When Indiana Fever rookie Jene Morris looks back on the early days of her still blossoming WNBA career, she’s already carved out memories to keep. The first speeding ticket on her first day in Indianapolis, the hot and humid weather, the calmer than California lifestyle in what Morris describes as a “basketball town”.
But above all else, she points to veteran support as something to hold on to in her transition to professional basketball.
And when you begin to study the Indiana roster, it’s clear she means by veteran. Not just first or second year players, but some players with eight and nine years under their belt. And some even more. In a cursory scan, you find four women born in the 1970s, quite a reach from the youngsters such as Morris born in the late eighties.
For Morris, this older and wiser influence on her game has already made an indelible mark.
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