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PostPosted: 06/17/18 12:27 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

Zandalasini has really been impressing me, especially on the defensive end where she seemed to be constantly in position and seldom beat off the dribble. She definitely has been deserving of her extended minutes on the floor.



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PostPosted: 06/17/18 8:42 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

I haven't watched the game yet, but looking at the box score, seeing just two players crack 20 minutes is pretty mind-boggling. And a team that has led the league in rebounding 4 out of the last 5 years suddenly can't rebound. Shocked

Given that Katie Smith has been with Laimbeer for a long time, both as an assistant and player, I thought the transition would be smooth like that of Indiana when they switched from Linn Dunn to Stephanie White. This idea was reinforced when Katie brought back most of the same players. But instead of striving for continuity, she has chosen to reinvent the wheel. So far, it looks like a square wheel.



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PostPosted: 06/17/18 9:35 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

Smith's rotations are confusing. Now with everyone healthy she doesn't seem to know how to use everybody.



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PostPosted: 06/17/18 10:17 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

Looks Minny got themselves a player in Ceclilia if she continues to play like she did in this gm.I even seen her make some nice dimes in a few gms.She was fun to watch yesterday.


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PostPosted: 06/17/18 10:29 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

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I haven't watched the game yet, but looking at the box score, seeing just two players crack 20 minutes is pretty mind-boggling. And a team that has led the league in rebounding 4 out of the last 5 years suddenly can't rebound. Shocked

Given that Katie Smith has been with Laimbeer for a long time, both as an assistant and player, I thought the transition would be smooth like that of Indiana when they switched from Linn Dunn to Stephanie White. This idea was reinforced when Katie brought back most of the same players. But instead of striving for continuity, she has chosen to reinvent the wheel. So far, it looks like a square wheel.


Don't bother watching. You'll only get aggravated. Stick to Old-Timer's Day and the Yankees where you stand a reasonable chance of enjoying the viewing experience. Not only did they only have 5 rebounds in the first half, but they gave up 34 points in the paint. Not in the whole game...in the first half. Pretty much the opposite of Liberty-like. Talent is a part of it but there's more going on than just the talent. If we look this lethargic with rest what's going to happen when we play 8 games in 14 days? Depth won't matter if nobody can get into a rhythm that sparks enough energy for them to play hard.



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PostPosted: 06/17/18 10:34 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

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Smith's rotations are confusing. Now with everyone healthy she doesn't seem to know how to use everybody.


That's the nicest way of saying it. It's like a rotating door and trying to see if anybody sticks...but even if they play well, out they come to try out a new piece. It kinda looked like a pre-season mess. I had the feeling, the players were thinking they didn't have long on the floor, so "let me get mine while I can". Team cohesion appears to be at an all-time low. Sad.



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PostPosted: 06/17/18 2:47 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

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Smith's rotations are confusing. Now with everyone healthy she doesn't seem to know how to use everybody.


That's the nicest way of saying it. It's like a rotating door and trying to see if anybody sticks...but even if they play well, out they come to try out a new piece. It kinda looked like a pre-season mess. I had the feeling, the players were thinking they didn't have long on the floor, so "let me get mine while I can". Team cohesion appears to be at an all-time low. Sad.


And the defense...whatever the rotations or help were supposed to be, it wasn’t there. They chose not to double Fowles early and they paid for it. So many easy baskets and good looks in general. It was embarrassing.



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PostPosted: 06/17/18 6:06 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

Seeing Indy and Vegas improving and watching Chicago be competitive against LA, there’s an argument to be made that the Libs are playing worse than anyone in the league at this moment.



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PostPosted: 06/17/18 6:38 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

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Seeing Indy and Vegas improving and watching Chicago be competitive against LA, there’s an argument to be made that the Libs are playing worse than anyone in the league at this moment.


I had the liberty finishing 10th in my predictions. Too.much relying.on.Tina.



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PostPosted: 06/17/18 6:58 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

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NYL_WNBA_FAN wrote:
Seeing Indy and Vegas improving and watching Chicago be competitive against LA, there’s an argument to be made that the Libs are playing worse than anyone in the league at this moment.


I had the liberty finishing 10th in my predictions. Too.much relying.on.Tina.


That’s not the main problem. The offense is statistically better than it was last year. That doesn’t make it good but it’s not the main problem. Giving up 44% FGs and getting outrebounded by 2+ a game is.

Actually the offense is lower than last year in points per 100 however their offense by ranking is still slightly higher. Their defense and rebounding are, on the other hand, much lower.



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NYL_WNBA_FAN wrote:
WNBA 09 wrote:
NYL_WNBA_FAN wrote:
Seeing Indy and Vegas improving and watching Chicago be competitive against LA, there’s an argument to be made that the Libs are playing worse than anyone in the league at this moment.


