Her Hoop Stats Examines Marina's WNBA Situation

Well, Richard Cohen also looks at the Dallas Wings "collective" as he calls it and Marina is perhaps the most prominent -- at least for we Benchers -- person examined.

Marina just signed what is probably a good deal with an Italian club (see post below) so will she sign a one-year deal to bide time until she's an unrestricted free agent next year and/or space opens up on the Wings? I think she'd grown well in the organization and has her BFF with her. On the other hand, she's handling most lead guard responsibilities again and that affects her greater talent: scoring. Would she go somewhere in which she can be the trigger guard? Here's Cohen's take:

Dallas Wings Collective

"It's an interesting group in Dallas, so they all get lumped together. We talked about two of their key question marks around the deadline for rookie-scale contract extensions, and neither of the remaining eligible players in Dallas received one.

"Marina Mabrey continues to produce at a high level, scoring efficiently and frequently at crucial times. She also often has to act as a primary ballhandler in order to get her on the floor alongside Arike Ogunbowale, so other teams know she's capable in that role even if it's not necessarily her natural position. She'll be a restricted free agent after this season and she's going to get offers approaching the max. Dallas will just have to decide whether they're willing to pay it.

"For several weeks it looked like the Wings could find the money needed for Mabrey by giving up on Teaira McCowan, acquired in an offseason trade with Indiana. She had a very rocky start in Dallas after arriving late due to overseas commitments, including a couple of Did Not Play-Coach's Decision games against Seattle. However, partially due to Satou Sabally's injury, McCowan's back in the rotation and starting to look like the strong, physical post presence that Dallas thought they were trading for in the first place. Her market as a restricted free agent is going to be very interesting. It only takes one team to think they can coax her into playing at her peak consistently to push her price towards the max. But we do now have nearly four years of evidence that her troughs are similarly low and equally frequent?

"The Wings also have Isabelle Harrison as an impending free agent, although in her case unrestricted rather than the restricted version that Mabrey and McCowan will be. Harrison will turn 29 before the free agency period so doesn't have quite the same remaining growth potential as the other two, but she's shown this year that she can be a successful starter on a decent team (or at the very least a good rotation post). She should get solid money from somewhere, even if Dallas decide to move on to their younger options."