WNBA All-decade team

[23_for_life]

The WNBA is coming out with the All-decade team, already ten years of WNBA, hard too believe, man we are getting old fast.

And the nominees are:

Janeth Arcain, Guard
Sue Bird, Guard
Cynthia Cooper, Guard
Tamecka Dixon, Guard
Becky Hammond, Guard
Shannon Johnson, Guard
Vickie Johnson, Guard/Forward
Deanna Nolan, Guard
Ticha Penicheiro, Guard
Katie Smith, Guard
Dawn Staley, Guard
Andrea Stinson, Guard
Teresa Weatherspoon, Guard
Diana Taurasi, Guard

Ruthie Bolton, Forward
Swin Cash, Forward
Tamika Catchings, Forward
Jennifer Gillom, Forward
Chamique Holdsclaw, Forward
Lauren Jackson, Forward
Nykesha Sales, Forward
Rebecca Lobo, Forward
Mwadi Mabika, Forward
Taj McWilliams-Franklin, Forward
Delisha Milton-Jones, Forward
Sheryl Swoopes, Forward
Tina Thompson, Forward
Natalie Williams, Forwad

Yolanda Griffith, Center
Lisa Leslie, Center

Man, this is tough, there are some really good players in here, anyway here's my all-decade team :

Center Lisa Leslie (no brainer)
Forward Rebecca Lobo
Forward Sheryl Swoopes
Guard Theresa Weatherspoon
Guard Dawn Staley

Runner up:
Lauren Jackson
Sue Bird

[stuart]

Check out the link: http://sports.espn.go.com/wnba/news/story?id=2423768

Center Lisa Leslie (no brainer)
Forward Rebecca Lobo
Forward Sheryl Swoopes
Guard Theresa Weatherspoon
Guard Dawn Staley

Wow, Rebecca Lobo, really?

First Team:
Center: Lisa Leslie
Forward: Yolanda Griffith
Forward: Sheryl Swoopes
Guard: Cynthia Cooper
Guard: Dawn Staley

Second Team:
Center: Lauren Jackson
Forward: Tina Thompson
Forward: Chamique Holdsclaw
Guard: Katie Smith
Guard: Ticha Penichiero (though it will be Weatherspoon that gets this spot, don't ask why...)

Sincere apologies to Tamika Catchings, Natalie Williams, Janeth Arcain and Ticha Penichiero

Stuart

[sinobball]

Umm... I dont' know too much about WNBA, but Cynthia Cooper should be on the list.

[23_for_life]

Umm... I dont' know too much about WNBA, but Cynthia Cooper should be on the list.

Yeah... WNBA doesn't seem very popular... lol

[23_for_life]

Check out the link: http://sports.espn.go.com/wnba/news/story?id=2423768



Wow, Rebecca Lobo, really?

Stuart

I guess you are right, she is just a personal favorite from her college days, but only played a good 2 - 3 years in the WNBA until she sufferd that torn ACL in her left knee that pretty much ended her career. Cause she did not do much after that.

[stuart]

Check out the link:
First Team:
Center: Lisa Leslie
Forward: Yolanda Griffith
Forward: Sheryl Swoopes
Guard: Cynthia Cooper
Guard: Dawn Staley

Second Team:
Center: Lauren Jackson
Forward: Tina Thompson
Forward: Chamique Holdsclaw
Guard: Katie Smith
Guard: Ticha Penichiero (though it will be Weatherspoon that gets this spot, don't ask why...)

I hear you 23, if I were to go with my faves, Lisa Leslie would not be on my list anywhere. I also want to say that Tina Thompson and Yolanda Griffith are interchangable between the two teams.

Stuart

[23_for_life]

I hear you 23, if I were to go with my faves, Lisa Leslie would not be on my list anywhere.
Stuart

Same here, dunno why, but Lisa Leslie wouldn't be on my team either. I mean I don't have anything against her, but....

We should star another thread about WNBA favorite players... Michelle Timms would be on mine, as well as Penicheiro, and Jackson. And everything started because I put Rebecca Lobo on my list (which now I wish I didn't)... lol

[stuart]

The Team was announced 2 weeks ago... I missed it...

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baske...tm?POE=SPOISVA

Players voted by fans, the media and current players/coaches to the All-Decade Team:

Sue Bird Seattle 2002-current
Tamika Catchings Indiana 2001-current
Cynthia Cooper Houston 1997-2000, 2003
Yolanda Griffith Sacramento 1999-current
Lauren Jackson Seattle 2001-current
Lisa Leslie Los Angeles 1997-current
Katie Smith Detroit 1999-current
Dawn Staley Houston 1999-current
Sheryl Swoopes Houston 1997-current
Tina Thompson Houston 1997-current

I think they got 8-9 out of the 10 right. The inclusion of Sue Bird and Tamika Catchings is a bit early. Esp. Sue Bid (though I like her game). And though I am not a fan of Ticha Penichiero or Teresa Weatherspoon, I fully expected them to make the squad. Maybe even Nykeshe Sales.

Stuart