UConn in the WNBA

[HuskyNan]

 

[HuskyNan]

Looks familiar

 

[HuskyNan]

 

[RoadMaster]

Pheesaaaa!

 

[HuskyNan]

Ruby knows what’s what

 

[yhun89]

When is Dorka’s expected return? A week from now?

 

[#12in21]

On an upbeat note for Nika she made the cover of a magazine back home in Croatia.

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Br. 5 – svibanj 2024.​

AŽURIRANO: 16. SVIBNJA 2024. 13:19
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Partial translation of feature :

The May issue of Matica is full of excellent content that shows the lives of Croatian emigrants around the world. The title story of the phenomenal Croatian basketball player Niki Mühl who was recently selected to the women's NBA league describes the true sporting success of Nike and her sister Hana who also plays basketball for one of the American universities. Nika reveals all the details of how she got to the most respected basketball league in the world and what it is like to live away from the family that is in Croatia.

 

[Jackalope]

The way Alanna Smith has been playing, it may be difficult to get her starting job back. Diamond Miller has had a slow start. I wonder if they will consider starting Dorka and Alanna?

 

[Bigboote]

The way Alanna Smith has been playing, it may be difficult to get her starting job back. Diamond Miller has had a slow start. I wonder if they will consider starting Dorka and Alanna?

I think Dorka and Alanna can peacefully coexist on the court. Smith seems to be hanging out a lot around the three-point line on offense, so they can switch in-and-out. Defense might be a little tougher since both defend well in the low post.

 

[hoopsdiva]

Not sure what thread to put this in, or even if it's going to work, but watch Caitlin Clark run into this screen set by Stewie. Welcome to the W.

 

[David54]

16 alum in the W is a crazy #. That’s over 11 % of all wnba players. I guess S.C. would be the closest so I checked. They have 10. Now 10 is dam impressive but 16? And they’re not all hs AA. look at just the last 2 years. Anyone see Dorka, Lou, or Nika in wnba as freshman.

 

[Cuango]

Phee is an absolute bad**s! Yet another of my favorite all time players! I think I think could put together a pretty tough team made up of “Cuango’s favorite all time Huskies!”

 

[WLT1717]

Kia Nurse is playing fabulously!

 

[JoePgh]

Re-watching last night's game between the Mystics and the Sun, it appears to me that Aaliyah is in a competition for Washington's starting position with none other than Stef Dolson -- Husky-Husky conflict.

One definite problem with Aaliyah getting more minutes (she got 19 last night) is that she hasn't rebounded at all in her first two games (she got 0 rebounds last night). And there is also the fact that she doesn't yet have a 3-point shot, in contrast to Stef and Hines-Allen, who both hit threes last night.

She isn't going to fix the shooting deficiency this summer, but she should be able to rebound in the WNBA. If she starts rebounding, I think she will become the starting 4 and get 25-30 minutes per game.

 

[#12in21]

Nika has been listed as OUT (pending Visa) for today's game and will quite likely be the same for Monday's game. That would be 4 games thus far or a tenth the season! Her next opportunity would be Wednesday when the Storm face the Fever. Fingers crossed. I would hope that beyond the assumed full efforts of the Storm organization that the league office is doing all they can to expedite the process.

I don't recall any drafted foreign citizen rookie having this extent of a problem getting her Visa in the past. With all the foreign talent at the college level the WNBA really needs to figure this one out and prevent it from happening again. I understand that Aaliyah's situation as a Canadian may have been an easier path to clearing her Visa (as folks mentioned above) but what about Cardosa or other foreign citizen draftees this or past seasons? What has made Nika's Visa a bigger problem? I really wish the league would put out a statement as to what the unique issue is and how they are working alongside the Storm and Nika (and her agent) to resolve it.

 

[Rixxx]

I watched the Aces and Sparks game and noticed Kiah Stokes has appeared to have slimmed down. Is this a recent occurrence? I didn't catch the Aces last year.

 

[MilfordHusky]

I watched the Aces and Sparks game and noticed Kiah Stokes has appeared to have slimmed down. Is this a recent occurrence? I didn't catch the Aces last year.

Kiah has been leaner for the past year or two.

 

[darrell]

Aaliyah making her first career start today vs. Seattle. Sad that Nika won’t be playing.

 

[CL82]

Pheesaaaa!

She looks like such a pro, doesn't she? I really enjoyed those clips.

 

[HuskyNan]

 

[skidroe]

Sitting alone in my living room the other night with the Bose headphones on watching the Mystics at the Sun, I found myself laughing out loud as I reveled in watching Stephanie and Olivia and Alyiah competing against each other in the paint, not to mention Moriah zipping around the perimeter. What a great time to be a women's basketball fan and how lucky are we to be fans of the UConn Huskies?! So many of our girls in the W! I signed up for League Pass (so cheap) so I get to watch all the games. Well worth it!

 

[RoadMaster]

9 pts. and 11 reb..