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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 2504771, member: 2117"] 24 players who will likely be selected ahead of Butler: Aja Wilson Kelsey Mitchell Stephanie Mavunga Linnae Harper Gabby Williams Kia Nurse Rebecca Greenwell Lexie Brown Diamond Deshields Jaime Nared Mercedes Russell Jordin Canada Monique Billings Shakayla Thomas Victoria Vivians Tyler Scaife Katelynn Flaherty Ariel Atkins Kaylee Jensen Loryn Goodwin Brooke McCarty Myisha Hines-Allen Maria Vadeeva Teana Muldrow Natalie had 13/9 against a fringe top 25 team, those aren't bad numbers but a lot of players who will never make a WNBA roster do that too. It's worth noting too that her counterpart, Hallie Thome of Michigan, had 15/12 in a double digit win. I'm also willing to guess that Michigan probably didn't focus special attention on Natalie the very first game of the season. Her best performance of the season so far (35/19) was against Houston who didn't play a single player over 6 feet. That's a great performance, but it's not one that is going to boost her draft stock. Last year's draft was also one of the weakest drafts ever. I wouldn't be surprised if half of the first round picks last year don't make a team this season. Even Nunn got picked who averaged 4.8 points and 4.5 boards off the bench for a team that wasn't in the top 25. It was that bad. If Butler opted for the draft last year, she would have had a better shot of getting picked in the 2nd round than she will this year. I'm happy for Natalie that she's having a great senior season-- she seems like a good kid and is dominating her conference--but her doing well in the A-10 doesn't mean she's a WNBA caliber post player. [/QUOTE]

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