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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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6. Minnesota Lynx: Napheesa Collier, 6’1 F, Connecticut

Look, there’s a reason why Geno Auriemma players make sense for Cheryl Reeve. And there may not have been a more Geno-type player than Napheesa Collier since… Maya Moore? Collier is a max-effort, skilled force in every way. For the Lynx, she can provide rebounding, defending on the wings in a way the team lacked at times last season, a chance to score on her own or by being fed, and the one thing she isn’t elite at yet — three-point shooting — just happens to be something the Minnesota coaching staff is particularly adept at improving. (See Brunson, Rebekkah for one recent example of many.) Collier is solid-to-spectacular in every single area, a Lynx player Reeve can deploy without making tradeoffs at one end or the other. Great, great value at the six spot.

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