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Monday, April 18, 2005

The East Valley Tribune does a nice job complementing the Arizona Republic providing local draft coverage for fans of the Phoenix Mercury. Following are some quotes from Matt Paulson's feature in today's edition.

"She’ll make us more athletic on the perimeter. She was under the radar playing at Illinois, but she’s one of the top two or three athletes in the draft."
--Phoenix general manager Seth Sulka on 2nd round pick Angelina Williams

"She is like a coach out there. I’m hoping she can teach me a lot of things and help me. I think we can be great combo, like Kobe and Shaq back in the day."
--Phoenix 1st round pick Sandora Irvin on Diana Taurasi

"She is an exceptional athlete, she’s versatile, she has great work ethic, and she comes from a pretty good gene pool. I think she has a tremendous upside. We are going to have to make some tough cuts at camp, the way our roster is now."
--Phoenix head coach Carrie Graf on Sandora Irvin