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PostPosted: 09/05/11 4:25 am    ::: Chicago Sky 2012 Reply Reply with quote
RFA's: Sylvia Fowles, Tamera Young, Eshaya Murphy
UFA's: Dominique Canty, Cathrine Kraayeveld, Michelle Snow, Erin Thorn

Looks like Pokey Chatman will have some serious re-evaluating to do as she'll have only four players (Prince, Vandersloot, Wisdom-Hylton, Swords) under contract going in the off-season. Re-signing Fowles should be a no-brainer, but after that...
They currently own first (lottery) and third round picks in the 2012 draft.
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PostPosted: 09/05/11 9:34 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
they should be able to get a SF in the draft(Shenise Johnson??). Keep Fowles(of course) and either Young or Murphy. Kraayeveld will be on the first flight to Seattle. The rest of their UFAs are a toss up. Do they resign the rest?? Their bench needs the biggest overall. Swords has shown some promise, but LWH was a bust for Chicago.

PG: Vandersloot/Canty or Thorn
SG: Prince/???
SF: SJohnson/Young or Murphy
PF: Snow/???
C: Fowles/Swords



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PostPosted: 09/05/11 9:40 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Snow was so horrible this year that I'd let her go just to clear the air. She doesn't take well to coming off the bench and she's demonstrated clearly that she's no longer starter quality.



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PostPosted: 09/05/11 10:38 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
If they dont sign Murphy i hope the Storm make room to sign her to come off the bench as the 8th player or so.

I think she was a great pickup for the Sky this season
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PostPosted: 09/05/11 10:49 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
We need, in order:

Power Forward
Power Forward
Power Forward
Power Forward
backup cener
Power Forward
Power Forward



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PostPosted: 09/05/11 11:20 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Hhmmm, Big Bad Syl would look very nice playing alongside Candace in LaLa land. Wink



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PostPosted: 09/05/11 11:49 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
idchafee wrote:
We need, in order:

Power Forward
Power Forward
Power Forward
Power Forward
backup cener
Power Forward
Power Forward


And I would stick several Small Forward, Small Forward, Small Forward's in there too. Tamera Young is NOT a starting small forward!

IDK about Snow. It's true that she has an attitude issue because she thinks she is a starter and will sulk at anything else....but you have to find something better before you really want to dump her. At any rate, as a UFA she will have choices and my guess is she will be gone. Kraay is almost certainly gone. [In fact I wondered if she would even bother to get back on the plane after the last game of the year - which is in Seattle]
And as I put in my dissertation in the other thread, I really, really think this team would be better off letting Canty disappear into the sunset. Thorn is interesting - she has shown herself valuable, in fact so much so that you may have to compete for her services, so I think it will be a matter of how much you want to pay her? I would sign and trade Tamara Young but I'm guessing Pokey will keep her, so Sky fans, prepare for another frustrating year next year from that position.
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PostPosted: 09/05/11 12:06 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
FA PFs that may be available

S. Irvin
J. Moore
T. Smith
S. Ely
L. Pringle
K. Braxton
C. Houston
N. Sanford

not sure about all of these
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PostPosted: 09/05/11 12:09 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
How about a new coach?



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PostPosted: 09/05/11 12:15 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
From Arya's list, Charde is certainly interesting. Also, as mentioned elsewhere JMAC may not be a FA, but certainly available. And Cheryl Ford. I would definitely go for Cheryl Ford.
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PostPosted: 09/05/11 12:42 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
would be happy to trade JMac's rights if we can get something good from the Sky



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PostPosted: 09/05/11 1:21 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Everyone thinks that Shenise Johnson will be a good small forward in the WNBA. I just do not see that. She is a great player and I would love for the Sky to draft her. She is a big point guard. She plays the point guard position for Miami. She looks like a female Jason Kidd because she is big enough to rebound with the big women and fast enough to lead the fast break. She is also an excellent three point shooter. I love Shenise Johnson! I just would not classify her as a small forward. Smile



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PostPosted: 09/05/11 1:45 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Lib Fan wrote:
How about a new coach?


The team was bad when she got them and she needs time to develop a good team. Give her a chance already.
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PostPosted: 09/05/11 2:11 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
bballgrl wrote:
Lib Fan wrote:
How about a new coach?


The team was bad when she got them and she needs time to develop a good team. Give her a chance already.


Agreed, though not so much on the "bad" part. Slipping into Lake Michigan w/o a raft, maybe. Laughing



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PostPosted: 09/05/11 2:32 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
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would be happy to trade JMac's rights if we can get something good from the Sky

I agree but can a suspended player be traded?
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PostPosted: 09/05/11 2:59 pm    ::: Re: Chicago Sky 2012 Reply Reply with quote
JohnyK wrote:
RFA's: Sylvia Fowles, Tamera Young, Eshaya Murphy
UFA's: Dominique Canty, Cathrine Kraayeveld, Michelle Snow, Erin Thorn

Looks like Pokey Chatman will have some serious re-evaluating to do as she'll have only four players (Prince, Vandersloot, Wisdom-Hylton, Swords) under contract going in the off-season. Re-signing Fowles should be a no-brainer, but after that...
They currently own first (lottery) and third round picks in the 2012 draft.


