Coming off a dysfunctional season 2022 season, new coach Curt Miller will be tasked with rebuilding the Sparks' winning legacy in the WNBA.
“It’s really nice to be surrounded by great people who share the same vision of wanting to be great and also really comprehending and understanding what it takes to play in this city,” Nneka Ogwumike said. “To play basketball in this city, to play in this city in the WNBA, there’s a lot of history. You have to respect it, you have to know about it and you have to contribute to that legacy.”
Miller’s tenure in Connecticut, where he went to the playoffs six times in seven years, including two WNBA Finals appearances, showed the type of success he can have with dynamic post players. But expectations of a championship for a rebuilt team that finished second-to-last in the league last season are “incredibly unfair,” ESPN analyst Rebecca Lobo said.Coverage of the Sparks’ media days, which comes four days after they opened training camp at El Camino College in Torrance.
After missing the playoffs for three consecutive seasons, Connecticut hired Miller in 2016. The Sun missed the postseason during his first year. His patience was tested as he didn’t get his first playoff victory until 2019, when the Sun swept the Sparks in the semifinals. It was the beginning of four consecutive years with the Sun as championship contenders.
“I say all the time: a paper doesn’t win games,” Miller said. “I want us to be a team that gets defined as a team that competes, that plays hard, that is fearless.”
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