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.