Photos: Warriors’ Draymond Green And Lakers’ LeBron James Meet Up At WNBA Game

The Las Vegas played the Washington Mystics at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. A WNBA game is the perfect place for NBA stars to meet. This game was followed by Warriors forward Draymond Green, and Lakers stars LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Kyle Kuzma and Quinn Cook. It was a big event for everybody.

“I think it’s necessary for NBA stars to show support and be visible at WNBA games (and on social media) to demonstrate that support,” said Lyndsey D’Arcangelo, WNBA writer for The Athletic. “Men’s basketball fans, more often than not, view women’s basketball as less than.”

D’Arcangelo says having LeBron on the sidelines has a huge impact on the sport and sways the perception in a positive direction.

“It’s good all around, really. NBA and WNBA players should support each other alike.”

The NBA stars got a lot of attention, and some say there was too much of attention on their address.

“My only gripe is that when James or Green show up at a game, that the announcers don’t make it all about them,” D’Arcangelo added.

When it comes to the Washington Mystics, they have been making a lot of headlines lately.

“We’re going to remember the Washington Mystics’ 3-1 semifinals series win over the Las Vegas Aces for a long, long time,” Matt Ellentuck wrote. “From the the Game 1 foul controversy to Liz Cambage’s “get in the weight room” trash talk to the coaches’ stylistic chess game until the final ticks, the last week of hoops had it all. And the world was paying attention.

“The four-game gauntlet showed not only what the Aces can be, but what the Mystics have become. The series not only brought to light what the WNBA is striving to reach, but what the league’s already grasped.

“Mystics-Aces took the momentum of last year’s Seattle Storm vs. Phoenix Mercury five-game thriller in the semifinals — you know, the one where Masked Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi traded buckets from impossible distances — and ran with it. This is how playoff basketball is supposed to look and feel, it was a blast.”