Women's Hoops Blog

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Tuesday, May 25, 2004

The WNBA Power Rankings are here! Detroit tops the list, followed by Seattle.

Speaking of the Storm, the team is averaging over 90 points per game. Only one WNBA team has averaged over 77 points per game: the 2000 Houston Comets, at 77.3 points per game (of course, it helps when your team has Cynthia Cooper, Janeth Arcain, Sheryl Swoopes, and Tina Thompson). Seattle has Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson, the best point guard-post combination in the league. But the team added Betty Lennox in the dispersal draft and Sheri Sam via a trade with Minnesota, giving the team much-needed scoring from the wing. Lennox, who was the 2000 WNBA Rookie of the Year, has suffered through a hip injury, a blow-up with Brian Agler, and the reputation (a well-deserved one, I might add) for unconsciously jacking up shots. She has gone from Minnesota to Miami to Cleveland to Seattle. Anne Donovan is not a great player personnel evaluator or a good drafter (see her 2001 draft with Charlotte), but she is a great coach with Xs and Os and has a great ability to maximize her players' potential. If Lennox can continue on her torrid pace (19.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 53% shooting), Seattle is going to be in the WNBA Finals.