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caune
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 6:50PM #5411
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> Ask the young rookie coach, who has never coached at
> a professional level before, why she continues to
> play Houston at the 4 and every night she overmatched?

What the heck...Houston is averaging 17.8 PPG...last year she averaged 10.
If that is overmatched every team wants some of that.
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mvp_4me
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 6:31PM #5412
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> Ask the young rookie coach, who has never coached at
> a professional level before, why she continues to
> play Houston at the 4 and every night she overmatched?

i wouldn't exactly call Gillom young....but why don't you move away from your keyboard and instead...go apply for her job. you're apparently far more qualified (in your own little world) than Gillom.
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ninti
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 6:29PM #5413
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Ask the young rookie coach, who has never coached at a professional level before, why she continues to play Houston at the 4 and every night she overmatched?
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caune
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 6:24PM #5414
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> Caune if you've watch any of the games Pringle has
> been doing a fantastic job.

I do watch the games...now why do you think if she's doing such a great job, and she is great at blocking shots, why isn't she playing more?
Do you honestly think the Coach doesn't want to win? her job is on the line, not the players.....so it must be something she does or doesn't do in practice time...of course I'm speaking logically so if you don
t get it, I'll understand
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ninti
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 6:13PM #5415
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Caune if you've watch any of the games Pringle has been doing a fantastic job.
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ninti
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 6:10PM #5416
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If she's starting the line-up, she will break the spirit of this young team, they're already deflated because of Seimone. I still can't believe she hasn't waived Christi Thomas , the players said she's like a friend, she has to be their coach, not friend.

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caune
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 6:07PM #5417
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> Coach J. Gillom for some reason is playing her
> favorites. The lynx get pounded on the boards
> because she refuses to start Pringle into the
> line-up.

Did you ever stop to think there might be some reason unbeknowst to you why Pringle was traded from the Merc? And not gettig the minutes YOU think she deserves?

> Charde, should have been playing
> the 3,

Charde at the three?
Look at her game against the Merc when she started to take outside shots, she hit nothing, nada. zip. She has great moves to the basket against less mobile players...ie power forwards.....but by all means move her to the wing :O

Loyalty to certain players is often based on their performance in practice, you don't bring it everyday, you don't work on your weaknesses, you don't play

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whitedudeluvswnba
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 6:02PM #5418
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goes to show you that gillom is not really all that as a coach just like coach z wasnt. maybe you guys will get bill laimbeer if he cant land a job in the nba. lol
Pic is me in the middle of Seimone Augustus & Lindsay Whalen. Never thought they'd be teammates when I had this picture taken a few years ago.
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ninti
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 6:00PM #5419
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Coach J. Gillom for some reason is playing her favorites. The lynx get pounded on the boards because she refuses to start Pringle into the line-up. Before Seimone got injuried, Pringle should have been inserted into the line-up, she has loyality to certain players. Charde, should have been playing the 3, Wiggins should have been playing the point with Seimone at the 2.

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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 5:27PM #5420
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Cash... Big Money, it's time for you to jump back into the water... and swim, my friend. I miss you.

It looks like we're going to be together a lot longer than this season... (lol) (lol)

What's our Lynx team going to do tonight?

Dictate and dominate, Big Nasty!

Stick like glue on Sue, Reneé Montgomery!

Gun 'em down, Charde Houston!

Be aggressive, Candice Wiggins... and don't let up!

Get in there and get physical, LaToya Pringle!

Shine, Roneeka Hodges... shine!

Get pesky, Kelly Miller!

Get tough and execute, Quanitra Hollingsworth!

Get your head into the game... and keep it there, Rashanda McCants!

Play within the offense... and contribute, Christi Thomas!

Do what you got to do, Coach Jennie G. This season's starting all over again.

New team... new challenge.

We've got three of the top five rookies in the league from last season... out front... running the team.

Let's hop on their shoulders... and watch 'em roll with it!

Big Money, where you at... Kitty-Cat!

Meow!

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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 9:43PM #5401
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Me, too... lynxfan89... meeee, too. (lol)

Whatcha think we're gonna do tonight?
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lynxfan89
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 9:35PM #5402
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Nice words dee...
Yesterday, I was X-( that Seimone was gonna miss the rest of the season. But today, I am ready to move on and get behind the rest of the Lynx squad.

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mvp_4me
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 9:27PM #5403
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> If my brain is half size, why communicate with me,
> dear?

Do you mean "if [your] brain is half the size"?
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ninti
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 9:20PM #5404
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If my brain is half size, why communicate with me, dear?
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mvp_4me
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 9:16PM #5405
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> I know more about basketball to know that Charde
> houston should be playing the 3 instead of the 4,
> Gillom hopefully will learn. Are you attacking the
> LA fans who say that Micheal Cooper can't coach? Go
> read your Sparks thread and tell than to apply for
> Cooper's job. All this flack ove dirty Diana.
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> Edited by ninti at 06/19/2009 5:17 PM

I'm not attacking anyone, actually. If you had half a brain you'd realize that.

And for the record...if I was attacking you personally... you would surely know it.

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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 9:05PM #5406
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Hey, cash... the Lynx are going to have to keep a tighter rein on Tanisha Wright tonight. She got her shots last time. Maybe Roneeka Hodges can stick with her better.

Also... maybe Candice Wiggins should run the point and let Reneé Montgomery play the two-guard. Reneé's shots are dropping. And that will put Reneé in the game to defend against Sue Bird.

And you know, our Nicky Anosike is ready to help carry her team... by doing whatever needs to be done... rebounding... scoring... assists... blocks... steals... and all-out FIRE!

And make sure that the Big Nasty suits-up for the game.

Now... for my closure on Seimone Augustus...

Seimone and her family have my prayers... always. And I have always believed that if you're going to pray... don't worry. But if you're going to worry... don't pray. I believe that Seimone's entire situation is in the best hands... and I'm not worried about it. I'm encouraged... as she should be.

Ninti, lynxfan89 and so many other diehard Lynx fans... you'll always have a place in my heart... for your passion.

Someone in this thread made the comment that they didn't understand why the Lynx fans would get so carried away with what happened to Seimone or why these people would take it so personal... since they "don't even know these players."

