The Washington Mystics boasted three top-six picks in the 2025 WNBA Draft, taking home three highly-regarded college basketball legends.
Interestingly, they selected players at three entirely different positions, which quickly begs the question: Which of the Mystics first round picks will contribute the most in their first year?
Confident in Citron
Sonia Citron is one of those “high floor, low ceiling” role player prospects that every team needs, but the No. 3 overall pick is a high price for someone who was only marginally more than an off-ball scorer in college. If she meets expectations, she’ll be a really valuable asset in DC. It’s just hard to imagine her exceeding that projection. Citron does make sense for Washington after they shipped off Karlie Samuelson, their best spot-up wing shooter, to the Minnesota Lynx for a 2026 first rounder just hours before the draft.
Citron and Samuelson also own eerily similar shooting splits. Samuelson finished her sixth WNBA season shooting 43 percent from 2, 40 percent…
