2017 WNBA Draft: Team-by-Team Report Card with Final Grades

2017 WNBA Draft: Team-by-Team Report Card

NEW YORK - APRIL 13: Kelsey Plum poses for a photo with her draft card after being selected number one overall during the 2017 WNBA Draft on April 13, 2017 at the Samsung 837 in New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Michelle Farsi/NBAE via Getty Images) /

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NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 13: Shatori Walker-Kimbrough poses for a portrait after being drafted number six overall by the Washington Mystics during the WNBA Draft on April 13, 2017 at Samsung 837 in New York, New York. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Jennifer Pottheiser/NBAE via Getty Images) /

Washington Mystics

PICKS

Round 1 Pick 6 Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, G/F, Maryland

Round 2 Pick 6 Jennie Simms, G/F, Old Dominion

Round 3 Pick 3 Mehryn Kraker, G/F, Wisconsin-Green Bay

Mike Thibault certainly has a type. Emma Meesseman led the WNBA in field goal percentage last year. Also in the top four? Elena Delle Donne and Kristi Toliver, two of the newest Mystics. And his top overall pick? Walker-Kimbrough finished her college career having shot 46 percent from three. Simms and Kraker both checked in above 38 percent from three in their senior seasons. Tayler Hill can shoot the three. Ivory Latta’s made a career of it. Ally Malott got drafted because of it. The record for a WNBA team since the three-point line moved back to the current 22 feet, 1.75 inches came last season, when the Sparks shot 37.5 percent from deep. This trio of picks could help Washington shatter that mark. And Walker-Kimbrough figures to play quite a bit for Thibault’s stacked team.

GRADE: B+

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