Washington Mystics @ Atlanta Dream - 8/28/18

[Blue Huskie]

Della Donne ‘hopeful’ for Friday: “...I’m walking...The swelling isn’t terrible.”

Delle Donne hurts knee; swelling 'isn't terrible'

That seems like wishful thinking to me. That did not look good at all. We'll see.

 

[gamer]

Good luck to EDD. Regarding the conversation about Ariel Atkins, as Texas fan, I don't think she is playing that much differently than she ever has. Big 12 teams knew to key on her much more than the pro teams have, of course. She never got a lot of national publicity at UT, not sure why. The Mystics coach has said he wants her to be more offensively aggressive, which has paid off. The one big difference I notice is that the Mystics coach (or just years of experience) have taught her to foul less. Her aggressive defense at Texas often had her sitting on the bench for quarters or even halves at a time.

 

[eebmg]

Good luck to EDD. Regarding the conversation about Ariel Atkins, as Texas fan, I don't think she is playing that much differently than she ever has. Big 12 teams knew to key on her much more than the pro teams have, of course. She never got a lot of national publicity at UT, not sure why. The Mystics coach has said he wants her to be more offensively aggressive, which has paid off. The one big difference I notice is that the Mystics coach (or just years of experience) have taught her to foul less. Her aggressive defense at Texas often had her sitting on the bench for quarters or even halves at a time.

For some reason, I did not think of her as a great shooter in college but looked up her stats in senior year and

Shot 53.4 percent [197-of-369] from the field, 42 percent [50-of-119] from three-point range and 85.9 percent [79-of-92] from the free-throw line