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2024 WNBA Draft selection order: which teams pick first?
All eyes will be on New York City next Monday night as the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) hosts the 2024 WNBA Draft.
Following Caitlin Clark’s decision to call time with college team Iowa and move to the WNBA with an X post on 29 February, expectation ahead of the 2024 Draft is sky-high.
Clark is the NCAA Division I all-time leading scorer and is regarded as one of the greatest players in college basketball history and earlier in the month Clark was been named The Associated Press Player of the Year for the second year running.
Her presence in the March Madness Final Four earlier this month saw viewing break records as her Hawkeyes team fell short at the final hurdle losing to South Carolina in the final.
Who picks first?
As was determined by the WNBA Draft Lottery 2024 on 10 December last year, the Indiana Fever have the top pick in the WNBA Draft 2024 (which will be held on Monday, 15, April) and its anticipated that Clark will join last year’s unanimous Rookie of the Year Aliyah Boston in an effort to revive the Fever, who have not had a winning season since 2015.
The Los Angeles Sparks will select second. The Chicago Sky have the third selection, followed by the Sparks again at No. 4.
2024 WNBA Draft order (round one)
1: Indiana Fever
2: Los Angeles Sparks
3: Chicago Sky (from Phoenix Mercury)
4: Los Angeles Sparks (from Seattle Storm)
5: Dallas Wings (from Chicago Sky)
6: Washington Mystics
7: Minnesota Lynx
8: Chicago Sky (from Atlanta Dream, via Las Vegas Aces)
9: Dallas Wings
10: Connecticut Sun
11: New York Liberty
12: Atlanta Dream (from Las Vegas Aces, via Los Angeles Sparks)