Posted by ncvol on May 17, 2008 at 8:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I think our former Lady Vols are having a great start in the WNBA. Awesome....Parker was amazing and I am so glad that she and the others did well. We will be watching ....

Posted by gate12 on May 17, 2008 at 9:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Parker really was amazing. As good as she was for UT, I found myself wondering where this kind of play from CP was during the "day in and day out" of last season. I think she had problems with simply being motivated due to a perceived lack of a serious challenge. Her first pro game apparently got her attention and got her attitude right -- and the level of her play spoke for itself.

Posted by MillisaAnn on May 17, 2008 at 9:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Congrats to Parker and Hornbuckle!!! Go Lady Vols!!!

Posted by slsmithsr on May 18, 2008 at 1:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Candance was headed for 50 but she couldn't make her free throws. I was hoping she would get in a rhythm from the line, but she didn't. She even made 2 treys, so we'll never know what could have happened if she would have been making them.

Posted by nicksjuzunk on May 18, 2008 at 2:28 a.m. (Suggest removal)

The WNBA will soon be renamed the VAL (Vol Alumni League)

Posted by TnTx13 on May 18, 2008 at 4:27 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Shannon Bobbitt got a fair amount of playing time for the Sparks, too, and for a while she, Parker, and Sidney Spencer were on the floor together - Lady Vols West Coast version! And all three hit three-pointers (Spencer had four of 'em).

Posted by LadyVolFanForever on May 18, 2008 at 9:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Great debuts for our former Lady Vols but I am not suprised. Glad Candace shut up some of the folks who thought she was "over hyped". She rises to the challenge and has to be challenged for all to see just how great she is. Lex was just Lex at her best, doing her thing. Hope Nicky has a great debut too.
Do we Lady Vol fans realize how special these young women are and will be and how lucky we were to get to see them mature ? Thank you Coach Summitt and staff !!!

Posted by johnlg00 on May 18, 2008 at 10:54 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Candace was awesome! Even against the defending WNBA champs, her skill level was off the charts. If a couple more teammates had hit some easy shots, she would have had the triple-double. Sidney and Shannon looked good while they were in there, but I was puzzled that neither of them got off the bench in the second half. Sidney hit everything she put up, and Coach Michael Cooper was quoted as saying that she would be the "X factor" for the Sparks this year. She seemed to have solved that particular "unknown" in the first quarter, yet she hardly saw the court after a sizzling start.

Posted by garyfmtn on May 18, 2008 at 12:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Superb job by the former Lady Vols on the floor last night.....Can anyone, in their infinate wisdom and in less than 50 words, explain to me why Sidney Spencer did not play at all in the 2nd half after scoring 14 points in 11 and a half minutes (including 4 three pointers) in the first half......I kept waiting for Spenc to come back out, but she never did.....She stood tall as a cheerleader on the sidelines though......

Gary
Knoxville

Posted by LadyVolFanForever on May 18, 2008 at 12:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)

garyfmtn, I think Sids' defense (or lack of) kept her out of the second half. Hopefully, she can realize that she is going to have to get better in that aspect to get more playing time so she can keep hitting those 3s.

Will be fun to see how Nicky does tonight against Lex and the Shock. Back-to-back games, wow. WNBA is different in many ways and CP and some of the others will make it much better. Let's hope cities lucky enough to have a team, will support it.

Can you imagine if Knoxville had the Dream instead of Atlanta ??????????

Posted by garyfmtn on May 18, 2008 at 2:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Thanks for that info.....I understnad what you are saying, but she was not playing much better defense on the sidelines and the way the Sparks lost the big lead in the 3rd quarter, I don;t think too many others were playing stout defense for them.....
How in the world can the capital of women's basketball NOT have a pro team????

Gary
Knoxville

Posted by LadyVolFanForever on May 18, 2008 at 2:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Maybe someone from Thompson-Boling can contact the Atlanta Dream and try to get a pre-season game here next year. Several teams had pre-season games "away" this year, trying to grow the fan base.
I think we would have a very good turnout, especially if they would play someone with a couple of ex Lady Vols on the team !!!

garyfmtn if you can get away,there are still tickets available Sunday, May 25th when the Sparks invade Atlanta !!!

Posted by garyfmtn on May 18, 2008 at 4:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Either an exhibition game or maybe the All Star Game......since the majority of the All Stars are going to be former Lady Vols or at least have already played in thompson Bolling......As far as the Dream goes, former Lady Vol Director of Basketball Operations, Danielle Donahew is now in the front office with the Dream.....Maybe that will give Knoxville an "in" to get some kind of game up here.....As far as next Sunday goes, I have to work but believe you me, if possible, I would be at Phillips Arena if at all possible......

Gary
Knoxville

Posted by BigOrangeVol on May 18, 2008 at 7:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)

The WNBA is ONLY in NBA cities.

0 SEC players on the Atl. Dream!
0 Lady Vols on Atl., Chicago, Conn., Phoenix and Washington.

CP3 (LA) WOW what an awesome dominating performance!

Shannon (LA) 3 points, 2 boards and 2 assists – that’ll get better.

Sid (LA) had to play 24 minutes last year because the Sparks were short on bodies but she’s going to have to pick up her D or those minutes will be cut.

Catch (IND) is recovering from a torn Achilles heel from last year so there is no idea when she'll be back.

Nicky (MN) plays tonight and that team looks like they are loaded for bear!

Zo (SAN) is out for the year after tearing her ACL last week.

Shyra (SEA) only played 16 minutes yesterday netting 6 points, 3 boards and 1 steal. Doesn't look like she'll be starting this year either.

Lex (DET) had 8 points, 7 steals and 2 rebounds in 19 minutes.

Tiff and Loree (NY) play today.

Kara (SAC) had 9 points, 3 assists and 4 boards which is about half of her average.

Ashley (SEA) had 2 points and 3 rebounds in 10 minutes of play.

Michelle (HOU) had 9 points, 4 boards and 1 block in 18 minutes.

Posted by garyfmtn on May 18, 2008 at 9:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I didn't know there was and NBA team in Conneticutt....But then again, I hardly follow the NBA anyway

Gary
Knoxville

Posted by AllLadyVol on May 18, 2008 at 9:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Well to the rest of the world who's late to the party,

Welcome to the Candace Parker Show. She's got skills, smarts, looks, and yeah, she DUNKS. We've all had good seats for it for three years so this marvel of nature ain't nothing new to us.

She'll always be one of our Lady Vols and we're so proud.

Posted by AllLadyVol on May 18, 2008 at 9:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Let us not forget our little thug Lex who's gonna take it from everybody!!

And of course, Anosike will always be a BEAST! :)

Posted by faithfulvol on May 18, 2008 at 10:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Our Lady Vols are going to bring the WNBA to life. I have to be honest, yday was the first WNBA game I have ever watched. It is really exciting!

Posted by bobbizee on May 20, 2008 at 5:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Live in Georgia - big LadyVol fan come to see some games at UT, have a daughter in Maryville, my 2 friends and I buy season tickets so we can see the LadyVols at UGA. Went to the Final Four Have season tickets to the Dream team. Exhibition game and practice 2 weeks ago got CP's and Bobitts autograph on my Final Four ticket our seats are 3 rows behind visiting team.First night the place was loaded with orange shirts (LADYVOLS) it was awesome.