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While many teams fared well in Monday's WNBA draft, no one did better than Bill Laimbeer and the New York Liberty.

Monday, Miami's Shenise Johnson might go among the top five picks in the WNBA draft. But it wasn't that long ago that there was actually some question the 5-foot-11 guard would even make it through high school.

Most WNBA teams made draft picks Monday that made sense and helped fill a need in their current rosters.

Courtney Vandersloot, Danielle Robinson, Jasmine Thomas and Jantel Lavender shared their draft-day thoughts with us.

Nobody ever really knows on draft day how each team's picks are going to pan out. But there are no wrong answers here.

Wednesday's trades were as big as the picks. And though there's a lot of unknowns, everyone came out optimistic -- just like most draft days.

No one wants to see one of the league's top players miss an entire season. But sitting out 2013 -- even if it leaves Seattle scrambling right now for what appears to be a very competitive Western Conference race -- just might be exactly what Lauren Jackson needs.