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The atmosphere inside the Howard Gilman Opera House at the Brooklyn Academy of Music is positively crackling more than 45 minutes before the WNBA draft is scheduled to begin. The cash bar is open and a DJ is spinning hip-hop hits from one of the parterre boxes. A total of 15 players have been invited to tonight’s event and each of them is drawing big cheers from the crowd of about 1,000 ticket-holders as they emerge from the wings one by one to take their seats with friends and family at their designated roundtables on the stage.
Tonight was always going to be a fashion bug’s dream and Caitlin Clark did not disappoint. The widely projected No 1 overall pick made (more) history on Monday by becoming the first basketball player, male or female, to wear Prada on draft night. The oversized white jacket, shimmering silver crop top and miniskirt, accessorised with white sunglasses and a Prada bag, was an early hit on the red carpet.