WNBA Fan Voice

Nov 11, 2009 -- 4:33PM, blame_canada wrote:

Aren't you a bit over-hyping Ashley Paris? You can call me a skeptic, but seeing what her sister did last season and knowing Courtney is the better one I just don't see her as an improvement over the likes of Black.

yeah i probably am, but since she is the more fit player and was really coming out of her shell in her senior year at OU, i really thought she would have made a roster. but would you say she would be an improvment over whitmore???

courtney didn't play terrible last year...she didnt get much time in the beginning of the season and when she did, she wasn't the force like at ou.

i agree we could take a risk on feenstra... she actually didn't play terrible while actually playing for the sky (well i thought so).  i too think that it would be nice for the paris sisters play back in oklahoma... but for the sun, i would at least try to see if ash wants to play here, cuz she is a GREAT talent who did make a team last year, which to me was shocking.

i just need to see a list of free agents to decide on who they should pick up. but if sac releases courtney and then tulsa signs both ash and court, who are they releasing??? braxton?? maybe she could then come help us out??

and i kinda agree with you canada on holt. she deserves taht she should be there, but definatly needs to come back and play great the whole season... as well as the other girls!

Nov 10, 2009 -- 4:38PM, fulda rock on wrote:

Prince i am pretty sure played the 2 guard, but can play the one (i think) (i too don't really follow her, but i hear she is a really good guard. i think she was the one who scored like 40 on uconn a couple of years ago, if i am not mistaken)

and i agree with that bales hasn't been able to keep a spot, but she is a big body, who can rebound, and i am pretty sure can score more than what whit did this year. so maybe a training camp spot?? just thinking of options aside of appel and charles (because they are most likely not to fall off the top 2 spots). can you think of anyother bigs either in free agency or draft (not named appel or charles) that could possibly make our roster... the only other is ashley paris.

and are we in agreement that the whole bench is up for discussion on leaving???

They can replace the entire bench if they want too. This past season's Sun team was a bust besides Whalen/Jones/Gruda/White/Jekabsone.

Ashley Paris is a good player and the Sun should have taken her this year over Chante Black. But I believe Ashley will be playing in Tulsa next season along with Courtney. Sacramento will give up Courtney now that they have the 2nd draft pick (Charles or Appel).  I'd rather see the Paris sisters play together in Tulsa anyways. 

Well, another 'big' that the Sun could take a chance on is Katie Feenstra.  I believe she was with Chicago at the end of this past season but they probably won't keep her once Brooke Wyckoff returns from her injury (if they take her back, which I believe they may).

The Sun had originally drafted her in the first place (Feenstra), but decided on Margo instead.  I believe that with the right coaching, Feenstra could still be a good player in the league.  Maybe she would fit in with the Sun where she couldn't really fit in anywhere else.

I like the big girls. I'd take Feenstra and try her out.

Nov 9, 2009 -- 3:26PM, fulda rock on wrote:

i would like some clarification(spelling??) on this: what do the sun need??? backup center??? more shooters???

as i see you guys are talking bout replacing black... but maybe we should keep her this year and use her like coach t did with tamika. and do we want to draft a big with the 3rd pick or sign someone???

i don't know.... i was just thinking i feel like we could sign a big, like Alison Bales (who i think has some real talent) and then draft a guard like Ephianny Prince (formally of Rutgers) anyone like that idea??

I think the Sun are ok in the shooting department actually.  We have Tan White who is a good shooter, Jekabsone-Zogota who is an even better shooter, Phillips can be a great shooter most of the time and we have Asjha who can post up and shooter jumpers, same with Gruda. 

Alison Bales has been jumping from team to team and has never been able to stick. I'd be cautious of signing her.  Maybe she just doesn't fit in.  I'd still like it if we could land either Charles or Appel as a back up center to Gruda.  But the Sun could still keep Chante Black and have her take Whitmore's place whom I think needs to retire or be cut/traded away. 

To be honest, I don't know what guard position Prince plays.  I never kept up with her.  Is she a point guard or a shooting guard?  If she's a good shooting guard, then we could draft her and replace her with the underwhelming Erin Phillips.

Nov 8, 2009 -- 1:43PM, blame_canada wrote:

I thought we were looking for backup center, right? So isn't Voughn an improvement over Black? And we don't lose any guards.

So Whalen had a down year after having a MVP one. She still was miles better at PG than Brown, Phillips. Look at the typical stat for PG's - assist to turnover ratio. Lindsay is in TOP5 with 2.48 assists per every turnover, while Erin barely makes TOP25 with 1.54 and Kiesha doesn't even qualify for that stat. And in todays basketball games where most of the games at the end are one to three possession games these few assists or turnovers mater the most.

I don't want to lose Whalen. She is the leader. Yes, Vaughn is an improvement over Black but I doubt they will give her up.  Although, NY does have about the stupidest GM in the world, so who knows.  If we can't get Tina or Jayne, I'd take Kia Vaughn.  She's from Rutgers though, NY won't give her up.