Well... all I can say is that this is what is called A FAN'S PASSION... passion for their team... passion for their favorite players... passion for the town or name that is printed across the chest of their team's jerseys... just good old can't-help-myself PASSION!

And without PASSION... there would be no league... and no superstars.

And you would be on here... talking to yourself.

The passion of the fans is what drives ticket sales and interest... producing revenue... which finances the league... that attracts the great basketball stars.

The fans' passion is what makes superstars... out of Seimone Augustus, Lauren Jackson, Lisa Leslie, Candace Parker, Alana Beard, Janel McCarville, Tamika Catchings, Sylvia Fowles, Deanna Nolan, Katie Douglas, Candice Dupree, Katie Smith, Cheryl Ford, Chamique Holdsclaw, Cappie Pondexter... and yes... Diana Taurasi.

Without their fans' passion... they would still be great players...

...But who would care? Who would be there to fill the seats... to buy their gear... to cheer them on?

So, don't belittle something that is the very reason why this WNBA is STILL here... THE PASSION OF THE FANS. The league needs more passionate fans... not less.

And as always is the case with any grieving process...

First comes ANGER... then the healing begins.

With the loss of Seimone Augustus (and all of the circumstances surrounding that loss), the Lynx fans have been grieving not only the loss of our superstar player... but possibly the hopes for a winning season... and a playoff birth.

Having unleashed our anger... it's time to move on... to 10 wonderful Lynx players who deserve our support... and so desperately need our PASSION!

And for all those whose feet have been so swift to run to the scene of this fire... just to pour on a little more gasoline... be careful. Because fire don't care who it burns. (lol) (lol)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBdSqk78nHw

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ninti
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 8:18PM #5407
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Charde Houston, is very content on staying with the Lynx, she remembers, that no other team wanted her when she was on that draft board. She's very grateful to the Lynx organization.

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ninti
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 8:16PM #5408
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I know more about basketball to know that Charde houston should be playing the 3 instead of the 4, Gillom hopefully will learn. Are you attacking the LA fans who say that Micheal Cooper can't coach? Go read your Sparks thread and tell than to apply for Cooper's job. All this flack ove dirty Diana.

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ninti
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 8:12PM #5409
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I'm not talking about Charde's scoring ability, Charde can take anybody off the dribble and play great defense, but at the 4 spot she's overmatch guarding people like Candace Dupree. All I'm saying is that Charde should be really playing the 3, if I was the coach that's where I would place her.
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whitedudeluvswnba
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 6:53PM #5410
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Bring her to the Sun. We'll take her. Hell, I'd cut Asjha Jones to get Charde Houston. We'll maybe not. We'll give you Kerri Gardin and we'll take Charde Houston. How's that.
Pic is me in the middle of Seimone Augustus & Lindsay Whalen. Never thought they'd be teammates when I had this picture taken a few years ago.
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lynxfan89
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 20, 2009 - 12:10AM #5391
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Yikes...I think it's time for the Lynx GM to make some cuts and sign some free agents. :|
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lynxfan89
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 20, 2009 - 12:04AM #5392
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> I am really not liking the refs calling in this
> game.
>
> Also, the commentators.
>
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> Edited by cash at 06/19/2009 8:47 PM

Yeah, Storm have attempted nearly double the amount of FTs we have. I mean, really?

But yeah, Seattle's commentators are soooo annoying especially that guy. I'm sure the Seattle fans love em, but they are way too homer-ish, and some of their comments after certain plays bordered on insulting.

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cash
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 11:30PM #5393
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I am really not liking the refs calling in this game.

Also, the commentators.

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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 11:05PM #5394
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Thanks, richardrob... very much. I'm grateful to you for your consideration. Thank you.

But I hear that Lisa Leslie just went down with a knee injury in the Phoenix Mercury game with Diana Taurasi. You may find a eager audience there, my friend.
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richardrob
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 11:01PM #5395
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Sure. I held off writing about until now even though I was very angry at seeing Taurasi do the same thing to Katie Smith and Plenette Pierson. I don't want Seimone or her fans to suffer any more. I think players who do that to other players are reprehensible. It's not out of my system yet but I'll try not to talk about it now like you asked.
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 10:50PM #5396
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Hey, richardrob... the Lynx fans here have been through a lot since Wednesday with Seimone Augustus' injury... and we're going through a lot trying to watch our team play without one of our brightest stars.

Please don't add to our agony and anxiousness. Let it go, please.

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richardrob
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 10:37PM #5397
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If someone intentionally fouls you and tears your anterior cruciate ligament I think you should be able to sue them for $3.2 million and win like Rudy Tomjonavich did in 1980 when he sued the LA Lakers. There is no excuse for intentionally hurting a player like that. Kermit Washington was banned from basketball for hurting Tomjonavich. I feel really bad for Seimone. She seems like such a cool person who never cases problems and leads by example with her outstanding talent. Am I wrong or did they take down the threads on this topic? How about some free speech? People are really sad about Seimone's injury and angry.
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 10:35PM #5398
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I'm pulling for the "W", lynxfan89. I still believe.

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lynxfan89
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 10:17PM #5399
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> Me, too... lynxfan89... meeee, too. (lol)
>
> Whatcha think we're gonna do tonight?

Being completely honest, I'll declare a symbolic victory if we only lose by less than 15 points...lol.

But that's a combination of the events of the last few days and Seattle just being a tough matchup for us anyway.
I'm gonna give the Lynx a few weeks before I make any calls.

I *really* hope a few players step up and have good games tonight, win or lose.

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cash
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 19, 2009 - 9:47PM #5400
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Cash here, reporting for game night. I hope all the ugliness is over and done with. I ain't into that and I won't participate in it, BUT I do love basketball. And I'll talk basketball with all ya'll.

So.......did you all see the interview piece with Wiggins and Gillom? Candice is stepping up and I hope she does. I hope that she is the match that starts the fire tonight, BABY!!!! Light em up Candice. Someone has to now that we know the report on Seimone. Fans everywhere are going to miss you Seimone.