I had the liberty finishing 10th in my predictions. Too.much relying.on.Tina.


That’s not the main problem. The offense is statistically better than it was last year. That doesn’t make it good but it’s not the main problem. Giving up 44% FGs and getting outrebounded by 2+ a game is.

Actually the offense is lower than last year in points per 100 however their offense by ranking is still slightly higher. Their defense and rebounding are, on the other hand, much lower.


They need another star preferably a SF who can score at a consistent rate . Maybe the liberty can grab KLS or Arike Next season?



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PostPosted: 06/17/18 8:01 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

They have one already. Nurse can play SF. If Stokes isn’t up to the task then they need a post player who can protect the rim and freaking rebound. I’d welcome any talent upgrade at this point but there’s issues here that go beyond talent. You get 5 rebounds in a half on a team that’s supposed to rebound...you have problems.



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PostPosted: 06/17/18 9:09 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

So our starters for next season could potentially be Boyd-Prince-Nurse-Charles-McCowan or Brown? Our main bench players would be Zellous-Rodgers-Stokes-Zahui B? I'd prefer our second round pick to be a PG.

PG: Boyd/2nd round pick
SG: Prince/Rodgers/Hartley
SF: Nurse/Zellous
PF: Charles/Zahui B/Raincock-Ekunwe
C: Brown/Stokes
GONE: R. Allen/Vaughn/Coleman



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PostPosted: 06/17/18 9:34 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

As much as I think we need a post

and it is too early to be looking to next year

The Liberty need a star on the perimeter

my choices in order ATM
Ogunbowale (star on the court, and if their is such a thing on the Women's side the biggest name off the court, the Liberty need a little OK a lot of both qualities after this season if they are to survive and thrive).
Durr
KLS

fix the post with the 2nd round pick (Anigwe, Sheppard, Jennings or someone else who emerges or falls unexpectedly) and through Free Agency.


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PostPosted: 06/17/18 9:38 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

1. Samuelson
2. Durr
3. Ogunbowale
4. Laksa



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PostPosted: 06/17/18 10:20 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

NYL_WNBA_FAN wrote:
WNBA 09 wrote:
NYL_WNBA_FAN wrote:
Seeing Indy and Vegas improving and watching Chicago be competitive against LA, there’s an argument to be made that the Libs are playing worse than anyone in the league at this moment.


I had the liberty finishing 10th in my predictions. Too.much relying.on.Tina.


That’s not the main problem. The offense is statistically better than it was last year. That doesn’t make it good but it’s not the main problem. Giving up 44% FGs and getting outrebounded by 2+ a game is.

Actually the offense is lower than last year in points per 100 however their offense by ranking is still slightly higher. Their defense and rebounding are, on the other hand, much lower.


A team that has led the league three years in a row in rebounding and defensive FG% is now 9th and 7th respectively. All the people who predicted that the Liberty would be bad, is this how you envisioned it? Really? Whenever people say the Liberty need another star, they really mean an offensive star. No offensive star is going to fix the rebounding and defense. This is clearly a coaching problem. Whether it's mainly the rotation, the system, individual game plans -- I don't know. But if a team has all of its key players back, and age/health is not the issue, then you should at least be good in these two facets where you used to be great.



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PostPosted: 06/18/18 11:09 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

It just may be that Katie Smith -- no matter how much people like her -- is just not a very good head coach.



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It just may be that Katie Smith -- no matter how much people like her -- is just not a very good head coach.


She could get better. Lots of coaches struggle at first.



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ClayK wrote:
It just may be that Katie Smith -- no matter how much people like her -- is just not a very good head coach.



Either that, or we never realized that Laimbeer was a Phil Jackson/John Wooden/Red Auerbach level coaching superstar.


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pilight wrote:
ClayK wrote:
It just may be that Katie Smith -- no matter how much people like her -- is just not a very good head coach.


She could get better. Lots of coaches struggle at first.


And she doesnt have a lot to work with. Bill worked miracles with the talent that he had on this team. That Katie cant do the same in her first year as headcoach is not her fault.
Other teams are just better and have more talent



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root_thing wrote:
NYL_WNBA_FAN wrote:
WNBA 09 wrote:
NYL_WNBA_FAN wrote:
Seeing Indy and Vegas improving and watching Chicago be competitive against LA, there’s an argument to be made that the Libs are playing worse than anyone in the league at this moment.


I had the liberty finishing 10th in my predictions. Too.much relying.on.Tina.


That’s not the main problem. The offense is statistically better than it was last year. That doesn’t make it good but it’s not the main problem. Giving up 44% FGs and getting outrebounded by 2+ a game is.

Actually the offense is lower than last year in points per 100 however their offense by ranking is still slightly higher. Their defense and rebounding are, on the other hand, much lower.


