{"id":71541,"date":"2026-04-13T05:57:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T10:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/wnba-draft-2026-predictions-will-azzi-fudd-or-a-spanish-prodigy-go-no-1-overall\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T05:57:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T10:57:21","slug":"wnba-draft-2026-predictions-will-azzi-fudd-or-a-spanish-prodigy-go-no-1-overall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/wnba-draft-2026-predictions-will-azzi-fudd-or-a-spanish-prodigy-go-no-1-overall\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA draft 2026 predictions: Will Azzi Fudd or a Spanish prodigy go No 1 overall?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our writers take a look at the best prospects coming out of college, select their lower-round gems to watch and take a look at the expansion draft<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/mar\/12\/sign-up-for-wnba-30-a-limited-run-womens-basketball-newsletter?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=WNBA26&amp;utm_content=WNBAstandfirst&amp;utm_term=WNBAstandfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\"><strong>Sign up for WNBA 30: a limited run women\u2019s basketball newsletter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the past three years, the No 1 pick has been a foregone conclusion: Aliyah Boston in 2023, Caitlin Clark in 2024, Paige Bueckers in 2025. This year has much less certainty. Will the Dallas Wings go for a big or a guard? How did <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2026\/apr\/03\/uconn-south-carolina-ucla-texas-final-four-live-updates\">UConn\u2019s exit<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2026\/apr\/05\/ncaa-womens-national-championship-south-carolina-ucla-live-score\">UCLA\u2019s triumph<\/a> affect the stock of their stars? It\u2019s a toss-up, but I\u2019ll go with <strong>Awa Fam<\/strong>. She\u2019s only 19, but her athleticism and pick-and-roll game will make her a strong complement to Bueckers in Dallas. <strong>EB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/apr\/13\/wnba-draft-2026-predictions-will-azzi-fudd-or-a-spanish-prodigy-go-no-1-overall\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our writers take a look at the best prospects coming out of college, select their lower-round gems to watch and take a look at the expansion draft Sign up for WNBA 30: a limited run women\u2019s basketball newsletter For the past three years, the No 1 pick has been a foregone conclusion: Aliyah Boston in &#8230; <a title=\"WNBA draft 2026 predictions: Will Azzi Fudd or a Spanish prodigy go No 1 overall?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/wnba-draft-2026-predictions-will-azzi-fudd-or-a-spanish-prodigy-go-no-1-overall\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about WNBA draft 2026 predictions: Will Azzi Fudd or a Spanish prodigy go No 1 overall?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}