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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 5255071, member: 9844"] Las Vegas drafted Elisabeth Kitley last year in the second round knowing she would not play one second of the season. She had a late season ACL injury and with a one year recovery time it was obvious she would miss all of the WNBA season. So in that case an unavailable player was drafted in the second round and it could turn out to be a very smart pick for Vegas. Obviously she was probably a first rounder minus the injury. The other thing about someone you are considering that might have injury concerns, or even questions whether they want to play in the WNBA is you can do your homework. Contact them and get a good read on the situation. That is not tampering when their eligibility is up, but you could see why the league would want possible entrants to declare if they had possible remaining eligibility. If it's used up there is no need to. The last few years have been complicated by the Covid extra year possibility. That has now disappeared for all but a relatively few like Paige, that had the Covid year plus red-shirt years. In the future the only players with optional years will be those who take a red-shirt year or turn 22 by the draft, not the huge number that had the Covid optional year. Any team interested in Aubrey or a player in a similar situation should be doing their research and contacting her right now if they have any questions. [/QUOTE]