Fox87
Years ago

Jade Melbourne drafted

Amazing effort by Jade Melbourne to get drafted.
Word on twitter is
Hearing that Jade Melbourne will not head to @seattlestorm for training camp or play in the 2022 WNBA season.

The 19-year-old is expected to remain & play in Australia to improve her game while focusing on earning a spot in the Opals for a home World Cup.

Damian arsenis

Sounds like she is not a good baller but a smart kid as well

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Fox87
Years ago

Meant to say
Not only a good baller...

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Weedy Slug
Years ago

Where's the jade Melbourne hater that lurks on this forum saying she wouldnt get drafted or be an opal?

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Fox87
Years ago

Not sure, but they will be wrong on both accounts

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Perthworld
Years ago

Did they say "Jade Melbourne from Melbourne" when announcing the pick on the draft telecast?

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Weedy Slug
Years ago

No, they didn't say much about any draftee in the third round.

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Perthworld
Years ago

I'm surprised they even have a third round.

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Weedy Slug
Years ago

True,
36 spots for 12 teams in the wnba.
60 spots for 30 teams in the nba.

Makes little sense.
Should be dropped to 24 imo.

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Dave Q
Years ago

Smart. Clearly watched the Shyla Heal situation go down and decided on a different road. Fair play to her.

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Weedy Slug
Years ago

Tbf heal was never a wnba type of player.
Her path is wnbl/europe imo.

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Mr. Cam
Two years ago

How many Aussie players have been WNBA league MVP - 1 - LJ - three

How many Aussie players have been WNBA Finals MVP - 1 - LJ - once

How many Aussie players have been WNBA DPOY - 1 - LJ - once

How many Aussie players have been WNBA ROY - 0

This is why LJ is your GOAT, male or female. LJ is also an Aussie
basketball singularity. For me, as an American, the two Australians
that had the greatest achievements in sports on the world stage are
LJ & JB. No Aussie basketball player male or female will ever get
close enough to LJ's career to see her with the Hubble Telescope.

A astrophysics definition of a singularity.

A singularity is a region of space where the curvature of spacetime
becomes infinite. Due to the cosmic censorship conjecture, most
singularities are hidden behind event horizons. Singularities are
regions of space where the density of matter, or the curvature of
spacetime, becomes infinite.