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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Mar 5, 2017; Greenville, SC, USA; South Carolina Gamecocks center Alaina Coates (41) watches warm ups during the women’s SEC Conference Tournament at Secours Wellness Arena. South Carolina wins the SEC title for the third year in a row with a score of 59-49 over Mississippi State. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports /

Chicago Sky

PICKS

Round 1, Pick 2 Alaina Coates, C, South Carolina

Round 1, Pick 9 Tori Jankoska, G, Michigan State

Round 2, Pick 9 Chantel Osahor, F, Washington

Round 3, Pick 9 Mikayla Epps, G, Kentucky

I’m at a loss here, truly. The Sky are a team in transition, but the places they are clearly set, if not overstocked, are with bigs (Imani Boyette, Stef Dolson) and at the point (Courtney Vandersloot, Jamierra Faulkner). Coates is a classic five. Osahor is, ideally, a mismatch-creating five. Jankoska, who really impressed me every time I saw her and who the metrics love both offensively and defensively, ought to be somebody’s point guard. And the same is true for Epps. I don’t see where either of them can get minutes. There’s so much talent on the Sky. But this isn’t just a roster in need of a trade, but 3-4 of them. And the draft, in which the Sky had two of the first nine picks and four overall, made matters worse. Only the fact that there may be more moves ahead keeps this above failing. And there have to be more moves ahead, right? Right?

GRADE: D-

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