With several — but not all — major moves of free agency having taken place, it’s time for another look at the projected first round in ESPN’s 2023 WNBA mock draft.
Since our previous mock in November after the Indiana Fever won the draft lottery, we’ve had plenty of time to see how women’s college basketball players have developed this season. But we still don’t know how many of the four-year seniors might take the option of returning for a fifth season because of the pandemic-affected 2020-21 academic year. So there is no guarantee the players in this mock draft will make themselves eligible for the 2023 draft.
Most players have said publicly they will make that decision after their college seasons end. Indiana Hoosiers senior post player Mackenzie Holmes has not declared for certain she will return to college, but told ESPN she is strongly leaning on coming back, so we didn’t include her for draft consideration. Also, at this point no draft-eligible juniors have publicly said they will declare for the draft, so they weren’t included, either.
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