2004 WNBA Draft Prospect Stats
Reading this chart:
TS% - true shooting percentage, the best measure of total shooting efficiency. This is found by PTS/(2*(FGA + (.44*FTA)))
R40 - rebounds per 40 minutes
Pass - combines assist/turnover ratio and assists/minute. This is found by 50 * ((AST/MIN)^2) * (AST/TO)
EFF40 - WNBA.com's Efficiency rating per 40 minutes. This is found by 40*((PTS + REB + AST + STL + BLK - TO - (FGA-FGM) - (FTA-FTM))/MIN)
Player Pos Col MPG PPG RPG APG TS% R40 Pass EFF40 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lindsay Whalen PG MIN 32.9 20.5 5.1 5.4 .635 6.2 1.93 26.4 Diana Taurasi PG CON 31.7 16.2 3.9 4.9 .595 4.9 2.47 22.3 Toccara Williams PG MSU 37.6 15.6 5.6 7.1 .410 5.9 3.15 16.9 Player Pos Col MPG PPG RPG APG TS% R40 Pass EFF40 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alana Beard SG DUKE 31.4 19.7 5.4 3.9 .585 6.9 1.33 28.0 Giuli. Mendiola SG UW 36.3 21.3 6.5 5.5 .607 7.1 2.21 26.1 Chandi Jones SG HOU 35.6 22.7 5.5 2.4 .524 6.2 0.21 21.5 Kelly Mazzante SG PSU 34.7 20.0 4.1 1.6 .515 4.8 0.09 17.4 Player Pos Col MPG PPG RPG APG TS% R40 Pass EFF40 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicole Powell SF STAN 33.6 20.2 11.2 4.1 .561 13.3 1.13 30.4 Shereka Wright SF PUR 30.2 20.1 6.1 2.3 .579 8.1 0.34 25.9 Catrina Frierson SF LAT 28.5 16.2 7.0 0.8 .538 9.8 0.02 23.5 Shameka Christon SF ARK 33.3 21.8 7.0 1.8 .533 8.4 0.07 23.1 Player Pos Col MPG PPG RPG APG TS% R40 Pass EFF40 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amisha Carter PF LAT 29.1 16.9 10.8 0.8 .556 14.8 0.01 29.0 Rebekkah Brunson PF GEO 36.4 19.1 12.0 1.3 .522 13.2 0.03 24.7 Stacy Stephens PF TEX 26.7 11.6 8.3 0.9 .579 12.5 0.03 24.5 Iciss Tillis PF DUKE 28.0 12.5 6.7 2.1 .502 9.5 0.32 22.2 Player Pos Col MPG PPG RPG APG TS% R40 Pass EFF40 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vanessa Hayden C UF 27.4 19.0 10.6 1.3 .544 15.4 0.06 34.3 Lindsay Taylor C UCSB 24.8 16.1 7.3 1.3 .601 11.8 0.08 29.9 Nicole Ohlde C KSU 30.9 17.5 6.7 3.8 .613 8.6 1.35 27.8 Christi Thomas C UGA 26.7 13.2 8.3 0.8 .602 12.4 0.02 27.3 Tera Bjorklund C COL 33.9 18.1 7.9 2.2 .630 9.3 0.20 24.9
When looking at the Efficiency per 40 minutes, which is a natural tendency, keep in mind that this statistic tends to be biased towards inside players, which is how the fourth highest-rated center (Christi Thomas) can rate better than any point guard. Posts get more rebounds and blocks than perimeter players get assists and steals, and their field-goal percentages are also generally higher.
Even within position groups, EFF40 is biased towards players who grab a lot of rebounds, like Vanessa Hayden, as opposed to players with high shooting percentages, like Nicole Ohlde and Tera Bjorklund.
Strength of schedule is also an important consideration. While Lindsay Taylor rates ahead of Ohlde and Thomas, she is considered a lesser prospect because she was playing weaker competition. This is true, to a lesser extent, of WAC players like Amisha Carter, Catrina Frierson and Chandi Jones, and possibly even the pair of Pac-10 players.
It should also be noted that these statistics reflect only the player's senior season and not her entire NCAA career. Jones, for example, would rate much better based on her junior season (.578 true shooting percentage and an outstanding 29.6 Efficiency points per 40 minutes).
