The expansion draft for the Golden State Valkyries will be held on Dec. 6 and air on ESPN, the WNBA announced Monday.
The league unveiled additional details for how the expansion draft, the league’s first since 2008, will work ahead of the Valkyries launching play in 2025.
Each existing WNBA team can protect a maximum of six players who will not be eligible to be drafted by Golden State. Teams will submit roster lists — which include all players the franchise has the rights to as of the final day of the 2024 regular season — with an expected deadline of approximately 10 days before the expansion draft. Golden State can then acquire the contract of or rights to one available player from each of the 12 teams.
If a player not under contract for 2025 is selected, the Valkyries will receive whatever rights to them the existing team would have had. Golden State can select one player who is eligible to become an unrestricted free agent, given that player has not previously been cored…
