As the dust settles on the 2025 WNBA Draft and teams prepare to integrate their new talents, it’s time to evaluate how each team did and how these players fit into their new situations.
Let’s see which teams came out on top and which ones might be left wanting more:
Winners
Dallas Wings
Winning the Paige Bueckers lottery is enough reason to celebrate. The best player in the draft with superstar potential automatically makes this team much better offensively. Ideally, she gets a ton of on-ball reps this season, but even if she doesn’t, she has the talent to play next to Arike Ogunbowale as an off-ball player.
The Aziaha James pick was a surprise, largely because the Wings have greater needs to address than scoring. The Wings were one of the worst defenses of all time last year—this is not an exaggeration!—and could have invested more in defense with their second first-round pick. James brings a lot as a scorer and if she’s able to create separation against WNBA defenders she could be a very valuable reserve in the future.
Madison Scott does fit the mold of what Dallas needs defensively. She’s incredibly versatile and can block a few shots as well. I still expect the Wings to be a bad defensive team this season, largely because the center position didn’t…
