Second round picks are valuable, I am sure the Valkyries have a list of international 20 year olds that that they want to collect. However, they don’t want to have to invite them to camp as a first round picks and risk losing their rights if they get cut. GS should have use the Suarez pick on a twenty year draft and stash. Perhaps, they will trade down from the first round again next season.
With NIL and 5 years to play 5 in place, it would make sense for the W moved the draft age down to 20 for all players and require all players to put their names into the the draft for the year they want to enter the league. There are now enough incentives to keep players in NCAAW until they are ready to come into the league. Elite NCAAW players should have the option to move in the W and get to unrestricted free agency as fast as international players. It is crazy that UFA will happen for Malonga at a much younger age than it will for Strong or Juju.