Dallas Wings win WNBA draft lottery, to have No. 1 overall pick - ESPN

The Dallas Wings will have the No. 1 pick in the 2025 WNBA draft — widely expected to be UConn star Paige Bueckers — after winning the league's draft lottery Sunday.

The Los Angeles Sparks will select second, followed by the Chicago Sky and Washington Mystics.

The Wings had a combined 45.4% chance of earning the top pick, including both their odds and those of the Sky, as Dallas had the rights to swap first-round picks with Chicago. The odds were based on the two-year cumulative records for the four teams that missed the 2024 postseason. The Sparks' probability to win the lottery was 44.2% and the Mystics' 10.4%.

With their No. 1 pick in tow, the Wings will seek to return to the playoffs after an injury-plagued 9-31 run in 2024. It will be the franchise's first No. 1 overall pick since 2021, when Dallas selected Charli Collier, but marks the first time the organization won the lottery.

«We know what No. 1 draft picks have done to franchises and in recent years how they've changed the trajectory of teams,» said Curt Miller, who was announced as the Wings' new general manager on Nov. 8. «So super excited to earn the No. 1 pick in 2025 draft.»

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