The WNBA Draft is the biggest non-basketball event on the league calendar, and the day is finally here.
With all the details set and mock drafts completed, let’s make some final predictions on what else will happen during the league’s big day.
Wheeling and dealing
Trades happen before the draft, and we got one on Sunday, just a little over 24 hours before picks start coming in.
The Chicago Sky have acquired the No. 11 pick from the Minnesota Lynx. Chicago now has the No. 10 and No. 11 picks in this draft, and Minnesota has the Sky’s 2026 first-round draft selection.
WNBA TRADE:
The Chicago Sky acquired the No. 11 overall pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft. In exchange, Chicago and Minnesota agreed to end the Lynx’s right to swap the team’s 2026 first-round draft pick.
Minnesota will hold the Sky’s 2026 draft pick without having to swap their own.
— Meghan L. Hall (@ItsMeghanLHall) April 13, 2025
Chicago already had sent out the No. 3 overall pick to the Washington Mystics for Ariel Atkins. We also had the Los Angeles Sparks trading away the No. 2 pick to the Seattle Storm early during free agency as part of their deal for Kelsey Plum; that deal also resulted in the Sparks getting the No. 9 pick from the Storm. The Connecticut Sun acquired first-round picks…
