The Fever NEED To Draft the Female Wembanyama in 2025...

[@PredatorKingdom]

The talent that's coming into this league will be insane.

[@blucy10]

Malonga was on the French Olympic team that came very close to beating the US in the gold medal game. That game featured Williams and Johannes though. I do remember Griner treating Malonga like a toy.

[@espinosalexis]

Nice Dream! I bet Sides and her recruiters are at home sleeping rather than in Paris watching European players.

[@ektran4205]

college programs aren't allowed to recruit players that already have playing for the club team's senior/first team, they only can recruit players that aren't good enough to get playing time for their club team's senior/first team

[@Chimp_6]

She may not draft until 2026, but I think Caitlin's Iowa team mate Hannah Stuelke will be a golden pick!

[@kevinneubauer8061]

I love Hannah as a basketball player great take I love it ❤

[@PredatorKingdom]

I agree, Stuelke is the perfect pick for Caitlin.

[@PaulRounds-l7c]

I love Stuelke, but she is a little on the small side.

[@83541]

@@PaulRounds-l7cshe’s little, but she’s fast, and if she’s next to Aliyah Boston that’s a wicked combination for Caitlin to work with.

[@PaulRounds-l7c]

@@83541 Going after the French girl makes even more sense if you want Stuelke the following year. You need more than two quality bigs if you are going to run, run, run. Stuelke's speed is great, but it would nice to compensate for her lack of size by having a very tall player in addition to Boston as part of the rotation. A Boston , Malonga, Stuelke rotation would give you a variety of speed and size. Plus you could go very big if Stuelke learned to play some 3.

[@horrorshow-wu5po]

I came up with the comparison to Caitlin Clark I haven't heard before: Barry Sanders Set college records, drafted by a bad franchise, the most dynamic player, no championship Sanders had 10 fumbles his rookie season, but never again. I think this will hold true; until, of course, Caitlin holds the Trophy.

[@mhungness7200]

GREAT FIND! Love getting your POV from a global perspective!

[@craigstringer1265]

The only question about Beuckers is can her body hold up in the WNBA against that physical play. If the referees didn't call the game tight to help Clark they are definitely not helping Paige; and I think Caitlyn has a stronger build with her body.

[@PrebenHPedersen]

Nah Paige is in the LGBT club so she will be fine

[@nr14989]

I hope Fever can get her

[@MarkHarper-ek8ss]

I'd rather have Kate Martin

[@0TT0_Sportsman]

​@@MarkHarper-ek8ss Iowa fans need to give up the reunion pipe dream with all the Iowa players. They didn't win in a diluted college format, they surely aren't going to win with them in a talent concentrated wnba. The Aces aren't giving up a cheap contract player that will move into their rotation most likely in a year or so. The league is full of petty women and they won't trade her for nothing short of an arm and a leg.

[@mileshanley8052]

I agree with your take on Malonga. But how in the world would the Fever be able to draft her? At worst, she will be the number 2 pick. And although everyone is saying that Paige (who I love) will be number 1, Malonga, if she agrees to come over, could end up being the number one pick. So, yes, if the Fever could get her, they should. But where they are drafting, they have no chance of getting her.

[@GrAdeAjAmAicAn]

6'6" turn around dunking like it's nothing meanwhile... legend still has it that 6'9" Brittany Griner is still tying her shoe lace trying a dunk for TV. 🤣

[@kevinneubauer8061]

She would be a perfect fit for fever but I’m feeling the Hannah Stuelke Cc combo there chemistry was special and Hannah can shoot free throws for a big HANNAH is who this team needs with Boston

[@PaulRounds-l7c]

If you are going to run, you need more than two quality bigs.

[@kevinneubauer8061]

Yeah definitely I think that’s spot on

[@ericMT]

I’d take her over Paige. I know that’s heresy or whatever but I have a weird feeling that Paige isn’t going to have the same impact as Clark did this year. But we will see I guess.

[@GOLDKW-bl4gp]

Foreign players are tricky. Can you get them on American soil and can you keep them here. She can make more money in Europe than she can in America. Even under the new TV contract after 2025, Rookies still will get less money.

[@A350Airways]

The key thing about European leagues that pay more is that their seasons have little overlap with the WNBA. Same issue with Zhang Ziyu for the 2027 Draft.

[@impartialreview-r7f]

Isabel Werth won six team gold medals (1992-2000, 2008, 2016, 2020) Equestrian 6 others have done it.

[@joshuawilliams2443]

we NEED her in the 4 spot!!!

[@craigstringer1265]

I hope the Mystics draft Malunga. They're known for drafting from a strictly basketball platform and not getting caught up in the hype machine surrounding a player from what they did in college without serious thought as to how that translates to the "W". Washington has the draft capitol plus a history of developing young players in their system...ie Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, Tianna Hawkins (Now Retired) and Aerial Atkins.

