NEW YORK —The 2025 WNBA Draft is right here, and Ballislife presents a dwell replace of all the draft night time!
The Dallas Wings are projected to pick UConn’s Paige Bueckers No.1 total with the primary choose. With 38 picks, the draft can be divided into three rounds. The Minnesota Lynx already struck a commerce with the Chicago Sky, sending Chicago the No.11 total Draft.
With an thrilling night time of head, Ballislife has all of the updates, choice, information, trades, and extra! Listed below are the dwell outcomes from the 2025 WNBA Draft held in New York Metropolis
Full 2025 WNBA Draft Order
First Spherical
1. Dallas Wings: Paige Bueckers, Guard, UConn
The Dallas Wings are searching for a degree guard to enrich taking pictures guard Arike Ogunbowale, Paige Bueckers is an distinctive candidate to fill within the place wants. She led the UConn Huskies to their first nationwide championship since 2016 and has made a major impression on each ends of the courtroom since returning to play for her fifth season.
Bueckers will usher in her distinctive playmaking expertise, versatility and skill to play a number of positions to the Wings. She may very well be the franchise participant Dallas has been in search of, particularly after relocating from Tulsa practically a decade in the past.
– Aya Abdeen
2. Seattle Storm: Dominique Malonga, Middle, France
With the No.2 total choose, the Seattle Storm choose French sensation Dominque Malonga. At 6’6 she bolsters the Storm’s entrance courtroom depth alongside Ezi Magbegor and Nneka Ogwumike. Recognized for her dunking expertise, Malonga offers each an inside and out of doors menace for seattle.
At simply 19 years outdated, she strikes unimaginable effectively for her measurement. The Storm are getting a participant who possess nice size and measurement.
– Sara Jane Gamelli
3. Washington Mystics: Sonia Citron, Guard, Notre Dame
With the No.3 total choose the Mystics are getting a franchise participant with Sonia Citron. A participant that may construct round Aaliyah Edwards and Shakira Austin, Citron is a participant that brings a lot wanted taking pictures. Washington ranked one of many lowest in offense final season, and what higher approach to substitute Julie Vanloo and Ariel Atkins.
Citron is a good two-way participant that brings size and measurement to the Mystics. In her senior season, she averaged 14.1 factors, taking pictures 37.2 % from past the arc. Her versatility will give the Mystics choices to play her on the wing. Both method, she’s a elegant scorer, which they wanted.
– Sara Jane Gamelli
4.Washington Mystics: Kiki Iriafen, Ahead, USC
Slightly little bit of a shock right here as I anticipated the Mystics to take Iriafen with the third choose and Citron with the fourth as a substitute of the opposite method round. That’s a superb name by Aya on the mock draft as she had Citron within the No. 3 slot. Regardless, they each find yourself in DC and I like the pairing. Iriafen entered her senior season firmly within the working to be taken No. 1 total after averaging a career-high 19.4 factors and 11 rebounds per sport her junior season at Stanford (2023-24). Iriafen suffered a slight statistical regression at USC this season and is in flip the fourth choose, however she’s nonetheless a fantastic addition for a rebuilding Mystics group.
-Will Despart
5. Golden State Valkyries: Justé Jocyté, Ahead, Lithuania
It is the primary yr the WNBA Draft has had an enlargement group since 2008 and this Golden State’s first choose ever. What higher approach to construct your franchise round Justé Jocyté. I will not lie, each respected mock, embody ours had Aneesah Morrow heading to the Bay space right here.
Do not get me fallacious, this can be a unbelievable choose. Jocyté is a particularly proficient participant who can participant each on and off ball. At six ft, she has the flexibility to have the ability to play a number of positions. The Valkyries already cemented Temi Fagbenle and Tiffany Hayes, Justé Jocyté. will add one other stage of offense wanted to leap begin this franchise.
The primary participant chosen in franchise historical past, Justé Jocyté is an elite shooter who will hit spot up, and can put up a ton of threes, which can work out all too effectively subsequent to Hayes.
