Tag: Tiffany Hayes

Lip-readers think Skylar Diggins-Smith called Tiffany Hayes ‘weak’ after knocking her to the floor

Skylar Diggins-Smith looked like she was completely over Tiffany Hayes.

Skylar Diggins-Smith might have beef with Las Vegas Aces guard Tiffany Hayes after an on-court spat during an Aces-Storm Tuesday matchup.

In a recent matchup, a rather intense moment between Tiffany Hayes and Skylar Diggins-Smith has hoops fans talking. Late in the fourth quarter, as Las Vegas was slowly starting to pull away for the win, Hayes blocked a Seattle shot, stole the ball and took off towards the other end of the court.

Diggins-Smith tracked her down in stride but could not keep her from scoring, and she fell after contact with Hayes. Tiffany then seemingly taunted Skylar after the bucket. They continued jawing following the play, and shortly after complaining to the officiating crew, lip-readers thought Skylar said, “You’re weak, [expletive]” to Tiffany as she walked off the court.

https://twitter.com/TylerDeLuca/status/1836248712437174710

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Tiffany Hayes retires from WNBA, plans to continue playing overseas

Tiffany Hayes recently announced that she would be retiring from the WNBA after 11 seasons.

Connecticut Sun guard Tiffany Hayes won back-to-back national championships at the University of Connecticut and was selected 14th overall by the Atlanta Dream in the 2012 WNBA draft. Hayes recently announced on the “Counted Me Out” podcast that she would be retiring from the WNBA after 11 seasons.

“I really feel like I’m older now,” Hayes said regarding her decision to retire from the WNBA. “I’ve got a lot of stuff that I really always wanted to get into, but I’m so busy because I’m playing year-round. People don’t understand that’s a year-round thing we be doing overseas and the league. Plus my body, playing 11 seasons straight with no breaks, every year, two seasons in a year every time — that’s a lot.”

Since college, Hayes has essentially not had a break from basketball.

Hayes didn’t lose a game in college until her junior year, won two national championships, played 10 seasons for the Dream before heading to the Sun, and played overseas. She explained what she wants to do in her retirement from the league.

“I just figured I’d focus on one thing, and then in summertime, I can turn up my businesses, turn up time with my family and just live like that,” Hayes said. “I want to see how that goes.”

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WNBA playoffs predictions: Will the Liberty crush the Aces’ chances of winning back-to-back?

For basketball heads everywhere, the WNBA playoffs are an out-of-body experience.

The WNBA playoffs are here. This is when regular season records mean nothing, and wins mean everything. It’s buzzer beaters, emphatically blocked shots, “what did I just see?” moments and scoring so good you’ll need a pulse check.

For basketball heads everywhere, this is an out-of-body experience. The level of play is elevated, and so are the expectations.

Will the Lynx fly too close to the Sun? (See what I did there?) Will the Liberty crush the Aces’ chances of winning back-to-back titles?

Who wins? Who’s out?

These are your 2023 WNBA playoff predictions: