StevenHW
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Partly from Nancy Lieberman's "Ask Nancy" column on the WNBA website:
http://www.wnba.com/voices/asknancy_060803.html
Question: How do you feel about the Monarchs chance of repeating as champs? Why does everyone keep underrating this team? They have the heart of the champions and finally have the taste of blood. - Martina, Valley Stream, N.Y.
Answer: [Nancy] "I do not think that Monarchs are underrated at all. People know how good they are. They are well-respected around the WNBA with an All-Decade player like Yolanda Griffith. Ticha Penicheiro is still the catalyst, Kara Lawson can be a great player off the bench or as a starter, DeMya Walker is starting to get into shape and they have been there already. The only difference from last season is that they lost their best perimeter defender in Chelsea Newton. It took the younger players some time to learn the system, Walker was out with her pregnancy and they had some other injuries, but this team is coming together at the right time. They have won 11 of their last 15 games and are giving up somewhere around 65 points per game. You know they can defend, they have shooters and a good inside game. That sounds like a good formula to me."
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The questioner was somebody named "Martina"? Would this be a certain legendary tennis player from Czechoslovakia, would it?
http://www.wnba.com/voices/asknancy_060803.html
Question: How do you feel about the Monarchs chance of repeating as champs? Why does everyone keep underrating this team? They have the heart of the champions and finally have the taste of blood. - Martina, Valley Stream, N.Y.
Answer: [Nancy] "I do not think that Monarchs are underrated at all. People know how good they are. They are well-respected around the WNBA with an All-Decade player like Yolanda Griffith. Ticha Penicheiro is still the catalyst, Kara Lawson can be a great player off the bench or as a starter, DeMya Walker is starting to get into shape and they have been there already. The only difference from last season is that they lost their best perimeter defender in Chelsea Newton. It took the younger players some time to learn the system, Walker was out with her pregnancy and they had some other injuries, but this team is coming together at the right time. They have won 11 of their last 15 games and are giving up somewhere around 65 points per game. You know they can defend, they have shooters and a good inside game. That sounds like a good formula to me."
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The questioner was somebody named "Martina"? Would this be a certain legendary tennis player from Czechoslovakia, would it?
