November 11, 2022
– Minnesota Lynx Obtain Second Choose; Atlanta Dream to Choose Third;
Washington Mystics will Select Fourth –
NEW YORK, Nov. 11, 2022 – The Indiana Fever in the present day gained the 22nd annual WNBA Draft Lottery introduced by State Farm® and earned the highest decide within the 2023 WNBA Draft introduced by State Farm to be held on Monday, April 10, 2023.
The Lottery outcomes have been revealed throughout a 30-minute WNBA Draft Lottery particular on ESPN2 main into its girls’s faculty basketball recreation that includes the defending Nationwide Champion College of South Carolina on the College of Maryland.
Indiana, which gained the WNBA Draft Lottery introduced by State Farm for the primary time in franchise historical past, entered the Lottery with essentially the most probabilities to land the highest decide (442 out of 1,000).
The Minnesota Lynx, which had the fewest probabilities to win the highest decide (104 out of 1,000), can have the second choice. The Atlanta Dream will choose third after having the second-most probabilities to land the highest decide (276). The Washington Mystics, which had 178 probabilities to obtain the primary decide, will select fourth.
By lacking the 2022 WNBA Playoffs introduced by Google, Indiana, Atlanta, and Minnesota certified for the Lottery drawing. Washington’s spot within the Lottery was the results of the Mystics having obtained the precise to swap its personal 2023 first-round decide with Atlanta for Los Angeles’ 2023 first-round decide (beforehand acquired by Atlanta in a deal in February 2022). Lottery odds have been based mostly on the cumulative information of the Fever, Dream, Sparks, and Lynx over the previous two common seasons (2021 and 2022).
Most lately, the Mystics gained the Lottery for the 2022 WNBA Draft introduced by State Farm and traded that No. 1 total choice to the Dream, which selected 2022 WNBA Rookie of the Yr Rhyne Howard with the highest decide.
A consultant from the accounting agency of Ernst & Younger was in attendance to supervise the Lottery course of.
The next are outcomes of the 2023 WNBA Draft Lottery introduced by State Farm.
* On Apr. 6, 2022, Washington obtained the precise to swap its personal 2023 first-round decide for Los Angeles’ 2023 first-round decide acquired by Atlanta within the Erica Wheeler/Chennedy Carter/Li Yueru commerce on Feb. 5, 2022.
# On Feb. 3, 2022, Chicago acquired Phoenix’s 2023 first-round decide from the Mercury and Julie Allemand from Indiana in a three-team commerce that additionally noticed Phoenix acquire Diamond DeShields from Chicago whereas Indiana acquired Bria Hartley and a 2023 second-round choice from Phoenix and first-round picks in 2022 and 2023 from Chicago.
^ On Mar. 8, 2022, Indiana obtained Dallas’ personal 2023 first-round decide and Dallas’ two 2022 first-round alternatives (No. 4 and No. 6) in alternate for Teaira McCowan, Indiana’s decide at No. 7 within the 2022 draft and Chicago’s 2023 first-round choice beforehand acquired by Indiana.
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