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2011 WNBA Award Winners List: MVP Tamika Catchings Led All Vote Getters For Her Sixth All-WNBA First Team Selection
The major individual WNBA awards have finally been announced and it was a great year for Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings, despite falling short of the ultimate goal: her first WNBA championship. A listing of all of the award winners and links to our commentary - as well as yours - after the...
Photos: A Historic Night For Seattle Storm, Chicago Sky on 10th Anniversary of September 11 Attacks
Seattle Storm 81, Chicago Sky 70 Photo Gallery: Seattle Storm vs. Chicago Sky - September 11, 2011 - Images by Kailas Images Kevin Pelton of StormBasketball.com put together a nice piece about a historic night at KeyArena on Sunday night, which included Katie Smith getting her 6000th point, Brian...
2011 WNBA Awards (Part 3b): Defensive Player of the Year & All-Defensive Team Selections
After the extended discussion with Richard Cohen about 2011 WNBA defensive awards posted yesterday, the only thing left to do is to stop playing around and actually make the picks. We did most of the work in that conversation as we ended up generally agreeing on the Defensive Player of the Year...
2011 WNBA Awards (Part 1): MVP, All-WNBA, Rookie of the Year, Sixth Woman, Most Improved Player
The most difficult part of figuring out end of season awards is that no matter who you select someone will take it as a slight to their favorite player. That's especially true this year as you get to MVP and All-WNBA voting: trying to pick just four guards across two teams, for example, is a...
WNBA MVP Rankings: Tamika Catchings Leads A Strong Field Of Candidates
Normally by this point in a WNBA season, 3-5 players have really separated themselves from the rest as clear favorites for the MVP award. This year is not nearly as clear. Even if we were all to agree on one precise definition of "value" - which, I suspect, will not happen in my lifetime - there...
2011 WNBA All-Star Reserves: Who Were The Biggest Snubs?
The WNBA announced its 2011 All-Star starters last week and today they have announced their reserves, listed as follows: Eastern Conference MEV PER +/- Western Conference MEV PER +/- Essence Carson 12.31 23.24 -3.9 Penny Taylor 21.66* 25.98 +16.9 Crystal...
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