NEW YORK —The 2025 WNBA Draft is right here, and Ballislife presents a reside replace of the whole draft night time!
The Dallas Wings are projected to pick out UConn’s Paige Bueckers No.1 total with the primary decide. With 38 choices, the draft shall 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 here are the reside 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 looking 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 influence on each ends of the court docket 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 might be the franchise participant Dallas has been searching for, particularly after relocating from Tulsa almost a decade in the past.
– Aya Abdeen
2. Seattle Storm: Dominique Malonga, Heart, France
With the No.2 total decide, the Seattle Storm choose French sensation Dominque Malonga. At 6’6 she bolsters the Storm’s entrance court docket depth alongside Ezi Magbegor and Nneka Ogwumike. Recognized for her dunking expertise, Malonga gives each an inside and outdoors risk for seattle.
At simply 19 years previous, she strikes unimaginable nicely for her dimension. The Storm are getting a participant who possess nice size and dimension.
– Sara Jane Gamelli
3. Washington Mystics: Sonia Citron, Guard, Notre Dame
With the No.3 total decide 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 change Julie Vanloo and Ariel Atkins.
Citron is a good two-way participant that brings size and dimension to the Mystics. In her senior season, she averaged 14.1 factors, taking pictures 37.2 p.c from past the arc. Her versatility will give the Mystics choices to play her on the wing. Both approach, she’s a refined scorer, which they wanted.
– Sara Jane Gamelli
4.Washington Mystics: Kiki Iriafen, Ahead, USC
Somewhat little bit of a shock right here as I anticipated the Mystics to take Iriafen with the third decide and Citron with the fourth as an alternative of the opposite approach round. That’s an excellent 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 really like the pairing. Iriafen entered her senior season firmly within the operating to be taken No. 1 total after averaging a career-high 19.4 factors and 11 rebounds per recreation her junior season at Stanford (2023-24). Iriafen suffered a slight statistical regression at USC this season and is in flip the fourth decide, however she’s nonetheless an ideal addition for a rebuilding Mystics staff.
-Will Despart
5. Golden State Valkyries: Justé Jocyté, Ahead, Lithuania
It is the primary 12 months the WNBA Draft has had an enlargement staff since 2008 and this Golden State’s first decide 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 flawed, it is a improbable decide. Jocyté is an especially gifted 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 degree 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 nicely 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 talents ought to be welcome for a Mystics group looking for to maintain tempo on nationwide scoreboards. Amoore and Citron may have a robust backcourt mentor to work with in Brittney Sykes, who is about to return for a 3rd season within the nation’s capital.
-Geoff Maggliochetti
7. Connecticut Solar (By way of 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 12 months. She brings dynamic play, versatility, and robust rebounding talents to the staff. 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 (By way of 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 each side of the ball by main the Wolfpack in assists, blocks, and steals. Rivers ought to have an instantaneous 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 (By way of 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 excellent press after dropping 45 within the Crimson Tide’s Spherical of 32 loss to Maryland a number of weeks in the past.
All issues thought of, Barker goes to an ideal touchdown spot for her growth. 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 (By way of Connecticut Solar): Ajša Sivka, Foward, Tarbes Gespe Bigorre/Slovenia.
The primary decide of the Tyler Marsh period, Ajsa Sivka is a fairly 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 enjoying 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 court docket too.
-Will Despart
11. Chicago Sky (By way of Minnesota Lynx): Hailey Van Lith, Guard, TCU
The Chicago Sky acquired the decide 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 recreation, reminiscent of her efficient scoring and playmaking expertise. Head coach Tyler Marsh is optimistic to see Van Lith studying from Vandersloot to arrange for the long run.
-Aya Abdeen
12. Dallas Wings (By way of 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 prime abilities over the past two years. James took benefit of two years on the Wolfpack bench and the persistence 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 staff that ranked tenth in three-point makes an attempt per recreation and he or she ought to study a lot from DiJonai Carrington.
-Geoff Maggliochetti
