27.4 % was roughly my first interest rate I received from a borrower when I was first trying to establish credit as a young man. It's also close to how full my hard drive is. What it should NOT be is the final shooting percentage for a professional basketball team on any given night. Then again, maybe we're not talking about a professional basketball team. Right now, the jury is still out. There's not much use in trying to look for patterns, suggesting starting line-ups, or search for moral victories. If your team shooting percentage is that low for the game, you're generally gonna lose.
Despite quickly denied rumors of the franchise being shopped to a Denver group, that scenario does help to explain a few things. The hiring of an inexperienced coach (albeit a long time Taylor club member), the sudden change in strategy at draft time from a low post acquisition to nationally known college star, the lack of any other front court acquisitions to help the team in a crucial area. If what you wanted to do was bottom out this market, eliminate fan support and create a justification for leaving, well, that's exactly what's happening. I don't know if the Taylor group could break even in selling the franchise given the money they've lost over the years, but certainly a bad franchise with a couple of clearly recognizable names (Augustus, Harding) would certainly be an easy sell in other markets with the will to develop enthusiasm for the women's game. It has that capitalistic logic to it.
I certainly hope that's not the case; but it's hard to explain this level of incompetence, especially at 27.4 %.
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Hard to explain the level of incompetence?
Hmmm (scratches chin, deep in thought) We are talking about Glen Taylor and the gang running a basketball franchise, right?
demetri,
you have a point. "Never overestimate someone's ability without proof", my dad use to tell me. It's very true they simply could be this incompetent. But watching the first few games--the lack of offensive strategy, poor defense, and terrible chemistry, it's like watching the last three weeks of the Wolves season. Their ulterior motive was to hang on to their lottery pick. I'm just wondering if the Lynx have a motive beyond letting young talent take their lumps.
In womens basketball you have to do three things to win games. Girls must rebound, play D and shoot the 3ball. The lynx can't seem to do any of the three. Maybe they should have kept a couple of their shooters Chandi and Duffy. You don't get any pts unless the ball goes through the hoop.
I gave up on the lynx when they couldnt get a deal done to get lindsay whalen. give up everything you have to get her - duh! She was the biggest thing in minnesota and she would have filled that arena - ride the wave as long as you can, but no, why would we want to spark huge interest in a team?
Well were now 0-7 The Lynx can't wait until the allstar to fire coach Z. We upped our shooting % from 27 to 31. we still can't shoot the 3 ball. Coach Z is ruining these young ladies. We have a bunch of big slow clunky players who can't shoot a lick. What happened to AJ this afternoon.
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