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Post by toad455 on Feb 16, 2024 21:23:23 GMT -5
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Post by bluedevilsdsufan5 on Feb 16, 2024 21:58:29 GMT -5
Not surprised!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2024 22:26:59 GMT -5
Bueckers, and Fudd too i guess, may as well just finish out their eligibility together and stay in school until 2026. lord knows that draft will need difference-makers more than the 2025er will.
i would retire if i were Griffin. basketball has put her body through enough hardship. i suppose the same could be said for Fudd, as well as multiple others on that team.
maybe Geno retires in 2025 though – which is perhaps the true determinant of these player decisions.
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Post by toad455 on Feb 17, 2024 7:57:16 GMT -5
If Clark & Brink don't enter this year's draft, it's looking fairly weak. Indiana wouldn't need Cardoso, so does Jackson go #1 overall? Cathy, the Fever and the league are quietly begging Clark to enter.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2024 10:27:02 GMT -5
If Clark & Brink don't enter this year's draft, it's looking fairly weak. Indiana wouldn't need Cardoso, so does Jackson go #1 overall? Cathy, the Fever and the league are quietly begging Clark to enter. Brink will for sure declare. i'm pretty confident about Clark, too. as pathetic as this league has gotten at times, no one will have to reduce themselves to begging.
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Post by tpd on Feb 17, 2024 11:47:17 GMT -5
Does the fact that Aaliyah Edwards did not join with Paige and Aubrey in announcing her return to UConn mean that she is at least thinking about entering the 2024 WNBA Draft?
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Post by toad455 on Feb 17, 2024 12:55:19 GMT -5
Does the fact that Aaliyah Edwards did not join with Paige and Aubrey in announcing her return to UConn mean that she is at least thinking about entering the 2024 WNBA Draft? Edwards and Nika both dodged the question. Nika is a third rounder at best, but Edwards could slip in as a lotto pick.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2024 13:25:05 GMT -5
if LA keeps all of their first-round picks, they could take a post at 2 (Brink), a forward at 4 (RJackson or Edwards), and a guard at 8 (Sheldon or Osborne). that said, they seem to need guard talent the most, so i’m sure they’re pretty disappointed Bueckers isn’t turning pro yet.
i wonder if they’ll keep all their picks, or maybe just use #8 on a deferral. there’s already a decent amount of roster competition from a sheer numbers standpoint.
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Post by tpd on Feb 17, 2024 15:21:21 GMT -5
L.A. could keep all of their picks, but in order to do so, might well need to cut both Nia Clouden and Zia Cooke (unless, of course, another team is willing to offer a future second round pick for their services). The Sparks currently have 6 protected contracts for Stevens, Hamby, Nurse, Burrell, Talbot, and Aari McDonald. While Billings, Clarendon, and Lexie Brown are all unprotected. I think that all of them are good bets to be on the Sparks' final roster. In my mind, that leaves Clouden and Cooke as the players most likely to be cut/moved to open up spots for Brink, Jackson/Edwards, and a backcourt player at 8.
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Post by toad455 on Feb 17, 2024 15:50:25 GMT -5
Clouden hasn't done anything in the W, so she's the easy cut. The two lottery picks should be locks. Let Cooke & the #8 pick battle it out for the last spot.
PG: McDonald/Clarendon SG: Brown/Cooke or #8 pick SF: Talbot/Nurse/Burrell PF: Hamby/Billings/#4 pick C: Stevens/#2 pick[Brink]
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Post by tpd on Feb 17, 2024 16:46:47 GMT -5
Last year, Cooke shot 26.1% from three and 28.9% from the field, with just about one turnover for every assist, so she is really not sitting too securely in her roster spot. Indeed, unless she totally outplays the number 8 pick in training camp, I think that L.A. might be inclined to cut Cooke in order to give their 8th pick in a pretty deep draft a longer look than just practices and two preseason games, but generally I agree with you.
What I find interesting as a Lynx fan is that if the draft plays out as expected with Clark, Brink, Cardoso and Jackson/Edwards being selected in the lottery, and if Dallas drafts a backcourt player at 5, and if you are right about Washington selecting a PG at 6, then either Rickea Jackson or Aaliyah Edwards has to fall to seven. If it's Aaliyah, I don't see her lasting past 7.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2024 16:51:52 GMT -5
going #10 overall isn’t even going all that high… but it was too high for Cooke. i mean, nothing stands out here. Clouden was if nothing else the better college player, even if she was just another high-volume scoring guard. it wouldn’t be crazy to see her beat out Cooke for the last spot if that’s what it came down to. or, as it was just put out, both getting let go.
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Post by WBBDaily on Feb 19, 2024 14:49:18 GMT -5
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Post by WBBDaily on Feb 19, 2024 15:12:07 GMT -5
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Post by bluedevilsdsufan5 on Feb 20, 2024 23:15:06 GMT -5
What are y’all’s thoughts on Owusu?
11 games for Penn St, 27.7mpg, 17.5ppg, 5.8rpg, 4.1apg, 1.3spg, .3bpg, 3.5topg, FG 45.4%, 3PT 26.8%, FT 75.7%
At Maryland iirc she was a potential lottery pick, definitely first round. But now? She’s gained weight but uses it to get to the free throw line and finish through contact. She’s almost made her most 3s per season, but at her worst percentage.
I think I take her 2nd round for NY. I’ve only watched a couple of her games this season (and not at all at Maryland), and she doesn’t seem ‘out of shape’ in terms of movement, she still has some quickness with the handle. I know bigger/fatter players don’t typically work out professionally (we remember Shoni 🥺) but I hope for her, and for Pili, it can work out. And I’m not fat shaming at all, just statistically speaking seeing who makes it and not, at the college or pro level.
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Post by clayk on Feb 21, 2024 10:12:44 GMT -5
Who's she gonna guard?
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Post by toad455 on Feb 21, 2024 11:05:12 GMT -5
Owusu is so slow. Happy to see her back and performing well for Penn State. But I don't think she has much of a shot in the W.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2024 12:04:16 GMT -5
i think she’d be able to get her body type to work for her, and being naturally physical will make that adjustment easier. that said, it is hard becoming a PG in this league for anyone. quite frankly, i’m more concerned about her shooting ability and whatever her issues were at Virginia Tech (aka related to personality/leadership).
and of course, as with any rookie, whichever team drafts you can make or break your career. unless you’re a generational talent or damn near close to it, the fit simply has to be there.
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Post by tpd on Feb 22, 2024 11:47:08 GMT -5
Voepel just came out with another mock draft. After Clark and Brink being taken 1 and 2, Voepel has Chicago opting for Rickea Jackson, not Cardoso, and LA nabbing the latter with their second first rounder to pair with Brink in a very sizeable frontcourt. Dallas, despite a glut of frontcourt players, then regards Edwards as too good to pass up, and Washington takes Angel Reese. The Lynx, having taken a frontcourt player last year as a deferral pick in Maia Hirsch, then adds another in the form of Nyadiew Puoch. Chicago next drafts Alissa Pili, and all of the guard prospects fall into the end of the first round. I don't think that's how it will happen, but you can see the new mock over at ESPN.
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Post by toad455 on Feb 22, 2024 12:34:34 GMT -5
Voepel's mock drafts have been terrible the past few years.
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