2019 WNBA draft

On March 19, the league announced the draft would be held on April 10 at Nike New York headquarters.

[1] On August 28, 2018, the league held the draft lottery between the four non-playoff teams – Indiana, New York, Las Vegas, and Chicago.

The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2019 draft took place on August 28, 2018 during halftime of the 2018 WNBA Playoffs game between the Atlanta Dream and Washington Mystics.

The Aces won the Draft Lottery for the third year in a row, previously selecting Kelsey Plum in 2017 and A'ja Wilson in 2018.

Source[13] Draft-day trades occurred on April 10, 2019, the day of the draft.

Jackie Young was selected 1st overall by the Las Vegas Aces .
Arike Ogunbowale was selected 5th overall by the Dallas Wings .
Napheesa Collier was selected 6th overall by the Minnesota Lynx .
Alanna Smith was selected 8th overall by the Phoenix Mercury .
Brianna Turner was selected 11th overall by the Atlanta Dream and sent to the Phoenix Mercury in a draft-day trade.
Ezi Magbegor was selected 12th overall by the Seattle Storm .