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| #24 for Kitley is brutal. Motivation for her.
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| Posted: 04/15/24 9:25 pm ::: |
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| Nastja Claessens was not on my draft board
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| Posted: 04/15/24 9:26 pm ::: |
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just messing around I have no idea who actually makes it trying to give draftees some love
Atl
Canada/
Gray/Powers/Borlase
Howard/Coffey/Jones
Charles/Hillmon/Puoch
Ch. Parker/Amihere
Chi
L. Allen/Carter
Mabrey/Evans
Deshields/Onyenwere
Harrison/Reese/Turner
Cardoso/E. Will
Conn
Jefferson/Harris
T. Mitchell/Banham/S. Peddy or Hsu
Bonner/Carrington
A. Thomas/NDour
B. Jones/Nelson-Ododa
Dallas
Dangerfield/Burton
Ogunbowale/Sheldon
S. Sabally/Siegrist/LLS
Howard/Cannon
McCowan/Brown/Soares
Indy
Clark/Wheeler/Berger
K. Mitchell/Wallace/Taylor
Hull/KLS
Smith/Dantas
Boston/Fagbenle
LV
C. Gray/D. Fair
Plum/Colson
Young/Clark
Wilson/Gustafson/Bell
Parker/Stokes
LA
Clarendon/Allemand
Brown/Nurse/McDonald
Hamby/Jackson/Burrell
Billings/Brink
Stevens/Li (or Talbot but not at Canter)
Minn
C. Williams/Hiedeman
McBride/K. Jefferson
Miller/Carleton/Pili
Collier/A. Smith/Kone
Juhasz/Hebard
NY
Sloot/Dojkic
Ionescu/M. Davis
Laney/Burke
Stewart/Thornton
J. Jones/N. Sabally/J. Carter
(also have Fiebich and Mawuli in mix but both of them along with N. Sabally also have Olympic team commitments)
PX
Cloud/Sutton
DT/Osborne or Shelley (or both if they decide to go smaller in the post)
Copper/Cunningham
R. Allen/Herbert-Harrigan/Mack or Hollingshed
Griner/Bertsech
Sea
SDS/Muhl/Melborne
Loyd/Whitcomb
Horston/Vivians
N. Ogwumike/J. Holmes/M. Holmes or DFM
Magbegor/Russell
Wash
Sykes/Vanloo/K. Truong
Atkins/Richards
SWK/Kar. Samuelson/Engstler
A. Edwards/MHA
Austin/Dolson
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| Posted: 04/15/24 9:31 pm ::: |
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| Two Columbia Lions in a W/NBA draft at 34 and 35. Probably the first time for two Lions since Jim McMillian and Heyward Dotson 1970. |
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| Posted: 04/15/24 9:56 pm ::: |
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| Now, the reality begins. Who is going to make the cut? A serious problem in the WNBA with limited roster spot. And I feel bad for these young players to be honest.
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| Posted: 04/15/24 11:26 pm ::: |
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| GlennMacGrady wrote: |
| Two Columbia Lions in a W/NBA draft at 34 and 35. Probably the first time for two Lions since Jim McMillian and Heyward Dotson 1970. |
A very happy Columbia fan was belting out the fight song after those two picks, it was amazing and this is what the third round is made for.
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| Posted: 04/15/24 11:46 pm ::: |
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| Damn, she was just there to hang with the crew! ESPN didn't even have tape ready for her! |
Low-key I've always hoped a prospect would show up to the draft just to watch and then get selected and be like "'sup Cathy I'm here, gimme my jersey" and go take their podium moment AND I GOT TO SEE IT HAPPEN IT WAS SO COOL
The Iowa contingent was super-hyped for her- I'm not sure if they expected her to get picked, or if they didn't expect event management to let her take the stage and get the official invitee treatment even if she was picked.
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| Posted: 04/16/24 1:28 am ::: |
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| Posted: 04/16/24 6:14 am ::: |
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| Apparently the ESPN App was only streaming the draft in Spanish, at least to start with
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| Posted: 04/16/24 9:01 am ::: |
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Clearly a seven-player draft ...
Three sure things, from today's perspective: Clark, Cardoso, Brink
One very close to sure thing: Jackson
Two rotation players who might develop: Edwards, Reese
One Greg Bibb pick: Sheldon, who might be better than I think.
After that, the darts start flying. Hey, maybe Alissa Pili is the next Charles Barkley (he wasn't even 6-5 and was one of the best power forwards in the NBA). Maybe Brynna Maxwell is the real deal. Maybe Angel Jackson (a star in high school) is quality post reserve.
But looking down the road at expansion, if 2024 was a deep draft, then with 14 teams, half the franchises will get a good or decent player each year, and half will not improve. Now if future drafts are better, all good; if future drafts are like 2021, the quality of the product will slowly degrade.
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| Posted: 04/16/24 1:15 pm ::: |
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WNBA Draft Fashion Has Come a Long Way From ‘Most Athletic Accountants’ Era
https://frontofficesports.com/wnba-draft-fashion-reese-clark/
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“We were looking like some of the most athletic accountants you’ve ever seen,” 2012 No. 3 pick Devereaux Peters tells Front Office Sports.
