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pilight
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Posted: 02/15/18 4:34 pm ::: |
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Michael Fischer named Assistant General Manager
http://sparks.wnba.com/news/michael-fischer-named-los-angeles-sparks-assistant-general-manager/
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“Michael is going to thrive in his new role as assistant general manager. He has extensive knowledge of the women’s basketball landscape including the WNBA, WCBB (college) and International leagues,” said Penny Toler, LA Sparks Executive Vice President & General Manager |
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tfan
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Posted: 02/15/18 8:21 pm ::: |
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Is this a first for the league - an assistant GM?
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bballgrl
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Posted: 02/16/18 1:10 am ::: |
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Spark4Life wrote: |
Queenie wrote: |
myrtle wrote: |
The only other player close to Cappie in bad-hair day is Taj. She had some 'do's' that were just 'don'ts' but you know, if a person wants to play around with their hairdo and do something different, who cares... |
Taj made it look good, though. |
Not always. |
I don't think Taj"s hair EVER looked as bad as Cappie's!
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Shades
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Posted: 02/16/18 12:44 pm ::: |
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Candace Parker showing some acting potential in this vid.
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jap
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Posted: 02/17/18 6:46 pm ::: |
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I wanna see a 1-on-1 between Kevin and Candace now! Kevin can then take on Nneka, Alana, Chelsea, and Odyssey in any order. I would even let him try and take on Syd the Kid.
The ratings should be high. The event can be entitled, "The Ladies of LaLa Shut the Mouth of Comedian."
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Ay Mate
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Posted: 02/21/18 3:15 pm ::: |
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TJJ re-signs with LA
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dtsnms
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Posted: 02/21/18 4:15 pm ::: |
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jap wrote: |
I wanna see a 1-on-1 between Kevin and Candace now! Kevin can then take on Nneka, Alana, Chelsea, and Odyssey in any order. I would even let him try and take on Syd the Kid.
The ratings should be high. The event can be entitled, "The Ladies of LaLa Shut the Mouth of Comedian." |
You know he and his entourage took on the UConn women. He put on a show on campus, and they all met afterwards at Gampel. From what I heard the women owned them.
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Nerd2
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Posted: 02/21/18 4:33 pm ::: |
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dtsnms wrote: |
jap wrote: |
I wanna see a 1-on-1 between Kevin and Candace now! Kevin can then take on Nneka, Alana, Chelsea, and Odyssey in any order. I would even let him try and take on Syd the Kid.
The ratings should be high. The event can be entitled, "The Ladies of LaLa Shut the Mouth of Comedian." |
You know he and his entourage took on the UConn women. He put on a show on campus, and they all met afterwards at Gampel. From what I heard the women owned them. |
I remember that. Some of the starters didn't even play and the bench still outclassed them. To their credit, they seemed to respect the game enough to know they'd never win and were just having fun with it.
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jap
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Posted: 02/21/18 11:43 pm ::: |
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Nerd2 wrote: |
dtsnms wrote: |
jap wrote: |
I wanna see a 1-on-1 between Kevin and Candace now! Kevin can then take on Nneka, Alana, Chelsea, and Odyssey in any order. I would even let him try and take on Syd the Kid.
The ratings should be high. The event can be entitled, "The Ladies of LaLa Shut the Mouth of Comedian." |
You know he and his entourage took on the UConn women. He put on a show on campus, and they all met afterwards at Gampel. From what I heard the women owned them. |
I remember that. Some of the starters didn't even play and the bench still outclassed them. To their credit, they seemed to respect the game enough to know they'd never win and were just having fun with it. |
Kevin has the fact that he is a comedian going for him; so he knows no one will ever take him seriously. Now if Candace's daughter, Laila, takes him down, it's a whole other ball of wax.
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Posted: 02/21/18 11:53 pm ::: |
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Gray/Pondexter
Sims/Dabovic
Beard/Carson/Weise
N. Ogwumike/TJJ
Parker/Lavender
That is 11 players
Assuming they cut or trade R. Williams for a future 2nd or 3rd round pick can they afford their own pick at #11 as the 12th roster spot? Or would someone above have to be cut so they could put pick #11 on the roster?
