RebKell's Junkie Boards

[Shades]

Spooner, how can make an argument that this looks good when you can’t even bring yourself to name the #1 pick?

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[myrtle]

Mack or Collier would be a good addition to this team. They wouldn't have the pressure of starting right away but could develop more slowly. I know that's not typically what you want from a #1...but that's the way it is this year.

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[craigmont]

[ClayK]

Watched Arella Guirantes -- looked really good. But will she, to name just one, bring more to the WNBA this season than KLS?

To me, that's the equation the Storm were looking at. Now if you think KLS is really a bad player and will be No. 8 in the rotation, or worse, then the trade is a bad one. But if you think KLS' experience and size will deliver more this year than a young player like Guirantes, then the deal makes sense.

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[Stormeo]

PG: [Bird]/Canada
SG: Loyd/Prince/Laksa
SF: Young/Samuelson/Talbot/Tuck
PF: Stewart/Dupree/Herbert Harrigan
C: Russell/Magbegor

Guirantes/Dungee/Evans could easily have been that fifth guard and get Laksa (or even Prince) cut. Magbegor may or may not be available before the Olympics, so we would’ve had an opening at the 5 to utilize Collier/Mack, and with Russell being a free agent after 2021, there’d be less urgency to have to re-sign her assuming she’d command a significantly higher salary. Instead, here we are, suddenly overloaded with SFs who will in all likelihood never be half of what Clark was on both sides of the ball for this team.

People really think rookies ain’t shit, but I seem to recall that many had good opening weekends last season, of which some of whom turned into a good first season altogether (Te’a Cooper comes to mind, amongst others, and she was a 2nd-rounder). Again, this Draft is weaker at the top, but still has plenty of mid-tier players in it. Also, 4 years of team control. We’re only getting 2 for Samuelson...

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Guirantes can't hit 40% from the floor against college girls. I see no reason to think she'll do anything as a pro.

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[Stormeo]

[ClayK]

It would seem that the Storm think Dupree can help them, so she would move to power forward and Stewart would move to the 5 in their post rotation.

I don't think much of Dupree or that plan, but clearly the Storm feel that KLS in the wing rotation will be more valuable than Collier in the post rotation.

One thing for sure: KLS is going to get every chance to live up to her pre-WNBA hype.

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[Stormeo]

[Michelle89]

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[ClayK]

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[ClayK]

[mavcarter]

[J-Spoon]

This is less scientific but I have a distinct memory of seeing Richards her sophomore season playing defensive stopper with Brown and Cox upfront and I remember think there is a WNBA level player. She had the "It" factor that really excites me, but usually the "It" factor is something you see in offensive talents like Carter or Ogunbowale, so it did really strike me that that is how I reacted to Richards but based solely on her defense and energy. In the last two years she has developed her PG skills so now instead of being like a stopper wing who can't shoot, she is now a large defensive minded PG who can't shoot. Bigger. stronger D-Rob? at Any rate I think she will have a place in the W, and I think she is a good fit on Seattle which has scoring at many positions.

I haven't seen Guirantes enough. I am by no means saying Richards is better, all I am saying is I see Richards having a role in the W.

I would probably consider Guirantes at 4 for Indy. If Dallas takes Two posts at 1 and 2 Guirantes at 5 makes sense, I might also consider Westbrook.

If I am Seattle Guirantes or Richards at 11 would be a good pick up.

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[mavcarter]

[Queenie]

[willtalk]

Di Di can't defend every type of guard. She has probems staying in front of smaller quick guards. Her legs are too long. She is good at playing taller players. Those are the type of players she got her reputation guarding. Since she has been playing the point it has also affected her all around defense. She has been a favorite of mine in college but I do not think she is worth a first round pick due to her limitations on the offfensicve end. Except as a short period ffill in, I don't believe she can play the point in the WNBA, which makes her basically a defensive specialist. Teams would have to really want one for them to use a number one pick on her.

But you never know. WNBA teams have not always made the smartest choices when it comes to the draft. They are more likely to go with college hype than they are actual scounting.

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[Stormeo]

I've also heard Richards has this go-all-out-every-game style that gets herself hurt. She of course had her back injury that luckily wasn't career-(or life-)threatening last autumn. And didn't she just sustain a concussion (or close to it) after another hard fall?

But yeah, Guirantes being able to take (and make) outside shots as well as rebound/defend/distribute makes her a better all-around prospect imo. And at 5'11, she might be versatile enough to play any perimeter position. Certainly can't imagine Richards playing the 2...

It's uncanny that I had previously called Richards the prospect in this Draft that most resembles Tamera Young, and... *gestures at the latest Storm news* I mean, I guess we really don't need Richards now!

[Stormeo]

[ChiSky54]

I am stymied that Tuck is still on the team...or even in the league...

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