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PostPosted: 04/24/19 5:51 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

toad455 wrote:
I'd have Washington, Phoenix and Atlanta as the top favorites. Los Angeles could be the dark horse.


Yeah, Atlanta was looking pretty strong before McCoughtry got hurt.


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PostPosted: 04/24/19 6:18 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

tfan wrote:
toad455 wrote:
I'd have Washington, Phoenix and Atlanta as the top favorites. Los Angeles could be the dark horse.


Yeah, Atlanta was looking pretty strong before McCoughtry got hurt.


We'll see when she gets back and how she plays. Atlanta is not a contender without a 100% Angel.



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PostPosted: 04/25/19 1:10 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/highposthoops.com/2019/04/24/phoenix-mercury-gm-jim-pitman-on-why-his-team-can-win-the-2019-wnba-championship/amp/




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Are the Mercury planning to make any additions to the coaching staff for this season to replace Todd Troxel (who was dismissed in January following assault charges stemming from a domestic dispute with fiancee) or supplement what you have in place?

“We are and we’re very close to announcing that, we’re just not quite there yet, we’re just hammering out some final details and there will be an announcement on that in the coming days
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PostPosted: 04/25/19 10:28 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

Michelle89 wrote:
WNBA 09 wrote:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/highposthoops.com/2019/04/24/phoenix-mercury-gm-jim-pitman-on-why-his-team-can-win-the-2019-wnba-championship/amp/




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Are the Mercury planning to make any additions to the coaching staff for this season to replace Todd Troxel (who was dismissed in January following assault charges stemming from a domestic dispute with fiancee) or supplement what you have in place?

“We are and we’re very close to announcing that, we’re just not quite there yet, we’re just hammering out some final details and there will be an announcement on that in the coming days
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Hiring a player's spouse as a coach doesn't seem like a great move to me.


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PostPosted: 04/25/19 10:50 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

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Hiring a player's spouse as a coach doesn't seem like a great move to me.

She's already their 'Director of Player Development and Performance', so I'm not sure making her a coach would be much different. It's already a tiny bit questionable from a cap perspective, but I presume as she's a Mercury legend as well they can pretty reasonably justify it.



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PostPosted: 04/25/19 11:06 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

Richyyy wrote:
PUmatty wrote:
Hiring a player's spouse as a coach doesn't seem like a great move to me.

She's already their 'Director of Player Development and Performance', so I'm not sure making her a coach would be much different. It's already a tiny bit questionable from a cap perspective, but I presume as she's a Mercury legend as well they can pretty reasonably justify it.


That's fair.

I was thinking more generally than of the specifics of this case.


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PostPosted: 04/25/19 1:07 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

Diana Taurasi Undergoes Successful Surgery

https://mercury.wnba.com/news/diana-taurasi-undergoes-successful-surgery/


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She is expected to return in 10-12 weeks



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PostPosted: 04/25/19 1:44 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

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Diana Taurasi Undergoes Successful Surgery

https://mercury.wnba.com/news/diana-taurasi-undergoes-successful-surgery/


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She is expected to return in 10-12 weeks



Twelve weeks from today is July 4. Mercury play their 11th game on July 5. Five of those first 11 games are against Chicago, Indiana and NY, all of which look lottery-bound.


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PostPosted: 04/25/19 6:31 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

I get why some people have us as title favourites. On paper there are some good players on the roster.
How many of them will be playing good basketball in September is another matter entirely.

Fingers crossed for Dee.



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PostPosted: 04/25/19 7:01 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

Luuuc wrote:
I get why some people have us as title favourites. On paper there are some good players on the roster.
How many of them will be playing good basketball in September is another matter entirely.

Fingers crossed for Dee.


I'm 100% aware of the danger in counting on Sancho to stay healthy



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PostPosted: 04/25/19 7:09 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

pilight wrote:
Luuuc wrote:
I get why some people have us as title favourites. On paper there are some good players on the roster.
How many of them will be playing good basketball in September is another matter entirely.

Fingers crossed for Dee.


