2000 WNBA draft
{{Short description|2000 meeting of WNBA teams to select players}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox sports draft
| name = 2000 WNBA draft
| image =
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| logo =
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| sport = Basketball
| date = April 25, 2000
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| league = WNBA
| teams =
| first = Ann Wauters
Cleveland Rockers
| territorial =
| prev = 1999
| next = 2001
}}
- On December 15, 1999, a WNBA expansion draft took place.
- On April 25, 2000, the regular WNBA draft took place.
{{WNBA Draft legend|1=y|2=y|3=y|4=y|6=y|7=y}}
Expansion draft
class="wikitable sortable" |
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
| G | {{Flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} FR Yugoslavia | Indiana Fever (from Los Angeles Sparks) |
2
| G | {{USA}} | Seattle Storm (from Phoenix Mercury) | Texas |
3
| G | {{USA}} | Miami Sol (from Sacramento Monarchs) | Stanford |
4
| F | {{USA}} | Portland Fire (from Cleveland Rockers) |
5
| G | {{USA}} | Portland Fire (from Houston Comets) | Stanford |
6
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Sandy Brondello + | G | {{AUS}} | Miami Sol (from Detroit Shock) | BTV Wuppertal {{smaller|(Germany)}} |
7
| G | {{USA}} | Seattle Storm (from New York Liberty) | Florida |
8
| G | {{USA}} | Indiana Fever (from Charlotte Sting) | Purdue |
9
| C | {{USA}} | Indiana Fever (from Washington Mystics) |
10
| F | {{USA}} | Seattle Storm (from Minnesota Lynx) | Kansas |
11
| G | {{USA}} | Miami Sol (from Utah Starzz) |
12
| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|Tari Phillips * | C | {{USA}} | Portland Fire (from Orlando Miracle) |
13
| G | {{USA}} | Portland Fire (from New York Liberty) |
14
| F | {{USA}} | Miami Sol (from Charlotte Sting) |
15
| C | {{Flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} FR Yugoslavia | Seattle Storm (from Los Angeles Sparks) | Basket Bees Pavia {{smaller|(Italy)}} |
16
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Rita Williams + | G | {{USA}} | Indiana Fever (from Washington Mystics) |
17
| bgcolor="#FFFF99"| Kara Wolters ^ | C | {{USA}} | Indiana Fever (from Houston Comets) |
18
| F | {{USA}} | Seattle Storm (from Phoenix Mercury) | Iowa |
19
| F | {{USA}} | Miami Sol (from Detroit Shock) | Virginia |
20
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Molly Goodenbour # | G | {{USA}} | Portland Fire (from Sacramento Monarchs) | Stanford |
21
| G | {{USA}} | Portland Fire (from Cleveland Rockers) | Stanford |
22
| F | {{USA}} | Miami Sol (from Orlando Miracle) |
23
| G | {{USA}} | Seattle Storm (from Minnesota Lynx) | Stanford |
24
| G | {{USA}} | Indiana Fever (from Utah Starzz) | Auburn |
College draft
=Round 1=
class="wikitable sortable" |
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"|Ann Wauters + | C | {{BEL}} | Valenciennes {{smaller|(France)}} |
2
| C | {{USA}} | Alabama (from Chicago Condors, ABL) |
3
| G | {{USA}} | Detroit Shock (from Utah){{refn|April 24, 2000: Utah to Detroit
| Texas |
4
| F/C | {{BRA}} | Brazil |
5
| G | {{USA}} | Minnesota Lynx (from Phoenix){{refn|February 21, 2000: Phoenix to Minnesota
| Tulane |
6
| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|Betty Lennox * | G | {{USA}} |
7
| G/F | {{USA}} | Kansas |
8
| G | {{USA}} | Detroit Shock (from Utah via Miami){{refn|December 15, 1999: Miami to Utah
|
9
| F/C | {{CZE}} |
10
| F | {{USA}} | Minnesota Lynx (from Miami via Indiana){{refn|December 15, 1999: Indiana to Miami
| UCLA |
11
| C | {{USA}} |
12
| C | {{USA}} | Utah Starzz (from Detroit){{refn|group=lower-alpha|name=StarzzShock}} | Stanford |
13
| C | {{UKR}} |
14
| F | {{USA}} | Stanford (from Portland Power, ABL) |
15
| G | {{USA}} | Nebraska |
16
| F/C | {{RUS}} |
=Round 2=
class="wikitable sortable" |
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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17
