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lynxmania
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| I wouldn’t compare Billings and Coffey. Coffey is shorter, more of a three. Unless Coffey signed for minimum, joining ATL could be a sign that McCoughtry isn’t coming back there. I wonder where she could be headed?
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| Posted: 01/21/22 11:25 pm ::: |
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Mmm I don’t like the Coffey signing..u just signed a project with Walker who’s similar yet different.. they need a star 3/4 to mentor these two otherwise they’re making crazy decisions rn
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| Posted: 01/22/22 7:05 pm ::: |
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When has Dolson ever been a good low post player? She loves taking long distance jump shots. She has two left feet and two left hands whenever she tries to post another big close to the basket.😖
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| Posted: 01/22/22 7:27 pm ::: |
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| Rock Hard wrote: |
When has Dolson ever been a good low post player? She loves taking long distance jump shots. She has two left feet and two left hands whenever she tries to post another big close to the basket.😖 |
So we're all in agreement then, that working on her low post game is something she needed to do.
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| Posted: 01/22/22 9:15 pm ::: |
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| Stokes and Coffey not exactly the big signings I was expecting from Atl with a fistful of cap space but depending on how much they spent on Stokes and Coffey they probably still have a max or two in their pocket.
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https://twitter.com/khristina/status/1485385132022317058?s=21
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WNBA All-Star Courtney Williams is expected to finalize a deal to return to the @ConnecticutSun, sources tell @GrlsTlkSportsTV.
In 2019, Williams played an instrumental role in leading the team to the WNBA finals. |
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Assuming they give supermax to Jonquel, the most Courtney can sign for is slightly under $96k. That requires CT to fill the three remaining slots with players making the absolute minimum. Of course, everything changes if they move one of the big four frontcourt players.
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| Posted: 01/23/22 6:46 pm ::: |
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| Technically they could create slightly more than that by cutting Charles/Carrington, but realistically - so assuming they'd like to keep those two, Hiedeman and their first-round pick - they'd only have $78,472 left. Seems very unlikely CWilliams would take that, or anything close to it. Surely some other move coming. |
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Interesting.
Who got her traded from CT in the first place?
Glad she's getting another chance.
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| Posted: 01/23/22 8:16 pm ::: |
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Interesting.
Who got her traded from CT in the first place?
Glad she's getting another chance. |
Her wanting to play closer to home and being rather insistent on it. Whereupon the wubble happened, so I guess she learned the value of the old adage "be careful what you wish for".
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| Posted: 01/23/22 11:51 pm ::: |
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We're sort of at the midway point for pre-free-agency negotiations. So far for me, a couple of predicted things are happening as well as a couple of surprises:
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1. After not being cored, it looks like LVA and Liz Cambage are on course to part ways. Making the long trip to America and showing up at WNBA cities looks like a recruiting tour -- unless Liz just happens to be sightseeing or shopping for new lingerie to spice up her OnlyFans pictures.
2. With the rumored signing of Courtney Williams, it's fairly certain that CT will be trading one of their All-Star frontcourt players. That's unless CW is accepting a really, really cheap contract.
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1. The widespread interest in Stefanie Dolson. I suppose we actually don't know who initiated these meetings. Maybe it was Dolson and her agent. If a team has even mild interest in Stefanie, I suppose it makes sense to take a meeting. We don't know if she is their Plan A or Plan B or even Plan C or D. It will be interesting to see where Dolson lands and how much she gets paid.
2. I've been surprised by the radio silence regarding Tina Charles. I thought she'd be a major source of rumors during this free agency period, but so far nada.
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| Posted: 01/24/22 7:29 am ::: |
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| Has anyone heard some good rumors about potential signings?
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| I really don't want Cambage to sign with Washington. |
Totally agree.
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| I really don't want Cambage to sign with Washington. |
Totally agree. |
Yeah, but you agree because you like the Mystics. I don't want her to go to Washington, because I don't like the Mystics.
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| Posted: 01/25/22 4:19 pm ::: |
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| Cambage has such an odd reputation. Everybody says she's a great player but nobody wants her on their team.
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| Cambage has such an odd reputation. Everybody says she's a great player but nobody wants her on their team. |
I've been thinking about this.
I think the conundrum with Liz is that she's the type of player you need to build a team around and the momentum of her time in the W has never allowed a team to truly do this. She's always parachuted into existing teams like a silver bullet but hasn't always been a perfect fit.
She's a special talent and a top tier player. I think Vegas was as close as we've seen to her being a cohesive fit on a team but her 2021 issues bombed any chemistry they had with her. So she often ends up being a chaotic neutral on these teams.
Which is why it's hard to figure out which current team/roster would truly benefit from her. I think any team with her is going to be good and a playoff team but she's also not really a plug and play type player.
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| Posted: 01/25/22 5:26 pm ::: |
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| pilight wrote: |
| Cambage has such an odd reputation. Everybody says she's a great player but nobody wants her on their team. |
I've been thinking about this.
I think the conundrum with Liz is that she's the type of player you need to build a team around and the momentum of her time in the W has never allowed a team to truly do this. She's always parachuted into existing teams like a silver bullet but hasn't always been a perfect fit.
She's a special talent and a top tier player. I think Vegas was as close as we've seen to her being a cohesive fit on a team but her 2021 issues bombed any chemistry they had with her. So she often ends up being a chaotic neutral on these teams.
Which is why it's hard to figure out which current team/roster would truly benefit from her. I think any team with her is going to be good and a playoff team but she's also not really a plug and play type player. |
Plus you never know when Cambage will decide she doesn’t want to show up because the wind blew a certain way. Great talent for sure, but unreliable and indecisive.
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| Posted: 01/25/22 5:47 pm ::: |
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| Kysre Gondrezick cleared waivers. I wonder if a team with budget problems might consider adding her.
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