A (New Lynx) Star Is Born

Have no idea what to really expect from this new revamped Lynx club. I guess the outside expectations are pretty low. Makes sense. Almost the entire roster has been turned over. Maya is gone. Lindsay is gone. The Machine is gone. Fagbenle and Ceci my gal are not back til midseason sometime. The offseason moves uniformly looked great, but losing what this team lost, how could they contend?

Well, the opening win over the admittedly pretty weak Chicago Sky offered some hope.

The one thing the Lynx have not done since Maya arrived is draft an impact player. 7 years of really next to nothing from the draft. Some of those picks were dealt for veterans who helped win titles, but probably their most impactful draft pick in those 7 years was, what, Deveraux Peters maybe?

But with all this upheaval, and with the 4 title core members all getting older, they HAD to nail this draft. And after one game it sure looks like they did. Napheesa Collier had one of the best rookie debuts in Minnesota sports history. 27 points. She looked nothing like a rookie. She looked every bit the part of the next Lynx superstar. Imagine her with Fowles and a rejuvenated Moore next year.

They also got a really nice game from Jessica Shepard the 2nd round pick. The offense looked pretty sloppy, especially early, but then they wound up looking like the Lynx again. The names have changed, but for one game at least it was same old Lynx.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Message Board Classics: 2004 NFL Season

Preseason kickoff post (and other posts): Oh yes, it IS that time again. Training camps are open. The first preseason games are less than a week away. Players are already being idiots. It's the best time of the sports year. It is not yet the time for predictions, but I'll hit on some of the big recent stories. Ricky Williams retires. Well, we know now he did so cuz he was gonna be suspended for using marijuana. He's a little shit as far as I'm concerned. You do not abandon your team when he did. He had every right to retire, but do it at least before the draft. He's left the Dolphins with zero chance of making the playoffs. They couldn't go get Eddie George or Antowain Smith, nor could they draft a RB. The Cowboys cut Quincy Carter. I spent all offseason pleading with Dallas to go get a QB like Warner or Collins or Garcia. Instead they fail to upgrade, and now take a step back. Vinny is 80 years old and has little if anything left. My prediction is that Drew Hen...
Read more

Awful NFL season ends with awful Super Bowl

BUCCANEERS 31 CHIEFS 9 The 2020 NFL season is over. Thank god! A season that was almost across the board unenjoyable, and felt empty and largely felt manipulated, ended with the worst outcome imaginable. With a result that not only continues this 20 year nightmare but that will frankly hurt the NFL for years to come. I was not looking forward to this game. I knew this was going to happen. Maybe not in blowout fashion but I knew the NFL was going to see to it that Tom Brady got his 7th title. The house wins. The game was never fun. Right from the start the Chiefs seemed sleepy, like they weren't really in it. This team plays with swagger, but in this game they had none. Patrick Mahomes was under enormous pressure from the start. The Chiefs grabbed the 1st lead at 3-0 but then from basically the end of the 1st quarter until halftime it was a nightmare. The Chiefs offense remained lifeless. The Chiefs defense did manage a goal line stand that at the moment seemed like it could be a tu...
Read more