The Connecticut Sun had the 10th and 11th overall picks in the 2020 WNBA Draft before free agency. Now, they traded the 10th pick to Phoenix and 11th pick to Seattle. Let’s take a look at who the Connecticut Sun should draft in this year’s WNBA Draft.
In 2019, the Connecticut Sun were a win away from winning it all vs Washington. This year, they acquired All-Star DeWanna Bonner and Briann January from Phoenix and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis from Seattle in trades. For now, they’ll be needing more mature guards at the bench position in the 2020 WNBA Draft. They’re stacked in the forward position.
23rd Pick in the 2020 WNBA Draft: Jordan Danberry
Curt Miller seems familiar with drafting guards in the second round. He has impressed with Natisha Hiedeman, who was drafted at 18th overall in last year’s draft. She has thrived in the point guard position during her rookie year.
The Sun need some punch in the bench for guard position to insert for Rachel Banham. As she returned home to Minnesota.
In the first two years of Jordan Danberry’s college career, she played at the University of Arkansas. In December, she transferred to Mississippi State during her sophomore year. She averaged 6.7 points per game and 2.6 rebounds per game. Starting 13 out of 30 games she played in her freshman year.
Danberry has been a ‘secret weapon‘ on Vic Schaefer’s system as a graduate this season. She’s also averaging 12.6 points per game, 3.7 rebounds per game, and 3.3 assists per game. She’s a member of the all-defensive team in SEC league, leading the team in steals (2.4 steals per game).
Honorable mentions: Leaonna Odom, Kathleen Doyle, Minyon Moore. (In my opinion, the Sun could draft one of the three players with the 35th pick).
The 35th Pick
I’ve been curious about what the Sun will do with the 35th pick in this year’s WNBA Draft. Most of the players who are drafted in the third round of the draft tend to be waived by the conclusion of the training camp.
Minyon Moore has great versatilities as a guard in her senior season with the Oregon Ducks. She averaged 7.8 points per game, 2.3 rebounds per game, and 4.1 assists per game. In this year’s Pac-12 Tournament championship game, Moore scored a career-high 21 points in Ducks’ win over Stanford.
After the win, she stated:
“I took it to heart, I shot the shots tonight. I’m happy they went in.”
The first round of this year’s WNBA Draft will take place on April 17 at 4 PM PCT/7 PM EST on ESPN 2. ESPNews is covering the second and third rounds of the draft.
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@minyonmoore would be a steal in the upcoming draft. In my opinion one of the only PG’s in the draft who can give a team additional possessions with her defense and has a motor like no other in the draft. Great court vision and can’t drop dimes, rebound and push tempo. Instant injection to a teams practice with her energy,effort and enthusiasm.