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The Los Angeles Sparks will select second, followed by the Chicago Sky and Washington Mystics. The Wings had a combined 45.4% chance of earning the top pick, including both their odds and those of the Sky, as Dallas had the rights to swap first-round picks with Chicago. The odds were based on the two-year cumulative records for the four teams that missed the 2024 postseason. The Sparks' probability to win the lottery was 44.2% and the Mystics' 10.4%. With their No. 1 pick in tow, the Wings will seek to return to the playoffs after an injury-plagued 9-31 run in 2024. It will be the franchise's first No. 1 overall pick since 2021, when Dallas selected Charli Collier, but marks the first time the organization won the lottery. "We know what No. 1 draft picks have done to franchises and in recent years how they've changed the trajectory of teams," said Curt Miller, who was announced as the Wings' new general manager on Nov. 8. "So super excited to earn the No. 1 pick in 2025 draft." "You can just see the talent continue to rise in the game, getting better and better," Miller said of the group of prospects. Earlier this offseason, Dallas fired coach Latricia Trammell after two seasons, which included a semifinals appearance in 2023. The Wings have yet to announce their new head coach. The team has Ogunbowale, Teaira McCowan and Kalani Brown on protected veteran contracts, while All-Stars Satou Sabally and Natasha Howard are set to hit free agency. Between the returning players and those the Wings hope to re-sign, Miller said the No. 1 pick will have "an opportunity to immediately be a part of a very important group." "I can't begin to tell you how much this just injects energy, enthusiasm as we head into the '25 season, and with other great news about Dallas with two facilities coming on board here soon," Miller said. "What a great time to be a Wing." Bueckers, a 6-foot guard from Hopkins, Minnesota, has dazzled since she arrived at UConn, when she was the first freshman to win all the major national player of the year awards for which she was eligible. She missed the majority of her sophomore season with a knee injury and tore an ACL heading into her junior season. The 2021 national player of the year has led the Huskies to the Final Four each year she has been on the floor for them, including the national championship game in 2022. Bueckers' career scoring average (19.9 points per game) is on track to be a program record -- surpassing Maya Moore (19.7 PPG, 2007-11) -- and she has done it on stunningly efficient 53% shooting from the field with a 43% clip from 3. Though Bueckers has one more year of eligibility -- in addition to her COVID-19 year, she redshirted her junior season due to injury -- she has said publicly this will be her last season at UConn. "I hope she goes to a team that she is exactly what they need, whatever that team is," UConn coach Geno Auriemma said last month. "Paige is going to be all right wherever she goes." Miller said the Wings will look to draft, "a culture piece -- someone that's going to add to the locker room is going to be such a big deal. And then it's the partnership with the head coach. I have a new role to really support the head coach, listen to the new head coach on the style and the qualities that they are looking for in players on both sides of the ball and put together the best roster to help that head coach be successful." The 2025 campaign will welcome the Golden State Valkyries, the league's first expansion team since 2008. The Valkyries will pick fifth in each round of the 2025 draft after holding their expansion draft Dec. 6. The order of selection for the remainder of the first round, as well as the second and third rounds, is determined by inverse order of the teams' respective 2024 regular-season records. For the first round that is: Washington (acquired via trade), New York Liberty (from Phoenix), Indiana Fever, Seattle Storm, Sky (acquired via trade), Minnesota Lynx, Phoenix Mercury (from New York). The Las Vegas Aces' first-round pick was rescinded due to violations of league rules.
Srinagar- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said foreign countries were told clearly during the post-Operation Sindoor diplomatic outreach that in case of a fresh provocation, India would repeat its action. Speaking at a discussion at the Ahmedabad Management Association, Tharoor said Indian delegations which visited foreign countries in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor managed to convey that India acted with restraint and responsibility. "In other places, we actually were able to get some very high-placed people to say not only that they respected and supported India's right of self- ...Read More >
Dimapur, Jul 18 (PTI) Two persons have died of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Nagaland, a health department official said on Friday. Chief Medical Officer, Dimapur, Dr Yartenla Jamir, said that of the seven JE cases detected in Dimapur, Chumoukedima, and Niuland districts, two persons have died so far. She expressed concern over the rise in Japanese encephalitis (JE) cases in the three districts, especially during the monsoon season, which increases the risk of transmission. The Health department has urged district administrations to issue a public advisory on JE prevention measures and to i ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The recruitment of police inspectors will now be conducted along the lines of the Public Service Commission (PSC) framework by the Employees Selection Board (ESB), which will conduct the exam, officials said. The last recruitment for sub-inspector (SI) posts was conducted by the then recruitment agency Vyapam in 2018. Officials said that earlier, the plan was to engage PSC in conducting the exam, but due to technical reasons, it was decided that the ESB would handle the recruitment process. ADG recruitment and selection, Sonali Mishra, told Free Press that recruitmen ...Read More >
Chennai, August 1: Actor, music director and producer G V Prakash Kumar, who has won the National Award for Best Music Direction (Songs) for the Tamil, Telugu bilingual film Vaathi, has called the honour "a blessing for the second time". Taking to his X timeline soon after the 71st National Awards were announced, G V Prakash expressed his gratitude to the jury and the selection committee of the National Awards and the entire team of Vaathi. G V Prakash wrote, "A blessing for the second time. I'm truly overwhelmed and deeply grateful to receive the 71st National Film Award for Best Music Direc ...Read More >