Lloyd-Curry playing, planning future; Lynx forward Andrea Lloyd-Curry has spent her offseason from the WNBA learning the business side of the team's operation and laying the groundwork for future endeavors once her playing days come to an end.(SPORTS)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: April 24, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

She's still got game. But a game whose shadows have lengthened. Andrea Lloyd-Curry can feel it in her creaking knees, in her aching, arthritic hip, in the knowledge that the moves she once made with ease on the basketball court she now can only dream about.

Thirty-four isn't old. But when you've been playing hoops for 24 of those years, it can feel downright ancient.

"I just can't do what I used to be able to do," the 6-2 forward lamented. "And it's not just a matter of doing the things on the court that I used to be able to do. I can't train like I used to. It's ...

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