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Message: [QUOTE="NycUcWbbFan, post: 5036278, member: 13453"] A little too much inference about [URL='https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/draft/2024.html']second round draft picks[/URL] without [URL='https://www.espn.com/wnba/standings']qualifying[/URL] context: [LIST] [*]Indiana ([URL='https://apple.news/AFItCIgnFTq2EyRY7z5DO5w']Celeste Taylor[/URL]) had three successive abysmal seasons, and two #1 and one #2 draft picks and a newish coach (hired in 2023) later, still finds itself one of the four worst teams this season; the roster change (Dantas for Taylor) augurs for Indiana not purposefully tanking to join the Bueckers lottery; [*]Las Vegas ([URL='https://aces.wnba.com/news/aces-waive-rookie-guard-dyaisha-fair/']Dyaisha Fair)[/URL] was dealing with Gray’s injury and Parker’s retirement, made several roster moves: drafting and keeping Martin, drafting and waiving 5’5” Fair, signing Tiffany Hayes, waiving Cannon and signing [B]NY’s waived 2nd round draft pick[/B] 6’5 [URL='https://aces.wnba.com/news/aces-sign-jessika-carter-waive-emma-cannon/']Jessika Carter[/URL]; [*]Seattle made big offseason personnel changes and while the changes are seemingly paying off (they had the 2nd-worst record last year), revamped rosters like NY last year take time to fully click; Nika is the only rookie on the 12-player roster, a popular inexpensive insurance and seemingly [URL='https://the-boneyard.com/threads/nika-muhl-at-seattle.201443/post-5033891']valuable[/URL] [URL='https://the-boneyard.com/threads/nika-muhl-at-seattle.201443/post-5033949']player[/URL] that Seattle chose to keep while grappling mightily with its salary cap. [/LIST] Nika is more talented than some [URL='https://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/colleges.fcgi?college=uconn#all_wnba_players']drafted UConn guards[/URL] who played in the WNBA. But only Nika has quite a dedicated set of tiresome detractors (obviously not you), quite possibly wishing Geno never recruited Nika despite Geno’s and the team’s endorsement of Nika. [/QUOTE]

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