Haley Gorecki, Leaonna Odom From Duke To Connecticut, Los Angeles In The WNBA Draft?
Originally Haley Gorecki who is a shooting guard from Duke could have ended up going to Dallas as the twenty first pick in the second round of Friday’s WNBA Draft while her teammate Leaonna Odom who is a forward possibly could have ended up in Atlanta as the seventeenth pick in the WNBA Draft but we’re now one day away from the 2020 WNBA Draft taking place and the scenarios have changed about where they could begin their professional careers. “according to an article written by Mechelle Voepel on espn.com
Haley Gorecki possibly could be picked thirty fifth by Connecticut in the third round. “according to https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/29041093/wnba-mock-draft-2020-sabrina-ionescu-remains-no-1-trades-shuffle-first-round If selected by Connecticut Haley Gorecki would be teammates with former Duke guard Jasmine Thomas who was Drafted the Seattle Storm with the 12th pick overall in the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft. Later traded to Mystics on April 29, 2011. Traded to Dream in 2013 and re-signed in 2015. Months later traded to Sun. Jasmine Thomas who
Has played in 236 games with 180 starts over seven seasons
Career totals include 2,077 points, 763 assists, 668 rebounds and 234 steals
Smart, durable point guard who played first 204 games of her WNBA career before missing a game at Indiana (5/20/17)
Has great leadership qualities
Athletic and relentless defender
Hard worker has steadily improved her skills
Has put together three straight career years for the Sun
Earned WNBA All Star recognition for the first time in 2017
Surpassed 750 career assists at Washington (8/29/17)
Scored her 2,000th career point against Phoenix (8/12/17) “according to https://www.wnba.com/player/jasmine-thomas/#/bio
Meanwhile, Haley Gorecki’s Duke teammate Leaonna Odom could end up in Los Angeles being drafted in the second round by Los Angeles as the twentieth pick. according to an article by “ Mechelle Voepel on espn.com If selected by Los Angeles Leaonna Odom would be teammates with former Duke guard Chelsea Gray who was
Selected by the Connecticut Sun in the first round with the 11th overall pick in the 2014 WNBA Draft “according to https://www.wnba.com/player/chelsea-gray/
Traded to the Los Angeles Sparks along with two first-round picks in the 2016 WNBA Draft and a first-round pick in the 2018 WNBA Draft in exchange for draft rights to Jonquel Jones and the 17th pick in the 2016 WNBA Draft.
As for Chelsea Gray’s Career Highlights she was a
WNBA Champion (2016)
WNBA All-Star (2017, 2018, 2019)
All-WNBA First Team (2019)
All-WNBA Second Team (2017)
USA Basketball Pre-Olympic Training Program (2019-2020) “according to https://www.wnba.com/player/chelsea-gray/
During the 2019 season with Los Angeles Chelsea Gray
Recorded the eighth triple-double in WNBA history on July 7
On Aug. 29, tied the second most points in a quarter in WNBA history and the most points in a quarter in franchise history with 20
Scored in double-figures 28 times this season and in each of the last 20 games of the regular season
Recorded her 500th career assist against the Liberty on June 4
Passed Tina Thompson with 1,569 points and entered the top-10 in Sparks scoring history on June 18
Led Los Angeles with 21 points and eight assists in round two of the 2019 playoffs vs. Seattle and recorded her 100th career postseason assist in Game 1 of the semifinals. “according to https://www.wnba.com/player/chelsea-gray/
During Haley Gorecki career at Duke she was
The only power five conference player nationally to average over 18.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals and was also the only player nationally with over 550 points, 195 rebounds, 130 assists, 60 steals and 15 blocked shots in 2019-20 ... first Duke player to average over 17.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists in back-to-back seasons ... became the third Blue Devil to register 500 points, 200 rebounds, 100 assists and 75 steals in a season as a redshirt junior in 2018-19 ... she joined only Alana Bead (2001-02, 2002-03) and Monique Currie (2004-05) ... became just the seventh player in ACC history to lead their team in scoring rebounding and assists -- Lakeia Stokes, Clemson (2003-04), Kisha Ford, Georgia Tech (1993-94), Shenise Johnson, Miami (2011-12), Laine Selwyn, Pitt (2001-02; 2002-03), Amy Privette, Wake Forest (1986-87) and Bernadette McGlade, UNC (1979-80) ... only the second ACC player to lead her team in back-to-back seasons in scoring, rebounding and assists ... became just the seventh Blue Devil to total over 500 points, 200 rebounds and 100 assists in their first 50 collegiate games in 2018-19 (Alana Beard, Lexie Brown, Monique Currie, Rebecca Greenwell, Alexis Jones and Katie Meier) ... became just the sixth Blue Devil in school history to notch back-to-back 500-point seasons -- Alana Beard, Lexie Brown, Monique Currie, Chris Moreland and Jasmine Thomas ... led Duke in scoring 39 times, led the Blue Devils in assists 22 times and 11 times she led Duke in rebounds ... collected 24 old-fashioned three-point plays, 16 double-doubles, 67 games with 10 or more points and 14 games with 10 or more rebounds ... became the eighth-quickest Blue Devil to notch 1,300 points in only 94 career games ... over her final two years, notched 23 games with 20 or more points, which was the most in the ACC ... reached 1,000 points in only 77 games becoming the 10th-quickest Blue Devil to do so.
Duke Record Book:
Became the first Blue Devil to lead their team in points (17.2), rebounds (7.1) and assists (3.9) as a junior in 2018-19 ... finished her career ranking in points (17th, 1,384), scoring average (10th, 14.3), three-point field goals made (8th, 170), three-point field goals attempted (5th, 526), free throws made (7th, 334), steals average (T8th, 1.9), minutes average (6th, 30.7) and 20+ point games (9th, 26) ... in 2019-20, ranked in the following season categories -- scoring average (10th, 18.5), free throws made (5th, 166), free throws attempted (T7th, 194) and minutes average (1st, 36.5) ... averaged 36.0 minutes a contest in 2018-19 and averaged 36.5 minutes in 2019-20, becoming the first Blue Devil to average 35.0 minutes or more in back-to-back seasons ... matched a Duke single-season record with 208 three-pointers attempted in 2018-19 ... averaged 6.93 three-pointers attempted per game and 15.6 shots per game, which were both school records in 2018-19.Meanwhile, Leaonna Odom Haley Gorecki’s teammate at Duke.
Started 99-of-125 games as a Blue Devil ... in five career NCAA Tournament games, posted 20 or more points in three of those -- 25 vs. Belmont, 23 vs. Hampton and 22 vs. Connecticut ... totaled 14 double-doubles ... notched 16 old-fashioned three-point plays ... led Duke in scoring 20 times and rebounding 40 times. “according to https://goduke.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/leaonna-odom/11765
Duke Record Book:
Finished her career ranking 16th in points (1,387), 10th in field goals made (599) and 10th in minutes (3,716).https://goduke.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/leaonna-odom/11765