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azfan said:
Dream v Fever last night. Both teams appear ready to challenge the Mercury for the basement.

Should be an interesting race to the bottom as the Mercury's debacle against The Storm show that the million dollar coach has yet to determine a meaningful offense and the Mercury remain uninterested in defense.

Tonight's game at Footprint arena against the Spark will almost certainly show the progress that Tibbetts has made in bringing the team together around the aged GOAT and the memoir writing, expecting BG
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The Mercury have a 42 year old who should have retired taking up 240,000 cap space. It's hard to put together a competitive team when 1/6 of the money is going to someone who is currently a role player.
 
darrell said:
This is pretty hilarious and what I love most about the WNBA (the sisterhood and camaraderie).

For context: All those players lost a bet to A’ja Wilson and had to wear South Carolina gear to their game in Columbia tonight.

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I almost tossed my bowl of oatmeal to the floor seeing Chelsea Gray draped in maroon :oops:
 
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JellyBean said:
I have been waiting for Megan to get a chance to shine. She is such a dynamic player.
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I was at the game and she impressed me the most outside obviously A'ja. She started off shaky but she seemed to gel pretty quick and took 3s in the flow of the offense. Between Kiah and Megan I think the Aces have two different style of bigs to pair well with A'ja.
 
triaddukefan said:
Ok. I didn't look at the entire video. Amd its not Azure blue.. Its pantone 287
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FYI it's not maroon, it's garnet for the Gamecocks. ;)

Maroon belongs to Mississippi State and a bunch of other universities.
 
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jdote33 said:
I'm guessing the star on Dantas means she may be injured or overseas.

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Rough day. Sad for Maxwell. I think she got injured. Happy for Kysre.
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good catch .... if you open the X cite, the * is explained as Dantas contract is temporarily suspended.
 


What I don't get is, isn't Satou injured. Maybe they were thinking they did Burton a solid in letting her go early but r they just not going to have a backup pg
 
jdote33 said:


What I don't get is, isn't Satou injured. Maybe they were thinking they did Burton a solid in letting her go early but r they just not going to have a backup pg
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Isn't Lou Lopez-Senechal considered a PG? And they also kept Sheldon.
 
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My day has been made so far with the Kysre/Chennedy and Victaria (I know it's temporary, but...) news. Hope that Veronica Burton can catch on with someone (Washington? LA?). Seeing Kate Martin battle her way onto the Aces opening day roster would be sweet as well (I was not a believer until I saw the intrasquad scrimmage).

Geez--I'm going to have to follow the Sky now! :)
 
cancontent said:
Isn't Lou Lopez-Senechal considered a PG? And they also kept Sheldon.
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Sheldon for sure is a point. I think she is gonna be good. I love Lou, I know all UConn fans do. But I can't see her as a pg. I'd almost rather Arike play it than her. Maybe uzun is a point. I'm unfamiliar with her game
 


I actually feel the exact opposite. Was disappointed they didn't keep any of their rookies or second year players. I like Minnesota and Chicago's depth.
 
jdote33 said:


I actually feel the exact opposite. Was disappointed they didn't keep any of their rookies or second year players. I like Minnesota and Chicago's depth.
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Is their backcourt getting worse every year? These are a bunch of role players. Yet again, not good enough of a group to win a Championship IMO.
 
azfan said:
You are correct in these observations.

Neither Cloud nor Cooper looked remotely competent on the defensive end against a franchise that is the consensus bottom dweller.

Roster construction is also a major problem lacking anything resembling a 4.

It appears the Mercury share with the Suns this incompetence in roster construction. For the Suns the inexcusable consolidation of the entire salary cap in three players is a head scratcher. The Mercury however it's not a head scratcher as the front office under the previous administration engaged in malpractice both in formulating the roster, strategy, dealing away draft picks, as the salary was concentrated in the now infamous Skyler, DT, BG trio.

The new owner and administration has moved on to million dollar Nate for a new start. As a long time Mercury fan I can discern no change in culture or competence.

Looks like the Mercury and not the Spark are the door mat of the W.

Loyal Mercury fans are finally showing their discouragement as 4800 showed up to watch the pathetic effort by the Mercury. Contrast that preseason attendance with the Clark-led fever shut out.

The 17 minute foul out by Bella says it all about the past, present and future of this once proud franchise.
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I understand the frustration, but I wouldn't read too much into a preseason game with players who are just getting used to each other, especially on the defensive end.

Cloud was a first team defender in 2022, and Allen is known as one of best defenders in league. Copper can get after it on defense too and you still have Griner clogging up the middle. The less said about DT's defense the better, but there should be plenty of capable defenders on the roster
 
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NY waived Esmery Martinez and Jaylyn Sherrod.

Atlanta, LA (just waived Billings), PHX, Minn, and Seattle are on the clock
 
LA - Julie Allemand is out for the 2024 season due to a Personal Decision.
IN - Damiris Dantas is temporarily suspended.
ATL - Lorela Cubaj is temporarily suspended.
MN - Dorka Juhász is temporarily suspended.
CT - Jocelyn Willoughby was waived by the Connecticut Sun.
CT - Sydney Wiese was waived by the Connecticut Sun.
CHI - Brynna Maxwell was waived by the Chicago Sky.
SEA - Joyner Holmes was waived by the Seattle Storm.
 
BRS24 said:
NY waived Esmery Martinez and Jaylyn Sherrod.

Atlanta, LA (just waived Billings), PHX, Minn, and Seattle are on the clock
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NY never should have kept Sabally last year, the 2 sisters are both walking injuries. They give you one year and then are injury prone.
 
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