2025 WNBA draft board

A graphic with side-by-side photos of UConn's Paige Bueckers holding the ball with two hands and USC's Kiki Iriafen standing and looking off to the side. The text "Final WNBA draft board" is overlaid at the bottom in all caps, and the orange Locked On Women's Basketball logo is in the top right corner.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Breaking down the final 2025 WNBA draft board

By The Next / April 12, 2025

Lincoln Shafer: ‘It’s a deep class of role player bets’

A collage of four pictures of 2025 WNBA draft prospects: top left, UConn point guard Paige Bueckers holds out three fingers in the ok sign while looking up and out to celebrate a 3-pointer; top right, French national team center Dominique Malonga leans to her right with her right arm outstretches while Nigerian guard Ezinne Kalu swats her left arm to drive in front of her; bottom left, Notre Dame wing Sonia Citron holds the ball in the palm of her hand in midair as she releases a 3-pointer over the outstretched arm of Oregon State guard Talia von Oelhoffen; bottom right, South Carolina combo guard Te-Hina Paopao looks ahead while holding up a hand in an "L" shape and dribbling with her opposite hand.

Who’s Next — The Next’s 2025 WNBA Draft Board, V2.0

By Emily Adler / April 8, 2025

The most detailed 2025 WNBA draft resource available outside a team’s actual war room

Looking down from the nosebleeds into a completely empty basketball court.

The Sunday Notes column goes on hiatus (again)

By Emily Adler / March 30, 2025

You’ll just have to enjoy Easter and Passover without me (again)

Header graphic for a new episode of Locked On Women's Basketball titled "WNBA draft picks are on the move." There is a photo of UConn's Paige Bueckers and Notre Dame's Sonia Citron.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: WNBA draft picks are on the move

By The Next / February 28, 2025

Jackie Powell and Hunter Cruse break down a few recent trades and discuss how teams are changing their approach

19-year-old Russian forward Anastasiia Kosu pictured smiling after winning the 2025 Russian Cup (Photo credit: Anastasiia Kosu)

Meet Anastasiia Olairi Kosu, the most underrated prospect in 2025 WNBA Draft

By Hunter Cruse / February 16, 2025

The 6’1 Russian forward is a prospect to know in the 2025 Draft

A collage of nine pictures of top 2025 WNBA draft prospects: In the middle, UConn guard Paige Bueckers screams in celebration; surrounding her, from top-left clockwise: South Carolina guard Raven Johnson dribble around an Iowa defender; UCLA forward Janiah Barker holds the ball out in one outstreched arm at the top of a crossover; NC State guard Saniya Rivers dribbles between her legs while looking toward the paint; Notre Dame guard Olivia Miles dribbles up the court; Notre Dame guard Sonia Citron holds her shot release while turning to jog back up the court in front of a full audience; Slovenian forward Ajsa Sivka moves up the court; South Carolina guard Te-Hina Paopao reaches in to deflect the ball from an Iowa player's dribble; Stanford big Kiki Iriafen holds the ball above her head in midair to release a jump shot over the extended arm of a defender.

Who’s Next — The Next’s 2025 WNBA Draft Board, V1.0

By Emily Adler / October 14, 2024

The most detailed 2025 WNBA draft resource available outside a team’s actual war room