However, after seeing some of the picks, you get a feeling of who was and who wasn't.

 

You got it. 

 

 

I gotta agree with idchafee on this one. I think Bales can be very effective if given minutes. I wasn't watching wbb during the Wolters @ UConn/WNBA era, so I can't really comment on that comparison. But to me, Bales isn't a big stiff. Yes, she may be slow getting up and down the court, but she's got great footwork, good vision and passing and can hit  jumpers with consistency. To me, a big stiff is a player that just plants themselves in the lane with their arms in the air and doesn't do much else. Bales has discernable basketball skills. It still kills me that we only missed her by one pick in last years draft. I mean seriously, bullsky, would you rather have Carla Thomas or Ali Bales right now?

 

I think it would be awesome if Atlanta got Bales in the expansion draft because she buried behind so many veteran bigs in Indy. She'll never get significant court time there.

 

I'd take a healthy Carla Thomas over a healthy Ali Bales any day of the week.

 

Keep in mind, Carla had several nagging injuries last season. The best is yet to come for her.