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Stagnant said:
My thoughts are that Washington decided they needed to get a shooter in quick. And Jensen was a name that came to mind. I was thinking of some other shooters and have no idea what their status is. Overseas/injured/not interested. Abby Meyers came to mind as someone that has been with Washington before. And I can’t believe Sara Scalia has never gotten a look in the wnba. She has a beautiful stroke.

Jensen is a good shooter. And a borderline pro. I am not sure about the wnba because of how physical the league is. And I think she might struggle to guard. I also don’t think Washington has any more preseason games. So, it really is hard to imagine her making the team. But she can get a taste of what it is like. And that might be a good experience for her.
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I'm with you on Scalia. Unless she's not interested, she deserves a tryout somewhere.

The Mystics pretty much blew up the franchise. They've always had at least some local blood. Shakira Austin is quasi-local, from about 40 miles away and a year or two at Maryland, but Walker-Kimbrough is the last really local player, and they let her go. Abby Meyers is from about 10 miles away and was hugely popular in her last year at Maryland; I'd love to see her in a Mystics uniform. It's important to put fannies in the seats in a rebuilding year. I assume they'll sell out most games, but it'd be really embarrassing to have empty seats in the sardine can.
 
Regular season starts with a great slate of games on May 16th.

Aces, Liberty, and Lynx are the elite teams again.

Connecticut and Dallas will challenge the Golden State expansion team for the bottom of the w.

Well Vegas has cc is the preseason MVP Wilson shows no sign of slippage.
 
Continuing our conversation from yesterday. This is interesting. I never really saw Jensen play a lot of point guard while at Creighton. But the injury to Amoore apparently is one of the reasons she was brought in.

 
Stagnant said:
Continuing our conversation from yesterday. This is interesting. I never really saw Jensen play a lot of point guard while at Creighton. But the injury to Amoore apparently is one of the reasons she was brought in.

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Weird. You'd think that there were better options for point guards. Destanni Henderson comes to mind as an actual PG trying to find a spot. I wonder what she is up to. Or speaking of my Gamecocks, I wonder if Ty Harris could be traded. She has proven to be starter material and it's a shame she'll be backing up Bueckers.
 
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azfan said:
Regular season starts with a great slate of games on May 16th.

Aces, Liberty, and Lynx are the elite teams again.

Connecticut and Dallas will challenge the Golden State expansion team for the bottom of the w.

Well Vegas has cc is the preseason MVP Wilson shows no sign of slippage.
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If the Liberty have either Burke or Clark starting many games they are in serious trouble. Neither of them are really good.
They both need to get a lot better to help the Liberty.
 
azfan said:
Regular season starts with a great slate of games on May 16th.

Aces, Liberty, and Lynx are the elite teams again.

Connecticut and Dallas will challenge the Golden State expansion team for the bottom of the w.

Well Vegas has cc is the preseason MVP Wilson shows no sign of slippage.
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I feel like Dallas is a small trade away from being good. Maybe ppl are down on them because of their game vs Vegas. But they have a lot of talent. Paige Maddy,Dijonai, Arike should be good enough to compete. I just worry about them defensively. But, like don't let Minnesota do something crazy like wave Dorka ( they got Jessica Sheppard back) and then Dallas signs and presumably starts her (a UConn fan can dream). I think Washington will be a lot worse than Dallas.
 
Though Stewie didn't play, I was surprised that Connecticut beat NY. Liv and Tina looked like a nice tandem. Liv had 15/7/0/1/2 in 17 minutes. Tina played 24 minutes and had 17/6/3/2/0. Tina is #1 in career rebounds and #2 in career points.
 
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MilfordHusky said:
Though Stewie didn't play, I was surprised that Connecticut beat NY. Liv and Tina looked like a nice tandem. Liv had 15/7/0/1/2 in 17 minutes. Tina played 24 minutes and had 17/6/3/2/0. Tina is #1 in career rebounds and #2 in career points.
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I'm bias but I think Liv is really good. Like 11 and 8 with great defense. I agree Connecticut looked good. I'm a big Mabrey fan, I just think any team with her leading is going to compete. Sheldon looked amazing. They are an interesting team.
 
