20 February 2013
Draft Prospects
Swish Appeal has a nice article about four guard draft prospects, and how they've improved their draft stock this year (or not).
Three of the four are players that I think Coach Agler has taken a look at. (I know he's visited those three schools, and my understanding is that they are each the top prospect from each of those schools.)
Kelly Faris, UConn
There will always be questions about Faris' ability as a scorer and she hasn't played herself into being an elite prospect who could fill a starting role right away, but her overall efficiency combined with steady improvement over the course of her career - in which she has been overshadowed by WNBA-bound teammates – is encouraging. What we know is that she can fill a supporting role next to elite players and do it extremely well, which is something that's actually a valuable "skill".
Tayler Hill, Ohio State
Overall, Hill is an elite prospect, not in the sense that she'll single-handedly change a team's fortunes, but that she could almost certainly contribute something to a rotation right away on both ends.
A'dia Mathies, Kentucky
Mathies' athleticism and starring role on a top 10 team will probably help her get drafted higher than some players with better statistics, but the track record of inefficient college scorers in the WNBA hasn't been great in recent years.
The fourth player is Anna Martin from DePaul. Coach Agler hasn't been spotted at DePaul, and she was injured when DePaul played UConn, so I think we can skip her....
Three of the four are players that I think Coach Agler has taken a look at. (I know he's visited those three schools, and my understanding is that they are each the top prospect from each of those schools.)
Kelly Faris, UConn
There will always be questions about Faris' ability as a scorer and she hasn't played herself into being an elite prospect who could fill a starting role right away, but her overall efficiency combined with steady improvement over the course of her career - in which she has been overshadowed by WNBA-bound teammates – is encouraging. What we know is that she can fill a supporting role next to elite players and do it extremely well, which is something that's actually a valuable "skill".
Tayler Hill, Ohio State
Overall, Hill is an elite prospect, not in the sense that she'll single-handedly change a team's fortunes, but that she could almost certainly contribute something to a rotation right away on both ends.
A'dia Mathies, Kentucky
Mathies' athleticism and starring role on a top 10 team will probably help her get drafted higher than some players with better statistics, but the track record of inefficient college scorers in the WNBA hasn't been great in recent years.
The fourth player is Anna Martin from DePaul. Coach Agler hasn't been spotted at DePaul, and she was injured when DePaul played UConn, so I think we can skip her....
Labels: Seattle Storm, UConn basketball
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