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ChicagoAnnie
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| i know it's early, but if Cappie isn't going to give them anything, she is taking up a roster spot.
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toad455
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| Posted: 05/24/18 8:07 pm ::: |
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| i know it's early, but if Cappie isn't going to give them anything, she is taking up a roster spot. |
her & R. Williams.
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zune69
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| Posted: 05/24/18 8:09 pm ::: |
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| ChicagoAnnie wrote: |
| i know it's early, but if Cappie isn't going to give them anything, she is taking up a roster spot. |
And taking Sims' money...
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Silky Johnson
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| Posted: 05/24/18 8:17 pm ::: |
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| Though I'm sure most people want a Sparks-Lynx finals again, this could potentially be a finals preview. Let's see how the Sun do vs. a short handed Sparks team. |
I think the only people that want another Sparks/Lynx finals is ESPN. Frankly I’m tired of the Lynx and cant wait til their players start retiring. |
+3
That was a great game. I'd rather see Connecticut/Atlanta in the Finals, personally, but if it ended up being Connecticut/LA, I wouldn't mind that at all.
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| Posted: 05/24/18 8:26 pm ::: |
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| toad455 wrote: |
| Though I'm sure most people want a Sparks-Lynx finals again, this could potentially be a finals preview. Let's see how the Sun do vs. a short handed Sparks team. |
I think the only people that want another Sparks/Lynx finals is ESPN. Frankly I’m tired of the Lynx and cant wait til their players start retiring. |
Frankly, I'm tired of the Sparks.
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myrtle
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| Posted: 05/24/18 8:28 pm ::: |
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| Don't know why she is complaining, she just runs people over and should have fouled out. |
agree. There were a couple earlier that looked like O-fouls as well.
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SpaceJunkie
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| Posted: 05/24/18 8:30 pm ::: |
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| That halftime bit illustrates Augustus' low basketball IQ. Why didn't she foul with one to give? They would have been under 3 sec left. SpaceJunkie can't blame Reeve for that one, other than having Augustus out there guarding Gray in the first place. |
I missed the entire game so I missed it. However, I don't know if the Lynx are the stupidest team in WNBA history or not, but I am definitely outraged knowing that the Sun, being a real, legitimite WNBA team, have no problems beating the Sparks, while the Lynx players and coaches probably have to wear diapers during games because they can't stop crapping their pants in fear of the Sparks once they see them on the court.
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Nixtreefan
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Ay Mate
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| Posted: 05/24/18 8:44 pm ::: |
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| So will Chiney continue to start over J Jones for most of the season? |
I doubt it. Jones missed training camp so thats why she is not starting |
Miller said Jones isn’t yet in game shape. He said once she is, she’ll be back in the starting rotation. Chiney said she wanted to come off the bench for at least the first half of the season and be worked back in slowly til she got her sea legs back, but it looks like she never had a season ending injury over in China a year and a half ago. Amazing.
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Ay Mate
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| Posted: 05/24/18 8:46 pm ::: |
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| yeah, don't care for this "behind the bench commentary". Plus I don't think the coaches like it either. |
Which is why I despise watching WNBA games on ESPN. They ALWAYS ruin them with this fucking garbage.
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SpaceJunkie
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| Posted: 05/24/18 8:47 pm ::: |
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| Ay Mate wrote: |
| toad455 wrote: |
| Though I'm sure most people want a Sparks-Lynx finals again, this could potentially be a finals preview. Let's see how the Sun do vs. a short handed Sparks team. |
I think the only people that want another Sparks/Lynx finals is ESPN. Frankly I’m tired of the Lynx and cant wait til their players start retiring. |
Maybe I'm tired of the Lynx sucking and choking in the playoffs half the time, so I demand the Lynx win at least this year, otherwise they'll be known as the biggest joke of a franchise in history for only winning 4 titles instead of at least 8 like they should've.
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Ay Mate
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| Posted: 05/24/18 8:47 pm ::: |
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| ChicagoAnnie wrote: |
| i know it's early, but if Cappie isn't going to give them anything, she is taking up a roster spot. |
Enjoy her, it’s her final season. She’s bowing out after this year
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Libra_Girl
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| Posted: 05/24/18 9:00 pm ::: |
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Good gm
Suns are a legit team. Courtney William is a baller, JJ is talented for sure & AThomas is a unstoppable force in transition & inside the paint. Chiney is playing good.
Nice try LA but Conn size was too much.
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| Posted: 05/24/18 9:02 pm ::: |
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Good gm
Suns are a legit team. Courtney William is a baller, JJ is talented for sure & AThomas is a unstoppable force in transition & inside the paint. Chiney is playing good.
Nice try LA but Conn size was too much. |
If Candace Plays i think the sparks take this one. I dont think anyone will want to see Connecticut come playoff time though. Legit Contender unlike my team so far.
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| Posted: 05/24/18 9:04 pm ::: |
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| Yep, legit contender, and IMO the most watchable team in the league too.
