Recent content by bbsamjj

Agree with what folks are saying about some these fits from the outside...but thinking about the dominoes here. Dallas: Once they got Alanna Smith and Jess Shepard in free agency, seemed pretty evident they were going to get a guard with #1. I think Miles projects as the better player than...

Latson fell further than most anticipated, but LA is actually a great spot for her. With Plum and Atkins as the starting guards, they have the vet Wheeler and Vanloo as the only other guards currently on the roster. Would think she'll be able to find some time backing up the 2 spot and learning...

A potential Kiki, Shakira, Betts front court is really young...and potentially really good.

If they let Austin go...it makes room for Betts, whose assistant coach (Michaela Onyenwere) just signed with the Mystics. I'm not sure Betts will be a better player than Austin, but in meantime, she is cheaper.

Kind of shocked Chicago is becoming a landing place for free agents, but they do have the money.

This also makes the Reese trade make more sense. A frontcourt of Cardosa, Elizabeth Williams, Azura Stevens and (if the rumors are true) Rickea Jackson, is not a bad place to start at all. Plus they have the 5th pick in the upcoming draft. They could get a Flaujae Johnson, Kiki Rice, or another...

This is the first draft in a while where I feel like anything could happen. There is a consensus that 4 players could go #1 (Fam, Fudd, Betts, Miles), but I think what MN does next, and then Seattle, is still very TBD.

Griner is from Houston, and the Sun are moving to Houston next year. This is both for her and them, in terms of marketing.

She had a really good rookie season but hasn't seemed to be able to regain that form since several injuries. Hopefully she can stay healthy and make an impact again.

Well, they did just lose Allemand in the expansion draft, who was Plum's backcourt mate. They don't pick in the draft until the second round. And LA's big weakness last year was defense--and Atkins is one of the premiere defenders in the league. If LA is looking to win NOW, getting a seasoned...

I am not here to defend Chicago GM at all, but with so much of the league up for free agency in literal days, I think all teams have a sense of who they can keep and who they will lose, which means the actual roster construction could look A LOT different in a week. Chicago is known for having...

I think it has much more to do with how the Wings want to build their team than any individual performance in March. Azzi, Fam, Betts are VERY different players and I don't think there's a clear "best player in the class" that you pick regardless of it. Fam is young and untested and likely...

Or Cori Close.

I will say, I really thought each of the 4 teams in Phoenix could win the title. SC and UCLA both had to scrap out ugly wins in the semifinals. And then UCLA looked like the best version of themselves today. Betts and Rice were the #1 and #2 players in their classes coming out of HS--now they...

I'll be honest, I went 0-2 in my semifinal predictions, so really have no idea what will happen tomorrow afternoon. SC starts out as 3.5 pt favorites. I think SC is a bad matchup for UCLA, but then again, I also thought Texas was a bad matchup. Between Okot, Dauda, and Tournebize, they...