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pilight
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Posted: 03/14/19 12:08 pm ::: |
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https://lynx.wnba.com/news/lynx-announce-basketball-operations-updates/
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The Minnesota Lynx today announced the team has hired Plenette Pierson as an assistant coach and elevated assistant coach Walt Hopkins to full-time assistant coach. Pierson will join assistant coaches Shelley Patterson and Hopkins on head coach Cheryl Reeve’s staff. |
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lynxmania
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Posted: 03/16/19 5:26 pm ::: |
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https://lynx.wnba.com/news/lynx-announce-basketball-operations-updates/
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The Minnesota Lynx today announced the team has hired Plenette Pierson as an assistant coach and elevated assistant coach Walt Hopkins to full-time assistant coach. Pierson will join assistant coaches Shelley Patterson and Hopkins on head coach Cheryl Reeve’s staff. |
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Figured Walt would be promoted. Glad to see P back in Minny!
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tfan
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Posted: 03/16/19 6:33 pm ::: |
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Shades
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Shades
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Posted: 03/21/19 11:41 am ::: |
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I suppose the Liberty had the advantage of signing Raincock, her Bourges teammate. The Lynx has the disadvantage of kicking her French national teammate to the curb last year.
It would seem Reeve is just content drafting the 5th guard, which is kind of surprising.
Buffalo was getting a little praise in the latest Lynx podcast, from both Focke and DRob. Dillard in the Lynx future?
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Shades
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Posted: 04/01/19 2:41 pm ::: |
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April Fools, I hope. Although if this new mascot was around last season, maybe it could have sniffed out and killed Reeve’s bad trade.
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CamrnCrz1974
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Posted: 04/02/19 2:43 pm ::: |
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WATCH: Nicki Collen explains Damiris Dantas’ move to the Lynx (High Post Hoops)
I think she was close to staying here and playing for less. I went to bed on a Saturday night, thinking she was going to re-sign with us on Sunday. Chris called me on my way to church to tell me he’d received the signed contract with Minnesota. That they had overnight increased their offer almost $20,000 to keep her. So we definitely drove up her value and made her, in most people’s mind, probably overpaid based on her career statistics in our league. She was drafted by them originally. So yeah, we would’ve loved to have kept her but it’s the nature of the business. You know, I could only go so far. My personality and how much I loved her could only go so far. The difference: they ultimately offered her $25,000 more than we were capable of even offering and they protected it.
For instance, Angel has a protected contract. So, she gets paid this year and is on our roster whether she plays one game or 30 games. That’s the value of protection, that’s what they earn over time with that protected contract. That’s what protection means to those players. That she got a two year protected contract, so if she got injured this year and couldn’t play the next year and came back, she would get her salary. It’s the nature of the business. It doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt.”
https://highposthoops.com/2019/03/29/damiris-dantas-nicki-collen-atlanta-dream-minnesota-lynx/
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CamrnCrz1974
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Shades
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Posted: 04/05/19 5:42 pm ::: |
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A little tidbit about Lynx camp signing Jillian Alleyne
https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-oregon-women-jillian-alleyne-20190404-story.html
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She was selected by Phoenix in the 2016 WNBA draft but her ACL rehab took twice as long as projected. She returned to playing in 2017 in Spain. After attending training camps with the WNBA’s New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx last summer, she averaged 18 points and 15 rebounds with Israel’s Rishon Le-Zion this winter and felt stronger than she had at Oregon. She will attend training camp with Minnesota again next month. |
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CamrnCrz1974
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Posted: 04/08/19 1:05 pm ::: |
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Shades, in his most recent WNBA Mock Draft, Howard Megdal has Minnesota taking ND's Arike Ogunbowale.