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| Posted: 05/24/18 9:13 pm ::: |
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| i know it's early, but if Cappie isn't going to give them anything, she is taking up a roster spot. |
Pondexter was +7 with 4 assists in 15 minutes. And actually was the only player for the Sparks with a +.
Who is out there on the waiver wire that’s so much better and that will provide instant impact in a bench role?
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Libra_Girl
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| Posted: 05/24/18 9:16 pm ::: |
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| Libra_Girl wrote: |
Good gm
Suns are a legit team. Courtney William is a baller, JJ is talented for sure & AThomas is a unstoppable force in transition & inside the paint. Chiney is playing good.
Nice try LA but Conn size was too much. |
If Candace Plays i think the sparks take this one. I dont think anyone will want to see Connecticut come playoff time though. Legit Contender unlike my team so far. |
LA couldve taken it without CP but Gray had a couple costly ot. Suns are a better coached team than Dallas.
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| Posted: 05/24/18 9:17 pm ::: |
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| ChicagoAnnie wrote: |
| i know it's early, but if Cappie isn't going to give them anything, she is taking up a roster spot. |
Pondexter was +7 with 4 assists in 15 minutes. And actually was the only player for the Sparks with a +.
Who is out there on the waiver wire that’s so much better and that will provide instant impact in a bench role? |
Im waiting to hear also....
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readyAIMfire53
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| Posted: 05/24/18 11:50 pm ::: |
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| LA post game sucks this season. Oh wait - there's only ONE post player! Hope we have all four posts soon.
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jap
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| Posted: 05/25/18 12:11 am ::: |
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| LA post game sucks this season. Oh wait - there's only ONE post player! Hope we have all four posts soon. |
Yes, we really need our missing 6-foot, 4-inch triple towers in a hurry!
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| Posted: 05/25/18 7:59 am ::: |
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| If Candace Plays i think the sparks take this one. I dont think anyone will want to see Connecticut come playoff time though. Legit Contender unlike my team so far. LA couldve taken it with out CP but Gray had a couple of costly to. Suns are a better coached team than Dallas |
Yes she did have two in a row that allowed the Sun to tie the game, but it is really unfair to put the loss on two turnovers. One was a brain freeze type and in the other she was trying to hard to make something happen on her own because players had quite moving. Those turnovers were more noticeable because they were back to back, But generally Gray had a good ball handling game. She only had three and oen was not really a mistake on her part. The turnover she had earlier in the game was because a teammate moved just as she threw her a pass. The teammate was open under the basket and for some strange reason moved to the other side leaving the ball to sail to an open space.
I don't think they could have won this game without another post. Grays two turnovers did not lose them the game. They were only one of many examples of the wheels finally coming off from a short handed team playing a three game road trip without their posts. In the later part of the fourth Quarter they could generate little offense other than outside shots and could not stop the Suns inside game.
In their earlier games they generated inside scoring via ball and player movement. That came to a halt in the fourth quarter when all they did was shoot clock winding down contested outside shots. If you remember they had several shot clock violations and threw up a few desperate last second shots as well. They just ran out of gas. They needed another post both defensively and offensively to realistically have a shot at beating the Suns. When you are this out sized you need to compensate via player movement to get them open offensively and hustle to provide help on defense. When you run out of gas that just does not happen.
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| Posted: 05/25/18 9:01 am ::: |
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| Nneka will light up the sky with the Bat signal for her other ailing Batwoman teammate. Hopefully, Jantel will not be too far behind, and Maria should make her WNBA debut appearance next weekend.
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Libra_Girl
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| Posted: 05/25/18 9:07 am ::: |
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| If Candace Plays i think the sparks take this one. I dont think anyone will want to see Connecticut come playoff time though. Legit Contender unlike my team so far. LA couldve taken it with out CP but Gray had a couple of costly to. Suns are a better coached team than Dallas |
Yes she did have two in a row that allowed the Sun to tie the game, but it is really unfair to put the loss on two turnovers. One was a brain freeze type and in the other she was trying to hard to make something happen on her own because players had quite moving. Those turnovers were more noticeable because they were back to back, But generally Gray had a good ball handling game. She only had three and oen was not really a mistake on her part. The turnover she had earlier in the game was because a teammate moved just as she threw her a pass. The teammate was open under the basket and for some strange reason moved to the other side leaving the ball to sail to an open space.
I don't think they could have won this game without another post. Grays two turnovers did not lose them the game. They were only one of many examples of the wheels finally coming off from a short handed team playing a three game road trip without their posts. In the later part of the fourth Quarter they could generate little offense other than outside shots and could not stop the Suns inside game.
In their earlier games they generated inside scoring via ball and player movement. That came to a halt in the fourth quarter when all they did was shoot clock winding down contested outside shots. If you remember they had several shot clock violations and threw up a few desperate last second shots as well. They just ran out of gas. They needed another post both defensively and offensively to realistically have a shot at beating the Suns. When you are this out sized you need to compensate via player movement to get them open offensively and hustle to provide help on defense. When you run out of gas that just does not happen. |
You're right Gray wasnt the reason they lost they stopped moving on offense like you said because they are tired. I still think they could have won because they were winning even without CP but stopped hitting their shot.
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