Marion Jones is now in the WNBA

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a decade ago Tar Heel Marion Jones was enjoying her glory at the Sydney Olympics. Now, after being stripped of all of her medals in 2007 and doing six months for lying to federal prosecutors, she is once again in sports, trying to make a comeback in a sport that won her a national title at UNC, basketball. Jones is the newest member of the WNBA franchise Tulsa Shocker, and she is ready to start over and isn’t here to look back at her past. The Heel was the starting point guard was a freshman when the Lady Heels won the 1994 national championship, she was also drafter by Phoenix, but never played in the league, until now that is.

WNBA’s president believes that Marion Jones is going to be someone that will get people to come see what is the team in the second smallest market of the league. I think that the reality is that Jones might just be a draw for the Tulsa squad, but on the other hand it is also a fit that might work for both. The athlete needs a team and the team needs someone to bring in people into the arena. His coach, from this article in the Herald Sun, doesn’t think that Jones is anything but a player that he will need:

“Watching her go through drills, I saw a player who’s perfect for our system,” Richardson said. “The one thing I do know is she can run, and any player on my team who wants to be successful needs be able to run.”

I truly do hope that Marion Jones will be part of the Shock for the right reasons and that she can do something good with this oppurtunity. As I do with all the Heels let me wish Marion Jones all the best as she goes into this next chapter of her life.

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