WNBA Draft Lottery 2024 will be held Sunday, Dec. 10 at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN. In anticipation of the event, we’re analyzing what might happen if each of the four lottery teams—the Indiana Fever, Phoenix Mercury, Los Angeles Sparks and Seattle Storm—win the lottery and the No. 1 pick in a potentially-stacked 2024 WNBA Draft. Next up, the Storm.
With the Seattle Storm currently holding the fourth-best odds—104 of 1,000 chances—at winning the WNBA Draft Lottery, it got us thinking: Who should the Storm draft if they get the No. 1 pick?
Well, for starters, we don’t know who will be available to draft come springtime. But with certain players primed to be lottery picks, the ones discussed below should be safe bets, barring injury. Here are some of the best fits for the Storm if they get to draft first in the 2024 WNBA Draft:
Caitlin Clark
When it comes to drafting, there are two strategies: draft the best available player or draft for fit. With Caitlin Clark, you get both. Seattle needs someone to run the offense with Gabby Williams likely unavailable for the 2024 campaign. What…