Flórez is one of the early success stories of the developmental player contracts in the new CBA. She didn’t make the original 12-player roster in Washington, but the 22-year-old impressed enough to earn a full roster spot within a month of signing, and she’s become increasingly relied upon as the Mystics have dealt with injuries to their starting backcourt of Sonia Citron and Georgia Amoore. Flórez was arguably Washington’s second-most important player in an upset win over Atlanta without Citron last week.
Flórez has great chemistry with her bigs. She worked well on give-and-gos with Shakira Austin and Kiki Iriafen and made the decisive plays in the fourth in the pick-and-roll with Iriafen. Flórez is also decisive in attacking the basket. She resembles Amoore from a distance (the ponytails and the fist pumps are similar), and she even dribbles the ball the same way, but Flórez has the size to make all the passes Amoore can’t and provides a necessary scoring threat from the perimeter, and Amoore mostly scores as a last resort. That’s especially helpful when Citron is out.