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Dishin & Swishin: Dr. Johnson Hands the Mystics to Trudi Lacey
After the most successful season in Mystics history, how did GM Angela Taylor and Coach Julie Plank (above) end up unemployed? This afternoon a press conference was held by Dr. Sheila Johnson, owner of the Washington Mystics, announcing the hiring of Trudi Lacey as the Coach and General...
The Case for Mo Currie: Mystics GM Angela Taylor on Her Most Improved Player
<!--StartFragment--> As the regular season winds down and followers of the WNBA begin to cast their votes for the end-of-season awards, I sat down to chat with the General Manager of the Washington Mystics, Angela Taylor, to discuss Monique Currie and the case for her as Most Improved Player of...
Statistical Summary Of The Mystics Record 19th Win: Poise Prevails Over "Mystakes"
There's a reason the Washington Mystics have been mockingly called the "Mystakes" by fans who have suffered through years of disappointment. Excluding the three expansion teams since 2006, the Mystics' 40% franchise winning percentage (through 2009) is the lowest of any active WNBA franchise. In...
How Alexis Gray-Lawson Prepared for Training Camp: "You never wanna be just one type of player"
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal 0 0 1 456 2098 46 11 3192 11.1280 </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> 0 0 0 </xml><![endif]--> After leading a young University of California team to a WNIT championship, Washington Mystics draft...
Washington Team Needs & Outlook: What Does Katie Smith Bring the Mystics?
If Washington Mystics General Manager Angela Taylor wants to create a "culture of winning", then it's hard to imagine finding an active player with a stronger resume of winning than veteran Olympian and WNBA champion Katie Smith. During today's teleconference to announce Smith's long-anticipated...
Mystics 2009 Review: What Exactly Does It Mean to Create a "Culture of Winning"?
From the moment Washington Mystics General Manager Angela Taylor asked about my cell phone's 510 area code at the beginning of our interview last week, her passion for Stanford University basketball was clear. Although she said she wouldn't "hold it against me" that I grew up a Berkeley fan, she...
"The Stat Movement Goes Establishment": What advantages might stats bring WNBA teams?
As Kevin Pelton of Basketball Prospectus and the Seattle Storm wrote citing Dean Oliver in his summary of the 2010 Sloan Sports Analytics Conference this past weekend, "Individuals see a basketball game better than the numbers...but the numbers see all the games." However, in reading the flood of...
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