Alexander Shun

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The 2015 WNBA.com GM Survey was released today and the Minnesota Lynx were pegged as the team most likely to win the championship this season. Lynx forward Maya Moore was also tabbed to win (or in her case, repeat) the WNBA MVP title and Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve was selected as the best head coach in the league.

Reeve says that she doesn’t care about that stuff though and that none of those predictions are very important, even joking about her nod as best coach in the league.

“I don’t know that we necessarily spend a lot of time figuring those things out…I don’t think there’s a lot of thought given to those things. Clearly, if they’re picking me as the best coach, not a lot of thought was given in that area.”

What Reeve found most important was the fact that Minnesota was dubbed the best home-court advantage in the WNBA.

“I love it, kudos to our fans. That’s exciting for our fans so I would love for you guys to write about that and highlight that because we have felt that way for a couple years, despite Seattle continuing to hold that.”

The Seattle Storm had held the title of best home-court advantage for the past five years, but this year Minnesota captured 41.7 percent of the votes and took the title. Reeve noted that such a reign says a lot about Seattle’s home-court.

“I’m thrilled for our fans that we were able to overtake because Seattle’s environment has been nothing short of tremendous through the years. So that says a lot for our fans.”

Lynx forward Maya Moore, when told of the new home-court title, was not surprised in the least.

“It doesn’t surprise me just because our home-court advantage, since I’ve been here, has been felt by all and that’s been a huge reason as to why we’ve been able to be successful. We take our home-court very seriously and we want to make sure that it’s really, really hard for teams to win when we’re at the Target Center.”

Such an advantage is something that Moore says must be maintained throughout the entirety of the season.

“It’s not a secret. It’s something that we have to just continue to go out and do which is a really hard thing to maintain, but we have a great opportunity this season to go out and make the Target Center one of the hardest places to play.”

Moore also called upon Lynx fans to continue to show up to games and continue to be loud because without the fans and their passion, the Lynx home-court wouldn’t be nearly as difficult for their opponents.

“It doesn’t just happen. Our fans have to show up and be passionate and we have to show up and be passionate and that kind of makes it a really hard place to play and it’s something that we enjoy and we want to keep that going.”

The Lynx can show off their home-court advantage tomorrow night when they begin their regular season by hosting the Tulsa Shock at 7pm in the Target Center.