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Way to go Napheesa! Congratulations on making the All Star team.
 
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I brought up Fowles because you specifically mentioned in an earlier post that Sims was taking more shots than Fowles. Whereas you did not note any specific forward that should be getting more shots instead of Sims.

The distinction between forward and guard is entirely arbitrary. Moore has always been called a forward. Diamond DeShields was selected for the all-star game this year at guard. They play the exact same "3" position. Even if you stipulate that all "3" players are forwards, that doesn't make a whole lot of sense because 2s and 3s are often operating from the same parts of the court offensively.

Besides all that, it's been proven over and over that you can win with an offense based around guard play..

I mean, you had to call arguably the two greatest teams of all time - Jordan's Bulls and Curry's Warriors "anomalies" to make your point.

And in answering your own question about which guard-dominant team won a championship previous to the Warriors, you completely ignored Kobe's Lakers winning in 2009 and 2010.

And lastly, you may have tried to block it out of your mind but...2018 Notre Dame? That's another championship won by a guard-dominant team.

2007 and 2009 Mercury lead by Cappie and DT...the list goes on...

Feels like it would just be easier to say "Collier needs to shoot more" instead of making a faux-historical argument about which teams can and cannot win championships.
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well said... or just say you don't like Sims, Baylor or both!
 
Hey, there is this Lynx rookie you just have to see:



“She’s hard to guard. She can shoot the 3, she can take it off the dribble, she can shoot jumpers, she’s posting up. Nobody can guard her,” Odyssey Sims said earlier this season of her teammate. “The girl is good. Bottom line, there isn’t anything else to say. We got the best rookie out of all the rookies in the draft.”

Lynx Rookie Napheesa Collier Gets Nod to 2019 All-Star Game
 
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"Dr. Naismith is rolling over in his grave right now...he is..."

Geno is a pretty happy vindicated camper right now. Maybe next time they'll listen to him. He's gotta be delighted for Phee.

 
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Kristi Toliver is going off on Minnesota. Already at 31 points before the end of the 3rd quarter.
 
Seems Pheesa had a good offensive game and was strong on the boards (second double double I think) but had 5TO's and did not seem to have the same defensive impact. Kia also had a really subpar game. Perhaps, the All Star game has cost them some focus.
 
Lynx lose again 79-71

Collier with 15 pts, 11 reb, 2 ast, team high 5 TO

Lexie Brown 19 pts, 2 reb, 3 ast, 2 stl

Toliver on fire with 32 pts, 3 reb, 6 ast, 3 stl
 
Chicago is almost there, as evidenced by winning streaks and losing streaks. The turnovers are killing them. Pheesa and Syl both had turnovers inside that I would attribute to poor entry passes. You don't bounce a knee-high pass into the low post, especially when the opponent has been doubling (or tripling) down. There were a lot of passes made that were just impossible to complete.

I thought Napheesa had a pretty good defensive game. She spent most of it on Atkins and Delle Donne. I was especially impressed by a couple of plays when Elena tried to take Napheesa off the bounce and came up dry.
 
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It is amazing to me how many interviewers will not try to get an environment where the interview can be heard w/o too much work. Yeah, get em where you can, but really? did you ask??
 
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Lynx blow another big lead (20 pts in Q2) and lose 86-75. Did not watch the game so how did it happen? It seems the Fever Bench went off. :confused::confused:
 
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Lynx blow another big lead (20 pts in Q2) and lose 86-75. Did not watch the game so how did it happen? It seems the Fever Bench went off. :confused::confused:
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Reeve definitely got out-coached by Pokey.
 
Minny got back within two in Q4. Then in four consecutive possessions: two passes to nobody particular, an attempt to dribble through four defenders, and a pass to the post, but there was an opponent in the way. In only one case was the clock winding down. Horrible basketball. I missed the first 2.5 quarters, so didn’t see when they were playing well.

Evidently Sims went down with an ankle injury in Q2.
 
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