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2020 Mock Draft: Big Board 4.0, coming into focus

By Howard Megdal

TAMPA, FL - APRIL 05: Sabrina Ionescu #20 of the Oregon Ducks tries to shoot over Lauren Cox #15 of the Baylor Bears at Amalie Arena on April 5, 2019 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Justin Tafoya/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
TAMPA, FL - APRIL 05: Sabrina Ionescu #20 of the Oregon Ducks tries to shoot over Lauren Cox #15 of the Baylor Bears at Amalie Arena on April 5, 2019 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Justin Tafoya/NCAA Photos via Getty Images) /
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CHICAGO, IL – MARCH 30: Texas A&M Aggies guard Chennedy Carter (3) dribbles the ball in game action during the Women’s NCAA Division I Championship – Third Round game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Texas A&M Aggies on March 30, 2019 at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, IL. (Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL – MARCH 30: Texas A&M Aggies guard Chennedy Carter (3) dribbles the ball in game action during the Women’s NCAA Division I Championship – Third Round game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Texas A&M Aggies on March 30, 2019 at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, IL. (Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

4. Atlanta Dream select Chennedy Carter, 5’7 G, Texas A&M

There’s not a more divisive player in this draft than Chennedy Carter. Some evaluators will swear that she’ll be the best player in this draft. Others will say, due to questions about how she’d lead a team, that they wouldn’t even have her on their board. But here’s why I don’t think Atlanta can pass her up. The Dream need a dynamic leading scorer. And they need a point guard who can push the pace and find Dream shooters where they are most comfortable to lift that ugly team field goal percentage from 2019. In Carter, a junior who could come out early, they could acquire both at once. Her early dip in three-point percentage, below 20 percent, is a concern, but two other seasons north of 35% suggest this isn’t a meaningful change. The nation’s current leader in usage rate will want to come in and get shots the way Arike Ogunbowale did in Dallas last season. With the Dream, especially if Angel McCoughtry moves on, that’ll happen.

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