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Message: [QUOTE="SVCBeercats, post: 3170809, member: 7874"] [URL="https://www.swishappeal.com/wnba/2019/5/30/18644938/wnba-besties-chicago-sky-katie-lou-samuelson-minnesota-lynx-napheesa-collier"]Follow the WNBA rookie campaigns of UConn grads Katie Lou Samuelson, Napheesa Collier[/URL] [B]Of Samuelson and Collier — joined since 2015 — who’ll have the better rookie season? Every week or so, [I]Swish Appeal[/I] will run side-by-side comparisons of the two and track them through the 2019 WNBA regular season.[/B] [B]Go crazy folks, go crazy![/B] [SIZE=6][B][B]Week of Friday, May 24 - Sunday, June 1[/B][/B][/SIZE] [B][B]Napheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx[/B][/B] [I]Two-game totals: 59 minutes played, 36 points, 70-percent field-goal shooting, 10 rebounds, 4 blocks[/I] [B]Opponent(s) faced this week:[/B] Chicago Sky (Saturday, May 25), Seattle Storm (Wednesday, May 29) [B]Grade for the week:[/B] A [B]Grade breakdown:[/B] Rookie of the week Napheesa Collier [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-0OiU3BNrk']made a statement[/URL] in her young WNBA career. Much like her time at UConn, her endurance kept her on court for almost a full game. Her placement on offense, especially when she crossed over ex-teammate Samuelson, and defense were nothing but sublime. Against the Storm, Collier did do her signature layup in tight man coverage, but her ball handling was a little shaky. Nonetheless, Collier’s first week in the WNBA was one to remember. [B]Next week’s schedule:[/B] Dallas Wings (Saturday, June 1), Seattle Storm (Tuesday, June 4), Phoenix Mercury (Thursday, June 6), Los Angeles Sparks (Saturday, June 8) [B][B]Katie Lou Samuelson, Chicago Sky[/B][/B] [I]One-game totals: 17 minutes played, 4 points, 2 assists[/I] [B]Opponent(s) faced this week:[/B] Minnesota Lynx (Friday, May 25) [B]Grade for the week:[/B] B- [B]Grade breakdown:[/B] Granted, Samuelson may not get the playing time that’s deserved, but with an already-loaded roster, the Sky most definitely need No. 33 as a reinforcement. After all, 17 minutes is a fair stretch of time to get climatized. She even [URL='https://twitter.com/wnbachicagosky/status/1132443627416948737']recorded her first bucket[/URL] in the game’s opening minutes. In her first WNBA game, Lou struggled slightly on defense and she seemed to be only a pawn in a Quigley-Vandersloot-steered offense. [B]Next week’s schedule:[/B] Seattle Storm (Saturday, June 1 and Sunday, June 9), Washington Mystics (Wednesday, June 5) [/QUOTE]

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