Voepel on Griner's fisticuff: "With one loss-of-control act, Griner has changed the perception a lot of people will have of her not just right now, but permanently. Is that completely fair? Probably not, but guess what? That's what can happen when you do these things."

Voepel rightly compared Griner's troubles to Andrea Riley's. Both are great players: both have (or in Riley's case, maybe had?) something big to learn.