Turner with some key blocks and Peddy with some key steals as the Mercury decided to play defense in Q4. Plus Taurasi & Diggins shot lights-out in Q4 too. Is Griner coming back??
Haha - no that’s not what I meant.Guessing you are asking about Griner coming back next season ?
Oh wow. Revenge is best served cold.Check out this irony.
August 17, 2020
Connecticut Sun: Essence Carson – Awarded On Waivers
Connecticut Sun: Jacki Gemelos – Waived
Las Vegas Aces: Megan Huff – Waived
Washington Mystics: Shey Peddy – Waived
Oh wow. Revenge is best served cold.
So are we expecting Fowles to play Thursday? If she plays and no Griner, then it could be difficult for the Mercury.
After the game she told Holly she was very appreciative of Coach T for bringing her into the bubble. Because she was there she was in a very small pool of players available to help Phoenix with their shortage of bodies. Great night for Peddy, huh?Why does Peddy have to be so petty.
Fowles taking Bridget Carleton’s starting spot will be a definite upgrade.
This is kinda like the disagreement we had with...was it the Aces with and without Cambage? Obviously Fowles is a better and more accomplished player than Carleton, but you can see that Minnesota has changed their style of play and the role of all of their players since Fowles has been unavailable, right? She played 1 minute in her 7th game of the season (Aug. 13th). They've played 2/3 of the year, and more than a month, without her. Suddenly trying to go back to playing with her, without much in the way of practice time, might cause at least a little bit of a hiccup.
edit--not to mention Phoenix was clearly better without Griner this year, even though "on paper" there's no way losing a player like Griner should make a team better.
This is kinda like the disagreement we had with...was it the Aces with and without Cambage? Obviously Fowles is a better and more accomplished player than Carleton, but you can see that Minnesota has changed their style of play and the role of all of their players since Fowles has been unavailable, right? She played 1 minute in her 7th game of the season (Aug. 13th). They've played 2/3 of the year, and more than a month, without her. Suddenly trying to go back to playing with her, without much in the way of practice time, might cause at least a little bit of a hiccup.
edit--not to mention Phoenix was clearly better without Griner this year, even though "on paper" there's no way losing a player like Griner should make a team better.
Haha - no that’s not what I meant.
So are we expecting Fowles to play Thursday? If she plays and no Griner, then it could be difficult for the Mercury.
Turner has filled the chief rebounding and defensive role for the Merc pretty admirably (11 rebounds and 4 blocks last night).
However, the Mercury could use a consistent third option, but Hartley's not coming back until next season and who knows about B.G.
More to the point, the Mercury are thin: Turner played all 40 minutes last night and if she or Vaughn get in early foul trouble, that's going to hurt them.
If you exclude the game she played only 1 minute the Lynx are 5-1 (83.3%) with her and 9-7 (56.3%) without her.
Versus other playoff teams (excluding Top 2 of Storm and Aces) Lynx with her were 4-0 and without her 3-3.
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