Dreaming about Olivia Miles + Phee, the Sparks' steals,
Seattle's twin towers experiment (and Flau'jae!), arguing about Gabby Jaquez vs. KiKi Rice and making sense of the Mystics in a WNBA Draft Recap with @lucaskaplan.bsky.social
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On Monday night, the Toronto Tempo chose Kiki Rice, a guard from UCLA, sixth in the first round as their inaugural draft pick. #WNBA
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Kiki Rice said she had a great conversation with the @tempobasketball.bsky.social front office prior to the WNBA Draft. Said she believed they studied her a lot.
With the No. 6 pick, Kiki Rice becomes the first-ever player drafted by the Toronto Tempo 🏀
2026 WNBA Draft presented by State Street Investment Management SPY
2026 WNBA Draft First Round is complete 💫
Azzi Fudd
Olivia Miles
Awa Fam Thiam
Lauren Betts
Gabriela Jaquez
Kiki Rice
Iyana Martín Carrión
Flau’jae Johnson
Angela Dugalić
Raven Johnson
Cotie McMahon
Nell Angloma
Madina Okot
Taina Mair
Gianna Kneepkens
UCLA sets a record with 5 1st Round Picks
Watching the WNBA Draft with my daughter and this pick for Toronto Tempo is 🔥🔥 My daughter isn’t convinced she’s happy to be coming to Toronto but after one summer she will love it here. The whole country will have her back. Welcome to Toronto Kiki Rice 😆💃💃💃
With the No. 6 pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft, and first draft pick in franchise history, the Toronto Tempo select Kiki Rice.
2026 is the 2nd time in WNBA history a school has 4 players drafted in the first round (top 10, even) of the same draft.
2002 UConn: Sue Bird, Swin Cash, Asjha Jones, Tamika Williams
2026 UCLA: Lauren Betts, Gabriela Jaquez, Kiki Rice, Angela Dugalić
For @tempobasketball.bsky.social fans: Kiki Rice was featured, along with Caitlin Clark and Kamilla Cardoso, in a docuseries called "Full Court Press" that aired on ABC/ESPN+. It followed the players during the 2023-24 season. You can find clips online; it will give you great insight into Rice.
And with their first-ever pick in the collegiate draft, the Toronto Tempo select Kiki Rice.
That's three UCLA players in the first six picks, and three-straight.
Eight years after I took this photo:
UCLA's Kiki Rice is the first-ever WNBA Draft pick for @tempobasketball.bsky.social.
The @tempobasketball.bsky.social take Kiki Rice from UCLA with their first ever draft pick, sixth overall
The Tempo are gonna be cooking with Kiki Rice! #WNBA
The first pick draft pick in Toronto Tempo history is Kiki Rice at 6th overall.
Three straight UCLA Bruins go off the draft board! Rice will join veteran guards Marina Mabrey, Brittney Sykes, and Julie Allemand on the new expansion team.
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With the overall sixth pick in the #WNBADraft, the Toronto Tempo select UCLA’s Kiki Rice.
That is now three straight Bruins selected in the draft
Kiki Rice is the first-ever draft pick by the Toronto Tempo.
That is three straight UCLA Bruins being drafted.
Two women stand holding a jersey.
Toronto Tempo select UCLA guard Kiki Rice with first-ever WNBA draft pick
Kiki Rice is the Toronto Tempo's first-ever WNBA draft pick. The Tempo selected the UCLA guard sixth overall in the first round Monday, 10 days after adding its first players ...
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