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Message: [QUOTE="Dillon77, post: 5303457, member: 6620"] OK, [USER=1220]@willtalk[/USER] , you're making me hit the google wire to call up 2025 draft orders, before and after the actual WNBA draft in April 2025. After ingesting that, a few replies: - Exec. Summary. You're not happy with Loyd. I can see why on many offensive fronts. Maybe Hammons and the front office thought this would be a case of plug and play, but the way the offense is run seems to have taken away one of the best parts of Loyd's game: the ability to drive and get fouled. She was always a league leader in getting to the line. Now, under 3 FTA's attempted per game! BTW, Loyd might not be a great -- or at this point, even a very good -- defender, but she was pretty good most of her career. In fact, Dawn Staley used Loyd as something of her stopper on the USA team. That's not the issue to me -- lack of offensive flow and/or general cohesiveness within the offense is. - Regarding the trade and who got what, your logic looks good in retrospect, but as [USER=10709]@cancontent[/USER] says, LV had Kitley coming back and Gustafsson coming off a good European campaign (again). Plus, Cheyanne Parker-Tyus was coming over but she's out -- probably for the season. Maybe the Aces front office and coach felt ok there and felt they needed to a comparable guard. Interestingly enough, Las Vegas seems to have come out well -- at least thus far -- with procuring a young guard. Aaliyah Nye is playing great. Season's still not over but Hammon has a team that seems to be like a manual gear shift that slips from gear to gear. They have spurts where it all comes together. Last night, they won the 4th quarter but were too far behind at that point for it to make any difference. [/QUOTE]

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