[SLAM] #89 July '05
真是超意外的驚喜呀
有holdsclaw耶
原本還沒有打算要買的 衝著封面有些一條ben wallace就買了
真是賺到
p.44 因為只有一頁 就偷偷節錄... 有空再翻 呵
IN YOUR FACE
[LOVING THE GAME]
CHAMIQUE HOLDSCLAW
This wasn't the way things were supposed
to go. Not for her. Chamique Holdsclaw
needing a new start? Leaving the
Washington Mystics without earning a
WNBA title or MVP award? Unthinkable.
But that's what transpired in March, when
the Mystics traded the 27-year-old forward
to the Los Angeles Sparks for DeLisha
Milton-Jones and a first-round pick.
Holdsclaw, fresh off a stint playing for Ros
Casares Valencia in Spain, was still in
Europe when the deal went down.
A lot has changed since the fall of '98,
when Mique was on the cover of SLAM 29,
a skinny girl in an oversized Knicks jersey
with her name on the back. She was about
to start her senior season in Tennessee,
having added three consecutive NCAA
titles to the four state titles she won as a
high schooler in Queens. She didn't win
that year but was still the No. 1 pick in the
'99 WNBA Draft. She would've been the
first pick as a junior, but she chose not to
challenge WNBA rules. She graduated,
coming throughon a promise she'd made
to her grandmother, June.
After so much early success, her
championship drought continued in the
pros. Holdsclaw was ROY, but the Comets
won that year's title. Expected to reinvent
the women's game, Chamique did play
well-an All-star her first five seasons,
winnig Olympic gold in '00 and leading
the WNBA in points and rebounds in '02-
but she couldn't lift the Mystics into
contention. In her first five seasons,
Holdsclaw saw just seven playoff games.
Then, last season, it all fell apart.
Holdsclaw's beloved grandmother had
passed on suddenly a year before, and
Chamique held it together, playing just
days afterward. But when her grandfather
died last May, the girl who always knew
where she was going lost her way, buried
under a crushing wave of depression. She
missed the final third of the '04 season,
during which rookie Alana Beard led the
Mystics to the playoffs. She changed her
cell number, cut virtually everyone off. The
one who was supposed to change the
game even considered leaving it for good.
Instead she sought help. Found it.
Rediscovered her passion.
So, new beginnings. In a few short
weeks, She'll join Lisa Leslie in forming
the W's most formidable front line, and
the Sparks should be among the
favorites to win it all. Mostly, though,
we hope Chamique is back playing the
game she loves, and loving the game she
plays. -RUSS BENGSTON
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