Sunday’s 2024 WNBA Draft Lottery has potential to be known as the Caitlin Clark Lottery. But Clark, Iowa’s senior star guard, could also decide to return to college next year and wait to enter the WNBA until the 2025 season. Uncertainty surrounds a number of potential top picks, not only Clark, who is presumed to go No. 1 if she declares.
Like last year, when they selected former South Carolina star Aliyah Boston at No. 1, the Indiana Fever enter Sunday with the best odds of obtaining the No. 1 pick (44.2 percent), followed by the Phoenix Mercury (27.6 percent), Los Angeles Sparks (17.8 percent) and Seattle Storm (10.4 percent). The lottery broadcast is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.
What has Clark said about her future?
In early October, Clark said she wasn’t ready to decide if she would return for a fifth season with the Hawkeyes in 2024-25 or turn pro. However, the Iowa star noted she was still going to “treat this year like this is my last year.”
“I’m going to go based off of my gut,” she said. “At the end of the day, that’s the biggest thing that I think I should trust. I’m going to know when I need to know if I want to stay or if I want to go.”
Clark’s scoring numbers have increased this season as she’s averaging a career-high 29.6…
