There's a great article in today's Washington Post about Maryland's own Alyssa Thomas being named to the USA Basketball 3x3 Team that will represent our country in next month's inaugural FIBA 3x3 World Championships in Athens. Congratulations to AT on this well-deserved honor and her first international competition!! Alyssa's teammates in Athens will be Skylar Diggins (Notre Dame), Chiney Ogwumike (Stanford), and Bria Hartley (UConn). That's a pretty stellar group of players, and the BCs think they have a great chance to bring home the gold.
We confess, however, that until the recent naming of the USA Team, we weren't all that familiar with how 3x3 ball is played according to FIBA's international rules. It turns out that, just like in the schoolyard version, there's no coach. No coach! That means AT and her teammates will just have to decide amongst themselves who goes in, who guards whom, what plays to run, and when.
This got us to thinking -- what a great idea for the Mystics! Why not, for the remainder of this 2012 WNBA season, let Lang, Mo, Matee and their teammates decide who plays and when? Could they possibly do any worse than the team has done under the current coach? At the very least, you can be certain Matee won't be calling a time out when she, or one of her teammates, is driving to the basket for a layup!
A coachless Mystics team would have the added advantage of saving even more money for Sheila Johnson, Ted Leonsis, and their partners. After all, it was ostensibly to save the Mystics money that got the team to where it is today. And now, with the owners deciding to pay Andray Blatche 23 million dollars -- let's say that again, 23 million dollars -- to WALK AWAY from the Wizards, Sheila and Ted will need all the pennies they can save on the Mystics to pay Andray . . . for not playing.
Isn't it amazing . .. in 2010, they allegedly couldn't find the money to retain the most successful GM and HC in Mystics history, but now they can spend more than twice the salaries of all 12 WNBA teams combined just to rid themselves of one NBA player. Go figure.
It's still hot out; one of us is a little under the weather today; our storm-damaged car remains in the repair shop; so, yes . . .the BCs confess, we are still cranky.
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posted by BasketCases @ 8:49 AM
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Fantastic idea BC's!! I love it!! And congrats to AT. She has the heart of a lion. Can't wait for the season to start!!!
The only thing that might fix the crankiness is having Trudi fired?
Hoping against hope that Trudi is gone after the Olympic break - don't care if she resigns or is fired - just please be gone!! - but I am enough of a realist to know that those running the women's sports end of Monumental don't give a damn about women's sports....just the Wizards and Caps. Sheila should be ashamed of herself but I lost all respect for her last year when her career advice to Alana was to open a smoothie franchise. Well, our son is getting married next week so we have other things to make us happy this summer!
PEACE! you are still cranky! LOL. :) Congratulations to AT and her teammates. That is a wonderful idea. The Mystics team would do wonderful.
You are understandably cranky, $23million NOT to play, a crushed car, and the Washington Mystics!!
Great article on Ms. Thomas! I love that the article pointed out that her team beat several of the men's teams!! No wonder-they are all All-Stars!!
You have earned your crankiness!!
That's hilarious. In the Mystics' case, no coach may be better than having a coach now that you say it.
Just to clarify on Blatche's amnesty. He gets paid 23 million, but he does not get it in a lump sum, still will for the next three years (he still has 3 years left). If another NBA team picks him up within the next couple days in waivers, the Wizards will get to save a little money off the 23 million.
Still, you're hitting Mystics fans' frustration on the head BC's.
And let's not forget Leonsis' Q & A has the title "Wizards/Caps owner answers questions." There were five pages of questions about every little iota (almost down to the color of their underwear) and NO mention of his other truly horrendous franchise. This just turned my stomach. I mean, not even an afterthought such as "he (and MSE) also own the WNBA Mystics franchise, currently the worst team in the league."
Well, Trudi is still employed as of July 25, 2012. Let that sink in for a while.
Yeah, she isn't going anywhere. On another topic--has anyone heard that Laurin Mincy is injured?? BC's--know anything about this??
What happened to alyssa and USABB 3x3? All I can find is she was replaced by Anne Strother (WTF?)because she was "unable to play". Thought maybe the BCs would know what's up....
I heard that she got a virus and wasn't able to make the trip..a shame.
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