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• Everything you need to know about the most interesting player in the WNBA Draft

Dominique Malonga was drafted No. 2 overall to the Seattle Storm, and the dunking machine is one of the best prospects to be drafted in years. When the Seattle Storm traded Jewell Loyd away for the No. 2 Overall pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft, they knew it was because they could get an excellent player. Not just excellent, but a generational franchise player to lead them into their next chapter. Whil...2025
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• Ranking the Most WNBA-Ready Players After the Draft Including Paige Bueckers and Hailey Van Lith
From Paige Bueckers to Hailey Van Lith, here are the 20 most WNBA-ready players from the 2025 draft ranked....2025
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• 2025 WNBA Draft Viewership: Paige Bueckers and Co. Make History but Still Nowhere Near Caitlin Clark
Paige Bueckers headlined a historic 2025 WNBA Draft, but did she come close to Caitlin Clark’s record-breaking viewership numbers?...2025
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• 7 Bold Predictions for the 2025 WNBA Season: Paige Bueckers Shines, Lynx Get Revenge
New teams. New stars. New drama. From breakout candidates to surprising playoff contenders, here are seven predictions for the 2025 WNBA season....2025
• Who Is the Highest-Paid WNBA Rookie in 2025? Paige Bueckers Forced To Share the Throne
Paige Bueckers leads the 2025 WNBA Draft but shares the highest rookie salary with three others, making it a four-way tie at the top....2025
• WNBA Draft Averages 1.25M Viewers On ESPN

Monday's WNBA Draft averaged 1.25 million viewers on ESPN. The number is down 50% from last year, but still represents the second most-watched draft in league history. The third most-watched draft had 601,000 viewers in 2004. The telecast peaked with 1.46 million viewers. Paige Bueckers was selected with the No. 1 pick by the Wings....2025

• Nico Harrison is still defending the Luka Doncic trade after Mavs’ nightmare season

Photo by Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images The Mavs explained Luka Doncic trade again, and they still sound delusional Nico Harrison has made it clear: he doesn’t regret the Luka Doncic trade even after a nightmare end to the Dallas Mavericks’ season. The Mavs’ top decision-maker met the media on Tuesday for just the second time since the Doncic trade. Harrison barred cameras and recording dev...2025
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• 3 best players who went undrafted in the 2025 WNBA Draft

Photo by Greg Fiume/NCAA Photos via Getty Images TCU’s Sedona Prince wasn’t among the 38 selections in the 2025 WNBA Draft. Here’s who else didn’t hear their name called. Some of the best players from the 2024-25 women’s college basketball season heard their names called on Monday night in New York at the 2025 WNBA Draft. And some also didn’t. While UConn star Paige Bueckers went No. 1 ove...2025
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• 2026 WNBA Draft: Way-too-early big board for women’s college basketball prospects

Photo by Tyler Schank/NCAA Photos via Getty Images UCLA’s Lauren Betts, UConn’s Azzi Fudd, TCU’s Olivia Miles and LSU’s Flau’Jae Johnson are among the top projected 2026 WNBA prospects. The 2025 WNBA Draft is in the books. As expected, UConn star Paige Bueckers went No. 1 overall to the Dallas Wings, while 6-foot-6 French prospect Dominique Malonga was selected second by the Seattle Storm....2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 15, 2025

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images What can wake these bats up? Anne Rogers writes about the success of Daniel Lynch IV. Lynch has 29 strikeouts during his scoreless streak. The streak is the third-longest scoreless streak ever by a Royals reliever, only trailing Kelvin Herrera (31 innings in 2014) and Wade Davis (31 2/3 innings in ‘14). “It’s really cool to be a part of w...2025
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• The WNBA Draft’s third round was filled with possible steals

Photo by C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Many third-round WNBA Draft prospects could end up being impactful for their teams this year. I obviously know ball. Which is why when I detailed potential WNBA draft steals, the general managers listened to me, and that’s why all five of the players I highlighted as great and underrated players were drafted. obviously. Many of Monday’s...2025
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• WNBA mock draft 2025: Final projection for all 38 picks still has Paige Bueckers on top

UConn’s Paige Bueckers is widely expected to be the top pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft. | Photo by Ben Solomon/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Here’s our last-minute 2025 WNBA Mock Draft, with projections and analysis for all 38 picks. The 2025 WNBA Draft is rapidly approaching, and there’s no shortage of storylines as the league’s 13 teams prepare to make their selections. Once again, there’s n...2025
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• Paige Bueckers Gets Emotional While Sharing Wholesome Moment With Geno Auriemma as UConn Wins Championship
Paige Bueckers overcame injury setbacks and returned to lead UConn to a national title, sharing an emotional moment with her head coach....2025
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• There’s no dispute about Paige Bueckers’ legacy: She put UConn back on top

