The Dallas Wings will decide first within the 2025 WNBA Draft after profitable the draft lottery for the primary time in franchise historical past.
Sunday’s lottery awarded the No. 1 total choice to Dallas, which had 227 probabilities out of 1,000 to have its quantity referred to as.
The Los Angeles Sparks, who had the very best odds for the No. 1 decide, will draft second for the second straight 12 months. The Chicago Sky will decide third and the Washington Mystics might be fourth.
The 4 groups to overlook the 2024 postseason had been assigned quantity mixtures based mostly on their mixed information from the 2023 and 2024 seasons. Los Angeles (25-55) had probably the most assigned mixtures (442 out of 1,000), whereas Chicago was tied with Dallas after having an identical 31-49 information since 2023.
The Wings are presently available in the market for a brand new head coach after they parted methods with Latricia Trammell following a 9-31 marketing campaign this previous season. The workforce employed former Sparks and Connecticut Solar head coach Curt Miller as its new normal supervisor earlier this month, and he’ll lead the seek for a brand new coach.
UConn star guard Paige Bueckers is atop WNBA draft boards as the faculty season will get in movement. Different choices for the Wings may embody Southern California ahead Kiki Iriafen and Notre Dame guard Olivia Miles.
In 2024, the Wings picked fifth and ninth total and drafted Ohio State guard Jacy Sheldon and French guard Carla Leite. The Sparks picked Stanford ahead Cameron Brink second total final April and the Sky additionally went third, taking South Carolina heart Kamilla Cardoso earlier than including LSU’s Angel Reese at No. 7.
The growth Golden State Valkyries will decide fifth in every of the draft’s three rounds. The Valkyries even have an growth draft on Dec. 6.
–Discipline Stage Media