-Sara Jane Gamelli
6. Washington Mystics: Georgia Amoore, Guard, Kentucky
The backcourt parade continues with the Australian Amoore becoming a member of the fold alongside Citron and Iriafen. Amoore has earned All-American honors in consecutive seasons and her playmaking skills must be welcome for a Mystics group searching for to maintain tempo on nationwide scoreboards. Amoore and Citron may have a robust backcourt mentor to work with in Brittney Sykes, who is ready to return for a 3rd season within the nation’s capital.
-Geoff Maggliochetti
7. Connecticut Solar (Through Phoenix Mercury): Aneesah Morrow, Ahead, LSU
Alyssa Thomas, Dewanna Bonner, and Brionna Jones. Aneesah Morrow is a key addition that head coach Rachid Meziane wants in his first yr. She brings dynamic play, versatility, and powerful rebounding skills to the group. Morrow is coming off 4 consecutive seasons double-doubles from each DePaul and LSU and would be the ahead to look at sooner or later for the Solar.
-Aya Abdeen
8. Connecticut Solar (Through Indiana Fever): Saniya Rivers, Guard, NC State
The Solar proceed to restock their depleted roster with playmakers, including Rivers mere minutes after Morrow’s arrival. A South Carolina switch, Rivers impressed on either side of the ball by main the Wolfpack in assists, blocks, and steals. Rivers ought to have a right away alternative to step up and succeed on the skilled one with an aura of uncertainty surrounding Marina Mabrey’s Uncasville destiny.
-Geoff Maggliochetti
9. Los Angeles Sparks (Through Seattle Storm): Sarah Ashlee Barker, Guard, Alabama
Wow. The Sparks take Alabama’s Sarah Ashlee Barker with Hailey Van Lith and Shyanne Sellers nonetheless on the board. That’s a little bit of a attain in my view, however Barker earned fairly a bit of fine press after dropping 45 within the Crimson Tide’s Spherical of 32 loss to Maryland just a few weeks in the past.
All issues thought of, Barker goes to a fantastic touchdown spot for her improvement. She’ll get to play alongside All-Star veterans Kelsey Plum and De’Arica Hamby and with younger stars Rickea Jackson and Cameron Brink.
-Will Despart
10. Chicago Sky (Through Connecticut Solar): Ajša Sivka, Foward, Tarbes Gespe Bigorre/Slovenia.
The primary choose of the Tyler Marsh period, Ajsa Sivka is a reasonably good puzzle piece to suit into his system. Sivka is proficient on each ends of the ground and is a good shooter and passer for her 6’4 body.
She’ll be an attention-grabbing addition to Chicago’s beginning lineup, contemplating the truth that she’ll doubtless be taking part in alongside two different bigs in Angel Reese and Kamila Cardoso. It’s not simply the Twin Towers in Chicago, there’s three of them now and the brand new one can carry the ball up the courtroom too.
-Will Despart
11. Chicago Sky (Through Minnesota Lynx): Hailey Van Lith, Guard, TCU
The Chicago Sky acquired the choose by way of a commerce with the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday, they want a degree guard to backup Courtney Vandersloot. Particularly after choosing ahead Ajsa Sivka at tenth total, they added in Hailey Van Lith.
Van Lith is coming off a season the place she was part of historical past with the TCU Horned Frogs. She is thought for her versatile offense sport, similar to her efficient scoring and playmaking expertise. Head coach Tyler Marsh is optimistic to see Van Lith studying from Vandersloot to organize for the longer term.
-Aya Abdeen
12. Dallas Wings (Through New York Liberty): Aziaha James, Guard, NC State
Dallas bookended the primary spherical by pairing Bueckers with James, a Raleigh stalwart who grew to become one of many ACC’s high abilities over the past two years. James took benefit of two years on the Wolfpack bench and the endurance paid off when she established herself a sterling two-way and transitional star.
James’ wholesome sense of reckless abandon from deep ought to assist a Dallas group that ranked tenth in three-point makes an attempt per sport and she or he ought to study a lot from DiJonai Carrington.
-Geoff Maggliochetti
