April 21, 2025
Locked On Women’s Basketball: 2025 WNBA Draft highs and lows
By The Next
Analyst and host Missy Heidrick is joined by Matthew Walter of The Next to break it all down and what lies ahead for the newest team in the WNBA.
The college basketball season is behind us, but the WNBA season is just weeks away. The draft was one week ago today, and we know there were winners and losers, surprises, and so much more. Analyst and host Missy Heidrick is joined by Matthew Walter of The Next to break it all down and what lies ahead for the newest team in the WNBA in the Golden State Valkyries, who had one of the most intriguing drafts in the league.
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Walter said one of his biggest surprises of the draft was projected first-round pick Shyanne Sellers falling to the Valkyries at No. 17 overall.
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“She’s a point guard, and she shoots the ball decently well, but I just wonder if she’s one of those kids that like she could go in the W and be the steal of the draft and like we could all be talking and be like, I can’t believe this many people passed on her,” he said “But I also could see like, it’s hard to say how she fits because of a lot of times we talk about like in college you are there to win games, and that’s why coaches don’t always super do a great job preparing their players (for the WNBA).”
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