Excellent article, Jeff. I enjoyed it very much. You should feel really good about the Storm's draft picks since you basically predicted them in your article that you wrote the day before the WNBA Draft. You said their top priority should be to draft a backup PG to spell Skylar Diggins-Smith and then take a "draft and stash" player who might have a chance to make the roster in 2025. You mentioned 2 injured players as being strong possibilities as well as a couple 19 yo foreign players. The 2 injured players you mentioned were Elizabeth Kitely the 6'6" C from Virginia Tech and Mackenzie Holmes the 6'3" C from Indiana, so you really nailed it. Good work. I was rooting for Kitely, but that didn't work out as she was already gone. I think the Storm had a good draft.
I'm surprised that there haven't been more comments on this review of the Storm's draft picks. Maybe people aren't excited about Nika Mühl, but she could turn out to be an excellent PG for the Storm. I doubt that she'll be as good as Sue Bird, but she could have some skills that Sue didn't have. The fact that she's such a good defender bodes well for her success in the WNBA. Maybe people are just more excited about the prospect of having Skylar Diggins-Smith as our starting PG and they're not thinking that much about who's going to be her backup.
I meant to comment more on Nika Mühl since she could very well be our PG of the future. She has a reputation as an excellent defender, maybe even a lock-down defender. She certainly gave Caitlin Clark fits when they faced each other as Nika held the prolific scorer to 21 points on pretty poor FG shooting. It's true that she's not much of a scorer as she's averaged 7ppg over the past couple years, but she's a great distributor who averaged 6.5 apg this season and 7.1 apg (I believe) in her Junior year. She broke Sue Bird's UCONN assists records both for her career and for a single season. That bodes well for her potential future success in the WNBA. I think that there is room for both Nika and Jade Melbourne on the roster. Nika is much more of a natural PG, and Jade can play more off the ball and slash to the basket to get buckets.
Excellent article, Jeff. I enjoyed it very much. You should feel really good about the Storm's draft picks since you basically predicted them in your article that you wrote the day before the WNBA Draft. You said their top priority should be to draft a backup PG to spell Skylar Diggins-Smith and then take a "draft and stash" player who might have a chance to make the roster in 2025. You mentioned 2 injured players as being strong possibilities as well as a couple 19 yo foreign players. The 2 injured players you mentioned were Elizabeth Kitely the 6'6" C from Virginia Tech and Mackenzie Holmes the 6'3" C from Indiana, so you really nailed it. Good work. I was rooting for Kitely, but that didn't work out as she was already gone. I think the Storm had a good draft.
I'm surprised that there haven't been more comments on this review of the Storm's draft picks. Maybe people aren't excited about Nika Mühl, but she could turn out to be an excellent PG for the Storm. I doubt that she'll be as good as Sue Bird, but she could have some skills that Sue didn't have. The fact that she's such a good defender bodes well for her success in the WNBA. Maybe people are just more excited about the prospect of having Skylar Diggins-Smith as our starting PG and they're not thinking that much about who's going to be her backup.
I meant to comment more on Nika Mühl since she could very well be our PG of the future. She has a reputation as an excellent defender, maybe even a lock-down defender. She certainly gave Caitlin Clark fits when they faced each other as Nika held the prolific scorer to 21 points on pretty poor FG shooting. It's true that she's not much of a scorer as she's averaged 7ppg over the past couple years, but she's a great distributor who averaged 6.5 apg this season and 7.1 apg (I believe) in her Junior year. She broke Sue Bird's UCONN assists records both for her career and for a single season. That bodes well for her potential future success in the WNBA. I think that there is room for both Nika and Jade Melbourne on the roster. Nika is much more of a natural PG, and Jade can play more off the ball and slash to the basket to get buckets.