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2026 WNBA Draft Grades

The WNBA Draft is in the books, and it was very eventful!  There was one trade and a lot of interesting picks and surprises, including a first-round pick of someone I didn’t think would be drafted.  I included my grades below.  Something worth noting is that my grades typically favor if the pick makes sense for the team versus what I think of the player, though this is also accounted for.   Atlanta Dream Drafted Madina Okot (13) Indya Nivar (28) Kejia Ran (43) I didn’t think Atlanta needed to do a ton entering the draft, but I thought they did a good job building their depth.  I really like the selection of Okot for Atlanta.  While she is really raw, especially with her passing and shooting, she is an impressive defender, finisher, and rebounder with amazing size.  It’s not surprising that she is raw since she didn’t play basketball until 2020, but she is much more raw than most players her age due to this; as such, I am a little nervous ...
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2026 NBA Playoff Predictions

We have reached the end of the NBA regular season, meaning that the playoffs are finally here!  Now that we know the 7 and 8 seeds in each conference, we can finally make predictions!  I think there will be several series that are going to be competitive at the minimum and exciting at the maximum.  For each round, I gave some analysis, an X-Factor for each series who is not a star, and my prediction.     1 st Round East   1 Detroit Pistons vs. 8 Orlando Magic Congratulations Orlando, you somehow managed to make the playoffs after throwing up all over yourselves to fall to the 8 seed!   In all seriousness, they’re not a bad team, but they’re not great; they’re offense isn’t as good as it feels like it should be and their defense took a dip from last year.   On the other hand, Detroit feels like a better version of what Orlando wants to be in every way.   I don’t see Orlando standing a chance here. X-Factor : Tobias Harris got ...
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2026 WNBA Mock Draft

The 2026 WNBA Draft is finally here, which means that we get my Mock Draft!  One year after draft class that appeared to be better than I expected, this draft is unique in that it includes several good players and no guaranty of who will be the top pick in the draft.  In this draft, there are 4 players who could be the top pick in the draft.  Most people are going to hype this draft as a 4-player draft, but I think there are 7 who are really good, with 2 who are the top 2; I’m not certain out of them who has All-Star potential, but I wouldn’t be surprised if 5 or 6 of those 7 end up being All-Stars. As I do with all my mock drafts, these are an aggregate of several other drafts, and do not reflect my order.  The first round considers team needs as well as the order; I did not do this for the second or third rounds because most players after the first round are selected for training camp and then don’t make the roster. With the addition of the Toronto Tempo a...
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