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Milks26
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ChiSky54
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| WNBA coaches act like score differential effects their performance review. Chicago wins by 32 and Lexi Brown only got 3 minutes. Looking at the roster Chicago has Evans as the only other non-starting guard if Quigley and Copper start as happened in this game. Or Evans and Quigley when Copper starts at the two.
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| Posted: 08/29/21 8:02 pm ::: |
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| If they could get any scoring from the small forward, they'd be competing for top 4. |
DeShields is averaging 11 points a game in 28.1 minutes. When she isn't at small forward it is Copper who is averaging over 14 points a game.
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| Posted: 08/29/21 8:27 pm ::: |
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| Candace Parker showing the Seattle Olympians, and I am living for it.
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| Posted: 08/29/21 9:43 pm ::: |
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| Katie Lou finally not starting. How much does one player have to suck before they get pulled? |
Is she suffering from post-Covid? Her shot is WAY off. |
You might want to get your obsession with her checked out. The amount of energy you spend bitching about her is alarming. |
If Geno was still at USA, he would have taken Katie Lou. #OurGirlsDeserve ALLTheMedals Swin really, truly should give that medal to Rebbekah Brunson. That flat out STUNK. |
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| Posted: 08/29/21 10:27 pm ::: |
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| PUmatty wrote: |
| Candace Parker showing the Seattle Olympians, and I am living for it. |
THIS!
When Parker's ON, she's the best player in the world.
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ChicagoAnnie
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| Posted: 08/29/21 10:46 pm ::: |
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Chicago is 12-3 when Candace Parker plays at least 17 minutes, 1-9 when she doesn't. It's not hard to see who their difference maker is.
Seattle is 13-8 since Noelle Quinn took over as head coach. She's still learning the job. |
And she inherited a team chock full of Olympians - now exhausted after Tokyo. New mom Breanna could not possibly keep up the pace in the Olympics. |
I was teasing during the Oly that Seattle's GM should have been blowing up Staley's phone. Stewie and Bird, in particular didn't need carry heavy minutes in those prelims, for sure.
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| Posted: 08/29/21 10:52 pm ::: |
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| ChicagoAnnie wrote: |
| readyAIMfire53 wrote: |
| pilight wrote: |
Chicago is 12-3 when Candace Parker plays at least 17 minutes, 1-9 when she doesn't. It's not hard to see who their difference maker is.
Seattle is 13-8 since Noelle Quinn took over as head coach. She's still learning the job. |
And she inherited a team chock full of Olympians - now exhausted after Tokyo. New mom Breanna could not possibly keep up the pace in the Olympics. |
I was teasing during the Oly that Seattle's GM should have been blowing up Staley's phone. Stewie and Bird, in particular didn't need carry heavy minutes in those prelims, for sure. |
If Seattle does not make it to the finals this season because of the fatigue suffered by their Olympians will this give a reason for some teams to discourage their star players from playing in the Olympics?🤔
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| Posted: 08/29/21 11:14 pm ::: |
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| Iluvacc wrote: |
| PUmatty wrote: |
| Candace Parker showing the Seattle Olympians, and I am living for it. |
THIS!
When Parker's ON, she's the best player in the world. |
She just doesn't recover fast anymore after outburst like this. I'm anticipating she will not have her legs in PHx on Tues. If I were her coach, she'd be on the Tim Duncan plan at this stage of her career, start some, rest some.
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| Posted: 08/29/21 11:27 pm ::: |
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| Why’d it take so long to get Azura playing alongside Parker like this? Azura’s injury in the bubble was clearly the end of their hope of doing anything in the postseason, so we know she positively affects games. IIRC, she owned Aja in one of the last games she played last season in a Sky victory. It seems to be a pattern with her tho. Geno coulda won another championship had he played her more in Arike’s semifinal win over UConn. Idiot Agler coulda used her in Dallas at least some. Now Wade takes 7/8 of the season to figure out that he should start Parker And Azura together and let them play.
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| Posted: 08/29/21 11:31 pm ::: |
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| When Diamond played more minutes she at least sometimes looked for teammates. Now when she gets the ball, it's not going anywhere except toward the basket, even if a teammate is wide open. |
Myrtle, you’re by far one of my faves on this board, and your observations are usually very astute, but Diamond ended with 16 points on 10 shots, had 4 assists and led the team in +/-. I’d say she did what she was supposed to. Hope she keeps doing exactly that.
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Looked at the stats - amazing!
We made so many shots we normally would have missed; kept turnovers in the single digits. Could have gotten to the line more. Even went after O-boards!
Seems we manage to make a subpar player look like a superstar, or folks who have played inconsistently step up, in far too many games. This time it was Jordin Canada, who people have been dogging out much of the season. I hope she's okay.
I always hold my breath when Diamond is wide open - she misses way too many bunnies and shots! So glad she had a decent game this time. Azurá managed to find her shot tonight. Quigley didn't have hers, but fortunately others made up for it. Every Sky player - even Hebard, who somehow didn't score - was in the plus, and every Storm player was in the minus.
