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| Moore is considering taking the summer off, like many players before her have |
Is that a guess or do you have something solid to go on?
She hasn’t played since August. That’s already a bunch of time off with over more 4 months until the season. Hmm....
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| Posted: 01/17/19 2:30 pm ::: |
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| Moore is considering taking the summer off, like many players before her have |
Is that a guess or do you have something solid to go on?
She hasn’t played since August. That’s already a bunch of time off with over more 4 months until the season. Hmm.... |
The rumor has been going around since at least Thanksgiving
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| Posted: 01/17/19 2:36 pm ::: |
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| pilight wrote: |
| Moore is considering taking the summer off, like many players before her have |
Is that a guess or do you have something solid to go on?
She hasn’t played since August. That’s already a bunch of time off with over more 4 months until the season. Hmm.... |
The rumor has been going around since at least Thanksgiving |
Okay, show me the rumor because I’m pretty sure nobody is saying this to your face.
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| Posted: 01/17/19 3:01 pm ::: |
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https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2019/01/14/ap-sources-moore-charles-given-franchise-tags/
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NEW YORK (AP) — Maya Moore and Tina Charles aren’t going anywhere.
Two people familiar with the deals told The Associated Press that the former UConn teammates were given the franchise tag by Minnesota and New York for the upcoming WNBA season.
It’s no real surprise that the perennial All-Stars won’t hit the free-agent market. |
OOPS!
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I'm thrilled about any idea of Maya Moore never playing for the Lynx again, as why should she waste her career in Minnesota when Reeve made it clear last year she doesn't think Maya is anything special/doesn't want the Lynx to win again as shown last offseason by her instead of keeping/having as much talent as possible around Maya so the Lynx can continue to win with her with the other core players aging/nearing retirement, making the classic tank/long-rebuild moves of letting top players (Montgomery, Howard), go to teams where they win titles, as favors, for little/no compensation?
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I'm thrilled, as why should Maya Moore waste her career in Minnesota when Reeve made it clear last year she doesn't think Maya is anything special/doesn't want the Lynx to win again as shown last offseason by her instead of keeping/having as much talent as possible around Maya so the Lynx can continue to win with her with the other core players aging/nearing retirement, making the classic tank/long-rebuild moves of letting top players (Montgomery, Howard), go to teams where they win titles, as favors, for little/no compensation? |
Are you on drugs because you ranting about the lynx makes no sense
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| Posted: 01/17/19 3:44 pm ::: |
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| Are you on drugs because you ranting about the lynx makes no sense |
You must be on drugs, because the idea of intentionally making a team worse by having a team of as many old, washed up mediocre vets, as possible, instead of star-caliber players (and routing one of those star-caliber players to a team with an MVP-caliber superstar for basically no compensation so they can win more titles than your own team) never made any sense.
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| Posted: 01/17/19 3:47 pm ::: |
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This is not just a whim that cropped in the last week
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| Posted: 01/17/19 4:00 pm ::: |
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| Are you on drugs because you ranting about the lynx makes no sense |
You must be on drugs, because the idea of intentionally making a team worse by having a team of as many old, washed up mediocre vets, as possible, instead of star-caliber players (and routing one of those star-caliber players to a team with an MVP-caliber superstar for basically no compensation so they can win more titles than your own team) never made any sense. |
I think you should seek counseling because this erratic posts are not good
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| Posted: 01/17/19 4:10 pm ::: |
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This is not just a whim that cropped in the last week |
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| Posted: 01/17/19 4:16 pm ::: |
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That is one scary tweet ...
It makes sense for Moore to take some time off, and it makes sense for her to take it off during the WNBA season, which will allow her to collect the larger European salary.
You have to wonder, though, if this is partially a negotiating ploy to get out from under the core-player restrictions, which are extremely biased against the player. Maybe she plays this summer but can be a UFA next year?
Lots could be happening, or she could just be tired ...
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| Posted: 01/17/19 4:22 pm ::: |
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That is one scary tweet ...
It makes sense for Moore to take some time off, and it makes sense for her to take it off during the WNBA season, which will allow her to collect the larger European salary.
You have to wonder, though, if this is partially a negotiating ploy to get out from under the core-player restrictions, which are extremely biased against the player. Maybe she plays this summer but can be a UFA next year?
Lots could be happening, or she could just be tired ... |
Just to note:
a) She didn't play overseas this offseason. It's not like she was raking in the cash overseas recently and decided the WNBA wasnt worth it.
b) There's every chance that the core designation is removed in the next CBA, or at least significantly rewritten. Which would mean it'd be one year because after that it wouldn't exist.
And I'm with pilight - this isn't springing up out of thin air. It was just a matter of when it was going to start leaking into the press. Funny thing is, I'm not sure anyone had paid much attention to the initial report until the Lynx put out their press release. Not convinced that was the best way to handle this, but I guess they wanted to get out in front of it as much as they could. |
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| Posted: 01/17/19 5:20 pm ::: |
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| I find it odd she'd want to retire. Sit out the season, sure. Then go play overseas in 2019-2020 and return to the WNBA in 2020 under a new CBA, get the max deal and basically pick who she wants to play for.
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| Posted: 01/17/19 5:27 pm ::: |
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| if Moore sits out, Lynx are instantly a lottery team. I wouldn't be surprised if Augustus and/or Brunson announce they're retiring. Fowles then gets stuck playing with a bunch or scrap players.
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| Posted: 01/17/19 5:46 pm ::: |
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| I find it odd she'd want to retire. Sit out the season, sure. Then go play overseas in 2019-2020 and return to the WNBA in 2020 under a new CBA, get the max deal and basically pick who she wants to play for. |
She doesn't want to play without a whole squad of All Stars.
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| Posted: 01/17/19 5:48 pm ::: |
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| Might be Maya pulling her best Version of Sylvia Fowles , Tina Charles and EDD demandings of a trade here ...keep a close eye guys !
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| Posted: 01/17/19 6:09 pm ::: |
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| Wonder where Maya would want to go? Vegas? Connecticut? Atlanta? Seattle?
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| Posted: 01/17/19 6:10 pm ::: |
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| Wonder where Maya would want to go? Vegas? Connecticut? Atlanta? Seattle? |
She does have a house in Atlanta
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| Posted: 01/17/19 6:15 pm ::: |
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| Wonder where Maya would want to go? Vegas? Connecticut? Atlanta? Seattle? |
She does have a house in Atlanta |
Moore to Atlanta for #11 pick, Hayes, Williams & their 2020 first rounder?
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| Posted: 01/17/19 6:53 pm ::: |
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| Wonder where Maya would want to go? Vegas? Connecticut? Atlanta? Seattle? |
She does have a house in Atlanta |
Moore to Atlanta for #11 pick, Hayes, Williams & their 2020 first rounder? |
You're not getting anything close to that kind of haul for a player asking out, even when it's Maya. Look at what teams have gotten in similar recent moves. Dolson, Copper and a pick in a shitty draft for Delle Donne. A pick and some scrubs for Fowles. And that was for players where the word 'retire' hadn't been mentioned in the rumours... |
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