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00:00it is draft night in the w the 2025 wmba draft is tonight in new york city of course
00:06not a long break from the end of the women's ncaa tournament to tonight's wmba draft in much like
00:14last year for caitlin clark going first overall tonight is the expected coronation for page
00:20beckers as that number one overall pick let's talk about the wmba draft order in the first round
00:2612 selections overall but only seven teams drafting in tonight's opening round because we
00:34have four teams with multiple picks in the first round including the washington mystics who have
00:40three only three of the 12 wmba franchises even have their originally scheduled pick for tonight's
00:47wmba draft number one overall that's the pick the dallas wings hold they have the opening pick of
00:53the night first in the final pick of the first round at 12th and of course at number one overall
00:59that is where we expect and really just awaiting official confirmation to hear page becker's name
01:06called now there's been some conversation does page want to play in dallas i still believe that is where
01:12she will be drafted tonight and i believe that is where she will play her rookie season to start in
01:18the wmba the seattle storm had the second overall pick and then back to back for the mystics at three
01:24and four if that team drafting fifth tonight the golden state valkyries seems new to you because it is
01:31first wmba draft for the newest w team the expansion team from san francisco the golden state valkyries
01:38drafting fifth overall they start of a new era in the wmba and of course for its newest franchise the
01:45mystics not just three and four but also six half of the top half of the 2025 wmba drafts first round
01:53in one point for the washington mystics the connecticut sun have the seventh and eighth overall
01:58picks the sparks at nine the sky go back to back at 10 and 11 and again the dallas wings end out the
02:07opening round four teams with multiple first round picks only seven of our 12 wmba teams have a
02:15pick in the opening round tonight but again tonight will be a celebration tonight will be a
02:20coronation of one of the greats to ever do it at the college basketball level capped off with a
02:26national championship just over a week ago that is uconn's page becker she's a minus 2 000 favorite
02:32to go first overall to the dallas wings again expected just awaiting that confirmation tonight
02:40dominique malanga a minus 700 favorite the big out of france to be that second overall pick of course
02:47that is where seattle is drafting right now malanga like we have seen in recent years victor
02:53mambinyama zachary rizache alex saar the french takeover of our professional league here stateside
03:00averaged 18 and 11 basically during her time in the euro cup also the first french woman a woman excuse me
03:09to dunk in a game presents a lot of talent of course making the transition to the wmba a minus 700
03:16favorite for malanga to go second overall to seattle sonja citron also up there as well sonja citron out
03:25of notre dame very talented guard for a very talented fighting irish team minus 160 to go third overall of
03:33course the mystics are drafting third and fourth so more than likely both citron and kiki irioff in
03:39from usc the transfer via stanford are going to end up in the nation's capital just a matter of the
03:45order they go citron the favorite to go third kiki irioff in the favorite to go fourth if it is not in
03:53that order irioff and has the second best place to go third citron has the second best price to go
03:59fourth overall and one of the most talented bigs in college hoops this year out of lsu anisa moro is the
04:06favorite at plus 105 to go fifth overall 16 players invited to the draft tonight in new york city where
04:13you will see page beckers and dominique malanga of course but of uh some other names not listed with
04:19those top five draft odds hayley van lift the star from tcu expects to hear her name called tonight
04:25georgia amore talented guard from kentucky and a couple from south carolina as well tahina pow pow
04:32will be in new york city as well big news for page beckers yesterday as we expect her to be the
04:39number one overall pick in tonight's wmba draft she signed a deal of course with the league unrivaled
04:46for a very very big and expensive payday so she will be a new member of the unrivaled league of course it's
04:53the the the winter time league that we have seen for some of the best in women's basketball so big
05:00news for beckers there and expects to hear her name called one of one first overall to add to
05:07the long-standing tradition for yukon women's basketball that does it for this monday live
05:13right here on the early line show returns tomorrow on sports grid 8 a.m each talk to you then