The Minnesota Lynx and Seattle Storm retired the jerseys of legends Sylvia Fowles and Sue Bird on Sunday. It was a great time for reflecting on their glorious pasts. But what do the franchises’ futures look like? When this WNBA regular season ends three months from now on Sept. 10, will both those teams be in the 2024 draft lottery?
The Lynx and Storm are still at the bottom of ESPN’s WNBA Power Rankings this week. Seattle, dealing with the loss of Breanna Stewart to free agency, as well as Bird’s retirement, beat the Los Angeles Sparks on Tuesday for its first victory of the season. Meanwhile, the Lynx saw a potential victory slip away Friday against the Indiana Fever, but a late rally Sunday gave them their first home win this season, also against the Sparks.
Minnesota added a lottery pick this season in No. 2 Diamond Miller, who’s out injured. That was Minnesota’s first top-four draft selection since 2012 — although Napheesa Collier has played so well for the Lynx that it’s easy to forget she was a No. 6 pick in 2019. That was like getting…
