WNBA draft thread

[sarals24]

Go Tiff!

 

[UConnCat]

Geno is there w/ Tiff and her mom.

 

[sarals24]

I can't watch it b/c I'm at work, but I am reading the ESPN live blog which is HERE for anyone who isn't near a TV.

 

[sarals24]

Nneka will be Stanford's first Number1 overall pick, which seems crazy!

 

[sarals24]

Next year's draft will be crazy with Griner and EDD. Obviously Griner goes first, but that is a good class...

 

[rocky rococo]

Yup, next year will be crazy good. There have been plenty of drafts where Skylar would have been a lock for #1, she might fall as far as #4 or #5 depending on who is drafting in what order and what their needs are.

 

[sarals24]

Yeah that will be interesting. If a team needs a PG as opposed to a power forward like EDD...who knows?

 

[sarals24]

Stricklen goes #2 to Seattle.

 

[sarals24]

Peters #3 to Minny? Hmm.

 

[rocky rococo]

I thought they'd take Glory over Devereaux.

 

[UConnCat]

Peters before Glory Johnson. Lynx believe in Peters' offensive skills over Johnson's, which is understandable.

 

[sarals24]

I think Glory will have a better pro career tha Peters. Peters never impressed me that much, she always seemed to be in foul trouble.

 

[Samanthabrown3]

I think Glory will have a better pro career tha Peters. Peters never impressed me that much, she always seemed to be in foul trouble.

Maybe being in the pros will help her self-control.

 

[speedoo]

Peters #3 to Minny? Hmm.

yeah, a little surprising, but she is a much better passer than Glory J, as Becca noted.

 

[sarals24]

Maybe being in the pros will help her self-control.

True. I don't know where she fits in on Minnesota, she will really have to fight for playing time.

 

[sarals24]

Glory to Tulsa, no shock there. (See what I did there??? )

 

[sarals24]

I think having two of the top four picks this draft show just how much Tennessee underachieved this year.

 

[rocky rococo]

I think Glory will have a better pro career tha Peters. Peters never impressed me that much, she always seemed to be in foul trouble.

I agree. I thnk Glory's game translates well to the pros. She may not be a big scorer, but Minnie has scoring covered. She's a major league banger that plenty of teams could use.

 

[alexrgct]

Yeah, I really like Glory Johnson. I think in the right college system, she would have been an absolute monster. She's a natural-born athlete who just happened to go to Tennessee during a transitional period in the program's history...and she still had a pretty stellar career there overall. Add in the injuries questions around Peters (not to mention silly fouls, something she never got past in college when playing top competition), and I'd take Glory in a heartbeat.

 

[Samanthabrown3]

I think having two of the top four picks this draft show just how much Tennessee underachieved this year.

Two of the top four picks, and this class didn't make a Final Four.

 

[rocky rococo]

That should free Cambage up at both ends of the court.

 

[UConnChapette]

I think Glory will have a better pro career tha Peters. Peters never impressed me that much, she always seemed to be in foul trouble.

And a foul mood

 

[sarals24]

Yep. She's one of the few players from that class at UT who actually developed and improved.

 

[alexrgct]

I truly believe that Glory has a ton of untapped potential on offense and that if she'd been in a team-oriented offensive system in college, she'd have realy sparkled on that side of the court. I'm a big-time believer in Glory.

 

[UConnCat]

Tenn with 2 of the top 4 players chosen in the WNBA draft and not 1 final four for these 2 players.