SAN FRANCISCO — Following Monday’s draft, Golden State Valkyries normal supervisor Ohemaa Nyanin walked into the Invoice King Media Room inside Chase Heart smiling from ear to ear.
With the fifth general decide and the franchise’s first ever draft alternative, Ohemaa chosen Justė Jocytė – a 19-year-old guard from Lithuania that the majority American basketball followers have by no means heard of.
However for Ohemaa, Jocytė couldn’t be a greater match for this staff.
“She’s a phenomenal athlete,” Ohemaa mentioned. “She was the youngest athlete to play within the Euro League at 14 and we didn’t take that evenly. To have her be accessible at No. 5 was tremendous vital to us.”