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. First up, the Fever.
Last year, the Fever received the No. 1 pick in the WNBA Draft for the first time in franchise history, allowing the organization to bring consensus top talent Aliyah Boston to Indiana. This year, the Fever again have the best lottery odds—with 442 of 1,000 chances—of winning the prized pick.
If the basketball gods favor the Fever, who might they select to pair with Boston and, hopefully, propel Indy back to the playoffs for the first time since 2016?
Would Caitlin Clark be the pick for the Fever?
Thus far, no college star has emerged as the consensus top selection, while the ability of athletes to take an extra COVID year, combined with the appeal of NIL deals, creates further uncertainty about who will or will not put their name in the 2024 WNBA Draft.
However, if Caitlin Clark opts to leave Iowa City after four seasons, Fever general manager Lin Dunn has not-so-subtly indicated that she would be eager to have the…
