On March 30, the WNBA announced that the draft would take place on April 13 in New York at Samsung 837.
[1] The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2017 draft occurred on September 28, 2016.
This is the fourth time that the lottery was won by the team that had the highest odds.
The lottery odds were based on combined records from the 2015 and 2016 WNBA seasons.
The San Antonio Stars, with the worst two-year record, were guaranteed no worse than the third pick.