Good morning! Don’t drop a trophy today.
Draft Days: The unique nexus of last night’s WNBA Draft
As expected, Paige Bueckers went No. 1 in last night’s WNBA Draft to the Dallas Wings. The bona fide superstar in this class, Bueckers has been destined for this since this time last year, if not longer. She earned the honor just over a week after winning a national title.
But this year’s draft was also a harbinger of a new women’s hoops era. A big layer here:
As Sabreena Merchant highlighted, the current WNBA collective bargaining agreement is woefully out-of-date thanks to the sport’s popularity bump.