WNBA draft: What experts are saying about Golden State Valkyries

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After a winding college career, North Philly’s Diamond Johnson has arrived as a WNBA draft prospect

From Neuman Goretti to Rutgers, N.C. State, and Norfolk State, the dynamic guard always believed she'd get where she wanted to be. Now she's on the cusp of arriving there.

WNBA draft: What experts are saying about Golden State Valkyries

With the WNBA draft on tap for Monday, anticipation is brewing for the start of the Golden State Valkyries’ season. But what are the expectations for the expansion team – the league’s first in 17 years – that will pick fifth overall and assembled most its roster through the expansion draft in December and free agency? In a conference call with reporters last week, ESPN play-by-play announcer Ryan Ruocco, who has called WNBA games for the network…

North Carolina career over, Alyssa Ustby eyes WNBA Draft

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Four times All-ACC, the University of North Carolina’s all-time leading rebounder, and the most integral part of a Tar Heels team that reached the NCAA Division I women's basketball Sweet 16 a couple of weeks ago. Rochester Lourdes graduate Alyssa Ustby can take credit for all of that. It was a heck of a five-year run for the 6-foot-1, strong, athletic and driven forward. “I’m just really proud and grateful for having such a …

Former HBCU stars expected to be picked in WNBA Draft

Zaay Green and Diamond Johnson, two former HBCU women’s basketball stars, are both projected to be picked in Monday’s WNBA Draft. Green finished her college career at Alabama this past season after transferring from the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Johnson spent her final two years at Norfolk State after transferring from N.C. State. ESPN projects that Green will be selected NO. 25 by the Connecticut Sun. Johnson is slated to go NO. 34 to …