Who I Would Select in the 2026 WNBA Expansion Draft
On April 3 rd , the WNBA will hold an expansion draft between two new teams, the Toronto Tempo and the Portland Fire. Since I have no idea who they would select given that I don’t know what their philosophies are, it doesn’t make sense for me to do a mock draft; instead, I did a draft based on who I would select for each of the two teams (I know that sounds weird to have me drafting for the only two teams, but I did have slightly different approaches with the teams). I will refer to an excellent article by Her Hoop Stats to discuss the rules (it’s a little tough to explain everything), but there are a few rules I would like to highlight for those uninitiated to look at the article. Each team can protect up to 5 players; while there were restrictions about non-coreable players being eligible, these appear to be removed. The draft is broken into two rounds, with Toronto and Portland each selecting up to 6 picks each round, with no WNBA team being able to have ...