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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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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 has to be the pick here. The words “generational talent” keep coming up in conversations about Carter. Ty Harris and Bella Alarie ought to be in the mix as well, though, and Megan Walker’s ability to shoot the three for a team that struggled with efficiency beyond the arc will be tempting as well.

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