| G | {{USA}} |
18
| G/F | {{USA}} | Florida |
19
| G | {{USA}} | Miami Sol (from Utah){{refn|group=lower-alpha|name=SolStarzz}} |
20
| F | {{USA}} | Purdue (from New England Blizzard, ABL) |
21
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Adrian Williams + | F/C | {{USA}} | USC |
22
| G | {{USA}} | Rice |
23
| F | {{USA}} | Michigan |
24
| F | {{USA}} | Minnesota Lynx (from Miami){{refn|group=lower-alpha|name=SolLynx}} |
25
| G | {{USA}} | Kansas (from New England Blizzard, ABL) |
26
| F | {{flag|LTU|1988|name=Lithuania}} | Pool Comense {{smaller|(Italy)}} |
27
| G/F | {{USA}} | Florida |
28
| G | {{USA}} |
29
| F | {{USA}} |
30
| G | {{USA}} |
31
| C | {{USA}} |
32
| C | {{USA}} |
=Round 3=
class="wikitable sortable" |
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 |
---|
33
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Monique Morehouse # | C | {{USA}} | Auburn (from New England Blizzard, ABL) |
34
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Jill Morton # | G | {{USA}} | Charlotte Sting (from Washington){{refn|January 19, 2000: Washington to Charlotte
|
35
| G | {{USA}} |
36
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Shawnetta Stewart # | G | {{USA}} | Rutgers |
37
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Tauja Catchings # | F | {{USA}} | Illinois |
38
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Phylesha Whaley # | F | {{USA}} | Oklahoma |
39
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Maxann Reese # | G | {{USA}} |
40
| G | {{USA}} | Stanford |
41
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Kirra Jordan # | F | {{USA}} | Rice |
42
| G/F | {{USA}} | Rutgers |
43
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Peppi Browne # | G/F | {{USA}} | Duke |
44
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Chavonne Hammond # | G/F | {{USA}} |
45
| G | {{AUS}} | Dandenong Rangers {{smaller|(Australia)}} |
46
| C | {{USA}} |
47
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Marte Alexander # | C | {{USA}} | Arizona |
48
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Latavia Coleman # | F | {{USA}} | Houston Comets (traded to Indiana) |
=Round 4=
class="wikitable sortable" |
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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49
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Sophie von Saldern # | F/C | {{GER}} |
50
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Latina Davis # | G | {{USA}} | Indiana Fever (from Washington, traded to Houston){{refn|December 15, 1999: Indiana acquired Monica Maxwell and Washington's third-round pick (50th overall) for selecting Nyree Roberts in the third round of the 2000 WNBA Expansion Draft. |group=lower-alpha|name=MysticsFever}} |
51
| F | {{USA}} |
52
| G | {{CZE}} | Gambrinus Brno |
53
| C | {{USA}} | Phoenix Mercury (traded to Miami) | Kentucky |
54
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Jana Lichnerová # | C | {{SVK}} |
55
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Rhonda L. Smith # | C | {{USA}} |
56
| F | {{USA}} | Minnesota Lynx (from Miami){{refn|group=lower-alpha|name=SolLynx}} | Kansas State (from Columbus Quest, ABL) |
57
| G | {{AUS}} | LSU |
58
| G | {{USA}} | Indiana Fever (traded to Houston) | Virginia |
59
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Shaka Massey # | C | {{USA}} |
60
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Cal Bouchard # | G | {{CAN}} |
61
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Natalie Porter # | F | {{AUS}} |
62
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Jessica Zinobile # | F | {{USA}} |
63
| G | {{USA}} | USC |
64
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Abbie Willenborg # | F | {{USA}} |
Trades
= Pre-draft trades =
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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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