Chicago Sky pick Cardoso, Reese in first round of WNBA Draft
News

Chicago Sky pick Cardoso, Reese in first round of WNBA Draft

The Chicago Sky makes massive splash in WNBA draft


The Chicago Sky makes massive splash in WNBA draft

06:59

CHICAGO (CBS) – The Chicago Sky chosen two of the perfect faculty gamers within the nation throughout Monday evening’s WNBA Draft.

With the No. 3 decide, the Sky chosen South Carolina’s Kamilla Cardoso, who’s coming off a nationwide championship, and at No. 7 general, the Sky caught with one other massive, selecting LSU ahead Angel Reese.

Then with the primary decide of the second spherical (thirteenth general), the Sky chosen Gonzaga guard Bryanna Maxwell.

South Carolina heart Kamilla Cardoso (10) drives round Iowa ahead Addison O’Grady in the course of the first half of the Last 4 faculty basketball championship recreation within the ladies’s NCAA Match, Sunday, April 7, 2024, in Cleveland.

Morry Gash / AP


The Sky acquired the No. 3 general decide from the Phoenix Mercury as a part of the Kahleah Copper commerce. Additionally they traded up from the eighth general decide to No. 7 on Sunday  and personal the primary decide within the second spherical at No. 13 general.

“When free company began, we did not have this draft capital,” mentioned new Sky normal supervisor Jeff Pagliocca. “We had been in a position to considerably enhance the place we had been at.”

LSU ahead Angel Reese (10) strikes the ball towards Iowa in the course of the first half of a Elite Eight faculty basketball recreation within the NCAA Match, Monday, April 1, 2024, in Albany, N.Y.

Hans Pennink / AP


Pagliocca mentioned the group needs to get youthful and “need gamers which are constructed for us.”

Final yr, the Sky launched new Corridor of Famer Teresa Weatherspoon as its new head coach. She was a five-time All-Star and two-time WNBA Defensive Participant of the 12 months.

“We have now a powerful core,” Pagliocca added. “We have now a variety of depth and we’re on the lookout for gamers that may are available and assist instantly and likewise be organizational items too that we are able to have for a very long time.”