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04/13 18:13 CDT Dallas Wings select Azzi Fudd of UConn No. 1 in WNBA draft with
a $500,000 payday waiting
Dallas Wings select Azzi Fudd of UConn No. 1 in WNBA draft with a $500,000
payday waiting
By DOUG FEINBERG
AP Basketball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --- Azzi Fudd is on her way to Dallas as the No. 1 pick in the
WNBA draft with a $500,000 payday waiting for the former UConn star.
Fudd will pair again with former Huskies teammate Paige Bueckers, who was the
Wings' No. 1 pick last year.
The new collective bargaining agreement that was ratified last month gave huge
pay raises to rookies. Fudd will make nearly seven-times what Bueckers earned
last season as the top choice. The No. 2 and No. 3 picks will get $466,913 and
$436,016, respectively.
Second- and third-round picks will make $270,000 --- which is more than the
previous maximum salary in the old CBA.
Minnesota picks second, with Seattle, Washington and Chicago rounding out the
top five. Expansion teams Toronto and Portland pick next. The Tempo chose to
have the higher pick in the college draft after winning a coin toss, giving the
Fire the top choice in the expansion draft earlier this month.
Golden State is next, with Washington owning the ninth and 11th picks. Indiana
chooses between them. Connecticut, Atlanta, Seattle and the Sun close out the
first round.
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