Yahoo Sports Daily host Caroline Fenton reacts to the Dallas Wings winning the WNBA draft lottery for the second consecutive year and discusses who they might select first overall in the 2026 WNBA Draft. Watch the full episode of Yahoo Sports Daily on YouTube or YahooSports.TV.
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A little news in the W for the second straight year: the Dallas Wings will get the No.
1 Overall pick after they won the draft lottery yesterday.
Now, the Seattle Storm and Minnesota Lynx were also in contention for the No.
1 overall pick, which feels a little bit funky because Lynx and Storm were both playoff teams this past Season, but they were in the lottery.
Based off trades.
We’ll also see the Washington Mystics.
Chicago Sky rounds out the top five, but Dallas gets a wonderful opportunity for the second year In a row to bolster a roster that’s good but was not nearly good enough.
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Only winning 19 games this past season.
So who will they take as number 1 overall?
To match last season’s number 1 pick, Paige.
Becker’s?
Well, the obvious name is going to be Coming up is Azie Fudd, and what she will add to this team is three-point shooting.
She is such an electric sharpshooter to add on top of the offense that Paige Becker brings This team.
And, of course, the obvious tie: they were UConn Teammates.
They already have that built-in chemistry.
Relationship together.
They won a national championship at UConn.
Together last season.
Don’t need to reinvent the wheel here, OK?
You have two people who have great chemistry And are also in a relationship.
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So anytime you can, you know, reunite people in a relationship, You can reunite people who played in college together and had great success in college Together, that feels obvious.
So AZ Fudd, I think, will be hot.
Popular name that starts coming up as the No.
1 overall pick.
But let’s not ignore it.
Lauren Betts, another need of the Dallas Wings, is a big-time post player.
Someone who can have a big presence in the post, someone who can get rebounds for the team.
That could add some size.
They’re looking for a big, And there’s no better big to be offered in this draft than Lauren Betts, standing 6’7.”
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She is the focal point of one of the best teams in women’s college basketball this year In UC, UCLA.
Theres also a lot of buzz for Awa Pham, A player from overseas, from Spain.
She’s also getting some looks.
It’s not just the No.
1 overall pick, but potentially a top-3 pick as well.
So, not only looking in college, but also overseas as well.
But if I had to put my money on it, Azi Fudd’s heading to Dallas, and we’ll see Azi Fudd Paige Becker’s reunion is next year.
Maybe we shall see, but it’s Dallas’s choice to make.
