BearLady
06-12-2007, 01:08 PM
Mechelle's take on Holdsclaw's Decision To Leave the Game
So what do we make of the strange case of Chamique Holdsclaw's professional career? In women's hoops, there has never been more of a "sure thing" who turned into such an enigma.
If Chamique Holdsclaw's WNBA career really is finished, there is a definite sense of sadness and loss for those who follow the sport.
On Monday, Holdsclaw announced her retirement from the Los Angeles Sparks, the second bad-news shocker of the past few days that's connected to Tennessee. Confirmation that Tennessee is not renewing its regular-season series with archrival Connecticut came Friday.
Now, Holdsclaw -- Tennessee's all-time leading scorer (3,025) and rebounder (1,295) -- says she's ending her pro basketball career at age 29.
"This was not an easy decision," she said in a statement. "I put a lot of thought into it."
Well … it might have been a good idea to have thought it out before the WNBA season started and the Sparks -- already without a pregnant Lisa Leslie -- were left in the lurch. It's the second time in her WNBA career that Holdsclaw has walked out on a team, having done so with the Washington Mystics in 2004.
http://sports.espn.go.com/wnba/columns/story?columnist=voepel_mechelle&id=2901339
Wasn't Chamique playing the point this year, with Tameka Johnson out due to injury? Seems it will sure leave the Sparks with a huge hurdle to try to overcome.
So what do we make of the strange case of Chamique Holdsclaw's professional career? In women's hoops, there has never been more of a "sure thing" who turned into such an enigma.
If Chamique Holdsclaw's WNBA career really is finished, there is a definite sense of sadness and loss for those who follow the sport.
On Monday, Holdsclaw announced her retirement from the Los Angeles Sparks, the second bad-news shocker of the past few days that's connected to Tennessee. Confirmation that Tennessee is not renewing its regular-season series with archrival Connecticut came Friday.
Now, Holdsclaw -- Tennessee's all-time leading scorer (3,025) and rebounder (1,295) -- says she's ending her pro basketball career at age 29.
"This was not an easy decision," she said in a statement. "I put a lot of thought into it."
Well … it might have been a good idea to have thought it out before the WNBA season started and the Sparks -- already without a pregnant Lisa Leslie -- were left in the lurch. It's the second time in her WNBA career that Holdsclaw has walked out on a team, having done so with the Washington Mystics in 2004.
http://sports.espn.go.com/wnba/columns/story?columnist=voepel_mechelle&id=2901339
Wasn't Chamique playing the point this year, with Tameka Johnson out due to injury? Seems it will sure leave the Sparks with a huge hurdle to try to overcome.