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And this one made frequent appearances when Christian played here.

Yeah. I’ll be curious how it goes, with Nowell at least. I think the consensus when Abraham signed as a guy outside the top 100 was that he wasn’t really expected to contribute in year one and that maybe he could develop later in his career. Nowell was expected to contribute and had injuries...

I don’t think there was any mystery about Nowell. I just think he wasn’t good enough last year. That’s a hard thing to put in a statement. Maybe he would have developed long term. Maybe he’ll thrive at VCU. But last year, he wasn’t a threat on offense and was hunted on defense. So he didn’t...

Depends on which street. On this one, it’s “stop”

Paige’s season high in turnovers this year - her first WNBA season - was 4. Only 4. Against swarming and collapsing defenses and adjusting to the pace of play, she never had more that that. It was a hugely underrated part of her performance this year - taking care of the ball and averaging 5.5...

Well … Boston’s scoring fell a half point and her FG percentage dipped from 58 to 53 in year two. So not really. Giving Clark credit for a “career year” for someone in their second season, when the sample size is 2, is a little silly to begin with, but the stats don’t even reflect that...

Sorta depends how you look at it. Okafor and Taurasi were the same draft year. Castle and Bueckers were the same calendar year for the award. Both were reigning rookies of the year at the same time. We’re just covering all our bases.

Most of the Citron fans are actually Clark fans in a wig and sunglasses. The biggest thing that gets me is that Dallas has been a revolving door this year - yesterday they had 3 waiver wire pickups and 3 rookies (Quinerly being out stopped it from being 4). They’ve never formed a nucleus used...

I saw nobody answered, in case you (and others) haven’t watched, The last few possessions: Tie game, just over 2 minutes left. Paige splits a hard double and literally gets an open field tackle from Jackson - most blatant foul you will ever see - and loses a contact. No call. Wings picked the...

she rolled her ankle when she landed.

No Liam today. They put him on the injury report with Achilles Tendinopathy. Could just be a rest day but if there’s something there, I imagine they might shut him down for summer league.

Pretty impressed with Reibe today. Scored in a variety of ways - on the move, back to the basket, showing good patience. And had a big three late to help stretch the lead out. On defense, he was pretty solid. Well schooled in keeping a high hand when he was switched on a guard and moving his...

See - and just like that we are back on topic. Toto had Connecticut connections - the Porcaro brothers grew up in Hartford.

Fair enough. This is one of those cases I fully expect and hope to be proven wrong in time, maybe even against France. Regardless, once he’s in a system with teammates he’s practiced with for a while, it should be different. Knowing where the next pass should go more intuitively. I also need to...

I mean, during that stretch, Cameroon hit a 3, Australia got a wide, wide open 3 in the corner against the zone. Completely uncontested. Missed. Then Cameroon had a disjointed possession where they probably got away with a travel and a big ended up banking in a contested 3 late in the shot clock...