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• Dallas Wings 2025 Roster and Depth Charts, Including Paige Bueckers
A look into the Dallas Wings' roster, depth chart, potential starting lineup, and a breakdown of key players going into the 2025 WNBA season....2025
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• 2025 WNBA Rookie of the Year odds: Paige Bueckers opens as big favorite

Will Paige Bueckers follow in Caitlin Clark's footsteps and win Rookie of the Year after being the No. 1 pick? Find out what the odds say....2025
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• Preseason Game Between Fever-Brazilian National Team Averages 1.3M Viewers

Sunday's preseason game between the Indiana Fever and the Brazilian national team averaged 1.3 million viewers on ESPN. The number represents a 13% increase from the WNBA's regular season average on ESPN from last year. It also was the 34th WNBA telecast to average a seven-figure audience over the past year. Paige Bueckers debut on Friday averaged 405,000 viewers on ION....2025
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• Paige Bueckers’ New Coach Chris Koclanes Reveals Massive Plans and Changes to Wings’ Roster in 2025
Dallas Wings head coach Chris Koclanes discusses plans to rotate his deep and talented roster as he aims to find the winning formula....2025
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• Paige Bueckers Reveals How She Nearly Put Her WNBA Career in Jeopardy Even Before It Started
WNBA rookie Paige Bueckers risked her basketball career by playing through injury for the UConn Huskies, chasing national championship....2025
• Paige Bueckers Follows in Breanna Stewart’s Footsteps, Wraps Up One Final Accolade for UConn Exploits
While Paige Bueckers is focused on her WNBA rookie season, the No. 1 overall pick wins one final award for her stellar senior year at UConn....2025
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• Paige Bueckers Reveals How She Nearly Put Her WNBA Career in Jeopardy Even Before It Started
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• WNBA strike a possibility amidst ongoing contract negotiations

Photo by Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The WNBPA Director says the union is committed to doing whatever it takes to get the deal they want going into next season. After the 2024 WNBA season concluded, the WNBPA (the league’s players’ union) opted out of the final two years of its collective bargaining agreement (CBA). The current CBA will expire at the end of the 2025 seas...2025
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• UConn women’s basketball’s chances of repeating boosted by top transfer portal player

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Wisconsin forward Serah Williams announced Wednesday that she was transferring to UConn, providing a boost to the reigning national champions. With Azzi Fudd and Sarah Strong returning to the court and Geno Auriemma coming back to the sidelines, UConn is widely expected to once again contend for the national championship in women’s college basketball next ...2025
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• 3 WNBA offseason additions who could win Most Improved Player this year

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images The WNBA’s Most Improved Player award could be interesting this season, based on all the player movement from this past free agency period. WNBA awards, and league awards in general, are a tricky subject. It seems like every voter has a different perception of what each award means and its parameters. The league is also intentionally vague about the defin...2025
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• 9 stellar women’s basketball rookies ready for star-making sophomore seasons

Mar 9, 2025; Uncasville, CT, USA; Villanova Wildcats guard Jasmine Bascoe (11) and UConn Huskies forward Sarah Strong (21) work for the ball in the second half at Mohegan Sun Arena. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-Imagn Images | David Butler II-Imagn Images Sarah Strong, Mikayla Blakes, Toby Fournier and Kiyomi McMiller are among the rising stars in women’s college basketball. Who is the...2025
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• 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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• 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."

2024
"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."

2023
"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."

2022
"The NFL is (kind of) back tonight! Plus, Paige Bueckers' injury hurts all of women's college basketball"

2021
"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."

2020
"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."

• Wings' Paige Bueckers has bumpy WNBA preseason debut in loss to Aces

Wings guard Paige Bueckers, the first overall selection in this year's draft, got her first taste of the pros in her WNBA preseason debut....2025
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• Paige Bueckers WNBA Contract for an Entire Season Doesn’t Even Come Close to Cooper Flagg’s Projected Salary Per Game
Cooper Flagg's single-game salary is projected to exceed Paige Bueckers' yearly salary, highlighting the massive pay gap between NBA and WNBA players....2025
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• 3 WNBA offseason additions who could win Most Improved Player this year
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• Most WNBA Draft picks won’t make their opening day rosters. Here’s why.

