Sun excited about Hightower and other rookies

When the Connecticut Sun walked away from the 2010 WNBA Draft with Tina Charles, Kelsey Griffin, Danielle McCray and Allison Hightower, the questions surrounding the team didn’t lean toward the “if” as much as they did the “when.” How long would it take for these rookies to mesh with the veteran presence of Kara Lawson, Asjha Jones and Tan White? How patient would Sun fans have to be as they literally watched a team grow before their own eyes? WNBA.com asked those same questions before the season tipped off.

The answer to both questions (with the exception of Danielle McCray’s recovery from pre-draft knee surgery): Not long at all.

“It’s kind of interesting,” said Sun head coach Mike Thibault. “With the draft, there were so many people all over the place wondering what kind of team we were going to have. Some people picked us for first, some people picked us for last. You just never know when you have that many new players.”

At 9-5, the Connecticut Sun remains a strong contender for first place in the Eastern Conference. The neck-and-neck race with the Atlanta Dream and Washington Mystics puts all three teams in a position where each win remains just as crucial as the previous one, and each loss stings twice as much.

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Posted by Bob Starkey