Jack Maloney

Golden State Valkyries are the first expansion team to join the WNBA since 2008

The Valkyries made 11 selections on Friday, including Kate Martin and Temi Fagbenle

Monique Billings and the Liberty were two winners on Friday

The Valkyries are a blank slate and will be looking for young talent entering their first season

Some teams have much tougher decisions on who to protect than others

The name was chosen to work in both English and French

The Valkyries will only be able to pick one player from each team to fill out their roster

Elsewhere, the Sky hired former Aces assistant Tyler Marsh, while the Dream added ex-FGCU coach Karl Smesko

The Valkyries are the first new team to join the league since the Atlanta Dream in 2008

The Golden State Valkyries expansion draft will take place Friday at 6:30 p.m. ET