The new WNBA season is less than two months away and many of the biggest names will be back in the league.
The 2023 WNBA Draft is quickly approaching on Monday, April 10. This comes just over a week after the women’s NCAA Tournament championship.The 2023 WNBA Draft has no shortage of talent at the top including South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston, Maryland’s Diamond Miller and Villanova’s Maddy Siegrist.
Boston is the reigning Player of the Year and leading force behind South Carolina’s 42-game win streak. At 6-foot-5 averaging a double-double, Boston is ready to make an immediate impact for the Indiana Fever, who is on the clock first. Miller bounced back from a junior slump – largely due to a lingering knee injury – with an impressive senior campaign where she’s averaging 19.6 points for the Terps. Siegrist, meanwhile, is pure offense as she leads the NCAA with 29.2 points per game.The list of 2023 WNBA draftees is far from confirmed but one name definitely won’t be on it – Iowa’s Caitlin Clark.
It’s already very unusual for women’s basketball players to go professional prior to their senior year – a major difference from the men’s game – but fans of the college game will get to enjoy one more year of theThe WNBA requires all draftees to turn 22 within the calendar year. Clark turned 21 on January 22, so she’ll have to wait one more season to make her mark in the WNBA.Brittney Griner will make her long-awaited debut on May 19 when the Phoenix Mercury host the Los Angeles Sparks.
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