Having the top pick in Monday’s WNBA draft virtually guaranteed the Dallas Wings an “A” in ESPN’s draft grades. And then the Wings did even better.
As expected, they selected UConn guard Paige Bueckers at No. 1. Dallas then went guard-heavy on three of its four other picks, and at least a couple have a solid chance to make the Wings’ roster.
Two teams in rebuilding mode — the Washington Mystics and Connecticut Sun — also had strong drafts. The league’s newest team, the expansion Golden State Valkyries, didn’t grade as well (their expansion draft also raised eyebrows). But there’s always a chance for teams to prove these grades wrong — sometimes for better, sometimes for worse.
The Phoenix Mercury had no picks Monday, and the defending champion New York Liberty had just one — the final selection — so there’s no grade for either franchise. But here are our initial impressions of the 2025 draft for the other 11 franchises.
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1: Paige Bueckers, UConn Huskies, PG
12: Aziaha James, NC…
