Dallas Wings Win WNBA Draft Lottery, With UConn’s Bueckers the Projected Top Pick

The Wings will draft first in 2025, aiming to land a star like this year’s No. 1 selection, Caitlin Clark, nabbed by Indiana.

UConn guard Paige Bueckers drives to the lane against NC State during the East Regional final of the NCAA women's tournament in Bridgeport, Conn., on March 28, 2022. Frank Franklin II/AP Photo

The Dallas Wings are officially on the clock for the 2025 WNBA Draft as the franchise won the draft lottery and is slated to pick first next spring, followed by the Los Angeles Sparks,  Chicago Sky, and Washington Mystics in that order.

Those were the four teams that missed out on the 2024 WNBA Playoffs and took part in the lottery. Odds are determined by the teams’ cumulative win-loss records from both the 2023 and 2024 seasons, and Dallas had the second-best chance of landing the top spot at 22.7 percent. However, the Wings also had a pick-swap option with the Sky thanks to a previous trade, so Dallas technically had both its 22.7 percent and Chicago’s 22.7 percent, a combined 45.4 percent chance of winning the No. 1 spot.