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WNBA Mock Draft: Big Board 7.0, and how to measure

By Howard Megdal

GREENVILLE, SC - MARCH 10: Teaira McCowan (15) center of Mississippi State enters the arena during player introductions during the SEC Women's basketball tournament finals between the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Sunday March 10, 2019, at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, SC. (Photo by John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
GREENVILLE, SC - MARCH 10: Teaira McCowan (15) center of Mississippi State enters the arena during player introductions during the SEC Women's basketball tournament finals between the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Sunday March 10, 2019, at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, SC. (Photo by John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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KANSAS CITY, MO – MARCH 25: Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs center Teaira McCowan (15) lets out a yell after making a basket and getting fouled with 0:55 left in the fourth quarter of a quarterfinal game in the NCAA Division l Women’s Championship between the UCLA Bruins and Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs on March 25, 2018 at Sprint Center in Kansas City, MO. Mississippi State won 89-73 to advance to the Final Four. (Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
KANSAS CITY, MO – MARCH 25: Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs center Teaira McCowan (15) lets out a yell after making a basket and getting fouled with 0:55 left in the fourth quarter of a quarterfinal game in the NCAA Division l Women’s Championship between the UCLA Bruins and Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs on March 25, 2018 at Sprint Center in Kansas City, MO. Mississippi State won 89-73 to advance to the Final Four. (Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

1. Las Vegas Aces: Teaira McCowan, 6’7 C, Mississippi State

We remain in a holding pattern on the Liz Cambage saga. But it is instructive that Bill Laimbeer hasn’t given up on getting the game-changing Australian from the Dallas Wings, and in this specific way: clearly, he thinks a path to the championship is through a lineup featuring a five next to A’ja Wilson at the four, rather than utilizing Wilson as many in the league (and, full disclosure, I do, too) see her best: as a forward-thinking five. That said, she’ll do quite well at the four, already has, and Bill Laimbeer has won more WNBA titles than I have. But it all means that for all the conversation about guards Laimbeer can take — and Sabrina Ionescu, should she come out, is very much a consideration — it’s pretty clear Laimbeer wants to come out of a period where he’s got both the best deal on the table for Cambage and the top overall pick with a long-term solution at the five. Teaira McCowan is very much that, particularly on the defensive end, where Las Vegas finished ninth overall last season. Laimbeer isn’t committing to going big in conversations with other teams, but you look at his track record, and it’s hard to believe he won’t end up there.

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