2020 Mock Draft: Big Board 5.0

Donna Orender WNBA President at the 2007 WNBA Draft (Photo by Kelly Kline/Getty Images for Robinson Lerer and Montgomery)
Donna Orender WNBA President at the 2007 WNBA Draft (Photo by Kelly Kline/Getty Images for Robinson Lerer and Montgomery) /
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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

Quickly, a look at the assist percentage leaders currently returning to Atlanta: Tiffany Hayes leads the way at 21.9. Courtney Williams is incoming, at 23.2%. Neither one is, or should be, the starting point guard, the primary ball distributor. Renee Montgomery has those skills, but looks best-suited to serve as a perimeter floor spacer for the Dream. All of which reinforces: the Atlanta Dream could use another alternative to Hayes and Williams to take shots late, but they also need a floor general. Carter is a rookie, and that typically comes with some shyness/reticence… but that’s just not in her makeup, and never has been. For the Dream, Carter, assuming she comes out, has to be the pick here.