago, Miami was an amazing place to be a fan of women’s professional basketball. The team had a roster full of promise and reached the playoffs in their second season of ... 217944
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026now that I’ve had time to stop crashing out, I think we’re ok, jamo like personally killed 3 drives and exhausted the defense and then they still did their bread and butter stuff on the OT drive, felt sort of like the Week 1 Rams SNF game a couple years ago 110
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026No, this guy is right. Indian-Americans should not watch football. Watching football has ruined my entire life. 1192647
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026playing for the goal line stand was actually kind of a sick aura gamble. ryan day earned my respect tonight 0130
Reposted by maitreyi anantharamanLizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Really great @maitreyiaa.bsky.social conversation with my bud @maryharris.bsky.social about the WNBA and l’affaire Cunningham. share.google/Vhrp573YRM12...share.googleThe WNBA’s Caught in the Culture WarsMAGA’s gender obsession infects the WNBA. 0203
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 28/08/2026yeah they legit need to donate their brains to science 130
Reposted by maitreyi anantharamanLauren Theisen @laurentheisen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026this whole thing has only gotten more abstract and far-removed from actual trans people since I wrote this blog: defector.com/the-right-ha...defector.comThe Right Has Created Its Perfect Trans Athlete | DefectorA lot of people in and around the WNBA are talking about trans women. In the aftermath of Indiana Fever role player Sophie Cunningham’s negative comments about trans people playing sports in an ESPN p... 229649
Reposted by maitreyi anantharamanmaitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 17/06/2026“Man, I love that kid,” Lindsay Whalen said when I asked her about Olivia Miles. Had some fun writing about the Lynx rookie and the exciting state of PG play in the WNBA rn: 49314
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 02/08/2026we're going to throw kyle finnegan in the deal...for free 290
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 02/08/2026funny to know something that the people calling the ongoing tigers game do not...they are just showing wholesome pics of the broadcast booth's trip to the sacramento train museum 1330
Reposted by maitreyi anantharamanmaitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 31/07/2026It does feel like whenever I am most discouraged by WNBA discourse, the basketball gods intervene to bring me some incredible, life-affirming game 0532
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 31/07/2026It does feel like whenever I am most discouraged by WNBA discourse, the basketball gods intervene to bring me some incredible, life-affirming game 0532
Reposted by maitreyi anantharamanJason Ounpraseuth @jasonoun.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Stef Dolson pregame. #WNBA (via Seattle Storm) 3708183
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 18/07/2026i was so sure i was going to have to break out the old west coast road trip post 010
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 18/07/2026ok this is huge for medefector.comMy Basketball GOAT Is 5-Foot-4 | DefectorOne problem with women’s basketball’s recent forays into the mainstream is that I, proud sports iconoclast, must develop increasingly eclectic basketball tastes in response. In the same way a slang ph... 1818
Reposted by maitreyi anantharamanSeerat Sohi @seeratsohi.bsky.social · 03/07/2026New pod! @maitreyiaa.bsky.social and I did a deep dive on all things Olivia Miles: her basketball background, her all-time rookie season, and how the new generation is changing the point guard position. open.spotify.com/episode/6cmF...open.spotify.comA Deep Dive on Olivia Miles’s All-Time Rookie Season with Maitreyi AnantharamanThe Ringer WNBA Show · Episode 2277
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 01/07/2026blown save merely an elaborate ploy to do some run differential padding, im cool with it 130
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 26/06/2026lol I am sorry for exposing you to it (and thank you) 120
Reposted by maitreyi anantharamanLauren Theisen @laurentheisen.bsky.social · 22/06/2026I co-wrote a book of essays about the movie It's A Wonderful Life with @emilystjams.bsky.social! It's out in September. Pre-order it here! www.harpercollins.com/products/eve...harpercollins.comEvery Time a Bell RingsA fond and nostalgic cultural history of It's a Wonderful Life, celebrating the beloved holiday film's actors and creators, its unexpected journey f... 1422445
