Mechelle takes her shot: WNBA mock draft: Projecting all three rounds
Howard at HighPost: 2018 WNBA Draft trade rumors swirl around the second overall pick
With little more than 48 hours remaining until the 2018 WNBA Draft, conversation is swirling around a number of fronts, most notably the second overall pick held by the Indiana Fever. High Post Hoops has learned that multiple teams have inquired about trading for the pick, including Mike Thibault’s Washington Mystics.
Read up: Reigning WNBA Rookie of the Year gives advice to this year’s [soon to be] 2018 Rookie Class
It was a good year: ACC Women’s Basketball: Recapping A Banner Season For instance: 10 defining moments of the Notre Dame women’s basketball championship season
Bye: Miracle Gray to transfer from Purdue women’s basketball
Makin’ plans: Ohio State women’s basketball | Signee Aaliyah Patty preparing for transition to college game
NC State: Women’s basketball defying the odds
Good luck! 35 Athletes Accept Invitations to USA Women’s U17 World Cup Team Trials
Listen up! Burn it All Down is a must listen this week
This week, the BIAD team discusses our complicated feelings about Kobe’s relationship with women’s bball. Then we have a new racism-in-sports roundtable, and
@_shireenahmed_ interviews@ayesuppose about being a black woman in cycling.
Kara Lawson is groovin’ on a different kind of board:
“We appreciate the General Assembly, especially the bill’s sponsors, Sen. Mark Norris and Rep. David Hawk, for their partnership in passing this important legislation and we’re excited to move forward with the implementation process,” Haslam said. “This restructuring will improve the effectiveness of the board and positively impact the multiple campuses that comprise the UT system. Additionally, the advisory boards will create a culture of creativity at the campus level, and will allow each of the boards to respond nimbly to the needs of their respective institutions.”
Haslam today also announced the names of the 10 board appointees, all of whom are UT alumni and include at least two members from each grand division of the state. The board will have a total of 12 members including the Commissioner of Agriculture and a non-voting student member. A faculty member will be appointed to the Academic Affairs and Student Success committee of the board.
In the New Yorker: How Far Can Becky Hammon Go in the N.B.A.? The former women’s-basketball star has broken convention by becoming the league’s first female assistant coach. [WHB question: Is “convention” the right work?]
Though only five feet six, Hammon was a commanding presence on the court: gum-snapping, energetic, her quick cuts and jab steps to the basket punctuated by a swishing ponytail. She could slip through a narrow space between two defenders and drive to the hoop, scooping a shot that would skim the rim and slide through the net. Like Magic Johnson, she flipped no-look passes over her shoulder, and, like Stephen Curry, she hit shots from half-court. But Popovich was most struck by her prowess as a court general: she had an uncanny ability to direct her teammates around the floor. “I’d watch the game, and the only thing I could see—it’s an exaggeration, I mean, but—was Becky’s aura, her leadership, her effect on teammates, her effect on the crowd, the way she handled herself,” Popovich told me. “She was, like, the ultimate leader. Energy, juice, vitality. At the same time, she was doing intelligent things on the court, making decisions that mattered.” In the N.B.A., a woman in charge was almost unthinkable, but he was considering hiring her.
