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Nice quote by Nika about Caitlyn.
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So Dorka should be back next game for the Lynx right? Been dying to see her play again.
 
CajunHusky said:
The WNBA Injury report estimates her return as June 2.
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I thought she was flying home yesterday though? Is there a penalty for overseas play cutting into the WNBA season?
 
Lynx23 said:
Yup, I looked at the May 15th box score. You're right. You don't earn playing minutes by drawing three fouls in such a short period of time.
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What? That's efficiency! Some players might take a full game to earn that many fouls. Lou doesn't waste time!
 
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Saw this a few minutes ago about Nika’s ‘approved shirt’- pretty cool her parents collaborated on her look!

My favorite part about this shirt and the whole outfit is that it was a family affair. Her graphic designer dad designed the shirt and her mom helped her with the styling.



See if this link works to show shirt
 
What a good person Nika is! You just can’t ask for two better ambassadors for UConn Basketball than her and Aaliyah! Wishing them both great success and long careers!
 
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Just looked at the halftime score of the Dallas-Phoenix game. Lou Lopez Senechal hasn’t played a minute. Was hoping we’d get to see her play a little more. Also just noticed the Storm are killing the Mystics and Nika is just getting in with 3:35 left. Got a big ovation from the crowd.
 
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Newfie said:
Just looked at the halftime score of the Dallas-Phoenix game. Lou Lopez Senechal hasn’t played a minute. Was hoping we’d get to see her play a little more. Also just noticed the Storm are killing the Mystics and Nika is just getting in with 3:35 left. Got a big ovation from the crowd.
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I can’t understand why they aren’t giving Nika more minutes. With such a huge lead, you’d think they’d want to give the starters a little rest. Melbourne who the Storm cut to keep Nika and Washington picked up, played a lot of minutes. Maybe it may have been better if Nika would have been cut and ended up on Washington.
 
Newfie said:
Just looked at the halftime score of the Dallas-Phoenix game. Lou Lopez Senechal hasn’t played a minute. Was hoping we’d get to see her play a little more. Also just noticed the Storm are killing the Mystics and Nika is just getting in with 3:35 left. Got a big ovation from the crowd.
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I find the Lou Lopez situation completely mystifying especially since they played every single player but her in today's game. Seems like a bad situation, but I am new-ish to the WNBA. I don't understand why they wouldn't give her throw away minutes.

As for Nika, I hope they are just trying to ease her into the game. I noticed they put the other point guard over her as a back up. I couldn't watch the game, but it didn't seem that guard did much beyond 1 assist. Maybe it's a matter of establing the 1-7's starting roles? What's going for Nika, is that she has a strong fan base. If the Storm are smart they'll do what they are doing with Kate Martin. Throw her out there so she can build some experience for when she's needed off the bench later in the season.
 
AJay11 said:
I find the Lou Lopez situation completely mystifying especially since they played every single player but her in today's game. Seems like a bad situation, but I am new-ish to the WNBA. I don't understand why they wouldn't give her throw away minutes.

As for Nika, I hope they are just trying to ease her into the game. I noticed they put the other point guard over her as a back up. I couldn't watch the game, but it didn't seem that guard did much beyond 1 assist. Maybe it's a matter of establing the 1-7's starting roles? What's going for Nika, is that she has a strong fan base. If the Storm are smart they'll do what they are doing with Kate Martin. Throw her out there so she can build some experience for when she's needed off the bench later in the season.
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I mean I guess they’re doing to Lou what they do to every rookie. She’s apparently not great on D so she’s a bit of a liability if she’s on an off shooting night?

Nika is probably just trying to get more used to the feel of the game. She’s got hustle and hard work, she should grow in time to a 10-12 minute player. She’s also not limited like Lou is, if she doesn’t shoot well, Nika will put effort into defense
 
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