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 18/06/2026justin i got cheese curds again last night 130
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 18/06/2026our interview unfortunately got kind of contentious at the end, but I promise the rest of it was enlightening 040
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 18/06/2026I love when smart people write about the places they're from. So I'm very glad that one of my favorite people wrote such a book and that I got to interview @justinellis.bsky.social about his new razor-sharp interrogation of Minnesota nice: defector.com/justin-ellis...defector.comJustin Ellis TELLS ALL About Minneapolis Life In This EXCLUSIVE Interview | DefectorIn late 2020, months after the murder of George Floyd, our colleague Justin Ellis moved back to his hometown of Minneapolis to begin work on a book about black life in the city, where promises of raci... 2296
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 18/06/2026you know she's truly elite because she did not immediately get injured/start sucking in the first game after I wrote about her but instead defeated the Maitreyi Curse and put up 31 on 80% shooting 3250
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 17/06/2026“Man, I love that kid,” Lindsay Whalen said when I asked her about Olivia Miles. Had some fun writing about the Lynx rookie and the exciting state of PG play in the WNBA rn: 49314
Reposted by maitreyi anantharamanScott Agness @scottagness.bsky.social · 02/06/2026An update for subscribers and Fever fans: www.fieldhousefiles.com/p/an-update-...fieldhousefiles.comAn update for subscribers and Fever fansAfter the Indiana Fever revoked my credentialed access, I want readers to understand what happened, why I stand by the reporting, and what it means for future coverage. 99229
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Dan was a truly singular person bc I have also been wishing I could text him this week, but about Paul Reed playoff minutes. 0260
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 13/05/2026🏀💕 excited to talk sports romance tomorrow! new yorkers, come hang! rsvp/tickets here: www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/allure... 0101
Reposted by maitreyi anantharamanJasper Wang @jaspercwang.bsky.social · 05/05/2026The WNBA is back, and so is @defector.com's TEN MINUTE QUARTERS at Littlefield in Brooklyn on Monday May 18. We’ll have giveaways, games, goofs, and as always a lineup of hilarious comics. Go to defector.com/wnbashow for tickets, use code LETSGOLIBS for 10% off 1168
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 05/05/2026by all means, sign three starting PGs in their mid 30s, you know how that thrills me 0321
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 03/05/2026I thought he was way way better today! But yes I would like to forget the other six ever happened 100
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 03/05/2026that was a tough matchup for us: Duren, Tobias and Cade are really handsome and you could tell they were rattled by having to look at this insanely chopped Magic roster so much 3270
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 02/05/2026that’s how the pistons won 60 games btw 0351
Reposted by maitreyi anantharamanJasper Wang @jaspercwang.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Somehow a professional sports front office is poaching from @defector.com's business team, so I need to hire a new Director of Revenue. Apply here: apply.workable.com/defector-med...apply.workable.comDirector of Revenue - Defector MediaDefector Media is a 100-percent worker-owned and -operated media company that launched in 2020. You can read about our origin story in the New York Times, the recent state of our business in our 2025 ... 819154
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 15/04/2026a pistons-hornets 1st round series will FEED FAMILIES….specifically, jalen duren’s family. all other families will have extra time to eat together because it will be over in four games 2481
Reposted by maitreyi anantharamanMarisa Ingemi @mingemi.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Friends, I am thrilled to introduce you to Valkyries Beat. This is where I will be writing about the Golden State Valkyries this season, running a full beat and -- with your help as subscribers -- back on the road. www.valkyriesbeat.com 25443134
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 13/04/2026i will never forget the jerami grant mural at kiesling 010
![My final question for you: Who is the best defensive player in Timberwolves history?
It's gotta be [REDACTED]. He's just—
[Gasp] Over [REDACTED]?!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ijnvhnw6kdk2pawigicbks7k/bafkreibh2zfy4mhshaz4wwdd5os52cswd3tgmyjxri3fjzdxyqsn5t4nsu)
