The Mystics are looking a bit handcuffed by the cap at the moment. They can make 11 players work as-is, but I wonder if they look into trading someone like Hines-Allen if they want a little relief. Hines-Allen has been far from the same player we saw have a career year in the wubble, and the healthier EDD is (though she is fragile), the less Hines-Allen's presence on this roster makes sense. Idk who would want her at this point in free agency though, nor am I totally sure if she's a true dump candidate at this point in time – maybe?
Ok now someone's really gotta go from this current veteran Mystics group, cuz I don't suppose Zahui B.'s about to play on vet min after her previous contract was $135k iirc
Ok now someone's really gotta go from this current veteran Mystics group, cuz I don't suppose Zahui B.'s about to play on vet min after her previous contract was $135k iirc
I wonder if they're still trying to trade Hines-Allen?
Ok now someone's really gotta go from this current veteran Mystics group, cuz I don't suppose Zahui B.'s about to play on vet min after her previous contract was $135k iirc
I wonder if they're still trying to trade Hines-Allen?
They arguably should've been before today, but now they really gotta.
Zahui B. has enough of a 3pt shot to where she can back up Austin at the 5, or play as a stretch-4 with Austin. There's zero need for Hines-Allen now.
Whether they trade her in a dump or a conventional trade is my question.
Ok now someone's really gotta go from this current veteran Mystics group, cuz I don't suppose Zahui B.'s about to play on vet min after her previous contract was $135k iirc
Having seen Zahui B play recently, I wouldn't offer more than a training camp contract to her if I was the Mystics and would be perfectly content if she chose not to turn up. She's averaging 6 points and 4 rebounds a game in Italian domestic league and her Euroleague numbers are TERRIBLE. She's 1/16 from three in Euroleague and that's meant to be her selling point on offense. She's a defensive liability too.
I was just saying on rebs, until we see Zahui B. struggle badly in the W, I can’t see her accepting only a training camp deal. I mean, she just got traded for 2RPs, which aren’t 3RPs if nothing else – and we all knew she had no future in Vegas with how much they were stocking up at the center position. She clearly has value.
As it is, she doesn’t have to do too much on Schio, not with Mabrey, RHoward, and Astou Ndour as teammates. Maybe the fit’s just not right. I can’t imagine she’s totally washed already, she’s only 29.
Cuz I don’t really wanna post on Rebs lmao… I thought we all understood that Zahui sitting out last year was not voluntary. Didn’t fisher fuck her over and just suspend her basically?
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Cuz I don’t really wanna post on Rebs lmao… I thought we all understood that Zahui sitting out last year was not voluntary. Didn’t fisher fuck her over and just suspend her basically?
right, and i think that should be taken into consideration as well… she’s never truly been out of the league, because she has a record of producing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ not a whole lot, but enough as a good-bodied post player
Cuz I don’t really wanna post on Rebs lmao… I thought we all understood that Zahui sitting out last year was not voluntary. Didn’t fisher fuck her over and just suspend her basically?
right, and i think that should be taken into consideration as well… she’s never truly been out of the league, because she has a record of producing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ not a whole lot, but enough as a good-bodied post player
I miss comprehended your point with that anyways cuz I’m dumb and tired lmao lemme back out of convos lol
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right, and i think that should be taken into consideration as well… she’s never truly been out of the league, because she has a record of producing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ not a whole lot, but enough as a good-bodied post player
I miss comprehended your point with that anyways cuz I’m dumb and tired lmao lemme back out of convos lol
I was just saying on rebs, until we see Zahui B. struggle badly in the W, I can’t see her accepting only a training camp deal. I mean, she just got traded for 2RPs, which aren’t 3RPs if nothing else – and we all knew she had no future in Vegas with how much they were stocking up at the center position. She clearly has value.
As it is, she doesn’t have to do too much on Schio, not with Mabrey, RHoward, and Astou Ndour as teammates. Maybe the fit’s just not right. I can’t imagine she’s totally washed already, she’s only 29.
I'm not saying she's totally washed but I would make her compete with other fringe players for a spot. Her recent WNBA history is not good - her last two years she's been a starter on really bad teams and offensive efficiency numbers have been subpar even with those additional scoring opportunities. She's never been a good defensive player. Tianna Hawkins didn't get anything more than a training camp contract with the Mystics and I think Zahui B is on a similar level to her.
Hawkins was bad last year though on vet min, and in 2021 when she was on that mid-sized contract with Atlanta. Her wubble season was ok, but her percentages were still bad. She hasn’t been good since 2019, when she was on a Mystics team that had all this talent up & down the roster. So I can see why she continues to only get vet min.
I did think SWK would get a little more $ than she ended up getting. But she hasn’t really improved much in a few years, and her contract is guaranteed this year, so her deal ultimately makes sense to me.
No mention of outside shooting at all besides a mention of last season's three point percentage. Improved outside shooting from Sykes is much more beneficial to the Mystics' offense than improved playmaking. It's odd the author chooses to not address this in their article. Then again, the article does read more like a PR piece than one actually properly analysing Sykes's signing.