Locked On Women's Basketball

Host Howard Megdal (SummittHoops.com) is joined by Atlanta Dream guard Brittney Sykes. The seventh pick in the 2017 WNBA Draft has been on fire of late, scoring 16.5 per contest over her past seven games, all of them in the starting lineup. Sykes recalled a prophecy she made on draft night—not spent at the draft itself, but among friends and family in Newark—that she would be the league's Rookie of the Year. What's followed, from her seamless fit into Atlanta head coach Michael Cooper's system to a broad-based success that includes an impressive block and rebound percentage, not to mention a top-15 defensive mark, has the league talking about her the way she thought of herself back in April. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices