2020 WNBA mock draft: Big Board 2.0 with team projections

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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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – MARCH 09: West Virginia Mountaineers Guard Tynice Martin (04) works to get past Kansas State Wildcats Guard Kayla Goth (10) during the BIG12 Women’s basketball tournament between the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Kansas State Wildcats on March 9, 2019, at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, OK. (Photo by David Stacy/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

8. Seattle Storm select Tynice Martin, 5’10 G, West Virginia

The news that Martin has been suspended indefinitely by West Virginia will not dissuade WNBA teams from taking a chance on her, considering all that she brings to the table. Still, the length of her suspension matters, since the reason she returned to school, rather than enter the 2019 draft, was to work on some things. She’s never been what you’d call a willing passer, but that 10.6 assist percentage needs to go up to avoid raising red flags, in the way that Arike Ogunbowale managed to take her playmaking to a sufficient level to get drafted by the Dallas Wings. Martin returned to school in part to work on these things, but she needs to be on the floor to do so.

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