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Message: [QUOTE="CamrnCrz1974, post: 3671419, member: 1052"] [B][U]UCONN WNBA PLAYER UPDATES: Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird, Breanna Stewart, Napheesa Collier, Crystal Dangerfield, and Renee Montgomery[/U] Diana Taurasi[/B] is [URL='https://floorgame.substack.com/p/dulls-dozen-end-of-season-watch-list?r=nr7i']averaging 5.9 free throw attempts per game in 2020[/URL] (through 17 games) compared to 5.6 in her All-WNBA campaign in 2018. She’s actually attempting more on a per-36 minute basis in 2020 (7.5) than she did in 2018 (6.8). Speaking of [B]Taurasi[/B], [URL='https://stats.wnba.com/alltime-leaders/']she currently has 8898 career points[/URL], 102 away from becoming the first player to reach the 9000-point barrier (she was the first to reach 7500 career points and 8000 career points). In addition to being ranked #1 on the list of career points, [B]Taurasi[/B] also ranks #1 in [URL='https://stats.wnba.com/alltime-leaders/?SeasonType=Regular%20Season&StatCategory=FGM']career made field goals[/URL], #1 in [URL='https://stats.wnba.com/alltime-leaders/?SeasonType=Regular%20Season&StatCategory=FG3M']career made three-point baskets[/URL], and #1 in [URL='https://stats.wnba.com/alltime-leaders/?SeasonType=Regular%20Season&StatCategory=FTM']career made free throws[/URL]. Taurasi is also 55 assists away from becoming [URL='https://stats.wnba.com/alltime-leaders/?SeasonType=Regular%20Season&StatCategory=AST']the fourth player to reach 2000 career assists[/URL] (Sue Bird ranks #1, with 2879 career assists and counting). Finally, [B]Taurasi [/B]became just the 7th player in WNBA history to have [URL='https://stats.wnba.com/alltime-leaders/?SeasonType=Regular%20Season&StatCategory=STL']at least 450 career steals[/URL] and [URL='https://stats.wnba.com/alltime-leaders/?SeasonType=Regular%20Season&StatCategory=BLK']at least 300 career blocked shots[/URL]. [B]Sue Bird[/B] [URL='https://stats.wnba.com/players/traditional/?sort=PLUS_MINUS&dir=-1']leads all WNBA players in +/-[/URL], at 11.9 (10 games played), with [B]Breanna Stewart [/B]third at 10.4 (19 games played). And speaking of [B]Bird[/B], [URL='https://stats.wnba.com/alltime-leaders/?SeasonType=Regular%20Season&StatCategory=FG3M']she needs 30 made threes to tie Katie Smith for 2nd place[/URL] on the all-time career list (Taurasi is #1). Finally, [B]Bird[/B] became the third player in WNBA history to have [URL='https://stats.wnba.com/alltime-leaders/?SeasonType=Regular%20Season&StatCategory=AST']at least 2000 career assists[/URL] and [URL='https://stats.wnba.com/alltime-leaders/?SeasonType=Regular%20Season&StatCategory=STL']at least 500 career steals[/URL] and the first player to have at least 2600 assists and 650 career steals. Bird recently passed Sheryl Swoopes to move into 4th place on the career steals list. [URL='https://stats.wnba.com/leaders/?Season=2020&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&StatCategory=']In terms of player efficiency[/URL], [B]Breanna Stewart [/B]ranks #2 in the league (22.9), while [B]Napheesa Collier[/B] ranks #3 (22.0) and Diana Taurasi ranks #9 (19.2). Among eligible rookies, [B]Crystal Dangerfield[/B] [URL='https://stats.wnba.com/leaders/?Season=2020&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&Scope=Rookies']ranks #2 in scoring, #2 in assists, and #4 in steals[/URL]. If [B]Dangerfield [/B]wins the WNBA Rookie of the Year award as expected, she will be: [LIST] [*]1st Second Round pick to win the award (16th overall player selected) [*]1st player selected outside of the top seven to win the award (the previous lowest drafted winner was Tracy Reid, taken 7th in the first round in 1998) [*]6th UConn player to win the award (2004 - Taurasi; 2010 - Charles; 2011 - Moore; 2016 - Stewart; 2019 - Collier) [*]2nd time UConn alumni have won ROY in consecutive seasons) [*]1st time picks taken outside of the top five have won in consecutive seasons (2019 - Collier, 6th) [*]2nd time a franchise has won ROY in consecutive years (Seattle, 2015 - Jewell Loyd, 2016 - Breanna Stewart) [*]5th time the Minnesota Lynx franchise has had a ROY winner (2000 - Betty Lennox; 2006 - Seimone Augustus; 2011 - Maya Moore; 2019 - Napheesa Collier) [/LIST] Did you know? In 2018 and 2019, [URL='https://floorgame.substack.com/p/five-most-interesting-players-in']only two WNBA players ranked among the top five in both years in terms of three-point baskets made[/URL] - Allie Quigley and [B]Renee Montgomery[/B] (Montgomery is not playing this season, as she is focusing on off-court community initiatives). [I] Stats and information brought to you by CamrnCrz1974.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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