If Vivi improves as much over the off-season as she did last off-season, she will be huge for us. I do believe she will have to improve her conditioning and believe she will, if asked, or she realizes it or whatever. I also thought last year, though no one on here agreed, that she had a problem
with her leg. Whether she did or didn't, hopefully she is 100% for the season.
Gioya being hurt from before the season started and not knowing how healthy she was when she came back, leaves a question for me as to whether she had started to make improvements before being injured. If so and she had been able to continue to practice and then play, she might have
been a much improved player. I have always thought a big part of her problem the first two years was her mental game. And it continued last year. That couldn't have been helped by her injury. I believe with the right one-on-one coaching and a big commitment from her, she could play in the WNBA. (not knocking coaches here, saying that what she would need to improve to WNBA level) Now, she may not want to make that commitment, but I imagine she hasn't thought of getting a one-on-one coach and trainer, to work on her game, so she could get to the next level. Don't even know if she has the money. Don't even know what her desire is. It would take a lot of her time to do that and train with the team and I don't know if she is required to go to summer school or not and if she is required to take 6 hours for summer school.
Guess I got a little carried away: just love to watch Gioya play and truly believe she has the skills and ability to make vast improvements in her game.
Gabbi had a drop-off from her first year. I am not sure if playing with the U.S. team was part of that or not. Maybe the fact that Peyton was off and on affected her play. I believe she can play better than last season. However, I also believe that Tona can play better than last season (which was a good season for her) and could start at PG. She has the ability to learn not to make mistakes and to learn to shoot and limit her turnovers.
She is great on defense and also gets a lot of rebounds.
Peyton could get it together, Maddie could improve.. unknown possibilities.
Ijeoma Odimgbe, I still believe she could be an important contributor. She seems smart and to care, those things go a long way in helping someone be good at anything. Gileysa, I have no clue. I love her spirt.
Morgan Rich, Dungee, Mulkey, until I see them at this level, I have no clue.
Believe Dungee and Mulkey will contribute. Morgan, I just have no idea.
We do need some people to step-up for this not to be a repeat of the last three years. Just want these players to play well for themselves and enjoy it. I will appreciate being the unintended, unknown beneficiary if this happens.