Records thru 9/22 games:
Dodgers: 93-63
Yankees: 92-64
Padres: 90-66
-Dodgers spent $1 billion+ in offseason.
-Padres traded a potential $400M+ player (to the Yankees).
-On June 20th, Padres were 37-40 and Yankees were 51-26. Since then, Padres are 53-26 and Yankees are 41-38.
This is especially applicable to Girls' HS hoopers -- because a quick pull-up can be used without needing a lot of space. If you can drive hard and force defender to move back, then that momentum going backward should be all you need to pull-up.
Day 1 Theme of WNBA Playoffs: Bench/Role players playing big
Leonie Fiebich
Marina Mabrey
Tiffany Hayes
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Jordan Horston
Myisha Hines-Allen
There is no way that is accurate. Penn WBB had 17 players listed on their roster (2023-24). Shortest player: 5'7" (2 of them). 10 out of 17 were 6'0" or taller.
WNBA discourse is 🗑️- i.e. trash, garbage, basura (Spanish), ordures (French), müll (German), spazzatura (Italian) --> my favorite one.
WNBA discourse is ... spazzatura.
How about spending time on analyzing the games -- who played well, coaching adjustments, X's and O's, ... ??
I am down with seeing a 4-guard lineup from the Seattle Storm:
Skylar Diggins-Smith
Jewell Loyd
Jordan Horston
Gabby Williams
Be fast, attack, pressure defensively
Sidenote: I think Loyd can get to the FT line if she gets to 2 feet in the paint, seeks contact, uses shot fakes
Gabby Williams got an and-1 with 8:30 to go in 4Q to make it 64-63. ESPN announcers: "This game has such a weird feel ... It is a 1-point game, but it doesn't feel that way."
I have watched a lot of basketball in my life, and every 1-point game has felt the same to me ... close.
Celebrating elite defenders >>>>
Tony Allen is tied for 31st all-time in Defensive Box Plus Minus. See the names of #17-#40 below.
btw, Allen is from Chicago (Crane Tech High School).