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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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

An amusing moment during the coach/GM teleconference this week? Katie Smith was asked whether she saw more value in drafting a guard or a big. “Value? I don’t really want to tip my hand,” Smith began, before Laimbeer interjected: “We all know who you’re picking.” The conventional wisdom is that the pick will be Asia Durr, who completed a magnificient college career last weekend in Albany. 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 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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