Taj McWilliams-Franklin's contract is up: she could retire, or she could try to play in her native Texas.

Taj: "I have thought about [retirement] every year for five years now. I'll see how it goes. I've got a long season overseas, so we'll see how it looks after I'm finished."

Coach Thibault heads to North Carolina as an assistant for USA Basketball. The Journal-Inquirer's Erickson gets him to hint at personnel changes, perhaps designed to make the Sun more physical. Thibault: "Maybe we're going to have to learn a little different style."