by Jackson Safon
The
Seattle Storm have been a model of consistency, making the playoffs in nine
consecutive seasons, which is a league record. This mark could come to an end
this season however. I won’t pretend to be an expert when it comes to the WNBA,
but what I do know is that losing your two best players is never good. That’s
exactly what has happened with this year’s Storm team. Lauren Jackson, former
MVP, is recovering from hamstring surgery this winter and Sue Bird, all-star
point guard, just recently had knee surgery. Both will be out for a pretty
decent amount of time, and considering there are only 34 games in a WNBA
season, any and all games missed are important.
Both Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson are out this year due to injury.
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With these two players out, the team
will be in the hands of second year forward, and former second overall pick,
Shekinna Stricklen. The Storm had to give up the popular Swin Cash and a first
round pick in order to acquire the second overall pick in order to pick
Stricklen. Now, with their two best players out, Stricklen will be thrust into
a leadership role earlier than expected. Like I said, I am not an expert, so I
won’t pretend to be, but with the Storm going 16-18 last year, and having their
two best players out, I think this could be the first time in ten years that
they don’t make the playoffs.
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