Could they take Vadeeva at #11 and hope she doesn't come until 2019? or does TJJ or Carson lose their job for the draft pick?
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Richyyy
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Posted: 02/22/18 1:25 am ::: |
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I don't have the details in front of me but I really doubt they can just cut Riquna Williams for free. They acquired her when she was a commodity, so that money's probably guaranteed. Better hope they can find someone who still wants her, even if it's for virtually nothing. |
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Posted: 02/22/18 8:21 am ::: |
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Richyyy wrote: |
I don't have the details in front of me but I really doubt they can just cut Riquna Williams for free. They acquired her when she was a commodity, so that money's probably guaranteed. Better hope they can find someone who still wants her, even if it's for virtually nothing. |
According to Magdal's spreadsheet she is getting paid $113k w 100% protection for lack skill, injury or illness in 2018. FWIW.
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Posted: 02/22/18 9:46 am ::: |
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If I were Williams,i'd get permission from the Sparks to talk to another team.Once Williams comes to an agreement,negotiate a 75k buyout....Williams gets paid from two team,and gets an opportunity to play....Sparks can use the leftover money from Williams' contract to sign a player after the all-star break.
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Richyyy
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Posted: 02/22/18 10:17 am ::: |
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If I were Williams,i'd get permission from the Sparks to talk to another team.Once Williams comes to an agreement,negotiate a 75k buyout....Williams gets paid from two team,and gets an opportunity to play....Sparks can use the leftover money from Williams' contract to sign a player after the all-star break. |
That's the way the 'divorce agreements' often tend to work out - get enough from the first team to make up the difference with a base salary somewhere else. The problem for LA is that if you give her a 75k buyout, that 75k goes on your cap. They save a lot more space if they can find someone to just take her. |
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Michelle89
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Posted: 02/22/18 12:42 pm ::: |
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Richyyy wrote: |
zune69 wrote: |
If I were Williams,i'd get permission from the Sparks to talk to another team.Once Williams comes to an agreement,negotiate a 75k buyout....Williams gets paid from two team,and gets an opportunity to play....Sparks can use the leftover money from Williams' contract to sign a player after the all-star break. |
That's the way the 'divorce agreements' often tend to work out - get enough from the first team to make up the difference with a base salary somewhere else. The problem for LA is that if you give her a 75k buyout, that 75k goes on your cap. They save a lot more space if they can find someone to just take her. |
Have the Sparks even got the space for that 75k? Nneka, Parker, Beard, Carson and Lavender (or close to) on the max and Sims and Gray coming up soon
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Posted: 02/22/18 1:28 pm ::: |
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Michelle89 wrote: |
Richyyy wrote: |
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If I were Williams,i'd get permission from the Sparks to talk to another team.Once Williams comes to an agreement,negotiate a 75k buyout....Williams gets paid from two team,and gets an opportunity to play....Sparks can use the leftover money from Williams' contract to sign a player after the all-star break. |
That's the way the 'divorce agreements' often tend to work out - get enough from the first team to make up the difference with a base salary somewhere else. The problem for LA is that if you give her a 75k buyout, that 75k goes on your cap. They save a lot more space if they can find someone to just take her. |
Have the Sparks even got the space for that 75k? Nneka, Parker, Beard, Carson and Lavender (or close to) on the max and Sims and Gray coming up soon |
Sims is already at max. I’m thinking Pondexter signed for cheap because she wanted to be in LA and nobody else seemed to want her. TJJ is vet min. Carson is probably on the high side. Wiese and Gray on rook contract. Dabovic getting paid like a rookie. Without RWilliams, they might be slightly cheaper than the Lynx roster last year.
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Posted: 02/22/18 2:52 pm ::: |
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What about Williams to Indiana or Washington for an '18 or '19 2nd rounder. Realistically i don't see Thibault making this deal, although Washington could use scoring from the guard position. If Indiana doesn't take Mitchell #2 I can see them being interested in BayBay.
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