Looking over the dry-erase board listing the prospects and team order of Thursday’s WNBA Draft, Bill Laimbeer and his staff saw only one fit for the Shock at No. 11.
They’re Zellous-ly optimistic they found what they were looking for.
After forgoing the trade route, the Shock let the first 10 picks fall into place and then landed the player they were hoping for all along: Shavonte Zellous, a 5-foot-10 guard from Pittsburgh.
“That’s the one we targeted,” Laimbeer said. “[Director of Player Personnel] Cheryl Reeve has spent a lot of time looking at her this year. We knew certain players would not be available to us but we really wanted a guard or a small forward and Zellous was the one we had talked about the whole college season long and we sweated one out and got her.”
Zellous has the defensive skill set that should make her a strong fit in Detroit and earn her playing time as a rookie. In 30 games last season she had 30 steals and 20 blocks. But she’s also more a skilled scorer than last year’s first-round pick, Alexis Hornbuckle. Zellous scored more than 600 points in each of her last three seasons, averaging 16.8 points over her career. In 2008-09 Zellous averaged a career-high 22.5 points while shooting 41.9 percent from the field and 36.7 percent from 3-point range.
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