2008 WNBA expansion draft

2008 WNBA expansion draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date	February 6, 2008
Overview
League	WNBA
Expansion teams	Atlanta Dream
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The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held their fifth expansion draft on February 6, 2008 for the Atlanta Dream. ^[1] This draft allowed the Atlanta Dream to select players from the existing WNBA teams to fill their debut roster prior to the start of the 2008 WNBA season. ^[2]

The existing 13 WNBA teams were allowed to protect a maximum of six players from their 2007 rosters. ^[1] The Dream were then permitted to select one unprotected player from each team but only one unrestricted free agent. ^[3]

Key

Pos.	G	F	C
Position	Guard	Forward	Center

!	Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
^	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

Expansion draft

The following players were drafted for the roster of the Dream from the league's existing teams on February 6, 2008:

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Former team	WNBA years [a]	Career with the franchise [b]	Ref.
1	Carla Thomas	F/C	United States	Chicago Sky	1	—	[4]
2	Érika de Souza +	C	Brazil	Connecticut Sun	2	2008–2015
3	Katie Feenstra		United States	Detroit Shock	3	2008
4	Roneeka Hodges (traded to Seattle) [c]	G		Houston Comets	3	—
5	Ann Strother	G/F		Indiana Fever [d]	2	2008
6	LaToya Thomas (traded to Detroit) [e]	F		Los Angeles Sparks	5	—
7	Kristen Mann			Minnesota Lynx	3	2008
8	Ann Wauters +(traded to San Antonio) [f]	C	Belgium	New York Liberty	5	—
9	Jennifer Lacy	F	United States	Phoenix Mercury	2	2008–2009
10	Kristin Haynie	G		Sacramento Monarchs	3	2008
11	Chantelle Anderson	C		San Antonio Silver Stars	5	—
12	Betty Lennox *	G		Seattle Storm	8	2008
13	Yelena Leuchanka	C	Belarus	Washington Mystics	2	2010; 2012

Notes

1. Number of years played in the WNBA prior to the draft
2. Number of years played for expansion franchise that drafted player
3. February 6, 2008: Atlanta to Seattle ^[2]
   • Atlanta acquired Iziane Castro Marques and the 2008 No. 8 draft pick
   • Seattle acquired Roneeka Hodges and the 2008 No. 4 draft pick
4. February 6, 2008: Indiana to Atlanta ^[2]
   • Indiana acquired agreement from Atlanta to not select specific unprotected Fever players in the expansion draft
   • Atlanta acquired the 2008 No. 24 draft pick
5. February 6, 2008: Atlanta to Detroit ^[2]
   • Atlanta acquired Ivory Latta
   • Seattle acquired LaToya Thomas and the 2008 No. 18 draft pick
6. April 9, 2008: San Antonio to Atlanta ^[5]
   • San Antonio acquired Ann Wauters, Morenike Atunrase, and a 2009 second round draft pick
   • Atlanta acquired Camille Little, Chioma Nnamaka, and a 2009 first round draft pick

References

1. "Atlanta Dream Expansion Draft set for February 6". WNBA. Retrieved June 28, 2025.
2. "Atlanta Dream adds Lennox in WNBA expansion draft, trades for Latta, Castro Marques". ESPN. February 6, 2008. Retrieved June 28, 2025.
3. "Atlanta Dream Build Inaugural Roster With 13 Picks In 2008 Expansion Draft". WNBA. Retrieved June 28, 2025.
4. "2008 WNBA Expansion Draft". Basketball Reference. Retrieved June 28, 2025.
5. "San Antonio Acquires Ann Wauters, Morenike Atunrase In Draft Day Trade With Atlanta". WNBA. Retrieved June 28, 2025.