UConn senior guard Paige Bueckers cuts down the net after leading the Huskies to a national championship victory over South Carolina on Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Tampa, Florida. | Mitchell Northam / SB Nation Finally, after four seasons in five years, Paige Bueckers leaves UConn as a national champion, and one of the greatest ever to wear a Huskies uniform. TAMPA, Fla. — Azzi Fudd pointed ...2025
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• Paige Bueckers’ Injury History: How Many Surgeries Has the WNBA Draft Prospect Had?
Paige Bueckers battled multiple injuries, including a torn ACL, but returned stronger. Her resilience and dedication define her journey to the WNBA....2025
• 5 players who skipped the 2025 WNBA Draft, but could be top prospects in 2026

David Butler II-Imagn Images Now that we know a few of the NCAA stars that will NOT be declaring for the upcoming 2025 WNBA Draft, let’s take a look at a few of the biggest prospects for the 2026 class. The 2025 WNBA Draft is just weeks away, and with March Madness winding down, eligible players are deciding whether or not to declare for the pros. With the extra year of COVID eligibility s...2025
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• Caitlin Clark stalking incident is latest reminder of why WNBA needs to further prioritize player safety

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Clark, the Indiana Fever standout guard, is the latest basketball star to be subject to harassment and stalking. On Sunday, a 55-year-old man was arrested on a felony stalking charge after allegedly sending repeated sexually violent messages to Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark. The man, a Texas resident named Michael Lewis, reportedly traveled to Indian...2025
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"Unless something groundbreaking happens between now and Monday, the obvious choice for Dallas will be to draft Paige Bueckers first overall out of UConn."

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"The two teams played what could charity be described as a rock fight — a physical, low scoring game that saw superstars Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers fail to find their best rhythm."

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"UConn has been slammed by injuries in that span — none more impactful than Paige Bueckers’ torn ACL that kept her out for the entire 2022-23 campaign."

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"The NFL is (kind of) back tonight! Plus, Paige Bueckers' injury hurts all of women's college basketball"

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"Paige Bueckers continued her dominant freshman season in the 2021 NCAA tournament, becoming just the fifth freshman ever to score 100 points in a single Women's NCAA tournament, joining the all-time greats such as Tamika Catchings and Breanna Stewart."

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"GRAB YOUR COPY OF SLAM 226 FEATURING PAIGE BUECKERS This past December, when SLAM reached out to Paige Bueckers to tell her that she was going to be on the next cover, she responded with just two words: “Why me?"

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"Ask people who know about Paige Bueckers’ game, and they will provide long, specific lists of all the things she needs to do better."

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• Who Is the Highest-Paid WNBA Rookie in 2025? Paige Bueckers Forced To Share the Throne
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• WNBA Draft Averages 1.25M Viewers On ESPN
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• Nico Harrison is still defending the Luka Doncic trade after Mavs’ nightmare season
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• 3 best players who went undrafted in the 2025 WNBA Draft
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• 2026 WNBA Draft: Way-too-early big board for women’s college basketball prospects
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• Hailey Van Lith’s Boyfriend Jalen Suggs Issues Lighthearted Challenge for No. 1 WNBA Draft Pick Paige Bueckers
Hailey Van Lith has been drafted as the 11th overall by the Chicago Sky and now her boyfriend has a challenge for Paige Bueckers....2025
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• Caitlin Clark vs. Paige Bueckers Rookie Contract: Comparing the WNBA Salaries of the Two No.1 Picks
Caitlin Clark & Paige Bueckers’ WNBA contracts, endorsements & Unrivaled deals show changing tides in women’s basketball...2025
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• Paige Bueckers Signs Three-Year Deal With Unrivaled
Paige Bueckers signed a three-year deal with the three-on-three league Unrivaled. Bueckers' first-year salary with Unrivaled is set to be greater than what she will make in four years on her WNBA rookie salary. Bueckers, who was the No. 1 pick in the WNBA Draft, will earn $78,831 in her first year in the WNBA. Unrivaled made north of $27 million in revenue last year, more than double projections....2025

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• Sara Ashlee Barker and 2 other WNBA prospects drafted higher than expected

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Georgia Amoore, Sara Ashlee Barker, and Juste Jocyte were three players who were selected before most mock WNBA drafts predicted. NEW YORK CITY — Ahead of the 2025 WNBA Draft, most expected Paige Bueckers, Dominique Malonga, and Sonia Citron to round out the top three picks. But, after that, mock drafts conflicted. ESPN’s latest mock draft projected that USC fo...2025
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• WNBA Draft night: 3 big winners, 3 potential losers

