Nika Mühl Selected in the WNBA Expansion Draft

Mühl was the only Seattle Storm player selected in Friday's expansion draft.

The WNBA Expansion Draft came and went quickly on Friday afternoon. The two expansion franchises took 22 players total, with each team skipping a selection. Nika Mühl was the only Seattle Storm player selected, and was selected with the last pick of the draft by the Portland Fire. The fact that Ezi Magbegor was not selected leaves me to believe that the Storm protect Magbegor, which is what I predicted in my previous article.

I have wonder if the team also protected Brittney Sykes, as I thought she might be a prime candidate to be selected as a team’s priority UFA. They may have left both Skylar Diggins and Nneka Ogwumike unprotected believing that those two would not want to sign with an expansion franchise this late into their careers. If so, I applaud the Storm’s front office for making that decision and not having it backfire.

Below is the full list of players selected in today’s WNBA Expansion draft.

Portland Fire

Bridget Carleton - Minnesota Lynx
Carla Leite - Golden State Valkyries
Chloe Bibby - Indiana Fever
Emily Engstler - Washington Mystics
Haley Jones - Dallas Wings
Luisa Geiselsöder - Dallas Wings
Maya Caldwell - Atlanta Dream
Nika Mühl - Seattle Storm
Nyadiew Puoch - Atlanta Dream
Sarah Ashlee Barker - Los Angeles Sparks
Sug Sutton - Washington Mystics

Bridget Carleton of the Minnesota Lynx was the #1 overall pick for Portland and the Fire’s top priority.

Toronto Tempo

Aaliyah Nye - Las Vegas Aces
Adja Kane - New York Liberty
Julie Allemand - Los Angeles Sparks
Kitija Laksa - Phoenix Mercury
Kristy Wallace - Indiana Fever
Lexi Held - Phoenix Mercury
María Conde - Golden State Valkyries
Maria Kliundikova - Minnesota Lynx
Marina Mabrey - Connecticut Sun
Nyara Sabally - New York Liberty
Nikolina Milić - Connecticut Sun

Julie Allemand was the Toronto Tempo’s top pick in the expansion draft.

Next Up

Key dates ahead:
April 7th - 8th: Teams can place Core franchise tag on players

April 9th - 11th: Free Agency negotiations period

April 12th - 18: Free Agency signing period

April 13th: WNBA Draft

April 19th: Training Camp opens

May 8th: Opening Night

Let me know in the comments section if there were any surprises for you. Who do you think had the better Expansion Draft between Toronto and Portland? Are you sad to see Nika Mühl be drafted away?

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