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PostPosted: 09/12/14 9:36 pm    ::: Phoenix Mercury 2015 Reply Reply with quote




Where do we go from here?



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PostPosted: 09/12/14 9:43 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

Back to there.



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PostPosted: 09/12/14 9:49 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

SCook wrote:
Back to there.


sounds like a plan Laughing



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PostPosted: 09/12/14 10:11 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

PhoenixxLily wrote:
SCook wrote:
Back to there.


sounds like a plan Laughing

sounds amazing but in reality that is just so phucking hard to do. Very Happy but they have very good chance to repeat as champions of the world. hoping that won't be the case tho.



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PostPosted: 09/12/14 10:34 pm    ::: Re: Phoenix Mercury 2015 Reply Reply with quote

PhoenixxLily wrote:

Where do we go from here?


- Stay healthy
- Keep the fight and fire alive and well
- Keep working to improve on D
- Rebounding! Rebounding! Rebounding!
- Have BG continue working with her 1 on 1 coach
- Be prepared for a dog fight next year.


I don't think any drastic changes need to be made to the roster, but they do need everyone to put in work to improve on the little things.


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PostPosted: 09/12/14 10:43 pm    ::: Re: Phoenix Mercury 2015 Reply Reply with quote

Brinx wrote:
PhoenixxLily wrote:

Where do we go from here?


- Stay healthy
- Keep the fight and fire alive and well
- Keep working to improve on D
- Rebounding! Rebounding! Rebounding!
- Have BG continue working with her 1 on 1 coach
- Be prepared for a dog fight next year.


I don't think any drastic changes need to be made to the roster, but they do need everyone to put in work to improve on the little things.


The key for Phoenix is to stay healthy. Bad health can derail the best plans in the world for sports teams. So give me the truth Phoenix fans. Taylor was held together this season with tape, rubber bands, and spit?



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PostPosted: 09/12/14 10:47 pm    ::: Re: Phoenix Mercury 2015 Reply Reply with quote

Brinx wrote:
PhoenixxLily wrote:

Where do we go from here?


- Stay healthy
- Keep the fight and fire alive and well
- Keep working to improve on D
- Rebounding! Rebounding! Rebounding!
- Have BG continue working with her 1 on 1 coach
- Be prepared for a dog fight next year.


I don't think any drastic changes need to be made to the roster, but they do need everyone to put in work to improve on the little things.


Agreed. BG in year 3 should be amazing. Health is the biggest. Especially Penny, DT, and BG. Rebounding is another. BG in year 3 should be averaging atleast 10. The defense will improve and it needs to improve. Another thing is the bench. Kobryn has to get better conditioned, Anete needs more experience.



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PostPosted: 09/12/14 10:48 pm    ::: Re: Phoenix Mercury 2015 Reply Reply with quote

Rock Hard wrote:
Brinx wrote:
PhoenixxLily wrote:

Where do we go from here?


- Stay healthy
- Keep the fight and fire alive and well
- Keep working to improve on D
- Rebounding! Rebounding! Rebounding!
- Have BG continue working with her 1 on 1 coach
- Be prepared for a dog fight next year.


I don't think any drastic changes need to be made to the roster, but they do need everyone to put in work to improve on the little things.


The key for Phoenix is to stay healthy. Bad health can derail the best plans in the world for sports teams. So give me the truth Phoenix fans. Taylor was held together this season with tape, rubber bands, and spit?


It's possible she was.



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PostPosted: 09/12/14 10:52 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

there really isn't much off season tinkering that needs to be done. unless you want to add 1 or 2 to the bench. Bias and AJZ are expendable. everyone else provided spark when needed... Kobryn came through tonight. i feel like maybe we can't rag on Bias too much because she got drafted to a really stacked team all the way down player 7... everyone was healthy and if there was foul trouble there were several people ready to go ahead of her. she just didn't have an opportunity. she showed moments like maybe she could potentially contribute but she has got to work on not fouling. honestly i think that's the main reason she didn't get more playing time even in garbage minutes. so, you can keep Bias and try again with her or let her go... but then you'd have to fill her spot with someone.

