A thumbnail for the Locked On Women's Basketball podcast titled "2017 Draft Steals" across the bottom below a split image of Brittney Sykes on the left and Brionna Jones on the right.
Brittney Sykes and Brionna Jones were selected seventh and eighth in the 2017 WNBA Draft. Why weren't they picked earlier? (Photo Credits: Left - Rich Barnes | Imagn Images; Right - Aaron Doster | Imagn Images)

On this edition of the Locked On Women’s Basketball podcast’s WNBA Retrospective series, our trio of Hunter Cruse, Emily Adler and Lincoln Shafer look back at the 2017 WNBA Draft, and especially two draft steals: Brittney Sykes and Brionna Jones. They discuss how and why these 2017 draft picks fell to eighth and ninth, respectively, and the other players who were selected instead of them.

Adler on Sykes’ return as a junior after multiple ACL injuries in her first two collegiate seasons:


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