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Genero36
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| Congratulations to the Seattle Storm organization, players and their fans for their third crown. They were the best team from beginning to end.
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| Posted: 09/12/18 9:53 pm ::: |
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| Honestly, this championship was decided on August 7th |
LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK! |
What happened on August 7th? |
That's when Angel McCoughtry got hurt |
Sancho Lyttle has something she’d like to say about that...
Congrats to Seattle. Incredible season by them. So..so..happy for Sue Bird. I will be surprised if this team isn’t better next year. |
The main ingredient that determines playoff hopes and championships: injuries.
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| Posted: 09/12/18 9:55 pm ::: |
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| Genero36 wrote: |
| Congratulations to the Seattle Storm organization, players and their fans for their third crown. They were the best team from beginning to end. |
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Silky Johnson
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| Posted: 09/12/18 10:04 pm ::: |
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| Stop hating/trolling. This is not the time to be a sore loser |
Stop hating? Why don't you cut off both of my hands, and tell me to learn how to write with my feet, while you're at it?
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Shades
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| Posted: 09/12/18 10:19 pm ::: |
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| Howard is not comfortable doing the post game presser |
She should consider returning to the Lynx, where she wouldn’t have to worry about being in the spotlight.
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zune69
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| Posted: 09/13/18 2:28 am ::: |
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Congratulations to the Seattle Storm.
Stewart and Howard were magnificent on both sides of the ball. Bird is the best team leader and clutch shot maker in the league. Clark really stepped her game up this postseason. She played great defense, rebounded the basketball and hit some timely shots. Playing overseas with Beard had a positive impact on Clark's overall game......I said Seattle would not win a Championship with Loyd being their 2nd best player, and I was right...Loyd was the 5th best Seattle player during the playoffs...But to be fair, Loyd was great in gm 1,and in the 2nd half of gm 2....And great job by Coach Hughes.
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| Posted: 09/13/18 6:15 am ::: |
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| Seattle was a joy to watch. The Mystics really played much better than anyone expected this year and should be proud.
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| Posted: 09/13/18 7:46 am ::: |
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| Seattle was the better team, nice job
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ClayK
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| Posted: 09/13/18 9:13 am ::: |
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The best team is often the healthiest team ...
Seattle qualifies on both counts -- and I always like it when the best team over the course of the season validates that achievement by winning the playoffs.
Sure, things could have gone differently if Lyttle/McCoughtry/EDD hadn't been hurt, but all Seattle could do was play well and win games -- and the Storm did just that.
Congrats to Dan Hughes, though many say Sue Bird coached the team. He's a nice guy and credit should be given.
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Silky Johnson
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| Posted: 09/13/18 10:28 am ::: |
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| Congrats to Dan Hughes, though many say Sue Bird coached the team. He's a nice guy and credit should be given. |
On one hand, I'm more likely to give credit to the Compiler than I am to Dan Hughes; not impressed by his coaching in particular.
On the other hand, I would have guessed that anybody could have coached a healthy Seattle team, at least to the Finals, except that Jenny Boucek pretty much proved that wrong last year, unless you think that Howard is so much better than Tokashki that just that one switch is the difference between first-round-and-out and champion.
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| Posted: 09/13/18 10:37 am ::: |
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Force10rulz
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| Posted: 09/13/18 2:22 pm ::: |
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| Sue was asked if invited to the White House would she go, she said “no, but they probably wouldn’t get invited anyway, so it works out” 😂
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| Posted: 09/13/18 4:21 pm ::: |
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Thinking about how injuries have affected the teams this year...
If it wasn't for an injury to Crystal Langhorne early in the season and her having to miss those (4?5?) games, then Howard doesn't start later in season...
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BoredyMcbored
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| Posted: 09/13/18 6:29 pm ::: |
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| Silky Johnson wrote: |
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| Congrats to Dan Hughes, though many say Sue Bird coached the team. He's a nice guy and credit should be given. |
On one hand, I'm more likely to give credit to the Compiler than I am to Dan Hughes; not impressed by his coaching in particular.
On the other hand, I would have guessed that anybody could have coached a healthy Seattle team, at least to the Finals, except that Jenny Boucek pretty much proved that wrong last year, unless you think that Howard is so much better than Tokashki that just that one switch is the difference between first-round-and-out and champion. |
I mean, Howard kinda is that big of a difference, well at least for Seattle. Tok always had tons of potential but was never great defensively, got into her own head a ton so was inconsistent offensively, and jesus, was she timid on the boards. I loved her as a player and her mid range shot was wet, but Howard filled two of Seattle's biggest holes. A good rebounder and a long body to help on D. Even better, Howard has better range than both Tok and Lang, allowing more spacing. More spacing on a team that was already big on three's is only more dangerous.
On top of that, having another playmaker in Jordin Canada was pretty huge too. Seattle needed someone to manage the bench and find a way to score in the even that KML or Sammi aren't making shots. Not to mention her defensive capabilities.
The Storm GM really did a great job of building this team. I could see it happening from the time I started watching the W (hence the fandom) as the loaded up on athletic smart passers that could shoot 3s. I just didn't imagine the rebuild would be this smooth and fast. Good on her.
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| Posted: 09/14/18 1:31 pm ::: |
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| I'm so happy for Seattle! Awesome team ball! They may indeed have the best fan base in the league. It was beautiful to watch people from every walk of life up and passionately cheering during their playoff home games! So great to be reminded of how much the sport is truly loved and to see that the love for it is growing! Everyone won't love it, but so many of us do!
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