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WNBA Season Preview 2019: Every team’s best case scenario

By Miles Wray

UNCASVILLE, CT - MAY 14: Kia Nurse #5 of the New York Liberty shares a laugh with Teresa Weatherspoon before the game against the Atlanta Dream on May 14, 2019 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Ned Dishman/NBAE via Getty Images)
UNCASVILLE, CT - MAY 14: Kia Nurse #5 of the New York Liberty shares a laugh with Teresa Weatherspoon before the game against the Atlanta Dream on May 14, 2019 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Ned Dishman/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MAY 14: Head coach Derek Fisher of the Los Angeles Sparks attends Los Angeles Sparks Media Day at Los Angeles Southwest College on May 14, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MAY 14: Head coach Derek Fisher of the Los Angeles Sparks attends Los Angeles Sparks Media Day at Los Angeles Southwest College on May 14, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images) /

Los Angeles Sparks: Derek Fisher’s dysfunctional tenure with the New York Knicks was just a Knicks-related fluke

If two-time WNBA champion Brian Agler was still with the Sparks, one would have to say that they’re a bona fide favorite. But the coach in Los Angeles now is Fisher, who comes in with a career .294 winning percentage, with the New York Knicks. However, given the near-constant chaos surrounding the Knicks, it would be impossible to say we’ve gotten a truly complete picture of who Fisher is as a coach. If Fisher was dumped into the wrong situation in the NBA, he was placed in exactly the right one in the WNBA: the Sparks currently have the league’s best starting lineup, and they’re stacked with championship experience. It’s absolutely possible that a 19-15 record in 2018 was just a slight dip for an otherwise dynastic core group.