Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Retrospective on the prospective I: hidden gem or
This was a posting to tell on the two superstars Lisa Leslie (No. 9) and Chamique Holdsclaw (No. 1), at left in Houston at the beginning of the 2005 season. But when I went to recheck my facts, what did I find: on a first name basis only the leader board on total number of turnovers for the 2005 season: 1. Shannon (granted, no surprise there) 2. Diana (yes, the . . .) 3. Becky 4. Sheri, Deanna, Lisa (tie) 7. Chamique 8. Tamika (catch this hint) 9. Lindsey 10. Temeka. Sue Bird was number 11.
The highest ranking world champene (that's the pronunstication, right) Monarch was DeMya (shame, shame) tying with Tammy Sutton-Brown at number 26. For turnovers per game, the numbers 1 and 2 spots were reversed. For this 2006 preseason, the league leader remains Shannon Johnson at 20 turnovers already in just 3 games. The turnovers caught my attention because I saw this basic tendency only too clearly exploited by the opponents, and just wondered what was going on inside the heads of these players that they didn't seem phased by this detriment to their teammates. Oh well.
Pic 2 below has Lisa facing her eternal nemesis (GOD Has already Assigned them adjacent Celestial homes). In pic 3 Christi Thomas is seated on the bench just beyond Lisa. She will do little sitting in 2006. If Christi plays here potential, LA will contend . . . strongly. Yet . . .
All photos copyright the author 2005, 2006.
