Lots of Questions to Answer Now That WNBA Break is Over

On ESPN.COM, Graham Hays writes "can Taj McWilliams-Franklin replace Cheryl Ford in Detroit? Folks in Connecticut, Indiana and New York had to have been wondering what they had done to deserve the latest twist in the Eastern Conference race. Just when it appeared Cheryl Ford's season-ending knee injury had left the Shock vulnerable in the frontcourt -- an area where Detroit has regularly outmuscled opponents during the postseason -- along comes the league's ninth-best rebounder this season and one of its most seasoned postseason post players. From the success he has had with Ford and Plenette Pierson to up-and-down results from Kara Braxton and former posts Ruth Riley and Katie Feenstra, Laimbeer (and assistant Rick Mahorn) have more or less relied on young post players. Now they have a veteran in McWilliams-Franklin who ought to remind them a lot of the veterans who knew every trick of the trade for the Pistons en route to NBA titles in 1988-89 and 1989-90.” (link)