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basketballologist
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Posted: 06/12/18 8:42 am ::: 2018 Geographical Rosters |
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What if this was today's current WNBA????
Would it make the WNBA more exciting or less exciting?
Atlanta Dream
1. DeWanna Bonner (AL)
2. Damiris Dantas (Int.)
3. Kaela Davis (GA)
4. Diamond DeShields (GA)
5. Mackenzie Engram (GA)
6. Allisha Gray (GA)
7. Dearica Hamby (GA)
8. Kahlia Lawrence (GA)
9. Breanna Richardson (GA)
10. Angel Robinson (GA)
11. Kristy Wallace (Int.)
Charlotte Sting
1. Jessica Breland (NC)
2. Cierra Burdick (NC)
3. Maimouna Diarra (Int.)
4. Ivory Latta (SC)
5. Camille Little (NC)
6. Tiffany Mitchell (NC)
7. Cheyenne Parker (NC)
8. LaToya Sanders (NC)
9. Azura Stevens (NC)
10. A’ja Wilson (SC)
11. Tamera Young (NC)
Chicago Sky
1. Ameryst Alston (OH)
2. Jolene Anderson (WI)
3. Alex Bentley (IN)
4. Natasha Howard (OH)
5. Jantel Lavender (OH)
6. Jessica Lindstrom (WI)
7. Stephanie Mavunga (IN)
8. Astou Ndour (Int.)
9. Alexis Peterson (OH)
10. Asia Taylor (OH)
11. Kathryn Westbeld (OH)
Cleveland Rockers
1. Matee Ajavon (NJ)
2. Essence Caron (NJ)
3. Tina Charles (NY)
4. Temi Fagbenle (NJ)
5. Katelynn Flannery (NJ)
6. Saicha Grant-Allen (Int.)
7. Myisha Hines-Allen (NJ)
8. Teana Muldrow (NJ)
9. Epiphanny Prince (NY)
10. Kia Vaughn (NY)
11. Tanisha Wright (NJ)
Connecticut Sun
1. Tanaya Atkinson (CT)
2. Rebecca Brunson (MD)
3. Adut Bulgak (Int.)
4. Monique Currie (MD)
5. Tianna Hawkins (MD)
6. Bria Holmes (CT)
7. Brionna Jones (MD)
8. Jonquel Jones (MD)
9. Angel McCoughtry (MD)
10. Lanay Montgomery (MD)
11. Shatori Walker-Kimbrough (MD)
Dallas Wings
1. Tyra Buss (IL)
2. Liz Cambage (Int.)
3. Amarah Coleman (IL)
4. Cayla George (Int.)
5. Linnae Harper (IL)
6. Khaalia Hillsman (IL)
7. Candace Parker (IL)
8. Devereaux Peters (IL)
9. Leticia Romero (Int.)
10. Shakayla Thomas (AL)
11. Morgan William (AL)
Detroit Shock
1. Lisa Berkani (Int.)
2. Emma Cannon (OH)
3. Kahleah Copper (PA)
4. Natasha Cloud (PA)
5. Elena Delle Donne (DE)
6. G’mrice Davis (PA)
7. Blake Dietrick (PA)
8. Betnijah Laney (DE)
9. Maggie Lucas (PA)
10. Kayla McBride (PA)
11. Alyssa Thomas (PA)
Houston Comets
1. Evelyn Akhator (Int.)
2. Alysha Clark (TN)
3. Makayla Epps (KY)
4. Baashara Graves (TN)
5. Rebecca Greenwell (KY)
6. Alex Harden (IL)
7. Isabelle Harrison (TN)
8. Glory Johnson (TN)
9. Chelsea Nelson (TN)
10. Kiah Stokes (IA)
11. Marta Xargay (Int.)
Indiana Fever
1. Natalie Achonwa (Int.)
2. Lindsay Allen (MD)
3. Kayla Alexander (Int.)
4. Hind Ben Abdelkader (Int.)
5. Tinara Moore (MI)
6. Alexa Hart (OH)
7. Myisha Hines-Allen (NJ)
8. Kelsey Mitchell (OH)
9. Renee Montgomery (WV)
10. Aerial Powers (MI)
11. Jennie Simms (MD)
Las Vegas Aces
1. Jordan Hooper (NE)
2. Sequoia Holmes (NV)
3. Breanna Lewis (KS)
4. Chiney Ogwumike (TX)
5. Nneka Ogwumike (CA)
6. JiSu Park (Int.)
7. Kayla Pedersen (AZ)
8. Yvonne Turner (NE)
9. Sydney Wiese (AZ)
10. Chantrice White (NE)
