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WNBA Mock Draft Big Board 9.0: Final calls

By Howard Megdal

ALBANY, NY - MARCH 31: Louisville Cardinals Guard Asia Durr (25) dribbles the ball and gets a blocking foul on Connecticut Huskies Guard Crystal Dangerfield (5) defending during the second half of the game between the Connecticut Huskies and the Louisville Cardinals on March 31, 2019, at the Times Union Center in Albany NY. (Photo by Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
ALBANY, NY - MARCH 31: Louisville Cardinals Guard Asia Durr (25) dribbles the ball and gets a blocking foul on Connecticut Huskies Guard Crystal Dangerfield (5) defending during the second half of the game between the Connecticut Huskies and the Louisville Cardinals on March 31, 2019, at the Times Union Center in Albany NY. (Photo by Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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GREENVILLE, SC – MARCH 08: Sophie Cunningham (3) guard of Missouri during the SEC Women’s basketball tournament between the Missouri Tigers and the Kentucky Wildcats on March 8, 2019, at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, SC. (Photo by John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
GREENVILLE, SC – MARCH 08: Sophie Cunningham (3) guard of Missouri during the SEC Women’s basketball tournament between the Missouri Tigers and the Kentucky Wildcats on March 8, 2019, at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, SC. (Photo by John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

12. Seattle Storm: Sophie Cunningham, 6’1 G/F, Missouri

Here’s Katie Smith on Sophie Cunningham: “I like her game. Good size, scores in a variety of ways, competes, doesn’t get bothered by a whole lot, guards, knows what she needs to do and when she needs to do it and seems like an amazing teammate. I think she’ll compete. Where she’ll end up, I don’t know if somebody will snag her at the end of the first round, in that area, or she’ll make it into the second. But she definitely has the skill set and some decent size to play in the league.” If that doesn’t sound like a Dan Hughes player, a perfect psychological fit for the defending champs, worthy teammate of Breanna Stewart and Sue Bird, then I don’t know who does. Cunningham will make threes, she can work as a facilitator at times in lineups to allow Bird and Jordin Canada to play off the ball, she’s lethal in transition on a team that creates lots of turnovers, and even her early defensive adapting can be cleaned up by rim protection out of Stewart and Natasha Howard. How many rookies can you imagine getting key minutes in a title defense? It’s a short list, and Sophie Cunningham is on it.

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