PHOENIX — The Phoenix Mercury host the Chicago Sky on Tuesday night, but Chicago’s starting lineup will look a little different than it did the last time the teams met. On Monday, Chicago guard and former Mercury player Skylar Diggins took to Instagram to address being moved to the bench ahead of Tuesday’s game.
After major offseason roster changes adding veterans like Skylar Diggins, Azurá Stevens, and Natasha Cloud, the Chicago Sky were hoping for a better start. However, after a 6-14 record, they now decided to bench Diggins, who has started all 19 of thier games so far.
Skylar Diggins has hinted at a probable change in the Chicago Sky’s offensive strategy with her latest Instagram post on Tuesday. The team has a 6-14 record and is second-to-last in the conference.
Point guard Skylar Diggins slammed the Chicago Sky coaching staff for an apparent benching ahead of Tuesday’s road game against the Phoenix Mercury. “Now I’m coming off the bench??????” Diggins wrote in an Instagram story, followed by a thumbs-up emoji. “Cool.” Diggins followed that post with a video story captioned “To whom it may concern.” “And the crazy part about it all is that I’ve been ...
Chicago Sky guard Skylar Diggins is expressing her frustration publicly after being asked to come off the bench. Diggins has started in all 19 of the Sky’s games this season, but after the coaches told her they planned to make her a reserve, she took to social media to respond.
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