22 December 2010
...and Maya Moore
The WNBA released their 2011 schedule, and I'm amused. Why? Because Minnesota (a team that didn't make the playoffs last year) has the honor of playing in the first game of the year (against L.A.) and is one of several teams playing on the last day of the regular season. In addition, their August 2nd game against Phoenix is listed as one of the "key television match-ups". What's funny is the way the WNBA website writes about these games:
"The WNBA will tip off its 15th season on Friday, June 3, with the Minnesota Lynx visiting the Los Angeles Sparks, highlighted by the return of All-Star Candace Parker."
"In a battle of All-Star duos, the Minnesota Lynx, led by Lindsay Whalen and Seimone Augustus, host the Mercury with Diana Taurasi and Candice Dupree on Tuesday, Aug. 2."
Maya Moore -- the star of UConn, the best college player in the country right now, and the only college student on Team USA -- will graduate this spring, and immediately be drafted into the WNBA. Minnesota has first pick and -- barring some strange insanity -- will pick her.
So, what the WNBA press release is really saying is this:
The WNBA will tip off its 15th season on Friday, June 3, with the Minnesota Lynx visiting the Los Angeles Sparks, highlighted by the return of All-Star Candace Parker and the WNBA debut of three-time Wade Trophy Winner* Maya Moore.
In a battle of All-Star duos, the Minnesota Lynx, led by Lindsay Whalen and Seimone Augustus and Maya Moore, host the Mercury with Diana Taurasi and Candice Dupree on Tuesday, Aug. 2.
*She's only won it twice, but pundits seem to think she'll win it again. No one has won three times, by the way.
"The WNBA will tip off its 15th season on Friday, June 3, with the Minnesota Lynx visiting the Los Angeles Sparks, highlighted by the return of All-Star Candace Parker."
"In a battle of All-Star duos, the Minnesota Lynx, led by Lindsay Whalen and Seimone Augustus, host the Mercury with Diana Taurasi and Candice Dupree on Tuesday, Aug. 2."
Maya Moore -- the star of UConn, the best college player in the country right now, and the only college student on Team USA -- will graduate this spring, and immediately be drafted into the WNBA. Minnesota has first pick and -- barring some strange insanity -- will pick her.
So, what the WNBA press release is really saying is this:
The WNBA will tip off its 15th season on Friday, June 3, with the Minnesota Lynx visiting the Los Angeles Sparks, highlighted by the return of All-Star Candace Parker and the WNBA debut of three-time Wade Trophy Winner* Maya Moore.
In a battle of All-Star duos, the Minnesota Lynx, led by Lindsay Whalen and Seimone Augustus and Maya Moore, host the Mercury with Diana Taurasi and Candice Dupree on Tuesday, Aug. 2.
*She's only won it twice, but pundits seem to think she'll win it again. No one has won three times, by the way.
Labels: UConn basketball, WNBA
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