Re: WNBA Finals Game Sets New Attendance Record

I think you're giving him more credit than he deserves.

In the dispersal draft from the Miami and Portland teams, he picked Ruth
Riley because she was the best available center from those 2 teams. It was
either Riley or Svylvia Crawley/Jenny Mowe from Portland. What did either of
these 2 players have over Riley and Ruth was a winner in college. Anybody
could have made that call. A no-brainer.

As for Edwina Brown vs. Elaine Powell. Another no brainer.

Cheryl Ford was a risky but it turns out, very good pick.

How did he do it? LUCK pure and simple and using some common sense. If
Leslie does not fumble the rock under the basket during the last seconds of
game 2, she would have made the basket and a three-peat. Just my 2 cents
worth.


"CapriSmall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >so what's his secret?
> >
>
> I don' think it's a secret.
>
> NO.1 - He is a great evaluator of talent. Pure and simple. When Ruth Riley
came
> into the league (and up till this year) there was a large number of folks
who
> didn't think she had the speed to succeed.
> Lambeer realized her court vision and passing counted for something and
made
> her is first pick.
>
> The Washington Mystics took Jenny Mowe for pities sake. The Silver Stars
traded
> Sylvia Crawley for Natalie Williams. What were they thinking?
>
> He traded away marginal players like Edwina Brown but stuck with promising
ones
> like Tweety Nolan.
>
> Number 2 - he gets out there and helps raise the team's profile in the
area.
> Being  a member of the beloved "Bad Boys" NBA champ teams didn't hurt in
that
> regard.