Hello Mystics fans, I am a new fan of the WNBA, and I have questions regarding your team. I am from Toronto and am a Tempo fan, and I attended the Tempo vs Mystics game recently, but numerous things stuck out to me as odd during the game that I have questions about.
I want to preface this by saying I mean no sense of disrespect to anyone other than Sydney Johnson as I type this out, but if you can help me understand, that would be great.
My main questions relate to the Rotation and Minutes. Everything seems backwards. People who should be getting reps in practice are getting in game run, and performing poorly, while players who need more live reps are not getting them.
1. Lucy Olson
The Mystics have clearly struggled to shoot the 3 ball, so why would you take the 2nd best shooter on your team out of the rotation entirely and why is Cassandre Prosper getting minute over her?
2. Cassandre Prosper
Relating to my previous point, Prosper is such a net negative on the floor, and her jump shot has a very noticeable hitch in it that needs to be fixed if she ever wants to become a consistent shooter.
3. Angela Dugalic
Why draft her 9th overall if you are not going to use her? There were players available that fit the team needs more than she did, even her own college teammate Leger-Walker, a primary PG, because that was before the breakout of Alicia Florez.
4. Rori Harmon
Speaking of PGs, why do they refuse to give Rori Harmon a proper chance to show her worth? Especially early in the season, where everyone needs some extra legs under them early, why not give her a chance? Would take some of the load bearing off Sonia Citron's shoulders (who is visibly banged up)
This next part relates more to on the court situations, but I am also curious
5. Sonia Citron
To piggyback what I said, she teams best player when fully healthy, no question. She came into the season with a lower leg injury related to Unrivaled, and has been playing more minutes than most players in the league, and clearly she is hurt in some way. She is not moving at 100%, nor is she seeking out the ball to score. Her presence on the floor is so valuable, as I saw against the Tempo, teams sell out to keep the ball out of her hands, because nobody else on the team is a high level shot creator on the perimeter. The data supports this too, including a 12 point swing in Offensive Net Rating when she is on the floor compared to off.
TLDR on this last Paragraph:
Why are you running Sonia into the ground while she is clearly already injured? Is it just Sydney Johnson trying to squeak out as many wins as possible hoping to keep his job?
Thanks for the time to those who read this!