Christyn was disappointing at UConn for a #1 recruit, but her main flaw was inconsistency. She was never a bad player. Her draft status reflected her inconsistency. If she has fully recovered, she would fit on almost any roster. Vegas is clearly the best team, but their bench is limited. A healthy CW could give them scoring punch off the bench.
Christyn's career and draft status were similar to those of Tiffany Hayes. Tip has been on the All-Star team, made first-team All-WNBA, and is now a 12-year veteran. CW could have a comparable career.
Yes! The problem with her is inconsistency and that mostly applies to her outside shooting. If you are a shooting guard you need to be consistant, and by that I mean your productive games need to come about more than your non productive ones. With me it is not justa matter of being streaky, but the reasons behind for that streaky showing. Its not just that she is streaky hot and cold, but more so that other factors play into games when she scores and does not. She is a player who takes advantage of defensive breakdownss so she needs those breakdowns to aline with her hot streaks.
Using other players as examples as to why she is able to make a WNBA roster is not a good argument. Even so those using that argument are not even using the most outstanding one. Chelsea Gray and Natalie Archonwa were both drafted in the later rounds of the first and were not capable of playing their first season. The difference being that NA was a post and CW was a point guard. Point guards and posts are scarce and teams are always looking for them and there fore will take more risks. Healthy they both would have been lottery picks. Off guards and wings are a dime a dozen in basketball so you have to really excel in those positions. You expecially must be outstanding in at least one skill to even get a sniff. If you are a shooting guard you can not afford to be streaky. Then when you add the CW recent injury history that is the killer.
I also have a question? Why would the Merc sign a player on a hardship contract for the last two games of an injury depleated team if that player could not play because of injuries? Adding a player under those conditions is precisely the reason but to correct a short roster. Does if make sense to add a player who is unavailable because of injury? Unless that player injured themselves during their first work out with the team requiring them to be up on the injured list for their first game. Then on the second game they are not even listed on the box score as unavailable to play? If she injured herself in a short pregame practiced secession, it does not bode well for her health and reinforces her not really being fully recovered. The whole thing sounds kind of fishy.
As too her odds- Why would a team waste their time with a border line player who has missed the last two seasions because of injury.? There are far too many other healty players available with her level of skill set. Too many capable players with few openings available each year.
Again this is less about CW and more about some UConns fans ability to make accurate assessments without being influenced by biased rose colored glasses. This is especially true when it comes to assessments that fall outside of college play. I remember too many fans being enamored with Moni Davis not realizing her chances to get a D1 less a Uconn scholarship was less than zero. Turns out she could not get any level of scholarship.
The issue being that most people just do not realize the level of talent in womens basketball has exploded since the early 2000s. This is primarily because of its increase in the feeder programs for college and that carried over into the professional arena as well. Many established players in the WNBA were they to be entry level today would not even make a roster because of the present level of competition.
