Sky notebook: G Ariel Atkins shooting more aggressively, just like team envisioned when trading for her

Sky notebook: G Ariel Atkins shooting more aggressively, just like team envisioned when trading for her

Ariel Atkins wasn’t just some random offseason pickup for the Sky. They traded away the No. 3 overall pick to get her from the Mystics.They brought in Atkins to shoot — a lot — and when she dropped 21 points against the Mercury on 7-of-15 shooting Tuesday, that was a big step in the right direction. She went into the Sky’s game Thursday against the Wings as their leading scorer at 12.3 points per game and leading three-point shooter at 43.9%“The…