Ranking 2018’s WNBA restricted free agents

Natasha Howard

Notable 2017 stats: DRating 93, 9.6 assist percentage, 4.3 block percentage, 2.3 steal percentage

Projected 2018 role: Disruptor of offenses

Natasha Howard is a singular talent in the WNBA. She’s got size to compete with bigs, a muscular 6’3. She’s fast on the break. She defends out onto the perimeter, where she’s a nightmare of arms and legs, and she can rim protect. She is an under-the-radar reason why the Lynx have been so good defensively over the past two seasons, and she does more than enough offensively to justify a ton of court time. She’d play 30-35 minutes just about anywhere else in the league.