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BRISTOL, Conn. -- Best player on the board or best player for a system? It's a question of draft philosophy that Corey Gaines and the Phoenix Mercury will enjoy mulling over for the next six-plus months. In a draft class headlined by three entire...

As the WNBA season resumes Thursday with some players refreshed, others weary and still others absent altogether, we have as many questions as answers for the playoff push.

Trailing 22 points in the second quarter, the Fever began to get plays from players who had been overshadowed in the first round. And in the end, Indiana pulled off the biggest comeback in WNBA playoff history.

After an 0-8 start, the Mystics are winning -- and smiling - again, thanks to new coach Tree Rollins, the latest former NBA standout to join the WNBA coaching ranks.

On Sunday, the Shock played just like their coach lives -- with a lot of swagger. And now, Detroit is headed back to the WNBA Finals for the second time in Bill Laimbeer's tenure.

With the sports calendar all to itself, the WNBA should schedule real games instead of All-Star Games.

The Sun might not have much sizzle and flash. And that's just fine in Mike Thibault's system, a model of basketball efficiency that has led to two trips to the WNBA finals.

Graham Hays says the WNBA is just another league -- and another business -- trying to make it. Nothing more, nothing less.

With Cathy Joens around, Diana Taurasi isn't the only sweet-shooting Californian in this year's draft.