Sky<\/a> point guard is apparent.<\/p>\nAt shootaround Sunday, Vandersloot ran through the team\u2019s sets, looking indistinguishable from the healthy players. Afterward she stayed to play one-on-one against a player development coach.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s getting really close,\u201d head coach Tyler Marsh<\/b> said. \u201cShe\u2019s been working her way back progressively within the last few weeks from more of an on-court standpoint and contact standpoint.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vandersloot, 37, tore her ACL on June 7 of last season. Players typically take 9 to 12 months to recover, and she\u2019s approaching the 12-month mark. At media day April 30, she said she feels like she\u2019s entered a more mental phase of recovery.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo much of it was physical early on, and now we\u2019re getting to the point where the brain has to catch up with all the work,\u201d Vandersloot said. \u201cI finally feel like a basketball player again.\u201d<\/p>\n
Feedback on her play from teammates and coaches has been excellent. Rookie Aicha Coulibaly, who just returned from an ACL injury of her own, is impressed.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe looks amazing,\u201d Coulibaly told the Sun-Times. \u201cBeing somebody that went through the same thing from injuries, I know she\u2019s gonna come and elevate this team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marsh says the team looks instantly different when Vandersloot is able to step in \u2014 and expects a major impact this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s got a chip on her shoulder to come back and feels like she has some things to prove,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Once she\u2019s back, the Sky will have three seasoned ballhandlers in Vandersloot, Skylar Diggins and Natasha Cloud. How Marsh manages that backcourt rotation isn\u2019t entirely clear. Diggins has expressed a desire to play more off the ball, and Marsh has talked about using Cloud as a \u201cutility player\u201d capable of playing anywhere.<\/p>\n
Same boat for Sevens<\/b><\/p>\n
Azur\u00e1 Stevens<\/b> is in a similar position as Vandersloot: still no exact return timeline, but making progress.<\/p>\n
Marsh had hoped Stevens might be available for the road trip that ended in Minnesota, Stevens is once again ruled out against the Lynx.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not in a rush,\u201d Marsh said on Friday. \u201cWe want her to be as healthy as possible. We want to take as much pressure off her to feel like she\u2019s got to rush her rehab process to get back before she\u2019s fully ready.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stevens is recovering from a minor stress injury in her left knee. Sky leading scorer Rickea Jackson<\/b> is beginning to anticipate her return.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were just texting about it,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cLike, I can\u2019t wait to have you out here to space the floor, have her out there shooting threes and just be who she is. Definitely miss her out there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Skylar Diggins questionable<\/b><\/p>\n
Diggins was being evaluated during shootaround and is listed as questionable with an eye injury. She took a hit to the face in the second quarter of Friday\u2019s game against the Mercury. Marsh said he believed the foul should have been upgraded to a flagrant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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