Photo by C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Last year, of the 36 WNBA players who were drafted, only 13 made their Opening Day rosters. NEW YORK CITY — Dozens of beloved college basketball players heard their names called on the night of the WNBA Draft. Some, like Harvard’s Harmoni Turner, celebrated from back home, surrounded by family for the momentous occasion. Others, like ...2025
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• Dallas Wings GM Curt Miller Lays Down Grand Plans as Paige Bueckers Takes Center Stage in 2025
Dallas Wings GM Curt Miller unveils ambitious plans as No. 1 pick Paige Bueckers leads a transformative 2025 WNBA draft class....2025
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• Mikko Rantanen is a PROBLEM for Dallas ... and not in the good way

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images Something has to change for the Stars. Is there something in the water when it comes to Dallas sports? The Cowboys are in a constant state of existential crisis, the Mavericks traded Luka Doncic in exchange for irrelevancy, and now the city’s only playoff bright spot, the Stars, are struggling to work out what’s wrong with their ace player Mikko Rantanen. R...2025
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• Dallas just signed a basketball star Nico Harrison isn’t allowed to trade

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images A week after the WNBA Draft, Paige Bueckers has signed her rookie-scale contract with the Dallas Wings. It’ll likely be her lowest source of income this year. On Tuesday, the expected was confirmed, as the WNBA transactions page updated to show that Paige Bueckers has officially signed her rookie-scale contract with the Dallas Wings. As with every rookie contract...2025
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• Paige Bueckers’ Takeover Continues as Minnesota Renames Her City for Wings Debut
After being drafted No. 1 in the 2025 WNBA Draft, Paige Bueckers is receiving a unique ceremonious honor ahead of her Dallas Wings debut....2025
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• The WNBA Draft is officially bigger than 2 major men’s sports leagues

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Yes, more people tuned into the WNBA Draft when Caitlin Clark was in it. But what stands out most was that Monday’s viewership numbers topped both the NHL’s and MLB’s Draft numbers. NEW YORK CITY — Cameras surrounded Paige Bueckers as she made her way into the WNBA Draft on Monday. Bueckers, the inevitable No. 1 pick in the draft, was already one of women’s bask...2025
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• WNBA strike a possibility amidst ongoing contract negotiations
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• UConn women’s basketball’s chances of repeating boosted by top transfer portal player
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• 3 WNBA offseason additions who could win Most Improved Player this year
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• 9 stellar women’s basketball rookies ready for star-making sophomore seasons
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• Mikko Rantanen is a PROBLEM for Dallas ... and not in the good way
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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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• 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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• 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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• WNBA strike a possibility amidst ongoing contract negotiations
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• Ginormous Cooper Flagg vs. Paige Bueckers Salary Disparity Sees Jrue Holiday’s Wife Issue Clear 3-Word Message
Jrue Holiday's wife, Lauren Holiday, recently reacted to the huge pay disparity between Cooper Flagg and Wings rookie Paige Bueckers....2025
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• Most WNBA Draft picks won’t make their opening day rosters. Here’s why.
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• The WNBA Draft is officially bigger than 2 major men’s sports leagues
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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
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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• 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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• WNBA Draft night: 3 big winners, 3 potential losers
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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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• Dallas Wings 2025 Roster and Depth Charts, Including Paige Bueckers
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• 2025 WNBA Rookie of the Year odds: Paige Bueckers opens as big favorite
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• Paige Bueckers Names Massive Difference From WNBA and NCAA Basketball After Bumpy Wings Debut
Paige Bueckers made her WNBA debut when the Wings faced the Aces in a preseason matchup on May 2....2025
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• Caitlin Clark Emerges As Betting Favorite For 2025 WNBA MVP Award

Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark has become the betting favorite to win the 2025 WNBA Most Valuable Player award at +200 odds, according to ESPN BET. The 23-year-old second-year player has overtaken three-time MVP A'ja Wilson (+235) despite opening at longer odds (+300). Clark's rise to the top of the odds board is largely driven by overwhelming betting support. Multiple sportsbooks report at leas...2025
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• UConn women’s basketball’s chances of repeating boosted by top transfer portal player
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• New Nickname Alert: Paige Bueckers and Arike Ogunbowale Deemed “Parike” by Wings Fans
The W season is officially underway. With training camp having just started, Wings fans have already been preparing for what looks to be one of the most exciting seasons they’ve had in some time, especially with the backcourt of Paige Bueckers and Arike Ogunbowale. The duo has a new nickname by Wings fans: Parike. With […] The post New Nickname Alert: Paige Bueckers and Arike Ogunbowa...2025
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• 3 WNBA offseason additions who could win Most Improved Player this year
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• 9 stellar women’s basketball rookies ready for star-making sophomore seasons
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• Most WNBA Draft picks won’t make their opening day rosters. Here’s why.
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• Mikko Rantanen is a PROBLEM for Dallas ... and not in the good way
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• Most WNBA Draft picks won’t make their opening day rosters. Here’s why.
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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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• Sara Ashlee Barker and 2 other WNBA prospects drafted higher than expected
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• Wings GM explains why players should want Dallas to pick them in 2025 WNBA Draft
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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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