[@charlesax8140]

Why would she want to come to the insideious WNBA

[@joewilliekingdom]

i thinkits expecting too much for Dunn/Sides to actually know about a French player who isnt a plodder 1950s center

[@0TT0_Sportsman]

I hope they can draft her. Like you said Mick, I think she could be a taller younger Temi. That's why I think it might be worth keeping Smith in the expansion draft to use her to trade up spots in the draft. Pick swap plus Smith, then draft Malonga! Even if she doesn't come over until she's 20, she'll still fit the age window the Fever are working with. They can sign a stop gap vet for a season or two.

[@GOLDKW-bl4gp]

Bueckers does not bring much eyes in. She is a real good player. She brings in her UCONN fans but they already are WNBA fans. UCONN is the No1 represented college in the WNBA history by far. Bueckers does not move the needle off the court.

[@Vadeemers]

Dunn and Sides don't make good decisions (other than CC draft pick) so if you say this makes sense......

[@joewilliekingdom]

Grandma Dunn is clueless

[@ronprichard6145]

There's a 6'2' Canadian kid who can dunk. She gets a lot of air under her feet.

[@GregFreitag]

I heard a little about her, Mick can u research?

[@A350Airways]

@@GregFreitag Toby Fournier, currently a freshman at Duke; it's premature to say where she is projected to be in the 2028 draft.

[@darwinfinche9959]

Why woukd she play in the W? She would make more money overseas

[@serge6885]

This girl will Caitlin Clark is a nightmare for the league ahahahha ... allez la France! She is cooking in french league lol.

[@RickyHughes-r4v]

How much do they pay in France for top talent?

[@squizill]

Saying Paige Bueckers gonna be top 25 is wild.. she gonna be top 5 mayge 10 at least

[@Christopher-v8c5p]

Imagine a league full of Bob Griner's. Would you watch this crap? I sure as hell won't.

[@roxydejaneiro5640]

They dont NEED to draft her, they already have the unstoppable force of Caitlin Clark.

[@rph247]

!00% agree with you!

[@usveteran9893]

She may be a good pick or a bad pick. I am not too familiar with her. The issue is that she is young and very raw and may need to be developed. If they are willing to take the time to develop her, that will be fine.

[@LiadMalone]

7:09: Blasphemy.

[@jimmyboy131]

This girl's gonna be a problem! I hope to see her in the WNBA but not if it remains the drama-soaked environment it is. Also, I want to see the other taller bigs in the W start dunking, if in fact they can (I suspect some of them can).

[@daz97]

She needs to go somewhere nice like the Wings

[@mikaelangeloh2316]

They already have Awak Kuier who is tall and can dunk. She just didn’t play this wnba season after leading her Italian team to the championship. She had played year round basketball for so many years so wanted a break.

[@StanEngland]

After the felonious assault by a certain Sun player, Fever needs to draft a 6'10" +, 235+ lb, transwoman trained in martial arts. CC needs a body guard on the court.

[@A350Airways]

@@StanEngland I might have wanted to trade for Xu if Xu was trained in martial arts...

[@lancebond2338]

Looks like a lot of international post players will be drafted top 5 over the next few years

[@A350Airways]

Malonga and Ziyu are the main international ones...

[@lancebond2338]

@@A350Airways +Fam, Fournier, Silva, Okeke etc

[@GG-mb9rr]

Mick’s math ain’t mathin

[@danieltravis9266]

I don't see Paige fitting into a role with the Fever. She'll want to start and has been injury prone. Hopefully she's able to complete another year of college play and make it to the WNBA healthy.

[@jay5756]

She fits perfectly at shooting guard, much taller than Kelsey Mitchell, very efficient scorer and unlike Mitchell she moves the ball. She addresses all the weaknesses of Mitchell

[@TheDisruptiveOne]

Sorry. It’s the Paige Bueckers draft for business reason. Paige is a little like Caitlin. She can sell out arenas and attract large crowds interested in autographs. Additionally, what is the hardest position to find in the wnba? It seems like it is point guard to me. Quality point guards are even more rare than 6’6” players. I am not with you this one Mick. If a GM tries to draft anyone other than Paige at 1; they should be sacked immediately.

[@PaulRounds-l7c]

The Fever aren't going to have the first pick, and a quality big would be a better long term addition to the fever. Plus, Paige isn't going draw as well as Clark.

[@TheDisruptiveOne]

@@PaulRounds-l7c if the fever get the first pick; and they don't want paige. They trade down.

[@_M....]

Paige is not a fit on the fever and they're not gonna have a pick high enough to get her anyway. If they go with a guard it should be Sonia Citron and nothing else.

