Dishin & Swishin on the WNBA Draft, with Jeff House

[DishNSwish]

On this week’s Dishin & Swishin, we are pleased to welcome back a man that has been on both sides of the WNBA draft. Coach Jeff House has been an assistant coach for the Chicago Sky and New York Liberty, where he assisted Pokey Chatman and Richie Adubato in assessing talent and preparing for the draft. He has also been a college basketball coach at the University of Virginia and, this past season, at the University of Kentucky. House is a man that can tell you what WNBA scouts and general managers are seeing, and what college coaches are doing to prepare their student-athletes for the WNBA.

Topics covered on the podcast include:

What are teams looking for; what makes a good draft choice.
Chiney versus Odyssey; what are the Connecticut Sun going to do?
With the second pick, should Tulsa take “the leftover from Ogwumike or Sims, someone else or make a deal?
Is it possible to ever figure out what Bill Laimbeer is going to do before draft day?
The injury conundrum; what to do about Chelsea Gray and Natalie Achonwa? Where should they go?
A look at the posts, including Dolson, Natasha Howard, Markeisha Gatling and Theresa Plaisance.
Hartley, Shoni Schimmel, Tiffany Bias and the point and combo guards.
Shooters like Maggie Lucas and Tricia Liston, and their futures.
Surprises and upstarts. Who does coach House think are sleepers for the WNBA to see?

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[Striper69]

Pretty interesting conversation.

I like the idea of Thomas going to Tulsa. That's exactly the player they need to take inside pressure off of Cambage (is she going to be there this year?).

Dolson going to Noo Yahwk? Iike that scenario! Take Shoni too!

I think Shoni, Lucas or Hartley would do well in NYC.

Once Lucas goes to the pros and doesn't have to worry about box and ones and double teams we will be surprised to see how good she really is.

I like how he mentioned Inga Oreckhova from South Florida. A very good but underrated outside shooter and scorer.

 

[UcMiami]

enjoyed that - nice perspective.

 

[DishNSwish]

Thanks! I can't believe no one on here got a chuckle out of my Remember the Huskies write up intro!