Great analysis, as always. I was at the game last night and thinking... they aren't taking any threes. What a difference from the Storm's past identity as one of the best three point shooting teams, especially under Dan Hughes. In the second half, the Storm were getting swarmed in the paint with Minn excellent physical defense, yet didn't make any adjustments or kick outs. Nneka is clearly the best player on the team. Not Jewell. I hope the coaching staff will run the offense through her. Such disappointing guard play last night. Jewell forced it and kept taking terrible shots instead of looking for her teammates. To me, she is one of the most frustrating players. Very talented but poor BB IQ, and the number 2 or 3 option. Jordan Houston was great. Such energy and heart. She made some amazing passes down low for easy baskets for her teammates. Exciting to see her development.
Hopeful, play will improve with time. And Cheryl Reeve is such an excellent GM and coach. I love what she does for the league and women's basketball. The Lynx with their new roster executed well and played with grit. Seattle was out coached by a mile.
“In training camp, we hadn’t really had to dial up offensives,” she said. “Early (offense) was something that we kind of lived in and not worrying about play calling and those things."
I've always been pro-Noelle Quinn, but I find this pretty alarming. If they didn't get something early, they didn't have any plays to call? That does explain how the offense looked after the first quarter.
I think you are correct. I was asking Kevin Pelton last night if the players actually got paid for the preseason games. And I believe he said that they don't get actual payment during training camp but obviously have other things provided like food and housing. If they aren't paid during the preseason game that would make sense as to why Nika could play during that game but not once the actual regular season games began. The whole thing was definitely confusing but I'm not incredibly familiar with how foreign Visas work. The one thing I do know is that they can take time, so I hope for Nika's sake that they are able to get the issue resolved very soon.
Great analysis, as always. I was at the game last night and thinking... they aren't taking any threes. What a difference from the Storm's past identity as one of the best three point shooting teams, especially under Dan Hughes. In the second half, the Storm were getting swarmed in the paint with Minn excellent physical defense, yet didn't make any adjustments or kick outs. Nneka is clearly the best player on the team. Not Jewell. I hope the coaching staff will run the offense through her. Such disappointing guard play last night. Jewell forced it and kept taking terrible shots instead of looking for her teammates. To me, she is one of the most frustrating players. Very talented but poor BB IQ, and the number 2 or 3 option. Jordan Houston was great. Such energy and heart. She made some amazing passes down low for easy baskets for her teammates. Exciting to see her development.
Hopeful, play will improve with time. And Cheryl Reeve is such an excellent GM and coach. I love what she does for the league and women's basketball. The Lynx with their new roster executed well and played with grit. Seattle was out coached by a mile.
From the Times article:
“In training camp, we hadn’t really had to dial up offensives,” she said. “Early (offense) was something that we kind of lived in and not worrying about play calling and those things."
I've always been pro-Noelle Quinn, but I find this pretty alarming. If they didn't get something early, they didn't have any plays to call? That does explain how the offense looked after the first quarter.
The Storm were not prepared for this game.
I think in training camp your not employed yet. Maybe thats why she could play before making the roster
I think you are correct. I was asking Kevin Pelton last night if the players actually got paid for the preseason games. And I believe he said that they don't get actual payment during training camp but obviously have other things provided like food and housing. If they aren't paid during the preseason game that would make sense as to why Nika could play during that game but not once the actual regular season games began. The whole thing was definitely confusing but I'm not incredibly familiar with how foreign Visas work. The one thing I do know is that they can take time, so I hope for Nika's sake that they are able to get the issue resolved very soon.
You’re probably correct. It was telling that they didn’t introduce her with the rest of the team.