COY is a 2 person race IMO:
To me that is an absolute killer for her candidacy. If you actually include her as still in the race, there's no reason why Satou Sabally and Nneka Ogwumike shouldn't be as well, and we all know neither of them are anywhere in the conversation, despite having very good seasons.
Good argument and I get what you are saying but I just can't put coach Reeve in the conversation of COY. Those wins against the #2 and #3 teams were huge but I am not going to gloss over that 40 point beat down by Dallas, where we had our best player and she only scored 10 or 11 points. Or how we lost to Indiana recently. I just think that we (Lynx) are a byproduct of the schedule. We are beating the teams that we should beat and losing to the teams, where our talent does not match up to their talent. We got two games against Seattle coming up. On paper we should win both of those games. On the court, it might be a different story. But I just can't put Coach in the COY conversation. Glad you can but I can't.
I'm not seeing it. It's a runaway 3 person race with Wilson/Thomas/Stewart all having MVP caliber seasons. All 3 are leading their teams to terrific years and have been groundbreaking in different ways. Any of the 3 would be MVPs in any of the last 5-6 years with the body of work their putting together. Collier is a solid 2nd team All-WNBA pick this year, borderline 1st team if they are positionless (not sure if they've switched over to that or not). She's in the same tier as Sabally/Nneka IMO. Great player and maybe her day will come to win an MVP, but not a true candidate this year.
The Liberty still have a lot of room to grow. Still turn the ball over too much, have to get Dolson back in the flow. Will take her a few more games to be back in game shape.
Yes, but the team had Hamby last season. Not to mention, they didn't have to face a team that has the depth like the Liberty has this season.
She hit two back-to-back which is what got everyone excited...plus she's Sabrina. Marine Johannes (5 of 7 from three and 6-8 overall) was the Liberty guard ringing the bell strongly and accurately all game. When she's on, the Liberty get that much harder to defend.I wasn't able to catch the first half and based on the second, I got the impression from the announcers that Ionescu was lights out from the 3 point line for most of the game. Just looked at the stats and saw she was 3-8..........
Ugh, I really dislike it when announcers do that.
"Isn’t this the same team that won last year without Parker??" -- @Geew1992
Yeah, that first half, especially that first quarter, shots were not falling for either team. Missing bunnies left and right. Mid-range shots were off. It was rough. But Sabrina, being Sabrina knocked down two huge three pointers, one from deep. It was a fun game. Like one of the commentators said, the game really came down to which team was going to get hot shooting. New York, especially Johannes, got hot with their shooting and then Vegas just could not make a shot. Normal shots that they would make, they were missing. Hats off to New York.I wasn't able to catch the first half and based on the second, I got the impression from the announcers that Ionescu was lights out from the 3 point line for most of the game. Just looked at the stats and saw she was 3-8..........
Ugh, I really dislike it when announcers do that.
I think Ionescu was 0-5 from 3 until the fourth, when she hit 3 straight, 2 of them back to back and the third shortly after. Sort of a "that's all folks" sequence.I wasn't able to catch the first half and based on the second, I got the impression from the announcers that Ionescu was lights out from the 3 point line for most of the game. Just looked at the stats and saw she was 3-8..........
Ugh, I really dislike it when announcers do that.
I think this is most likely premature, Depending on when or if Candace gets back. Her presence elevates everyone on Vegas' strengths because of her versatility.
I definitely wouldn't say that. Vegas has looked a shell of itself as of late. That Atlanta game wasn't great for them by any means. Chelsea, A'ja and KP don't seem to be on the same page lately and the defensive intensity is lacking.
Clark was 0-5 from long range last night, but she has the sixth best three-point percentage in the league (43.2) this season. That's better than six of her nine years in Seattle.
I don't understand why if she is suspended for domestic abuse, why Las Vegas can't get a player under a hardship contract to replace her.
Yeah, but failing to note she hit 48% and 52% her last 2 seasons w/ the Storm and averaged 9.6 and 10.0 ppg. She definitely isn't THAT player anymore. I didn't watch every Storm game, but at her peak it seemed like she just never missed wide open 3s.
Is she coming back? I once had a hairline fracture in my foot when I was quite young and the Dr game is the option of letting it heal on its own 4-8 weeks full recovery or surgery to repair with 3-4 month full recovery. I don’t know Candace’s timeline but even the most minor foot surgery would make a return this season as quite difficult, not even factoring getting back into game shape. It’s also telling that she’s only been spotted at a game once to my knowledge and she was behind the bench, not even on it.
She's not officially suspended, she's only barred from all team activities, which is all the Aces organization can do. I believe the WNBA front office could intervene and allow an exception but until that is done , nothing can be done without a conviction.