Simone Edwards profile

Height: 6-4.

Weight: 164.

Age: 32, born Dec. 17, 1973, in Kingston, Jamaica.

College: Iowa, 1997.

Acquired: Allocated as a free agent by the WNBA in 2000.

Hometown: Loxahatchee, Fla.

Pro experience: Seventh season, averaged 2 points and 1.1 rebounds in 2005.

Game time: Edwards knows the system and has been producing even more in training camp. She can rebound and make close-range jumpers — she lacks only consistency.

New digs: Edwards bought a one-story, five-bedroom home along a canal during the offseason, but spent only two weeks there due to playing overseas and in Seattle. "I've been watching the news and three alligators have been eating people [in the Loxahatchee area], so I'm wondering if I should move my house," she said.

Nickname: Simi.