May 10, 2025
Locked On Women’s Basketball: WNBA 25-and-under draft
By The Next
While Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever might have been an obvious first overall pick, the rest of the draft had varying opinions
On today’s episode of Locked On Women’s Basketball, host Hunter Cruse is joined by co-hosts Em Adler and Lincoln Shafer for a draft of the WNBA’s best players ages 25 and under.
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The goal isn’t to build the best team to win a game today, but rather to build the best young core for the present and future.
“The last two years, we can say Lincoln has won this won the draft,” Cruse said. “Last year he took Leonie Fiebich when I don’t think Fiebich was even on my [draft] board.”
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While Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever might have been an obvious first overall pick, the rest of the draft had varying opinions.
“She a point guard, which is the scarcest position here, and she’s also just the best player on the board,” Adler said.
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“The next pick is very easy,” she added. “It’s [forward] Cameron Brink [from the Los Angeles Sparks]. And then for my pick after, I’m going to live in a fantasy world where all backs are magically healed and all hips never shatter. And in this fantasy world, I’m taking [center] Shakira Austin [Washington Mystics].”
The trio continues drafting down the board with various WNBA players under the age of 25, but to hear the rest of them, you’re going to have to tune into today’s episode of the pod below.
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