My question is why 6 frontcourt players with so many 3 guard

My question is why 6 frontcourt players with so many 3 guard
by Domerduck (2022-06-23 13:40:08)
Edited on 2022-06-23 13:50:21

In reply to: WNBA All Star Voting Breakdown posted by Luke

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lineups. #1 Aces top 3 in minutes: Kelsey, Jackie & Chelsea Gray all guards and all over 32.4/min/game. Here are the rest of the teams sorted by mpg which colors my determinations if they have a 3 guard or 2 guard lineup:
#2 Sky: 1 Copper, 4 Sloot, 5 Quigly - usually three guard lineup
#3 Sun: Top mins are the bigs so two guard lineup but 6 of 10 in mpg-guards
#4 Storm: Consistent 2 guard lineup with Jewell & Bird at guards
#5 Mystic: 1 Cloud, 2 Atkins, 5 Walker-Kimbrough although they start 3 bigs
#6 Dream: 1 Howard, 2 McDonald, 3 Wallace, 4 Wheeler-starts 3 guards
#7 Wings: 1 Alisha Gray, 2 Arike, 4 Marina-starts 3 guards
#8 Liberty: 1 Sabrina,3 Whitcomb,4 Dangerfield,5 Allen-started 3 gds 13/17 gms
#9 Sparks: Mostly 2 guard lineup since KLS started at Wing (11/15 games)
#10 Mercury: 1 Sky, 4 Taurasi, 5 Diamond, 6 Peddy, 7 Sophie-3 guards start
#11 Fever: 1 Mitchell, 3 Vivians, 4 Robinson-definitely 3 guards start
#12 Lynx: Consistent 2 guard lineup with KMac & MoJeff at guards

Given the stats it's clear that 2/3 of the teams have at least 3 of their players top 5 in minutes and sometimes more (New York & Atlanta). Also only 5 teams even start 3 bigs so it would have made more sense to start 3 guards in the All-star game. If so Sky and Jewell or Arike would have been starters. They all three better be reserves.