What’s The 411Sports correspondent, Naomi Grey, came to the studio to talk with What’s The 411Sports hosts Glenn Gilliam and Greg Alcala about the 2015 WNBA Draft.
In the video, Naomi gives us the “411” on the first five players selected in the draft; and the New York Liberty’s draft selections. Naomi also engaged in conversation with Glenn and Greg regarding what the WNBA and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver can do to give the WNBA more visibility.
In case you were wondering, the top five picks in the 2015 WNBA Draft were:
1. Notre Dame’s shooting guard, Jewell Loyd selected No.1 by The Seattle Storm
2. Minnesota Golden Gopher’s Amanda Zahui B. selected by Tulsa Shock
3. UConn’s Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis selected by the Seattle Storm
4. Duke’s center/forward Elizabeth Williams selected by the Connecticut Sun
5. Middle Tennessee State University center Cheyenne Parker selected by Chicago Sky
Oddly enough, the Daily News Journal reported that Parker was dismissed from her MTSU team in late February for repeated violations of athletic department policy.
Parker served a five-game suspension for an undisclosed violation of athletic department policy to begin this season. That suspension included both of the Lady Raiders' preseason games and the first three games of the regular season.
I guess the Chicago Sky were unfazed by Parker's athletic department policy violations, or her skills trump the violations. We'll get to the bottom of this later.
For more information about the WNBA Draft, read Naomi Grey’s detailed article about the 2015 WNBA Draft.