WNBA Draft night: 3 big winners, 3 potential losers

New York City – 2025 WNBA The draft was officially completed, with 38 players selected. There were some easy choices – General Manager of Dallas Wings Cart mirror We’ve made sure he never doubted that he would choose Page Booker – and others who have been much more uncertain about who will close out the first round of the draft.

Some teams were in a much better position to succeed. For example, the Washington mystics had picks 3, 4, and 6, but all of the likes of the Golden State Valkyrie were put in one basket.

There are three winners and three losers in the draft night.

Winner: Dallas Wings

There were many blessings in Dallas on Monday night. They have secured the best and most WNBA-enabled players in the Page Bookers draft. This was easy.

And they also chose NC status Outstanding Asia Hajames is Outstanding Asia Hajames with his 12th pick, a microwave scorer who averaged 17.9 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists this past season.

They won the draft lottery, so it was difficult for Dallas to ruin a draft night. But their No. 12 pick could be a steal alongside the talent the Bueckers can’t deny.

Loser: Golden State Valkyries

Valkyries took the risk with the No. 5 pick and chose Just Jocyte, the Lithuanian star. The 19-year-old has now played professional basketball in France for five seasons, and has been compared by some to Luka Donsic.

However, there are many open questions about her ability to defend, attack efficiency, and availability. Golden State may have secured more reliable prospects with its first-ever franchise draft topic, but it swings with higher risky reward talents, including Georgia Amoor, Hailey Van Lis, Anesa Moreau and Sanya Rivers.

Valkyrie may know better than the rest of us, but this was a rather surprising choice in real time.

Winner: Washington Mystics

The mystics were the owner of the picks, number 3, number 4, and number 6, good places to enter the draft. They’ll leave together Notre Dame Guard Sonia Citron, USC forward Kiki Iliafen, Kentucky Guard Georgia Amoor – a third-year player with WNBA-compatible skills.

This is hard to be wrong if you have half the rights of the top six players, but this was a balanced group that helped Washington build around the young core that Aaliyah Edwards found. Citron must be an elite defender from the jump, but Amoor could be the point guard of the future.

Loser: Shyanne Seller

The Shyanne Sellers were the expected first round pick, but Maryland standout fell to the No. 17 pick. The seller has a great opportunity before her at Valkyries in Golden State, but she had to sit and wait much longer than expected until her name was finally called.

Worse, early in the evening, she was mistakenly identified as Anesa Moreau in an orange carpet interview.

Winners: Haley Van Lis, TCU

A year ago Haley Van Sris It was refreshing from the difficult losses for Iowa and far from the prospects for the first round. But after the outstanding season TCUshe showed that all she needs is a change in the landscape and more investment in mental health. Van Liss has arrived at the WNBA draft with her family, boyfriend NBA player Jalen Suggs, and her sports psychologist.

She was chosen as the 11th place Chicago Skyshe meets the former again LSU Teammates Angel Wreath He is coached by one of the biggest point guards in Courtney Vanderroot’s game history.

Loser: Sedona Prince, TCU

All 13 WNBA teams decided to pass Prince Sedona in the draft despite her interesting skill set. Decisions likely to be related to her A long list of domestic violence allegations. Prince was the first round prospect of many mock drafts a few weeks ago, so it’s a very noteworthy drop that she’ll fall from all three rounds.