San Antonio Stars to pick 1st in 2017 WNBA Draft


The San Antonio Stars have won the top pick in the 2017 WNBA Draft, the WNBA announced today in its annual Draft Lottery.

Per the WNBA website:
"The San Antonio Stars won the 16th annual WNBA Draft Lottery presented by State Farm® and earned the top pick in the 2017 WNBA Draft presented by State Farm, the WNBA announced today. The Lottery was televised on ESPN2 during halftime of Game 1 of the WNBA semifinals series between the Phoenix Mercury and the Minnesota Lynx. 
For San Antonio, which had entered the WNBA Draft Lottery presented by State Farm with the most chances to land the top pick (442 out of 1,000), this marks the first time in franchise history the Stars have emerged as the lottery winner. Seattle won the top pick in each of the last two years and used it to select Notre Dame guard Jewell Loyd in 2015 and University of Connecticut forward Breanna Stewart this past April."
Lottery odds were based on the cumulative records of the qualified teams over the past two seasons. The Stars finished with only a 7-27 record in 2016 and an 8-26 record in 2015.

The Washington Mystics will be drafting second in the first round, followed by the Dallas Wings and the Los Angeles Sparks, whose pick originally belongs to the Connecticut Sun but was acquired via a draft day trade earlier this year.

It will be an interesting offseason for the Stars, which will be undergoing a transition under new GM Ruth Riley. It was announced earlier this year that the 2016 season will be Dan Hughes' last.

Potential lottery picks for the 2017 draft include Diamond DeShields, Alaina Coates, and Kelsey Plum.


Here's the full order of the first round of the 2017 WNBA Draft.

1. San Antonio Stars
2. Washington Mystics
3. Dallas Wings
4. Los Angeles Sparks (from Connecticut Sun)
5. Phoenix Mercury
6. Seattle Storm
7. Atlanta Dream
8. Indiana Fever
9. Chicago Sky
10. Dallas Wings (from New York Liberty)
11. Dallas Wings (from Los Angeles Sparks(
12. Minnesota Lynx

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