I would love for Jasmine James to come back. she really showed moxy and was helpful and improving in that Finals run last year. injury was the only thing keeping her off the roster this year. Bias or AJZ could potentially be cut, but it isn't super necessary, and that would make room for James. although one would argue, why mess with a solid team that has proven they can take it all?



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PostPosted: 09/12/14 11:25 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

Step One:
Tank time. DT takes a few trips to the dentist. Penny take the year off. BG takes the season to pursue a career in long boarding. Dupree spends next season trying to find her hair. Bonner is rewarded for her unselfishness by getting her role of 2012 back.

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Acquire Stewart or Loyd

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Take back the championship in 2016
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PostPosted: 09/13/14 12:08 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

It seems like Bonner is back in the good graces of the PX family but if she still on the trade block from last season I'll offer you (a healthy) Carson and Cash for Bonner.

Also If I'm PX i'd sign Mitchell in a heartbeat, she'll have court time with Phillips and Taylor in a month or so, and is going to offer PX more than Bias ever will.


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PostPosted: 09/13/14 12:23 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

J-Spoon wrote:
It seems like Bonner is back in the good graces of the PX family but if she still on the trade block from last season I'll offer you (a healthy) Carson and Cash for Bonner.

Also If I'm PX i'd sign Mitchell in a heartbeat, she'll have court time with Phillips and Taylor in a month or so, and is going to offer PX more than Bias ever will.


we're not trying to create a WNBL team here but thanks any way Wink

and Bonner has always been good with the Phoenix family. she's just that one cousin we love to death but like to pick on Laughing



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PostPosted: 09/13/14 12:37 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

PhoenixxLily wrote:
J-Spoon wrote:
It seems like Bonner is back in the good graces of the PX family but if she still on the trade block from last season I'll offer you (a healthy) Carson and Cash for Bonner.

Also If I'm PX i'd sign Mitchell in a heartbeat, she'll have court time with Phillips and Taylor in a month or so, and is going to offer PX more than Bias ever will.


we're not trying to create a WNBL team here but thanks any way Wink

and Bonner has always been good with the Phoenix family. she's just that one cousin we love to death but like to pick on Laughing


That was funny, I don't do emoticons but if I did two laughy face for two funny lines.

Also congratulations on a great season in PX, and to all the PX fans, well deserved!


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PostPosted: 09/13/14 10:30 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

PhoenixxLily wrote:
there really isn't much off season tinkering that needs to be done. unless you want to add 1 or 2 to the bench. Bias and AJZ are expendable. everyone else provided spark when needed... Kobryn came through tonight. i feel like maybe we can't rag on Bias too much because she got drafted to a really stacked team all the way down player 7... everyone was healthy and if there was foul trouble there were several people ready to go ahead of her. she just didn't have an opportunity. she showed moments like maybe she could potentially contribute but she has got to work on not fouling. honestly i think that's the main reason she didn't get more playing time even in garbage minutes. so, you can keep Bias and try again with her or let her go... but then you'd have to fill her spot with someone.

I would love for Jasmine James to come back. she really showed moxy and was helpful and improving in that Finals run last year. injury was the only thing keeping her off the roster this year. Bias or AJZ could potentially be cut, but it isn't super necessary, and that would make room for James. although one would argue, why mess with a solid team that has proven they can take it all?


This!!!!!! I think James gets a chance in camp and if Bias and Anete ( who I feel is pretty good) have gotten better, that we take all 3.

Also, Anete has been inconsistent. Her ability to hit 3's when ON is 😮



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PostPosted: 09/13/14 12:28 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

The biggest thing is stay healthy. It's not often talked about, but is the other thing that put the Mercury ahead of other teams this season: Their core five players only missed a combined 2 out of 170 games. They are unlikely to have that kind of health luck two seasons in a row.


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PUmatty wrote:
The biggest thing is stay healthy. It's not often talked about, but is the other thing that put the Mercury ahead of other teams this season: Their core five players only missed a combined 2 out of 170 games. They are unlikely to have that kind of health luck two seasons in a row.


