Aziaha James rocks audacious shirtless suit-jacket, skirt combo on WNBA Draft orange carpet
Aziaha James is ready to hear her name called in Monday’s 2025 WNBA Draft. The NC State guard is one of 16 players in attendance at The Shed at Hudson Yards in New York City and walked the orange carpet wearing her best draft day fit.
James emerged as a star for the Wolfpack’s women’s basketball team, leading the team in scoring each of the last two seasons. She put up averages of 16.8 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game in 2023-24. This past season, she averaged 17.9 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. James wrapped up her career with 1,589 points, 12th most in school history, along with 184 career three-pointers, the seventh most in program history.
WNBA GM complimentary of Aziaha James, fellow standout NC State guard
James isn’t the only NC State guard present at The Shed. She is joined by Saniya Rivers. That duo helped propel the NC State into the Sweet 16 for the sixth time since 2018. Rivers is the more consistently projected first-rounder. James is expected to be picked in the second round. ESPN currently has Rivers as the No. 11 overall pick to the Minnesota Lynx. CBS Sports and USA Today have the two-time All-ACC First Team selection going 12th to the Dallas Wings.
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“I think the program at NC State, and Saniya and Aziaha are great examples of talent in this draft,” Washington Mystics general manager Jamila Wideman said last Thursday, via Noah Fleischman of The Wolfpacker. “I think we watched that team really find some tremendous chemistry towards the end of the year.”
“Just really exciting players that I think are examples of where the game is going. Both are incredibly athletic, both able to get up and down the court and play with speed. Both are able to play a couple different positions. I think both of them are examples of the versatile outside talent that we’re just beginning to see more consistently and spread across the NCAA.”