2019 WNBA Draft: Big Board 8.0, pre-Final Four edition

PORTLAND, OR - MARCH 31: Mississippi State Bulldogs center Teaira McCowan (15) gets fouled by Oregon Ducks forward Ruthy Hebard (24) during the NCAA Division I Women's Championship Elite Eight round basketball game between the Oregon Ducks and Mississippi State Bulldogs on March 31, 2019 at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – MARCH 02: Iowa State (21) Bridget Carleton making a move towards the basket while Texas Tech (23) Angel Hayden plays defense during the Texas Tech Lady Red Raiders Big 12 Women’s Championship game versus the Iowa State Cyclones on March 3, 2018, at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, OK. (Photo by Torrey Purvey/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

10. Washington Mystics: Bridget Carleton, 6’1 F, Iowa State

Here’s Cheryl Reeve on Carleton, I’m certainly not going to substitute my expertise for hers: ” think that her stock has certainly gone up. I think that’s a player that’s really played her way into not only being drafted but positioned herself probably at least in the second round. I think there might be a few that she’s on the board in their later first-round picks. She certainly can shoot the darned thing, but I think what she’s really shown is she’s creative in the way that she can score. She can score around the basket. I think the question mark would certainly be a level of athleticism.”

Mike Thibault loves his Swiss Army knife players, however, and there’s enough upside here to hope she can run with the threes and work at the four in some small ball lineups (think lineup of death with Elena Delle Donne as a five). Carleton has a chance to be what he hoped Ally Malott would be when he picked her eighth overall back in 2015.

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