WNBA Awards announced!!!

Well... not really, but the league has announced when it will hand out most of the major awards.

Coach of the Year: Sept. 25
Defensive POY: Sept. 26
Most Improved: Sept. 27
Rookie of the Year: Sept. 27

The dates can tell us a lot. Awards are usually (or always, when possible) given to a player/coach at a home game. Therefore, some half-baked predictions:

SMS will get COY here Saturday. Adams has a home game that day too, but the word is that Val will be here to give out two awards. The other, presumably, is the sportswomanship award to Teresa (the Edwards-WNBA feud is now officially a distant memory).

Lisa Leslie will get DPOY at Staples Sunday. She'll take the Bud Light rebounding award at the same time, and Teasley will get the Cascade assists award.

Betty Lennox will get Most Improved in Seattle Monday. LJ will get Bud Light scoring title award.

Taurasi will get ROY at Mohegan Monday. (Then again, Val can't be in two places at once... so maybe Taurasi will be in Seattle, maybe MIP isn't Lennox, or maybe Val will go to Mohegan and send a flunky to the Key.)

All-WNBA team will be Oct. 8. The date for the MVP award, by the way, is still listed as "TBD." The league will probably gamble, assume the Sparks will win, and try to give it out at Staples during the Finals.