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WNBA Mock Draft Big Board 3.0: Knock-on effects as free agency arrives

By Howard Megdal

BRISTOL, CT - APRIL 11: Elizabeth Cambage and Maya Moore pose for a photo during the 2011 WNBA Draft Presented By Adidas on April 11, 2011 at ESPN in Bristol, Connecticut. 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 2011 NBAE (Photo by Jennifer Potthieiser/NBAE/Getty Images)
BRISTOL, CT - APRIL 11: Elizabeth Cambage and Maya Moore pose for a photo during the 2011 WNBA Draft Presented By Adidas on April 11, 2011 at ESPN in Bristol, Connecticut. 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 2011 NBAE (Photo by Jennifer Potthieiser/NBAE/Getty Images) /
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STORRS, CONNECTICUT- NOVEMBER 17: Kalani Brown #21 of the Baylor Bears shoots past Natalie Butler #51 of the UConn Huskies during the UConn Huskies Vs Baylor Bears NCAA Women’s Basketball game at Gampel Pavilion, on November 17th, 2016 in Storrs, Connecticut. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)
STORRS, CONNECTICUT- NOVEMBER 17: Kalani Brown #21 of the Baylor Bears shoots past Natalie Butler #51 of the UConn Huskies during the UConn Huskies Vs Baylor Bears NCAA Women’s Basketball game at Gampel Pavilion, on November 17th, 2016 in Storrs, Connecticut. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images) /

5. Dallas Wings: Kalani Brown, 6’7 C, Baylor

If you have to trade Liz Cambage, and now the Dallas Wings do, you could do a lot worse than building around a draft that includes a center nearly the size of Cambage, with a comparable arsenal of post moves and the ability to stretch defenses out with range near the three-point line (or beyond, Brown told me back in October, in practice), a hard-working, tough center with NBA pedigree from her dad and raised to play ball by her mom, who is known in Texas already and will make a terrific long-term building block next to Skylar Diggins-Smith when she returns. In the meantime, she gets to suit up next to Azura Stevens — good luck with that matchup, WNBA defenses. And she can learn how to stretch her game from Wings center Theresa Plaisance, an underrated new-age five. It’s a prime opportunity for her, and she’ll stand a good chance of winning Rookie of the Year honors.

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