The 2024 WNBA Draft is in the books, and now that the dust has settled, let’s take a moment to look at things team-by-team. Every WNBA team has its own strategy with respect to drafting, which is influenced by rosters, the salary cap and how competitive the team expects to be in the near future, among other factors. With that in mind, let’s go through each team in the Eastern Conference and pick apart how they fared on draft night.
Atlanta Dream
Atlanta was a popular destination for free agents to begin 2024, adding guards Jordin Canada and Aerial Powers and center Tina Charles, and based on the team’s draft selections, it seems like the Dream more or less have their core in place for the upcoming season.
The Dream went international with all three of their picks, drafting Australian forward Nyadiew Puoch at No. 12, Australian guard Isobel Borlase at No. 20 and Italian guard Matilde Villa at No. 32. According to The Next’s Hunter Cruse, all three of these players are expected to stay overseas for the time being; Puoch and Borlase, in particular, will be training with the Australian national team for the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics, which begin in late July.
This “draft and stash” strategy is becoming more popular among WNBA teams as the league’s hard…
