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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 3667028, member: 2117"] A huge reason why those teams improved so much after landing the top pick is that they also got back a superstar who was injured or sat out for most of the prior year. Not having their star led to an awful record, which in turn allowed the team to land a #1 pick. Add in the healthy superstar the following year plus their #1 pick and the team's record improves immensely: Candace Parker- Lisa Leslie sat out 2007. With both it was a 10 game improvement Nneka Ogwumike- Candace missed half of 2011 season and wasn't healthy when she came back. With both in 2012 it was a 9 game improvement. Maya Moore- Augustus was injured in 2010 and still recovering from an ACL. With both her and Moore it was a 14 game improvement. Tina Charles- #1 pick was traded, so she joined a pretty decent team (Connecticut went 16-18 the year prior). With Tina it was a 1 game improvement. Brittney Griner-not ROY, but Penny Taylor/DT sat out in 2012 and their record was terrible. Lots of speculation that Phoenix was tanking to land BG that year. With all 3 it was a 12 game improvement DT-Phoenix didn't have a superstar in 2003, but they acquired Penny Taylor with the first pick of the dispersal draft which was obviously a massive addition. With both it led to a 9 game improvement. Wilson is the exception of being picked by a bad team that didn't have a big time player join, but the Aces still missed out on playoffs in 2018 and finished 9th in the league. Worth noting though is A'ja did make a big impact and the team won 6 more games. [/QUOTE]

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