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Message: [QUOTE="triaddukefan, post: 4386497, member: 378"] Great story, though I am a bit biased. [MEDIA=twitter]1569132505986650112[/MEDIA] They had such a guard, but traded her away. That guard's name is Chelsea Gray. Still one of the dumbest WNBA trades that I can remember. To those who may have forgotten. In the 2016 draft, the Sun had the #3 and #4 picks in the draft, but they coveted Jonquel Jones. They used the#3 pick for Morgan Tuck, the #4 pick for Rachel Banham, then traded Chelsea Gray for the #6 which was Jonquel Jones. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/6a730de7cdd04a8c9365ed8d58d7c430']Gray for Jones trade paying dividends for both teams[/URL] A few snippets from that article [B]Miller admitted his team had a lot of needs at that time. The Sun really wanted Jones, but didn’t want to take back-to-back post players with the No. 3 and 4 picks. He was thrilled to have the opportunity to get Jones, who is averaging 15.9 points and 11.3 rebounds this season. The other benefit of the deal was that the Sun had been splitting the point guard slot between Gray and Jasmine Thomas with each getting about 20 minutes a game. With the trade it cemented Thomas as the point guard. She too will be playing in the All-Star Game this weekend. “I love point guard play,” Miller said. “They brought different strengths to the table and we knew that in order to get better we needed to have one dominant point guard instead of splitting time at 20 minutes. We rolled the dice knowing that Chelsea had a little bit more history of injury.”[/B] On that last sentence... after sitting out the first season due to recovering from her college injury, Gray hasn't missed a game due to injury since. So basically the Sun's roster would have Chelsea Gray, A Thomas, and J Jones.:eek: But the Sun's front office outsmarted themselves. Then again Gray probably would have left for the West Coast in free agency, so maybe it was all for the best for the Sun anyway. * No disrespect for Racheal Banham intended, but come on man. [/QUOTE]

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