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[QUOTE="Bigboote, post: 2447746, member: 7631"]
The only way to get a good idea of this is to get inside the heads of WNBA coaches and executives.  What are they looking for?  How specific are their needs?

If a team's brass is specifically looking for an off or combo guard with good size and strength, shoots well, handles the ball well, passes well, has an off-the-charts basketball IQ, is an exceptional defender (both individual and team) who will score adequately but not a ton, if Kia and Gabby are both available, Kia will go first.

I'm not sure which position Gabby would play in the W.  I would assume she'd be an undersized 3 (not so undersized since she plays so much bigger than her height).  She's need to increase her range to be a 2.  So I think if a team wants a great athlete, but they're somewhat flexible as to positions and roles on the team, if they're both available, Gabby goes first.  I've noticed a bit of a change even in the last year in that the W isn't so hung up about roles as they were a few years ago.  Certainly some teams are comfortable with a three-guard lineup at times.  If one of those drafts before Kia's gone, Gabby goes first.

They both go in the first round.  I think one will be a lottery pick, not likely that both will.
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