Erin Phillips News

Mike Thibault, the coach and player personnel director of the Connecticut Sun, does not need my help.

Courtesy of the Connecticut Sun media relations department, here's a quick look at how some of their players are doing in their part-time jobs as EuroLeague stars.

After a summer of watching hideous basketball, a crowd of 9,047 showed up Sunday at Mohegan Sun Arena to send the Connecticut Sun into the most important offseason in the history of the franchise.

Visit the Resident on Flickr for more pics! It was the Connecticut Sun that gave the 101-year old, Mystic Seaporta s steamboat Sabino its sparkle on September 3rd.

Mohegan - Asjha Jones stood on the Mohegan Sun Arena floor before Sunday's Connecticut Sun finale to thank the fans.

Seems strange to have said goodbye to the Connecticut Sun players and coaches on Sunday without at least a short chance to watch them in the WNBA playoffs.

Kerri Gardin had 23 points, eight rebounds and five assists to help the Connecticut Sun beat an injury-prone Indiana Fever team 95-85 Sunday.

An organization gets used to a routine after making the playoffs six straight seasons, which made Sunday seem so surreal for the Connecticut Sun.

Former UConn teammates Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi know each other's games and personalities better than anybody.

Mohegan - They were dead. Dead. Like Jimmy Hoffa levels of dead. And frankly, there was no reason to think they wouldn't stay dead.

"It's been the worst couple of weeks for any of my teams since I've been here [2003]," Thibault said Thursday.

Join four stars from the WNBA's Connecticut Sun aboard a sunset cruise up the Mystic River.

Not since the Connecticut Sun's first summer in 2003 when they qualified for the playoffs on the final day of the regular season has a postseason berth felt so uncertain.

Connecticut Sun leading scorer Asjha Jones will miss the rest of the week because of a nagging Achillesa tendon injury, Sun coach Mike Thibault said Monday.

Neither Tina Thompson nor Candace Parker was at 100 percent. The two Los Angeles Sparks stars were good enough, though.

It's only August, for goodness sake, still baseball season, but Bill Belichick is already playing juvenile games about injuries.

Mohegan -- It is the opinion of some women's basketball fans in Connecticut, and has been since right about the time UConn hoisted the national championship trophy in April, that the Sun should trade Lindsay Whalen to the team in her home state for Renee Montgomery.

Lindsay Whalen scored 21 points, including two free throws with 34 seconds left to give Connecticut the lead for good, and the Sun beat the Lynx 98-94 on Saturday night.

New York - The Connecticut Sun had a five-point lead with three minutes, 21 seconds left in regulation Friday night.

Mohegan - It's fair to say that more than one Connecticut Sun fan or media member has wondered why certain players are on the roster.