Fever trade McCowan to Wings, now has 4 1st-round WNBA picks

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Indiana has traded center Teaira McCowan to the Dallas Wings in a deal that gives the Fever two more picks in the first round of the next WNBA draft.

The Fever got the fourth and sixth overall picks from the Wings in the deal announced Tuesday. Indiana already had the Nos. 2 and 10 picks, and would be the first WNBA team to make four first-round picks in the same draft if it keeps and uses all of them.

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Along with McCowan, a 25-year-old Texas native, the Wings got a seventh-round pick in the next draft for which the WNBA hasn't yet announced a date. The season begins May 6.

"This was a trade offer that made sense for both teams as we head into the 2022 regular season and we are now focused on 2, 4, 6 and 10," said Lin Dunn, the Fever's interim general manager.

FILE - Indiana Fever's Teaira McCowan (15) is shown during a WNBA basketball game against the Connecticut Sun on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, in Uncasville, Conn. Indiana has traded center Teaira McCowan to the Dallas Wings in a deal that gives the Fever two more first-round picks in the next WNBA draft. The Fever got the fourth and sixth overall picks in the deal announced Tuesday, March 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)

McCowan was the third overall pick in the 2019 draft after a standout career at Mississippi State. The 6-foot-7 center averaged 10.7 points and 8.8 rebounds a game in her 88 games (49 starts) the past three seasons for Indiana. She had career highs last season averaging 11.3 points and 9.6 rebounds, which ranked third in the league, and was fifth with 1.6 blocked shots a game.

"Teaira is one of the most dominant, young