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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 2486459, member: 5798"] If you want to try and figure out which player will be drafted 1st, Let's look at who has the first pick: [B]The Las Vegas Aces[/B]. What do they need? Everything. Since they need everything, what's their BIGGEST need? A post player. Good post players ARE NOT in abundance. If you can get a good post player that you can develop and bring along in a year or two, and you don't have to give the farm away to do it, you grab her. You can get guards and forwards through free agency, trade and the draft, because there are more of them. Laimbeer is not going to build a dynasty overnight, everyone knows that. He can grab Wilson now. She can be his starter in Vegas for the next 10 years. In subsequent years, he can fill other holes. Laimbeer has to re-tool this roster. It owns the worst record in the league the last two years. Why on earth would he go to battle with a roster that has already proven it can't win? The new owners DID NOT bring him in to go 8-26 again. If Laimbeer can get 8-10 more wins out of this new team the first year, THAT can be judged a success. 18-16 is a winning record. It's respectable. It's something to build on. 7-27 and 8-26 the last two seasons, there's nothing you can do with this except scrap it, and rebuild, starting over from square one. When you're at the very bottom, there's nowhere to go but up. If Laimbeer does not take Wilson, the [B]Indiana Fever[/B] will with the second pick!!! He's closer to the Aces' situation than any of us. He knows what they need, and the direction he wants to go in. Wilson is one of the most dominant players in this year's draft class. Why wouldn't you take her, especially if you have a need at her position? :rolleyes: There are enough talented players coming out this year for him to get another good one in the second round. He may put together a deal and trade 1-2 of his current players to another team for their 1st round pick. Expect him to live up to his moniker of "Trader Bill" during the 2018 draft. If he doesn't draft Wilson, who else can he draft that can help him win NOW more than her? We can all express our thoughts and opinions on who the first player drafted should be. Whether it's Wilson or someone else, Bill Laimbeer will be the person who will make that decision based on his assessment of his roster, and it's perceived biggest needs. He may not do what makes sense to us, but what makes sense to him. Here's the first ten players that analyst [SIZE=4]Michelle Smith likes (and why) in [URL='http://www.wnba.com/news/inside-the-w-michelle-smith-wnba-draft-112117/']April’s draft. [/URL][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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