The girls are going to have their hands full with the Storm squad as we have seen in their first matchup. Every member of the team is going to have to contribute in order to compete. (But please no more 3's from Christi Thomas. Bricks I'm tellin' ya, bricks.) lol I don't know if they are going to be allowed to drive into the lane like they did against the Mercs. But we REALLY are going to have to do something about the rebounding. Gee, even Phx out-rebounded us. Everyone is standing around on the outside and not advancing to the basket for the rebound. And how many times the other night did I have to yell at the screen for them to go after the loose ball?!? They are just standing around too much. And I know that they didn't have many assists the other night. There won't be the way they were giving the ball to Charde or Nicky to make plays. I believe it was a good game plan, and they would have been able to open up the outside shot for Seimone had she not been injured, or anyone really had they stepped up. Okay, I've got all that out of my system.

I really wished that the Lynx team in games 1 and 2 would show up tonight. THEY were a sight to behold, a thing of beauty, poetry in motion.....need I go on? lol

Let's go Lynx!!! Good or bad, win or lose--bring on the Storm!!!
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flyguy1183___
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 20, 2009 - 7:47AM #5381
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I like YouTube too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dXGj_-orxw
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 20, 2009 - 3:58AM #5382
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flyguy1183___
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 20, 2009 - 3:45AM #5383
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Gee, I'm sorry. I think I misunderstood you. This is how you're feeling? Somebody somewhere cares about you, Dee. Probably. Keep posting the same thing over and over. That's spam and it'll get you banned from here.
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 20, 2009 - 1:57AM #5384
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7qOFB4IXA8
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flyguy1183___
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 20, 2009 - 1:54AM #5385
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> www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7qOFB4IXA8

By posting this nonsense, you're responding to me. Not the way a grown up would, obviously, because you aren't capable of that.
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 20, 2009 - 1:50AM #5386
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flyguy1183___
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 20, 2009 - 1:44AM #5387
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> I guess not everyone got the word that the fire here
> was out.
>
> That gasoline could best be poured into somebody's
> tank.

The fire goes out when everybody agrees it's out. We don't take a vote. If one person wants to talk about it, they have that right.

The Lynx were terrible tonight. T-e-rrible. All the nonsensical posts in the world can't change that. NOBODY played well. Even the two in double figured took way too many shots to get there. Shooting 29.3% from the floor is ATROCIOUS!

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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 20, 2009 - 1:20AM #5388
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I guess not everyone got the word that the fire here was out.

That gasoline could best be poured into somebody's tank.
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 20, 2009 - 1:09AM #5389
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I gotta love how the Lynx kept scrapping... even once the game got out of reach. They showed a lot of heart and a lot of guts.

I think it was like being on a new team... for everyone... because you look across the floor... and there is no Seimone Augustus... old trusty... to take over and score those automatic points for you.

I don't know what the deal was with Charde Houston. She was on fire in the first half... and then she doesn't even start the second half. Was she sick or injured?

Roneeka Hodges played a good game. Way to step up!

Rashanda McCants kept her head in the game... and played a good game.

My Nicky Anosike fought tonight... but they kept her bottled up. But 8 points, 7 rebounds (FOUR offensive boards) and 2 steals was a great effort out of the Big Nasty tonight.

Baby Q... Quanitra Hollingsworth... is beginning to play her size. She looked the best I've seen her this season.

Candice Wiggins' hustle is helping her fight her way out the brown paper sack she's in. We need her offense. And I don't think she'll let us down.

Kelly Miller was steady and ready.

And Reneé Montgomery played with a lot of heart.

But Christi Thomas has got to go. It's not even funny anymore. The crazy 3-point brick she throws up in every game she's in... just proves to me that she's not a team player. She's for herself.

Christi is slow-footed... and cannot set herself into motion to get loose balls around her. Her wheels are shot. She rebounds on her tiptoes... because she can't get any lift.

Christi is out of shape... and is easily winded... barely able to make it into the frontcourt after only a few minutes in the game.

And Christi is at a total loss for what to do when she gets the ball in the lane. She's a face-up player, not a post player.

Christi is of no help... whatsoever... to this Lynx team.

Roger Griffith has got to make a deal... when he finds a replacement for Seimone... that will also get the Lynx a 6'2 to 6'4" type who is mobile and able to run the floor.

If there's nothing left on the cutting room floor... then maybe Roger will have to look overseas. There's Paulina Pawlak and Ivana Matovic in Poland... and the Malian Djenebou Sissoko. And I'm sure Russia and Spain are loaded.

I saw where Becky Hammon led her Russian team into the 2009 EuroBasket Championship title game... while her San Antonio Silver Stars fell... hard... to the winless-no-more New York Liberty.

Aaaah... the choices we make.

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Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 20, 2009 - 12:27AM #5390
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> If someone intentionally fouls you and tears your
> anterior cruciate ligament I think you should be able
> to sue them for $3.2 million and win like Rudy
> Tomjonavich did in 1980 when he sued the LA Lakers.
> There is no excuse for intentionally hurting a player
> like that. Kermit Washington was banned from
> basketball for hurting Tomjonavich. I feel really bad
> for Seimone. She seems like such a cool person who
> never cases problems and leads by example with her
> outstanding talent. Am I wrong or did they take down
> the threads on this topic? How about some free
> speech? People are really sad about Seimone's injury
> and angry.

What a moronic post. You're an idiot. Honestly? Kermit Washington punching a man in the face and DT committing a hard fould are NOT the same thing.
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flyguy1183___
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 21, 2009 - 1:08AM #5371
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> Ninti, you said you listened to the interviews that
> Coach Jennie G and Candice Wiggins did. Well... did
> you hear Coach Jennie G say:
> "...the way she planted and she was going to the
> basket really strong and the force that was pushed
> against her... you know... I knew that... you
> know... that it... it wasn't good... When I saw her
> knee just buckle, I knew. I put my head down... And
> when she grabbed it and screamed, I knew it was
> over."

The injury was caused by the way she planted her foot though. When you play defense and you're trying to back a player into the post you are pushing against each other.
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 21, 2009 - 12:22AM #5372
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Hey, ninti... let all of that water roll off your back, my friend.

When someone admits that they were only following a team because it was winning... they were fickle to begin with. Don't waste your time reacting to them. Let them go... "See ya!"

But has it ever occurred to anyone that Coach Jennie G is just as shell-shocked as her players after Seimone Augustus' injury.

