WNBA Draft Open Thread
by norcalnick on Apr 8, 2010 11:30 AM PDT
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Here's your place to comment on where (if anywhere) Alexis Gray-Lawson lands. Ideally (for Cal fans), she would end up on the Seattle Storm to join Ashley Walker and Devanei Hampton. Or perhaps Lexi could go to the Sacramento Monarchs and every Cal fan intelligent and attractive enough to live in Sacramento can catch her in a game from time to time (If the Monarchs still existed! Damn!)
But the WNBA draft is only three rounds and 36 total picks. Just getting drafted is a huge accomplishment for any player. Here are a few mock drafts to give you an idea of where people are thinking Lexi might end up:
DraftSite.com: 2nd round, 24th overall, Phoenix Mercury
AllBasketballReview.com: 1st round, 12th overall, Los Angeles Sparks
WNBA Draft Prospect Blog: 2nd round, 20th overall, Los Angeles Sparks
Slamonline.com: 1st round, 9th overall, Atlanta Dream
I was under the impression that Lexi was considered more of a 2nd round prospect, but maybe there's a chance she can sneak up higher. I've certainly heard that the Los Angeles Sparks are a strong possibility. Here's your spot to watch and comment. Good luck Lexi!
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Ugh
I don’t want Lexi playing for the Sparks.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Apr 8, 2010 11:33 AM PDT reply actions
Norcal the Monarchs are no longer a team. You told me that yourself not to long ago. You are so silly and forgetful.
Norcalnick's chick. Go Bears!
Appel goes 5th, a good 2-3 spots lower than anybody would have guessed to begin the year. Injury concerns? Hard to blame the fall on her performance since her performance was clearly impacted by her injuries.
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I felt bad for her going scoreless in the championship game. She is a great player and deserved to end her college career in a better fashion. Norcalnick, do you think Stanford would have won that game if Appel had been 100%?
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Not sure cause I missed the entire first half, so I’m not sure if UConn’s struggles were because of what Stanford was doing, or just them playing badly. The sense I got is that UConn played about as poorly as they’ve played all year and still won. So my guess is that if she was healthy Stanford at least would have had a fighter’s chance. But that’s mostly just guesswork from me.
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I only saw the first half – on a TV in a bar at the airport. My flight left at halftime, so I missed the second half. UConn played really badly in the first half. It was bizarre. But Stanford also shot badly. They could have built up a much bigger lead in the first half if they had been shooting better. Since UConn only won by 6, I have to think Appel’s injury was a big factor. But since I missed the second half, I’m obviously speculating.
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UConn dominated while I was watching – turned an 8 point deficit into a double digit lead very quickly. I grew disgusted and changed the channel and was surprised to see that Stanford cut the lead to 6. I got the sense that they were garbage time points, though, and that UConn controlled the entire 2nd half.
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Disgusted at Stanford losing its lead? Huh??
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by atomsareenough on Apr 8, 2010 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
but it’s a league with 11 roster spots and not that many teams.
It’s a combination of the fact that the team that takes her would need to not use her and let her heal (aka wasted roster spot) and that she has a history of health injuries.
I’m really happy that Lynx picked up Wright. As for Griffin, eh. Hopefully, we’re doing some trading.
I’m guessing that L.A. drafting a 5’5’’ guard with their first pick may indicate that they wouldn’t also draft Lexi.
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It's LA.
Their thought processes make no sense.
Maybe this means Bobbitt is gone though.
I don’t know if that’s a knock on the city or the team, good sir. If the former, i declare war.
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by EchoOfSilence on Apr 8, 2010 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh good.
I was wondering about the Griffin pick. Trade for next year’s Conn 1st round AND 2nd round is quite nice. Hey, if Conn bombs it, maybe we can win the Maya Moore sweepstakes.
Well, two guards for L.A. Lexi has got to be going somewhere else now.
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LOL.
Who is … Bianca Thomas? Hahahha. Oh… LA.
Now, now...
…if the women’s game got as much media coverage as the men’s, no one would question Bianca’s identity.
(Mind you, I, too, said, “Bianca Thomas? Who? Oh, yeah, heard the name recently.”)
Renee Montgomery: Hmm… I never seen Bianca Thomas play. But welcome to the WNBA.
AKA the thoughts of everyone else going who the hell BT is :o
The Darrius Heyward-Bey of the wnba
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by EchoOfSilence on Apr 8, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope Lexi will be Seattle-bound and
find herself a good overseas team as well. She’s unlikely to see much action in the W this season.
Ugh.
Who are these people and why are they being picked over AGL? :(
Mind you, Lexi won
the Pomeroy Naismith award this year, which was also given to the likes of Becky Hammon, Kara Lawson, and Renee Montgomery. Hammon wasn’t even drafted in her rookie year, despite a stellar college career; she was dissed in the same way AGL has been. (But clawed her way to the top, hah!)
Guess being on this year's team hurt.
I can’t help but think that if she went last year, she would have gone higher. Being on a team this year where we didn’t make much noise… =/
Lexi goes in the third round (#30 overall) to Washington. I have no idea what this means for her. Is it a good fit?
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Erm. Not really.
Off the top of my head their guard rotation looks like:
Harding / ?
Beard / Coleman
K. Smith / Coleman / Currie
They have 3 other picks too before this.
If she actually makes it onto the team though
Mystics look poised to make some noise in the East. They’re a flawed team but no more than any other team there.
Well, bugger all!
I am genuinely shocked that she didn’t go in the second round, possibly to Phoenix. But this year’s draft was overstocked with guards—still, a poor excuse for not scooping up our Alexis.
This is how the WNBA sums up the Mystics:
http://www.wnba.com/draft2010/overview_was.html
Keep in mind that there’s one more step left to go: TRADES! Her first year in the pros, poor Lindsey Harding, a very fine and decorated Duke guard, got sent all over the country, both on paper and in person.
(Meanwhile, BearBloke just came in to say that he has seen the first tiger swallowtail of the season in our back garden and that this must be a good omen for Lexi. How Mystical of him.)
Can't believe AGL went so low...
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