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Ladies Court - Women’s Basketball News and Analysis

April 29th, 2008

Silver Stars sign their own French point guard

(First off, the headline choice is shamelessly ripped from my old 4th Floor buddies at the San Antonio Express-News).
Anyway, the San Antonio Silver Stars signed Edwige Lawson-Wade, the starting point guard from the French national team, to a free-agent deal today. Lawson has been playing in Europe and […]

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March 27th, 2008

The czar of Russian women’s basketball?

Prior to signing her new contract, Phoenix Mercury star Diana Taurasi was making about $49,000 per season in the WNBA. But that middling sum is trumped by what she’s making in Europe — as are most WNBA players who play overseas — and that trend is led by Shabtai von Kalmanovic.
But rather than cherry-pick from […]

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March 13th, 2008

Becky’s defecting (kinda)

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(First off, this post needs a hat tip to the newly-found, long-running ChicagoSkyTalk.net)
San Antonio Silver Stars guard Becky Hammon recently gained Russian citizenship and is now able to play for the Russian National Team.
I’m kind of torn on this. To me, one of the things […]

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December 4th, 2007

Chamique Holdsclaw talks about the game she left and why

I got a great lead tonight on a column from CNNSI about former WNBA player Chamique Holdsclaw. Emphasis on former.
You’ll remember Holdsclaw abruptly left the Los Angeles Sparks and retired from the league early last summer. The 30-year-old spoke to CNNSI and said her leaving wasn’t about depression — which was why she took a […]

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October 3rd, 2007

Where are my favorite players going?

Funny you should ask, actually.
The WNBA has posted a running list of its players and their whereabouts in overseas play
Most will be playing in Russia, Spain and Turkey. I’m giving myself a primer on Euroleague and Eurocup, so I can pass that along to you soon.
(Photo Credit: Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images for ESPN.com)
Tags: chicago-sky, connecticut-sun, detroit-shock, […]

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