Lynx Revenge Tour 2025 begins

The Minnesota Lynx begin their 2025 season ready to defend their richly earned 2024 championshi....oh that's right.

The Lynx had their title stolen away from them. It's fact. It happened. Can't do anything about it.

Except use it as fuel for a glorious revenge tour to take the title. 

It's happened before. In 2016, the Lynx got screwed late in a finals-deciding game by a blown call, then rebounded the next year to re-take the title.

That's the hope for 2025, that the Lynx take all that bitterness and anger that they have to feel, and use that as motivation.

In 2024, the Lynx were a surprise. Nobody expected them to go so far. So this year they won't be able to sneak up on anybody. They are agreed upon to be one of the 3 or 4 most likely champions. It's them, the Liberty, the Aces, and probably the Fever (you know the league doesn't want Caitlin Clark making another quick playoff exit). 

Napheesa Collier has ascended to MVP level status, and she again leads the way. The whole starting 5 is back, and one would hope that continuity is a big benefit. 

The bench should be a major factor. I'm of course devastated beyond measure that my gal Dorka Juhasz decided to sit out the year for rest. I'll be okay. Thank you for the thoughts and prayers. 
The Lynx lost Cecilia Zandalasini in the expansion draft, but replaced her with Karlie Samuelson. Alissa Pili returns for year 2, going to maybe get a chance to play. 
Their one big flaw in 2024 was a lack of size, but the return of Jessica Shepard and bringing in Maireme Badiane from France could provide that. Shepard has shown that when healthy she can be very good. 
And then there is the biggest x-factor of them all, Diamond Miller. Miller's promising rookie season of 2023 turned into a basically lost 2024, in which she was hurt and then when she wasn't, she got buried deep on the bench. I'm not even sure she played in the finals. But if she can provide real value, that bench could be the best in the league.

I certainly think the Lynx can do it. But this league is only getting tougher. It will take every bit the talent and grit they had last year, and then some. 

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