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Randy
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Posted: 06/30/21 10:03 am ::: |
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Kind of odd a pro sports is needed to get a gaming license - seems like a way make the sport more sleazy. $66 M is the headline number - there may be a lot of details in the fine print on this deal.....
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SCook
Joined: 09 Oct 2013 Posts: 3254 Location: New Jersey
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johnjohnW
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Posted: 07/07/21 7:27 pm ::: |
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Since every Mercury game thread turns into a demand for Brondello's head, I ask;
Who would you want to replace her? Who could tap BG's potential and raise the team to their talent level?
Neither of my picks are remotely plausible but I'd love to see Lambert coach Griner and DT.
I'd also love to see the return for Cheryl Miller!
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sportsfan48
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Speebs56
Joined: 19 Aug 2015 Posts: 228 Location: Orange county, CA
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Posted: 07/20/21 1:09 pm ::: |
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I must have missed something along the way, but can anyone clarify for me whether the facility where Merc play was previously Talking Stick? Or is this a completely different facility (Suns Arena, now Footprint Center)?
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Richyyy
Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 24402 Location: London
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Posted: 07/20/21 1:13 pm ::: |
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Speebs56 wrote: |
I must have missed something along the way, but can anyone clarify for me whether the facility where Merc play was previously Talking Stick? Or is this a completely different facility (Suns Arena, now Footprint Center)?
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All the same place. |
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Speebs56
Joined: 19 Aug 2015 Posts: 228 Location: Orange county, CA
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Posted: 07/20/21 4:13 pm ::: |
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Richyyy wrote: |
Speebs56 wrote: |
I must have missed something along the way, but can anyone clarify for me whether the facility where Merc play was previously Talking Stick? Or is this a completely different facility (Suns Arena, now Footprint Center)?
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All the same place. |
Thanks!!
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mercfan3
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CamrnCrz1974
Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Posts: 18371 Location: Phoenix
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Posted: 07/21/21 11:00 am ::: |
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johnjohnW wrote: |
Neither of my picks are remotely plausible but I'd love to see Lambert coach Griner and DT.
I'd also love to see the return for Cheryl Miller! |
Assuming you mean Laimbeer?
Miller was a great motivator, but not a great Xs and Os tactician.
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mercfan3
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hyperetic
Joined: 11 Oct 2005 Posts: 5407 Location: Fayetteville
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Posted: 07/22/21 3:56 pm ::: |
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mercfan3 wrote: |
Yes, I knew that looked wrong.
Btw: despite the loss, the men’s team has a special player in Booker. I hope people appreciate the craziness what he did in his first playoffs. |
I feel for him. He's probably smarting pretty bad. On top of that, he will be in USA basketball camp with two of the guys that beat him. SMDH...
Wild idea, don't shoot me... If Geno could be convinced to give it a shot, what about him? |
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Michelle89
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CamrnCrz1974
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Posted: 09/01/21 8:57 am ::: |
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In seven games since returning from the Olympic break, Skylar Diggins-Smith is averaging 19.6 points and 5.7 assists per game, while shooting 58.8 percent from the floor, 60.0 percent from three, and 82.4 percent from the free throw line.
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mercfan
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Posted: 09/01/21 10:53 am ::: |
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CamrnCrz1974 wrote: |
In seven games since returning from the Olympic break, Skylar Diggins-Smith is averaging 19.6 points and 5.7 assists per game, while shooting 58.8 percent from the floor, 60.0 percent from three, and 82.4 percent from the free throw line. |
It's hard to believe that she couldn't get any court time in Tokyo. She has been by far the best guard in the world over the last month.
