Holdsclaw says why she's been gone: clinical depression.

I just remember (being) out on a West Coast trip and I was there, I was with the "team, but I was somewhere else," Chamique said. "I was just feeling real anti-social. I wasn't feeling my normal self."

She's getting help, but she's not sure whether she'll play again with the Mystics or anyone else.

Eric McErlain has some thoughts on the situation.

The biggest question in my mind was always: if she's well enough to attend the games and sit in the box, why can't she sit on the bench with the team? This answers that... and much else.

Best wishes to Mique for recovery.