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WNBA Sets April 3 Expansion Draft for New Teams in Portland and Toronto
The two new franchises will select players left unprotected by existing teams in a two-round draft with alternating picks to build their rosters.
- The WNBA announced Wednesday that the expansion draft for the Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo will occur on April 3, with each franchise making up to 12 selections for a combined 24 players.
- A new collective bargaining agreement ratified last week by the WNBA and players' union cleared the path for the expansion draft to proceed after labor negotiations resolved key differences.
- Each of the 13 existing teams must submit a list of five protected players by Sunday; on Friday, the Fire and Tempo will participate in a coin toss to determine selection order.
- The draft features two rounds where the Fire and Tempo alternate picks, with no more than one player selected from any individual roster during the first round to ensure balanced distribution.
- Selecting teams gain exclusive rights to offer supermax contracts worth up to $1.4 million to eligible players, positioning the Fire and Tempo to build competitive rosters through targeted acquisition.
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WNBA sets April 3 expansion draft for Toronto Tempo and Portland Fire
The WNBA will hold an expansion draft for its new franchises in Portland and Toronto on April 3, the league announced Wednesday. A coin toss will be held Friday, with the winning franchise getting to choose either the first pick in the expansion draft or the No. 6 pick in the college draft on April 13.
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