"For the second year in a row, the Dallas Wings will have the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft. The Wings, who took UConn's Paige Bueckers in 2025, won the 2026 WNBA draft lottery Sunday and will select first on April 13. They are the fourth franchise to have the first overall pick in consecutive seasons. Lottery odds were based on the cumulative records of the past two WNBA regular seasons for the five teams that did not make the playoffs in 2025."
"Bueckers won WNBA Rookie of the Year and was also named to the All-WNBA second team. But the Wings failed to make the postseason again and finished the 2025 season with the league's worst record (10-34). Over the past five years, only the Indiana Fever have had more lottery picks than the Wings. Bueckers and Siegrist (selected third in 2023) were the only lottery picks to play for Dallas last season."
"This year's draft lottery was the first to feature five teams since 2010. The Lynx, who had the second-best odds heading into Sunday, will select second. The Storm will pick third, followed by the Washington Mystics at No. 4 and the Chicago Sky at No. 5. Center Awa Fam of Spain is projected to go No. 1 in ESPN's latest mock draft, with UCLA center Lauren Betts slotted in at No. 2."
The Dallas Wings won the 2026 WNBA draft lottery and will pick first on April 13, marking consecutive No. 1 selections. The Wings had a cumulative two-season record of 19-15, giving them 42% odds and guaranteeing at least a top-three pick. Dallas selected UConn's Paige Bueckers with the top pick in 2025; Bueckers earned WNBA Rookie of the Year and All-WNBA second team honors. The Wings finished 2025 with the league's worst record (10-34). The lottery included five teams—the Lynx, Storm, Mystics and Sky joining the Wings—and ESPN projects centers Awa Fam and Lauren Betts as top prospects.
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