The 2023 WNBA Draft is in the books. As expected, the Indiana Fever selected Aliyah Boston with the No. 1 overall pick and now have a franchise building block as they look to turn things around following six consecutive lottery appearances. The three-time unanimous First Team All-American and former Naismith Player of the Year is one of the best prospects to enter the league in a number of years.
Rounding out the lottery, the Minnesota Lynx picked Diamond Miller at No. 2, while the Dallas Wings took Maddy Siegrist at No. 3, then traded with the Washington Mystics to get the No. 4 pick and added Stephanie Soares.
Now that the action is all wrapped up, here are the full results along with breakdowns and grades for every first-round pick.
1. Indiana Fever: Aliyah Boston (C, South Carolina)
No surprise here. Boston has been the projected No. 1 pick for well over a year and the Fever made that official. Boston was a dominant interior presence in college at South Carolina, where she was a three-time unanimous First Team All-American, two-time Naismith Defensive Player of the Year and 2022 Naismith Player of the Year. She has all the physical tools and skills on both sides of the ball to be a franchise player…
, No. 3 Maddy Siegrist (Wings) and No. 4 Stephanie Soares (Wings) rounded out the lottery){kind=link}