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Researching for my fantasy team and see that Chennedy Carter signed with a Mexican League team.

Interesting move and I wonder what the pay scale South of the border is.

Evidently against lesser competition Carter's been superlative. Her experience in China demonstrated her ability to score the ball.

Wonder if she's slammed shut the door to the w or will she reappear after the All-Star break
 


When the Sky announced the hiring of Courtney Paris, I was excited to see how Cardoso and Reese would develop. Looking forward to seeing how this plays out.
 
That first preseason game for Dallas is pretty tough. Against the Aces on Friday night. Less than a week of practice and that is what they have to deal with.

Here is some info about watching these games:

 
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cancontent said:
Sigh....a part of WNBA pre-season I dislike because they start quickly.....:(

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The Sun signed a lot of people to fill a lot of slots, but they've already culled three players from the gym.
Agree that it's a part of the process I don't like. Hoping Hsu, who I've seen play in person, gets a chance -- if not this year, then when the league expands next year by two teams.
 
cancontent said:


When the Sky announced the hiring of Courtney Paris, I was excited to see how Cardoso and Reese would develop. Looking forward to seeing how this plays out.
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Watching her shoot a 3 I can't help but think of her iconic bankshot
 
cancontent said:


When the Sky announced the hiring of Courtney Paris, I was excited to see how Cardoso and Reese would develop. Looking forward to seeing how this plays out.
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She practiced them at South Carolina but never took them in a game (with exception to the famous bankshot) despite the coaches encouraging her to do so.
 
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that was expected on Aubrey. By me anyway. She is kind of like a Holmes or Kitley this year I guess.
 
TheFarmFan said:
Honestly, this is the right answer. Lose the battle, win the war. Her athleticism is too central to her game to be operating at 70 percent.
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I know but it still sucks. The injuries some players endure before making the pro level blows my mind some days.
 
Skylar Diggins said of the Storm that it's the most talented roster she's ever been on. The 20-21 Mercury are low key one of the funnest forgotten teams. I guess we do tend to forget the runner ups but IDK if this Storm team is as talented as that Mercury team. I'm actually having a hard time determining who their top 8 players are. Unless she's really high on Lexi Brown and Katie Lou. I like both but idk. The championship talk out of Seattle early is interesting. I don't think they have a top 4 roster (Lv, nyl, min, Indiana)
 
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jdote33 said:
Skylar Diggins said of the Storm that it's the most talented roster she's ever been on. The 20-21 Mercury are low key one of the funnest forgotten teams. I guess we do tend to forget the runner ups but IDK if this Storm team is as talented as that Mercury team. I'm actually having a hard time determining who their top 8 players are. Unless she's really high on Lexi Brown and Katie Lou. I like both but idk. The championship talk out of Seattle early is interesting. I don't think they have a top 4 roster (Lv, nyl, min, Indiana)
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Looking at the Storm's roster (especially without Malonga in camp yet), it's hard to understand what Skylar's talking about. Without even looking past the "faces of the franchise," that Mercury team had two future Hall of Famers in DT and BG, while this Storm team has Nneka.

It's hard for me not to hear her comment as shade against that Mercury team—or perhaps against Jewell Loyd, who is a major piece of the Storm lineup that's different from last year. Perhaps it was an innocent comment made in the excitement of the new season, but SDS is a very smart woman with over a decade and a half of media training; I'm not sure how innocent it was.
 
Jonathan14 said:
Looking at the Storm's roster (especially without Malonga in camp yet), it's hard to understand what Skylar's talking about. Without even looking past the "faces of the franchise," that Mercury team had two future Hall of Famers in DT and BG, while this Storm team has Nneka.

It's hard for me not to hear her comment as shade against that Mercury team—or perhaps against Jewell Loyd, who is a major piece of the Storm lineup that's different from last year. Perhaps it was an innocent comment made in the excitement of the new season, but SDS is a very smart woman with over a decade and a half of media training; I'm not sure how innocent it was.
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Haven't been able to read up on the media day, but could it be possible people are reading into this more than necessary because of their perception of her?