11. Gabby Williams (NV)
Los Angeles Sparks
1. Jordin Canada (CA)
2. Layshia Clarendon (CA)
3. Ana Dabovic (Int.)
4. Jacki Gemelos (CA)
5. Reshanda Gray (CA)
6. Erica McCall (CA)
7. Shay Murphy (CA)
8. Jeanette Pohlen-Mavunga (CA)
9. Noelle Quinn (CA)
10. Julia Reisingerova (Int.)
11. Maria Vadeeva (Int.)
Miami Sol
1. Valeriane Ayayi (Int.)
2. Jamierra Faulkner (FL)
3. Sylvia Fowles (FL)
4. Tiffany Hayes (FL)
5. Rosemarie Julien (FL)
6. Erlana Larkins (FL)
7. Raigyne Louis (FL)
8. Vionise Pierre-Louis (FL)
9. Alexis Prince (FL)
10. Krystal Thomas (FL)
11. Erica Wheeler (FL)
Minnesota Lynx
1. Rachel Banham (MN)
2. Mistie Bass (WI)
3. Renee Bennett (WI)
4. Nia Coffey (MN)
5. Anna Cruz (Int.)
6. Tayler Hill (MN)
7. Jessica January (MN)
8. Endy Miyem (Int.)
9. Carlie Wagner (MN)
10. Lindsay Whalen (MN)
11. Cecilia Zandalasini (Int.)
New York Liberty
1. Rebecca Allen (Int.)
2. Sue Bird (NY)
3. Saniya Chong (NY)
4. Stefanie Dolson (NY)
5. Bria Hartley (NY)
6. Shenise Johnson (NY)
7. Kia Nurse (Int.)
8. Breanna Stewart (NY)
9. Carolyn Swords (MA)
10. Brittney Sykes (NY)
11. Amanda Zahui B. (Int.)
Orlando Miracle
1. Lexie Brown (GA)
2. Tashia Brown (GA)
3. Khadijah Cave (GA)
4. Alaina Coates (SC)
5. Candice Dupree (FL)
6. Yelena Leuchanka (Int.)
7. Maya Moore (GA)
8. Ivey Slaughter (GA)
9. Courtney Williams (GA)
10. Riquna Williams (FL)
11. Shavonte Zellous (FL)
Phoenix Mercury
1. AJ Alix (TX)
2. Ariel Atkins (TX)
3. Loryn Goodwin (TX)
4. Nikki Greene (TX)
5. Brittney Griner (TX)
6. Marie Gulich (Int.)
7. Allison Hightower (TX)
8. Moriah Jefferson (TX)
9. Alexis Jones (TX)
10. Sancho Lyttle (TX)
11. Stephanie Talbot (Int.)
Portland Fire
1. Lexi Bando (OR)
2. Jill Barta (MT)
3. Monique Billings (CA)
4. Brittany Boyd (CA)
5. Chelsea Gray (CA)
6. Kelsey Griffin (AK)
7. Ruth Hamblin (Int.)
8. Jennifer Hamson (UT)
9. Chelsea Hopkins (NV)
10. Brooke Johnson (CA)
11. Kelsey Plum (CA)
Sacramento Monarchs
1. Jillian Alleyne (CA)
2. Mikalya Cowling (CA)
3. Sandrine Gruda (Int.)
4. Ify Ibekwe (CA)
5. Imani McGee-Stafford (CA)
6. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (CA)
7. Courtney Paris (CA)
8. Danielle Robinson (CA)
9. Karlie Samuelson (CA)
10. Diana Taurasi (CA)
11. Sami Whitcomb (CA)
San Antonio Stars
1. Seimone Augustus (LA)
2. Alana Beard (LA)
3. Rachel Hollivay (MS)
4. Roshunda Johnson (AR)
5. Kolby Morgan (LA)
6. Raisa Musina (Int.)
7. Sonja Petrovic (Int.)
8. Theresa Plaisance (LA)
9. Tyler Scaife (AR)
10. Shekinna Stricklen (AR)
11. Victoria Vivians (MS)
Seattle Storm
1. Aleksandra Crvendakic (Int.)
2. Briann January (WA)
3. Brittany McPhee (WA)
4. Leilani Mitchell (WA)
5. Alex Montgomery (WA)
6. Jaime Nared (OR)
7. Leslie Robinson (OR)
8. Mercedes Russell (OR)
9. Shoni Schimmel (OR)
10. Ramu Tokashiki (Int.)
11. Courtney Vandersloot (WA)
Tulsa Twist
1. Skylar Diggins-Smith (IN)
2. Kelly Faris (IN)
3. Amber Harris (IN)
4. Kaylee Jensen (WI)
5. Jewel Loyd (IL)
6. Gabbi Ortiz (WI)
7. Cappie Pondexter (IL)
8. Allie Quigley (IL)
9. Nayo Raincock-Ekuwne (Int.)
