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: Sydney Wiese poses for a portrait after being drafted number eleven overall by the Los Angeles Sparks 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) /

Los Angeles Sparks

PICKS

Round 1 Pick 11 Sydney Wiese, G, Oregon State

Round 3 Pick 11 Saicha Grant-Allen, C, Dayton

It’s rare to get precisely the player you need at pick 11, but Brian Agler did just that with Wiese, a versatile guard who can play some point, shoots the three to replace the production lost when Kristi Toliver signed with the Mystics, and knows how to embrace a complicated defensive scheme (thanks to Oregon State coach Scott Rueck). Grant-Allen is a legit 6’5 who keyed Dayton’s elite defense, a potential long-term answer at the five if she sticks around. Agler and GM Penny Taylor know what they want, which is why we call them the defending champions.

Grade: A

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