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J-Spoon
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Richards at 11 Heal at 18 or vice versa
I don't think Westbrook lasts until 11 (I could se PX at 6 or Dallas at 7 taking a chance on Westbrook, and I don't think LA passes on her at 10) swap her in if she does for either player above, if Seattle could get Westbrook at 11 and Richards at 18 would be pretty cool.
How much money is left over for Whitcomb?
if you pay 215K for Howard Bird gives slight discount 190K and Clark gets on board for say 165K
(maybe a little insulting to Clark but as has been pointed out an unlike Howard who will have other suitors at super max are there other teams out there that are going to pay Clark more than 165K as everyone seems to have shrinking cap space, and would she even want to go somewhere else for maybe 10k more?)
Bird/Canada/Heal
Loyd/Whitcomb
Clark/Richards
Howard/Magbegor
Stewart/Russell
is that enough coverage in the post?
can you sometimes go Small with some Bird at the 2 and Loyd at the 3?
Does this work otherwise and keep in championship contention?
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Stormeo
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| Posted: 12/25/20 3:06 am ::: |
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Bird/Canada/Heal
Loyd/Whitcomb
Clark/Richards
Howard/Magbegor
Stewart/Russell |
To be clear, Heal likely wouldn't show up until 2022 (we forced Laksa to be a deferral pick even though she wanted to show up this past season, so I don't see why we wouldn't do the same with a younger Heal).
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is that enough coverage in the post?
can you sometimes go Small with some Bird at the 2 and Loyd at the 3?
Does this work otherwise and keep in championship contention? |
With an 11-player roster, only one position can really have 'depth' to it. Either PG or one of the post positions makes sense. And yes, we have actually already played Canada, Bird, and Loyd altogether several instances before. A third PG on the roster would make sense even if Bird has a completely healthy season.
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| How much money is left over for Whitcomb? |
No more than 80k-85k, it seems. She might accept that if she really wants to stay with the Storm, but if a GM out there really does offer her upwards of $150k, she'd be foolish to refuse it – she now has a baby to take care of, after all. 
Anyways, it's all so tricky. Say we bring back Bird, Clark, and Howard this season. We're probably still the #1 team in the League in 2021 by doing that alone; any move that follows would be gravy. But after 2021, Loyd, Canada, and Russell will all need new contracts. If you sign players for too much this season, there may not be enough to allocate funds to those players the season afterward. Will Bird retire after 2021? Nobody knows, but it obviously becomes harder on our payroll situation if she stays beyond 2021 – especially knowing that she won't be better than she is now. I hope we've been doing some long-term planning and not just short-term. That's why I wouldn't be too devastated to see Howard get traded. It's like, do we go all in on repeating in 2021 and perhaps damage our window of contention beyond that? Or do we try to risk getting crafty now with move-making in the hopes that it sets us up for continued success down the line? While it's a fortunate fork in the road to come across, it still isn't an easy decision for any front office to make. Obtaining success and sustaining success can be two very different art forms...
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| Posted: 12/25/20 7:15 am ::: |
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| Winning championships is not easy. You never know when you will have another opportunity. So with Bird in her final years and Loyd and Stewie in their prime years you go 100% for next season.
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Richyyy
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| Posted: 12/25/20 8:45 am ::: |
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I agree, especially with the strong chance that 2021 could be Bird's last season (assuming she even plays that). You go hard, and that includes keeping Howard even if it's a one-year rental. She's still the best defender on the best defensive team. I also still think they core her, which does raise the possibility that she just signs the core qualifying offer (1-year supermax).
Also, just to note, Laksa agreed not to show up. If someone drafts Heal and she wants to come, the team can't actually stop her. Discussions and agreements are obviously made, though. |
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| Posted: 12/25/20 12:28 pm ::: |
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| Stewie tested positive for covid just a week after going to Russia. So far no symptoms but she’s in quarantine.
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Stormeo
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| Posted: 12/26/20 2:18 pm ::: |
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Yeah, while we still have Bird, I agree that we may as well go for it all and figure the rest out later. It's up to the front office to make sure we retain our status as a contender long after Bird hangs it up. I hope they're savvy about the future, but I'm not the most optimistic (as we all know!).
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| Also, just to note, Laksa agreed not to show up. If someone drafts Heal and she wants to come, the team can't actually stop her. Discussions and agreements are obviously made, though. |
I know you've said this repeatedly, and I do accept that she clearly agreed to it, but I still find the whole process of it all dubious. As it's also been said before, she's no 19 year-old; she's older than most/all? of the 2020 draftees. Player agreement aside, the concept of Laksa being a deferral pick is just stupid. The international class was weak in 2020, but even drafting one of the low-ceiling German draftees with our 1st-rounder would've made more sense – especially since we can find SGs who shoot (missing much of the time) and really do nothing else à la Laksa in large swaths here in the States.  But anyways, that's just me being frustrated at the reality of the situation. No doubt I and others have said some iteration of this before though, so I'll curb it for now – at least until it inevitably comes up again in the spring. 
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| Stewie tested positive for covid just a week after going to Russia. So far no symptoms but she’s in quarantine. |
Ugh. Get well soon, Stewie.  Tough to not only be away from family during the holidays, but also be sick throughout the time.
