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Message: [QUOTE="CamrnCrz1974, post: 3279796, member: 1052"] Playing devil's advocate... Los Angeles went 22-12, good for 3rd place in the WNBA (and only one game out of 2nd place), with Candace Parker missing 12 game, Riquna Williams missing 11 games, Alana Beard missing 18 games, and Maria Vadeeva (the teams sixth leading scorer, at 7.8 ppg) missing 19 games. As an aside, Lin Dunn (since her name was brought up) only won 22 games (and that amount exactly) twice in her 17 years in the WNBA, both of which were with Indiana. LA had a bad playoff series against Connecticut. For starters, LA's roster has far too many post players whose skills duplicate one another instead of complementing each other. In addition, whereas Alyssa Thomas has been a complementary secondary facilitator to Jasmine Thomas, this year's version of Candace Parker seemed to clash with Chelsea Gray in terms of playmaking. The construction of the team was done by GM Penny Toler, not Coach Derek Fisher. As another aside, LA went 19-15 last year, so this year represents a three-win improvement. I cannot fathom a situation where a coach, in his first season, finishes 3rd out of 12 teams (and 1st in the Western Conference), wins 65 percent of his games, makes a significant improvement on the previous year's record and standing, yet is fired (absent any misconduct or off-the-court allegations/situations). [/QUOTE]