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Hailey Van Lith comes away one of the biggest winners of the 2025 WNBA Draft, while TCU teammate Sedona Prince never heard her name called. NEW YORK CITY — The 2025 WNBA Draft is officially complete, and 38 players have been selected. There were some no-brainer selections — Dallas Wings general manager Curt Miller confirmed he never doubted selecting Paige Bueck...2025
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• The WNBA Draft’s third round was filled with possible steals
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• WNBA mock draft 2025: Final projection for all 38 picks still has Paige Bueckers on top
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• 3 potential WNBA draft prospects who weren’t invited to draft night

Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images Sedona Prince, Harmoni Turner, and Rayah Marshall headline a list of prospects who weren’t invited to the WNBA Draft. The WNBA has announced that 16 players will be invited to attend Monday’s draft in person in New York City, and the list is mostly unsurprising: Georgia Amoore, Kentucky Sarah Ashlee Barker, Alabama Paige Bueckers, UConn Sonia Citron, N...2025
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• Hailey Van Lith and 4 other players who could be 2025 WNBA Draft steals

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images With the WNBA Draft just one week away, players like Hailey Van Lith out of TCU or Kaitlyn Chen out of UConn could end up being great long-term projects for teams. Now that the NCAA season is over, attention switches right over to the WNBA Draft, happening on Monday, April 14 in New York. While we know that newly crowned National Champion Paige Bueckers...2025
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• There’s no dispute about Paige Bueckers’ legacy: She put UConn back on top
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• Nico Harrison is still defending the Luka Doncic trade after Mavs’ nightmare season
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• Hailey Van Lith’s Boyfriend Jalen Suggs Issues Lighthearted Challenge for No. 1 WNBA Draft Pick Paige Bueckers
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• Sara Ashlee Barker and 2 other WNBA prospects drafted higher than expected
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• Serena Sundell, sister of Seahawks’ Jalen Sundell, drafted by WNBA’s Seattle Storm

Photo by Tyler Schank/NCAA Photos via Getty Images The Sundells are reunited in Seattle! Two Sundells, two different sports, same city. As NFL fans await next week’s draft in Green Bay, WNBA fans tuned in for Monday night’s draft in New York. UConn star and national champion Paige Bueckers predictably went No. 1 overall to the Dallas Wings, while the Seattle Storm selected Cameroonian-born...2025
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• Former Fox Analyst Faces Heavy Backlash From Fans After Publicly Shaming Paige Bueckers in Favor of Caitlin Clark
Fans blasted Skip Bayless for comparing Paige Bueckers to Caitlin Clark on WNBA Draft night, asking him to let her enjoy her moment....2025
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• Angel Reese Sends 6-Word Advice to Paige Bueckers and Others Ahead of 2025 WNBA Draft
Angel Reese shares sage advice to all 2025 WNBA Draft participants, urging players to soak in the moment and enjoy the experience....2025
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• WNBA mock draft 2025: Final projection for all 38 picks still has Paige Bueckers on top
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• Paige Bueckers Gets Emotional While Sharing Wholesome Moment With Geno Auriemma as UConn Wins Championship
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• ‘Love That Man’ – Paige Bueckers Is All Smiles Talking About Geno Auriemma After UConn’s NCAA Title Win
Paige Bueckers and Geno Auriemma share a heartfelt moment after UConn’s NCAA title win in an emotional farewell....2025
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• Iowa-UConn decided on controversial moving screen against Huskies in women’s Final Four

A highly controversial moving screen call decided an incredible Iowa-UConn game in the women’s Final Four. The Iowa Hawkeyes and UConn Huskies played one of the most anticipated women’s college basketball games in the history of the sport in the Final Four on Friday night in Cleveland. The two teams played what could charity be described as a rock fight — a physical, low scoring game that saw supe...2024
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• ‘Steph vs. Sabrina’ deserved better than Kenny Smith

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Kenny Smith’s comments were lazy, loaded with misogyny, and ruined an iconic event. Everything about the three-point contest between Stephen Curry and Sabrina Ionescu at NBA All-Star Weekend was incredible. Everything except Kenny Smith. Ionescu pushed Curry to the final rack. She tied the score that Damian Lillard won the NBA three-point contest wi...2024
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• Wings GM explains why players should want Dallas to pick them in 2025 WNBA Draft

