Alas, the Sun look unprepared for the season, despite coach Thibault's training-camp efforts: Asjha is jet-lagged, Margo's back hurts, and de Souza doesn't speak much English.

Thibault is high on the Brazilian post nonetheless. "Those players who did not know her are like, `Oh my God, she's really good,'" he says. "The ones who did are like, `This is why we got her.'"