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toad455
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Posted: 02/06/18 10:24 am ::: WNBA Draft 2018 (April 12th) |
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Draft Day will be held Thursday, April 12 @ 7pm EST on ESPN.
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FIRST ROUND RECAP:
1. Aces - A'ja Wilson
2. Fever - Kelsey Mitchell
3. Sky - Diamond DeShields
4. Sky - Gabby Williams
5. Storm - Jordin Canada
6. Wings - Azura Stevens
7. Mystics - Ariel Atkins
8. Fever - Victoria Vivians
9. Sun - Lexie Brown
10. Liberty - Kia Nurse
11. Sparks - Maria Vadeeva
12. Mercury - Marie Gulich
ROUND TWO RECAP:
13. Aces - Jamie Nared
14. Fever - Stephanie Mavunga
15. Dream - Monique Billings
16. Dream - Kristy Wallace
17. Lynx - Ji-Su Park
18. Wings - Loryn Goodwin
19. Mystics - Myisha Hines-Allen
20. Mercury - Tyler Scaife
21. Mercury - Raisa Musina
22. Liberty - Mercedes Russell
23. Sparks - Shakayla Thomas
24. Lynx - Kahliah Lawrence |
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Luuuc #NATC
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Posted: 02/06/18 7:00 pm ::: |
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Having a date is nice and all, and at some point I guess a venue will be organised, but what we really want to know is: who is going to be DJ'ing it this year?
Lisa Borders has got an established track record, but could DJ Lizzy C be a dark horse candidate now that she's returning to the W?
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Posted: 02/06/18 8:37 pm ::: |
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Please let it be open to fans. Please let it be open to fans. Please let it be open to fans.
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Posted: 02/07/18 5:01 am ::: |
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Queenie wrote: |
Please let it be open to fans. Please let it be open to fans. Please let it be open to fans. |
Please let it be nothing like last year
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Rock Hard
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toad455
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Posted: 02/26/18 3:58 pm ::: |
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It's already been announced it's being held in NYC. Agreed it should've been in Las Vegas at least.
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Rock Hard
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Posted: 02/26/18 4:04 pm ::: |
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toad455 wrote: |
It's already been announced it's being held in NYC. Agreed it should've been in Las Vegas at least. |
What venue in NYC is hosting the draft?
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toad455
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Posted: 02/26/18 4:34 pm ::: |
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Rock Hard wrote: |
toad455 wrote: |
It's already been announced it's being held in NYC. Agreed it should've been in Las Vegas at least. |
What venue in NYC is hosting the draft? |
No one knows, but anything is better than where they had it last year.
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StevenHW
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Posted: 02/26/18 7:20 pm ::: Re: WNBA Draft 2018 |
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toad455 wrote: |
Draft Day will be held Thursday, April 12 @ 7pm EST on ESPN. |
As I recall, last year's draft date (as reported by CBS Sports) was originally supposed to take place on April 10, 2017, but was actually held on April 13th.
To this day, I still don't know why the WNBA wanted to have that draft in such a small place like the Samsung 837, where it would've been more suitable as a draft viewing party, but not to have the draft itself. I'm guessing only to please corporate sponsors.
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Posted: 02/26/18 8:48 pm ::: Re: WNBA Draft 2018 |
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StevenHW wrote: |
toad455 wrote: |
Draft Day will be held Thursday, April 12 @ 7pm EST on ESPN. |
As I recall, last year's draft date (as reported by CBS Sports) was originally supposed to take place on April 10, 2017, but was actually held on April 13th.
To this day, I still don't know why the WNBA wanted to have that draft in such a small place like the Samsung 837, where it would've been more suitable as a draft viewing party, but not to have the draft itself. I'm guessing only to please corporate sponsors. |
The CBS Sports article was written by Medgal, if I recall. His track record for presenting accurate information is not good. I'll forgive last year's miss if they make up for it this year with a proper venue/show.
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Rock Hard
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Posted: 02/27/18 8:19 am ::: |
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Is there a pre-draft combine this year?
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PUmatty
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Posted: 02/27/18 12:22 pm ::: |
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Is there a pre-draft combine this year? |
There hasn't been a combine for several years.
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Posted: 02/27/18 12:30 pm ::: |
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The combines are pretty much a waste of time. The guards dominate the ball and jack up shots; the wings jack up shots; and the posts hope to get some rebounds so they can jack up shots.
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Posted: 02/27/18 12:33 pm ::: |
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Rock Hard wrote: |
Is there a pre-draft combine this year? |
There hasn't been a combine for several years. |
Not an official one, anyway. There is at least one privately run combine.
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Posted: 02/27/18 12:53 pm ::: |
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And the private ones tend to be for the fringe players hoping for a training camp look and/or an overseas contract, not the lottery picks or first-rounders. A proper league-organised thing where everyone comes and they get official measurements (like the NFL) hasn't been done by the WNBA in aaaaaages. |
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Posted: 02/27/18 1:46 pm ::: |
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ClayK wrote: |
The combines are pretty much a waste of time. The guards dominate the ball and jack up shots; the wings jack up shots; and the posts hope to get some rebounds so they can jack up shots. |
so true. I saw one of the younger age USA tryouts a few years back and it was exactly like this. I think it was pretty much decided before hand and the tryouts were just a show.
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Posted: 02/27/18 4:34 pm ::: |
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myrtle wrote: |
ClayK wrote: |
The combines are pretty much a waste of time. The guards dominate the ball and jack up shots; the wings jack up shots; and the posts hope to get some rebounds so they can jack up shots. |
so true. I saw one of the younger age USA tryouts a few years back and it was exactly like this. I think it was pretty much decided before hand and the tryouts were just a show. |
Actually the USA Basketball tryouts generally result in one or two surprises -- Sabrina Ionescu being the most obvious example. She was a complete unknown when she arrived, and out of a 130 or so who were there, she made the top 12.
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Rock Hard
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Posted: 02/28/18 12:05 am ::: |
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Richyyy wrote: |
And the private ones tend to be for the fringe players hoping for a training camp look and/or an overseas contract, not the lottery picks or first-rounders. A proper league-organised thing where everyone comes and they get official measurements (like the NFL) hasn't been done by the WNBA in aaaaaages. |
How do head coaches and general managers get accurate information about the players they want to draft? Depending on colleges to deliver accurate height and weight of basketball players is a joke. Are head coaches allowed to interview college seniors before the draft?
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Posted: 02/28/18 12:15 am ::: |
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Rock Hard wrote: |
Richyyy wrote: |
And the private ones tend to be for the fringe players hoping for a training camp look and/or an overseas contract, not the lottery picks or first-rounders. A proper league-organised thing where everyone comes and they get official measurements (like the NFL) hasn't been done by the WNBA in aaaaaages. |
How do head coaches and general managers get accurate information about the players they want to draft? Depending on colleges to deliver accurate height and weight of basketball players is a joke. Are head coaches allowed to interview college seniors before the draft? |
They can interview players once their senior season is over.
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Posted: 03/11/18 10:22 am ::: |
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I've been hoping for awhile now that Kia Nurse would drop to the Libs at 10. But I feel like it's consensus that her performance against Asia Durr defensively upgraded her stock? I know I was overwhelmingly impressed. My thought process is she definitely doesn't get past CT at 9, so if the Libs want her they would have to trade up to do it.
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toad455
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Posted: 03/11/18 11:00 am ::: |
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The Liberty's biggest need is a SF or PF. I'm hoping for Billings or even Nared at #10.
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