This is what he said about her selection by the Lynx:
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There’s so much that fits here with the Lynx and Ogunbowale. It’s easy to think of her as a one-way player because of how much attention is rightly paid to her offense, but Ogunbowale is a max-effort defender who has improved significantly on that end. There’s a lot of Seimone Augustus in her game as a whole, an underrated passer and elite court vision as a whole. But really, when you look at the Minnesota roster, what’s the missing thing? Someone to create her own shot, especially this season, with no Lindsay Whalen, no Maya Moore, and assuming Seimone, while a Hall of Famer, needs to have her minutes managed. Think long-term, and the idea of Ogunbowale as a worthy perimeter pairing with Sylvia Fowles inside could pay dividends for the Lynx for a long time to come. |
https://highposthoops.com/2019/04/05/2019-wnba-draft-big-board-8-0-pre-final-four-edition/7/
What are your thoughts, Shades?
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mannman
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Posted: 04/09/19 10:05 pm ::: |
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CamrnCrz1974 wrote: |
Shades, in his most recent WNBA Mock Draft, Howard Megdal has Minnesota taking ND's Arike Ogunbowale.
This is what he said about her selection by the Lynx:
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There’s so much that fits here with the Lynx and Ogunbowale. It’s easy to think of her as a one-way player because of how much attention is rightly paid to her offense, but Ogunbowale is a max-effort defender who has improved significantly on that end. There’s a lot of Seimone Augustus in her game as a whole, an underrated passer and elite court vision as a whole. But really, when you look at the Minnesota roster, what’s the missing thing? Someone to create her own shot, especially this season, with no Lindsay Whalen, no Maya Moore, and assuming Seimone, while a Hall of Famer, needs to have her minutes managed. Think long-term, and the idea of Ogunbowale as a worthy perimeter pairing with Sylvia Fowles inside could pay dividends for the Lynx for a long time to come. |
https://highposthoops.com/2019/04/05/2019-wnba-draft-big-board-8-0-pre-final-four-edition/7/
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My two cents is no, please! How about Collier, Gustafson, or Brown if they are available?
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Richyyy
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Posted: 04/09/19 11:53 pm ::: |
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Unless you think Fowles is retiring any time soon, what's the point of someone like Brown (or even Gustafson considering she does 90% of her work on the low block)? A true 5 seems like pretty much the only position Minnesota don't need to be taking, unless they're really planning for the future, or the player is so glaringly the best still available that it's impossible to ignore. |
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mannman
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Posted: 04/10/19 11:37 am ::: |
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Richyyy wrote: |
Unless you think Fowles is retiring any time soon, what's the point of someone like Brown (or even Gustafson considering she does 90% of her work on the low block)? A true 5 seems like pretty much the only position Minnesota don't need to be taking, unless they're really planning for the future, or the player is so glaringly the best still available that it's impossible to ignore. |
Brunson is about 37 years old, and trying to recover from a concussion. Sylvia is 34. I could see any of the three fitting in with the Lynx.
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blaase22
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Posted: 04/10/19 11:41 am ::: |
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No thanks to Gustafson at 6 but I would be okay with Brown, she needs to get in serious lifting program though she looks really soft compared to Syl.
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Shades
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Posted: 04/10/19 12:38 pm ::: |
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mannman wrote: |
Richyyy wrote: |
Unless you think Fowles is retiring any time soon, what's the point of someone like Brown (or even Gustafson considering she does 90% of her work on the low block)? A true 5 seems like pretty much the only position Minnesota don't need to be taking, unless they're really planning for the future, or the player is so glaringly the best still available that it's impossible to ignore. |
Brunson is about 37 years old, and trying to recover from a concussion. Sylvia is 34. I could see any of the three fitting in with the Lynx. |
Not only is Fowles 34, she had a potentially serious injury in her elbow that could crop up again at any time. Giving a young 6’7 player a couple of years to develop behind Fowles is about THE SMARTEST IDEA on the planet.
Now Richyyy will try to fool you that he’s giving honest evaluation here. What he’s neglecting to tell you he’s worried about what would happen to the current Lynx center backup, fellow Brit Fagbenle (aka, the little #35 pick that could). There’s no need for the Lynx to avoid picking the best player available just to protect her. She’s skinny and mobile enough to play the PF position. Problem solved. If the Lynx can get 6’7 at #6, they should definitely go for it.
