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[ripleydc]

first...Congrats to the Sun!

but, who'd a thunk it that the mystics would make a game of this one? wow, 19 pts down at one point and THEY DIDN'T QUIT!! I'm proud of my girls. they sure gave the fans at the reservation enough excitement for the ticket price.

give the mystics a year or two with a REAL coach like Richie and a REAL genl mgr like Linda, and some stability in their lineup, and they TOO could be a balanced, well-oiled machine like the Sun. playoffs or no playoffs this year, this mystics team is a CONTENDA!

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[Slovydal]

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[ThreeBall25]

Yeah, once the Mystics get a deeper bench and a real SF (Smith-Taylor would be a good backup IMO, too inconsistent) they will be a force to be reckoned with. I think Melvin compliments DMJ nicely at center.

[readyAIMfire53]

"From what I've seen of them this season (two games in person, two on TV) Mystics need a legit center more than..."

You can fill in that blank with anything. A big, tall center is THE #1 missing ingredient for the Styx now that lil bit has taken over the primary pg job. Chas would make a great power forward but does not have the height or width to compete at the top level at center. I'm not sure who can fill the spot until this year's college frosh are ready for the WNBA. Take your pick: Sylvia Fowles, Tasha Humphries, Crystal Langhorne. Two years from now we'll have Tiffany Jackson and Jessica Davenport.

Oh well...Go Styx! as far as you can this year!

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[dwalkfan22]

Haven't seen much of her because she was gone for basically the whole season but Laura Harper (F/C) is a great player as well, out in Maryland.

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[jgt727]

IMO Smith-Taylor is the only one who plays consistent defense... if she took more shots I think she would be a more consistent scorer... Beard is the TRUE inconsistent player, she gets the high number of shots and the plays called her way and she is just not consistent!!! IMO you don't need all five averaging double figures, but your money players should be consistent. Someone has to do the dirty work.

[Slovydal]

[flojojr2007]

Well, the thing about Alana is that she always plays very good defense the problem with her offensively, is that she is taking too many jump shots. Dtsnms had a chat with Alana and got down to the facts: Alana is still suffering from her ankle injuries. She said that she needs rest but obviously she can't rest just yet.
I think that this must be the reason why she isn't going to the basket. I mean last year she was much more of a slasher. I think that they still cause her pain and so maybe she thinks about it too much. I mean when she is aggressive and forgets about her ankles then she puts up big numbers, but when she doesn't get the basket and settles for jump shots then she must be thinking about her ankles and second guessing herself.
As far as CST, i think that she is okay. I mean she was big for us in the early part of the season but she began to fade away, and struggled on the defensive side. I think that it was nice to see her being aggressive and taking more shots yesterday. That is what we are going to need from her. The reason why we do need all our starters to score in double figures is basically because sometimes our bench doesn't do much especially our bigs, also because Alana can't put up 20 a night if she isn't healthy.
I think that during the offseason we need to get a deeper bench. We need a backup PG and we need more consistant bigs. Often when Temeka goes out Alana plays PG, but Alana isn't a PG. She needs to be playing the 2 where she can do her damage.

[jgt727]

I agree with most of your opinion, however I don't think there is one team in the league were their starting five averages double figures. When you think back on ALL of the better WNBA teams, championship or not they have one or two money players, hardly ever three let alone five double figure players. Alana's injuries were public, I am sure that with the physical nature of the league all player's are probably achin'. I like the team that the Mystics have put together but I also think they should mold themselves like prior successful teams, have decent players surround maybe two very good players. Every one should know and play their roles, not step over each other to be something they are not.

[flojojr2007]

I think for the most part they do know their roles. I mean Delisha talked about how when she came to Washington she wanted to make the team better but at the same time she knew that it was Alana's team. I think that if they could get more depth they could be very good. I mean they all know that it is Alana's team but they also know that Alana isn't one to be a ballhog, so they will get there shots. I mean with Alana struggling with injuries this year and she herself said that she hasn't played well during the season then the players are growing confidence know that they are playing big roles in the team winning. Right now, they are a very good team, it is just a matter of them being consistent. I think this year Coco is enjoying playing in washington and Page is showing that she is more than a one dimentional defensive expert. If they could just use there speed on Defense and play like they did in the last couple of minutes against the Sun, for an entire game then they could be a real threat.

[vanyogan]

[DLL]

http://sportspagemagazine.com/images/sun/2005/washington/

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I doubt that Palmer-Daniel is in San Antonio long term. She'll be back on the FA market after this season.

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[vanyogan]

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[vanyogan]

I don't know if they protect Johnson or not. I think it's up in the air. The truth is that with Ivani in there, the offensive system works better. They get more feeds into the post. I can't say the scoring is better but I think the "system" works better.

With Invani and a possible draft choice. It may be that Johnson isn't protected.

I don't want to say that Johnson isn't a team player, I think she has tried very hard to be a true point guard and she's plenty capable.

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[pilight]

I think Pee Wee has too much trade value to just let go. I think they keep her even if they're not going to keep her.

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