{"id":2331,"date":"2011-04-11T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=2331"},"modified":"2011-04-11T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-12T03:00:00","slug":"wnba-general-managers-make-congress-look-downright-competent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=2331","title":{"rendered":"WNBA General Managers make Congress look downright competent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2332\" style=\"width: 249px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Dawn.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2332\" data-attachment-id=\"2332\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=2332\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Dawn.jpg?fit=245%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"245,307\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dawn\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;NO WAY this one&#8217;s done yet!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Dawn.jpg?fit=239%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Dawn.jpg?fit=245%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2332\" title=\"Dawn\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Dawn.jpg?resize=239%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Dawn.jpg?resize=239%2C300&amp;ssl=1 239w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Dawn.jpg?w=245&amp;ssl=1 245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NO WAY this one&#39;s done yet!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Damn right\u00a0I&#8217;m following up Rob&#8217;s Quidditch post with a WNBA post within the week.\u00a0 In case you hadn&#8217;t noticed (, and judging by the attendance you haven&#8217;t) the WNBA draft was held today.\u00a0 And after an unrivaled career on the court\u00a0in the &#8216;Burg to go hand-in-hand with\u00a0generally being regarded as one of the finest examples of what it means to be a Duke off the hardwood, somehow Dawn Evans went undrafted today.\u00a0 W &#8211; T &#8211; F &#8211; !?\u00a0 Are you kidding me WNBA?\u00a0 Did you find a way to clone Wes Unseld circa 1998 to draft your teams?\u00a0 Lightning quick point guard with a quick release on a deadly outside jumper doesn&#8217;t fit the bill for &#8220;high-flying&#8221; league?<\/p>\n<p>Considering some outlets had Evans going as high as 10th, and Minnesota Lynx GM told Ladyswish<a class=\"wp-caption\" title=\"ladyswish 1\" href=\"http:\/\/ladyswish.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/wnba-discusses-dawn-evans.html\" target=\"_self\"> in this great post <\/a>that Dawn was a 2nd rounder, she somehow slipped through all three rounds.\u00a0 Clearly I don&#8217;t actually know squat about this but I&#8217;ll let someone more knowledgable explain it <a class=\"wp-caption\" title=\"Ladyswish 2\" href=\"http:\/\/ladyswish.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and just say that we here at JMUSB are absolutely positive Dawn Evans is going to turn into a steal of steals for whoever gives her a shot.<\/p>\n<p>In better news, the actual seats are starting to go in at Bridgeforth.\u00a0 Just go check the <a class=\"wp-caption\" title=\"webcam\" href=\"http:\/\/134.126.89.164\/index.html?size=1&amp;mode=0\" target=\"_blank\">webcam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D2331&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; 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