Chicago Sky 2026 WNBA Draft Mock Draft Roundup 1.0

After losing starting point guard Courtney Vandersloot to a season-ending injury, the Sky spent the rest of their year shuffling through players who tried to fill her role. Until Vandersloot returns, the Sky need a reliable replacement. Latson led the nation in scoring last season at Florida State, averaging 25 points a game, and while she's not asked to do as much at South Carolina, she's a three-level scorer who can get a basket when necessary or dish it out. Her defense is a work in progress with the Gamecocks, but her ceiling could entice Chicago.

The Sky traded the No. 3 pick in last year's draft (Sonia Citron) for Ariel Atkins, which was criticized at the time and looks even worse in retrospect. They are lucky to even have a lottery pick this year and cannot mess up this selection. Johnson is a true three-level scorer who would bring a real sense of star power to Wintrust Arena and fulfill the team's need for a guard of the future.

Everything I wrote about Johnson during the offseason still applies, and thanks to LSU's cakewalk of a nonconference schedule, we haven't learned anything new about Johnson in her senior season. What we do know is that she has a consistent pull-up jumper, is devastating in transition and is an active defensive playmaker, particularly as a help defender. Whether she can be a No. 1 option is up in the air, but she is good at just about everything on the basketball court, and she seems like an A-plus teammate to have in the locker room. Chicago gets some perimeter star power to complement Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso, reuniting the LSU national champions.

The guard-heavy Tigers will showcase Johnson's ability to run the court this season. She is averaging 17.3 PPG, 4.3 RPG and 3.7 APG for No. 5 LSU. The Tigers' soft nonconference schedule hasn't challenged them, but Johnson already has proven herself in three years of SEC play.