Columbia – South Carolina Women’s Basketball guard Te-Hina Paopao could potentially find his former teammate Kamilla Cardoso in the WNBA.
Cardoso was coach Dawn StaleyThe star center last season and with Paopao helped Gamecocks win a national championship. In the WNBA draft last year, she was selected third in the general classification by the Chicago Sky. Some simulated projections have the sky which selects Paopao in the recovery of the WNBA 2025 Monday (7:30 p.m., ESPN).
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The sky has a choice of first round at n ° 10 and two seconds (16, 22). USA Today and athletics both have paopao who goes to the sky to their respective projections.
Sky Director General Jeff Pagliocca, as well as ESPN contributors were questioned Thursday about a meeting of certain college players at the professional level. The question concerns not only the former players of Southern Carolina, but also with Angel Reese, who could be gathered with the former LSU teammate, Aneesah Morrow if it is drafted by the sky.
“I think the only advantage is that you can have a potential idea of the type of player of this person,” the ESPN analyst and former WNBA star, Rebecca Lobo said on Thursday. “You can go directly to Kamilla, just to Angel and say” what kind of teammate is this person, what kind of worker is this child “, but in terms of chemistry, it is a song that is probably a little lower.”
The sky has talented post players, with Reese and Cardoso, so add a shooting game like Paopao, which can move from the ball, would be a key addition.
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During their only season together, Paopao and Cardoso never lost a match and according to CBB Analytics, the clear note when Paopao and Cardoso were on the ground together was a +40. Their offensive rating was 118.9, the effective percentage of the field objectives was 55.3%, with a defensive note of 78.9. In total, 14.7% of Paopao’s decisive assists last season went to Cardoso.
Pagliocca said that the first thought would always be to do what is best for the team, but that the chemistry factor plays a role in one way or another in terms of gatherings.
“When there are available players, it could be in our range to get the prospects of players with whom they may have played … This counts because continuity means a lot when you build a team.”
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The sky finished 10th in the East Conference, finishing 13-27 in 2024. Chennedy Carter, the top scorer in last season with 17.5 points, is no longer in the team, another reason why a productive goalkeeper can be a recovery requirement. Cardoso recorded an average of 27.4 minutes and 9.8 points per match as a recruit, from 29 of the 32 games in which she played.
Paopao pulled 44.4% of the field this season and 37% from the 3 -point line.
Lulu Kesin covers the athletics of South Carolina for Greenville News and USA Today Network. Send him an email to lkesin@gannett.com And follow it on X, formerly known as Twitter, @Lukesin
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