[@TheDisruptiveOne]

@@_M.... the lottery system is weird. I think it takes records from the last three years or something like that. So surprisingly, even if the Fever make the playoffs. They will probably draft in the top 4.

[@godkot4466]

​@@TheDisruptiveOneif the Fever make the playoffs, they won't be in the lottery

[@bobbylee9727]

what will be the Fever draft pick number next April?

[@daz97]

Please fall for Fever If not... Wings But her with Caitlin would be sick, just give them the awards, pointless anyone else trying 😂

[@mikedebruyn]

Will she play in the WNBA though when she can earn more at home in Europe?

[@_M....]

Fever need to get Malonga and Citron.

[@danncorbit3623]

The Fever will pick in the middle of each round. Don't count on getting any of the best players. The heyday of #1 picks is over, probably for a very, very long time.

[@vansantsam]

How old is she..?

[@ktd522]

She might not even come to the WNBA. Way more money to be made elsewhere.

[@ultimaterankings1154]

Perhaps arithmetic is wacked in Ireland but at the end of Paige's Rookie year she will be the 23 (approaching 24), not 25 with the regular season ending in currently September 19, a month before her Birthday. Please get your facts correct.

[@MickTalksHoops]

Paige, is 24 in less than 3 months... So unless she plays her entire last year of college and an entire rookie year before then I think you're the one who needs to work on your math. Yours sincerely, someone with a degree in Marh

[@ultimaterankings1154]

@@MickTalksHoops She is 22 right now since she hasn't had her birthday yet this year. You can't be that dumb, she was born in October, 20, 2001 which means she will 23 in October (24-23=1 ) and won't be 25 until October, 20 2026 (26-25=1). Her rookie season will end next year, 2025, ending in September when she will still be 23 -- remember there is no break after their college career ends. Please apologize and admit your wrong -- getting simple 5th grade arithmetic wrong not once but twice even after someone pointed it to you is very embarrassing take for you.

[@ultimaterankings1154]

@@Kokobazonkos A simple mistake he made twice, which I corrected the first time, and then he told me "you're the one who needs to work on your math". Then shockingly he made the same simple mistake again -- you would think he would triple check before he told me that I was the one who needed to work on my math. I found that rude -- that's why I said what I said.

[@juliemohler8922]

@@ultimaterankings1154.

[@usveteran9893]

@@MickTalksHoops Ouch!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Nice Mick!!

[@BillsMafia-SecretWeapon]

Why would she play in wnba they don’t pay anyone

[@SHsparx]

Kiki is a way better and more skilled version of Reese.

[@ColleenYourAccess2me]

Hope she is the #1 Draft Pick... not Paige Bueckers... everything that Sheryl Swopes lied about Caitlin Clark is really true about Paige Bueckers... she will have been in college 5 years and older than other players.

[@charliemirus4124]

Let’s not make too much noise about it…sssshhhhh

[@James-dp2er]

Naw u tripping..Paige is basically the closest thing to Clark. Paige is guaranteed 1st no matter what

[@philwistrom9200]

I don’t think Paige will do well in the WNBA.

[@thewolfofwallstreet627]

I think she will if she goes to a team that's a good fit for her. If she ends up in a situation similar to what Caitlin Clark had to deal with, then she'll struggle.

[@donaldvanderlinden1245]

WELL , YOU BETTER TELL THE FEVER ABOUT HER ! CAUSE I BET THEY HAVE NO CLUE !

[@lloydspence7114]

What's the big deal about age? It doesn't matter. Most top players leave their original team. Age only matters in the NFL.

[@knephsabir3245]

Can she dunk with ease? I mean dunk on someone with ease

[@thewolfofwallstreet627]

Who cares? I just want her on my Fever team immediately. I think getting her will make it very easy for the Fever to part ways with NaLyssa Smith after this season. I have nothing against Smith, as I think she was arguably the Fever's best player to start the season, but she has to go, especially, if you're going to keep Sides as coach.

[@knephsabir3245]

@@thewolfofwallstreet627 honestly I'll be surprised if they get rid of sides.

[@jouzou4311]

she can

[@joewilliekingdom]

@@thewolfofwallstreet627 Smith constantly loses focus during the game . doesnt play seriously at all

[@danncorbit3623]

Candace Parker could dunk, but it's pretty hard to do when you are guarded. I don't think it is important, though it would be fun to watch. After all, a dunk counts the same as a layup or a put-back bunny. What is hoped for with Malonga is another A'ja, I should think. That would be a huge prize.

[@Big_DNY]

Another idiotic take. You are clueless. She scored 11 points in four games at the Olympics. Yeah, she's real good. She may get drated, but she won't even play in the W nexts season.