My (grown) kids came back to fill the empty nest for a wedding reception today, so I only grabbed a snippet of the Conn-NY game.
However:
  • Agree that Tina and Liv looked good together and like the way Liv hit the boards.
  • Putting my Jersey and ND cap on, good to see Marina Mabrey play after/despite that lingering calf injury.
  • Mabrey (not surprisingly) was taking a lot of threes (like breathing), joined by Jacy Sheldon and Robyn Parks,
  • Lastly, that unassuming Lindsay Allen facilitated the team and dished out 7 assists in 22 minutes. She gets the ball to the shooters at the right time.
  • Look forward to seeing how Morrow and Rivers fit in here. My gut is Morrow will be in a solid rotation with TC and 'ONO.
On the Liberty side, no Stewie or Fiebich obviously. When is she coming back?
- Good to see Marine Johannes back...there's something about her game that makes you smile.
 
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There’s two factors that players show as they develop: skills and self-assertion. In high school and college, talents grow faster than self-assertion. In the pros (and especially the W) self-assertion becomes more prominent than before. I think this may explain why talented players like Scalia don’t always catch on in the W. It is a league of very assertive personalities.
 
baggerbob said:
If the Liberty have either Burke or Clark starting many games they are in serious trouble. Neither of them are really good.
They both need to get a lot better to help the Liberty.
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Conn looked surprisingly good, although Stewie's absence may have been a part of that. I thought Burke looked really good offensively
 
jdote33 said:
I feel like Dallas is a small trade away from being good. Maybe ppl are down on them because of their game vs Vegas. But they have a lot of talent. Paige Maddy,Dijonai, Arike should be good enough to compete. I just worry about them defensively. But, like don't let Minnesota do something crazy like wave Dorka ( they got Jessica Sheppard back) and then Dallas signs and presumably starts her (a UConn fan can dream). I think Washington will be a lot worse than Dallas.
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As you should.

Last year they do displayed a consistent incompetence defensively. I'm not certain that there has been significant defensive improvement up and down the roster.

Led by Arike this is a score first mentality club. With the changes to the roster this is clearly a bottom tier team.
 
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baggerbob said:
If the Liberty have either Burke or Clark starting many games they are in serious trouble. Neither of them are really good.
They both need to get a lot better to help the Liberty.
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On the flip side, both Davis and Gardner looked pretty good. They might be able to survive the losses of BLH and Kayla Thornton.
 
Two players (that I support) who really, really need to take that next step to help their respective teams become contenders are Aliyah [Boston] and Rhyne [Howard]. It's early, but so far--not seeing enough growth. During today's preseason game, Rhyne took 11 threes (out of 12 shots, making only two) and Aliyah missed chippies and seemed to get overpowered at times by Bri Jones.

By contrast, Pao was FANTASTIC!!!!! Dream fans will love her. If they don't, I'll force them to.
 
Minnesota has like 4 good centers. I really don't know what they do. I think Pili has played well despite her being 0-4 at half. She's not lost defensively, has moved well in terms of conditioning. Jess Shepherd looks good. Marieme Badiene, I apologize for not being familiar with your game. She looks great. And then Dorka is overseas. I think Dorka and Badiene may be impacted by Eurobasket but I don't know how u cut either
 
Minnesota looked really good tonight. If Jess Shepherd and Diamond Miller are for real I think they could definitely give the Aces a run for their money again. Wonder if Badiane has a shot at making the roster. I think I keep her over Pili

And Chicago looked like an entirely different team. Fantastic to see Rachel Banham has found a team that can utilize her skill set.

Kudos to the Minnesota t-shirt tossers who really made an effort to get up into the bowl. Several kids got t-shirts that were 20 or 25 rows up from the court.
 
We gotta teach Grace the Electric Slide. :D Other than that, I love that she is here in Minnesota. Glad to see Shepherd back in Minnesota as well. We shall see what develops over the next few days. I can't wait until Friday!!
 
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JellyBean said:
We gotta teach Grace the Electric Slide. :D Other than that, I love that she is here in Minnesota. Glad to see Shepherd back in Minnesota as well. We shall see what develops over the next few days. I can't wait until Friday!!
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In 24 minutes, Shep was a +11 and nearly had a triple double with 10 points, 8 rebounds and -- this was a ! -- 9 assists, from a forward.
Before she got injured and then went overseas, she and Collier played well off each other. Add Smith and that's a pretty formidable bunch of forwards. Dorka, get back soon!
 
I don’t think the wings are ready for the season to start. I think it will be rough for them.
 
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