It’s said that you go big or you go home. In the case of the Chicago Sky at the 2024 WNBA Draft, they went big and went home very satisfied.
Before a record television audience of more than 2.4 million viewers, the draft brought in a class that many will look back at as their “1997 moment,” when the league began and big names helped usher in a new era. In other words, it is the dawning of a new day—not just for the league but for Chicago as well.
After much speculation as to who the Sky would select at No. 3, with many anticipating that Rickea Jackson of Tennessee would be the pick, the Sky took a chance and came away with South Carolina’s Kamilla Cardoso at No. 3 and LSU’s Angel Reese at No. 7. Originally owners of the No. 8 pick, Chicago made a pre-draft trade with the Minnesota Lynx to move up to No. 7. The team also selected Brynna Maxwell out of Gonzaga with the No. 13 pick.
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Cardoso is coming off a stellar collegiate career, first with Syracuse and then with South Carolina, which culminated with winning the national title and going undefeated at 38-0. She…
