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2008 Connecticut Sun Season
The 2008 WNBA season was their tenth season and their sixth in Connecticut. The Sun successfully advanced to the WNBA Playoffs for the sixth consecutive season. Lindsay Whalen was a key contributor to the club, averaging 14.0 points per game, 5.6 rebounds per game, and 5.4 assists per game. Offseason Expansion draft The following player was lost in the Atlanta Dream expansion draft: * Erika DeSouza WNBA draft Transactions *August 27: The Sun signed Svetlana Abrosimova and waived Jolene Anderson. *June 27: The Sun waived Kamesha Hairston. *May 15: The Sun waived Cori Chambers. *May 7: The Sun waived Jessica Foley, Tracy Gahan and Christina Quaye. *May 6: The Sun waived Meredith Alexis and Natalie Berglin. *April 28: The Sun waived Crystal Erwin, Laura Hall and Jessica Richter. *April 23: The Sun waived Antoinette Upshaw. *March 20: The Sun signed Tracy Gahan to a training camp contract. *March 7: The Sun signed Sandrine Gruda. *March 5: The Sun signed Jessica Foley to a traini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Thibault
Michael Francis Thibault (born September 28, 1950) is an American basketball head coach, formerly of the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA, and now of the Washington Mystics. In 2013, Thibault became the WNBA's all time most successful coach with 212 victories. Career Upon his graduation from Saint Martin's University in 1979, Thibault entered into the employ of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association, for whom he worked first as a scout and, after 1980, as director of scouting and as an assistant coach; during Thibault's tenure, the Lakers twice won the league championship. Thibault left the Lakers for the Chicago Bulls in 1982 and remained with the latter organization through the 1985-86 season, serving as an assistant coach and director of scouting; under Thibault, the team drafted shooting guard Michael Jordan and power forward Charles Oakley and acquired John Paxson, each of whom would contribute to the Bulls' earning six league championships between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
