Nyadiew Puoch and Isobel Borlase’s friendship will continue as WNBA teammates while Jaz Shelley will link with league great Diana Taurasi after the Australia trio’s names were called in a high-profile draft.
Puoch and Borlase, both 19, were taken with picks 12 and 20 respectively by Atlanta while college graduate and former WNBL rookie of the year Shelley went to Phoenix with the 29th pick.
Caitlin Clark earned the No.1 pick, with the Indiana Fever selecting the former Iowa star on the back of a record-breaking college career that culminated in 18.9 million viewers tuning in to her national championship decider.
Puoch and Borlase will be two of the youngest players in the league but boast two seasons of WNBL experience.
Puoch won a championship with Lauren Jackson at the Southside Flyers earlier this year, while Borlase stepped up for a battling Adelaide.
Both are Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence products who played together in two under-19 World Cups.
Currently dominating for NBL1 outfit Dandenong, Puoch looms as a draft-and-stash option for the Dream.
Born in Tasmania, the teenager is one of seven children of South Sudanese immigrant and…