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hyperetic
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Posted: 09/01/21 1:11 pm ::: |
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It's hard to believe that she couldn't get any court time in Tokyo. She has been by far the best guard in the world over the last month. |
I second that. What makes it even worse, to me, is that they pulled the same crap on her the last Olympics. |
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WNBA 09
Joined: 26 Jun 2009 Posts: 12579 Location: Dallas , Texas
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Posted: 09/01/21 4:52 pm ::: |
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hyperetic wrote: |
mercfan wrote: |
It's hard to believe that she couldn't get any court time in Tokyo. She has been by far the best guard in the world over the last month. |
I second that. What makes it even worse, to me, is that they pulled the same crap on her the last Olympics. |
To be fair when she did get any burn during the olympics she played like a deer in the headlights. Post Olympic Skylar was not the same player for team USA.
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mercfan
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Posted: 09/01/21 7:40 pm ::: |
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WNBA 09 wrote: |
hyperetic wrote: |
mercfan wrote: |
It's hard to believe that she couldn't get any court time in Tokyo. She has been by far the best guard in the world over the last month. |
I second that. What makes it even worse, to me, is that they pulled the same crap on her the last Olympics. |
To be fair when she did get any burn during the olympics she played like a deer in the headlights. Post Olympic Skylar was not the same player for team USA. |
I think when you enter the game with 1:12 left, it's easy to look out of place or unfocused.
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Luuuc #NATC
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Posted: 09/01/21 8:31 pm ::: |
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WNBA 09 wrote: |
hyperetic wrote: |
mercfan wrote: |
It's hard to believe that she couldn't get any court time in Tokyo. She has been by far the best guard in the world over the last month. |
I second that. What makes it even worse, to me, is that they pulled the same crap on her the last Olympics. |
To be fair when she did get any burn during the olympics she played like a deer in the headlights. |
I thought so too.
And she wasn't alone.
Something wasn't quite right with Team USA's whole team culture right from the get go IMO. But as individuals they had such an advantage over every other country that it didn't matter.
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Michelle89
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Posted: 09/02/21 2:47 am ::: |
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Her numbers were also pretty great before the Olympics too but that gets lost because the Mercury were losing more then they do now.
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hyperetic
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Posted: 09/02/21 8:46 am ::: |
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mercfan wrote: |
WNBA 09 wrote: |
To be fair when she did get any burn during the olympics she played like a deer in the headlights. Post Olympic Skylar was not the same player for team USA. |
I think when you enter the game with 1:12 left, it's easy to look out of place or unfocused. |
Yep. I agree. Her body was cooled down to a certain degree sitting on the bench that long, no matter what methods they used to stay prepared. |
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mercfan3
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Posted: 09/02/21 4:11 pm ::: |
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Luuuc wrote: |
WNBA 09 wrote: |
hyperetic wrote: |
mercfan wrote: |
It's hard to believe that she couldn't get any court time in Tokyo. She has been by far the best guard in the world over the last month. |
I second that. What makes it even worse, to me, is that they pulled the same crap on her the last Olympics. |
To be fair when she did get any burn during the olympics she played like a deer in the headlights. |
I thought so too.
And she wasn't alone.
Something wasn't quite right with Team USA's whole team culture right from the get go IMO. But as individuals they had such an advantage over every other country that it didn't matter. |
Dawn's instant "I'm not coming back" suggests the same.
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pilight
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Richyyy
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Posted: 09/02/21 11:29 pm ::: |
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Was it even public that Taylor's pregnant again? If not, Architectural Digest breaking the news is crazy. |
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Michelle89
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Posted: 09/03/21 5:01 am ::: |
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Richyyy wrote: |
Was it even public that Taylor's pregnant again? If not, Architectural Digest breaking the news is crazy. |
Yeah it was mentioned in another article somewhere a couple weeks ago
_________________ "Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson were and are the dynamic duo. They're the one-two punch. They're all the clich�s possible to describe people that perfectly complement each other, who make each other better and also bring out the best in the team." �Karen Bryant
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myrtle
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Posted: 09/03/21 10:56 am ::: |
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Michelle89 wrote: |
Richyyy wrote: |
Was it even public that Taylor's pregnant again? If not, Architectural Digest breaking the news is crazy. |
Yeah it was mentioned in another article somewhere a couple weeks ago |
nice article.
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