Could she really be thinking she doesn't get enough playing time at Stanford next season or would not be featured enough? When healthy, which she clearly wasn't after a very few games this past season even while she was still playing, she was a starter, was one of the players, along with Williams, who were hyped before the season (stories, interviews on TV, etc.) as leaders of the team, spoken well of by the coaches, all that. If she doesn't think she could do well enough at Stanford to show out for the draft, she probably wouldn't be drafted no matter the system or team. We've seen so many players get drafted, and some like Karlie, who did not seem to be at that level, yet still got a shot at the WNBA.
I do think she could be drafted, and could stick in a tough league. Given how she was presented by the program, clearly they thought highly of her and planned for her to be a key player and leader. Seems a stretch to now say the coaches were maybe not treating her fairly or right, if that was the inference from her interview, which I did not listen to, but that's what some who did got from it. If they didn't have big plans for her, they don't send her off to be team representative to the P-12 shows, for instance.
If the main idea transferring is to be better positioned for a draft, seems to me the best way would be to show good health with some efficient stats, maybe work on some weaknesses. Some of it was probably rust but she was up and down early last season, great games, and some where she looked out of sorts, and then she was out for good. The WNBA is a very physical league, so her style would probably fit in well. I don't think that going to a different style of offense is going to matter, very much. Probably actually better to thrive in a more structured offense, more like what she would probably find in the pros. WNBA makes it look looser sometimes but that's because the players are so much better, not because they just let them loose to run and gun all the time. Much better defenses there than in college.
Neither of our grad transfers out, (Thompson and Sniezek) did all that well statistically at their new home. Grad transfers right now seem to be overused, a grass is always greener sort of thing, and they don't always work out getting a player more minutes or better stats, whatever they may be hoping for. If they are just looking for a new experience, that's one thing, but beyond that, it's a crap shoot, really. Sometimes even if things are not perfect, the devil you know is better than the devil you don't, so to speak.
I do think she could be drafted, and could stick in a tough league. Given how she was presented by the program, clearly they thought highly of her and planned for her to be a key player and leader. Seems a stretch to now say the coaches were maybe not treating her fairly or right, if that was the inference from her interview, which I did not listen to, but that's what some who did got from it. If they didn't have big plans for her, they don't send her off to be team representative to the P-12 shows, for instance.
If the main idea transferring is to be better positioned for a draft, seems to me the best way would be to show good health with some efficient stats, maybe work on some weaknesses. Some of it was probably rust but she was up and down early last season, great games, and some where she looked out of sorts, and then she was out for good. The WNBA is a very physical league, so her style would probably fit in well. I don't think that going to a different style of offense is going to matter, very much. Probably actually better to thrive in a more structured offense, more like what she would probably find in the pros. WNBA makes it look looser sometimes but that's because the players are so much better, not because they just let them loose to run and gun all the time. Much better defenses there than in college.
Neither of our grad transfers out, (Thompson and Sniezek) did all that well statistically at their new home. Grad transfers right now seem to be overused, a grass is always greener sort of thing, and they don't always work out getting a player more minutes or better stats, whatever they may be hoping for. If they are just looking for a new experience, that's one thing, but beyond that, it's a crap shoot, really. Sometimes even if things are not perfect, the devil you know is better than the devil you don't, so to speak.