WNBA draft 2025: Wings, Sun, Mystics score highest grades

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Having the top pick in Monday's WNBA draft virtually guaranteed the Dallas Wings an "A" in ESPN's draft grades. And then the Wings did even better.

As expected, they selected UConn guard Paige Bueckers at No. 1. Dallas then went guard-heavy on three of its four other picks, and at least a couple have a solid chance to make the Wings' roster.

Two teams in rebuild mode -- the Washington Mystics and Connecticut Sun -- also had strong drafts. The league's newest team, the expansion Golden State Valkyries, didn't grade as well (their expansion draft also raised eyebrows). But there's always a chance for teams to prove these grades wrong -- sometimes for better, sometimes for…