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ClayK · Posted: 05/01/20 9:46 am :::

I would disagree about starting right away, because if you start right away and fail, you're pretty much done.

For some players -- not all -- it makes more sense to play a lesser role the first year or two while you figure things out, work on your weaknesses, etc. Then when you do get the chance, you have the best chance to succeed.

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root_thing · Posted: 05/01/20 10:02 am :::

six sense · Posted: 05/01/20 11:32 am :::

Very good scouting report Root- thing could not have broken it down better

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Rock Hard · Posted: 05/01/20 2:21 pm :::

RavenDog · Posted: 05/02/20 7:51 am :::

Double post... Embarassed

ucbart · Posted: 05/10/20 11:14 am :::

mavcarter · #NATC

Regarding slashing, it doesn’t appear to be one of those skills that just come from a little work. Usually, the great players have had that ability to do it for a long time.

And it’s not like college coaches truly care to develop players when they leave their program..

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J-Spoon · Posted: 05/26/20 7:24 pm :::

Shades · Posted: 05/26/20 8:29 pm :::

You may want to use a different color coding for suspended players, because technically they aren’t cut.

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toad455 · Posted: 05/26/20 9:10 pm :::

yeah, five players from the draft are suspended. Laksa, Geiselsoder, Fiebich, Pivec & Gillespie.

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J-Spoon · Posted: 05/26/20 9:18 pm :::

I am too lazy to fix it so

nor was if a player was cut or suspended a point I was trying to make

in reference to my list above

players in bold are players who weren't cut or suspended

and therefor are active roster members as of right now

NoDakSt · Posted: 05/26/20 11:52 pm :::

19 UCONNers on opening day rosters.

Stormeo · Posted: 05/27/20 12:08 am :::

I've said this all before, but it's even more obvious now that the W seriously needs to cut out the entire Third Round of its Drafts. I know this season is an anomaly, but the fact of the matter is, none of the third-round picks from the 2020 Draft will be playing in the 2020 Season as things stand now. The 3rd-rounders of Drafts past that have made the team they got drafted to hardly even end up developing into functional bench players, let alone borderline starters. What’s the point? Training camp contracts get wasted having to be used on raw and low-ceiling 3rd-rounders whom coaches don't have the time to focus their efforts on. These contracts are much better off going to players that have spent at least one season overseas somewhere where they have more of a capacity to immediately contribute to a team in the W given the professional basketball experience under their belt.

Richyyy · Posted: 05/27/20 6:09 am :::

What's the harm in there being a third round? Players get the excitement of saying they were drafted by the WNBA (and maybe make a few extra dollars overseas as a result), local journos get to write the typical human interest stories, and teams get to pick a body for the opening week or so of camp (in a normal year). Teams also get chips to send to each other in "well by rule you have to give us something" trades.

I don't think there's a huge amount of point to it, but I don't think it really hurts anything.

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toad455 · Posted: 05/27/20 8:29 am :::

The third round has been debated for a while now whether it should go, but there's really no harm and it does look good for a player when looking play overseas.

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ClayK · Posted: 05/27/20 10:09 am :::

One advantage for players in not having a third round is that they can look at rosters and sign a training camp deal with a team that they have a chance of making rather than be forced into a training camp where their position is stacked with veterans.

That said, the PR value for the league is helpful (articles in non-WNBA cities) and players might get more money in Europe as WNBA draftees.

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Richyyy · Posted: 05/27/20 10:46 am :::

ClayK · Posted: 05/27/20 11:09 am :::

Stormeo · Posted: 05/27/20 1:21 pm :::

If the goal for every team is to improve (or at least not get worse) after Draft Night is over, one could make the argument that players taken in the 3rd-round - especially those with only one, maybe two worthwhile skills - actually bring more minuses than pluses to their team and therefore make the team worse. As we all know, roster ‘additions’ aren’t necessarily the same as roster ‘improvements’. Laughing

myrtle · Posted: 05/27/20 2:53 pm :::

Pilight could tell us which third rounders in the 'modern' age have made an impact. The first that comes to my mind is Kraayeveld, because I was a fan of hers when she was with the Liberty. I think she even started for a couple of seasons. So it can happen.

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pilight · Posted: 05/27/20 3:04 pm :::

Shades · Posted: 05/27/20 3:50 pm :::

Randy · Posted: 05/27/20 4:03 pm :::

ChiSky54 · Posted: 05/27/20 4:15 pm :::

I took a quick look yesterday at the third rounders since Jamierra Faulkner was one of them. Went back to 2008 (not very useful since I didn't start following until 2013 Laughing

), but the list was indeed short of third rounders who have stuck around awhile.

Besides the ones already named, there's (of names I recognize)

Talbot
Krystle Thomas

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