1999 WNBA draft
{{Short description|Basketball player selection}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox sports draft
| name= 1999 WNBA draft
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| sport = Basketball
| date= May 4, 1999
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| league = WNBA
| teams =
| first = Chamique Holdsclaw
Washington Mystics
| territorial =
| prev= 1998
| next= 2000
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- On September 15, 1998, two more players were assigned prior to the expansion draft.
- On April 6, 1999, a WNBA expansion draft took place.
- On May 3, 1999, another round of player allocation took place.
- On May 4, 1999, the regular WNBA draft took place.
- On December 15, 1999, an additional expansion draft took place for the 2000 WNBA season. See 2000 WNBA draft for more details.
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Initial expansion player allocation
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! style="width:20%;"| Player ! style="width:5%;"| Position ! style="width:20%;"| Nationality ! style="width:25%;"| Team ! style="width:25%;"| School / club team |
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1
| F | {{USA}} | Stanford |
2
| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|Nykesha Sales * | G/F | {{USA}} |
Expansion draft
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style="width:5%;"| Pick
! style="width:20%;"| Player ! style="width:5%;"| Position ! style="width:20%;"| Nationality ! style="width:25%;"| Team ! style="width:25%;"| School / club team |
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1
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Brandy Reed + | F | {{USA}} | Minnesota Lynx (from Phoenix Mercury) |
2
| F | {{UK}} | Orlando Miracle (from Charlotte Sting) | Mercer |
3
| G | {{USA}} | Minnesota Lynx (from Utah Starzz) | DePaul |
4
| G | {{USA}} | Orlando Miracle (from New York Liberty) |
5
| G | {{USA}} | Minnesota Lynx (from Los Angeles Sparks) |
6
| F | {{USA}} | Orlando Miracle (from Houston Comets) |
7
| F | {{USA}} | Minnesota Lynx (from Sacramento Monarchs) | Arizona |
8
| G | {{USA}} | Orlando Miracle (from Cleveland Rockers) |
Post-expansion draft player allocation
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style="width:5%;"| Pick
! style="width:20%;"| Player ! style="width:5%;"| Position ! style="width:20%;"| Nationality ! style="width:25%;"| Team ! style="width:25%;"| School / club team |
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1
| bgcolor="#98f5ff"|Katie Smith * ^ ! | G/F | {{USA}} | Ohio State (from Columbus Quest, ABL) |
2
| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|Shannon Johnson * | G | {{USA}} | South Carolina (from Columbus Quest, ABL) |
College draft
=Round 1=
class="wikitable sortable" |
style="width:5%;"| Pick
! style="width:20%;"| Player ! style="width:5%;"| Position ! style="width:15%;"| Nationality ! style="width:20%;"| Team ! style="width:35%;"| School / club team |
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1
| bgcolor="#FFFF99"|Chamique Holdsclaw * ^ | G/F | {{USA}} |
2
| bgcolor="98f5ff"|Yolanda Griffith * ^ ! | F/C | {{USA}} | Florida Atlantic (from Chicago Condors, ABL) |
3
| bgcolor="#FFFF99"|Natalie Williams * ^ | C | {{USA}} | UCLA (from Portland Power, ABL) |
4
| bgcolor="#FFFF99"|DeLisha Milton + ^ | F | {{USA}} | Florida (from Portland Power, ABL) |
5
| bgcolor="#FFFF99"| Jennifer Azzi ^ | G | {{USA}} | Stanford (from San Jose Lasers, ABL) |
6
| F | {{USA}} | Southeastern Oklahoma State (from Colorado Xplosion, ABL) |
7
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Tonya Edwards + | G | {{USA}} | Tennessee (from Columbus Quest, ABL) |
8
| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|Tari Phillips * | F | {{USA}} | Central Florida (from Colorado Xplosion, ABL) |
9
