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2019 WNBA Draft: Way-too-early mock draft

By Howard Megdal

COLUMBUS, OH - MARCH 30: Jazmine Jones
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Connecticut’s Napheesa Collier (24) drives to the basket against Notre Dame’s Jackie Young (5) in an NCAA Tournament national semifinal at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, March 30, 2018. Notre Dame advanced, 91-89, in overtime. (Brad Horrigan/Hartford Courant/TNS via Getty Images)
Connecticut’s Napheesa Collier (24) drives to the basket against Notre Dame’s Jackie Young (5) in an NCAA Tournament national semifinal at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, March 30, 2018. Notre Dame advanced, 91-89, in overtime. (Brad Horrigan/Hartford Courant/TNS via Getty Images) /

Napheesa Collier, 6’1 F, Connecticut

Something Geno Auriemma didn’t do this year: complain about Napheesa Collier’s defense. She’s a classic four, 6’1 but plays taller, capable of burying the three (though that percentage dropped from 43.1 percent as a sophomore to 34.4 percent as a junior), effective rebounder, capable facilitator for her position (18.0 assist percentage), but look at her defensive points per possession, per Synergy: 0.535. Among players with at least 200 defensive possessions recorded, that ranked fourth in Division I in 2017-18. All the questions about where she fits on a WNBA team have disappeared.

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