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TJSweens -> RE: Minnesota Lynx (9/1/2020 11:16:00 AM)
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It's amazing what good drafts and good personnel decisions can do for a franchise. Consider that the Lynx are closing in on a first round bye with Big Syl out of the lineup for more than half the season. I don't know if there is even a time table for her return.
In the 2019 draft Reeve targeted Napheesa Collier early on and tried in vain to move up to be in position to draft her. Luckily an off senior year shooting the 3 caused Collier to fall in Reeve's lap. Jessica Sheppard looked like a second round steal until her knee injury.
Collier spent the next year lobbying Reeve to take Crystal Dangerfield. She was considered the top pure point guard in the draft. Due concerns over her height and whether she could assume a scoring role, Dangerfield fell to us in the second round.
These two are filling up the stat sheet very efficiently and drawing so much attention that the door gets open wide for other players to go off in any given game. Last night Banham and Dantas went off for 18 and 17. In other games during this stretch, Sims, Herbert-Harrigan, Brown, Carlton and others have taken turns chipping in with big nights along with Dantas chipping in regularly.
One reason this has worked out well is that Reeve has rebuilt the supporting cast to emphasize 3 and D. Out of 7 players who have shot at least 20 tres, only Lexie Brown is shooting below .345. Banham and Collier are both over 40%.
Reeve has done a great job rebuilding the roster in the wake of the championship run. If they can get Fowles back in time for the playoffs, they are right there with the best teams in the league this year.
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