The Dallas Wings were the lucky winners on Sunday in the 2025 WNBA Draft Lottery, and will now have the No. 1 overall pick for the second time in franchise history. The first came in 2021, when they selected Charli Collier, who was out of the league after two seasons. This time around, things should go much better with UConn star Paige Bueckers on the board.
Rounding out the lottery are the Los Angeles Sparks, who had the best individual odds (44.2%) at winning the top pick, but will have to settle for the No. 2 selection for the second year in a row, the Chicago Sky, who owed the Wings a pick swap and could not wind up with the first pick, and the Washington Mystics.
The league’s new expansion team, the Golden State Valkyries, will begin play in the 2025 season. They have been slotted in at No. 5 in the first round, just behind the lottery participants, and will maintain that spot in the second and third rounds as well, which means they’ll also have the Nos. 17 and 30 selections. The Valkyries will begin to fill out their roster on Dec. 6 with the expansion draft.
One important note for this year is that the Las Vegas Aces had their 2025 first-round pick rescinded by the league after a 2023…
