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Connecticut Sun(5-0) |
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12% |
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Los Angeles Sparks(4-1) |
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0% |
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Seattle Storm(5-2) |
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17% |
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Washington Mystics(5-3) |
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5% |
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Phoenix Mercury(4-3) |
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0% |
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Chicago Sky(3-3) |
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0% |
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New York Liberty(2-2) |
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1% |
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Dallas Wings(3-3) |
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1% |
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Atlanta Dream(2-3) |
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0% |
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Minnesota Lynx(2-5) |
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57% |
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Las Vegas Aces(1-5) |
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1% |
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Indiana Fever(0-6) |
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2% |
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toad455
Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 22470 Location: NJ
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Posted: 06/03/18 7:37 pm ::: Most surprising team so far? |
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Good or bad, which team has surprised you the most this early in the season?
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SpaceJunkie
Joined: 10 Sep 2012 Posts: 4241 Location: Minnesota
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Posted: 06/03/18 8:26 pm ::: |
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I'm not surprised by anything š½
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bballjunkie
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Posted: 06/03/18 9:10 pm ::: |
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Got to be the Lynx. I am still trying to wrap my head around the whole 2-5.
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WNBA 09
Joined: 26 Jun 2009 Posts: 12494 Location: Dallas , Texas
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Posted: 06/03/18 9:58 pm ::: |
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Seattle i picked them to finish 9th
Still could happen but Coach hughes seems to be maximizing his talent. Doing a great coaching job i expect them to finish no worse than 6th. Minny on the other hand might still turn it around and qualify as a 8 seed in which i doubt anyone will want too see them. This goes to show the quality of players in this league and how important depth is to a title contending team. At this point i have minny making it through single eliminations but bowing out in a 5 game series.
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Shades
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Luuuc #NATC
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Posted: 06/03/18 10:11 pm ::: |
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SpaceJunkie wrote: |
I'm not surprised by anything š½ |
Certainly not the Lynx. You've been telling us for several years how disappointing they are.
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SpaceJunkie
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Randy
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Posted: 06/03/18 10:51 pm ::: |
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I think that is still quite possible. Dream and Lynx - lottery cellmates? Who would have thought?
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SpaceJunkie
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Shades
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SpaceJunkie
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Posted: 06/03/18 11:11 pm ::: |
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You may be a worse GM than Reeve. |
That's the meanest insult anybody has ever said to me. š½
I'm fixing that in free agency or later.
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Ay Mate
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Posted: 06/04/18 9:39 am ::: |
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Iām a little surprised at how bad the Lynx are so far, and then at the same time Iām not. I knew going into the season they werenāt going to be nearly as good as last year. They lost their entire bench and filled it back up with downgrades from last year. Whalen, at her age, and the fact sheās totally distracted about her new coaching job, has been pretty useless for her standards. Brunson is NOT even close to the player she once was, same goes with Augustus. They have Moore and Fowles carrying the entire team and the rest are garbage (so far). Will that change? Perhaps, but I donāt see them being a top 5 team this year. They won one more game than Vegas. They were lucky with the 2 wins they had or we could see them at the bottom with zero wins like Indiana.
The party is over, thatās clear. Coach Reeve ran with the senior citizens tooooo long.
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Fighting Artichoke
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Posted: 06/04/18 9:45 am ::: |
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Ay Mate wrote: |
Iām a little surprised at how bad the Lynx are so far, and then at the same time Iām not. I knew going into the season they werenāt going to be nearly as good as last year. They lost their entire bench and filled it back up with downgrades from last year. Whalen, at her age, and the fact sheās totally distracted about her new coaching job, has been pretty useless for her standards. Brunson is NOT even close to the player she once was, same goes with Augustus. They have Moore and Fowles carrying the entire team and the rest are garbage (so far). Will that change? Perhaps, but I donāt see them being a top 5 team this year. They won one more game than Vegas. They were lucky with the 2 wins they had or we could see them at the bottom with zero wins like Indiana.
The party is over, thatās clear. Coach Reeve ran with the senior citizens tooooo long. |
With Moore and Fowles still at or near the top of their games, the Lynx will at LEAST finish .500 this season. Their next couple of games are tough though (@Wash & @Conn), so it make get a bit worse before it gets better.