Photo by C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images The Dallas Wings have the No. 1 overall draft pick in Monday’s WNBA Draft, and GM Curt Miller says the organization is looking for “winners.” The Dallas Wings have the No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming WNBA Draft, and their newly minted General Manager Curt Miller is ready to win. The former head coach now turned full-time front office...2025
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• New ESPN WNBA mock draft: 2 players make big jumps, 3 enter first round

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Dominique Malonga, Aneesah Morrow rise in ESPN’s latest WNBA mock draft, while Hailey Van Lith and Sedona Prince fall out of the first round. Just a few days before the WNBA Draft, ESPN has received a new WNBA mock draft — its first post-March Madness iteration. The biggest change between the two mock drafts is the absence of Notre Dame guard Olivia M...2025
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• LeBron James credits 'icons' for the rise of women's college basketball

James points to the likes of Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, and Paige Bueckers for the sport's success...2024
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• Grieving Mavericks fans, it’s time to meet the Dallas Wings!

Photo by Michael Hickey/NBAE via Getty Images If you’re livid over the stunning trade that sent Luka Doncic to the Lakers, it’s a good time to learn about Dallas’s other professional basketball team. To say the basketball world was stunned at the news that Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic was traded for Anthony Davis is perhaps the understatement of the century. Most fans’ initial r...2025
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• Iowa women’s basketball TV ratings are smashing records, and the numbers are staggering

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Iowa women’s basketball TV ratings are outdrawing every NBA Finals, World Series game over the last year. The 2024 women’s NCAA tournament has captivated audiences across America, and Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes are leading the charge. Iowa is shattering TV ratings records on their way to the national championship game, and the numbers are stagg...2024
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• In Iowa-UConn Final Four game we are left wondering what could have happened

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports In what was considered the “Paige vs. Caitlin” game going in ended with questions about officiating CLEVELAND — Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder was walking through the tunnels of Rocket Mortgage Field House with a smile on her face. With Caitlin Clark and Hannah Stuelke walking ahead of her, the team was on their way to the media press conference as the winners of Fr...2024
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• Serena Sundell, sister of Seahawks’ Jalen Sundell, drafted by WNBA’s Seattle Storm
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• 2025 WNBA Draft Picks So Far: Live Tracker as Paige Bueckers Heads to Dallas
PFSN's live tracker will keep you up-to-date on every pick during the 2025 WNBA Draft, starting with the Dallas Wings' selection at No. 1 overall....2025
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• 2025 WNBA Draft: Who had the best fits?

Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images Paige Bueckers was just one of the WNBA’s incoming class of rookies who STUNNED in their draft day outfits on the orange carpet. The WNBA Draft brought all of the newest rookies to the orange carpet, and (to no one’s surprise) they SLAYED. The WNBA has become a hotspot of fashion and culture, and the incoming draftees offered a reminder of that with their ou...2025
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• Looking back on the WNBA’s last 5 No. 1 draft picks ahead of the 2026 Draft

Brad Penner-Imagn Images The top pick in the WNBA Draft usually produces surefire superstars... but not always. The 2025 WNBA Draft is mere weeks away, and there isn’t much debate on who will be drafted No. 1 overall. Paige Bueckers has been slotted as a top draft prospect since before she even stepped onto UConn’s campus as a freshman. After five seasons in Storrs, it’s almost time for u...2025
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• UConn star confirms highly-anticipated WNBA Draft decision

Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images Paige Bueckers confirmed to ESPN’s Rebecca Lobo that she’ll be entering the 2025 WNBA Draft. UConn star Paige Bueckers is entering the 2025 WNBA Draft, she confirmed to ESPN’s Rebecca Lobo on Friday ahead of her team’s Sweet Sixteen matchup against Oklahoma. Bueckers is projected to be the No. 1 overall pick, which the Dallas Wings currently hold. The W...2025
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• 5 best performances by Player of the Year candidates in women’s college basketball, ranked

David Butler II-Imagn Images These were the best outings of the season by Paige Bueckers, JuJu Watkins and the other Player of the Year contenders in women’s basketball. The regular season is over and March is here. The NCAA Tournament is just around the corner and so is award season in women’s college basketball. All year long, players have wowed us with neck-breaking highlights, record-b...2025
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• Diana Taurasi’s retirement announcement comes at a perfect time

Photo by Kate Frese/NBAE via Getty Images Taurasi, who headlined the Phoenix Mercury for 20 years, leaves women’s basketball in a better place than ever. After an offseason of speculation, WNBA star Diana Taurasi has officially announced her retirement — hanging up her shoes after 20 seasons as one of the unequivocal faces of women’s basketball. She revealed her decision, which was widel...2025
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