How the Money Breaks Down for WNBA's No. 1 Pick

Paige Bueckers is having a very good April. About a week after winning a national championship with UConn, the 23-year-old became the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft Monday night. In between those two things, she signed a separate deal (one much more lucrative than her WNBA deal) with the new 3-on-3 women's league Unrivaled. Details:

• The Dallas Wings picked Bueckers as expected, reports NPR. She becomes the latest big name, after the likes of Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese, to enter the WNBA.

• Bueckers will make a relatively modest $78,831 as the No. 1 pick, at least when compared to the men's game, reports Yahoo Sports. She will make about $247,000 over a three-year contract. If the team exercises a fourth-year option, she will wind up making an average salary of about $92,000 in her first four years.
• Bueckers, however, also signed a three-year deal with Unrivaled. And while terms have not been disclosed, she is expected to make more in her first year than in the entirety of her three-year deal in the WNBA, per ESPN. She might make even more in product endorsements.

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