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WNBA Mock Draft Big Board 4.0: The best-laid plans

By Howard Megdal

NEW LONDON, CT - MAY 21: Lee Watrous of Habitat for Humanity and Connecticut Sun Assistant Coach Bernadette Mattox and Connecticut Sun Head Coach Mike Thibault review the floorplan at a Habitat for Humanity work site on May 21, 2011 in New London, 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 Chris Marion/NBAE via Getty Images)
NEW LONDON, CT - MAY 21: Lee Watrous of Habitat for Humanity and Connecticut Sun Assistant Coach Bernadette Mattox and Connecticut Sun Head Coach Mike Thibault review the floorplan at a Habitat for Humanity work site on May 21, 2011 in New London, 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 Chris Marion/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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NEW LONDON, CT – MAY 21: Lee Watrous of Habitat for Humanity and Connecticut Sun Assistant Coach Bernadette Mattox and Connecticut Sun Head Coach Mike Thibault review the floorplan at a Habitat for Humanity work site on May 21, 2011 in New London, 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 Chris Marion/NBAE via Getty Images)
NEW LONDON, CT – MAY 21: Lee Watrous of Habitat for Humanity and Connecticut Sun Assistant Coach Bernadette Mattox and Connecticut Sun Head Coach Mike Thibault review the floorplan at a Habitat for Humanity work site on May 21, 2011 in New London, 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 Chris Marion/NBAE via Getty Images) /

Why is the top of the draft so malleable?

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Greetings! Have you taken a breath since February 1? If so, you probably missed a move in a very, very busy WNBA week.

The Minnesota Lynx remade their front line. The Indiana Fever retained their core and added to it. RFAs signed offer sheets left and right.

And we learned that Maya Moore will not play in 2019, while the Liz Cambage trade saga remains unfinished.

But what’s really driving all the uncertainty in the draft right now is that no one can agree on how many elite players there are.

I reached out to seven different WNBA talent evaluators. Each of the seven had a different number for me on the simple question: how many players do you put in the top group? The answers ranged from as little as two to as many as eleven.

It further depends on decisions by a couple of early-entry eligible candidates, Sabrina Ionescu of Oregon and Jackie Young of Notre Dame. The best intelligence as of now has Ionescu leaning toward coming out and Young toward returning to school, though no one seems to have heard a final decision from either one.

That’s before we take into account the wildly different needs of many WNBA teams. Then there’s the evolving college season itself.

So what is the current snapshot? TO THE BIG BOARD WE GO!

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