Recent content by Dillon77

Thx for posting. Here's the gist of Alex Sarama's approach: Constraints-Led Approach or CLA. (from the ESPN Story) "CLA is a training methodology that emphasizes adaptability, improvisation and decision-making rather than predetermined movement patterns and drills. For example, (Alex) Sarama...

Her Hoops Stats' Richard Cohen Sets Sights South to Examine Atlanta Dream's Off-Season Key Personnel: Free agents: Uncoreable Unrestricted Free Agents: Brionna Jones, Brittney Griner, Jordin Canada Unrestricted Free Agents: Allisha Gray, Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, Nia Coffey Restrcited Free...

ESPN Article Surveys Array of WNBA-Connected People on Englebert, Officiating, CBA, Etc. What caught my attention on the officiating was the institutional lack of support for refereeing, from not having a control center to the ability of certain arenas to support multiple camera angles. Here's...

Very possible. I noted that I'll be paying attention to how she does in an offense that features ball-and people movement, as UConn does. If her play continues to be at the level she's shown thus far and/or improves, I think she'd be more of a fit with Iriafen and Austin than a very tall post...

Way-too-early '26 Mock Draft from Michael Voepel https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/46532440/wnba-mock-draft-2026-betts-miles-latson-johnson-fudd Some Dillon Druthers: - Actually, it's good to set a floorboard from someone who knows the components. Plus, it helped remind me of where some...

Moving to the Right/East Coast, Richard Cohen of Her Hoops Stats Offers an Off-Season Guide on The New York Liberty Personnel Notes: Free agents: Uncoreable unrestricted free agents: Breanna Stewart, Jonquel Jones Unrestricted free agents: Sabrina Ionescu, Natasha Cloud, Isabelle Harrison...

I haven't been to Portland in a decade or so, but used to get out there often enough. I remember on a clear day just being able to see the mountains clearly. Why not something like "Cascade," which is one of my favorite mountain range names. While "Stumptown" is a cool nickname and was a fun...

It also sends a concerning note about, well, sloppiness and/or not paying attention in the front office, given some of the other missteps this author cites. As my first football coach once said, "...gotta block or tackle right to make a play work."

Richard Cohen completes his West/Left Coast Assessment of the WNBA Teams with a Guide to the Seattle Storm The major decision is to decide if the organization wants to try to run it back with key veterans (Ogwunike, Diggins, etc.) or focus on a team built around youth (Malonga, Horston, etc.)...

2026 Prospect Amari Byles, the 6'2" wing from DeSoto, Texas, has announced her Final Four -- Baylor, Ohio State, Oregon, Notre Dame -- on the attached tik tok. This announcement came after she completed her OV to Notre Dame (with Jenica Lewis). This essentially cancels her previously planned...

Cohen continues his examination of West/Left Coast teams with his guide to the offseason on the Golden State Valkyries. @TheFarmFan might be particularly interested (but of course!). Key personnel notes: Free agents: Unrestricted free agents: Tiffany Hayes, Kayla Thornton, Monique Billings...

Richard Cohen of Her Hoops Stats examines where the Los Angeles Sparks are in this offseason; Key personnel notes: Free agents: Unrestricted: Dearica Hamby, Kelsey Plum, Azurá Stevens, Emma Cannon Restricted: Julie Allemand Reserved: Rae Burrell, Julie Vanloo, Alissa Pili Under contract...

(Un)fortunately for you, it was perfect weather! And, yes, Byles and Lewis did make it, as did 27's Caroline Bradley on Monday for an unofficial.

Ok this just s+cks bigtime. What are we, one week into pre-season practice? Can one hope that there is a concerted, concentric effort to address the prevalence of ACL injuries? And if there's anything that can be done to cut down on them? As for Chloe Kitts, all one can do at this point, is...

Whoa...for me, the Lede is the last sentence: Nicki Collen, possibly interested in the Dallas Wings job? Can't believe it's been four years since she came over from Atlanta Dream. Maybe the money in the pro's has made a return more enticing? (Plus, one doesn't have to recruit, retain and recruit...