23 January 2012
Free Agency Round-Up
Over at WNBAlien, Richard Cohen has done an in-depth analysis of each team's free agency picture. He starts by defining all the terms, for those of us still confused about "reserved" and "cored", and not sure of the difference between an unrestricted and a restricted free agent.
Here's the important one: Seattle Storm:
"Unrestricted Free Agents: Sue Bird, Katie Smith, Belinda Snell, Tanisha Wright
It’s a good thing that Storm fans have grown to trust head coach/GM Brian Agler, or that would be a pretty damn scary list. With Lauren Jackson missing for the first half of the 2012 season training with Australia for the Olympics, and having traded away both Swin Cash and Le’coe Willingham at the start of this month, now every guard worth anything from last year’s roster is an unrestricted free agent."
Other items of interest:
Phoenix Mercury: "The most obvious hole is at the point [guard position], because none of [Ketia] Swanier, [Andrea] Riley or [Alexis] Gray-Lawson are likely to be the answer. Sue Bird would be the first choice by a mile, but Seattle would’ve cored her if they’d felt there was any chance that she would leave.
Atlanta Dream: "Tanisha Wright would be a great fit as well, but Seattle likely wouldn’t have allowed her to become a true unrestricted free agent unless they were certain she was staying in Storm green."
Connecticut Sun: "[If they wanted to get a new guard] Sue Bird would be the obvious Holy Grail for a team just down the road from UConn, but it’s very hard to see her leaving Seattle."
Here's the important one: Seattle Storm:
"Unrestricted Free Agents: Sue Bird, Katie Smith, Belinda Snell, Tanisha Wright
It’s a good thing that Storm fans have grown to trust head coach/GM Brian Agler, or that would be a pretty damn scary list. With Lauren Jackson missing for the first half of the 2012 season training with Australia for the Olympics, and having traded away both Swin Cash and Le’coe Willingham at the start of this month, now every guard worth anything from last year’s roster is an unrestricted free agent."
Other items of interest:
Phoenix Mercury: "The most obvious hole is at the point [guard position], because none of [Ketia] Swanier, [Andrea] Riley or [Alexis] Gray-Lawson are likely to be the answer. Sue Bird would be the first choice by a mile, but Seattle would’ve cored her if they’d felt there was any chance that she would leave.
Atlanta Dream: "Tanisha Wright would be a great fit as well, but Seattle likely wouldn’t have allowed her to become a true unrestricted free agent unless they were certain she was staying in Storm green."
Connecticut Sun: "[If they wanted to get a new guard] Sue Bird would be the obvious Holy Grail for a team just down the road from UConn, but it’s very hard to see her leaving Seattle."
Labels: Seattle Storm
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