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Michelle89
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Luuuc #NATC
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Posted: 04/09/12 7:41 am ::: |
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I am glad too.
Time to return to our long standing tradition of foreign centers.
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toad455
Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 22474 Location: NJ
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Posted: 04/09/12 11:21 am ::: |
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she should make the final roster. glad to see her return to the WNBA.
PG: Prahalis/Riley
SG: Hornbuckle/Gray-Lawson
SF: Taurasi/Houston
PF: Bonner/Sanford
C: Dupree/Tamane
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ucdt3
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Posted: 04/09/12 11:26 am ::: |
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bballfan2005
Joined: 22 Aug 2005 Posts: 25315 Location: Somewhere here and there
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mb1
Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 4691 Location: Scottsdale,AZ,USA
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Posted: 04/09/12 12:16 pm ::: |
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It is a training camp contract...I give it more than a yawn...in fact I say well done, good signing!
Worst case...we have a tall center in training camp.
Best case...we have a tall center getting bench minutes.
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mb1
Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 4691 Location: Scottsdale,AZ,USA
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Posted: 04/09/12 12:24 pm ::: |
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toad455 wrote: |
she should make the final roster. glad to see her return to the WNBA.
PG: Prahalis/Riley
SG: Hornbuckle/Gray-Lawson
SF: Taurasi/Houston
PF: Bonner/Sanford
C: Dupree/Tamane |
Mine looks like this:
PG: Riley/Prahalis?/Gray-Lawson
SG: Taurasi/Hornbuckle
SF: Houston/Taylor (IR)
PF: Dupree/Bonner
C: Sanford,Thomas,Tamane
With Taylor being injured, the signing of Houston becomes an even more brilliant move.
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Shades
Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 63772
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Posted: 04/09/12 1:02 pm ::: |
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toad455 wrote: |
she should make the final roster. glad to see her return to the WNBA.
PG: Prahalis/Riley
SG: Hornbuckle/Gray-Lawson
SF: Taurasi/Houston
PF: Bonner/Sanford
C: Dupree/Tamane |
PG: Hornbuckle/Prahalis/Riley
SG: Taurasi/Gray-Lawson
SF: Bonner/Houston
PF: Dupree/Thomas
C: Sanford/Tamane
Taylor (suspended)
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mavcarter #NATC
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Posted: 04/09/12 1:38 pm ::: |
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Since when is Houston a SF?_________________
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bballfan2005
Joined: 22 Aug 2005 Posts: 25315 Location: Somewhere here and there
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Posted: 04/09/12 1:45 pm ::: |
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mavcarter wrote: |
Since when is Houston a SF? |
Yeah, I wonder where that's coming from.
PG Riley/Prahalis
G Taurasi or Hornbuckle/Gray-Lawson
G/F Hornbuckle or Taurasi/Taylor (IR)
F Bonner/Houston
F Dupree/C Sanford/C Tamane
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myrtle
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Posted: 04/09/12 2:02 pm ::: |
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Well Dupree is not a 5 either...I suspect they play Bonner at the 3 a lot this year.
So closer to Shades but I agree Houston won't play the 3...at least much.
PG by committee
Taurasi
Bonner
DuPree/Houston
Sanford/Tamane
and fighting with SASS for #4 in the West.
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braveniler58
Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 10537 Location: Arizona
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Shades
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Posted: 04/09/12 2:30 pm ::: |
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Since when is Houston a SF? |
Mostly a matter of aesthetics. I didn't want to have 3 players in both the center and PG positions and leave Bonner alone in the SF. There's a lot of flexibility here. I think Taurasi would take most of the minutes at SF when Bonner is out.
Houston did have a goal of losing 20 pounds during the offseason (inspired by Augustus?). Not sure I was seeing that happen in the picture from February, but maybe it's happening. I have witnessed Anosike, Brunson and Houston on the floor at the same time, so the notion of playing Houston as a backup SF isn't all that outrageous.
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bullsky
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Posted: 04/09/12 2:43 pm ::: |
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Zane should make this roster. Good signing by the Mercury, she's improved considerably since her last WNBA stint.
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Richyyy
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Posted: 04/09/12 3:08 pm ::: |
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Defensively, if they're in that 'rover' zone, the 3 and 4 are exactly the same anyway. And if they're playing man, she can be equally awful defending 3s as 4s.
One of the good things about Phoenix's roster is the flexibility. They've got a lot of players that can jump positions, and even their system makes things a bit more fluid as well.
Tamane's certainly worth giving another shot. I still think she's thoroughly mediocre, but that's certainly better than she was the last time she tried the WNBA. |
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nsw43
Joined: 20 Aug 2010 Posts: 1065 Location: Falls Church, VA
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Posted: 04/09/12 3:10 pm ::: |
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If Penny is under contract, she counts for one of the roster spots, so the Merc will only have 10 active players this year. It's a bite.
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Michelle89
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bullsky
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bballfan2005
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Posted: 04/10/12 7:51 pm ::: |
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bullsky wrote: |
Why doesn't Phoenix just sign Babkina? |
Do they want Dikeoulakos, too?
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StevenHW
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bullsky
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J-Spoon
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Posted: 04/11/12 1:12 am ::: |
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maybe
Hornbuckle/Prahalis
Taurasi/Riley/Gray-Lawson
Bonner/(Taurasi)
Dupree/Houston
Sanford/Tamane/Thomas
and if Prahalis is drafted before #6
Hornbuckle/Riley
Taurasi/Hayes/Gray-Lawson
Bonner/(Taurasi)
Dupree/Houston
Sanford/Tamane/Thomas
Depending on who becomes available PX might pick up a wing or PG off the waiver wire. Is Riley really a PG or is she an undersized SG?
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Michelle89
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Posted: 04/11/12 1:20 am ::: |
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Riley is a chucker SG in a body of a PG
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ClayK
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Posted: 04/11/12 9:37 am ::: |
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If that's all the Mercury have ...
Career A/TO:
Gray-Lawson -- 35/21, 1.7
Hornbuckle -- 230/178, 1.3
Riley -- 87/91, .95
I think Hornbuckle is the best choice, given their careers, but maybe G-L can take a big step forward in year two, or Riley can harness her undeniable physical abilities and run an offense rather than look for a shot.
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colt13
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Posted: 04/11/12 6:00 pm ::: |
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Luuuc wrote: |
I am glad too.
Time to return to our long standing tradition of foreign centers. |
Askamp, Stepanova, Griffiths....
Then again i'm biased as one of my screensavers is of Zane holding an '06 Shock jersey.
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