I was extremely thrilled when I heard that the Indiana Fever signed Comets player Tameka Dixon. Hopefully Dixon will give it her all and be one of the 11 players selected to play this season. Currently there are 15 women vying for a spot. Anyway you look at it l the Fever are definitely putting together an A+ team.
My 8 Fever Picks:
Catchings
Douglas
Bevilaqua
Sutton-Brown
Hoffman
Griffith
T. White
Dixon
The remaining 3 spots are definitely up for grabs but I would love to see Briann January and another rookie make it in.
Here's the full scoop on the signing of Dixon courtesy of Fever.com
FEVER SIGNS THREE-TIME WNBA ALL-STAR TAMECKA DIXON
News Release | May 4, 2009 Three-time WNBA All-Star and one of the league's all-time leading scorers, Tamecka Dixon has signed a free agent contract with the Indiana Fever. Dixon, who has played in the WNBA since its inception in 1997, is 21st on the league's career scoring list with 3,368 points. She has played the last three seasons with the Houston Comets. Per team policy, terms of the contract are not disclosed.
Dixon spent her first nine years in the WNBA with the Los Angeles Sparks, winning championships with that team in 2001 and 2002. She was on the Western Conference All-Star team in 2001, 2002 and 2003. She was selected to start for the West in 2003, replacing the injured Cynthia Cooper. Dixon is among the WNBA's career top 10 in assists (eighth) with 924 and is 20th in league history in steals with 342.
The Indiana Fever celebrates its 10th anniversary season in 2009, opening the summer season at Atlanta on Saturday, June 6 (7:00 p.m.), and hosting the Minnesota Lynx on June 7 (7:00 p.m.) – exactly 10 years after the franchise was founded (June 7, 1999). Led by Griffith, two-time Olympic gold medalist and five-time WNBA All-Star Tamika Catchings, Olympic silver medalist Tully Bevilaqua, 2008 WNBA Most Improved Player Ebony Hoffman and two-time WNBA All-Stars Katie Douglas and Tammy Sutton-Brown, the Fever bids for its fifth consecutive playoff appearance in 2009. Season tickets are available at FeverBasketball.com, or by calling (317) 917-2500.
