2011 WNBA draft
2011 WNBA draft | |
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General information | |
Sport | Basketball |
Date(s) | April 11, 2011 |
Location | Bristol, Connecticut |
Network(s) | ESPN, NBATV, ESPNU |
Overview | |
League | WNBA |
First selection | Maya Moore Minnesota Lynx |
The 2011 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 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut. The first round was shown on ESPN (HD), while the second and third rounds were shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.
Draft lottery
The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2011 draft occurred on November 2, 2010. The Minnesota Lynx won the first pick, while the Tulsa Shock, Chicago Sky and Lynx were awarded the second, third and fourth picks respectively. 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.
Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2010 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:
Team | 2010 record |
Lottery chances |
Pick | ||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||||
Tulsa Shock | 6–28 | 442 | .442 | .316 | .181 | .062 | |
Minnesota Lynx | 13–21 | 276 | .276 | .310 | .270 | .144 | |
Chicago Sky | 14–20 | 178 | .178 | .230 | .317 | .275 | |
Minnesota Lynx (from Conn.) | 17–17 | 104 | .104 | .145 | .232 | .520 | |
Shaded block denotes actual lottery result. |
Invited players
The WNBA announced on April 6, 2011 that 15 players had been invited to attend the draft. Unless indicated otherwise, all players listed are Americans who played at U.S. colleges.[1]
- Danielle Adams, Texas A&M
- Jessica Breland, North Carolina
Liz Cambage, Bulleen Boomers (Australia)
- Sydney Colson, Texas A&M
- Victoria Dunlap, Kentucky
- Amber Harris, Xavier
- Jantel Lavender, Ohio State
- Maya Moore, Connecticut
- Kayla Pedersen, Stanford
- Ta'Shia Phillips, Xavier
- Jeanette Pohlen, Stanford
- Danielle Robinson, Oklahoma
- Carolyn Swords, Boston College
- Jasmine Thomas, Duke
- Courtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga
Transactions
- March 11, 2010: Atlanta and San Antonio swap second-round picks as part of the Michelle Snow transaction.
- April 7, 2010: Connecticut receives a second-round pick from Tulsa as part of the Chante Black/Amber Holt transaction.
- April 8, 2010: Minnesota receives Connecticut's first-round pick and Tulsa's second-round pick from Connecticut as part of the Kelsey Griffin transaction.
- May 13, 2010: Chicago receives a second-round pick from Los Angeles as part of the Kristi Toliver transaction.
- May 27, 2010: Tulsa receives a second-round pick from Indiana as part of the Shavonte Zellous transaction.
- July 23, 2010: Tulsa receives a first-round pick from Phoenix as part of the Kara Braxton/Nicole Ohlde transaction.
Source[2]
Key
Draft selections
Round 1
Pick | Player | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
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1 | Maya Moore + | ![]() |
Minnesota Lynx | Connecticut |
2 | Liz Cambage + | ![]() |
Tulsa Shock | Bulleen Boomers (Australia) |
3 | Courtney Vandersloot + | ![]() |
Chicago Sky | Gonzaga |
4 | Amber Harris | ![]() |
Minnesota Lynx (from Conn.) | Xavier |
5 | Jantel Lavender + | ![]() |
Los Angeles Sparks | Ohio State |
6 | Danielle Robinson + | ![]() |
San Antonio Silver Stars | Oklahoma |
7 | Kayla Pedersen | ![]() |
Tulsa Shock (from Phx.) | Stanford |
8 | Ta'Shia Phillips | ![]() |
Atlanta Dream (traded to Wash.) | Xavier |
9 | Jeanette Pohlen | ![]() |
Indiana Fever | Stanford |
10 | Alex Montgomery | ![]() |
New York Liberty | Georgia Tech |
11 | Victoria Dunlap | ![]() |
Washington Mystics | Kentucky |
12 | Jasmine Thomas + | ![]() |
Seattle Storm | Duke |
Round 2
Pick | Player | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
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13 | Jessica Breland + | ![]() |
Minnesota Lynx (from Tul. via Conn.; traded to N.Y.) | North Carolina |
14 | Felicia Chester | ![]() |
Minnesota Lynx (traded to Atl.) | DePaul |
15 | Carolyn Swords | ![]() |
Chicago Sky | Boston College |
16 | Sydney Colson | ![]() |
Connecticut Sun (traded to N.Y.) | Texas A&M |
17 | Angie Bjorklund | ![]() |
Chicago Sky (from L.A.) | Tennessee |
18 | Rachel Jarry | ![]() |
Atlanta Dream (from S.A.; traded to Minn.) | Bulleen Boomers (Australia) |
19 | Brittany Spears | ![]() |
Phoenix Mercury | Colorado |
20 | Danielle Adams | ![]() |
San Antonio Silver Stars (from Atl.) | Texas A&M |
21 | Italee Lucas | ![]() |
Tulsa Shock (from Ind.) | North Carolina |
22 | Angel Robinson | ![]() |
New York Liberty (traded to Minn.) | Marquette |
23 | Karima Christmas | ![]() |
Washington Mystics | Duke |
24 | Ify Ibekwe | ![]() |
Seattle Storm | Arizona |
Round 3
Pick | Player | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
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25 | Chastity Reed | ![]() |
Tulsa Shock | Arkansas–Little Rock |
26 | Kachine Alexander | ![]() |
Minnesota Lynx | Iowa |
27 | Amy Jaeschke | ![]() |
Chicago Sky | Northwestern |
28 | Adrienne Johnson | ![]() |
Connecticut Sun | Louisiana Tech |
29 | Elina Babkina (pick later voided) | ![]() |
Los Angeles Sparks | Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia (Poland) |
30 | Porsha Phillips | ![]() |
San Antonio Silver Stars | Georgia |
31 | Tahnee Robinson | ![]() |
Phoenix Mercury (traded to Conn.) | Nevada |
32 | Kelsey Bolte | ![]() |
Atlanta Dream | Iowa State |
33 | Jori Davis | ![]() |
Indiana Fever | Indiana |
34 | Mekia Valentine | ![]() |
New York Liberty | UC Santa Barbara |
35 | Sara Krnjić | ![]() |
Washington Mystics | Pécs 2010 (Hungary) |
36 | Krystal Thomas | ![]() |
Seattle Storm | Duke |
See also
References
- ^ "Top Prospects Invited to Attend WNBA Draft" (Press release). Women's National Basketball Association. April 6, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
- ^ http://www.wnba.com/transactions/WNBA_2010.html 2010 WNBA Transactions
- "All-Time WNBA Draft List". WNBA. Archived from the original on October 12, 2008.