The Dallas Wings are expected to select UConn superstar Paige Bueckers with the first pick in the 2025 WNBA draft, making Monday a potentially transformative day for the organization.
Securing the No. 1 pick in November’s draft lottery was one of many milestones the Wings have hit in the last year. These are the developments in the organization that have led up to Monday’s draft.
April 2024: Wings sell out season tickets for first time in franchise history
Business was booming for the Wings in 2024, a huge year for women’s basketball. The organization announced last April that it had sold out its season ticket memberships for the 2024 season.
Dallas had seen an overall ticket sales revenue increase of 220%, including more than a 1,200% increase in individual tickets sales revenue.
April 2024: Wings announce move to downtown Dallas
The Dallas City Council approved a 15-year, $19 million use agreement for the Dallas Wings to play at Memorial Arena at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in downtown. After renovation to Memorial Arena is complete, the Wings will leave their current home court, UT Arlington’s College Park Center.
Wings President and CEO Greg Bibb told The Dallas Morning News last October the project will create “more opportunity to generate revenue, more ability to impact the community and, first and foremost, services to help our athletes be the best they can be, which ultimately leads to championships.”
November 2024: Dallas hires Curt Miller as new GM
After the Wings finished 9–31 last season, the organization started to clean house. Dallas parted ways with head coach Latricia Trammell in October.
Before finding her replacement, the Wings hired Curt Miller as their new general manager. Miller, a two-time WNBA coach of the year and an executive of the year, came to Dallas after serving as head coach of the Los Angeles Sparks for the last two seasons.
November 2024: Wings win 2025 WNBA draft lottery
Buzz that Bueckers could be coming to Dallas began after the Wings won the 2025 WNBA draft lottery and secured the No. 1 pick.
The organization last picked first in 2021, when it selected Texas’ Charli Collier No. 1 overall.
November 2024: Dallas sells out 2025 season tickets
Not long after winning the WNBA draft lottery, the Wings announced they had sold out season tickets for a second straight year. It looked like Bueckers mania had started.
December 2024: Chris Koclanes brought on as head coach
After an exhaustive search for the organization’s next head coach, the Wings hired USC assistant Chris Koclanes.
Koclanes, a highly regarded, defensive-minded tactician with proven success in player development, brings more than a decade of experience as an assistant coach in the WNBA and Division I women’s basketball.
February 2025: Wings announce landmark broadcast rights agreement
The Wings revealed a huge agreement with KFAA-TV (Channel 29), the exclusive local television partner of the booming organization.
This season, all Wings games not on national television will air in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on KFAA-TV with the potential for select games to air on WFAA-TV (Channel 8). The stations are also home to the Dallas Mavericks, which announced a multi-year agreement with TEGNA last fall.
March 2025: Dallas Wings vs. Indiana Fever, Caitlin Clark moving to American Airlines Center
Dallas will play its game against the Indiana Fever on June 27 at American Airlines Center, its first time outside of its home court, UT Arlington’s College Park Center, in the area.
The matchup is expected to feature the three most recent No. 1 overall picks in the WNBA draft: Indiana’s Caitlin Clark (2024) and Aliyah Boston (2023), along with whomever Dallas selects first in Monday’s draft (presumably Paige Bueckers).
March 2025: Wings welcome new signees
New roster additions DiJonai Carrington, NaLyssa Smith, Tyasha Harris and Myisha Hines-Allen made things official with the Wings at a formal introductory press conference.
All four have made deep runs at either the college or professional level. They join a young Wings roster, with no players older than 30, which will look to compete for a WNBA title this season.
The Wings, who made it to the WNBA semifinals in 2023, will look to the acquisitions to improve their shooting, defense, post play, rebounding and versatility.
