{"id":313894,"date":"2025-11-29T07:02:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T07:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/313894\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T07:02:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T07:02:29","slug":"the-gist-of-it-podcast-ep-511-pazzi-in-dallas-our-wnba-draft-lottery-reaction-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/313894\/","title":{"rendered":"The GIST of It Podcast Ep #511: Pazzi in Dallas? Our WNBA draft lottery reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The future of the WNBA?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s coming fast and furious. On Sunday, the Dallas Wings won the No. 1 pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft for the second straight year. Today, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz trade predictions on who they think is heading to Dallas, before taking a look at the larger WNBA landscape, from the NY Liberty\u2019s new head coach to the ongoing collective bargaining agreement negotiations.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Fan Duel for supporting today\u2019s podcast. From the rink to the court to the pitch, FanDuel is the home for women\u2019s sports betting in Ontario. Download the FanDuel app or click here<\/a> to get started.<\/p>\n

A big shoutout to LPGA for sponsoring The GIST of It. Check out the LPGA\u2019s 2026 schedule, lock in your plans, and get ready to cheer on a sport that\u2019s been lifting up women athletes for 76 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The future of the WNBA? It\u2019s coming fast and furious. On Sunday, the Dallas Wings won the No.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-313894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}