The No. 5 pick was the most likely outcome for the Sky, who earned the pick in a trade with the Sun last year. The Wings will once again draft first.
Probabilities rather than miracles ruled Sunday night. The WNBA draft lottery gave the Sky their most likely outcome — the No. 5 pick. The Wings, who had the best odds, will once again draft first. Last year they selected All-WNBA guard Paige Bueckers with the top pick.
There isn’t a consensus No. 1 pick this time around as there was with Bueckers. But there are some intriguing options at the top, with Spanish center Awa Fam and TCU point guard Olivia Miles likely to be gobbled up right away.
Still, the Sky will have legitimate difference-makers on the board. At No. 5, they could land LSU’s Flau’jae Johnson or South Carolina’s Ta’Niya Latson — both creative scorers who could help on the perimeter.
The other order of business on lottery night was that the bill from their 2024 trade with the Lynx finally came due.