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Michelle89
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| Posted: 12/26/20 5:54 pm ::: |
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| Force10rulz wrote: |
| Stewie tested positive for covid just a week after going to Russia. So far no symptoms but she’s in quarantine. |
She tested positive in november with no symthoms. She is celebrating the holidays with her gf Martha Xargay and their good friend Sonja Vasic (former Petrovic) & her husband. So no quarantine
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ucbart
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| Posted: 12/29/20 12:37 pm ::: |
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| Anyone know what Jewel Loyd is up to? Her Instagram story clearly has her in Gampel Pavillion on the UCONN campus with video of her saying "hi friends" to Sue and Stewie's cardboard cutouts that are in the seats. Anyone know why she is there? She on the DePaul staff?
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| Posted: 12/29/20 12:51 pm ::: |
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Loyd is enrolled at DePaul._________________
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| Posted: 12/29/20 2:25 pm ::: |
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| Loyd is enrolled at DePaul. |
Also a AC on the Depaul women's bbal squad !
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| Posted: 12/29/20 2:40 pm ::: |
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| mavcarter wrote: |
| Loyd is enrolled at DePaul. |
Also a AC on the Depaul women's bbal squad ! |
Cool! I hope SNY interviews her tonight about being back at Gampel.
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As WNBA free agency begins, questions loom for defending champion Storm
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WNBA free agency began Thursday night with the defending champion Storm designating Natasha Howard as a core player, which gives Seattle exclusive negotiating rights with the seven-year veteran.
The move nearly assures Howard will return for her fourth year with the Storm where she won the 2019 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year award, the 2018 WNBA Most Improved Player award and helped Seattle to a pair of titles.
However, the decision to retain Howard is also costly. She’s scheduled to earn $221,000 next season, which is nearly twice as much as her $117,000 salary in 2020. |
Unless Howard has already accepted the core-player QO (hasn't been reported that she has, afaik), I guess I wouldn't say she's 'scheduled' for it. If she already has accepted it, someone let me know. At this point, I can only hope that she re-signs for a longer-term, less-money deal. If we re-sign Howard at the supermax, I'm guessing we can pretty much kiss Clark good-bye. Maybe we can count Whitcomb back in, which wouldn't be a terrible silver lining, but we'd miss Clark more than Whitcomb.
Still, would we miss Howard more or Clark more? Most of y'all would without hesitation say Howard, and I certainly understand why. That could be right. I myself... just don't know. But we'll cross that bridge if we ever come to it. As it is, now that Clark is officially able to freely negotiate elsewhere, teams will absolutely go after her hard, if for no other reason than to make us weaker. We'll see how this all goes, but I'm not feeling optimistic about it these days...
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I wonder with them using the word scheduled, they’re just assuming the player plans on accepting the deal due to that being minimum offer to start with?
$221K is a lot to walk away from, regardless of the circumstances.._________________
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Stormeo
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| Posted: 01/16/21 6:22 pm ::: |
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| Welp, let me mind my business then. |
Lololol no big deal!! If there's anything the past 4 years (& 3 months, but who's counting) have taught me, it's to consider the author of any piece of writing I encounter, especially when anything comes across as... sus.
Ugh anyways, I wonder who's most likely to go after Clark. I think she still has a home in suburban Nashville, so she's somewhat close to Indiana & Atlanta. She's also close with Crystal Dangerfield since they knew each other being from the same area, and if Maya Moore officially retires, Clark is definitely a player Cheryl Reeve would like. And if either LA or Phoenix have the money for her, they could use her stability at the 3 position; Ditto the Sun, if Alyssa Thomas can't play/participate in this season.
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| Posted: 01/16/21 7:05 pm ::: |
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| Posted: 01/17/21 6:11 am ::: |
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| Clark is very close with the team especially Loyd and Russell. To me she seems like a player that would stay around for less money because of her teammates and a big chance for another ring. Lets hope we sign Howard for multiple years and less then the max so that Clark gets a bigger check because she deserved it
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| My guess is that Clark will stay but will want to be paid what she's worth, which is likely something approaching the max, even if it's not all the way there. Howard might want out, and if that's the case the teams usually accommodate the player's wishes. The question would then become whether they try to replace her with some combination of what they already have - Russell, Magbegor, even Langhorne and/or Tuck if cutting them is no longer necessary - or if they look for a replacement. They'd obviously also be getting something back for Howard, which could be part of the replacement. |
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I still wonder what WNBA executive even made the assumption that Whitcomb could possibly get a $150K contract..
$150K for bench player, nowhere near being in contention for 6WOY, who’s also 32 and will turn 33 in July?_________________
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| Posted: 01/19/21 10:52 pm ::: |
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I still wonder what WNBA executive even made the assumption that Whitcomb could possibly get a $150K contract..
$150K for bench player, nowhere near being in contention for 6WOY, who’s also 32 and will turn 33 in July? |
I was thinking 110-120. It's a new world in contracts. And I think she could be in contention for 6WOY on some teams. She's been a very important piece for Seattle - what I would call a steady eddie dependable player.
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