Storm Exit Interviews: The word from Svetlana Abrosimova

posted by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
Friday, October 12, 2012 at 6:26pm EDT

Jayda Evans covers college and pro women's basketball. While its her first year on the Washington beat, she has covered the Storm since its inception. She'll offer observations, critiques, occasional off-beat tales and answers to select e-mail inquires. Evans also has written a book on the Storm and women's hoops, called "Game On!"

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Series note: The Storm conducted exit interviews on Oct. 4, giving me the opportunity to ask players everything from views on their season to fashion and hair tips. I'll post conversations from each in the upcoming days. Centers Ewelina Kobryn (Poland) and Ann Wauters (Belgium) won't be featured due to their quick return home. Here's a conversation with forward Svetlana Abrosimova. A member of the 2010 Storm championship team, Abrosimova was re-signed in June after being cut from her Russian national team. She had a smaller role as a reserve in 2012, which decreased further after spraining her wrist toward the end of the regular-season. She averaged 4.6 points and 2.9 rebounds in 19 games this season. During the playoff series against Minnesota, she averaged 3.5 minutes.

Q: You went to the Madonna concert (Oct. 3)?
Abrosimova: Yeah, it's a good thing they know me here (KeyArena). My ticket didn't (scan correctly). But security recognized me and let me in.

Q: Are you a big fan of hers?
Abrosimova: Not a big fan, but in Russia, growing up you listen to Madonna and Michael Jackson. I kept missing her concerts. She had one in my hometown (St. Petersburg), it was an open-air concert, and I missed it. And I almost missed last night.

Q: You've done year-round play, how are you physically?
Abrosimova: I don't do year-round anymore. I'm great. Whenever I get my wrist back to normal, I'll be good to go. I have two months before I have to report (to Dynamo Moscow). I didn't play much in the playoffs, so I'm not as banged up as the other girls, obviously. So, I actually feel good.

Q: You had a weird year even before joining the Storm, how do you look back on everything that's happened?
Abrosimova: Obviously the whole thing with the Olympics, when it started, it was extremely tough. It was probably the lowest point of my career because of how I felt; you feel like people don't respect you anymore, people don't want you anymore and they took away your dream. I was hurting a lot and obviously I was happy (Storm coach) Brian (Agler) started talking to me. Coming here, it made me work through things instead of sitting at home and thinking about it or feeling sorry for myself or any other thoughts. You never know how the process works. It was good to be here (during the Olympic break) training camp with no games, working hard while the other girls were doing the Olympic thing. It definitely helped me as a person, as a player.

Storm Exit Interviews: The word from Svetlana Abrosimova

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