Why are WNBA teams trading top picks prior to the 2025 draft? | Women’s Basketball podcast

Locked On Women's Basketball – Daily Podcast On The WNBA · Feb 28, 2025 · 32m

Host Jackie Powell is joined by The Next and Locked on Women’s Basketball’s very own Hunter Cruse where the pair tries to understand why WNBA teams have made it a point this offseason to not only trade draft lottery picks but are trading first round draft picks. How does Hunter assess the strength of the 2025 Draft and what are the reasons that Courtney Vandersloot believes high value picks have been traded so frequently during this WNBA off-season? Powell asks Cruse to assess the risk of the two major trades where the Sky sent their 2025 third overall pick and two other future draft assets…