Chiney is getting fed up too
i like this cause i want pressure on lynne and reagan coming from all sides
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My thoughts on the Sparks:
This is a “read and react” system that was crafted primarily around KP and she is my literal fav aka a BUCKET, praying for my girl’s speedy recovery! But with this roster, the Sparks vision should have been adapted to maximize what you have and mask what you don’t. Every team has a “motion” or “safety net” offense that plays to their strengths… instead it seems the players are forcing a system that isn’t molding to them. This is especially highlighted when KP is out.
Which is why it is important to have an offensive safety net which most call a “motion offense.” Ball swings side to side, players are in their favorite spots and it’s a comfort zone when all hell breaks loose in a game! For example, something that easily creates strategic isolations for KP, short rolls for Nneka, drives for Dearica, off the dribble midrange jumpers for Ariel, finds Rae downhill in transitionetc… But right now this process is buffering. 😭
Now defensively, I remember “back when I played” 🤣💀 if my team was struggling with defense, our coach would want to simplify coverages. For example, “let’s ice all screens or hedge all screens.” But at this level, if you do that… you are BBQ chicken. Players are too smart! I was in Crypto to see my dawg Slim drop 37, the “rookie and the vet” Olivia drop 30 and my fav girl ‘Rina go for 53 on the Sparks… the W is a league of adjustments & “KYP” aka know your PERSONNEL, not simply team coverages.
Just as much as I am proud of my big sis in Year 15 still doing her thing 🤯❤️ … I also want to see the young players develop and thrive! Cam was really on a roll and I love getting to know players like Taniya as we cover them through their transition to the league.
I always say the W is a sisterhood and there is so much good, I just want everybody to win! Maybe that’s why I’m in studio now and not on the court. 💀😂
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk. 💜✨