Wednesday, April 4, 2007

WNBA draft

WNBA draft is going on right now, and I know most people don't care, and I don't really either.
As expected, Lindsey Harding of Duke went first, but she was then traded to Minnesota for the fourth pick and other considerations. Anyways, the Storm had the 7th pick, and with it, we chose Katie Gearlds of Purdue. As she walked up to the podium, I thought she was a man with long hair, but nope, she was a woman. Anyways, she averages about 19 points 3 assists, 4 rebounds on 46% shooting and 39% 3-point shooting. I'm not sure what the shooting means, because despite using a smaller ball and having a closer three line, women still manage to shoot worse. What I do know however is that the Storm have the best PGs and one of the best PFs in the league. The Storm also have a pretty good SG in Betty Lennox whow as the Finals MVP when the Storm won the title and a decent C in Jannell Burse (Who's 6-5). Which means, yes, we need a SF because our lineup is 5-9, 5-8, 6-5, and 6-5 without their SF. So we drafted Gearlds, a 6-1 SF who shoots fairly well on threes. Nothing to complaing about right? Wrong. Even if you know almost nothing about women's basketball, I'm sure you've heard of Allison Bales or Ivory Latta from Duke and UNC respectively. Anyways, they were both still available, and subsequently taken with the 9th and 11th picks. Sure, our strongest positions are Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson, but if we had Bales, Jackson could focus more on offense, leaving Bales, a great rebounder and excellent shot blocker to be the defensive stopper, sort of like David Robinson and Tim Duncan. Same with Latta and Bird, Bird is a phenomal scorer, and having Latta there to distribute more and guard the opposing team's PG would free up Bird to take over at the end of the games more often and be less tired. I hope that Gearlds works out, but I hope that this isn't a Need pick in the make of Sam Bowie over Jordan because we already have a Drexler type pick.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

So, in a mock draft, Latta was projected to go 2nd, and Bales (the all time NCAA tournament leading shot blocker) was projected to go 5th.
The Storm was projected to draft Gearlds, who was the girl who beat Aaron Brooks in the 3-point shooting contest.
Also, apparently Candace Parker's boyfriend is Shelden Williams. She can do a lot better than Shelden Williams. If I were here I'd go for Chris Bosh or Yao Ming (for hilarious effect).
And according to Diana Taurasi, she only makes $44,000 a year for playing in the WNBA, and most WNBA players play in Europe in the offseason and the elite players make about $100,000 a month.

Jon said...

Women's basketball? who cares

Unknown said...

I don't really care, but I think I read somewhere that Sue Bird was the most popular basketball player in Seattle.
Also, they did win Seattle's first professional championship since the Sonics did it in the 70's...