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Expected top-two pick Rhyne Howard will attend 2022 WNBA Draft

Kentucky Women’s Basketball superstar Rhyne Howard is under a week away from reaching her dream of playing professional basketball. But where will she land in the draft? Some recent trade news has made that answer a bit cloudier.

On Wednesday, the Washington Mystics traded away the No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft — which is set for Monday, April 11 — to the Atlanta Dream for the No. 3 and No. 14 picks in the upcoming draft, along with the right to swap a pick in 2023 first-rounder.

As of late, Howard has been projected by ESPN and The Athletic to fall to the Indiana Fever at No.