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On Sunday, the basketball gods smiled on the Dallas Wings. The organization won the 2025 WNBA Draft Lottery, a basketball blessing that earns them the No. 1 pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft on April 14 and, presumably, the right to select UConn superstar Paige Bueckers.

Maddy Siegrist served as the representative for the victorious Wings. The lottery combination that won them the No. 1 pick was their own 22.7 percent chance, and not the Chicago Sky’s 22.7 percent chance. (In 2023, when the Sky acquired Marina Mabrey from the Wings, Chicago gave Dallas the option of swapping 2025 first-round picks.) Bueckers will be a boon for the oft-dysfunctional franchise that, under the leadership of new general manager Curt Miller, looks to build sustainable success. A new head coach, surely, will be named shortly.

The Los Angeles Sparks will have the No. 2 pick, followed by the Chicago Sky at No. 3 and the Washington Mystics rounding out the lottery at No. 4. The expansion Golden State Valkyries will pick at No. 5. From there, the first round follows teams’ records for the 2024 season in reverse order, albeit will several picks changing hands due to completed trades. The current order of the first round is:

• No. 1: Dallas Wings
• No. 2: Los Angeles Sparks
• No. 3: Chicago Sky
• No. 4: Washington Mystics
• No. 5: Golden State Valkyries
• No. 6: Washington Mystics (from Atlanta via Dallas)
• No. 7: New York Liberty (from Phoenix)
• No. 8: Indiana Fever
• No. 9: Seattle Storm
• No. 10: Chicago Sky (from Connecticut)
• No. 11: Minnesota Lynx
• No. 12: Phoenix Mercury (from New York)