I think Fowles will stay because her former coach is coaching the team (Chapman). If Chapman wasn't around, I'd bet money that Fowles would leave to another team ala Dupree. They should resign Young, Murphy, Thorn and Canty. Kraayeveld should have been let go after last season. Michelle Snow was good in San Antonio and should have stayed there. I wonder if Chicago will bring back Shameka Christon? No other team has signed her off of waivers. I believe she'll end up being resigned to Chicago in the off season. Wisdom-Hylton should go bye bye asap, and Swords, I thought she'd be better than she has been this season.

I don't really seeing Chicago making the playoffs even next year either. I mean, Indiana, Connecticut, New York and Atlanta are just a lot better than Chicago, and I don't think that will change next season unless a marquee player on one or two of those teams gets injured for a good majority of the season. I already have my 2012 playoffs set with Washington and Chicago out again just like this year. Chicago really needs someone like N Ogwumike as their starting power forward in the draft if they can't pick up a good PF through trades or free agency. But Ogwumike won't be around by the time Chicago picks.
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PostPosted: 09/05/11 3:00 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Chip wrote:
Lib Fan wrote:
would be happy to trade JMac's rights if we can get something good from the Sky

I agree but can a suspended player be traded?


I don't think McCarville is the answer to Chicago's problems. I don't think she's even all that great.
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PostPosted: 09/05/11 3:16 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
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I don't think McCarville is the answer to Chicago's problems. I don't think she's even all that great


McGarville played with Fowles under Chapman at Spartak moscow in 2009-2010 so that would be an interesting move
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PostPosted: 09/05/11 4:08 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Sorry, Martini Man and Michelle, but I'm lol'ing at "Chapman", "McGarville". It's not like any one of those names are on the level of Bibrzycka or Ujhelyi to forget how they're spelled. Very Happy
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PostPosted: 09/05/11 4:19 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
JohnyK wrote:
Sorry, Martini Man and Michelle, but I'm lol'ing at "Chapman", "McGarville". It's not like any one of those names are on the level of Bibrzycka or Ujhelyi to forget how they're spelled. Very Happy


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PostPosted: 09/05/11 11:43 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
jap wrote:
Hhmmm, Big Bad Syl would look very nice playing alongside Candace in LaLa land. Wink


Laughing Laughing If it was up to Jap, LA would be an all-star team and the rest of us would have NUTHIN! Gotta love your team loyalty, Jap.



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PostPosted: 09/06/11 9:57 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Chicago did not make the playoffs this season but the season would have had a different outcome if Shameka Christon did not get hurt. She would have helped the Sky win at least four more games and that would have put the Sky in the middle of the playoff race. It would be great if the Sky can resign her and pick up a few other free agent veterens to make the Sky a bona fide playoff contender! Smile



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PostPosted: 09/06/11 10:09 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Rock Hard wrote:
Chicago did not make the playoffs this season but the season would have had a different outcome if Shameka Christon did not get hurt. She would have helped the Sky win at least four more games and that would have put the Sky in the middle of the playoff race. It would be great if the Sky can resign her and pick up a few other free agent veterens to make the Sky a bona fide playoff contender! Smile


You're thinking of the Christon that played in New York in 2009. Christon that came off the injury that made her miss most of the 2010 season wouldn't help you win anything. I would even say that Tamera Young is a better player than the Christon that got canned by Nadezhda Orenburg in Russia for bad play in the spring before Russian league playoffs.
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PostPosted: 09/06/11 11:07 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Michelle89 wrote:
JohnyK wrote:
Sorry, Martini Man and Michelle, but I'm lol'ing at "Chapman", "McGarville". It's not like any one of those names are on the level of Bibrzycka or Ujhelyi to forget how they're spelled. Very Happy


Haha i was in a hurry Laughing Embarassed Laughing


I wasn't in a hurry, but I had a tube of 'chap'stick sitting beside my keyboard. I guess it gave me a subliminal advertising message to promote chapstick on rebkell.
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PostPosted: 09/06/11 10:38 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
JohnyK wrote:
Rock Hard wrote:
Chicago did not make the playoffs this season but the season would have had a different outcome if Shameka Christon did not get hurt. She would have helped the Sky win at least four more games and that would have put the Sky in the middle of the playoff race. It would be great if the Sky can resign her and pick up a few other free agent veterens to make the Sky a bona fide playoff contender! Smile


You're thinking of the Christon that played in New York in 2009. Christon that came off the injury that made her miss most of the 2010 season wouldn't help you win anything. I would even say that Tamera Young is a better player than the Christon that got canned by Nadezhda Orenburg in Russia for bad play in the spring before Russian league playoffs.


I'm not supersticious (sp), but if I'm Shameka Christon I get as far away from Chicago as possible, bad mojo, maybe LA.
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