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Monday Poll time!

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[zune69]

Sykes.

[Ay Mate]

[WNBA 09]

Grays body of work speaks for itself.

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[Michelle89]

Grays FG% has dropped to 37,7% and 26,6 % from 3. Sykes is 42,6 from the field a nice 38,6% from 3. My vote would go to her right now.

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[Ay Mate]

[WNBA 09]

So because a player who did absolutely nothing the 1st 10 games starts getting hot the latter half she gets the nod over hte player who has played a steady pace since game 1 and seems to be hitting a slump for the last 3 games or so ?

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[zune69]

[WNBA 09]

Or does this have more to do with ATL needing to find there next star and dallas already having Diggins and possibly cambage next season so the feel good story of Sykes being the next big thing in a market that needs that future doll too hard to pass up ?

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[Ay Mate]

[Shades]

People voted on reflex last week and didn't looking at the numbers, and now they're flipping their vote.
http://boards.rebkell.net/viewtopic.php?t=92148&start=14

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[WNBA 09]

[Jet Jaguar]

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[PUmatty]

When was the last time, if ever, that the leading scorer didn't win ROY?

[Richyyy]

Gray may have produced more consistently over the season so far, but the overall numbers are pretty similar, illustrating how much more impressive Sykes has been lately. Combined with Skyes's percentages and advanced numbers being better, she's at least pulled level at this point (and recent performance suggests she's likely to pull ahead in upcoming games).

That said, helping Sykes out is that a lot of rookies open up explosively and then drop off as the League works them out and scout them better. Basically not playing in the early games means that the last few weeks have essentially been that explosive opening for her. Now that she'll be in the scouting report for the rest of the season, things might get more difficult. A big drop off - and for someone who does like to shoot a lot, the percentages could fall off a cliff if she goes cold - could push Gray back in front.

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[Richyyy]

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[myrtle]

I had both on college fantasy teams so watched them quite a lot. I'm actually somewhat surprised both have adapted to the W so quickly. Gray has always been steady and does what her team needs. Sykes has a lot of upside if she would remember that it is a team game and she actually has teammates, but it's hard for me to vote for her so long as it's continually all about 'me'. The game is more than statistics.

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[Richyyy]

Yeah, I've thought Sykes has flashed some nice passing vision in recent games. She's seeing on some of her drives that people are wide open on the perimeter and that might be a better option than forcing the layup. And as long as she stays pretty efficient, shooting a bunch doesn't bother me. You only become the dreaded 'volume scorer' when the percentages are crappy and you need lots of shots to get your points.

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