From first string to third string, there are glaring similarities between all three of the Phoenix Mercury’s point guards.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Natasha Cloud, Sug Sutton, and Charisma Osborne all pride themselves on the same thing — heart over height.
All three guards fell past the first round in their respective drafts, and have had to leave their mark with gritty defensive play.
“Our first mentality is defense.”
Mercury guard @sugsutton discussed how Phoenix’s point guard rotation of Natasha Cloud (@T_Cloud4), @CharismaOsborne and herself all pride themselves on the same gritty mentality.#ValleyTogether #WNBA pic.twitter.com/zUBkwljKLK
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“We all kind of bring that same thing [that] our first mentality is defense,” Sutton said. “Picking up full court, I pick up full court so I tell Charisma [Osborne] every time she goes in [to] pick up full court. And Tash [Cloud], she guards one through five. We just have a defensive mentality every time we come on the floor, and that’s fun to play with. We’re the point guards, so we start our defense. It gives our other players confidence in our defense as well, so I think that it’s super fun to be able to go out there just giving a lot of defense.”
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Justin LaCertosa covers Phoenix Sports News for Burn City Sports. You can follow him on his X account, @LaCertosaSports
