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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 1:00 pm Post subject: Interesting Dilema |
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Rosters Shrinking Around WNBA - April 26, 2007
http://www.wnba.com/storm/news/rosters070426.html?rss=true
There are a pair of reasons for the small rosters. The traditional explanation is the number of players still in action overseas.
What is becoming a larger factor, however, is the reluctance to bring a large number of players to camp on make-good training camp contracts. If one of those players gets hurt, they cannot be waived. With teams like the Shock and the Storm up against the WNBA's hard salary cap because of the salaries commanded by their veteran stars, there is no room on the rosters to keep an injured player.
So, by merely inviting a player to training camp, teams with little salary-cap space are taking a risk - one Bill Laimbeer, who opened camp with 11 players on the Shock's roster (four of them still overseas), was unwilling to take. Laimbeer explained his thinking in a thread on the RebKell Junkie Boards, a home for WNBA discussion.
http://boards.rebkell.net/viewtopic.php?t=25419&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=
Quote: Posted: 03/15/07 10:20 am ::: GM 101....PART 1 by SFO
Series of debates to ponder.....
PART 1....You are the GM of the WNBA Colorado Mogulettes. You love your team, (except the name), as you just lost in the WNBA Finals the prior year. A good mix of vets, youngsters, All-Stars and potentials. Unfortunately, to keep the team together, you have to max out the salary cap and can only have the minimum 11 players this coming year. There are 12 players currently under contract, of which 11 have been identified by staff to be the ones. In addition, you have draft picks #s 10, 17, 36.
Last year, you watched Boston's 3rd rounder, Sally Scrubbucket, blow out her knee in a preseason game and they were stuck with her, having to cut a good prospect.
In addition, 3 maybe 4 of your vets are going deep into European finals, and will be 7-10 days late for camp.
Q...Who and how many do you invite to camp?
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