Ninti, you said you listened to the interviews that Coach Jennie G and Candice Wiggins did. Well... did you hear Coach Jennie G say:
"...the way she planted and she was going to the basket really strong and the force that was pushed against her... you know... I knew that... you know... that it... it wasn't good... When I saw her knee just buckle, I knew. I put my head down... And when she grabbed it and screamed, I knew it was over."

So, she may have been feeling alittle of what the fans were feeling about "the force that was pushed against her." And that takes time to get over... just like it took a big emotional explosion for the fans to get through it... not over it.

This is like an entirely new team now!

The gameplan has got to be reconfigured. Can we run without Seimone in the open court? Or is running our only option without Seimone's sure-shot in a halfcourt set?

What I have noticed about Quanitra Hollingsworth now that she's playing her size is that she's not very fast. She leans backwards when she runs. And that's like pulling against herself... shortening her stride. If she makes an effort to lean forward when she runs, she'll move a lot faster.

Candice Wiggins is gonna find her shot. The Seattle webcast commentators tended to poke fun at the fact that Candice wasn't going to the freethrow line as much as she did last season... like she was getting special treatment or something last year. But I think it's because, last season, Candice had to penetrate and create some offense... in a stagnant team halfcourt set.

Roneeka Hodges is a pleasant surprise... the way she is hustling on defense and stepping up and knocking down her shots. Rashanda McCants knocked down some key shots, too.

We just have to take some of the pressure that other teams are putting on the #4 pick Reneé Montgomery off of her... so that she can help the team. The other teams are so busy trying to "welcome" her to the WNBA... 'til they're focusing a lot of attention on a kid who hasn't even proven that she warrants it yet.

If we move Reneé to the shooting guard... move Candice to the point (she runs the point whenever she's in the game anyway)... it would take some of the defensive pressure off of Reneé trying to handle the ball... and it would put Candice in the center of the floor where she's big enough to penetrate and dish... or go to the line.

Nicky Anosike is a very sensitive, caring kid... but she's strong. She's determined. I love her passion and desire! And I'm proud of the way she stood up for her fallen teammate in a heated battle. And I'm also proud of her... and the way I KNOW she will react to their latest challenge. She's the reason why I still believe.

But one thing I know for sure is that everyone needs to leave Charde Houston alone!

That kid is playing her butt off! And she's proven that she can score against ANYONE!

We need to embrace her scoring prowess... and let her move on into the Seimone Augustus deluxe suite. Charde may not be able to fill ALL the rooms... but she can fill one or two.

A team has to center its offense around its best weapons. And right now... she's it!

I'm just so happy that the Lynx get a few days to figure all of this out before their next game.

And I'm really happy that their next game is at home against New York... a team that is struggling trying to find itself, too.

That game is very winnable.

I don't expect miracles... but I do expect hustle, heart, desire and pride!

Seimone's absence doesn't take away any of that.

That's what's inside each one of the Lynx players. They just have to unbridle it... and let it run freely.

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ninti
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 20, 2009 - 9:20PM #5373
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Gillom should play zone against Seattle she just want do it, and for some reason when she goes big, she puts Charde Houston on the bench. She doesn't want to put Wiggins or Miller on the bench. To me she's worrying about hurting the players feelings, why else is Christi Thomas still on the team?
White dude, could the Chicago Bulls win a championship without Micheal Jordan? The Lakers without Kobe?
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ninti
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 20, 2009 - 9:12PM #5374
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White dude the Lynx are a young team, give them a break. Take Diana Taurasi out the Phoenix Mercury line-up let's see how they do. But Gillom is acting as a grand mama instead of a coach. That line-up she started last night was scandalous.
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flyguy1183___
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 20, 2009 - 7:12PM #5375
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> www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2rRyfzPPgg

Is this one for me too? You're not, like, trying to tell me that you're in love with me are you?
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tommy_p_5
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 20, 2009 - 7:04PM #5376
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The Lynx got blown out but they played with class, and they can keep their heads held high. Quanitra Hollingsworth is impressing me...
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whitedudeluvswnba
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 20, 2009 - 6:00PM #5377
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i probably wont bother posting in this thread anymore since the lynx are totally done for the season. they cant win without simone. i figured this would be a good chance for the rest of the team to show what they can do without their star, and they flopped big time. its a shame when a team relies on one player too much as has been the case with minn for the past few years. its starting to show too that coach gillom is not the answer to this team as she is making too many mistakes. i dont think she has the guts to be a head coach. no body on the team stepped up at all. we'll see over the next few weeks if anyone does. nicky obviously cannot play against seattle and i dont know what happened to wiggins. she hasnt been there the past few games now.
Pic is me in the middle of Seimone Augustus & Lindsay Whalen. Never thought they'd be teammates when I had this picture taken a few years ago.
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ninti
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 20, 2009 - 1:43PM #5378
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It's a lot for a young team to handle when their leader is gone down, Seimone just demanded so much attention. But fans in Minnesota have to stick behind this young team. You see what happen when Lisa Leslie went out for the Sparks, the void is to big to fill. This young team is in shock. Gillom, shoud always play zone against Seattle to protect her bigs, Q Hollingsworth was definitely worth the second pick, when she developes watch out. Teams set-up and entire defense just to stop Seimone, Seimone can't be replaced.

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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 20, 2009 - 1:17PM #5379
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Wow... that was sobering.

Hopefully the Lynx are back in Minneapolis and getting some much-needed rest and relaxation.

I can't imagine what they've gone through on the road these past few days... and they have no idea what the Lynx fans have gone through here.

But thank God... we all made it through. (lol)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2rRyfzPPgg
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 20, 2009 - 1:09PM #5380
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My 666th post... Yikes... just passing through.
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ninti
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 21, 2009 - 9:08PM #5361
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Dewanna Bonner
Wonder Woman


When coach first saw me
To her surprise
I was so thin
She couldn’t believe her eyes
But when she saw my game
I drove the fans wild damn insane
She knew one day
that I would
change the game

Some fans are still in doubt
Son call me feather
Some call me skin & bones
But baby I still got it going on

When my fans call my name
I feel a rush all in my veins
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman
Our team depends upon you
And the magic that you do
I shake
I bake
Wonder Woman
aint
No fake
Ankles break
Can’t catch me
Wonder like a deer
on fast break
Hot damn
I’m so damn smooth
Fans at the park
Playing bball
Stealing all my moves

Reverse lay-up
with my left
Count it with a foul
3 point play it's ah foul

Wonder Woman can play b-ball
with lipstick, pumps, in a dress
Cause Wonder Woman is the best
I'm going take you off the bounce
from Candace Parker
to Mighty Mouse
I going to be the best to play the game
Wonder Woman going down in the Hall of fame!




