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Message: [QUOTE="Dillon77, post: 4042570, member: 6620"] There's been a steady give and take on the Seattle line-up switch in this thread. Richard Cohen of "Her Hoop Stats" weighs in on this (and other areas in the league) in this edition of HHS newsletter. His take is in segment #5, "Lineup Minutiaes" if you want to read the full segment and/or other stories. [URL unfurl="true"]https://herhoopstats.substack.com/p/wnba-dissected-week11-mccowan-lottery-technicals?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjY2Nzg3NywicG9zdF9pZCI6NDA3OTk2MzYsIl8iOiJyeWFPWCIsImlhdCI6MTYzMDU5MjgwNCwiZXhwIjoxNjMwNTk2NDA0LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMjEzMDciLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.epTQ_l1HuzsOUgA7jmm6p9VtTDifrt55A0khldrcVH8[/URL] If not, here are some excerpts: - "After...struggling to contain Kahleah Copper in last Friday's game against Chicago, Seattle switched to a three-guard lineup for the rematch with the Sky. Inserting Jordin Canada for Katie Lou Samuelson was presumably intended to offer someone who could better contain Copper, wake the team up with some extra energy, and maybe allow Samuelson to concentrate on the backup power forward role that she's been pressed into since Candice Dupree was waived. It didn't work. Canada had a useful game offensively but virtually everything else went badly for Seattle with Chicago shooting the lights out from the perimeter (an insane 15-22 from 3) and Candace Parker taking advantage of their lack of size inside." - "The worrying element for Seattle ... at this late stage in the season (is that) they're feeling it necessary to make these tweaks and search for answers. By this point last year they knew who they were, what their best lineups were and which players were coming off the bench. This year it seems like they're still not sure. They've basically proven that Bird/Loyd/Stewart and anyone else you want to throw out there is going to be pretty good, but it may well not be enough to win another championship. For that, they need to work out what they're doing with the other spots, and how they're going to utilise their bench." [/QUOTE]

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