Draft Central’s 2019/20 WNBL Top 10 Players: #1 – Kia Nurse
DRAFT Central’s formula for deciding this season’s top player of the WNBL was a rather simple one. Similarly to the NBL’s top player of the season, Bryce Cotton, the WNBL’s MVP and top-scorer, Kia Nurse, would reign supreme in terms of success individually and as a teammate. As this this season’s 2019/20 WNBL Champion, University […]
Draft Central’s 2019/20 WNBL Top 10 Players: #2 – Brianna Turner
ONE of the WNBL’s fresh new faces to arrive over from the United States (US), Brianna Turner landed Down Under keen to expand her basketball knowledge and continue her development thanks to a recommendation from her head coach at the Phoenix Mercury. “In the WNBA, Sandy Bondello is my coach and she coaches the Australian […]
Draft Central’s 2019/20 WNBL Top 10 Players: #3 – Mercedes Russell
WHEN it comes to how Southside Flyers’ centre Mercedes Russell perceives herself, she tells of someone who is, “very low maintenance, laid-back and just go with the flow”. “Play me a good amount of minutes and I’m happy,” she added. Russell would receive what her appetite for basketball required, as she would average close to […]
Draft Central’s 2019/20 WNBL Top 10 Players: #4 – Nicole Seekamp
AFTER locking up a postseason berth with three games still remaining in the season, it seemed like a pretty easy transition to the finals for team captain Nicole Seekamp and the Adelaide Lightning. But, an unfortunate ankle injury for the South Australian made reaching the semi-finals a race against time. Going back to the beginning […]
Draft Central’s 2019/20 WNBL Top 10 Players: #5 – Katie-Rae Ebzery
ENTERING her 10th season in the Womens National Basketball League (WNBL), Katie-Rae Ebzery would prove to be one of the go-to players in what was one of the most underrated teams throughout the WNBL 2020 season. In a rather nostalgic opening contest to the season against Ebzery’s former club – Sydney Uni Flames – she […]
Draft Central’s 2019/20 WNBL Top 10 Players: #6 – Jenna O’Hea
The second out of the three Southside Flyers to make Draft Central’s Top 10 players of the 2020 season belongs to former WNBA prospect and club-captain, Jenna O’Hea, and the turbulent season that the 32-year-old would undertake. To begin her campaign, O’Hea would put up solid numbers across the board, scoring a combined 50 points […]
Draft Central’s 2019/20 WNBL Top 10 Players: #8 – Leilani Mitchell
LEAVING the 2018/19 University of Canberra (UC) Capitals’ championship-winning side to become a part of the Southside Flyers’ inaugural 2020 squad, might have been a surprise, but Leilani Mitchell would start the next chapter of her illustrious career in good stead for this season’s minor premiers. With professional experience spanning more than a decade and […]
Draft Central’s 2019/20 WNBL Top 10 Players: #7 – Stephanie Talbot
WHEN former WNBL Rookie of the Year and Opal Steph Talbot made the move back to the Adelaide Lightning after more than five seasons, head coach Chris Lucas had the recipe for a championship run. Beginning the season 3-1, the Lightning were starting to prove their mettle and with this, Talbot started to establish her […]
Draft Central’s WNBL 2019/20 Top 10 Players: #9 – Alice Kunek
WHILE the Sydney Uni Flames had many bumps in the road on the way to their seven-win and 14-loss season record in the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL), there were many positives that could be drawn upon. One of those was Alice Kunek‘s season who comes in at number nine in Draft Central’s Top 10 […]
Draft Central’s 2019/20 WNBL Top 10 Players: #10 – Olivia Epoupa
IN her debut season in the nation’s capital, Olivia Epoupa became one the Women’s National Basketball League’s (WNBL) most frightening and imposing guards throughout the 2019/20 season, thus earning her the number 10 seed in Draft Central’s WNBL Top 10 players this season. FOR NOTIFICATIONS ON WNBL CONTENT, JOIN OUR DRAFT CENTRAL BASKETBALL GROUP Despite […]