And with Williams available to start the season, that's another offensive piece that could help this year.
 
jdote33 said:
Skylar Diggins said of the Storm that it's the most talented roster she's ever been on. The 20-21 Mercury are low key one of the funnest forgotten teams. I guess we do tend to forget the runner ups but IDK if this Storm team is as talented as that Mercury team. I'm actually having a hard time determining who their top 8 players are. Unless she's really high on Lexi Brown and Katie Lou. I like both but idk. The championship talk out of Seattle early is interesting. I don't think they have a top 4 roster (Lv, nyl, min, Indiana)
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Ezi/Malonga/Nneka/Gabby Williams/Skylar is pretty insane in terms of athleticism. I'm not seeing this squad as a title contender (or more talented than the Merc teams she was on) but it should be a fun team to watch.

My guess for a lineup is:
PG-Skylar
SG-Lexie Brown
SF-Gabby Williams
PF-Nneka
C-Ezi

Rotation players:
Alysha Clark
Dominique Malonga
Wheeler
Katie Lou Samuelson

KLS in particular I think will have a much better year.
 
bballnut90 said:
Ezi/Malonga/Nneka/Gabby Williams/Skylar is pretty insane in terms of athleticism. I'm not seeing this squad as a title contender (or more talented than the Merc teams she was on) but it should be a fun team to watch.

My guess for a lineup is:
PG-Skylar
SG-Lexie Brown
SF-Gabby Williams
PF-Nneka
C-Ezi

Rotation players:
Alysha Clark
Dominique Malonga
Wheeler
Katie Lou Samuelson

KLS in particular I think will have a much better year.
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They paid a 38-year-old (oldest player in the league) $185,000. She'd better be in that starting line-up!
 
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Jonathan14 said:
Looking at the Storm's roster (especially without Malonga in camp yet), it's hard to understand what Skylar's talking about. Without even looking past the "faces of the franchise," that Mercury team had two future Hall of Famers in DT and BG, while this Storm team has Nneka.

It's hard for me not to hear her comment as shade against that Mercury team—or perhaps against Jewell Loyd, who is a major piece of the Storm lineup that's different from last year. Perhaps it was an innocent comment made in the excitement of the new season, but SDS is a very smart woman with over a decade and a half of media training; I'm not sure how innocent it was.
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This is why I'm not a fan of Ms. Getting Her Digs In. Rarely does she meet a low road she doesn't want to take. Complete opposite of Nneka, who's purportedly even closer with Quinn than SDS is but who has never uttered a peep publicly about the Loyd affair.
 
azfan said:
Researching for my fantasy team and see that Chennedy Carter signed with a Mexican League team.

Interesting move and I wonder what the pay scale South of the border is.

Evidently against lesser competition Carter's been superlative. Her experience in China demonstrated her ability to score the ball.

Wonder if she's slammed shut the door to the w or will she reappear after the All-Star break
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Some team will give her another shot, especially after her run in China and I am pretty sure she will do well in Mexico. Or she might just like playing in Mexican and other markets and skip the W all together. I just think that she should play where she is wanted and appreciated.

If she does come back to the W, which I hope she does at some point, whatever team and coach she plays for, I hope the coach is an outside the box thinker. Like Phil Jackson said in coaching Dennis Rodman, "You can't put a saddle on a mustang." We shall see but I do hope that we have not seen the last of Chennedy Carter playing in the WNBA.
 

Media day for the Seattle Storm
KLS and Erica Wheeler at 40.10 mark of video.
Gabby at around 45.40 mark
I thought the audio was hard to hear on the media questions so put the CC on the youtube video so you can read them.

Extra note on KLS, She became an Aunt on 4/18 as older sister Bonnie had a baby boy, Benjamin. 9lbs 15oz.
 
This one is a bummer
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Bad news. I worry about all of the rookies tbh. They aren’t getting a lot of rest before the professional season starts.
 
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