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2019 WNBA Mock Draft Big Board: Version 1.0

By Howard Megdal

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 12: A'ja Wilson poses with a Las Vegas Aces hat during the 2018 WNBA Draft 2018 on April 12, 2018 at Nike New York Headquarters 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 2018 NBAE (Photo by Melanie Fidler/NBAE via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 12: A'ja Wilson poses with a Las Vegas Aces hat during the 2018 WNBA Draft 2018 on April 12, 2018 at Nike New York Headquarters 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 2018 NBAE (Photo by Melanie Fidler/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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COLUMBUS, OH – APRIL 1: Marina Mabrey #3 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish attempts a three point basket over Jazzmun Holmes #10 of the Mississippi State Bulldogs during the championship game of the 2018 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Final Four at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
COLUMBUS, OH – APRIL 1: Marina Mabrey #3 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish attempts a three point basket over Jazzmun Holmes #10 of the Mississippi State Bulldogs during the championship game of the 2018 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Final Four at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/NCAA Photos via Getty Images) /

11. Atlanta Dream: Marina Mabrey, G, Notre Dame

Here’s the thing about this Atlanta Dream roster: they don’t really utilize point guards in the way teams traditionally do. So when dealing Layshia Clarendon for Alex Bentley seemed like dealing from weakness for a redundant player to Renee Montgomery, it really reflects Nicki Collen’s system, where the one needs to be a deadly three-point shooter, facilitate second, and defend most of all.

Still, the Dream, for all their success this season, finished with the worst offensive efficiency in the league, dragged down by especially poor halfcourt execution. Enter Mabrey, who is good enough at the things Collen prizes, offering a 39 percent mark from three to go with a 5’11 height and tremendous intelligence that should translate well on the defensive end at the next level, though she’ll have some quickness issues against the league’s speediest guards. And when the Dream need buckets in the halfcourt set, having a Muffet McGraw-trained point guard with national title experience provides the Dream with a useful, necessary added dimension.

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