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Dream acquire No. 1 overall pick in WNBA draft from Mystics
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The Atlanta Dream acquired the No. 1 total decide within the WNBA draft from the Washington Mystics on Wednesday.
The Mystics obtained the No. 3 total decide Monday and the No. 14 choice within the second spherical.
Washington additionally has the precise to swap its 2023 first-round decide with Atlanta’s first-round decide acquired from Los Angeles on Feb. 5. The Dream traded Chennedy Carter and the rights to Li Yueru to the Sparks for Erica Wheeler, Los Angeles’ first-round draft alternative subsequent yr and the No. 15 decide this season.
Baylor ahead NaLyssa Smith (1) goes up for a layup previous Texas guard Joanne Allen-Taylor (11) through the Big12 Girls’s Championship last between the Baylor Bears and the Texas Longhorns on Sunday March 13, 2022, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas Metropolis, MO. Smith has an opportunity to go No. 1 total within the draft.
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Atlanta nonetheless retains the No. 15 decide within the second spherical of the draft.
The commerce provides Atlanta, which completed 8-24 final season, the primary choice within the draft for less than the second time in franchise historical past. In 2009, the Dream used the No. 1 total decide to draft Angel McCoughtry, who led the workforce to the WNBA Finals in 2010, 2011 and 2013.
Renee Montgomery of the Atlanta Dream through the 2022 WNBA Draft Lottery on December 19, 2021 at ESPN in Bristol, Connecticut.
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McCoughtry, a five-time All-Star, and now performs for Minnesota.
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Atlanta is rebuilding with new possession and new administration.
Proprietor Kelly Loeffler was pressured to promote her 49% stake within the workforce after she objected to the league’s social justice initiatives. The Dream’s new possession group is led by actual property investor Larry Gottesdiener and contains former Dream guard Renee Montgomery.
Longtime WNBA participant Tanisha Wright was employed as Atlanta’s new coach final yr. Former coach Nicki Collen abruptly left the workforce lower than two weeks earlier than final season to turn out to be Baylor’s coach.
Natasha Cloud of the Washington Mystics smiles through the 2022 WNBA Draft Lottery on December 19, 2021, at ESPN in Bristol, Connecticut.
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Washington received the WNBA draft lottery on Dec. 19 for the primary time in franchise historical past. It additionally had the No. 1 total choice in 1999, when there was no lottery.