Closer look at Kiki Iriafen (alt Paige Bueckers)

No surprise many believe Paige will be the 1st pick, but with reports now coming out that Paige isn't happy about going to Dallas and other concerns about her extensive injury history at her age, should Dallas keep an open mind just in case, and maybe take a closer look at Kiki Iriafen?

Concerns about Paige will always be her extensive injury history needing surgery in 3 of the last 4 years, including the same left knee that needed 2 surgeries one year after the other causing her miss a season and a half already.

Pros for Kiki are:

- She's a Big and Bigs dominate the WNBA. In 27 years of the WNBA's existence, 22 of the league's MVP's are Bigs aka 4's and 5's. Last time a guard won an MVP was way way back in 2009 (Turasi).

- She's a double-double machine 2-way player. She's like a Tim Duncan type with analysts saying she's already much better than Aliyah Boston, the #1 pick in 2023. and she's also a much better offensive player than Kamilla Cardoso was around the paint, considering Kiki also has a perimeter game, and that she's also a better overall player than Cam Brink, her former teammate, that she would've been drafted ahead of all 3 if they were in the same draft class.

- She's 2 years younger than Paige so has more years to get even better than she is now.

- And also... she has no injury history, none, played every game these past 2 seasons.

And if not the Wings, at least Sparks fans should be very very happy to have a player like Kiki available to them.