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

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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TALLAHASSEE, FL – JANUARY 24: Asia Durr (25) guard Louisville Cardinals dribbles the basketball across mid-court against the Florida State University (FSU) Seminoles in an Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) match-up, Thursday, January 24, 2019, at Donald Tucker Center in Tallahassee, Florida. (Photo by David Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
TALLAHASSEE, FL – JANUARY 24: Asia Durr (25) guard Louisville Cardinals dribbles the basketball across mid-court against the Florida State University (FSU) Seminoles in an Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) match-up, Thursday, January 24, 2019, at Donald Tucker Center in Tallahassee, Florida. (Photo by David Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

2. New York Liberty:  Asia Durr, 5’10 G, Louisville

What’s fascinating about this draft is that the top two picks are held by Laimbeer and Katie Smith, the latter someone who worked under Laimbeer for years, yet it doesn’t sound like they view the top of the draft in the same way, paving the way for each to get what they need. For a team that finished eleventh in offensive efficiency last season, there is a roadmap to improving that figure dramatically, and it is a lot of lineups with two-way threats Tina Charles, Kia Nurse and Asia Durr, surrounded by shooters and/or rim protectors. The roster is filled with both, frankly, and Nurse in year two should be even better, while Durr continues to look like the perimeter partner for Charles the team has been chasing since, essentially, Epihphanny Prince went down with an ACL tear.

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