Happy to hear she might have a chance to return to play this season.
Same. That she hasn't given up hope that she'll play at some point this season seems like a good sign. I'm hoping that no matter what, she's able to get drafted in the 2021 Draft – even if only as a deferral pick – since this Draft already has so few players of intrigue (it doesn't need any 2022 'defections'). No matter how raw/low-ceiling Richards is as a scorer – though she is of course a fantastic distributor for a true wing player – her defensive eliteness will really help her chances at a long pro career.
Shakira Austin will be eligible to enter the 2021 draft as she turns 22 next year. Austin is a transfer from Maryland to Ole Miss who was granted immediate eligibility.
Ben Dull's 2021 Mock Draft. Those the order of the draft is listed in his article, he basically has players ranked 1-24. He also has Howard entering early(highly unlikely).
“Yeah, she has a chance. It's interesting,”Stringer said. “She couldn't be the first name but I hesitate to put that on her because I don't want her to feel bad if it [didn’t go like that]. We've had Olympians with the Cappie Pondexter or Essence Carson or Matee Ajavon, those players, you know, and Arella is every bit as good as all of them. Arella has a higher scoring average than then than all of them, but, but with that said she need to do she needs to be consistent because I'm sure that they're going to, especially if she's being drafted to a team that has already been successful, then they're going to look for her to yes increase her 3-point shooting, play some great defense and they know that they're going to get a great defensive player on that and she's bright, she's extremely bright on that side of it…”
Ben Dull's 2021 Mock Draft. Those the order of the draft is listed in his article, he basically has players ranked 1-24. He also has Howard entering early(highly unlikely).
Dull said on Twitter that it wasn't a prediction that she'd enter early. Just a ranking system. But why rank her for a 2021 mock if it's highly unlikely she'd be able to enter early?