WNBA Draft night: 3 big winners, 3 potential losers

New York City – The WNBA design of 2025 has been officially completed and 38 players have been selected. There were no briner selection-vallas wings general manager Curt Miller confirmed that he had never doubted to select Paige Bueckers and others who were much more uncertain, with a lot of debate about who would complete the first round of the design.

SubTeams were much better placed to succeed; The Washington Mystics, for example, had no. 3, no. 4 and no. 6 picks, while sub, just like the Golden State Valkyries, placed everything in one basket.

Here are three winners and three losers of Draft Night.

Winner: Dallas Wings

There was many celebrations in Dallas on Monday evening, and not for nothing. They provided the best and most WNBA-Ready player in the design in Paige Bueckers, a no-trainer.

And they also selected NC State striking Asiaha James with the 12th Pick, a microwave scorer who had an average of 17.9 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists last season.

Since the Draft Lottery won, it has been her for Dallas to mess up the sketch. But their No. 12 Pick Coud eventually becomes a stem on the unmistakable talent that Buckers is.

Loser: Golden State Valkyries

The Valkyries took a risk with the No. 5 Pick and selected the Lithhuanian guard Juste Jocyte. The 19-year-old now plays professional basketball in France for five seasons and has been from Sub to Luka Doncic.

But there are many open questions about her ability to defend, attacking efficient and availability. Golden State could have protected a brunette prospect with their collections of franchise-pick, but took a swing on a higher risk, higher-rewarding Talent-Georgia Amore, Hailey van Lith, Aneesah Morrow and Saniyah Rivers were still available.

The Valkyries may know better than the rest of us, but this was a pretty surprising choice in real time.

Winner: Washington Mystics

The mystics were in a good place in the design, owners of no. 3, no. 4 and no. 6 Picks. They walk away with the Notre Dame Guard Sonia Citron, USC Vooruit Kiki Iriafen and Kentucky guard Georgia Amore-Three figures players who have WNBA-ready skills.

It is difficult to go wrong if you have the right to half of the top-six players, but this was a well-connected group that will help Washington build around a young core head of Aaliyah Edwards. Citron should be an elite defender of the leap, while Amore could be a point guard of the future.

Loser: Shyanne Sellers

Shyanne Sellers was a projected first round Pick, but the striking Maryland fell on the no. 17 Pick. Sellers, you have an empathy -anomous for her with the Golden State Valkyries, but she had to sit and wait much longer than most expected until her name was finally called.

To make matters worse, she was previously incorrectly identified Aneesah Morrow in an interview with Oranje Carpet.

Winner: Hailey van Lith, TCU

A year ago, Hailey van Lith was verse of a difficult loss for Iowa and far from a prospect in the first round. But after a striking season at TCU, she demonstrated everything she needed a change in the landscape – and more investments in her mental health. Van Lith arrived at the WNBA design with her family, boyfriend NBA player Jalen Suggs, and, of course, her sports psychologist.

She was selected no. 11th by the Chicago Sky, where she will gather with former LSU teammate Angel Reese and is accompanied by one of the greatest point guards in the history of the game in Courtney Vandersloot.

Loser: Sedona Prince, TCU

All 13 WNBA teams decided to pass on Sedona Prince in the design of her intrigue board and skills; A decision related to its long list of accusations of domestic violence (although nothing has been confirmed). Prince was a prospect of the first round on many trial versions just a few weeks ago, so for her fall from all three rounds there is a fairly remarkable Falloff.