SNY's The Warm-up: No. 4 draft picks — WNBA Draft — Insider mailbags

Get Today’s New York Sports Here Tweet of the Day --------------------------------------------------------------- Good morning, 👋 and welcome to The Warm-Up! May your weekend be as spicy as Denard Span's Derek Jeter take. --------------------------------------------------------------- New SNY originals... BNNY: Living Room Edition - [The top Mets games of the past decade]( Loud Mouths Great Debate - [Who's the face of the Jets: Sam Darnold or Jamal Adams?]( Beyond the Booth Live - [Gary, Keith and Ron take fan questions]( Sports Squared: New York's Sports Crossword - [Big Blue Super Bowl Champions]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Today's word count: 643 words (about six minutes) --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. How likely are the Giants to draft a Pro Bowler? Data: [Pro Football Reference]( The Giants have the fourth overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. According to the last 30 NFL drafts, from 1990-2019, there's a 53.3 percent chance whoever they end up picking will make at least one Pro Bowl appearance. Here's the full breakdown of the last 30 No. 4 overall picks, also graphed above: - Zero Pro Bowls: 14 players - One Pro Bowl: 3 players - Two Pro Bowls: 1 Player - Three Pro Bowls: 3 players - Four Pro Bowls: 3 players - Five Pro Bowls: 1 player - Six Pro Bowls: o players - Seven Pro Bowls: 2 players - Eight Pro Bowls: 1 player - Nine Pro Bowls: 1 player - 10 Pro Bowls: 0 players - 11 Pro Bowls: 1 player Other notes from the last 30 No. 4 overall picks: - Most Pro Bowls: Jonathan Ogden ('96), with 11; Charles Woodson ('98), with 9. - Hall of Famers, so far: Odgen; Edgerrin James ('99). - Other notable players: Philip Rivers ('98); A.J. Green ('11); Trent Williams ('10). - The last five No. 4 picks: Clelin Farrell ('19); Denzel Ward ('18); Leonard Fournette ('17); Ezekiel Elliott ('16); Amari Cooper ('15). - Jets taken at No. 4: Marvin Jones ('93), 0 Pro Bowls; Dewayne Robinson ('03), o Pro Bowls; D’Brickashaw Ferguson ('06), 3 Pro Bowls. On SNY.tv: [Ralph Vacchiano's latest Giants mock draft]( --------------------------------------------------------------- DAILY TRIVIA Since 1998, only two players who went No. 1 overall in the NFL Draft have won a Super Bowl with the team that drafted them. Who are they? 2. A final WNBA mock ahead of tonight's draft David Butler II/USA Today: Presumptive No. 1 overall pick Sabrina Ionescu The 2020 WNBA Draft, in which the New York Liberty have the No. 1 pick, is tonight on ESPN at 7 p.m. It will trudge on similar to how the NFL intends to: In a virtual setting where teams will relay their choices to commissioner Cathy Engelbert while the players watch at home. Here's a mock draft from Wednesday, [via ESPN]( which includes two UConn players: - New York Liberty: Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu - Dallas Wings: Oregon's Satou Sabally - Indiana Fever: Baylor's Lauren Cox - Atlanta Dream: Texas A&M's Chennedy Carter - Dallas Wings: South Carolina's Tyasha Harris - Minnesota Lynx: UConn's Crystal Dangerfield - Dallas Wings: Princeton's Bella Alarie - Chicago Sky: UConn's Megan Walker - New York Liberty: Oregon's Ruthy Hebard - Phoenix Mercury: South Carolina's Mikiah Herbert Harrigan - Seattle Storm: South Florida's Kitija Laksa - New York Liberty: Miami's Beatrice Mompremier A few facts on Ionescu, the Liberty's presumed No. 1 overall pick: - She has the most triple-doubles in men's and women's NCAA basketball history, with 26. - She is the two-time reigning John R. Wooden Award winner, given to the best player in women's college basketball. - She had 10 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists in a win over UConn in February. - [She's ready for New York:]( "I am definitely, hopefully, excited for that opportunity to play there at Barclays Center and just the marketability there in New York, the hustle and bustle is something that can be beneficial not only to myself as a person, but as a brand for women's basketball." --------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Highlights from the archive NHL/YouTube GIF'd above: Michael Del Zotto's score off a rebound in Game 7 of the 2012 Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Washington Capitals. That goal gave the Rangers a 2-0 lead in a game they'd eventually win, 2-1. Their season ended in the next round against the Devils, four games to two. Would the Rangers have been playing right now, if not for this pandemic? It's impossible to know, but: - They were [two points]( out of a wildcard spot (the Islanders were one point out) when the season was suspended in March. - They were 14-8 since the All-Star break, compared to 9-9 for Carolina and 6-13 for Columbus, the teams that occupied the two wildcard spots. --------------------------------------------------------------- 4. The New York Minute - SNY's latest mailbags: Ralph Vacchiano on the [Giants]( | Vacchiano on the [Jets]( | Ian Begley on the [Knicks]( - There is growing optimism regarding the NBA's return in advance of the NBA Board of Governors meeting today, [according to a report](. - [Here's]( your chance to rank the top five Mets games of the 2010s. - Pete Alonso [dropped in]( on a high school geometry class's Zoom session. - In case you missed yesterday's hype video released by all of New York/New Jersey's pro teams, [here it is](. - [Five questions]( for Dave Gettleman. --------------------------------------------------------------- Trivia answer: Indy's Peyton Manning and Kansas City's Eric Fisher. Eli Manning was drafted No. 1 by the Chargers, and traded to the Giants. That's the buzzer, folks. Stay safe and enjoy your weekend. This email was sent by: SportsNet New York (SNY) 150 Greenwich st 50th floor New York, NY 10007 US [Unsubscribe]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Facebook](