Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Three new photos of Iziane Castro Marques from Maciej Oleszko: Iziane is flying high! Walls were meant to climb over. Bringing the ball in. Give them a look! (Thanks to rzymi at Twitter.)
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
It's been a great day for Atlanta Dream players so far. Both Erika de Souza's and Sancho Lyttle's teams win, and now Iziane Castro Marques has been undefeated while playing on her new club, Wisla Can-Pack Krakow (5-3). Krakow hit the road and came back from behind from a horrible first quarter, winning 78-67 against Siemens (3-6) on the road. The box score is here . Nothing with regard to pictures...
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The best way to beat jet lag. Before I write anything about the Krakow-Pécs game, I have to write about Iziane Castro Marques . My understanding is that Castro Marques arrived in Krakow on Tuesday. Supposedly, the plane trip from where she lives in Brazil all the way to Krakow, Poland took about 18 hours and she had at least two or three stopovers. So after an 18 hour flight, she gets off the...
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Work has been very busy, and frankly, I'm exhausted right now. Might not be a new post. Lots going on. Euroleague games today, Iziane Castro Marques arrives in Poland, Sancho Lyttle named the Liga Femenina MVP for the month of October. But more posting than that might have to wait till I recover.
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Wisla Can-Pack Krakow (4-3) had made a turnaround after losing their first two Polish league games, but today they ran into Lotos Gdynia (7-1) and Gydnia showed why they were one of the toughest teams in the PLKK, beating Krakow 78-70 in Krakow. The box score is here . I won't be writing these games until Iziane Castro Marques shows up next week. Marta Fernandez scored 23 points for Krakow, with Liren...
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Liron Cohen looks for a Krakow player. The match between Iziane Castro Marques and Sancho Lyttle will have to wait until later in the year - Castro Marques doesn't show up to Krakow until November 6th - but there was still a game to be played in Salamanca. Wisla Can-Pack Krakow came into the match as a substitute for CSKA, and upset Perfumerias 65-60 at their home in Salamanca. All three parts of the...
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
On Swish Appeal , I've gone ahead and posted the WNBA's player efficiency ratings for 2009. If you're interested, here's how the various players of the Atlanta Dream did in PER: Angel McCoughtry (23.2) Sancho Lyttle (21.3) Erika de Souza (20,0) Chamique Holdsclaw (14.8) Michelle Snow (14.6) Ivory Latta (13.5) Tamera Young (12.1) Coco Miller (10.4) Iziane Castro Marques (9.8) Shalee Lehning (8.7) Jennifer...
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Last year, I did a few posts regarding similarity scores . From the earlier post: Similarity Scores was designed to be a fair way to compare players by their career statistical lines. The idea is "start with 1000" points and then begin to take away points from points of difference. For example, if two players had career steals totals that were 20 steals apart, we would take one point away...
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Krakow (4-2) went on the road to play Super Pol Tecza Leszno (3-2) and won their fourth game in a row, 74-62, after outscoring Leszno 44-29 in the second half. The box score is here . At the level that Krakow is playing, Krakow might be well in the lead for PLKK title contention by the time Iziane Castro Marques arrives on November 6th. Ewelina Kobryn had 25 points and 9 rebounds to lead Krakow. Marta...
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Krakow, the off-season team of Iziane Castro Marques , will be expecting more from her when she arrives in November 6th - Krakow will be taking place in the prestigious Euroleague competition, the same competition between some of the best teams in Europe, like Ros Casares and Perfumerias.... ...and CSKA. Here's what happened. CSKA - the big team of players like Janel McCarville and Becky Hammon - folded...
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
It looks like Krakow, Iziane Castro Marques's future team, has turned it around after an 0-2 start. They whalloped visiting AZS Poznań 92-51 and have won their third straight game. The box score is here . No write-ups until Iziane shows up in November. Adrianne Ross was the only player to score in double digits for ZS Poznań - she had 20 points. Janell Burse had 21 points and 14 rebounds...
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Iziane Castro Marques is expected to arrive to play with her new Polish team Wisla Can-Pack Krakow on November 6th. I heard it from someone on a Polish message board.
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Wisla Can-Pack Krakow (1-2) finally manage to crawl their way to a win without the help of either Iziane Castro Marques or Janell Burse , winning 75-57 in Krakow against Bydgoszcz (0-3) - a team that wasn't in the PLKK last year. The box score is here . Ewelina Korwin had a double-double for Krakow with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Lori Crisman out of Western Michigan answered with a 14 point, 10 rebound...
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
From Sport.PL " an interview with Iziane Castro Marques. (I don't want to know how many languages are being used.) Interviewer: And what is your style? Iziane: I'm like "Speedy Gonzalez" (laughs). I like the quick throws shares discharged from a distance, or inputs into the trash. I am also effective in defense. ... Interviewer: On the Internet I read that your fan is Robin Williams....
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Through following Ivory Latta's Twitter messages, I've figured out that she's playing in Turkey, and now I know where. She'll be playing for Mersin. The link (in Turkish) is here . Last year, she played with Ceyhan in Turkey, and transferred to Israel - a transfer which was probably a straight buy-out of Latta's contract, as Maccabi Rabat Hen needed help. Turkey's season starts on October 24. An update...
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