Top 20 WNBA players countdown, ranked for the 2018 season: Part 1

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 29: Renee Montgomery #21 of the Minnesota Lynx protest the ball against Alana Beard #0 of the Los Angeles Sparks in Game Three of the 2017 WNBA Finals on September 29, 2017 at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. 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 (Photos by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 29: Renee Montgomery #21 of the Minnesota Lynx protest the ball against Alana Beard #0 of the Los Angeles Sparks in Game Three of the 2017 WNBA Finals on September 29, 2017 at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. 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 (Photos by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images)
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – MAY 12: Stefanie Dolson #31 and Jordan Hopper #33 of the Chicago Sky play defense against the Minnesota Lynxon May 12, 2018 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 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 2018 NBAE (Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – MAY 12: Stefanie Dolson #31 and Jordan Hopper #33 of the Chicago Sky play defense against the Minnesota Lynxon May 12, 2018 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 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 2018 NBAE (Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images)

17. Stefanie Dolson, Chicago Sky

Don’t overlook Stefanie Dolson when ranking the best bigs in this league. All she did last year, on a new team, in a new city, learning a new system with a first-year head coach, is sink 43.7 percent of her threes, improve her accuracy from inside the arc from 50.3 percent in 2016 to 59.7 percent in 2017, put up strong tertiary facilitator numbers (14.8 assist percentage), and seamlessly blending into Amber Stocks’ schemes. She’s still just 26, she’ll have Courtney Vandersloot for more of the season, and she’s been working on finishing around the rim. Expect a huge year.