Washington used the No. 30 pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft on Baylor guard/forward Darianna Littlepage-Buggs, adding another frontcourt piece to a roster that had already changed on Monday.
The Mystics selected Littlepage-Buggs after she finished her Baylor career averaging 11.3 points and 9.1 rebounds. She played for the Bears as a guard/forward, giving Washington a versatile option late in the draft after making a separate free-agency move just ahead of the draft by picking up the 2021 WNBA Rookie of the Year.
That sequence matters because it shows the Mystics trying to reshape the roster from multiple angles in the same stretch of time. Washington did not wait for the draft board to come to it; it acted in free agency first, then used its second-round pick on a player who produced across the stat sheet in college.
Littlepage-Buggs arrives with clear numbers behind her name. Her 11.3 points and 9.1 rebounds per game with Baylor point to a player who could score and finish possessions, and her listed guard/forward role suggests the kind of flexibility teams often look for in the middle and late rounds.
The tension for Washington is that the two moves point in different directions at once. One is a proven veteran from free agency, the other a draft pick with upside, and the Mystics now have to make those pieces fit quickly enough to matter in a league where roster spots are precious. Monday gave Washington a new look. The next test is whether the changes translate into rotation minutes when the season gets going.
