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[LynxFan32]

[awhom111]

[SportsGuru]

What are the Libs going to do with all those Guards ? Where's the Frontcourt help for the Libs ?

[SportsGuru]

Projected 1st rounders Crystal Dangerfield, Te'a Cooper and Beatrice Mompreimer are getting pay cuts before they start their WNBA Careers being drafted in the 2nd round

[justintyme]

Voepel's draft grades:

https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/29050914/wnba-draft-grades-liberty-get-sabrina-ionescu-wings-lynx-score-highest-marks

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[Luuuc]

[Stormeo]

[Luuuc]

[Stormeo]

My grades were nicer than I thought they'd be. I think it's because a lot of those weird funky picks evened out with good-value picks, as most teams that did a bad pick also did a good pick either earlier or later in the draft. I liked grading the Fantasy Draft a lot more than grading this one, though.

MY DRAFT GRADES:

Atlanta: B | The Dream wisely didn’t think twice about Carter. Brewer can compete with Coates for a spot. Pivec can make this roster if she proves she has the skills to play PG and defend SFs, but her chances are slim. This grade isn’t an A because Thornton looks like a wasteful token pick in support of nearby Clemson (I absolutely loathe token picks ).
Connecticut: A- | As much as the Sun could’ve used another post player, both Charles and Landrum were great value picks, and both have a shot at making the roster due to the Sun's scattered bench.
Chicago: B- | Hebard should fit in with Chicago’s style of play, even if it doesn’t help her defensively, and Gillespie if nothing else is a great value pick. Dean being a small, offense-oriented guard who can’t shoot, though, has almost no shot whatsoever and is a waste of a pick.
Dallas: A- | Alarie and Harris at 5 and 7 respectively are slight reaches, but nowhere near the reaches the Draft has seen elsewhere. It really remains to be seen how Sabally and Alarie will fit together on the court, given their similar profiles. Geiselsoder was a predictable and savvy draft-and-stash pick.
Indiana: C+ | The positions themselves weren’t bad, but Doyle at 14 is a very poor PG choice in a Draft that had plenty of better options at PG available. However, Cox is Cox, and true-SG Smalls might be good enough to be given a chance as a third rounder.
Las Vegas: F | All I can say is, there is a plethora of names that went undrafted that would’ve made more sense than who their one pick was. Let’s just say there wasn’t a whole lot of buzz coming into this Draft about Lauren Manis, a 6’1 forward out of little ole Holy Cross.
Los Angeles: A | Mompremier was a great value pick that can come in and compete for a spot with Gülich. After that, the Sparks didn’t need a whole lot else, so they did a draft-and-stash at 22 and took a low-risk chance on a flight risk at 34. Still, it's not a great look overall that a team that didn't have any picks in the first half of the Draft received the best grade from me.
Minnesota: C | Herbert Harrigan was only considered the first surprise of Draft Night, but she could still have a future in this League with her present skillset. Dangerfield at 16 was a great value pick. And that’s where the Lynx should’ve stopped, as trading away a rotation player in Talbot for a guard that ultimately got drafted because of name recognition just doesn’t seem like a logical move.
New York: C- | After Ionescu was picked, the Liberty appeared to get morbidly obsessed with wing players. Walker falling to 9 was great, but then they proceeded to draft two more wing players (Jones and Odom) and trade for two more wing players (Willoughby and Talbot) later on. It would’ve been fine had they needed wing players more than anyone. But as it stands now, their post rotation could still use more competition (Shook at 13 feels like a reach, but she does have a shot), and a third-string PG to compete with Boyd might’ve even been nice. It still feels like this team in particular is still figuring things out with its personnel, but at the very least, each drafted player did enough in college to where they deserve a shot - and will get one on a rebuilding team like this.
Phoenix: C+ | The Mercury could’ve used an extra post player, but because they avoided drafting one, it seems that their post rotation is all but set. Turning a late first rounder into Walker-Kimbrough is a risky move, but it might pay off. Cooper is a good value pick, and Johnson… can forever say that she had the highest PPG average in all of Div. I WBB her senior year!
Seattle: B- | All the Storm’s moves made complete sense, with the latter two being of decent value, hence the grade it receives from me. Yet, I can’t shake the feeling that even our first-round pick will eventually go to waste. I would’ve preferred two draft-and-stash picks of a different sort instead of the one we ended up wit - Laksa never really showed enough to me in college, and that was before her devastating knee injury. Holmes and Gorecki are solid picks that would get a chance on several other teams, but at least they can say they got drafted at all.
Washington: C- | It was downright perplexing to me that a team that had no room on their roster for fringe players and no draft picks in next year’s draft didn’t choose to make at least one draft-and-stash pick. Agnew was a great college player, but at 5'11, she'll have to make the difficult transition from post player to perimeter player. Sutton was highly rated out of high school, but did not live up to it in college.

[justintyme]

[bballjunkie]

Usually when picks drop, it’s due to a red flag. I knew there were some in this draft but looking at how it went and asking wtf is going on, there were way more than I thought. Camps will be interesting and will be fun to see, especially all the inflated heights

[toad455]

[pilight]

Y'all are way overrating Seattle's draft. None of those players will ever play in the W. Taking the oldest player in the draft and telling her to stay home for a year is a special kind of dumb.

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[toad455]

[Randy]

[Shades]

Here’s my vision of the Mercury

Hartley/(Cooper vs Epoupa)
Diggins/Cunningham/(SJohnson vs Willoughby)
Taurasi/(Coffey vs Blicavs)
Breland/Turner/Smith
Griner/Vaughn

Something like that.

Hartley wasn’t brought in as a backup at 185K.
Diggins is better off the ball.
With Bonner gone they need starter quality at SF, so that’s where Taurasi goes.
She can be a point forward but this isn’t the roster for her to be a PG.

So I don’t understand Voepel’s perception that PHX didn’t need a PG and therefore she took points off her grade for them. Low marks for Voepel.

The post looks solid, so I’m not seeing a draft need there unless you think Smith or Vaughn need competitions for their spots. Did Vaughn get a guaranteed contract? Nobody knows. She’s the big mystery signing that Megdal never updates.

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[FrozenLVFan]

[Shades]

Okay, then just swap in SWK for Willoughby. She’s probably takes that spot over the competition, but you never know.

Otherwise, do you get my gist over the structure of the roster?

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[RavenDog]

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[Stormeo]