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Ay Mate
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caune
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Posted: 03/14/17 7:07 pm ::: |
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Richyyy wrote: |
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Mercury sign Danielle McCray to a training camp contract |
An illustration of exactly how desperate the Mercury are to pull a rabbit out of their hat on the wing.
Losing Bonner and Taylor in the same year (plus another year on Taurasi's ticking clock) is a hell of a hit to take all in one go. |
Desperate is right :O
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toad455
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Posted: 03/16/17 7:42 pm ::: |
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yet no sign of re-signing Bone. I have to wonder what kind of locker room problems she brings to the team & how bad of a teammate she might be. If Bone isn't brought back, George is the defacto back-up center.
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mavcarter #NATC
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Posted: 03/17/17 11:05 am ::: |
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toad455 wrote: |
yet no sign of re-signing Bone. I have to wonder what kind of locker room problems she brings to the team & how bad of a teammate she might be. If Bone isn't brought back, George is the defacto back-up center. |
General question, do offer sheets have to be publicly announced?_________________
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Or maybe said poster should quit being a nuisance when people don’t agree? |
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Richyyy
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Posted: 03/17/17 11:21 am ::: |
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mavcarter wrote: |
toad455 wrote: |
yet no sign of re-signing Bone. I have to wonder what kind of locker room problems she brings to the team & how bad of a teammate she might be. If Bone isn't brought back, George is the defacto back-up center. |
General question, do offer sheets have to be publicly announced? |
No, there have been plenty over the years that only emerged when the sheet was matched or not. But the League has been a little better the last couple of years in letting people know than they were previously (like with the Krystal Thomas signing earlier this season).
The team only gets four days to match though, so it's not like we'd be waiting an age anyway. |
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toad455
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Posted: 03/17/17 11:36 am ::: |
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Yeah, basically none of the other 11 teams have made an offer for Bone. I'm thinking she stays with Phoenix as they have no backup for Griner right now.
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Richyyy
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Posted: 03/17/17 12:07 pm ::: |
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Well no one's made an offer she liked enough to sign. Bit of a leap to say no one's offered anything at all. |
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toad455
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Posted: 03/20/17 7:14 pm ::: |
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per their Twitter: The Phoenix Mercury have signed former second-round pick Katherine Plouffe to a training camp contract.
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Richyyy
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Posted: 03/20/17 7:56 pm ::: |
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toad455 wrote: |
per their Twitter: The Phoenix Mercury have signed former second-round pick Katherine Plouffe to a training camp contract. |
Um, wasn't it the other Plouffe that was drafted? Think they got that wrong. Or signed the wrong one . |
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Shades
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Posted: 03/20/17 7:59 pm ::: |
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Michelle Plouffe was the 19th pick by Seattle in 2014
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bballgrl
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Posted: 03/21/17 3:33 pm ::: |
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I don't know what pick the Mercury have for the draft but maybe they should consider Chantell Osahor. She would be a great post player to spell BG. She proves you don't have to be tall. She passes well, makes free throws and can shoot the 3. She leads in rebounds! Also. she is from Phoenix. Phoenix needs someone who can get them more rebounds!
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Shades
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Posted: 03/21/17 10:24 pm ::: |
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bballgrl wrote: |
I don't know what pick the Mercury have for the draft but maybe they should consider Chantell Osahor. She would be a great post player to spell BG. She proves you don't have to be tall. She passes well, makes free throws and can shoot the 3. She leads in rebounds! Also. she is from Phoenix. Phoenix needs someone who can get them more rebounds! |
According to wnba.com's draft board, PHX's first pick is #29, so have fun with that. Will PHX bother having a draft party?
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pilight
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Posted: 03/21/17 10:45 pm ::: |
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Shades wrote: |
bballgrl wrote: |
I don't know what pick the Mercury have for the draft but maybe they should consider Chantell Osahor. She would be a great post player to spell BG. She proves you don't have to be tall. She passes well, makes free throws and can shoot the 3. She leads in rebounds! Also. she is from Phoenix. Phoenix needs someone who can get them more rebounds! |
According to wnba.com's draft board, PHX's first pick is #29, so have fun with that. Will PHX bother having a draft party? |
That's more than enough for the Brigade to party
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caune
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Posted: 03/22/17 8:32 pm ::: |
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Shades wrote: |
bballgrl wrote: |
I don't know what pick the Mercury have for the draft but maybe they should consider Chantell Osahor. She would be a great post player to spell BG. She proves you don't have to be tall. She passes well, makes free throws and can shoot the 3. She leads in rebounds! Also. she is from Phoenix. Phoenix needs someone who can get them more rebounds! |
According to wnba.com's draft board, PHX's first pick is #29, so have fun with that. Will PHX bother having a draft party? |
They haven;t bother with a draft party since Griner so even if we had a first rounder we, the brigade, would just be watching on TV with our adult beverages and snark!
