WNBA Draft

• chs_redskins

  

  what are the rules for college players to enter the draft? Do you have to be a senior? Or what? Cause I was wondering why players like Maya Moore and Brittney Griner were not up there.
• Hb31187

  

  Probably because they know they wont make much money int he WNBA so they finish their degrees. Unlike the players who have a chance to go to the NBA and be millionaires right away
• Lovejoy1984

  

  ^^^^
  
  This.
  
  They most always stay for their degrees. Because they don't make a lot of money like NBA rookies do.
• wildcats20

  

  Pretty sure Candace Parker left early.
• Lovejoy1984

  

  She did. And there are a few exceptions.
  
  She had marketing deals and endorsments waiting on her, for the most part these players do not.
• mallymal614

  Speaking to a friend of mine, former buckeye Jessica Davenport, she told me that women basketball players must be 4 years removed from high school before entering the WNBA draft. Which is why players play all four years in college. However, they can leave and go overseas at any time.
• wildcats20

  

  Yeah, which is why Parker could go. She redshirted her frosh year.
• mallymal614

  wildcats20 wrote: Yeah, which is why Parker could go. She redshirted her frosh year.

  You beat me to it. I was just about to post about Parker medical red-shirting her freshman season.
• darbypitcher22

  

  Parker left, and some girl from Rutgers got drafted yesterday, but she left Rutgers to go play overseas in Turkey. Those are the only 2 I can think of who left college early
• thedynasty1998

  

  Female basketball players actually make more money overseas than they do in the WNBA, from my understanding.