[Hieronymus]

Very strange Sparks game - no starters with double digits. Not sure I have ever seen that before, and predictably the Sparks lost by 20. Brink with a nice game 10 points on 4/5 shooting and 2 rebounds in only 15 minutes. Fouls were not an issue - she only had 1 foul and also only 1 turnover. Seems like a game where she should have had more minutes, especially in a 20 point loss.

In general, I don’t understand what LA is doing this season. Maybe not Sky bad, but it’s still a roster that is trying to contend and just isn’t close while starting two newly-acquired 35+ year old players. Nneka is still elite, but Wheeler is shooting 32.5%/25.4% this year. But they added Nneka, Wheeler and Atkins (who has also been bad, shooting close to Wheeler’s numbers) this year; so they definitely were trying to contend.

My view is they need to accept that they aren’t close to being contenders and start getting more minutes to younger players. Maybe trade Nneka to a contender, and go into a true rebuild mode. They are likely stuck with Atkins and Wheeler. But what they are doing right now is just stupid. I guess they are hoping that with all the new faces the team eventually comes together. Hope isn’t a plan.

[Hieronymus]

Very strange Sparks game - no starters with double digits. Not sure I have ever seen that before, and predictably the Sparks lost by 20. Brink with a nice game 10 points on 4/5 shooting and 2 rebounds in only 15 minutes. Fouls were not an issue - she only had 1 foul and also only 1 turnover. Seems like a game where she should have had more minutes, especially in a 20 point loss.

In general, I don’t understand what LA is doing this season. Maybe not Sky bad, but it’s still a roster that is trying to contend and just isn’t close while starting two newly-acquired 35+ year old players. Nneka is still elite, but Wheeler is shooting 32.5%/25.4% this year. But they added Nneka, Wheeler and Atkins (who has also been bad, shooting close to Wheeler’s numbers) this year; so they definitely were trying to contend.

My view is they need to accept that they aren’t close to being contenders and start getting more minutes to younger players. Maybe trade Nneka to a contender, and go into a true rebuild mode. They are likely stuck with Atkins and Wheeler. But what they are doing right now is just stupid. I guess they are hoping that with all the new faces the team eventually comes together. Hope isn’t a plan.