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Huskie
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caune
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Shades
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Posted: 03/23/17 8:11 pm ::: |
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caune wrote: |
But we will be getting Penny fashion! woo hoo |
What's Penny fashion? Will you guys be thrift shopping?
I'm gonna pop some tags
Only got twenty dollars in my pocket
I - I - I'm hunting, looking for a come-up
This is.... awesome
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Michelle89
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Posted: 03/24/17 1:12 am ::: |
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Shades wrote: |
caune wrote: |
But we will be getting Penny fashion! woo hoo |
What's Penny fashion? Will you guys be thrift shopping?
I'm gonna pop some tags
Only got twenty dollars in my pocket
I - I - I'm hunting, looking for a come-up
This is.... awesome |
Probably means Penny Taylor will be there and she has a nice fashion style
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caune
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Shades
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Posted: 03/28/17 9:00 pm ::: |
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WNBA Overseas Report: March 28
http://www.wnba.com/news/wnba-overseas-report-march-28/
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Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury
The seven-time EuroLeague champion is on her way to earning more hardware this spring. Playing alongside other WNBA stars at UMMC Ekaterinburg – including Kristi Toliver, Emma Meesseman and Mercury teammate Brittney Griner – Taurasi is leading the squad with 18.3 points per game and shooting 45 percent from downtown in EuroLeague action. Aiming to repeat as champions, UMMC Ekaterinburg is scheduled to face Fenerbahce in the semifinals in mid-April. In the Russian league, Taurasi’s team went 19-1 in the regular season and will commence its semifinal series next week.
Griner, Toliver and Meesseman have all played key roles in UMMC Ekaterinburg’s season. They are averaging 16.6, 10.4, and 9.1 points per game, respectively, in EuroLeague play. |
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Sonja Petrovic, Phoenix Mercury
Another player thriving in the EuroLeague is Taurasi’s teammate in Phoenix, Sonja Petrovic, who is playing with ZVVZ USK Praha. With Petrovic pacing the team at 17 points per game, ZVVZ USK Praha has cruised to the semifinals and will now take on a Dynamo Kursk squad that features WNBA stars Angel McCoughtry and Nneka Ogwumike. ZVVZ USK Praha is also in the semifinals of the Czech league, which begin Wednesday. With the help of fellow WNBA players Kia Vaughn, Marta Xargay, and Candice Dupree, Petrovic guided ZVVZ USK Praha to a perfect 22-0 regular season. |
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Posted: 04/11/17 4:04 pm ::: |
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I'm guessing the Merc have a sign-and-trade ready for Bone, that's dependent on somebody falling into the other team's slot, maybe a 3 way to get a real normal Shooting Guard?
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J-Spoon
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Posted: 04/11/17 4:11 pm ::: |
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5thmantheme wrote: |
I'm guessing the Merc have a sign-and-trade ready for Bone, that's dependent on somebody falling into the other team's slot, maybe a 3 way to get a real normal Shooting Guard? |
I'm thinking Bone for #10. Dallas is thin in the post and has two earlier round picks to play with PX I'm sure could work with any of the following at #10 A. Prince, A. Jones, A. Peterson (that is a a lot of Alexises) Epps, Sykes, maybe even Copper, Jankoska or Romero could fit?)
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mb1
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Posted: 04/13/17 5:24 am ::: |
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2017 PHOENIX MERCURY PRE-TRAINING CAMP ROSTER:
PG: DANIELLE ROBINSON, LEILANI MITCHELL, Yvonne Turner
SG: DIANA TAURASI, ALEX HARDEN
SF: SHAY MURPHY, STEPHANIE TALBOT, Danielle McCray
PF: CAMILLE LITTLE, Emma Cannon, Katherine Plouffe
C: BRITNEY GRINER, CAYLA GEORGE, JILLIAN ALLEYNE
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My guess is McCray is the first cut, and Plouffe or Cannon is the second cut.
Harding and Taylor retired. Bass and Bonner are pregnant.
Xargay will play for her national team this summer, and take the season off.
Petrovic may do the same. Bone may also sit the season out.
Arizona State player Sophie Bruner could be a candidate for our 3rd round pick.
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