With the WNBA on hiatus for the next three weeks during the Paris Olympics , Connecticut Sun coach Stephanie White’s top priority is giving herself — and her team — a badly-needed break. The team won’t be on the court in Uncasville at all for the next week, which White is spending with her four sons on vacation for their first trip to Europe, joking that it will also likely be their only one. “I’m looking forward to that and just spending some quality time with the family,” White said.
“Any season, but this condensed season especially, is physically, mentally and emotionally draining. For me, being with my family fills my cup, so (I’ll be) able to do that and ..
. recalibrate from a mental standpoint and come back ready to make a strong push.” Connecticut superstar Alyssa Thomas will also be in Europe, though without the luxury of a rest from basketball.
Thomas is competing in her first Olympic Games with Team USA going for an eighth consecutive gold medal, and fiancée DeWanna Bonner is headed to Paris to cheer her on after the couple went head-to-head in the WNBA All-Star game on Saturday. But even though she won’t be competing in Paris, Bonner already has a space lined up to get her own training in around Thomas’ games. “It’s already done.
Already got my gym, got my workout times, got my workout schedule,” the 36-year-old Bonner said with a smile. “Nothing changes for me. I’m nonstop, because I gotta keep this body in shape.
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