The UCONN star, Paige Bueckers, should be the n ° 1 choice of the WNBA draft on Monday once the Dallas wings are officially passed on the chronometer.
Bueckers directs the class 2025 which should embark on a trip to the pros. She was one of the best players in women’s university basketball last season and ended her college career to reach the only goal that escaped her during her college career – a national championship.
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Uconn Paige Bueckers’ guard, n ° 5, is looking to shoot against the UCLA during the first half of a national semi-final match in the NCAA College’s basketball tournament on Friday April 4, 2025 in Tampa, Florida. (AP photo / John Raoux)
She was the first player to have ever won the honors of the AP year player in her first -year season. However, injuries have hampered a large part of his college days. When she was finally healthy, the Huskies were at the top.
“It was a trip to resilience, to overcome adversity,” she said. “I would not exchange it for the world simply because it has become such a beautiful story and a remarkable journey of ups and downs, ups and downs, to keep the faith, to work extremely hard, and I would really not exchange it.”
Bueckers’ salary was a subject of discussion in the days preceding the draft. She is about to do as much as Caitlin Clark when she entered the WNBA with Indiana fever – just over $ 78,800. She signed an agreement with the unequaled off -season league, in several reports. The average salary unmatched during its initial season was more than $ 220,000.
Southern California striker Kiki Iriafen, # 44, steals the Uconn Ashlynn Shade guard balloon, n ° 12, during the first half at the elite eight of the NCAA College basketball tournament on Monday, March 31, 2025 in Spokane, Washington. (Photo / Young Kwak)
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Although Bueckers is in the center of the draft, there are many best basketball players on which fans should monitor.
Hailey Van Lith of TCU is one of them. She played for Louisville, LSU and TCU during her collegial career. She was an All-American who collected an average of 15.2 points and 3.4 assists per game.
French Olympian Dominique Malonga, the Center of USC Kiki Iriafen, Sonia Lemon to note Lady, Aneesah Morrow de LSU, Shyanne sellers of Maryland, the Lithuanian star Jocyte, the rivers of Georgia Amoore and NC of the state of NC are also among those who were selected in the first 10 selections.
The Golden State Valkyries will participate in the project for the first time. The Valkyries are the last WNBA team. Tiffany Hayes, Stephanie Talbot and Kayla Thornton are among the veterans of the team. The former Clark fever teammate TEMI FAGBENLE, and the former Iowa teammate Kate Martin are also on the list.
Kentucky player Georgia Amoore arrives for an interview session during the dry Media Day at the Grand Bohemian hotel in Mountain Brook on Tuesday October 16, 2024. (Gary Cosby Jr.-tstcaloosa News / USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
WNBA’s draft starts at 7:30 p.m. HE on ESPN.
