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Mystics' Sanford Looks to Shake Funk
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The Washington Post
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July 6, 2008
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Nakia Sanford had plans for this summer. She wanted to build off
her breakout season in 2007, cement herself as a stalwart center for
the Washington Mystics and, if everything went the way she hoped,
work her way on to the WNBA all-star ballot. Lying on her stomach as
athletic trainers with heating pads tried to loosen her aching legs
and back during practice Friday, Sanford was farther from those
goals than she ever imagined.
"I can't explain how frustrating it's been," Sanford said. "It's
been really disappointing to come back like this. But everybody has
a point where you hit a wall in your career and you have to just
work your way through it. It's just a really difficult process."
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