{"id":1839,"date":"2022-04-11T19:55:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T19:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/?p=1839"},"modified":"2022-04-15T23:05:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T23:05:04","slug":"wnba-prospects-kick-off-draft-day-on-top-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/11\/wnba-prospects-kick-off-draft-day-on-top-of-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA prospects kick off draft day on top of the world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>They call New York City the \u2018city of dreams\u2019 and for the twelve <a href=\"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/07\/wnba-draft-prospects-prepare-to-takeover-nyc\/\">WNBA draft prospects<\/a> that were invited to the first in-person draft since 2019, that saying will hold true for them as they wait for their dream to turn into reality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But before that moment comes to life at the WNBA Draft on Monday night, the prospects took some time to celebrate during a lighting ceremony at the Empire State Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prospects along with <a href=\"http:\/\/wnba.com\">WNBA<\/a> Commissioner Cathy Engelbert and New York Liberty All-Star Betnijah Laney attended the ceremony which was meant to cement the Empire State Building\u2019s intention to shine their world-famous tower lights orange to celebrate the 2022 Draft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WNBA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WNBA<\/a> Commissioner Cathy Engelbert and New York <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Liberty?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Liberty<\/a> guard\/forward Betnijah Laney ceremoniously light the Empire State Building in honor of tonight\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WNBADraft?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WNBADraft<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WNBATwitter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WNBATwitter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eBJThXEqFl\">pic.twitter.com\/eBJThXEqFl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Double Take Sports (@dbltakesports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dbltakesports\/status\/1513542895877435399?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the ceremony, the draft prospects went to their next stop on the 86<sup>th<\/sup> floor of the building for more photo opportunities. With impeccable views of New York City surrounding them, the ladies are definitely ready for the next step in their careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WNBADraft?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WNBADraft<\/a> prospects arrive on the 86th floor observatory for photos<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WNBATwitter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WNBATwitter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WNBA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WNBA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DJ1C28bIsp\">pic.twitter.com\/DJ1C28bIsp<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Double Take Sports (@dbltakesports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dbltakesports\/status\/1513536250808082435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WNBADraft?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WNBADraft<\/a> prospects celebrate on the 86th floor observatory of the Empire State Building. The top of the building will shine orange tonight in honor of the Draft. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WNBA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WNBA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WNBATwitter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WNBATwitter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tX1XKjRZbG\">pic.twitter.com\/tX1XKjRZbG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Double Take Sports (@dbltakesports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dbltakesports\/status\/1513526883111079945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tune in to the WNBA Draft live at 7 p.m. on ESPN. Double Take Sports is also bringing you exclusive coverage throughout the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>2022 WNBA Round 1 Draft Order<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Atlanta Dream<\/li><li>Indiana Fever<\/li><li>Washington Mystics<\/li><li>Indiana Fever (from Los Angeles)<\/li><li>New York Liberty<\/li><li>Indiana Fever (from Dallas)<\/li><li>Dallas Wings (from Chicago)<\/li><li>Las Vegas Aces (from Seattle)<\/li><li>Los Angeles Sparks<\/li><li>Indiana Fever (from Minnesota)<\/li><li>Las Vegas Aces<\/li><li>Connecticut Sun<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Invited Prospects<br><\/u><\/strong><br>Shakira Austin (Ole Miss) <br>Rhyne Howard\u00a0(Kentucky)<br>NaLyssa Smith (Baylor)<br>Kierstan Bell\u00a0(Florida Gulf Coast)<br>Rae Burrell\u00a0(Tennessee)<br>Veronica Burton\u00a0(Northwestern)<br>Nia Clouden\u00a0(Michigan State)<br>Elissa Cunane\u00a0(NC State)<br>Emily Engstler\u00a0(Louisville)<br>Destanni Henderson\u00a0(South Carolina)<br>Naz Hillmon\u00a0(Michigan)<br>Nyara Sabally\u00a0(Oregon)<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WNBA Draft prospects kick off draft day with lighting ceremony and celebration at the Empire State Building &#038; 86th floor observatory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-1839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wnba","tag-features"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/WNBA_Empire2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1839"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1844,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839\/revisions\/1844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}