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WNBA Mock Draft: Big Board 6.0, with all the players

By Howard Megdal

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 08: Sabrina Ionescu #20 of the Oregon Ducks is introduced before the championship game of the Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament against the Stanford Cardinal at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on March 8, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Ducks defeated the Cardinal 89-56. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 08: Sabrina Ionescu #20 of the Oregon Ducks is introduced before the championship game of the Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament against the Stanford Cardinal at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on March 8, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Ducks defeated the Cardinal 89-56. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /
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TAMPA, FL – APRIL 05: Oregon forward Ruthy Hebard (24) plays in 2019 NCAA Women’s National Semifinal Game One between the Oregon Ducks and the Baylor Bears at at Amelie Arena in Tampa, FL on on April 5. (Photo by Mary Holt/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
TAMPA, FL – APRIL 05: Oregon forward Ruthy Hebard (24) plays in 2019 NCAA Women’s National Semifinal Game One between the Oregon Ducks and the Baylor Bears at at Amelie Arena in Tampa, FL on on April 5. (Photo by Mary Holt/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

9. Dallas Wings select Ruthy Hebard

No, Ruthy Hebard is not a stretch five. She’s not a perimeter threat, she’s a traditional big. So sure, that limits her ceiling. But once again, I see a prospect who is being defined by what she isn’t, rather than what she is. Remember, Ruthy Hebard is devastatingly effective at scoring, both in the pick-and-roll and around the rim generally. She’s not just second in the nation in field goal percentage this season, she’s been top five in each of the past three seasons! She’s top 100 in the nation in both offensive and defensive rebounding rates. She’s become a steadily better passer, though she can continue to improve on that front, and she’s built to go up against the WNBA’s big bigs already, a strong 6’4. This is a league that rewards versatility, yes, but this is also a league that employs Sylvia Fowles, Brittney Griner, Teaira McCowan and Kalani Brown. Ruthy Hebard is going to help a team. Odds are, incidentally, it won’t be Dallas, who has 14 players under contract already and four picks in the first round, with a max of 15 even allowed in camp. Something like Dallas flipping Hebard to, say, New York or Seattle for a 2021 pick makes too much sense not to happen.

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