New arrival in Comets' Camp

A new arrival from the Congo was in camp today. Apparently, Pauline (I don't know how to spell her last name) was referred to the Comets by the Mwadi Mabika. Pauline doesn't speak any English -- she speaks French and Swahili. Naturally, she struggled a little bit; but, she did make a few nice passes to Tina Thompson for buckets. Pauline looks to be about 6'1 or so; but, she's not as explosive as Mwadi used to be.

I interviewed Charlene Smith after practice; but, my recorder messed up which means no mp3s from Charlene today. However, I'm not too old to remember a few of her comments to me. Charlene said she's 100% recovered from her ACL injury (fall of 2004). She played ball in Turkey for about one month; but, she was cut. Then, she realized she needed to work on her game and improve in order to play at the next level.

I asked Charlene what's the biggest difference between college and the pros; and, she told me, "Everybody is good in the pros."

Charlene was a scorer at DePaul; but, thus far, she's spent about 50% of her time at point guard for the Comets. She admits she needs to improve her individual defense as well as do a better job running the offense. It's going to be tough for Charlene to make the Comets 2006 roster; but, she could be a keeper.