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High Post Hoops’ Top 20 WNBA players, ranked for 2019

By High Post Hoops Staff

WHITE PLAINS, NY - JUNE 26: Tina Charles (31) of the New York Liberty and Diana Taurasi #3 of the Phoenix Mercury look on during the game on June 26, 2018 at Westchester County Center in White Plains, New York. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Steve Freeman/NBAE via Getty Images)
WHITE PLAINS, NY - JUNE 26: Tina Charles (31) of the New York Liberty and Diana Taurasi #3 of the Phoenix Mercury look on during the game on June 26, 2018 at Westchester County Center in White Plains, New York. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Steve Freeman/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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15. Natasha Howard

MINNEAPOLIS, MN- MAY 29: Natasha Howard #6 of the Seattle Storm shoots the ball in traffic against the Minnesota Lynx on May 29, 2019 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN- MAY 29: Natasha Howard #6 of the Seattle Storm shoots the ball in traffic against the Minnesota Lynx on May 29, 2019 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images) /

Can a player win Most Improved Player two years running? That may be where Natasha Howard’s career is heading, after serving as a breakthrough glue participant on the 2018 Storm that won it all. She’s averaging a double-double early on in 2019, taking an outsized offensive role without compromising her defensive intensity or versatility, attempting more threes and doubling her assist percentage as she assumes many of the Breanna Stewart tasks for the 2019 Storm. It’s easy to forget, given her many stops already, that Howard is just 27, in the prime of her career, and we’ve yet to see her asked to do something and fail to do it. Add in that her array of skills makes her unique among the league’s players, and she might be too low here, too, especially if her early 2019 production is the new normal.

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