2010 WNBA draft
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The 2010 WNBA draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 8, 2010. The first round was shown on ESPN2 (HD), while the second and third rounds were shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.
A lottery was held on November 5, 2009. The Minnesota Lynx received the first overall selection of the draft. The Sacramento Monarchs received the number two selection. The Connecticut Sun came up with the third overall selection, followed by the Minnesota Lynx again at four, and the Chicago Sky at number five.
Additionally, on December 14, 2009, the WNBA held a dispersal draft to re-assign players from the Sacramento Monarchs who folded at the end of 2009 WNBA season.[1] Since the Monarchs folded after the draft lottery took place, their pick was simply eliminated.
Draft lottery
The lottery selection to determine the order of the top five picks in the 2010 Draft occurred on November 5, 2009, the Minnesota Lynx won the first pick, while the Sacramento Monarchs and Connecticut Sun were awarded the second and third picks respectively.[2] The remaining first-round picks and all the second- and third-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss records in the previous season.[2]
Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2010 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal placesTemplate:Efn:
| Team | 2009 record |
Lottery chances |
Pick | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | |||
| Sacramento MonarchsTemplate:Efn | 12–22 | 420 | .420 | .302 | .181 | .097 | .000 |
| Minnesota Lynx (from New York via Los Angeles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn | 13–21 | 261 | .261 | .284 | .246 | .200 | .008 |
| Minnesota Lynx | 14–20 | 167 | .167 | .207 | .263 | .315 | .048 |
| Connecticut Sun | 16–18 | 78 | .076 | .103 | .155 | .388 | .278 |
| Chicago Sky | 16–18 | 78 | .076 | .103 | .155 | .000 | .666 |
Transactions
- January 30, 2009: The Washington Mystics receive the second-round pick from the Minnesota Lynx as part of the Lindsey Harding transaction.
- March 26, 2009: The Los Angeles Sparks receive the first-round pick from the Phoenix Mercury as part of the Temeka Johnson transaction.
- May 5, 2009: The Minnesota Lynx receive the first-round pick from the New York Liberty (via L.A.) as part of the Sidney Spencer/Noelle Quinn transaction.
- November 20, 2009: The league announces the folding of the Sacramento Monarchs. The Monarchs' picks in the draft were simply eliminated.
- January 12, 2010: The Connecticut Sun receive the first overall pick in exchange for the second overall pick from the Minnesota Lynx as part of the Lindsay Whalen/Renee Montgomery transaction.
Source[3]
Key
Draft
Round 1
| Pick | Player | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tina Charles * | Script error: No such module "flag". | Connecticut Sun (from New York via Los Angeles and Minnesota)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Connecticut |
| 2 | Monica Wright | Minnesota Lynx (from Connedcticut)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Virginia | |
| 3 | Kelsey Griffin (traded to Connecticut)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Minnesota Lynx | Nebraska | |
| 4 | Epiphanny Prince * | Chicago Sky | Rutgers/Turkey | |
| 5 | Jayne Appel | San Antonio Silver Stars | Stanford | |
| 6 | Jacinta Monroe | Washington Mystics | Florida State | |
| 7 | Danielle McCray | Connecticut Sun from Tulsa)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Kansas | |
| 8 | Andrea Riley | Los Angeles Sparks | Oklahoma State | |
| 9 | Chanel Mokango | File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo | Atlanta Dream | Mississippi State |
| 10 | Alison Lacey | Script error: No such module "flag". | Seattle Storm | Iowa State |
| 11 | Jené Morris | Script error: No such module "flag". | Indiana Fever | San Diego State |
| 12 | Bianca Thomas # | Los Angeles Sparks (from Phoenix)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Ole Miss |
Round 2
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Round 3
| Pick | Player | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Cory Montgomery # | Script error: No such module "flag". | New York Liberty | Nebraska |
| 26 | Gabriela Marginean | File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | Minnesota Lynx | Drexel |
| 27 | Johannah Leedham # | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | Connecticut Sun | Franklin Pierce |
| 28 | Abi Olajuwon | Script error: No such module "flag". | Chicago Sky | Oklahoma |
| 29 | Alexis Rack # | San Antonio Silver Stars | Mississippi State | |
| 30 | Alexis Gray-Lawson | Washington Mystics | California | |
| 31 | Vivian Frieson # | Tulsa Shock | Gonzaga | |
| 32 | Rashidat Junaid # | Los Angeles Sparks | Rutgers | |
| 33 | Brittainey Raven | Atlanta Dream | Texas | |
| 34 | Tijana Krivačević # | Script error: No such module "flag". / Script error: No such module "flag". | Seattle Storm | MKB Euroleasing Sopron (Hungary)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 35 | Joy Cheek | Script error: No such module "flag". | Indiana Fever | Duke |
| 36 | Nyeshia Stevenson # | Phoenix Mercury | Oklahoma |
See also
References
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External links
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