Trail blazer of women's basketball: Q & A with New York Liberty GM, Carol Blazejowski.

I have often criticized Carol Blazejowski for her player personnel decisions. Before this year, her only really good move was trading Carolyn Jones-Young for Tari Phillips (of course, she took advantage of Linda Hargrove, which was very easy to do...see the Nikki Teasley-Ukari Figgs trade). Becky Hammon was assigned to the Liberty, so that does not count.

But this year, Blaze has kept it simple by being smart and forward-thinking. She didn't make an offer to T-Spoon, trying to rebuild the team and not play 4-on-5 on offense. She let Tamika Whitmore and her lack of rebounding and consistency go. Blaze drafted Shameka Christon, building for the future, and took a chance on 5-11 DeTrina White. So far, Blaze has done very well.