The Chicago Sky are currently having one difficult season. They have a 13-25 tally and need to win both their remaining regular season games to qualify for the playoffs, the first of which will be played today against the Atlanta Dream. But what if the Sky lose? If the team gets trumped in their upcoming game, then, their ambitions of making it to the elimination series will be hurt; either the Washington Mystics or the Atlanta Dream will get a chance to show their potential. However, the repercussions will also be evident during the next year.

As per a tweet by Take Flight, the lottery chances of the Los Angeles Sparks picking up the first overall pick are more than any other team. However, if the Sky loses today, then the Dallas Wings’ chance to land the top recruit will significantly increase such that it might land them Paige Bueckers, who according to many sports mock drafts is on the top of the ladder to earn the No. 1 spot in the 2025 season.

As of now, the Sparks have a 44.2% chance of getting the first pick in the 2025 W draft whereas the Wings are placed second with a 27.6% chance. Nonetheless, courtesy of the Sky, Bueckers will get a place with the Wings most probably in that case. This might mean significant damage to her wish of getting a chance to play with the Golden State Valkyries, towards which Bueckers has shown a positive outlook previously.

Paige Bueckers had dropped hints of being drafted with the Golden State Valkyries

The WNBA 2025 will feature 13 teams with the Valkyries joining the list. The Bay Arena franchise will look to recruit top stars and get things going for themselves However, as of now they haven’t been allotted a spot in the WNBA draft, which some opine might be given later when we head towards the draft season. They might get the top spot since they are the newest franchise and Bueckers might go with them.

Off-late the Huskies star on multiple occasions has given hints of joining the Valkyries. Firstly, she had a purple-colored sweat in a recent Gatorade creative. Then she even wore a lavender-colored blazer to the ESPYs. Previously she had also stated her fondness for the purple colorway of the franchise when they launched the logo, image, and color schemes for the Valkyries in May.

At present, it remains to be seen, how will Bueckers react to these latest developments. On the other hand, the Wings’ fans might be hoping that the Sky falter so that they draft the big pick of the next season’s lot.