Mystic homer announcer talking about Cazorla's time at Oregon like she had actually followed her or something, but doesn't know how to pronounce her name. Click - back to HOF induction speeches.
We live in strange times, indeed.
Speaking of Big Mama Stef and effort, I was impressed to discover that out of UConn alums Dolson, KML, Nurse, and other sharpshooters including DeShields, January, and Wiese, Dolson has the highest 3pt % this year - and 15th in the league! That is so impressive - who would ever have thought she'd shoot from long range at a higher clip than KML?!That was hilarious. To be fair, Achonwa has to do what she needs to survive in a position where she is generally smaller and slower than her competition. On the other hand, the fouls went the other way in the second half and the announcers were very impressed with how she managed to change the refereeing.
Not to be lost in the conversation, Stef made big play after big play down the stretch to will the Sky to victory. She was gassed and still fought tooth and nail and her teammates really appreciated it. To see her teammates obvious affection for her is great.
That was hilarious. To be fair, Achonwa has to do what she needs to survive in a position where she is generally smaller and slower than her competition. On the other hand, the fouls went the other way in the second half and the announcers were very impressed with how she managed to change the refereeing.
Not to be lost in the conversation, Stef made big play after big play down the stretch to will the Sky to victory. She was gassed and still fought tooth and nail and her teammates really appreciated it. To see her teammates obvious affection for her is great.
I think of Achonwa and Dolson as being two components of a physics equation or an example of cause and effect. "Same as it ever was," would play on the soundtrack.
It's also crazy that Mercedes Russell is 2nd! Her growth in 1.5 years with the Storm vs. 4 years under Holly is like night and day. It's kind of sad to think of what kind of player she could be right now if she'd gone someplace with good player development and coaching, like, oh, I don't know, OSU, which was practically in her backyard, and has a coach (Rueck) who is exceptional at developing bigs. Hamblin, Gulich, and Grymek were all completely transformed under his coaching. Imagine what could have been for Russell!Along those lines, Achonwa and Dolson are 3rd and 4th respectively in Season-long Field Goal Efficiency at 54.8% and 53.2%, respectively. Both have taken exactly 126 shots.
Season Leaders
And evidently McCowan can't buy a bucket. Lots of trouble finishing at the rim. Having said that I think she's candidate for rookie of the year actually. She's definitely in the top three at this point.
If Russell had gone to Uconn she would have won National Championships, and gone high in the draft, not 2nd round.
I agree that Russell should have gone to Oregon State. HW had the Tennessee prestige going for her which turned out to be fools gold. All those great players that came to campus 2013 and beyond that could have been so much more if they went to another campus. And Diamond Deshields should have stayed at North Carolina. She would have been awesome there.
