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Message: [QUOTE="CamrnCrz1974, post: 3231787, member: 1052"] Or perhaps this coach -- James Wade, in his first WNBA HC position -- is going to bring KLS along slowly. Rookies come straight from college to the W, with no time off. There is going to be an adjustment period, but also a rookie wall/burnout period. Chicago finished [URL='https://www.wnba.com/standings/#?season=2017']12-22 in 2017[/URL] and [URL='https://www.wnba.com/standings/#?season=2018']13-21 in 2018[/URL], under former HC and GM Amber Stocks. After 20 games in 2019, [URL='https://www.wnba.com/standings/#?season=2019']Chicago is 11-9[/URL], with [URL='https://sky.wnba.com/roster/']largely the same roster[/URL] (Jantel Lavender was the only major free agent/trade acquisition, outside of KLS and the draft). After allowing over 90 ppg on 46.2 percent shooting (35.2 percent from three) in 2018, Chicago 's defense is surrendering 80 ppg on 41.0 percent shooting (31.7 percent) this year -- a MAJOR upgrade (and again, largely with the same personnel). Though the defense still has a way to go ([URL='https://stats.wnba.com/teams/opponent/?sort=OPP_PTS&dir=-1']Chicago is still 11th in PPG surrendered[/URL]), Coach Wade has his players making the necessary improvements defensively in order to move up the WNBA standings. There is no entitlement to minutes/playing time in professional sports. Simply because a rookie -- just over halfway into her first season -- is not earning a lot of minutes does not mean that there is something wrong with the coach. [/QUOTE]

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