Ya know, I think the Atlanta Dream have a chance to be competitive this year. I mean, last year they were competitive, they had very close games, took teams to OT, and just happened to fall short on most of their games.
However, this year in the dispersal draft they were able to pick up Sancho Lyttle in the dispersal draft and they have the 1st and 13th pick in the draft. They have the opportunity to really turn their team around.
I would assume that they are going to core Betty Lennox… I would anyway, and then add a couple young players to the mix with her and Izzi.
So Im anxious to see what the Dream does in the draft and very anxious to see them play this season.
Hmmm what else…. Erin Buescher…. let me just say Erin impressed the hell out of me during the WCF’s last season. I have NEVER seen a player keep Parker in check. She did an amazing job with Parker and Im hoping that her intensity can carry over to this season and just keep getting better.
Fowles……. Sylvia came back from her knee injury and has been a beast ever since! If she would have been healthy all season last year she definitely would have given Parker a run for her money! At the Olympics Fowles was impressive to say the least! And right now in her Euro season with Spartak she is beyond AMAZING! Not to mention she had the first ever dunk in EuroLeague play.
I’m pretty anxious to see Parker get up with UMMC in January because I just like watching her play lol! And she is going to an already stacked UMMC team and I expect that UMMC and Spartak will battle it out for the Championship.
Courtney Paris, some say her stock is dropping in the draft, but with 101st consecutive double double the other night I’m not sure how it’s possible. I personally think she will end up in Washington with the #2 pick. But people I am keeping my eye on in the draft just out of curiousity are Renee Montgomery (UConn) and Julianne Viani (Marist). I think Renee will go top 8, and I’m curious to see who will pick up Viani, Im assuming somewhere in the 2nd round. Last year at this time I kept pushing for Lelani Mitchell to get picked up and look at how well she has ended up playing for NY. She is going to keep getting better. And I am thinking that Viani can do well in the league as well.
