NEW YORK — The Washington Mystics may have made the best decision of the 2023 WNBA Draft. They used their No. 4 overall pick, which they acquired from Los Angeles in an April 2022 trade, to take Iowa State’s Stephanie Soares. And then minutes later, they sent her to the Dallas Wings for a duet of future draft picks.
With the talent poised to enter the draft next season, or potentially in 2025 because of the extra COVID year allowed to players, it will almost assuredly pay off.