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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 4058311, member: 1131"] I think I disagree with every statement in this entire post. It is rare for a #1 draft choice not to make the team that selected her -- can you provide any recent examples where a team cut its #1 draft choice in training camp? Also, about a third to a half of the second round draft choices make their teams -- that includes players like Crystal Dangerfield, Jessica Shepherd, Tiffany Hayes, and Allie Quigley. The Sun's last two choices in the second round, Kaila Charles of Maryland and Dijonae Carrington of Stanford via Baylor, have both made the team and have been solid contributors. Natisha Heideman was (as I recall) a 3rd round draft choice three years ago, and she is now the Sun's third guard and plays about 20 minutes per game. As to the statement that "WNBA coaches are very conservative and tend to go with veterans ...", I think the opposite is more likely to be true. I would say that if a rookie and a veteran bench player show roughly equal current productivity, the coach will select the younger player because: (a) she is cheaper, which is a big deal with the salary cap; (b) she will be present for the entire training camp rather than finishing her season in Europe or Asia; and (c) she is likely to have a higher ceiling than the veteran, who has already (in most cases) maxed out her talent. I think most coaches believe that they have a better chance of spotting hidden talent in the draft (that perhaps needs some development and coaching) than in finding veteran bench players who still have significant room to improve. [/QUOTE]

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