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Message: [QUOTE="WBBTakeover, post: 5283808, member: 13257"] I'm not saying that you're going to be wrong--because there's a good chance that you'll be right in the end. I'm just saying that we should wait for a larger sample size before drawing any major conclusions about any teams (whether they're contenders or the "bad" ones). The Lynx lost their third game of the season last year by 1--yet went on to become title contenders. This was after they spent the offseason getting drilled because they weren't able to land any big fish in free agency for the second straight season. Meanwhile, the Sun started out 9-0 (*see below) and didn't even make the Finals. Chicago has a new coach who has a "deer in headlights" look, but he may have things figured out by the midway point. They're going to get pummeled by NY tomorrow. Does it matter? Not really, because they aren't supposed to win this game. They weren't supposed to win the Fever game--but they held it close until they ultimately unraveled in the 4th quarter. Dallas may be a mess, but they didn't look so bad in the second half against Seattle. If their coaching staff plays the right players at the right times, they have a shot against teams they should be able to compete with regularly. I could see them coming away with a win if they had been playing against Golden State, for example. *My gripe with WNBA scheduling is that it's designed to make certain teams look worse than they actually are while other teams get an inflated sense of their own ability. Dallas may not be good (understatement), but it's not because they get steamrolled by the Lynx in two of their first three games (assuming they go on to get pounded tonight). Likewise, I gotta see the Lynx play someone that didn't finish in the Top 2 in last year's lottery to draw conclusions about them. [/QUOTE]

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