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Ladies Court - Women’s Basketball News and Analysis

April 30th, 2008

WNBA preseason kicks off tonight

A depleted new Seattle Storm roster will take the court Wednesday evening to begin the 2008 WNBA preseason against the Chicago Sky. Both teams bring new coaches to the sidelines (Seattle with former San Antonio Silver Stars assistant coach Brian Agler and Chicago with Steve Key, recently promoted from assistant coach after the not-so-subtle departure […]

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April 21st, 2008

How the new owners keep Storm in Seattle

With the NBA voting to allow a move for the Seattle Sonics, the Seattle Times has a timely feature about the fight and success to keep the WNBA’s Seattle Storm in town.
“Force 10″ is the exact point when bad weather officially becomes a storm.
And the group has been in the midst of one since finalizing […]

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March 16th, 2008

Seattle Storm re-sign Sue Bird

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Continuing their signing frenzy — although we knew this was coming all along — the Seattle Storm re-signed all-everything guard Sue Bird last week.
Bird got the max (ahem) — $93,000 per year — so I guess she’s got that going for her, but she also […]

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March 11th, 2008

Top WNBA off-season additions so far

If your choice is anybody other than my No. 1, then you’re just wrong, but just to keep you waiting, here’s my list in reverse.
5. Iziane Castro Marques, Atlanta.
WHY? This move isn’t likely to pay as many dividends early on as it will in the future. Castro Marques is a veteran player who can […]

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March 4th, 2008

Sheryl Swoops joins Storm

Man, secure your team and make a run at the title, why don’t ya?
The Seattle Storm continue to make move after move in hopes of returning to glory, and didn’t stop Monday as they signed All-WNBA-Everything Sheryl Swoops from the Houston Comets.
But she made it clear that she wanted a new challenge. From the Seattle […]

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February 28th, 2008

No biggie, but it’s official

So the league made the final approval for the sale of the Seattle Storm to the Force 10 group who saved the franchise from being re-located alongside the NBA’s Supersonics.
“This is an exciting day for all the fans who have been so loyal to the Storm over the years,” said […]

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February 26th, 2008

WNBA Draft date announced

The WNBA Draft will be held on April 9 in Tampa, Florida, according to a WNBA press release.
The draft is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. CST and will be televised on ESPN 2, according to the release.
The Los Angeles Sparks currently have the No. 1 pick and are likely to take All-American Candace Parker, […]

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February 21st, 2008

WNBA releases preseason schedule

Apologies once again for the delays, we’re having some server issues which are preventing me from updating the site in a timely fashion.
The latest news from the WNBA is the Wednesday release of the pre-season schedule. Take a look at it. I haven’t had a chance to take a longer look at it, but hopefully […]

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February 19th, 2008

Cash trade becomes official

It’s a done deal… Swin Cash has been traded to the Seattle Storm for the 4th pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft.
From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
It’s not often a team trades two top-10 picks within a month, but the Storm is tired of first-round exits in the playoffs (three consecutive seasons).
In January, chief operating officer Karen […]

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February 17th, 2008

Swin Cash expected to be traded

I hope you got to watch the Shooting Stars competition, because it might have been the last time you see Swin Cash in Detroit Shock swag.
A report from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (based off a report in the Detroit Free Press) states Cash expects to be traded to the Seattle Storm when free agency begins on […]

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