Raven Johnson looked intently across a crowded room as her grandmother, Connie Boone, spoke into a microphone. God doesn’t make mistakes, she said to Johnson, whose necklace caught the reflection of a disco ball hanging above. You are here, in this position, for a reason, Boone wanted her granddaughter to know.
Only 28 others had found themselves in such a circumstance before: selected by the Indiana Fever in the first round of the WNBA draft. Johnson was the 29th, with the Fever taking the South Carolina guard as the No. 10 overall pick on Monday night. But Johnson’s grandmother’s words also spoke to the fortuity of the moment.