A team that has led the league three years in a row in rebounding and defensive FG% is now 9th and 7th respectively. All the people who predicted that the Liberty would be bad, is this how you envisioned it? Really? Whenever people say the Liberty need another star, they really mean an offensive star. No offensive star is going to fix the rebounding and defense. This is clearly a coaching problem. Whether it's mainly the rotation, the system, individual game plans -- I don't know. But if a team has all of its key players back, and age/health is not the issue, then you should at least be good in these two facets where you used to be great.


I agree. That’s why the talk of the Liberty not having “the talent” isn’t the main issue. It shows the reliance they have on Kiah. It shouldn’t be that way, but it is. When she’s playing minutes healthy, the Libs defend and rebound. When she doesn’t, they’re average in those areas at best. Especially now that Vaughn is even worse than she was last year. Boyd is playing again and they’ve added Nurse and Coleman. That’s a pretty good amount of talent...at least the first two players.

I’m not pleased and not overwhelmed with optimism right now. But the WNBA with the limited training camp, short season and overseas obligations is a different animal from other sports. Teams regularly look totally different in the second half than they do in the first. Katie has struggled and so has the team. But I wouldn’t be surprised if they all figure it out and turn it around.

To your point though, I think Katie Smith has been the league’s worst coach through the first third of the season. It’s not even a case of average coaching. Things like rotations, lineups and substitutions need to be upgraded. Fast. If not, the hole they dig will be too deep to get out of.

There’s no way Bill would have stuck with this lineup for 8 games without doing something.



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NYL_WNBA_FAN wrote:
root_thing wrote:
NYL_WNBA_FAN wrote:
WNBA 09 wrote:
NYL_WNBA_FAN wrote:
Seeing Indy and Vegas improving and watching Chicago be competitive against LA, there’s an argument to be made that the Libs are playing worse than anyone in the league at this moment.


I had the liberty finishing 10th in my predictions. Too.much relying.on.Tina.


That’s not the main problem. The offense is statistically better than it was last year. That doesn’t make it good but it’s not the main problem. Giving up 44% FGs and getting outrebounded by 2+ a game is.

Actually the offense is lower than last year in points per 100 however their offense by ranking is still slightly higher. Their defense and rebounding are, on the other hand, much lower.


A team that has led the league three years in a row in rebounding and defensive FG% is now 9th and 7th respectively. All the people who predicted that the Liberty would be bad, is this how you envisioned it? Really? Whenever people say the Liberty need another star, they really mean an offensive star. No offensive star is going to fix the rebounding and defense. This is clearly a coaching problem. Whether it's mainly the rotation, the system, individual game plans -- I don't know. But if a team has all of its key players back, and age/health is not the issue, then you should at least be good in these two facets where you used to be great.


I agree. That’s why the talk of the Liberty not having “the talent” isn’t the main issue. It shows the reliance they have on Kiah. It shouldn’t be that way, but it is. When she’s playing minutes healthy, the Libs defend and rebound. When she doesn’t, they’re average in those areas at best. Especially now that Vaughn is even worse than she was last year. Boyd is playing again and they’ve added Nurse and Coleman. That’s a pretty good amount of talent...at least the first two players.

I’m not pleased and not overwhelmed with optimism right now. But the WNBA with the limited training camp, short season and overseas obligations is a different animal from other sports. Teams regularly look totally different in the second half than they do in the first. Katie has struggled and so has the team. But I wouldn’t be surprised if they all figure it out and turn it around.

To your point though, I think Katie Smith has been the league’s worst coach through the first third of the season. It’s not even a case of average coaching. Things like rotations, lineups and substitutions need to be upgraded. Fast. If not, the hole they dig will be too deep to get out of.


Id say she's well and beyond ahead of Drop Dead So far this season . So worst coach is kind of a stretch .



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Your coach didn’t put Christmas at the 4 spot up 2 with Jones and Chiney on the floor together in the fourth quarter. It (Coleman replacing Kia) in that situation was the worst coaching decision I’ve seen in years. That lineup cost us 2 games we should have won. And if we’re 5-4 we aren’t having this conversation. I think we’d be hard-pressed to find a coaching decision elsewhere directly responsible for two losses.

And I rarely criticize coaches.



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WNBA09 - are you are such a homer that you want Fred Williams to be declared the "worst coach?"


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WNBA09 - are you are such a homer that you want Fred Williams to be declared the "worst coach?"


You are absolutely correct Laughing Laughing Were 5-4 but should easily be 7-2 due to coaching. The NY Loss was terrible were obviously the better team and should not have given that game away in the fashion we did neither should we in this last one again PHX. Only losses i felt we did not have a chance would be the 1st against PHX and the Minny game.



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