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Message: [QUOTE="NycUcWbbFan, post: 5305392, member: 13453"] [URL='https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/CON/']CT[/URL] is probably a victim of being a perennial playoff team (they last had [URL='https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/draft/2014.html']lottery picks[/URL] in 2014-2016). [LIST] [*]CT was not a slingshot team that used perennial doormat years to become WNBA champions via retaining and developing high draft picks; [*]Like most teams, CT pursued trades to become or stay competitive; they were not dumpster fires roster management exercises &1 (using high lottery picks as journeymen fodder which in turn stagnated the potential of those picks which in turn diminished league-wide future roster management success chances); but they did not net championships a la MN or recently, NY. [/LIST] Those are my quick, shallow, probably inaccurate, impressions. From a casual fan of UConn alum WNBA teams following mostly through the BY’s WNBA threads. [LIST] [*]Divided loyalties and the WNBA game of most teams being far removed the UConn standard I am spoiled with, makes it hard for me to fixate on any one team. [/LIST] &1 Maybe the new CBA and [URL='https://the-boneyard.com/threads/wnba-expanding-to-clev-detr-phil.208360/']more teams[/URL] will enable better resets based on better roster management which the Valkyries have shown to be very attainable. [/QUOTE]