After taking top scoring guard Asia Durr with the second pick in the WNBA Draft, the Liberty surprised a lot of people by taking Han Lu, a 6’9” Chinese center with the 14th pick. Lu, 19, is second player from China drafted directly into the WNBA. She was also the youngest and tallest player taken.
Han was on hand in New York for the selection...
No. 14 overall pick Han Xu (China), becomes the FIRST NBA Academy graduate to be drafted into the @nba or WNBA! pic.twitter.com/I9CfMc8u2b
— WNBA (@WNBA) April 11, 2019
Lu was emotional after being drafted.