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[QUOTE="Dillon77, post: 5319735, member: 6620"]
I get that these are organizational decisions (I'm aware of the levels in Washington) in the same way that Morgan Tuck in no way made this trade without input from President Rizzotti.  
And the strategy on Sykes makes all the sense in the world; in part because Sykes is a "rent-a'-player" for Seattle and the Mystics got a draft choice while allowing the Storm to shed Cooke and Clarke.

But Edwards is a different matter to me. She's under her initial contract so they didn't have to drop her, unless she wasn't going to be in the protected player list when the Portland/Toronto dispersal draft takes place. I see [USER=2117]@bballnut90[/USER] 's point about (possibly) losing leverage when it leaked they were trying to unload her.

FWIW, I think the Mystics should've gotten more for Edwards, but perhaps there weren't as many bites around the league as they thought (for whatever reason).  My other caveat...I'm still not certain Austin has proven that she's someone that will be in the lineup on a consistent basis. Until that point, I liked having Edwards. Moving on....

BTW, besides shooting and smarts, one element Sheldon will help the Mystics with is defense. She is dogged.....
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