RebKell's Junkie Boards

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How is McCarville going to get PT in Charlotte? They didn't get Tangela Smith to backup a rookie, and sliding her to the three means Sam or Feaster goes to the bench. If they were going to sit one of the wings, they might as well have drafted White. The Sting's third post last year, Olympia Scott-Richardson, played fewer than 12 MPG. Is McCarville trade-bait?

White should start in Indy. Miller-White-Jackson-Catchings-Williams is a reasonable starting lineup, with only three players out of position. With Winters as coach, however, I expect another disappointing season. Yolanda Paige could get into the guard mix as well.

I guess Irvin will be the center in Phoenix. She's better suited to the 4, but nearly anyone would be an improvement over Bobo. With Taurasi and Taylor, she doesn't have to be great to make the team a threat. Angelina Williams is a good kid on the wrong team. She's never going to crack the Merc's wing rotation.

The SASS drafted Wecker and traded for Feenstra. They both might start, if Hughes can stand LaToya Thomas at the four. It could be another long year in San Antonio. They also snagged Shyra Ely. Dunno how she fits in if Wecker is at the three.

Sancho Lyttle makes sense in Houston. She should get some minutes behind Snow and Phillips, Tiff Johnson averaged 20 MPG last year. I don't expect Phillips to be back in Houston next season, so Lyttle should be able to grow into a role. The Comets also got Roneeka Hodges, which is good. Houston needs all the guard help they can get.

Temeka Johnson should have a chance to win the PG job in Washington. Assuming the Mystics get a competent coach, he or she will want to play Beard to the two instead of the point. This is a tough team to figure out. On paper they don't look that great, but they have everyone except SDS back from the playoff team and added Milton-Jones.

The Shock added Braxton and Jackson (hey, they almost rhyme!). Braxton is the wild card in this deck. She might blossom into a multi-MVP winning stud muffin or she could flake out Planet Reed style or she could end up anywhere in between. If I were a GM she would have been my #1 choice among rookies. Jackson will probably make the roster but get little PT behind Powell and Ivey.

Kristen Haynie will get to learn from the best in Sacto. She's already a better shooter than Penicheiro, if she can pick up some of that ball handling flair she'll be the steal of the draft.

I'm not going to pretend to understand New York picking Loree Moore at #10. Like I said elsewhere, PGs that shoot 33% from the floor and have a 1.3 ATO ratio have a very poor track record in the W. Blaze did exactly the opposite of what I projected in my mock draft, I said she would go "best athlete available" and she stubbornly picked by position without regard to skill.

Minnesota snagged two SFs, Kristen Mann and Jacqueline Batteast. They also re-signed Lassiter and Abrosimova. I didn't understand the wing position overload when Agler did it up there and I still don't understand it now Who's the backup PG? Jacobs? Butts? McDivitt? Paige and Jackson were still on the board for their first pick.

Seattle got a defensive guard in Tanisha Wright to replace their missing starters at SF and C. Donovan's got the ring, who am I to argue with her?

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[CamrnCrz1974]

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Dang, I forgot about Vodichkova!

I doubt Williams will make the roster.

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[rebkell]

[CamrnCrz1974]

[mnbballfan]

"Minnesota snagged two SFs, Kristen Mann and Jacqueline Batteast. They also re-signed Lassiter and Abrosimova. I didn't understand the wing position overload when Agler did it up there and I still don't understand it now Who's the backup PG? Jacobs? Butts? McDivitt? Paige and Jackson were still on the board for their first pick"

Here in Minnesota, it has been clear that the Lynx have been looking for scoring depth at the wing position. Both Kristen Mann and Batteast played wing in college, and will add depth at that desired position. I don't believe the Lynx feel that either with vie for a starting position at this point. However, considering the fact that Edwards is gone and Butts played very sparingly last year, the Lynx feel that they need to add some scoring punch on the perimter and as Suzie indicated during her interview, size on the perimeter was also a key in this year's draft.

As for back up point guards, the Lynx have Amber Jacobs (a fan favorite at the Coyote Grill) and Nuria Martinez, who is expected to be in training camp this year.

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I guess Williams is fighting with Wright, Christensen, L Taylor, and Moore for the last two roster spots. That's assuming neither Tuvic nor Stepanova are coming back.

The first nine are Cross, DeForge, Jackson, Pierson, Robinson, Taurasi, P Taylor, Vodichkova, and Irvin.

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[CamrnCrz1974]

[Keegan]

[rebkell]

What did ARob do, during the off-season?

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Nobody that's listed on the current roster.

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[Keegan]

[CamrnCrz1974]

Substitue Belinda Snell for Robinson.

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[Keegan]

[CamrnCrz1974]

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