2007 WNBA draft
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The 2007 WNBA draft was the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league.
A lottery was held on October 26, 2006, among the teams with the worst records in the previous season to determine the order of the top six picks in the first round of the draft. As in the NBA draft, the teams' chances were weighted so that the team with the worst record, in this case the Chicago Sky, had the best chance of receiving the top pick. The lottery was used to determine only the top two picks, with picks 3 through 6 going to the other lottery teams in inverse order of record. The Phoenix Mercury, despite having the best record of the six teams involved and thus the worst mathematical chance of winning, drew the top pick. It was the first time since the institution of the lottery for the 2002 Draft that the top pick was earned by the team with the worst mathematical chance of winning. Also for the first time, the team with the second-worst odds of earning the top pick, in this case the San Antonio Silver Stars, received the second pick.[1] The remaining first-round picks, plus all picks in the second and third rounds, are allocated in inverse order of regular-season record, without regard to playoff results (as in the NBA Draft).
The main draft was held on April 4, 2007, inside the Renaissance Hotel on Cleveland's Public Square, the day after the 2007 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament ended.[2] This draft marked the first WNBA draft ever held outside of New Jersey.
Additionally, on January 8, 2007, the WNBA held a dispersal draft to re-assign players from the Charlotte Sting who folded at the end of 2006 WNBA season.[3]
Key
Draft
Round 1
| Pick | Player | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lindsey Harding (traded to Minnesota)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Phoenix Mercury | Duke |
| 2 | Jessica Davenport (traded to New York)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | San Antonio Silver Stars | Ohio State | |
| 3 | Armintie Price | Chicago Sky | Ole Miss | |
| 4 | Noelle Quinn | Minnesota Lynx | UCLA | |
| 5 | Tiffany Jackson | New York Liberty | Texas | |
| 6 | Bernice Mosby | Washington Mystics | Baylor | |
| 7 | Katie Gearlds | Seattle Storm | Purdue | |
| 8 | Ashley Shields | Houston Comets | Southwest Tennessee CC | |
| 9 | Alison Bales | Indiana Fever | Duke | |
| 10 | Carla Thomas | Chicago Sky (from Sacramento)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Vanderbilt | |
| 11 | Ivory Latta + | Detroit Shock | North Carolina | |
| 12 | Kamesha Hairston | Connecticut Sun (from Los Angeles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Temple | |
| 13 | Sandrine Gruda | Script error: No such module "flag". | Connecticut Sun | Valenciennes (France) |
Round 2
| Pick | Player | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Dee Davis | Script error: No such module "flag". | Houston Comets (from Chicago)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Vanderbilt |
| 15 | Shay Murphy | Minnesota Lynx | USC | |
| 16 | Shay Doron | Script error: No such module "flag". | New York Liberty | Maryland |
| 17 | Camille Little | Script error: No such module "flag". | San Antonio Silver Stars | North Carolina |
| 18 | Tyresa Smith | Phoenix Mercury | Delaware | |
| 19 | Megan Vogel # | Washington Mystics | South Dakota State | |
| 20 | Stephanie Raymond | Chicago Sky (from Seattle)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Northern Illinois | |
| 21 | Jessica Dickson # | Chicago Sky (from Houston)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | South Florida | |
| 22 | Lyndsey Medders # | Indiana Fever | Iowa State | |
| 23 | Brooke Smith | Sacramento Monarchs | Stanford | |
| 24 | Kathrin Ress | Script error: No such module "flag". | Minnesota Lynx (from Detroit)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Boston College |
| 25 | Sidney Spencer | Script error: No such module "flag". | Los Angeles Sparks | Tennessee |
| 26 | Cori Chambers | Connecticut Sun | Georgia |
Round 3
| Pick | Player | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Jenna Rubino # | Script error: No such module "flag". | Chicago Sky | DePaul |
| 28 | Leah Rush | Phoenix Mercury (from Minnesota)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Oklahoma | |
| 29 | Martina Weber | Script error: No such module "flag". | New York Liberty | Iona |
| 30 | Nare Diawara # | Script error: No such module "flag". | San Antonio Silver Stars | Virginia Tech |
| 31 | Chrissy Givens | Script error: No such module "flag". | Phoenix Mercury | Middle Tennessee |
| 32 | Gillian Goring | Script error: No such module "flag". | Washington Mystics | North Carolina State |
| 33 | Brandie Hoskins # | Script error: No such module "flag". | Seattle Storm | Ohio State |
| 34 | Kristen Newlin # | Houston Comets | Stanford | |
| 35 | Ashley Key # | Indiana Fever | North Carolina State | |
| 36 | Meg Bulger # | Sacramento Monarchs | West Virginia | |
| 37 | Emily Westerberg # | Phoenix Mercury (from Detroit)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Arizona State | |
| 38 | Amanda Brown # | Script error: No such module "flag". | Los Angeles Sparks | Penn State |
| 39 | Kiera Hardy # | Script error: No such module "flag". | Connecticut Sun | Nebraska |
See also
References
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