Thursday, May 13, 2010
Dream Tendered Offer to Lacy Earlier This Year
One of the most perplexing events of the 2009-10 offseason was the fact that Jennifer Lacy remained an unsigned free agent almost until the beginning of Training Camp. She was released by the Dream on April 26 and four days later the Washington Mystics signed her for training camp.
Given that one of Holdsclaw's motivations in signing for the Dream was to play alongside Lacy, the question was why the Dream failed to re-sign Lacy. Today, I communicated with someone...well, let's just say that it was very high up in the DFO, someone who would know exactly what was going on.
According to my DFO contact, the Dream tendered an offer to Lacy...and they heard...nothing. No answer from Lacy. So if Lacy wanted to stay with the Dream, she would have simply signed the offer and nothing would have changed.
Frankly, if I was in the WNBA and had a PER of 7.87 lifetime...if some front office tendered me a contract I'd sign it and risk a wrist injury by giving myself a high-five.
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3 comments:
Coach Meadors is one of the smartest Coach's in Basketball when it comes to putting players together, and discerning who will fit where and why. Believe me when I tell you that this just didn't happen all of a sudden (situation with Jen and Holdsclaw).
Phil Jaskson ain't got nothing on Coach Meadors...
Was it the best move for an 11 player roster? Absolutely...
Well, somebody is definitely missing from the media day photo shoot...but not Erika!!
Marynell is known not to "remember" that a player sent in their contracts. This is not the first time that this has happened. I heard that Jen sent in her contract and that MM ignored it and said she never received it. It is amazing that players like Latta and Holdsclaw are not back. FYI, Latta was released from Tulsa as a result of not getting to training camp "on time". Half the WNBA plays overseas. The lady was trying to win a championship. As for Lacy and Holdsclaw...I think the CH has more class than to ask for a trade without telling anyone anything. I heard the IL (last years Dream roster) wanted out too....Go FIGA
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