Ndour-Fall was out with inflammation - Wade said that in the pre-game.
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| Posted: 08/30/21 3:37 am ::: |
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| Its time to rest Loyd (and maybe Bird and Stewie) next game. The Storm look uninterested. Their body language is bad. Some of these turnovers look like they never played on the same team together before. Chemistry is off. No sense of urgency.
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| Posted: 08/30/21 7:02 am ::: |
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If Seattle does not make it to the finals this season because of the fatigue suffered by their Olympians will this give a reason for some teams to discourage their star players from playing in the Olympics?🤔 |
It is perhaps worth noting that no team has won a WNBA championship in an Olympic year with more than one member of Team USA on their roster
2016 Sparks had none
2012 Fever had only Catchings
2008 Shock had only Katie Smith
2004 Storm had only Bird
2000 Comets had only Swoopes
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| Posted: 08/30/21 7:41 am ::: |
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| Their body language is bad. Some of these turnovers look like they never played on the same team together before. Chemistry is off. No sense of urgency. |
Sounds like the Sky most of this year...
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| Posted: 08/30/21 8:20 am ::: |
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I must be the only person that thinks Seattle was already vastly exceeding expectations prior to the break. It’s just finally catching up to them as other teams are getting locked in.
They start Katie Lou and Russell. Top 3 was already a stretch goal. |
Why would anyone expect the defending champs with four returning starters to finish in the top three?
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| Posted: 08/30/21 8:38 am ::: |
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If Seattle does not make it to the finals this season because of the fatigue suffered by their Olympians will this give a reason for some teams to discourage their star players from playing in the Olympics?🤔 |
It is perhaps worth noting that no team has won a WNBA championship in an Olympic year with more than one member of Team USA on their roster
2016 Sparks had none
2012 Fever had only Catchings
2008 Shock had only Katie Smith
2004 Storm had only Bird
2000 Comets had only Swoopes |
The forecast doesn't look good for the Storm.
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| Posted: 08/30/21 8:53 am ::: |
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I must be the only person that thinks Seattle was already vastly exceeding expectations prior to the break. It’s just finally catching up to them as other teams are getting locked in.
They start Katie Lou and Russell. Top 3 was already a stretch goal. |
Why would anyone expect the defending champs with four returning starters to finish in the top three? |
Three returning starters. They lost starters Clark and Howard.
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| Posted: 08/30/21 8:55 am ::: |
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I must be the only person that thinks Seattle was already vastly exceeding expectations prior to the break. It’s just finally catching up to them as other teams are getting locked in.
They start Katie Lou and Russell. Top 3 was already a stretch goal. |
Why would anyone expect the defending champs with four returning starters to finish in the top three? |
Three returning starters. They lost starters Clark and Howard. |
That's still two more than the Aces have
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| Posted: 08/30/21 9:55 am ::: |
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| If Seattle does not make it to the finals this season because of the fatigue suffered by their Olympians will this give a reason for some teams to discourage their star players from playing in the Olympics?🤔 |
Except that WNBA players tend to have a different attitude towards playing for their national teams than their male counterparts. And, if GMs try to tell WNBA players to sit out the Olympics, for the sake of their club teams, the players are more likely to sit out the WNBA season, instead.
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| Posted: 08/30/21 9:59 am ::: |
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| She just doesn't recover fast anymore after outburst like this. I'm anticipating she will not have her legs in PHx on Tues. |
If this is true, then Chicago is in for a rough week.
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| Posted: 08/30/21 10:14 am ::: |
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I must be the only person that thinks Seattle was already vastly exceeding expectations prior to the break. It’s just finally catching up to them as other teams are getting locked in.
They start Katie Lou and Russell. Top 3 was already a stretch goal. |
Why would anyone expect the defending champs with four returning starters to finish in the top three? |
Three returning starters. They lost starters Clark and Howard. |
That's still two more than the Aces have |
Had to look that up:
Angel McCoughtry -> Jackie Young
Lindsay Allen -> Chelsea Gray
Carolyn Swords -> Liz Cambage
Kayla McBride -> Riquna Williams
This is the first year 2017 #1 pick Kelsey Plum has been healthy and has not been primarily a starter.
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| Posted: 08/30/21 10:44 am ::: |
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| When Diamond played more minutes she at least sometimes looked for teammates. Now when she gets the ball, it's not going anywhere except toward the basket, even if a teammate is wide open. |
Myrtle, you’re by far one of my faves on this board, and your observations are usually very astute, but Diamond ended with 16 points on 10 shots, had 4 assists and led the team in +/-. I’d say she did what she was supposed to. Hope she keeps doing exactly that. |
yeah, Diamond is an enigma to me. She can be really good. However, when I made that statement she had just made two unsuccessful drives to the basket against multiple defenders while ignoring open nearby teammates. I've had the impression recently that she's trying too hard because she's been getting fewer minutes and her shot has been off. But yes, she was darn good in this game. If she performed like this every game, I certainly wouldn't complain if I were a Sky fan.
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And have we swept the 2020 champions? 
