A condensed offseason transitions into the WNBA Draft on Monday night.

The Minnesota Lynx added one of the nation’s top guards, selecting Olivia Miles with the No. 2 overall pick in the WNBA draft.

Miles, a 5-foot-10-inch point guard, arrives in Minnesota after a standout college career that made her one of the most coveted playmakers in the class. She gives the Lynx an immediate boost in the backcourt.

The Lynx held the second pick after acquiring it in a previous trade with Chicago. Minnesota enters the season looking to replace significant rotation minutes after several departures in free agency and the expansion draft.

Miles is coming off a senior season at TCU in which she averaged double figures in points and assists and routinely drew the opposing defense’s top defender.

The selection gives Minnesota another young piece to pair with veteran guards Kayla McBride and Courtney Williams, along with All‑WNBA forward Napheesa Collier.

The Lynx also have the 39th pick.

Free agency moves

Could the roster movement of the past few days impact Minnesota’s draft choice? It’s certainly possible.

The team resigned guards Courtney Williams and Kayla McBride, and Napheesa Collier is a core player. The Lynx also added forwards Natasha Howard and Nia Coffey, a Minnesota native, on Sunday.

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However, the Lynx also lost several key pieces in free agency, including Alanna Smith, Natisha Hiedeman and Jessica Shepard. Bridget Carleton and Maria Kliundikova also departed in the expansion draft.

By average minutes per game, Minnesota needs to replace its fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and 11th-most played players, although Kliundikova played more games than every Lynx player besides the starters. That’s a lot of production to replace.

Remaining free agents

As expected, most of the high-level free agents are off the board. However, several players could still fill key roles for the Lynx.

Some top remaining free agents the Lynx could turn to include Emma Meesseman, Tiffany Hayes, Myisha Hines-Allen, Kiah Stokes and Damiris Dantas. Hines-Allen spent a portion of the 2024 season with Minnesota, and Dantas was drafted by the Lynx and has spent six seasons in Minnesota across two separate stints.

What’s next

Training camp opens for teams on Sunday, April 19.

Preseason action will get underway on April 25, with the regular season set to tip off on May 8.

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