That ties in with being an older team. Older players get hurt more often and take longer to recover than younger players.



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Mercury need to capitalize on the talent they have next season because Penny will only go down from here and Diana isn't getting any younger. Britney will soon take the reigns of the Mercury in the next two years or so from Diana. Lynx and Mercury are both lineups consisting of aging vets and a few young stars. Diana, Penny, Seimone and Janel won't be playing those kind of minutes in the coming years.


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PUmatty wrote:
The biggest thing is stay healthy. It's not often talked about, but is the other thing that put the Mercury ahead of other teams this season: Their core five players only missed a combined 2 out of 170 games. They are unlikely to have that kind of health luck two seasons in a row.

Yeah, first off they'll try to bring the whole core back (not a certainty yet, due to free agency). Then there's some work to be done on the bench, which was a bit ropey at times this year (although a vast improvement on last season), and involved Euros who might be less inclined to show up next year due to EuroBasket Women.

You have to keep working on that second layer of the team to protect against the likely possibility of not being as healthy next year. And ideally to develop replacements for when the older players call it quits entirely.



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Rock Hard wrote:
. So give me the truth Phoenix fans. Taylor was held together this season with tape, rubber bands, and spit?


Nope. Tim Tams and Love!
and really good eyeliner Wink



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caune wrote:
Rock Hard wrote:
. So give me the truth Phoenix fans. Taylor was held together this season with tape, rubber bands, and spit?


Nope. Tim Tams and Love!
and really good eyeliner Wink


don't forget the ponytail... it provided traction Laughing



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PostPosted: 09/13/14 2:29 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

Will update and provide links as time allows.

Brondello...

http://www.wnba.com/mercury/news/mercury_brondello_131113.html


Taurasi...just signed an extension, expect it was a 3 year deal

http://www.wnba.com/mercury/news/taurasi_extension_140808.html

http://espn.go.com/wnba/story/_/id/11329923/diana-taurasi-phoenix-mercury-signs-multiyear-contract-extension

Dupree...just signed an extension, IIRC, her mother said it was a 3 year deal

http://www.wnba.com/mercury/news/mercury_dupree_140817.html

http://lovewomensbasketball.com/2014/08/17/phoenix-mercury-re-signs-forward-candice-dupree/

Taylor...will play in PHX as long as she remain healthy and productive
Griner...will enter 3rd year , with 4th year option on rookie contract
Bonner, IIRC, signed an extension last year

http://www.wnba.com/mercury/news/bonner_signed_130411.html

http://www.kpho.com/story/21949878/phoenix-mercury-re-signs-dewanna-bonner-to-multi-year-deal

Phillips...

http://www.wnba.com/mercury/news/erin_phillips_140311.html


http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/2014/03/11/indiana-fever-trade-erin-phillips-for-1st-round-pick/6305439/

Bass...signed a two year deal to come to PHX per her mom


http://www.wnba.com/mercury/news/mistie_bass_140320.html

AJZ...
Kobryn...

.http://www.wnba.com/mercury/news/kobryn_jekabsone_140415.html

Bias...

Perhaps loses spot to a returning Jasmine James?



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Troxel...

http://www.wnba.com/mercury/news/mercury_rising_blog.html



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PostPosted: 09/15/14 12:24 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

so the Mercury took over Kobryn's rights from Seattle so that means she finishes the contract she had with them? what's that another year at most, maybe? or just for the season we just finished?



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Forgot that we drafted Talbot...Aussie PG.

http://lovewomensbasketball.com/2014/04/15/phoenix-mercury-drafts-australian-forward-stephanie-talbot-33rd/



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http://espn.go.com/wnba/story/_/id/11522205/phoenix-mercury-championship-run-ranks-best-teams-wnba-history?ex_cid=2014_social_ESPNWTDFY14_FacebookM_aqsn

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"If we can keep that first five healthy and together, then we have a good chance," Brondello said of winning again in 2015. "But Minnesota's going to get better, Tulsa's going to get better -- a lot of teams will improve. And now we have the big 'X' on our back as the champion.



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