In what started off looking like a calm WNBA Draft night for the Minnesota Lynx on Thursday turned into one with multiple pieces being moved.

The Lynx, which entered the night with two second-round draft pick and one third-round pick, appeared to breeze through the draft while adding three new pieces to its franchise.

The Lynx kicked off the night selecting center Ji-Su Park from South Korea with the 17th overall pick and guard Kahlia Lawrence from Mercer with the No. 24 pick. In the third and final round, the Lynx finished off the draft by picking University of Minnesota guard and New Richland native Carlie Wagner at No. 36.

Wagner would end the night staying with Minnesota. The other two picks, however, were on the move shortly after the draft concluded.

Shortly after the team announced the addition of their two second-round picks, head coach and general manager Cheryl Reeve agreed to trade them to Las Vegas in exchange for No. 32 overall pick Jill Barta out of Gonzaga and the Aces’ 2019 second-round pick.

At the end of the night, Minnesota’s three draft picks turned into Wagner, Barta and a second-round pick next season. In her first official season as general manager, Reeve did what has always enjoyed doing: making moves on draft night.

Wagner, who recently wrapped up her four-year collegiate career with the Golden Gophers, finishes in third on the program’s all-time career scoring list (2,215 points), behind current Lynx point guard and new Gophers coach Lindsay Whalen and current Connecticut Sun guard Rachel Banham.

Over her career at Minnesota, the 5-foot-10 guard finished with a career average of 17.2 points per game, while shooting 43.2 percent from the field and 34.9 percent from three in 129 games.

Barta, a 6-3 forward, comes to the Lynx after having climbed numerous all-time leaderboards in three seasons at Gonzaga.

Barta held a career average of 16.5 points and 6.7 rebounds in college, while shooting 46.6 percent from the field and 35.9 percent from behind the arc. She ranks first all-time in scoring average, fourth in total points (1,620) and seventh in rebounds (652).

Although the Lynx were fortunate enough to be one of the teams in Thursday’s draft that wasn’t looking for players to come in and make a difference immediately, it ended up being a busy night.

A night where they landed a local player, a potential piece to add to their post depth and set themselves up for the future in a matter of minutes.

FULL WNBA DRAFT RESULTS

First Round

1. Las Vegas Aces – A’ja Wilson, South Carolina.
2. Indiana Fever – Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio State.
3. Chicago Sky – Diamond DeShields, Tennessee.
4. Chicago Sky – Gabby Williams, UCONN.
5. Seattle Storm – Jordin Canada, UCLA.
6. Dallas Wings – Azura Stevens, UCONN.
7. Washington Mystics – Ariel Atkins, Texas.
8. Indiana Fever – Victoria Vivians, Mississippi State.
9. Connecticut Sun – Lexie Brown, Duke.
10. New York Liberty – Kia Nurse, UCONN.
11. Los Angeles Sparks – Maria Vadeeva, Russia.
12. Phoenix Mercury – Marie Gulich, Oregon State.

Second Round

1. Las Vegas Aces – Jaime Nared, Tennessee.
2. Indiana Fever – Stephanie Mavunga, Ohio State.
3. Atlanta Dream – Monique Billings, UCLA.
4. Atlanta Dream – Kristy Wallace, Baylor.
5. Minnesota Lynx – Ji-Su Park, South Korea (traded to Las Vegas).
6. Dallas Wings – Loryn Goodwin, Oklahoma State.
7. Washington Mystics – Myisha Hines-Allen, Louisville.
8. Phoenix Mercury – Tyler Scaife, Rutgers.
9. Phoenix Mercury – Raisa Musina, Russia.
10. New York Liberty – Mercedes Russell, Tennessee.
11. Los Angeles Sparks – Shakayla Thomas, Florida State.
12. Minnesota Lynx – Kahlia Lawrence, Mercer (traded to Las Vegas). 

Third Round

1. Las Vegas Aces – Raigyne Moncrief Louis, LSU.
2. Phoenix Mercury – Imani Wright, Florida State.
3. Atlanta Dream – Mackenzie Engram, Georgia.
4. Chicago Sky – Amarah Coleman, DePaul.
5. Seattle Storm – Teana Muldrow, West Virginia.
6. Dallas Wings – Natalie Butler, George Mason.
7. Washington Mystics – Rebecca Greenwall, Duke.
8. Las Vegas Aces – Jill Barta, Gonzaga (traded to Minnesota).
9. Connecticut Sun – Mikayla Cowling, California.
10. New York Liberty – Leslie Robinson, Princeton.
11. Los Angeles Sparks – Julia Reisingerova, Czech Republic.
12. Minnesota Lynx – Carlie Wagner, Minnesota. 

Mitchell Hansen

Mitchell is a contributing writer at Zone Coverage, primarily covering the Minnesota Lynx and the WNBA and the Minnesota Timberwolves and the NBA. Growing up watching Kevin Garnett bang his head against the basket stanchion in his No. 21 Wolves jersey and yell like a crazy person, Mitchell quickly became a basketball junkie. He comes to Zone Coverage with over seven years of experience in journalism, communications and digital fields, including five years at a newspaper covering various sports teams and a year-plus stint covering the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx as the organization's Web Editorial Associate. Follow him on Twitter @M_Hansen13.

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