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High Post Hoops’ Top 20 WNBA players, ranked for 2019: Part 2, the final countdown

By High Post Hoops Staff

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - AUGUST 19: Sylvia Fowles #34 of the Minnesota Lynx fights for position against guard Elena Delle Donne #11 of the Washington Mystics on August 19, 2018 at 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 2018 NBAE (Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - AUGUST 19: Sylvia Fowles #34 of the Minnesota Lynx fights for position against guard Elena Delle Donne #11 of the Washington Mystics on August 19, 2018 at 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 2018 NBAE (Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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UNCASVILLE, CT – MAY 28: Connecticut Sun forward Jonquel Jones (35) shoots over Indiana Fever center Teaira McCowan (15) during a WNBA game between Indiana Fever and Connecticut Sun on May 28, 2019, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT. (Photo by M. Anthony Nesmith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
UNCASVILLE, CT – MAY 28: Connecticut Sun forward Jonquel Jones (35) shoots over Indiana Fever center Teaira McCowan (15) during a WNBA game between Indiana Fever and Connecticut Sun on May 28, 2019, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT. (Photo by M. Anthony Nesmith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

4. Jonquel Jones

The idea that the Connecticut Sun can’t win a WNBA title because the roster lacks a true star has never made much sense, not since the Sun drafted Jonquel Jones with the sixth pick in the 2016 draft. Coming off the bench, Jones was an immediate star within her limited minutes in her rookie season, finishing in the top ten in player efficiency rating that season and every season since. 2017 became an all-star campaign, and she managed to win sixth woman of the year honors in 2018 despite a slow start that ultimately kept Connecticut from fighting for the top-two seeding that would have protected them early on in the playoffs from Diana Taurasi. Jones is doing it all from the start so far in 2019, unguardable 6’6 out beyond the arc or by the basket, with significantly better defending punctuated by an elevated block rate. She was a dark-horse candidate to win MVP this preseason, and there’s nothing dark-horse about the idea anymore.

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