The Ultimate Role Player: How Bridget Carleton Elevates the Minnesota Lynx

Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty ImagesBridget Carleton brings everything you want from a key player on a winning team.

The third-year player and former All-American from Iowa State is dynamic, versatile forward who possesses excellent awareness and basketball IQ on both ends, always plays within herself, and, simply put, plays winning basketball nearly every time she steps foot on the court.

Don’t just take it from me, though.

Since the start of the team’s rebirth on June 23rd in Atlanta, Carleton has emerged as arguably the most consistent cog not named Sylvia Fowles in a red-hot Minnesota Lynx machine poised for a deep playoff run. As a result, Carleton’s play has evidently earned the…