Peters headed to the draft after surpassing 1,000 points at Notre Dame, and says she didn’t know what to wear for the “very, very, very strict dress code.” A fellow 2012 draftee, Samantha Prahalis, was even forced to put on stockings under her dress, Peters says. (Photos from draft night indeed show Prahalis wearing stockings.) |
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| Posted: 04/16/24 1:26 pm ::: |
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Most of the foreign players selected last night are 19; Fair is 22 (and not the oldest taken last night). Given typical athletic development, that's a big difference. Always the risk with French players that they'll never be around anyway, but hopefully the teams have more information on that likelihood than we do. I was surprised Borlase stayed on the board as long as she did. Already significant pro and international experience, and production, at 19 - plus Australians generally do show up for the WNBA when asked.
I don't think any of Atlanta's foreign draftees are coming this year, but if any of them were they might well make the roster anyway. Not exactly packed on the end of that bench. |
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| Posted: 04/16/24 1:30 pm ::: |
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| It seems odd that Puoch would come for the draft then not stick around for the season
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| Posted: 04/16/24 3:09 pm ::: |
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| It seems odd that Puoch would come for the draft then not stick around for the season |
The Dream might not want her to. Often a lot of discussion about that before the draft, and agreement to what the team wants can be part of getting drafted in the first place. |
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| Posted: 04/17/24 2:30 pm ::: |
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The WNBA Draft Was the Biggest Beauty Spectacle of the Year So Far
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| To say all eyes were on the draft is an understatement, and the athletes served up beauty inspo while joining forces with some of the biggest teams on the WNBA roster. |
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| Posted: 04/17/24 2:35 pm ::: |
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THE 2024 WNBA DRAFT WAS A PARTICULARLY FASHIONABLE OCCASION
https://fashionista.com/2024/04/wnba-draft-2024-best-dressed-players-fashion
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| So the 2024 WNBA draft on Monday evening was, of course, a highly anticipated moment. And it didn't just reveal which players are headed to which teams — the evening also cemented many of the the young athletes as style stars. |
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| Posted: 04/17/24 6:15 pm ::: |
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From the online site of the TV "infotainment" show, Access Hollywood...
https://www.accessonline.com/articles/caitlin-clarks-wnba-salary-sparks-pay-gap-outrage-hoda-kotb-russell-wilson-more-speak-out
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Though others noted that Clark will likely earn millions from her endorsement deals with companies including Nike, the pay gap drew widespread outrage and confusion on social media.
"Today" co-host Hoda Kotb was among the famous faces to weigh in on the issue, admitting on X that she thought the numbers she read must have been a mistake.
"She had the highest ratings, her teams and the Final Four had the highest ratings — higher than the World Series, higher than the NBA," she said of Clark on Tuesday’s show. "So I was like, what is she going to get paid? Because finally, you can get a real paycheck. Then I saw it and was like, ‘This can't be right." |
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| Posted: 04/17/24 6:37 pm ::: |
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From the online site of the TV "infotainment" show, Access Hollywood...
https://www.accessonline.com/articles/caitlin-clarks-wnba-salary-sparks-pay-gap-outrage-hoda-kotb-russell-wilson-more-speak-out
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Though others noted that Clark will likely earn millions from her endorsement deals with companies including Nike, the pay gap drew widespread outrage and confusion on social media.
"Today" co-host Hoda Kotb was among the famous faces to weigh in on the issue, admitting on X that she thought the numbers she read must have been a mistake.
"She had the highest ratings, her teams and the Final Four had the highest ratings — higher than the World Series, higher than the NBA," she said of Clark on Tuesday’s show. "So I was like, what is she going to get paid? Because finally, you can get a real paycheck. Then I saw it and was like, ‘This can't be right." |
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A bunch of people that don't understand basic economics. The WNBA doesn't turn much of a profit whatsoever and wouldn't even still be a thing without the subsidization of the NBA. Hopefully this is in the process of changing and within a few years these players can start earning some big paydays..
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| Posted: 04/18/24 9:33 am ::: |
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From the online site of the TV "infotainment" show, Access Hollywood...
https://www.accessonline.com/articles/caitlin-clarks-wnba-salary-sparks-pay-gap-outrage-hoda-kotb-russell-wilson-more-speak-out
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Though others noted that Clark will likely earn millions from her endorsement deals with companies including Nike, the pay gap drew widespread outrage and confusion on social media.
"Today" co-host Hoda Kotb was among the famous faces to weigh in on the issue, admitting on X that she thought the numbers she read must have been a mistake.
"She had the highest ratings, her teams and the Final Four had the highest ratings — higher than the World Series, higher than the NBA," she said of Clark on Tuesday’s show. "So I was like, what is she going to get paid? Because finally, you can get a real paycheck. Then I saw it and was like, ‘This can't be right." |
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How many games has Hoda Kotb been too? How many times has she had a WNBA player on her show? How many times before Clark has she talked about women's basketball?
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