this would make the 2024 no. 8 pick one of just 5 picks in league history to be traded 3 or more times

acrossthetimeline.com/wnba/data.html…

the sky have heard the mocks agree on 7 first-rounders acrossthetimeline.com/wnba/mock-draf…

does it mean anything that four of the five most-traded picks in league history are all from the past five years (if this trade happens as reported)?

*2022 no. 8 - traded 4x
2010 no. 1 - traded 3x
*2020 no. 7 - traded 3x
*2021 no. 16 - traded 3x
*2024 no. 8 - traded 3x

didn't realize earlier chicago's 2025 2nd-rounder should already join this list! they traded it to phoenix, got it back, and now traded it to minnesota.

acrossthetimeline.com/wnba/drafts.ht…

the 2022 no. 8 pick was traded 3 times prior to the 2021 draft. the sky's 2025 2nd-rounder is now just the 2nd pick in league history to have been traded at least 3 times before the prior year's draft.

i think that's more interesting than i'm able to make it sound.

most trades before draft day in wnba history:

2020: 13
2021: 11
2012: 9
2022: 8
2023: 8
2024: 8

the past 5 years make up 5 of the top 6 all-time (with the usual caveats about how sometimes multi-team trades can get decomposed into multiple trades)