Denim DeShields was destined to be a good athlete because it runs in her family. Her father, Delino, played 13 years of professional baseball, and her mom, Tisha, was an All-American track and ...
About 16 hours after being drafted No. 3 overall by the Chicago Sky on Thursday in WNBA Draft 2018, DeShields will be on a flight back to Turkey where she continues a unique basketball journey.
DeShields, a 29-year-old guard who played her college ball at North Carolina and Tennessee, spent last season with the Chicago Sky, averaging 4.5 points and 1.3 assists in 13.8 minutes per game.