I know what you mean. With two of the top five picks the question
would be how in the world could the Mystics mess up but we know there
history of doing things.

It would be great to get either Dales or Bird but I don't see that
happening.

This draft should be exciting for the Mystics. This draft could be
the cornerstone of this team getting to respectability in the
league. But if we screw it up we could be setting a bad tone for the
next 10 years.

We must continue to be optiMYSTIC


--- In themysticsfansarethebest@y..., boricua1963 <no_reply@y...>
wrote:
> he WNBA 2002 draft approaches us quickly. With the pre-draft camp
> this weekend, training camps starting the end of the month, and
draft
> day next week I start to wonder what will happen. Will Seattle and
> Detroit pass up Sue Bird?
>
> Yeah right. I can't see Seattle trading their first pick for
anything
> in the world as I can't see them not choosing Sue Bird with the top
> pick. Not only is she the best point guard out there who is ready
to
> take any team to the next level with her knowledge of the game and
> her maturity. She is the best athlete out there, not taking away
> anything from the others. She is so ready for the WNBA it is not
> funny. Fortunately for the rest of us, there is also hope. This
> year's draft is pretty deep, has good draft picks and lots of
> possibilities.
>
> I can understand the dilemma with Lin Dunn and the first pick, but
> that is a no brainer, especially when she has guards like Edwards
who
> in 3 games averaged 1.3ppg; Henning 3.4ppg in 32 games; Marciniak
4.9
> in 27 games and Smith averaged 1.8 in 32 games. Besides Semeka
> Randall who proved to be a great steal in the second round who
> averaged 9.4ppg in 2001.
>
> For Detroit who has the second pick they are not in a desperate
need
> of a "true point guard". They have Deanna Nolan and Jae Kingi. I
see
> them drafting Stacey Dales who at 6 feet can probably transition
into
> a small forward position and with her scoring and slashing
abilities
> I can see that working quite well for Detroit.
>
> Now with Sue Bird and Dales gone what does that leave my Mystics
> with? My preference would have been Bird or Dales in that order. We
> are in the desperate need of a "true point guard" and a center.
>
> For the point guard position with the 3rd pick, with Dales and Bird
> gone, I would have to go with Nikki Teasley. Nikki Teasley averaged
> 15.2ppg, 4.2rpg, and shot 77-for-209 (.368) 2001-02 three pointers.
> She is also a good hustler and being from this area, she should
feel
> right at home. This can be a good thing or a bad one, that's just a
> chance one must take. Like I said before there are good guards in
the
> drafts, just not good point guards like Bird. LaNeishea Caufield,
> Kelly Komara, Sheila Lambert, Telisha Quarles, and Natalie Powers
are
> names that pop up for the point guard position also.
>
> Now for that 4th pick, that's a tough one. What to do? With names
> like Swin Cash (14.9ppg, 8.6rpg; F, 6-2), Danielle Crockrom
(17.1ppg,
> 9.1rpg; F, 6-2), Jerkisha Dosty (17.9ppg, 8.4rpg; F, 6-2), Lucienne
> Berthieu (14.0ppg, 7.6rpg; F/C, 6-2), Jermisha Dosty (14.5ppg,
> 11.9rpg; C, 6-3), Asjha Jones (14.0ppg, 6.6rpg; F/C, 6-2), and
> Michelle Snow 12.3ppg, 6.5rpg; C, 6-5) what would one do? You have
> good height and though some might disagree I like Swin Cash and she
> will be a great player in the league, I would prefer Danielle
> Crockrom. I was really impressed with her play. Just would need her
> to be a little more looser. I'd honestly would have to go with
> Michelle Snow. I know she did not do all that well, but she is the
> type of player that will perform well with Mique and now with
Summitt
> in the mix, she might just live up to her full potential.
>
> I like Swin so don't jump on me. Of course, if I was Detroit who
will
> also have 4 picks in the second round with the 2nd, 4th, 5th, and
6th
> pick I would be happy players like these might still be available
in
> the second round.
>
> Last year I would have preferred the Mystics picked Semeka Randall
> over Coco Miller but I did not make the picks. This year I hope the
> Mystics redeem themselves with better draft picks. In the previous
> years, we have helped others teams with our choices than we have
> helped ourselves. In 1998, besides Murriel Page with our first pick
> 3rd pick overall and Rita Williams (whom Nancy Darsch traded) in
the
> second round 13th overall we have no idea who the other two were,
at
> least I don't. Who is Angela Hamblin? Angela Jackson?
>
> In 1999, with our first overall pick, after must speculation (Wes
> Unseld) about Chamique Holdsclaw not necessarily being the first
> pick, we did in fact pick her. Again with the 13th pick we chose
> Shalonda Enis, who was traded eventually for Vickie Bullet and who
> never developed or fit in with the team. Then my favorite player
> (sarcasm) Andrea "won't shoot no matter how open I am" Nagy.
> Thankfully New York took her in a trade and the here now, gone now,
> here again, gone again Jennifer Whittle, who has only proven that
she
> can play ball in Australia and with Tom Mahr who proved he can not
> coach in the WNBA.
>
> In 2000, this has to be the worse draft ever recorded in sports
> history. Although not a great year for drafts, with a player like
> Betty Lennox out there we chose Tausha "The Bust" Mills with the
2nd
> pick overall. She never had a good college career, she barely
existed
> in the ABL, averaging like 3rpg, and 2ppg. What a wasted pick. For
> that they could have traded away the pick for a veteran player. We
> are still waiting to see what Tonya "Icy-Hot" will become. She was
> the 18th pick overall.
>
> To make matters worse, we made the playoffs in 2000, got swept by
the
> Liberty, and in turn got the 9th pick for 2001. Who does our
> drafting? We choose Kelly Miller. Never mind the fact that Katie
> Douglas, Kelly Schumacher, Semeka Randall, Penny Taylor (Olympics)
to
> name a few.
>
> So you see, even though there are many possibilities for the
> organization to do good this year, somehow they will find an easy
way
> to screw it all up. Just watch and see the 19th of April on Draft
> Day. That is of course, if they don't have any other bright ideas
> like trading before then. I pray hard at nights hoping that this
year
> with Pat Summitt having a say the Mystics will finally bounce in
the
> right direction.