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Posted: 04/10/19 2:01 pm ::: |
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Oh give it a fucking rest. |
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pilight
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Posted: 04/10/19 2:30 pm ::: |
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Shades wrote: |
mannman wrote: |
Richyyy wrote: |
Unless you think Fowles is retiring any time soon, what's the point of someone like Brown (or even Gustafson considering she does 90% of her work on the low block)? A true 5 seems like pretty much the only position Minnesota don't need to be taking, unless they're really planning for the future, or the player is so glaringly the best still available that it's impossible to ignore. |
Brunson is about 37 years old, and trying to recover from a concussion. Sylvia is 34. I could see any of the three fitting in with the Lynx. |
Not only is Fowles 34, she had a potentially serious injury in her elbow that could crop up again at any time. Giving a young 6’7 player a couple of years to develop behind Fowles is about THE SMARTEST IDEA on the planet.
Now Richyyy will try to fool you that he’s giving honest evaluation here. What he’s neglecting to tell you he’s worried about what would happen to the current Lynx center backup, fellow Brit Fagbenle (aka, the little #35 pick that could). There’s no need for the Lynx to avoid picking the best player available just to protect her. She’s skinny and mobile enough to play the PF position. Problem solved. If the Lynx can get 6’7 at #6, they should definitely go for it. |
Except that their back court is in worse shape. The starting SG is even older than Fowles and has four straight years of decreasing ppg. The starting PG is a "pass first" type who hasn't managed a 2/1 ATO since 2014. The backups are career 34% shooter Alexis Jones and prayer.
The Lynx have brought in front court help in Dantas, Alleyne, and Griffin. They haven't done anything to help their guard situation.
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Posted: 04/10/19 2:47 pm ::: |
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The Lynx haven’t brought in any guards because they already have 4 under contract, and none of them are at the training camp level. They’ll probably draft a 5th guard but it doesn’t have to be with #6 unless something unexpectedly good drops down (like Durr or Young).
Brunson still being undecided and Lynx signing 3 post/forward players to training camp contracts signifies a desperate need... unless you’re naive enough to think these training camp contracts will fulfill those needs. I’m not that naive.
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Posted: 04/10/19 4:53 pm ::: |
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pilight wrote: |
Shades wrote: |
mannman wrote: |
Richyyy wrote: |
Unless you think Fowles is retiring any time soon, what's the point of someone like Brown (or even Gustafson considering she does 90% of her work on the low block)? A true 5 seems like pretty much the only position Minnesota don't need to be taking, unless they're really planning for the future, or the player is so glaringly the best still available that it's impossible to ignore. |
Brunson is about 37 years old, and trying to recover from a concussion. Sylvia is 34. I could see any of the three fitting in with the Lynx. |
Not only is Fowles 34, she had a potentially serious injury in her elbow that could crop up again at any time. Giving a young 6’7 player a couple of years to develop behind Fowles is about THE SMARTEST IDEA on the planet.
Now Richyyy will try to fool you that he’s giving honest evaluation here. What he’s neglecting to tell you he’s worried about what would happen to the current Lynx center backup, fellow Brit Fagbenle (aka, the little #35 pick that could). There’s no need for the Lynx to avoid picking the best player available just to protect her. She’s skinny and mobile enough to play the PF position. Problem solved. If the Lynx can get 6’7 at #6, they should definitely go for it. |
Except that their back court is in worse shape. The starting SG is even older than Fowles and has four straight years of decreasing ppg. The starting PG is a "pass first" type who hasn't managed a 2/1 ATO since 2014. The backups are career 34% shooter Alexis Jones and prayer.
The Lynx have brought in front court help in Dantas, Alleyne, and Griffin. They haven't done anything to help their guard situation. |
Tank mode, dantas alleyne and griffin as “help” lol
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