The WNBA season kicks off this afternoon and there are 27 players listed as rookies on the WNBA rosters.
The rookie class includes 20 players taken in this year's WNBA Draft. Eleven of the 12 first-round picks made the roster. No. 2 overall pick Alaina Coates, taken by Chicago, is still recovering from injury. Five players taken in the second round and four others going in round No. 3 made the cut which is a pretty impressive number considering that this was supposed to be a draft lacking in quality players. Two other former third-round picks made the cut (Stephanie Talbot, selected in 2014 by Phoenix and Temi Fagbenle, Minnesota's third-round selection).