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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 21, 2009 - 8:24PM #5362
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I told you what was happening, ninti.

It's a blogger clicking the Report Abuse button to get it removed.

Just keep putting it back... until they get tired.

It's an awesome poem. And I'm glad that you shared it with us.

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ninti
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 21, 2009 - 8:21PM #5363
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Rumpshaker, they keep taking my Wonder Woman poem down, what's that about, there's nothing vulgar in the poem. WNBA I'm finish bashing Diana, now can you please put my poem back-up.
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 21, 2009 - 8:08PM #5364
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You have a following, ninti! These are your fans! (lol) (lol)

But I'm glad that you're gonna to let it go. These people can't give you justice... or peace of mind. They're just bored and miserable... and just an overall nuisance.

Let it go... so you can move on.

You've proven them all to be liars.

These same people practically swore all Wednesday night and through the day Thursday that Seimone only had a sprained knee... until it was announced Thursday evening that her MRI hadn't even been examined by an orthopedic surgeon yet.

They swore that Diana Taurasi only had incidently contact with Seimone and that the injury was ALL Seimone's fault.

And even without the WNBA releasing the actual video of the game, you've proven that Seimone Augustus was pushed hard enough by Diana Taurasi to knock her all the way across the lane when Seimone incurred her injury.

You've heard it from Coach Jennie G, who was standing right in front of the play, how Seimone could not take the force that was pushed on her by Diana.

So, you see, ninti... you may not have gotten justice... but you did get at the truth.

But mysteriously, ninti... we haven't heard not even a peep out of Diana Taurasi.

For someone who yaps her trap all of the time... she ain't got a darn thing to say about this! (lol) (lol

I wonder why? (lol)

And yet Diana's team has played two straight games where the other team's superstar gets knocked out of the game... Seimone, Lisa Leslie, Betty Lennox...

Who will get knocked out of Seattle's lineup tonight?

How many times does this have to happen before the WNBA sits up and takes notice... and actually takes some kind of punitive action?

At the very least... the WNBA should have been more sensitive about Seimone's injury. It was totally insensitive for Diana's triumphant picture to be included in a split-frame photo with a picture of Seimone rolling on the floor in pain... on the WNBA's homepage.

Very insensitive... and very quiet... that's what the WNBA has been in this matter.

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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 21, 2009 - 3:35PM #5365
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Ninti... I don't know what's going on with three of our posts being removed from this thread... but clearly someone is pressing the Report Abuse button to get rid of posts that makes them feel bad.

There was nothing offensive in any of those posts to warrant the censor to react... and there was nothing in violation of this blog's rules..

This is obviously someone with a guilty conscience. I don't get it, ninti. Do you?

And it's really funny how certain posters show up behind the missing posts.

Hmmm... funny!

Well, keep pressing... because I'm going keep writing it. (lol) (lol)
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tommy_p_5
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 21, 2009 - 1:54PM #5366
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DeWanna Bonner LOVES her teammate Diana Taurasi...just sayin.
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richardrob
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 21, 2009 - 1:47PM #5367
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Ninti if you look at skylinesdesign.com/seimonegoesdown.html and skylinesdesign.com/seimonegoesdown2.html you can see Taurasi pushed hard enough to knock her from one side of the lane to the other. She shouldn't be allowed to play if she can't control her body (and mind) better than that. She's definitely a menace to the players who play clean.
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ninti
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 21, 2009 - 7:54AM #5368
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Flyguy, it was the force pushed against her, like an elbow coming down her back, so Taurasi, is not getting away with this one, blame it on Seimone, it's her fault she got hit from the back. Flyguy, the players around the league are talking about Dirty Diana, she better watch her back.

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flyguy1183___
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 21, 2009 - 4:26AM #5369
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The teams have to okay the ballots. Usually the 5 projected starters are on the ballot. If Charde Houston isn't on the ballot, it's because the Lynx left her off.
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 21, 2009 - 2:30AM #5370
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I just did my WNBA All-Star ballot for today. And I don't know about you guys, but I'm STILL selecting Seimone Augustus... and writing-in Charde Houston.

At least, if Seimone does make the all-star team, it will open up a spot for the coach to select someone they feel deserves to be there... even if they didn't get the votes... like Vickie Johnson in her last season, etc.

Or is that how it works in the WNBA... when an injured player is selected to the team? I hope it is.

And it's just a travesty of all that is fair and just about the WNBA for Charde Houston not to be on that ballot.

Charde Houston is the 9th leading scorer in the entire WNBA!

Yet... everyone above Charde Houston... and even four spots below her... among the WNBA's leading scorers are on the WNBA All-Star ballot.

Such a blatant injustice!

And even yet... there are countless rookies on the all-star ballot... who haven't even proven that they belong in the league... let alone... that they belong on the WNBA All-Star ballot.

Rookies should be strictly write-in selections.

And there should be at least TWO write-in options... to allow for both an east and west selection... if we so choose.
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dynasty0207
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 23, 2009 - 12:41AM #5351
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im backk!!! hahh, yah those photos are kind of lame. you could take any player and find pictures throughout a players career that appear alarming. im not saying diana hasnt made any controversial plays but i wouldnt judge her or base my oppinions on the looks of some researched photos.
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 22, 2009 - 11:33PM #5352
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Today has been an extremely loooong day... waiting on tomorrow... when the Minnesota Lynx take on the New York Liberty.

I'm really excited to see how this new chapter is going to read...

All of the Lynx interviews sound really great and upbeat!

Anyway which way it goes... I still believe in my Kitty-Cats.

Hey, ninti... I saw your post to tommy. Brilliant... and funny, too. (lol) (lol) Oh, me... you're going to be alright, my friend... just fine.

You even inspired me to check out the WNBA's reaction page to Seimone Augustus' injury. And I noticed how the WNBA altered their transcription of Coach Jennie G's interview recalling how she witnessed Seimone's injury occur.

