Even the WNBA draft seemed fast. After Azzi Fudd went No. 1 to the Wings, the league blazed through 45 picks in about two hours on Monday. There's no time to waste. Since ratifying a new collective bargaining agreement, the WNBA, its teams and its players have raced through a compressed offseason. Remember, UCLA won the NCAA tournament eight days ago. Training camp opens on Sunday, and the season begins in less than a month.
So, let’s slow down and assess how each team has done with the initial wave of free agency and the draft in the books. (Don’t forget: Players like Natasha Cloud, Tina Charles, Emma Meesseman, Tiffany Hayes and Temi Fágbénlé still haven’t signed with new teams, the offseason frenzy isn’t over quite yet.)
