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[QUOTE="Fairfield Fan, post: 2672250, member: 6911"]
She is absolutely a high first-round pick.  Can you see anyone choosing DD over Z?  Of course not.  She brought UConn back big-time against Notre Dame in the semi-final game, and demonstrated throughout the tournament that she was an elite player.  Indeed, perhaps her decision to go pro was heavily influenced by her improving play in the post season.

Though she would have benefited from another year with Coach Geno, we cannot ignore that that year would have been bought at the price of earnings forgone.  She will make minimal money this summer in the WNBA, but combine that with what she will make beginning this fall in Europe or China, and we're talking about- what?- a quarter million bucks or so when she would have earned nothing at UConn.

How many kids would have remained in school for another year knowing that they were leaving a quarter mil on the table?  Yes, it's not the NBA.  But for most young people, it's significant.  And for kids who know that their earning ability is highly limited by age, it makes the decision even more compelling.
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