The Dallas Wings secured the No. 1 pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft as a result of the draft lottery that took place on November 23.
This is a massive win for the franchise, which now has its second consecutive No. 1 overall pick and will have its pick of players to pair with Paige Bueckers, who won the 2025 WNBA Rookie of the Year Award after her stellar first season. There’s going to be a lot of chatter about the Wings potentially using this pick on Azzi Fudd, who is Bueckers’ girlfriend and former teammate with the UConn Huskies. But there are plenty of appealing options to choose from.
While the consensus is that this might be a deeper WNBA draft compared to recent years, there isn’t an obvious choice for that first overall pick like there has been in the last two drafts. Last year, there was no doubt that Dallas would take Bueckers, and the Indiana Fever had perhaps the biggest no-brainer pick in draft history in Caitlin Clark.
Apr 5, 2024; Cleveland, OH, USA; Iowa Hawkeyes guard Caitlin Clark (22) and Connecticut Huskies guard Paige Bueckers (5) react in the second quarter in the semifinals of the Final Four of the womens 2024 NCAA Tournament at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
Wings GM Curt Miller Mentions Caitlin Clark Amid Potential WNBA Draft Pick Trade Talk
Wings executive vice-president and general manager Curt Miller spoke with the media in the wake of his team securing the 2026 WNBA Draft’s top pick. When the topic of potentially trading picks was brought up, Miller shared an interesting sentiment.
Drake Keeler of The IX Basketball made an X post that read, “Curt Miller said he’s already received more calls about potential trades for the #1 pick in the upcoming draft than he did in the leadup to the 2025 draft.”
This post got a lot of traction, making some wonder what Miller was trying to say. Keeler then provided context by adding, “Teams haven’t bothered in previous years with a consensus top pick.”
Should add this is exactly what he meant. Teams haven’t bothered in previous years with a consensus top pick. https://t.co/Adq2diMepk
— Drake (@DrakeKeeler) November 24, 2025
Keeler made a subsequent X post that quoted Miller again and read, “The Caitlin Clark draft, there was not going to be a trade, Paige was not going to be traded, but it will be interesting and it makes our job fun to listen to those phone calls that come in for the #1 pick. And we’ll do what’s best for our franchise.”
“The Cailtin Clark draft, there was not going to be a trade, Paige was not going to be traded, but it will be interesting and it makes our job fun to listen to those phone calls that come in for the #1 pick. And we’ll do what’s best for our franchise.” https://t.co/ST6FMg0cjQ
— Drake (@DrakeKeeler) November 24, 2025
In other words, Miller is saying that because there isn’t a clear choice for the 2026 draft’s No. 1 pick, there’s a greater potential for that pick to be traded (at least compared to when Clark and Bueckers were the first picks of their respective drafts).
That’s not to say Miller will be trying to trade this pick, but this makes for an interesting storyline to follow until draft day.
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