Pick this year's DREAM TEAM - any player, any team

[johnnyc]

Moriah Jefferson - Best PG in WCB
Courtney Williams - toughest selection.....could easily put Kelsy Mitchell or Kia Nurse here.
Nina Davis - great all round game
Morgan Tuck - pretty close to unstoppable when she posts up
Breanna Stewart - best player in WCB skill wise, athletic wise any which way wise.....

 

[PhillyCoach]

My 2nd 5...

G - Nurse
G - Mitchell
W - Deshields
F - Stevens
F - Wilson

Clearly a ton of talent in the college game now. Right now I'd put Tuck on my 3rd team along with Jones, Bulgak, Plum, and maybe Alleyne from Oregon (6'3" forward who had a terrific junior season last year).

Hi Eric == It's me again! Other posters select Deshields as first team. You select her as 2nd team. Maybe you can shed some light on this for me. Here is how my brain is wired on this.
First, Deshields or DD was a volume shooter or gunner as a frosh, not a real team player, she was all-freshman team or high honor, she transferred, was out a year, has been hurt and is now coming back--maybe soon; maybe later.
As a less than total guard package, less than total team player, scratchy personality, health concerns, & with a certain coach this year----I don't get the adulation.
I wouldn't say over-rated, but I don't vote potential for AA spots. I guess I am an old school "character" recruiter and DD wouldn't be on my first list. That's the first twist coming from my mind.

Second - as an agitator/warrior class kind of guy (retired) -- a good conversation/debate would bring me to Butler. Based on the DD background criteria, I say Butler should be on someone's list too. (second or third tier maybe.) Butler was a double-double player --I don't care what league it was--she was a team player, positive personality, healthy, and she was an all-freshman team MVP or some other honors. Butler has several pluses that DD does not have. Of course, another major advantage that Butler has is Geno/CD for a year. And add to that, playing with the best team in the land with the best players.
Someone please explain the difference. Or Is it just the gunner/shooter/scorer bias?

 

[BlueDevils]

2ND 5
Angela Salvadores
Leticia Romero
Kia nurse
Azura Stevens
Stewie

Ton of basketballs IQ with this squad

3rd squad
Niya Johnson
T.Mitchell
DD
Nina Davis
Imani McGee Stafford

So that makes my 15 player roster which consists of... Mo, lex, becca, salvadores, Romero, nurse, Tiffany, and Niya Johnson as my guards. And KLS, TUCK, Stevens, Stewie, DD, Nina, and Stafford as my wings/forwards. Yea we are ready for war.

 

[UcMiami]

Philly, Eric, etc - the line between athleticism and skill is a huge one, and the translatability of them to actual play is also not clear cut - which is why the NFL combine and GM evaluations of players in every sport in drafts is so often wrong, and both athleticism and pure skill evaluations do not take into account other things such as Height - for example Moriah Jefferson, or Tiffany Hayes (National SPARQS winner I believe), or Kelly F. would outscore either Turner or Stewart in an athleticism sense and probably a skill sense as well.
And yes there is an age/experience difference in play here - but that is an whole other issue, and one that is less critical in an 'athleticism comparison' than in a 'skill comparison' and in terms of actually results on the court is significant at this time in their careers as well.

 

[Billybonggg]

Absolutely; and you get the bonus of cohesion. There's a reason everybody's transferring and sitting out this year.........There's just no hope. Edit. This was supposed to be a support reply to Zorro, picking an all-UCONN dream team.

 

[EricSD]

Hi Eric == It's me again! Other posters select Deshields as first team. You select her as 2nd team. Maybe you can shed some light on this for me. Here is how my brain is wired on this.
First, Deshields or DD was a volume shooter or gunner as a frosh, not a real team player, she was all-freshman team or high honor, she transferred, was out a year, has been hurt and is now coming back--maybe soon; maybe later.
As a less than total guard package, less than total team player, scratchy personality, health concerns, & with a certain coach this year----I don't get the adulation.
I wouldn't say over-rated, but I don't vote potential for AA spots. I guess I am an old school "character" recruiter and DD wouldn't be on my first list. That's the first twist coming from my mind.

Second - as an agitator/warrior class kind of guy (retired) -- a good conversation/debate would bring me to Butler. Based on the DD background criteria, I say Butler should be on someone's list too. (second or third tier maybe.) Butler was a double-double player --I don't care what league it was--she was a team player, positive personality, healthy, and she was an all-freshman team MVP or some other honors. Butler has several pluses that DD does not have. Of course, another major advantage that Butler has is Geno/CD for a year. And add to that, playing with the best team in the land with the best players.
Someone please explain the difference. Or Is it just the gunner/shooter/scorer bias?

I probably should have put Tuck on the 2nd team and Deshields on the 3rd. In my original post i said I left her and Kelsey Mitchell off my first team list because they are volume shooters and I'm not convinced they are as "good" in a team environment. I def think Wilson is better than Deshields. Maybe at the end of the year I'll have a different opinion, but basically I agree with you...