The Golden State Valkyries, the WNBA's newest squad, has had to make the same difficult roster decisions ahead of its inaugural season as the other teams in the league. People are usually heartbroken every year over who gets left out of the lineups, but the Valkyries' decisions have left an especially bad taste in fans' mouths and caused some to begin turning on the franchise before its first regular season has even tipped off.

The Valkyries posted the official roster online, which caused an uproar from women's basketball fans on social media. They took to X, formerly Twitter, to make their thoughts known.

“Valkyries becoming the most hated team before their first season starts is hilarious,” one user said.

“They losing by 30 tomorrow,” another added with crying emojis.

Some criticized the choices because they believed it was a missed opportunity for the Valkyries to take advantage of their first-ever group of draft picks — all of which were waived from the team.

“Y'all gotta be tanking???” one person questioned.

“Drafted rookies then cut them, why get draft picks then?” a fan asked.

“And the first pick in the 2026 Draft goes to…” a user jokingly said.

Other fans were specifically upset that two preseason standouts, including 2023 first-rounder Laeticia Amihere, weren't rewarded for their breakout moments.

“I would love to know what more Laeticia Amihere needed to do to make the GS roster,” a fan said. “Performed in preseason AND fits the archetype of player that an expansion franchise should be looking for. I am lost.”

“Laeticia Amihere not making this roster after having a 20-point preseason game is the most mind-boggling decision of the entire WNBA preseason for me,” another person said, baffled. “I haven't understood anything the Valkyries have done so far.”

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The confusion also extended to Paige Bueckers' ex-UConn teammate Kaitlyn Chen.

“Using Kaitlyn Chen for clout and then waiving her is nasty work,” a user wrote.

“You waive a current UConn world champion who has potential in Chen, for what reason?? This team will be lucky to win 2 games,” someone frustratingly expressed.

“We want Chen!!” another Valkyries fan added. “We have one of the largest Asian American populations in the Bay Area.”

The same supporter further expressed frustration over the lack of North American name recognition on the roster, which is another common sentiment among Golden State's fanbase.

“Additionally, I would've drafted HVL for some star power,” they concluded. “Play Money Martin 25 minutes a game. Don't just use her for marketing.”

Luckily, there was at least one basketball fan who had a more optimistic and lighthearted approach to processing the news.

“W fans are mad at this, but expansion teams normally don't perform well,” they pointed out. “And it's very likely that they are probably playing the long game to get JuJu down the road lol.”

The Valkyries will try to sway fans' opinions back in their favor when they take on the Los Angeles Sparks in their season-opening contest on May 16.