Dyaisha Fair feels like a fitting pick for Las Vegas. Aces head coach Becky Hammon knows what it’s like to be an undersized and overlooked point guard with a will to be great. It could be a great learning opportunity for Fair to play behind Chelsea Gray (who often takes a coach role in practices) and learn from Hammon. She’s third on the all-time NCAA DI scoring list.
Nika Mühl showed out in that Final Four defensive performance against Caitlin Clark. If she sticks on the Seattle roster, she’ll learn behind veteran point guard Skylar Diggins-Smith. Very special moment for her, and clearly for her UConn teammates Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd watching from the gallery.
Angel Reese brings it all the way back to high school describing first playing against Kamilla Cardoso, her new teammate. Said she’s excited to see the Chicago frontcourt duo against the Los Angeles duo of Cameron Brink and Rickea Jackson.
One important point on the back-to-back international picks by Dallas and Connecticut. Teams will often draft-and-stash these players to bring onto the roster in a later season. They might do it because of a lack of roster room this year or with the knowledge that a player isn’t ready to join the WNBA yet while they remain with their Olympic teams or domestic teams.
Jacy Sheldon is speaking with reporters. She’s the first big surprise off the board to Dallas and brings strong defense. The Wings are on the cusp of breaking into the top four teams. They lacked experience in last year’s postseason with a young group built around Arike Ogunbowale and Satou Sabally.
Teresa Weatherspoon has a frontcourt of the future in Chicago after the franchise drafted Kamilla Cardoso at No. 3 and Angel Reese in No. 7.
“Nobody’s going to get no rebounds on us,” Cardoso said minutes after Reese went off the board.
She also takes a maybe inadvertent dig at the local New York media saying she’s never been to Chicago, but heard it has some of the best pizza.
