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Facing stiff odds, rookie Poole is ready to work hard

by MSR News Online
May 9, 2012
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The 2012 Minnesota Lynx training camp opened last week with eight rookies vying for possibly two spots on the 11-player regular season roster. Only one of these first-year players — Devereaux Peters, the club’s 2012 top draft pick — is all but assured one of the spots.

That leaves just one spot still to fill.

Guard Porsche Poole, who just a couple of months ago completed her four collegiate playing years at Michigan State, is one of those remaining rookies in the “longshot” mix. A 5-8 shooting guard who set career highs in points, rebounds, assists and steals in her senior season, Poole is competing for a backup point guard spot.

We asked Poole, who was not drafted and signed a free agent contract with the team on April 25, why she would come to a camp facing such unfavorable odds. “I just want to get better,” she admits. “I feel that I have the talent to either get the coach’s attention this year and hopefully make the team, or be on their radar for next year. That’s the only thing I can control.”

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One of those “I can control” things she learned from day one is how to change speeds on the court: “I was trying to go too fast, and they were telling me to slow down. I got to learn to slow down and run the offense — there are so many plays that I got to make sure that I get the plays down right.”

Training camp is like a job interview, only a bit more taxing. But the main premise is the same: hoping to impress your future employer enough to hire you. As a result, Poole’s main goal is to have the Lynx coaching staff keenly notice “that I work hard, and I am willing to learn whatever [the coach] wants me to do, and I am willing to do it. No matter what it is — I want to do whatever it takes to win a championship here in Minnesota.”

Poole is three classes away from completing her sociology degree at MSU. “If I can do coaching, that would be great,” she said, adding that she loves working with children.  But first, she wants to get her pro basketball career started.

 

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“I love baseball,” Smith said when he stopped by briefly to speak with reporters.

 

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