10. Taya Reimer (IN)
11. Morgan Tuck (IL)
Utah Starzz
1. Kelsey Bone (TX)
2. Karima Christmas-Kelly (TX)
3. Sydney Colson (TX)
4. Adaora Elonu (TX)
5. Tiffany Jackson (TX)
6. Brooke McCarty (TX)
7. Jia Perkins (TX)
8. Emily Potter (Int.)
9. Odyssey Sims (TX)
10. Kayla Thornton (TX)
11. Imani Wright (TX)
Washington Mystics
1. Natalie Butler (VA)
2. Marissa Coleman (DC)
3. Jazmon Gwathmey (VA)
4. Lynetta Kizer (VA)
5. Crystal Langhorne (NY)
6. Emma Meeseeman (Int.)
7. Sugar Rodgers (VA)
8. Tierra Ruffin-Pratt (VA)
9. Jasmine Thomas (VA)
10. Kristi Toliver (VA)
11. Elizabeth Williams (VA)
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FrozenLVFan
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Posted: 06/12/18 9:00 am ::: |
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How did you assign the players? Candace Parker was born in MO, grew up in a Chicago suburb, went to college in Tenn, and is on the Dallas Wings? And why is the Sun loaded with MD players? Etc.
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Shades
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Posted: 06/12/18 9:03 am ::: |
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Is there a Tulsa, Indiana?
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toad455
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Posted: 06/12/18 9:09 am ::: |
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Da f*ck is this!?!?!
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basketballologist
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Posted: 06/12/18 9:10 am ::: |
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FrozenLVFan wrote: |
How did you assign the players? Candace Parker was born in MO, grew up in a Chicago suburb, went to college in Tenn, and is on the Dallas Wings? And why is the Sun loaded with MD players? Etc. |
I at least one international player. And I assigned the American players based on what high school they went to
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Shades
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Posted: 06/12/18 9:46 am ::: |
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Since you consider WI to be of the MIN Region, we’ll take the WI players (who don’t even have WNBA roster spots) from Tulsa. Also would like Zahui since she went to college in Minnesota.
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StevenHW
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Posted: 06/12/18 9:51 am ::: |
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basketballologist wrote: |
FrozenLVFan wrote: |
How did you assign the players? Candace Parker was born in MO, grew up in a Chicago suburb, went to college in Tenn, and is on the Dallas Wings? And why is the Sun loaded with MD players? Etc. |
I at least one international player. And I assigned the American players based on what high school they went to |
Then the Ogwumike sisters should be playing in a revived Houston Comets team, instead of Las Vegas.
