Golden State Valkyries Expansion Draft – Who I Would Select
On Friday, the WNBA will hold an expansion draft for the Golden State Valkyries. While there almost certainly won’t be any stars that would be selected in this draft, there are several interesting role players or young players with upside. As such, I would like to discuss who I would select. While I would normally make predictions, there is one snag that makes this difficult. The general rules are that Golden State can select up to 1 player per team, and up to 12 players total. Each team can protect 6 players, and these players can be either under contract or are free agents (in which case the team will protect their rights). Any player who have already been signed with a core designation are ineligible to be selected in this draft, so teams don’t have to protect them. If Golden State selects a free agent or unsigned drafted player, they are selecting the rights to this player. Teams have the ability to make a trade with Golden State to ha...