2016 #1 DRAFT PICK: B.STEWART OR J. LLOYD

[huskyniner]

This is a no-brainer. Four national championships to none.

 

[JoePgh]

Getting a little off-topic here, but I disagree. The WNBA has undergone contraction because the talent pool isn't big enough to support more good teams. IMO many if not most of the WNBA teams are "bad teams." Some playoff teams last year had sub-.500 records, and the winners of those series were foregone conclusions - not interesting basketball. IMO the last thing the WNBA needs is further dilution of the talent base, expansion into markets that have already shown they won't support WBB, and a larger number of predictable playoff games featuring bad teams.

This is completely wrong. The WNBA has undergone contraction because the MARKET is not big enough -- not enough cities can support a team economically. The talent pool has nothing to do with it. They could have half a dozen more teams with no diminution in the quality of play if the markets were there to support them.

 

[j66kicker]

This is completely wrong. The WNBA has undergone contraction because the MARKET is not big enough -- not enough cities can support a team economically. The talent pool has nothing to do with it. They could have half a dozen more teams with no diminution in the quality of play if the markets were there to support them.

Semantics IMO. The "market" is usually bigger for a better product

 

[mhshuskies]

McBride and Achonwa were like Dolson and Hartley last year. They both anchored their teams in much the same manner. It's too bad we couldn't see what would've happened if Achonwa hadn't gotten injured.

The loss of Achonwa was overhyped. Just look at how she played the year before in the semi. She got punked by Stewie and Dolson. She wasn't tough enough inside. Maybe a 5 point difference.

 

[Beemer]

Well since Chiney Ogumike is out for the season the CT Sun might win the draft lottery again. And I'd tell them to pick Stewie all the way.