Face of the franchise is traded away after 10 solid years and championships. She hasn't been as quick since her surgery.
Hopefully, she fares better than Ben Wallace who left under similar circumstances........

I could care less if they're the ugliest team in the league as long as they're competing for championships.

Great move by Laimbeer.

Yea...participate with me and Chauncey in the all-star festivities and when we are done I am shipping your butt out o' town.


4 th pick in the draft sounds good. Bill didn't like Cash anyway.

The Fever just got Katie Douglas, so they just got better. It will be interesting to see who the Shock get with the #4 pick.

Kgreg it would be nice to get Candace in a Shock uniform but she is a junior and I am not sure if she will opt out this year or not. If she does, the LA Sparks have the # 1 pick and believe me she would love to come out here for a modeling career too. Besides she is engaged to the guy with the big Forehead >Shelden Williams who was just traded to Sacamento Kings for Bibby, so that may influence her decision too head west...

Candace goes first.

Here's the first round with our pick:

First Round
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1. Los Angeles (10-24)—Candace Parker, Tennessee
2. Chicago (14-20)—Sylvia Fowles, c, LSU
3. Minnesota (10-24)—Candice Wiggins, g Stanford
4. Detroit from Atlanta through Seattle—Alexis Hornbuckle, g, Tennessee
5. Houston (13-21)—Matee Ajavon, g, Rutgers
6. Washington (16-18)—Crystal Langhorne, f, Maryland
7. New York (16-18)—Essence Carson, g, Rutgers
8. Atlanta from Seattle (17-17)—Tamera Young, f, James Madison
9. Connecticut (18-16)—Amber Holt, f, Middle Tennessee
10. Sacramento (19-15)—Laura Harper, c, Maryland
11. Detroit from San Antonio (20-14)—Tasha Humphrey, f, Georgia
12. Connecticut from Indiana (21-13)—Ketia Swanier, g, Connecticut
13. Phoenix (23-11)—LaToya Pringle, f, North Carolina
14. New York from Detroit (24-10) through San Antonio—Erlana Larkins, f, North Carolina

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2nd round


15. Los Angeles—Shannon Bobbitt, g, Tennessee
16. Minnesota—Nicky Anosike, c, Tennessee
17. Houston—Erica White, g, LSU
18. Detroit—Olayinka Sanni, c, West Virginia
19. Chicago—Quianna Chaney, g, LSU
20. Washington—Lindsey Pluimer, f, UCLA
21. San Antonio (from New York)—Chioma Nnamaka, f, Georgia Tech
22. Seattle—Allie Quigley, g, DePaul
23. Connecticut—Jolene Anderson, g, Wisconsin
24. Atlanta (from Indiana)—Morenike Atunrase, f, Texas A&M
25. Phoenix (from San Antonio)—Leilani Mitchell, g, Utah
26. Indiana—Khadijah Whittington, f, North Carolina State
27. New York (from Phoenix)—Wanisha Smith, g, Duke
28. Detroit—Natasha Lacy, g, UTEP


Third Round
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29. Los Angeles—Sharnee’ Zoll, g, Virginia
30. Minnesota—Charde Houston, f, Connecticut
31. Houston—Crystal Kelly, f, Western Kentucky
32. Atlanta—Danielle Hood, f, Hartford
33. Chicago—Angela Tisdale, g, Baylor
34. Washington—Krystal Vaughn, f, Va. Commonwealth
35. New York—Alberta Auguste, g, Tennessee
36. Seattle—Kimberly Beck, g, George Washington
37. Connecticut—Lauren Ervin, c, Arkansas
38. Sacramento—A’Quonesia Franklin, g, Texas A&M
39. San Antonio—Alex Anderson, f, Chattanooga
40. Sacramento (from Indiana)—Izabela Piekarska, c, UTEP
41. Phoenix—Marscilla Packer, g, Ohio State
42. Detroit—Valeriya Berezhynska, c, Rice
43. z-Sacramento—Charel Allen, g, Notre Dame
z-granted an additional third round pick at the end of the round

Thanks OZ, I watched the first round and the girls seem excited about going to help their respective new teams.

Basically, Bill swapped a partially mended knee 28 year old former champion in Cash for a 23 year old 2 time NCAA Womens champ who probably plays better defense than Cash and is better behind the arc. Second pick Natasha Humphrey looks good too. Good luck Shock, time to bring two more banners to the palace this summer

oops, missed Tasha. 5 picks in all. And a near champion team. It's gonna be a meatgrinder to make the team like 3 7th round picks on the Pats.

Did we draft any hot chicks?

Talked to Horn today and they expect Hornbuckle to start, and possibly Humphrey. They really like Hornbuckle hitting shots under pressure.

I am also wondering about this.

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