UNCASVILLE, Dec 12: The Indiana Fever won the WNBA draft lottery for the No. 1 pick for the second consecutive season.
The Fever took Aliyah Boston last season with the top pick and she earned the league’s Rookie of the Year honors.
“This is tremendous news for our franchise to receive another No.1 overall pick,” Fever GM Lin Dunn said.
Now Indiana will have to wait to see who decides to enter the draft. Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, UConn’s Paige Bueckers and LSU’s Angel Reese all could head back to school for another year thanks to the extra season because of the coronavirus. Clark, a generational talent, has said that she would trust her gut when deciding whether to stay in school for a fifth-year. Players have a few days before the draft, which will be held on April 15, to declare.
Indiana, which hasn’t made the playoffs since 2016, had a 44% chance of getting the No. 1 pick.
They became only the third franchise to win the draft lottery. (AP)