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Fighting Artichoke
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Posted: 06/12/18 10:05 am ::: |
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And the Tulsa twist is all twisted! Diggins? Faris? Loyd?
Still a fun exercise and a nice effort.
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basketballologist
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Posted: 06/12/18 10:25 am ::: |
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Fighting Artichoke wrote: |
And the Tulsa twist is all twisted! Diggins? Faris? Loyd?
Still a fun exercise and a nice effort. |
Lol yeah it was very fun putting the rosters together... just did it for fun tho...
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toad455
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Posted: 06/12/18 10:27 am ::: |
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23 teams. Add in a team from Tennessee and the league could divide into four divisions
ATLANTIC
Connecticut Sun
New York Liberty
Washington Mystics
Orlando Miracle
Miami Sol
Charlotte Sting
CENTRAL
Atlanta Dream
Cleveland Rockers
Detroit Shock
Chicago Sky
Indiana Fever
Tennessee BC
MIDWEST
Minnesota Lynx
Tulsa Twisters
San Antonio Stars
Houston Comets
Dallas Wings
Utah Starzz
PACIFIC
Phoenix Mercury
Los Angeles Sparks
Las Vegas Aces
Sacramento Monarchs
Seattle Storm
Portland Fire
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Shades
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Posted: 06/12/18 10:40 am ::: |
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The term “Midwestern” has always been used to describe a northern tier of states, and yet you have 5 out of 6 teams from the south in it.
You should swap ATL and MIN and relabel them the Southern.
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toad455
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Posted: 06/12/18 11:06 am ::: |
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Shades wrote: |
The term “Midwestern” has always been used to describe a northern tier of states, and yet you have 5 out of 6 teams from the south in it.
You should swap ATL and MIN and relabel them the Southern. |
It's a pipe dream for 24 teams. Realistically, I only see the league maxing out at 20 teams even by it's 50 anniversary. We keep the current 12, add in former cities of Houston, Portland, Cleveland & Sacramento and new cities of San Francisco, Nashville, Kansas City & Boston. Liberty move to Brooklyn
ATLANTIC
Atlanta Dream
Boston
Brooklyn Liberty
Connecticut Sun
Washington Mystics
CENTRAL
Cleveland Rockers
Indiana Fever
Chicago Sky
Nashville
Minnesota Lynx
SOUTHWEST
Kansas City
Dallas Wings
Houston Comets
Las Vegas Aces
Phoenix Mercury
PACIFIC
Los Angeles Sparks
Seattle Storm
Portland Fire
Sacramento Monarchs
Golden State
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WNBA 09
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Posted: 06/12/18 11:18 am ::: |
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Diggins grew up in indiana so she would be apart of the Fever for sure.
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StevenHW
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willtalk
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Posted: 06/12/18 5:33 pm ::: |
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basketballologist wrote: |
FrozenLVFan wrote: |
How did you assign the players? Candace Parker was born in MO, grew up in a Chicago suburb, went to college in Tenn, and is on the Dallas Wings? And why is the Sun loaded with MD players? Etc. |
I at least one international player. And I assigned the American players based on what high school they went to |
I understand you have to have some leeway to make it work, but you KML who went to MD in Southern Cal in Sacamento while putting Gemelos who went to high school about 45 miles from Sac 350 miles south to the Sparks. Boyd was about 50 miles from Sac and Chelsea Gray who when to the same high school as Gemelos was also very close.. You have a lot of Southern Cal gals in Nor Cal. When they would be as close in Arizona.
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sportsfan48
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Posted: 06/13/18 12:27 pm ::: |
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Taurasi went to HS closer to Phoenix than Sacramento and closer to the Sparks than either.
But it is fun to see what it would look like if done this way.
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Posted: 06/13/18 7:46 pm ::: |
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Good thing the WNBA never adopted the "territorial pick rule" for their Draft, as the NBA did during the late-1940's until the mid-1960's. Although that never stopped some teams (most notably, the Lynx) from drafting and/or signing hometown players.
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