The WNBA's version:

On her initial thoughts when she saw the injury:

JG: "I definitely feared the worst. With the way she planted and the fact that she was going to the basket really strong… and the weight pushed against her. We knew it wasn’t good. I had a girl in high school go down with an injury similar to this. I just saw her knee just buckle… I put by head down. It did not look good. She grabbed it and screamed… I knew it wasn't good."

And here's what Coach Jenny G actually said:

"...the way she planted and she was going to the basket really strong and the force that was pushed against her... you know... I knew that... you know... that it... it wasn't good... When I saw her knee just buckle, I knew. I put my head down... And when she grabbed it and screamed, I knew it was over."

The WNBA replaced "the force that was pushed against her" with "the weight pushed against her." "The force" sounds like Seimone was pushed hard... while "the weight" sounds less violent or forceful.

And the WNBA still hasn't made that Lynx-Mercury game accessible for viewing... even though the games that occurred after that game are viewable. I wonder why? (lol) (lol)

Now... THAT'S funny!

What do they have to hide? We've already seen what happened. We were watching the dang game. (lol) (lol)

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flyguy1183___
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 22, 2009 - 9:33PM #5353
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> Whatever butt wipe!

Are you being serious right now? That's very classy.
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caune
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 22, 2009 - 8:47PM #5354
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> > The majority of the post was about Taurasi, and
> they
> > were remove, like I said, I finish, I'm going
> watch
> > the game, your damage control has been a
> success.
> > Move on!
>
> What damage control are you referring to? Are you
> implying that I actually do hit the "report abuse"
> button? I was flying home from Atlanta on an Embraer
> 170 with no internet access while your silly little
> poem was being deleted. Have you seen some of the
> things I post? Somebody presses the report abuse
> button on me too. Could it be the same person?


ROFL, I didn't even notice the report abuse button until this morning reading through this thread...hmmm, it might come in handy though;-)
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ninti
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 22, 2009 - 8:41PM #5355
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Whatever butt wipe!
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flyguy1183___
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 22, 2009 - 8:17PM #5356
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> The majority of the post was about Taurasi, and they
> were remove, like I said, I finish, I'm going watch
> the game, your damage control has been a success.
> Move on!

What damage control are you referring to? Are you implying that I actually do hit the "report abuse" button? I was flying home from Atlanta on an Embraer 170 with no internet access while your silly little poem was being deleted. Have you seen some of the things I post? Somebody presses the report abuse button on me too. Could it be the same person?
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ninti
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 22, 2009 - 8:11PM #5357
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The majority of the post was about Taurasi, and they were remove, like I said, I finish, I'm going watch the game, your damage control has been a success. Move on!
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flyguy1183___
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 22, 2009 - 6:32PM #5358
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> Flyguy, we're finished over here talking about Diana
> Taurasi, have you seen any of my post lately, I'm
> finish with Diana bashing it's over, it's not going
> to bring back our Seimone. So I'm finished. All I
> want is the fans to cheer on the young Minnesota
> Lynx, they're are going to need all the help they can
> get.

Did I say anything about Taurasi? Who are you trying to convince that you're not talking about her? Me or yourself?
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ninti
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 22, 2009 - 5:27PM #5359
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Flyguy, we're finished over here talking about Diana Taurasi, have you seen any of my post lately, I'm finish with Diana bashing it's over, it's not going to bring back our Seimone. So I'm finished. All I want is the fans to cheer on the young Minnesota Lynx, they're are going to need all the help they can get.

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flyguy1183___
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 22, 2009 - 4:44PM #5360
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Not for nothing, but I've been here for a long time. If you keep posting something that the moderators don't want posted, it's going to come to a point where it's easier for them to just ban you. If your principles are that important to you, keep posting it. I'm not sure what the problem is with posting a poem and I hope you don't let Dee give you the impression that it is I who was hitting the report abuse button. I was in Atlanta all day yesterday. Again, not sure what the problem is with poetry, but be careful you don't get banned.

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caune
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 23, 2009 - 11:31AM #5341
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> You give the Lynx Penny Taylor, Cappie Pondexter, and
> Tangela Smith (coupled with Seimone Augustus), and
> I'm pretty sure the Lynx could make a playoff run as
> well.

Yep, they could make a play off run...but could they have beaten Detroit without Diana?
Not so sure. You had to have been around that team in 2007 to know what Diana meant on and OFF the court. She is just a leader and her mates loved her!
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ninti
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 23, 2009 - 11:30AM #5342
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Yes, Lynxfan 89 is correct, Seimone is the only Super-star on the team, the only Olympiad. Taylor, Pondexter plus Diana are all olympiads with tons of WNBA and International championship experience, so don't go there, Whitedude. If Seimone was playing with that Sparks before the injury , they would be undefeated . Phoenix, has played four home games, two of the games, Leslie and Seimone went down, so we really don't know if they really would have won those two games, we really just don't know. Charde, is going to be Superstar, but she still doesn't have the experience Cappie has or Penny Taylor, dude, you're blowing smoke out your tutty Pie.

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whitedudeluvswnba
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 23, 2009 - 11:03AM #5343
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It doesn't matter. The Lynx now have Anosike, Wiggins, Houston. All who can score and defend as good as PHX's players. PHX is off to a great start this year without Penny Taylor. No team can win with only one star. PHX now has a few, as does the Lynx, just like the Lynx did last year. Both teams have as many stars. You didn't make your point.
Pic is me in the middle of Seimone Augustus & Lindsay Whalen. Never thought they'd be teammates when I had this picture taken a few years ago.
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lynxfan89
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 23, 2009 - 10:52AM #5344
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Taurasi led Phoenix to the playoffs AFTER she had 3 allstars added to her team...also note that Cappie Pondexter won MVP in that post season run.

You give the Lynx Penny Taylor, Cappie Pondexter, and Tangela Smith (coupled with Seimone Augustus), and I'm pretty sure the Lynx could make a playoff run as well.
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whitedudeluvswnba
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 23, 2009 - 9:25AM #5345
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> All those flagrant fouls and still the Mercury only
> qualify to play in the playoffs 1 time in 5 years
> (20% - a league low). It is SO much easier not to
> make up for being lazy on defense with flagrant
> fouls. Just play by the rule book. Tearing a player's
> anterior cruciate ligament is one of the worst things
> you can do to them.

