Darnell Sallins
November 18, 2024, 12:40AM
The WNBA Draft Lottery was held on Sunday. Four teams were fighting for the No. 1 overall pick for the 2025 WNBA Draft. The Dallas Wings, Los Angeles Sparks, Chicago Sky and Washington Mystics.
The Wings had a combined 45.4% chance of landing the top pick which included their own odds and the Sky odds as the Wings had the rights to swap picks with the Sky. The Sparks had a 44.2% chance, and the Mystics had a 10.4% chance. The odds of the lottery were based on the two-year cumulative records for the four teams that missed the 2024 postseason.
The Dallas Wings would win the lottery and get the no. 1 pick for the 2025 WNBA Draft. The Los Angeles Sparks landed second, the Chicago Sky third, and the Washington Mystics fourth. It's the Wings first no. 1 overall pick since 2021 when they took Charli Collier.
New head coach of the Wings, Curt Miller said, "We know what No. 1 draft picks have done to franchises and in recent years how they've changed the trajectory of teams." Miller became the new coach and general manager in Dallas on November 8. Miller showed is excitement on X.
Wings star player Arike Ogunbowale also posted on X after heard the new:
Now the Dallas Wings are in prime position to draft UConn sensation Paige Bueckers with the star announcing that this will be her last year at UConn despite having another year of eligibility left with the COVID-19 year. In the early part of the season, Bueckers is averaging 21.3 points per game on 65% shooting and 50% from three through three games. Her career scoring average is 19.9 PPG which is on track to break Maya Moore's program record of 19.7 PPG from 2007-2011. Bueckers has been incredibly efficient shooting 53% from the field and 43% from three.
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