MINNEAPOLIS — When the first envelope was opened at the WNBA's draft lottery Friday afternoon, the Lynx and their fans knew they already beat the odds.
By the time it was over the Lynx, represented on-site in Bristol, Conn., by Napheesa Collier, finished with the No. 2 pick in the 2023 WNBA draft.
Indiana, which had the best chance of the four teams in the lottery, finished with the top pick — and the likely addition of South Carolina post Aliyah Boston — for the first time in franchise history.
