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Message: [QUOTE="TheFarmFan, post: 4302823, member: 9403"] That's the problem with the W. No one gets five years. It's incredibly competitive to make a roster, let alone stay on it year after year. I like ONO a lot, and I'm rooting for her. But she needs to develop the ability to regularly take and make shots from 10-20 feet outside because she's just not dominant enough inside. This is a shot almost most of the major bigs in the league can make, and essentially any of the ones who run the high post on offense. Think Stewie, Jonquel Jones, Candice Parker, EDD - heck, even more traditional posts like Tina Charles and Nneka Ogwumike developed those shots as pros and now take them regularly. The only bigs who don't are true, dominant 5s - think Liz Cambage (6'6"), Brittany Griner (6'9"), Sylvia Fowles (6'6"), and A'ja Wilson (6'4") - who do all their damage inside, and they were all first or second draft picks. Maybe, maybe ONO can exist a bit like a Brianna Turner, adding value on defense with blocking and rebounding. That's the best case scenario. But ONO wasn't dominant inside even as a college player (55 blocks, 9.2 pts, 7.5 RB in 33 games vs. Turner's 109 blocks, 14.4 pts, 7.8 RB in 39 games), so why would anyone think that changes when her competition is suddenly taller, stronger, and way more experienced? Just one fan's two cents, but to me it's pretty clear what her path to longtime value in the W is. [/QUOTE]