PHX does not qualify for playoff spots very often because of their rediculous style of play and because of bad coaching over the years. By the way, when was the last time the Lynx made the playoffs, or made it to the finals, or won a championship? The Lynx, for the past few years, had IMO better coaching than PHX. When was the last time Simone ever led her team to anything??? Don't be in here saying that the reason PHX is not a yearly playoff team because of Taurasi. She is probably the 2nd or 3rd best player in the league who just happens to be on a team that is never coached to play defense or rebound. If they were, PHX would be winning more championships than Detroit, who by the way, are thru. PHX has about an 80% chance of winning it all this year if they continue playing at the level they are right now. Detroit & MInnesota have about a 5% chance. Detroit, because they suck this year, lost their head coach, now has a head coach who doesn't know what he's doing, and a team that is getting old and littered with injuries. The only reason the Lynx are out of the picture is because they lost Simone Augustus.
Pic is me in the middle of Seimone Augustus & Lindsay Whalen. Never thought they'd be teammates when I had this picture taken a few years ago.
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whitedudeluvswnba
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 23, 2009 - 9:17AM #5346
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> > Whatever butt wipe!
>
> Are you being serious right now? That's very classy.

Flyguy I don't even know why your wasting your time posting in this thread anymore. At least Dee moved on, but this other guy is just a complete nutcake who is obviously just jealous that his player got hurt and diana, who always outplayed simone, didn't.
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ninti
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 23, 2009 - 9:03AM #5347
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Richard, I promised myself to leave the Diana conversation piece alone, but her fans still come to the Big Nasty Nicky Thread and attack Seimone's fans. They come over here and attack us, and at the same time they're trying their best to get me banned. It's so obvious Diana from those photo shoots Diana goes out to injure players, it's a shame her fans love every bit of the physical aggression she applies against other players. The coaches saw what happen, Seimone's teammates , that's why Big Nicky was ready to take her out. From the pictures you see why the American's were called the dirty team. Lauren Jackson is a beast,the best player in the world, I have never seen Lauren Jackson stoop to the level of Taurasi, why must she play like that? Seimone should never trust Taurasi behind her back ever again, you can't trust in the front of you, she was trying to clothes line Sue Birld. I finished with it Deeo, I'm going to let it go, Dirty D fans are trying to get us banned.

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richardrob
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 23, 2009 - 8:36AM #5348
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All those flagrant fouls and still the Mercury only qualify to play in the playoffs 1 time in 5 years (20% - a league low). It is SO much easier not to make up for being lazy on defense with flagrant fouls. Just play by the rule book. Tearing a player's anterior cruciate ligament is one of the worst things you can do to them.
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richardrob
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 23, 2009 - 8:08AM #5349
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The two refs don't call the clothesline tackle foul in picture 3. How'd they miss that? There are hundreds and hundreds of flagrant foul pictures like this on google images and flickr.com.

It is a foul when the defensive player makes body contact trying to block a shot.

When you search photos online for players like Seimone Augustus, Deanna Nolan, Lauren Jackson and others all you see is picture after picture of them shooting perfect form jump shots. You don't see them injuring other players' heads, necks, shoulders, arms, torsos, legs, ankles and feet like the photos at skylinesdesign.com/protectyourself.html.
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mvp_4me
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 23, 2009 - 2:35AM #5350
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> Whatever butt wipe!

i think "butt wipe" would be more of an action...

and not as effective when used to call someone a name.

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ninti
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 23, 2009 - 12:48PM #5331
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This conversation has gone from Dirty Diana tackling Seimone, now's she better than Seimone, to justify taking out a world class athlete. Pitiful.
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lynxfan89
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 23, 2009 - 12:46PM #5332
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> > > > You give the Lynx Penny Taylor,
> Cappie
> > > Pondexter, and
> > > > Tangela Smith (coupled with Seimone
> > Augustus),
> > > and
> > > > I'm pretty sure the Lynx could make a
> > playoff
> > > run as
> > > > well.
> > >
> > > Yep, they could make a play off run...but
> could
> > they
> > > have beaten Detroit without Diana?
> > > Not so sure. You had to have been around
> that
> > team in
> > > 2007 to know what Diana meant on and OFF
> the
> > court.
> > > She is just a leader and her mates loved
> her!
> >
> > Who knows? Could they have beaten Detroit
> without
> > Cappie? Penny? Tangela?
> >
> > My point, of course, was saying that Seimone
> hasn't
> > led Minny anywhere like Diana has Phoenix is
> dumb
> > since their situations can't really be compared.
>
> >
> > As great as Katie Smith is, it took her leaving
> > Minnesota, and being surrounded by a talented
> group
> > of teammates in Detroit for her to get her 3
> rings.
>
> So seems to me you should be railing agaginst your
> management for trading katie and Tan, just think how
> good you'd be

But Chandi Jones and that other chick showed so much promise...;\
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lynxfan89
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 23, 2009 - 12:43PM #5333
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> Lynxfan89, the Mercury Fans don't listen to reason,
> they're over here to do damage control for Diana,

And they're failing miserably...This discussion was all but dead a day ago :^O

> They have
> no sympathy or compassion for Seimone, one of the
> cleanest players in the league, you can't find photo
> shoots like that of Seimone, you can go all the way
> back to college, not one clothesline, bone to the
> back, want find it.

One of the reasons Seimone's one of my favorite players, and I could never be a fan of certain other players...:^O

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lynxfan89
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 23, 2009 - 12:40PM #5334
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Whitedude, you keep going on and on about bad coaching keeping the Merc out of the playoffs every year. You act like Paul Westhead suddenly took over in 2007 and then Phoenix won a Championship. That isn't the case. He had been coaching the team 2 seasons prior to that. Did he suddenly go from a bad coach to a good coach in the span of a few seasons, or was it the case (like I've been saying and you've been repeating) that Phoenix's roster improved dramatically.

"Give PHX or MINN a coach like Mike T, and you'll be winning championships every year."

And how many championships has Thibault won? ...exactly.
You give Thibault a team full of allstars (no matter what their names) and they'll lead him to a championship. Detroit has proven this many times over. Heck, the Comets proved it many times over as well...since I think that Van Chancellor is vastly overrated. But can you lose with Swoopes, Cooper, Thompson, ect.?