I'm 100% aware of the danger in counting on Sancho to stay healthy


And Little to produce more than, well, a little. That's if they keep her.



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PostPosted: 04/26/19 8:29 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

So no Taurasi or Turner to start the season? Who starts at SG, Carson?



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PostPosted: 04/26/19 8:31 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

Recovering wont be easy. Everything revolves around a strong core.


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PostPosted: 04/26/19 9:34 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

January/Mitchell
Carson/
Talbot/Cunningham
Bonner/BTurner
Griner/Smith

Out until around July
Taurasi - Inj
YTurner - NTD

No timetable for return
Lyttle

Trade Portal
Little

Training camp contracts
ACarter - Tiny PG
APeterson - Tiny PG
Hof - Center

Too many tiny guards. Bring in Prince, RWilliams, or Cappie as a injury replacement?



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PostPosted: 04/26/19 9:50 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

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Recovering wont be easy. Everything revolves around a strong core.


On top of that, when was the last time we saw a player return from surgery and quickly look like her old self, much less return at mid-season and bounce back without training camp?



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PostPosted: 04/26/19 10:50 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

Mercury mystery announcement today.
Doesn’t this look kinda like an outline of Penny?





In other news, Cunningham is headed to PHX.



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PostPosted: 04/26/19 10:58 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

toad455 wrote:
So no Taurasi or Turner to start the season? Who starts at SG, Carson?

EuroBasket Women doesn't start until June 27th. No real reason to expect Turner to miss the start of the season.



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PostPosted: 04/26/19 11:13 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

Why is Fagbenle supposedly arriving late?



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PostPosted: 04/26/19 12:55 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

Shades wrote:
January/Mitchell
Carson/
Talbot/Cunningham
Bonner/BTurner
Griner/Smith

Out until around July
Taurasi - Inj
YTurner - NTD

No timetable for return
Lyttle

Trade Portal
Little

Training camp contracts
ACarter - Tiny PG
APeterson - Tiny PG
Hof - Center

Too many tiny guards. Bring in Prince, RWilliams, or Cappie as a injury replacement?


R Williams would be a good pick up. It will give them another scoring option. Or the Mercury can wait to see if any teams release any vets during training camp.


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PostPosted: 04/26/19 1:13 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

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R Williams would be a good pick up. It will give them another scoring option. Or the Mercury can wait to see if any teams release any vets during training camp.


I noticed on PHX social media that they’re suddenly paying homage to Cappie.

Lyttle is taking shots without a brace, but Shenise Johnson was doing the same last year but ended up never playing. 🤔



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shontay33 wrote:
R Williams would be a good pick up. It will give them another scoring option. Or the Mercury can wait to see if any teams release any vets during training camp.

I don't have all the numbers, but this is a vet-laden squad. I doubt you can afford a pick-up like that under the cap.



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PostPosted: 04/26/19 1:35 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

Shades wrote:
Mercury mystery announcement today.
Doesn’t this look kinda like an outline of Penny?





In other news, Cunningham is headed to PHX.


Looks like Coach Graf to me Laughing Laughing



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PostPosted: 04/26/19 2:27 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

Penny Taylor it is.
https://mercury.wnba.com/news/penny-taylor-named-phoenix-mercury-assistant-coach/



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Richyyy wrote:
shontay33 wrote:
R Williams would be a good pick up. It will give them another scoring option. Or the Mercury can wait to see if any teams release any vets during training camp.

I don't have all the numbers, but this is a vet-laden squad. I doubt you can afford a pick-up like that under the cap.


They may be able to make it happen especially since it is only for the first half of the season. I would think that DT will be on the suspended list since she won't be back until after all star break. Who knows, since Williams is not signed by any teams, she may at this point decide to take the veterans minimum considering that the Mercury are considered a contender.


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PostPosted: 04/26/19 3:30 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

Shades wrote:
Penny Taylor it is.
https://mercury.wnba.com/news/penny-taylor-named-phoenix-mercury-assistant-coach/


Great to see her back with the Mercury Very Happy



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