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.

Transactions

Source [1]

Invited players

The WNBA announced on April 6, 2011, that 15 players had been invited to attend the draft. [2]

Key

 !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
xDenotes player who has been selected for at least one All-WNBA Team
#Denotes player who never played in the WNBA regular season or playoffs
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 Minnesota Lynx (from Connecticut) Xavier
5 Jantel Lavender + Los Angeles Sparks Ohio State
6 Danielle Robinson * San Antonio Silver Stars Oklahoma
7 Kayla Pedersen Tulsa Shock (from Phoenix) Stanford
8 Ta'Shia Phillips (traded to Washington) Atlanta Dream 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

PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team
13 Jessica Breland +(traded to New York)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Minnesota Lynx (from Tulsa via Connecticut) North Carolina
14 Felicia Chester (traded to Atlanta)Minnesota Lynx DePaul
15 Carolyn Swords Chicago Sky Boston College
16 Sydney Colson (traded to New York) Connecticut Sun Texas A&M
17 Angie Bjorklund Chicago Sky (from Los Angeles) Tennessee
18 Rachel Jarry (traded to Minnesota)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Atlanta Dream (from San Antonio) Bulleen Boomers (Australia)
19 Brittany Spears #Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Phoenix Mercury Colorado
20 Danielle Adams + San Antonio Silver Stars (from Atlanta) Texas A&M
21 Italee Lucas # Tulsa Shock (from Indiana)North Carolina
22 Angel Robinson #(traded to Minnesota) New York Liberty Marquette
23 Karima Christmas Washington Mystics Duke
24 Ify Ibekwe 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
26Kachine Alexander # Minnesota Lynx Iowa
27Amy Jaeschke # Chicago Sky Northwestern
28Adrienne Johnson # 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 #(traded to Connecticut) Phoenix Mercury Nevada
32Kelsey Bolte # Atlanta Dream Iowa State
33Jori Davis # Indiana Fever Indiana
34 Mekia Valentine # 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

See also

References

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