11 April 2011
Draft Day!!!
Courtney Vandersloot went #3!!! That's pretty good, since that means she was first of the "everybody else". She was drafted by the Chicago Sky. The good news is that Chicago's coach is Pokey Chapman, who used to be a point guard, and coaches Sue Bird on her Russian Team (Spartak Moscow).
Here's her draft-day blog. (Includes obligatory picture posing with Chicago "11" jersey!) And here are her sweet tweets.
The Storm picked Jasmine Thomas from Duke. Apparently she was the next-best point guard available (after CV, of course). I watched her play against UConn twice, and don't remember being impressed. Of course, UConn was a bad match-up for Duke -- they won those games by 36 and 35 points.
An "oops!" moment during the draft: The #10 pick wasn't invited! She's from Tacoma (went to Georgia Tech) and in her draft blog-post, Jayda Evans included a video showing her reacting to the first round pick. Awww!
ESPN's Mechelle Voepel on each team's picks: Most Picks Make Sense.
Maya Moore was the #1 pick, of course. Here she is with UConn coach Auriemma right after being drafted by Minnesota:
A quick rewind to before the draft: Courtney Vandersloot named a draft prospect "on the rise". (Ya think?) And a nice article about Elizabeth Cambage that includes lots of mentions of/quotes from Lauren Jackson.
Here's her draft-day blog. (Includes obligatory picture posing with Chicago "11" jersey!) And here are her sweet tweets.
The Storm picked Jasmine Thomas from Duke. Apparently she was the next-best point guard available (after CV, of course). I watched her play against UConn twice, and don't remember being impressed. Of course, UConn was a bad match-up for Duke -- they won those games by 36 and 35 points.
An "oops!" moment during the draft: The #10 pick wasn't invited! She's from Tacoma (went to Georgia Tech) and in her draft blog-post, Jayda Evans included a video showing her reacting to the first round pick. Awww!
ESPN's Mechelle Voepel on each team's picks: Most Picks Make Sense.
Maya Moore was the #1 pick, of course. Here she is with UConn coach Auriemma right after being drafted by Minnesota:
A quick rewind to before the draft: Courtney Vandersloot named a draft prospect "on the rise". (Ya think?) And a nice article about Elizabeth Cambage that includes lots of mentions of/quotes from Lauren Jackson.
Labels: Seattle Storm, WNBA
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