The WNBA's 2024 draft class, led by Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese, has transformed the league. Their unique talents, combined with the attention they demanded, made a historic new collective bargaining agreement possible and created an environment where 3.3 million people watched the Golden State Valkyries win their first title by defeating Reese and the Atlanta Dream in Game 7 of the 2026 WNBA Finals. When the 2024 WNBA Draft took place, the Valkyries were little more than an idea, and the league had never even played a best-of-seven series, let alone had a winner-take-all Game 7 for the title.
It's almost hard to believe that Clark, Reese and the rest of the 2024 class have been in the league for three seasons now. Next year will be the final year of their rookie contracts, and Clark and Reese are eligible to sign EPIC extensions this offseason. As another long offseason begins, this is the perfect time to revisit the 2024 class with a re-draft.
Clark would still go No. 1, of course, but what about Reese, Cameron Brink and French guards Carla Leite and Leila Lacan? Clark set the NCAA scoring record, led Iowa to back-to-back national championship games in her junior and senior seasons and was an international sensation long before she entered the league as the most hyped prospect ever. Regardless of which team won the 2024 Draft Lottery, Clark was going No. 1.
The first three seasons of Clark's professional career have not been smooth sailing for her or the Fever, but Indiana would not hesitate to select her again. She immediately established herself as one of the WNBA's best guards with a historic rookie season, has made the All-WNBA First Team in her two healthy campaigns and is an economic engine off the court. The Fever hadn't made the playoffs for seven seasons before Clark arrived.
They've made it every season since drafting her, won a franchise-record 28 games in 2026 and have become one of the most popular franchises in all of sports. Brink was a rim-protecting machine in college at Stanford, and her upside as a long, mobile big who could control the paint on the defensive end and space the floor on the other made her the obvious pick at No. 2 for the Sparks with the first of their two lottery selections. If the Sparks had to do it over again, though, they would choose Reese instead.
Brink tore her ACL early in her rookie season and has only played 65 games as a pro. Reese, on the other hand, has grown into one of the league's best young bigs thanks in large part to her indefatigable motor. Reese fell to No. 7 despite a historic run to a national championship as a senior at LSU due to serious concerns about her offensive game, which were not unfounded.
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