6. Minnesota Lynx: Alanna Smith, 6’4 F, Stanford
Should the draft shake out as above, I see Cheryl Reeve with two options here: Jessica Shepard, or Alanna Smith. But we now have information we didn’t have in the last time we Big Boarded. We know that the Lynx have Christmas-Kelly, we know they don’t have Maya Moore in 2019, and we know they’ve signed Damiris Dantas to an offer sheet, which I previously explained almost certainly means she’ll be a member of the Lynx. So what does that mean the Lynx need? Well, more backcourt help, but the chances they get a starter should Ogunbowale and Durr go early in the first round are slim without reaching. It is, however, easy to imagine a starting front line with Sylvia Fowles, Smith and Christmas-Kelly starting, using Dantas to supplement both Fowles and Smith. She’s hyper-efficient from the field, shooting north of 43 percent from three, over 58 percent from two, with a block rate of nine percent and an excellent presence on the defensive boards. She’s the next generation of WNBA 4, and you can be sure Reeve knows this.