{"id":363829,"date":"2025-12-23T13:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T13:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/363829\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T13:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T13:17:09","slug":"french-draft-prospect-may-just-be-one-skill-away-from-wnba-stardom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/363829\/","title":{"rendered":"French draft prospect may just be one skill away from WNBA stardom"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2026 draft class is stacked<\/a> with college stars, like Azzi Fudd, Lauren Betts, Olivia Miles, Flau\u2019jae Johnson, and Ta\u2019Niya Latson. There are also some intriguing international names to watch, headlined by European teens Awa Fam, Iyana Martin, and Nell Angloma.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The latter is one of the most interesting young wing prospects to come out of a European pro league in recent years. At 19, Angloma is the number-one option on a winning team in the French league and EuroCup and currently leads the LFB in total points as a legitimate MVP candidate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

All of that makes her an interesting prospect for WNBA teams, but her ceiling will be much higher if she can take a step forward as a 3-point shooter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nell Angloma\u2019s 3-point shot has been inconsistent this season<\/p>\n

Angloma averages 16.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 1.1 steals over 11 games in the French league and 13.1 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and 1.3 steals over eight EuroCup games. Her ability to attack the rim, push the pace in transition, create shots for herself and her teammates, get to the free-throw line, and make an impact defensively has consistently been on display this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The one thing that hasn\u2019t been consistent is her 3-point shot. Angloma isn\u2019t afraid to shoot threes. She took 49 shots from long range over her first 19 games. She only made 12 of them, though.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Not having a reliable 3-point shot is difficult as a wing in the modern WNBA. Teams will just sag off of players who haven\u2019t established themselves as 3-point threats and dare them to shoot anyway. That, in turn, would make Angloma\u2019s strong drives less impactful because the paint would be more crowded with defenders.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Angloma still has tons of potential, though. Although still a teenager, she is successfully competing with and against older, long-time pros. Plus, she is still very young. With the right coaching and development, she could grow into a more consistent 3-point shooter. Improving her 3-point shot would give Angloma a pretty complete two-way package. It would also give the team that drafts her a potential star.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some mock drafts have Angloma go to the Connecticut Sun late in the first round, which would be a fitting destination for her. The Sun are obviously open to developing international talent after hiring Rachid Meziane<\/a> as the team\u2019s head coach and bringing in Leila Lacan. In Connecticut, Angloma would also be able to get developmental minutes and work on her 3-point shot.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 draft class is stacked with college stars, like Azzi Fudd, Lauren Betts, Olivia Miles, Flau\u2019jae Johnson,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-363829","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}