WNBA Draft: Results, pick-by-pick analysis of the 2020 draft

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MARCH 08: Sabrina Ionescu #20 of the Oregon Ducks passes against the Stanford Cardinal during the championship game of the Pac-12 Conference women’s basketball tournament at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on March 8, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Ducks defeated the Cardinal 89-56. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

No surprise to any

JACKIE POWELL: With the first pick in the 2020 WNBA draft, the New York Liberty have selected a generational player with Sabrina Ionescu. After losing a franchise player in Tina Charles on Wednesday to the Washington Mystics, Ionescu becomes the focal point of the Liberty, an organization that hired a new head coach and will play in a new arena, Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.

Here’s Powell on the new era ahead for the New York Liberty.