Look, no one's diminishing Taurasi's talent or her place in the sport, but no one can win a championship anything without help...Help that Seimone is only starting to get in Minny.

"But if any team in the world had to chose either Taurasi or Augustus, it would be Taurasi everyday."

That's cute...Unfortunately, neither could win a championship by herself.
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caune
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 23, 2009 - 12:17PM #5335
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> > > You give the Lynx Penny Taylor, Cappie
> > Pondexter, and
> > > Tangela Smith (coupled with Seimone
> Augustus),
> > and
> > > I'm pretty sure the Lynx could make a
> playoff
> > run as
> > > well.
> >
> > Yep, they could make a play off run...but could
> they
> > have beaten Detroit without Diana?
> > Not so sure. You had to have been around that
> team in
> > 2007 to know what Diana meant on and OFF the
> court.
> > She is just a leader and her mates loved her!
>
> Who knows? Could they have beaten Detroit without
> Cappie? Penny? Tangela?
>
> My point, of course, was saying that Seimone hasn't
> led Minny anywhere like Diana has Phoenix is dumb
> since their situations can't really be compared.
>
> As great as Katie Smith is, it took her leaving
> Minnesota, and being surrounded by a talented group
> of teammates in Detroit for her to get her 3 rings.

So seems to me you should be railing agaginst your management for trading katie and Tan, just think how good you'd be
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ninti
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 23, 2009 - 11:51AM #5336
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Lynxfan89, the Mercury Fans don't listen to reason, they're over here to do damage control for Diana, I want to move on and start talking about our young Lynx, but we're constantly under attack. They have no sympathy or compassion for Seimone, one of the cleanest players in the league, you can't find photo shoots like that of Seimone, you can go all the way back to college, not one clothesline, bone to the back, want find it. Now I see Why Lauren Jackson didn't want to play with her.
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whitedudeluvswnba
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 23, 2009 - 11:49AM #5337
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The Lynx may have made the playoffs this year if Simone didn't get hurt. They started off good, but they did last year too and then went down the toilet. Same probably would have happened again this year, but who will know. Is SImone as good a player as Taurasi? Not even close, but Simone is still a great player. You don't win 3 titles in college, gold medals in the olympics and a wnba championship if your not one of the best players in the world. Like I said, the only reason the Merc's are not in the playoffs every year is because of bad coaching. The Lynx have had some bad coaching in the past as well, but not as bad as PHX. Taurasi is a tough aggressive force on the court. Simone was always an offensive threat but not as aggressive a player as Taurasi. The reason PHX didn't make the playoffs last year was because (1) Penny Taylor wasn't there, part of their big 3, (2) New head coach after Paul Westhead left, that always impacts a team, (3) Tangela Smith was injured for much of the season, therefore the team lost its main inside presence.

This year, the players are comfortable now with Gaines, Smith is 100%, better point guard and rookie of the year dewanna bonner.

The Lynx have never made the playoffs since Simone arrived. Reasons, bad GM, bad coach in Zierdon, bad support team. Last year, they added Wiggins, Anoskie, Houston to the mix and should have made the playoffs easily. This year, with or without Simone, the team was going to end up at the bottom again. Why? another bad head coach, gillom doesnt have what it takes to be a head coach. My point, you can have all the best players on your team, but have a bad coach and the team is going to go nowhere. Give PHX or MINN a coach like Mike T, and you'll be winning championships every year.

But if any team in the world had to chose either Taurasi or Augustus, it would be Taurasi everyday.
Pic is me in the middle of Seimone Augustus & Lindsay Whalen. Never thought they'd be teammates when I had this picture taken a few years ago.
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lynxfan89
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 23, 2009 - 11:43AM #5338
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> > You give the Lynx Penny Taylor, Cappie
> Pondexter, and
> > Tangela Smith (coupled with Seimone Augustus),
> and
> > I'm pretty sure the Lynx could make a playoff
> run as
> > well.
>
> Yep, they could make a play off run...but could they
> have beaten Detroit without Diana?
> Not so sure. You had to have been around that team in
> 2007 to know what Diana meant on and OFF the court.
> She is just a leader and her mates loved her!

Who knows? Could they have beaten Detroit without Cappie? Penny? Tangela?

My point, of course, was saying that Seimone hasn't led Minny anywhere like Diana has Phoenix is dumb since their situations can't really be compared.

As great as Katie Smith is, it took her leaving Minnesota, and being surrounded by a talented group of teammates in Detroit for her to get her 3 rings.
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lynxfan89
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 23, 2009 - 11:38AM #5339
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> It doesn't matter. The Lynx now have Anosike,
> Wiggins, Houston. All who can score and defend as
> good as PHX's players. PHX is off to a great start
> this year without Penny Taylor. No team can win with
> only one star. PHX now has a few, as does the Lynx,
> just like the Lynx did last year. Both teams have as
> many stars. You didn't make your point.

"No team can win with only one star"

I guess I did make my point

Phoenix/Taurasi didn't make the playoffs and win their championship until Penny was on the team, Cappie was drafted and Tangela was acquired. Coincidentally, Phoenix didn't make the playoffs last year when Penny didn't play, and Tangela was hurt for a large chunk of the season. As stellar as Diana is, she still couldn't get them over the hump.

And unless they're all named Candace Parker, you're reaching if you think that having 3 rookies help lead your team (as Minny did last season) can be compared to having veteran allstars help lead your team. Ever wonder why despite the incredible draft Minny had last year, they were still predicted not to make the playoffs, but now that those same three players had a year under their belt, Minny was expected to make some noise??

And prior to Augustus' injury, the Lynx were also off to a great start...Their only loss being the same team that handed Phoenix an additional loss. So it looks like this year, after being on a team with either rookies or mediocre players at best, she was finally going to lead the Lynx somewhere.
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caune
Posted: 3 years ago • Jun 23, 2009 - 11:33AM #5340
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> All those flagrant fouls and still the Mercury only
> qualify to play in the playoffs 1 time in 5 years
> (20% - a league low). \

Have the LYnx made the play offs in the past five years?

It honestly doesn't matter how many times you go...bringing home the hardware is the point, and we have a Championship trophy that can never ever be taken away!

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Edited by caune at 06/23/2009 8:34 AM
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