| bgcolor="98f5ff"|Dawn Staley + ^ ! | G | {{USA}} | Virginia (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL) |
10
| G | {{USA}} | Texas (from Colorado Xplosion, ABL) |
11
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Chasity Melvin + | C | {{USA}} | North Carolina State (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL) |
12
| bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| Natalia Zasulskaya # | F | {{RUS}} |
=Round 2=
class="wikitable sortable" |
style="width:5%;"| Pick
! style="width:20%;"| Player ! style="width:5%;"| Position ! style="width:15%;"| Nationality ! style="width:20%;"| Team ! style="width:35%;"| School / club team |
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13
| F | {{USA}} | Alabama (from Seattle Reign, ABL) |
14
| G | {{USA}} | Georgia (from San Jose Lasers, ABL) |
15
| G | {{USA}} | St. Joseph's (from Colorado Xplosion, ABL) |
16
| C | {{MOZ}} | Old Dominion (from San Jose Lasers, ABL) |
17
| C | {{USA}} | Stanford (from Seattle Reign, ABL) |
18
| C | {{USA}} | Duke |
19
| G/F | {{AUS}} |
20
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Sheri Sam + | F/G | {{USA}} | Vanderbilt (from San Jose Lasers, ABL) |
21
| G/F | {{USA}} | Purdue |
22
|bgcolor=#FFFF99| Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil ^ | F | {{USA}} | Texas (from San Jose Lasers, ABL) |
23
| F | {{POR}} |
24
| G | {{USA}} | Stanford (from Portland Power, ABL) |
=Round 3=
class="wikitable sortable" |
style="width:5%;"| Pick
! style="width:20%;"| Player ! style="width:5%;"| Position ! style="width:15%;"| Nationality ! style="width:20%;"| Team ! style="width:35%;"| School / club team |
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25
| G | {{HUN}} | Florida International (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL) |
26
| G | {{USA}} | Stanford (from Seattle Reign, ABL) |
27
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Adrienne Goodson + | F | {{USA}} | Old Dominion (from Chicago Condors, ABL) |
28
| G | {{USA}} | Purdue |
29
| G/F | {{USA}} | Alabama |
30
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Tamika Whitmore + | C | {{USA}} | Memphis |
31
|bgcolor=#FFFF99| Andrea Lloyd ^ | F | {{USA}} | Texas (from Columbus Quest, ABL) |
32
| bgcolor="#FFFF99"|Taj McWilliams-Franklin{{efn|group=n|Taj McWilliams-Franklin is the lowest draft pick to be named a WNBA All-Star.}} * ^ | C | {{USA}} | St. Edward's (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL) |
33
| F | {{USA}} | North Carolina (from San Jose Lasers, ABL) |
34
| F | {{USA}} | Tennessee (from Columbus Quest, ABL) |
35
| C | {{USA}} | Georgia (from Nashville Noise, ABL) |
36
| bgcolor="#FFFF99"| Kara Wolters ^ | C | {{USA}} | Connecticut (from New England Blizzard, ABL) |
Notes:
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=Round 4=
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37
| C | {{AUS}} | Perth Breakers, Australia |
38
| C | {{USA}} | Iowa |
39
| G | {{HUN}} |
40
| F | {{USA}} | Georgia (from Philadelphia Rage, ABL) |
41
| F/C | {{SEN}} | Southern Nazarene (from Seattle Reign, ABL) |
42
| G | {{USA}} | Auburn (from New England Blizzard, ABL) |
43
| G | {{USA}} | Arkansas State (from Columbus Quest, ABL) |
44
| F | {{USA}} | Tennessee (from Columbus Quest, ABL) |
45
| F | {{USA}} |
46
| F | {{USA}} |
47
| G | {{USA}} |
48
|bgcolor=#FFFF99| Jennifer Rizzotti ^ | G | {{USA}} | Connecticut (from New England Blizzard, ABL) |
49
| F | {{USA}} | Penn State (from Columbus Quest, ABL) |
50
| G | {{USA}} | LSU (from Portland Power, ABL) |
See also
References
- {{cite web | url=http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html | title=All-Time WNBA draft history | access-date=June 4, 2008 | publisher=WNBA | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509153954/http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html | archive-date=May 9, 2008 | url-status=dead }}
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{{1999 WNBA season by team}}