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toad455
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Posted: 06/04/18 9:45 am ::: |
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yeah, the Lynx bench took a big hit. I'm surprised the best Reeve could do to find replacements was Robinson, Wright & Kizer.
Perkins > Wright
Pierson > Kizer
Montgomery > Robinson
Howard tbd vs. ???(2019 1st round pick)
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SpaceJunkie
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Posted: 06/04/18 10:06 am ::: |
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toad455 wrote: |
yeah, the Lynx bench took a big hit. I'm surprised the best Reeve could do to find replacements was Robinson, Wright & Kizer.
Perkins > Wright
Pierson > Kizer
Montgomery > Robinson
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And to probably be able to sign every single one of those bench downgrades, Reeve decided to get rid of who would've been the perfect 6th woman for the Lynx if given a chance in Natasha Howard. I never got how getting rid of Howard was supposed to not be anything but a downgrade for the Lynx this year in a year other contending teams are just as good or better (now the Lynx have no post depth because Kizer isn't anything special, and has been off to a horrendous start this year), and a downgrade for the Lynx in the future, because now they have no young post player with talent & potential like Howard anymore.
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Fighting Artichoke
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Posted: 06/04/18 10:44 am ::: |
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toad455 wrote: |
yeah, the Lynx bench took a big hit. I'm surprised the best Reeve could do to find replacements was Robinson, Wright & Kizer.
Perkins > Wright
Pierson > Kizer
Montgomery > Robinson
Howard tbd vs. ???(2019 1st round pick) |
And to probably be able to sign every single one of those bench downgrades, Reeve decided to get rid of who would've been the perfect 6th woman for the Lynx if given a chance in Natasha Howard. I never got how getting rid of Howard was supposed to not be anything but a downgrade for the Lynx this year in a year other contending teams are just as good or better (now the Lynx have no post depth because Kizer isn't anything special, and has been off to a horrendous start this year), and a downgrade for the Lynx in the future, because now they have no young post player with talent & potential like Howard anymore. |
Cutting Howard did seem short-sighted at the time, but maybe Reeves was really worried about perimeter defense and bringing the ball up against quicker pesky guards. DRob is great at that, and she's more of a slasher than Renee, although she completely lacks an outside shot, of course, and that's where Renee shines.
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SpaceJunkie
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Posted: 06/04/18 11:10 am ::: |
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Fighting Artichoke wrote: |
Cutting Howard did seem short-sighted at the time, but maybe Reeves was really worried about perimeter defense and bringing the ball up against quicker pesky guards. DRob is great at that, and she's more of a slasher than Renee, although she completely lacks an outside shot, of course, and that's where Renee shines. |
That's why I said "every single one". I wish I knew what the salaries were to figure out if Lynx could afford only one, or could still afford both of D-Rob & Wright if they re-signed Howard, didn't sign Kizer, and only stick with an 11-player roster the entire season. If they could only afford one of D-Rob or Wright, then there had to be a bargin-bin backup guard nearly as good out there for this year.
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Michelle89
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Posted: 06/04/18 4:23 pm ::: |
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I take T Wright over Perkins (from last year) any day of the week
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ClayK
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Posted: 06/04/18 4:32 pm ::: |
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I wasn't buying that one either, but I think it's closer to a wash than one being significantly better than the other. Each has different pieces ...
But Whalen's abrupt decline is crucial, because she is still the best player to run the offense -- unfortunately, she can't guard at all now, and she really can't score much either, so all she brings is court vision and a high IQ.
And on top of that, she has to be distracted by trying to learn a completely new job from the bottom up at the same time. (Wait until the viewing period ...)
All that said, I expect the Lynx to make the playoffs, and I wouldn't want to play them then.
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toad455
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Posted: 06/04/18 4:53 pm ::: |
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yeah, I still see the Lynx making the playoffs, just not getting out of the first round. I probably see 1. Connecticut & 2. Los Angeles. After that who knows if Seattle & Washington will keep up their strong start. I see New York picking up steam once they're at 100%. Dallas as well. Phoenix is the odd ball. Should finish 3 or 4, but they just don't seem to be playing up to their full potential. My lottery teams are Chicago, Indiana, Las Vegas & Atlanta.
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