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2020 WNBA mock draft: Big Board 2.0 with team projections

By Howard Megdal

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 10: Head Coach of the Baylor University Women's Basketball, Kim Mulkey is seen during the 2019 WNBA Draft on April 10, 2019 at Nike New York Headquarters in New York, 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 2019 NBAE (Photo by Catalina Fragoso/NBAE via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 10: Head Coach of the Baylor University Women's Basketball, Kim Mulkey is seen during the 2019 WNBA Draft on April 10, 2019 at Nike New York Headquarters in New York, 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 2019 NBAE (Photo by Catalina Fragoso/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – OCTOBER 9: Katie Smith honoree of the WNBA Top 20@20 ceremony presented by Verizon shows off her ring during halftime of Game 1 between the Minnesota Lynx and the Los Angeles Sparks during the WNBA Finals on October 9, 2016 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 2016 NBAE (Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – OCTOBER 9: Katie Smith honoree of the WNBA Top 20@20 ceremony presented by Verizon shows off her ring during halftime of Game 1 between the Minnesota Lynx and the Los Angeles Sparks during the WNBA Finals on October 9, 2016 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 2016 NBAE (Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images) /

The 2020 wheels are already turning

Look, no one blames you for being hyper-focused on the extremely tight 2019 WNBA playoff race.

But there is another series of conversations and calculations going on within the league right now, and they have to do with an event that isn’t this fall, but rather next April: the 2020 WNBA Draft.

We have a fairly decent understanding at this point of who will be the likeliest quartet in the lottery, though they could each make a run. And furthermore, given the league’s lottery setup, with anti-tanking initiative taking two-year record as the source of ping pong ball preferences, we know who is likeliest to end up in each of the 1-4 slots.

So while this is subject to change, it gives us insight into who is best bet to pick when. The results shake up a lot of what is current conventional wisdom. A bumper crop of early entry candidates could shake things up further.

Still, after conversations with many WNBA talent evaluators, this is my best read on how the draft would play out as of right now.

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