With 14 on the roster and only 11 spots who do you think will make the final cut, besides the obvious ones, Katie, Deanna, Taj???

Kristin Haynie will be signed and then look for opening day roster to look somewhat like this

Haynie/Hornbuckle
Nolan/Zellous
Smith/Pierson
Ford/Sanni
Taj/Braxton/Miller

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Originally posted by DTP:
Kristin Haynie will be signed and then look for opening day roster to look somewhat like this

Haynie/Hornbuckle
Nolan/Zellous
Smith/Pierson
Ford/Sanni
Taj/Braxton/Miller

dtop! You better give me some more proof besides 'it'll save atl a lot of money' if you're going to keep getting my hopes up like that.

Atlanta already waived her, so what are you talking about? They waived her yesterday.


They signed her to a really big contract last season for some reason and now with all the new vets they acquired over the off season they can't afford Haynie and Feenstra that's why they're "buying them out"...

Are you two kidding me Kristin Haynie is worthless to the shock . Bill has no need for her and look at her stats:
Kristin Haynie #4 Guard - Atlanta Dream
2008 Statistics
PPG 2.8 RPG 1.70 APG 2.5

In her 4 years in she averaged a whopping 3.5 pts per game

This message has been edited. Last edited by: kellmellus,

There's much more than looking at one season to determine how well someone will help your team especially when she didn't get much playing time at all last season. Plus, MM isn't the smartest coach out there these days and she was under her last season.

The Shock have five returning frontcourt players who would presumably make the roster - Kara Braxton, Cheryl Ford, Taj McWilliams-Franklin, Plenette Pierson and Olayinka Sanni. Four more spots appear locked into the backcourt with starters Deanna Nolan and Katie Smith and the team’s first-round picks in 2008 and 2009, Alexis Hornbuckle and Shavonte Zellous.

Laimbeer has some flexibility with the last two roster spots. Both could go to guards, or he could add one guard and one big, such as Detroit’s second-round draft pick, 6-foot-4 center Britany Miller. (On draft day Laimbeer said, “the only thing she can do is play her way out of” a roster spot.) Either course, however, would leave the final roster without a true small forward.

“Our roster is not set in stone,” Laimbeer said. “We may carry six guards, we may carry five guards. Smith can play small forward; Nolan can play small forward. We’re unclear what the final make-up will be. It’s going to depend on who shows themselves in training camp.”