The 2024 WNBA draft lottery will take place Dec. 10 on ESPN, the league announced Tuesday.
A 30-minute draft lottery special will air at 4:30 p.m. ET between the last two games of the Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Showcase tripleheader that day. The draft is scheduled for April 15.
The Indiana Fever, Los Angeles Sparks, Phoenix Mercury and Seattle Storm missed the 2023 WNBA playoffs and qualified for the upcoming lottery.
Lottery odds are based on the cumulative records of the past two WNBA regular seasons (2022 and 2023). With a cumulative record of 18-58, the Fever have the most chances to land the top pick (442 out of 1,000) and are guaranteed at least the third pick. Indiana had the No. 1 selection in the 2023 draft and took South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston, who was named Rookie of the Year.
Phoenix went a combined 24-52 the past two seasons and has 276 chances out of 1,000 to win the top pick. Los Angeles (30-46) has the third-most chances with 178, and Seattle (33-43) has 104.
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