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WNBA Draft 2022: Top picks Rhyne Howard, NaLyssa Smith and Shakira Austin lead league’s next generation of stars

Just over a week after the women’s college basketball season ended, the sport’s top players quickly transitioned from their universities and made their way to New York for Monday’s 2022 WNBA Draft.

At the top of the board, a few names fell exactly as they were projected. Atlanta, Indiana and Washington swung high with the top three picks of the draft and landed players that will immediately play a role in boosting these teams back to their winning ways while potentially changing their franchises in the years to come.

Here are your top three picks of the 2022 WNBA draft.

All odds via Tipico Sportsbook

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