The games against each other “will be a lot of fun,” said Nyara Sabally immediately after the decision: “It’s a big thing for my family.”
And New York is also a dream solution. “I’m a Berlin child. I have to go back to a big city,” Nyara Sabally said before the draft.
New York in the playoffs last season
New York finished eighth in the main round last season and made the playoffs. There then came the end against the Phoenix Mercury in the first round. “This is a young team. I hope I bring some versatility and whatever else they need from me,” Sabally said of her new team.
First up, the Atlanta Dream picked Rhyne Howard, who played for Kentucky in college. When drafting, teams in North American professional sports are allowed to select talents in turn. The worse a team was in the previous season, the earlier it is. The teams can swap the order among themselves.