On Sunday night, the Dallas Wings won the WNBA Draft Lottery for the second straight season.
The Wings, who selected Paige Bueckers No. 1 overall last year, had a 42 percent chance of getting the top pick again. Minnesota, which had the best record in the league last year, will pick second. After the previous trade, the Bobcats had a first-round pick from the Chicago Sky.
Seattle, Washington and Chicago have completed the lottery.
The WNBA is currently negotiating with the players union over a new collective bargaining agreement. Both sides agreed to extend the deadline from October 31 to November 30. Assuming negotiations on a new CBA can be agreed, the draft would typically be carried out in April.
While there isn't a clear No. 1 pick in the draft like Bueckers had last season, there are plenty of draft-eligible players in college, including UCLA's Lauren Betts, UConn's Azzie Fudd, LSU's Flower'Jay Johnson and TCU's Olivia Miles. There is also the Spanish player Ava Pham.
The league will expand to 15 teams this season with the addition of the Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo. Expansion project details for these two new franchises have yet to be announced. Both teams will also have the sixth and seventh picks in next April's draft.
A coin toss will decide who owns which choice.
Here is the full draft order for the first round:
1. Dallas Wings
2. Minnesota Links (via Chicago)
3. Seattle Storm (via Los Angeles)
4. Washington Mystics
5. Chicago Sky (via Connecticut)
6. Toronto Tempo/Portland Fire
7. Portland Fire/Toronto Tempo
8. Golden State Valkyries
9. Washington Mystics (via Seattle)
10. Indiana Fever
11. Washington Mystics (via New York)
12. Connecticut Sun (via Phoenix)
13. Atlanta Dream
14. Seattle Storm (via Las Vegas)
15. Connecticut Sun (via Minnesota)
— With files from Sportsnet staff.
