HARTFORD, Conn. _ As Crystal Dangerfield tied a bow on her college career this past season, Minnesota Lynx head coach/general manager Cheryl Reeve had her eye on UConn's three-year starting point guard. Napheesa Collier made sure of it.
"Jokingly throughout the year, I'm (saying to Reeve), "Hey, Crystal is coming up," said Collier, Dangerfield's former teammate of three years in Storrs who just completed her first season in Minnesota, in a phone interview with The Courant.
Collier's lobbying, of course, wasn't the deciding factor for why the Lynx drafted Dangerfield with their second-round pick of Friday's WNBA draft. But the end result doesn't just serve as a gratifying reunion for the former Husky standouts. In fulfilling a big need for the Lynx, Dangerfield has a real shot at carving out a sizable role as a rookie in a place where UConn players have a good track record of being immensely valued.
