2011 WNBA draft

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2011 WNBA draft
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General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)April 11, 2011
Location Bristol, Connecticut
Network(s) ESPN, NBATV, ESPNU
Overview
LeagueWNBA
First selection Maya Moore
Minnesota Lynx
←  2010
2012  →

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.

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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
1st2nd3rd4th
Tulsa Shock 6–28442.442.316.181.062
Minnesota Lynx 13–21276.276.310.270.144
Chicago Sky 14–20178.178.230.317.275
Minnesota Lynx (from Conn.)17–17104.104.145.232.520
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]

Transactions

Source [2]

Key

*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
BoldDenotes player who won Rookie of the Year

Draft selections

Round 1

PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team
1 Maya Moore +Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Minnesota Lynx Connecticut
2 Liz Cambage +Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Tulsa Shock Bulleen Boomers (Australia)
3 Courtney Vandersloot +Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Chicago Sky Gonzaga
4 Amber Harris Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Minnesota Lynx (from Conn.) Xavier
5 Jantel Lavender +Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Los Angeles Sparks Ohio State
6 Danielle Robinson +Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States San Antonio Silver Stars Oklahoma
7 Kayla Pedersen Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tulsa Shock (from Phx.) Stanford
8 Ta'Shia Phillips Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Atlanta Dream (traded to Wash.) Xavier
9 Jeanette Pohlen Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Indiana Fever Stanford
10 Alex Montgomery Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States New York Liberty Georgia Tech
11 Victoria Dunlap Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Washington Mystics Kentucky
12 Jasmine Thomas +Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Seattle Storm Duke

Round 2

PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team
13 Jessica Breland +Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Minnesota Lynx (from Tul. via Conn.; traded to N.Y.) North Carolina
14 Felicia Chester Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Minnesota Lynx (traded to Atl.) DePaul
15 Carolyn Swords Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Chicago Sky Boston College
16 Sydney Colson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Connecticut Sun (traded to N.Y.) Texas A&M
17 Angie Bjorklund Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Chicago Sky (from L.A.) Tennessee
18 Rachel Jarry Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Atlanta Dream (from S.A.; traded to Minn.) Bulleen Boomers (Australia)
19 Brittany Spears Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Phoenix Mercury Colorado
20 Danielle Adams Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States San Antonio Silver Stars (from Atl.) Texas A&M
21 Italee Lucas Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tulsa Shock (from Ind.) North Carolina
22 Angel Robinson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States New York Liberty (traded to Minn.) Marquette
23 Karima Christmas Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Washington Mystics Duke
24 Ify Ibekwe Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Seattle Storm Arizona

Round 3

PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team
25 Chastity Reed Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tulsa Shock Arkansas–Little Rock
26 Kachine Alexander Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Minnesota Lynx Iowa
27 Amy Jaeschke Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Chicago Sky Northwestern
28 Adrienne Johnson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Connecticut Sun Louisiana Tech
29 Elina Babkina (pick later voided)Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Los Angeles Sparks Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia (Poland)
30 Porsha Phillips Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States San Antonio Silver Stars Georgia
31 Tahnee Robinson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Phoenix Mercury (traded to Conn.) Nevada
32 Kelsey Bolte Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Atlanta Dream Iowa State
33 Jori Davis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Indiana Fever Indiana
34 Mekia Valentine Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States New York Liberty UC Santa Barbara
35 Sara Krnjić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Washington Mystics Pécs 2010 (Hungary)
36 Krystal Thomas Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Seattle Storm Duke

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References

  1. ↑ "Top Prospects Invited to Attend WNBA Draft" (Press release). Women's National Basketball Association. April 6, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
  2. ↑ http://www.wnba.com/transactions/WNBA_2010.html 2010 WNBA Transactions
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