2004 WNBA dispersal draft | |
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General information | |
Sport | Basketball |
Date(s) | January 6, 2004 |
Overview | |
League | WNBA |
Merging teams | Cleveland Rockers (folded in 2003) |
First selection | Penny Taylor Phoenix Mercury |
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held a second dispersal draft on January 6, 2004. [1]
This dispersal draft re-assigned players from the Cleveland Rockers who folded after the end of 2003 WNBA season. [2] The remaining thirteen teams in the WNBA each selected one player from the 2003 Rockers roster in the one-round draft. [3] Teams drafted in inverse order of their 2003 regular season finish. [2]
Pos. | G | F | C |
Position | Guard | Forward | Center |
^ | Denotes player who has been inducted to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame |
* | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-WNBA Team |
+ | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game |
# | Denotes player who never played in the WNBA regular season or playoffs |
The following players were drafted from the Cleveland Rockers:
Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | New team |
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1 | Penny Taylor * ^ | F | ![]() | Phoenix Mercury |
2 | Chasity Melvin + | C/F | ![]() | Washington Mystics |
3 | LaToya Thomas | F | San Antonio Silver Stars | |
4 | Ann Wauters + | C | ![]() | New York Liberty |
5 | Deanna Jackson | F | ![]() | Indiana Fever |
6 | Betty Lennox * | G | Seattle Storm | |
7 | Helen Darling | G | Minnesota Lynx | |
8 | Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough | C | Houston Comets (from Connecticut) [4] | |
9 | Mery Andrade | F | Charlotte Sting | |
10 | Jennifer Butler # | C | Sacramento Monarchs | |
11 | Lucienne Berthieu | F/C | ![]() | Houston Comets |
12 | Isabelle Fijalkowski | C | Los Angeles Sparks | |
13 | Jennifer Rizzotti ^ | G | ![]() | Detroit Shock |