The Mystics came out ahead in the 2017 WNBA Draft Lottery and will pick second in next year’s draft. They had just a 10.4 percent chance to pick first, and had the fourth highest odds of getting the number one pick. In other words, they had the lowest chance of coming out ahead, but they did.
In a press release by Monumental Sports, GM and Head Coach Mike Thibault said the following: