2007 WNBA draft
{{Short description|2007 meeting of WNBA teams to select players}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox sports draft
| name = 2007 WNBA draft
| image =
| caption =
| logo =
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| sport = Basketball
| date = April 4, 2007
| network = ESPN2, NBATV, ESPNU
| league = WNBA
| merging_teams = Charlotte Sting
(folded in 2006)
| first = Lindsey Harding
Minnesota Lynx
| territorial =
| prev = 2006
| next = 2008
}}
The 2007 WNBA draft was the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league.
A lottery was held on October 26, 2006, among the teams with the worst records in the previous season to determine the order of the top six picks in the first round of the draft. As in the NBA draft, the teams' chances were weighted so that the team with the worst record, in this case the Chicago Sky, had the best chance of receiving the top pick. The lottery was used to determine only the top two picks, with picks 3 through 6 going to the other lottery teams in inverse order of record. The Phoenix Mercury, despite having the best record of the six teams involved and thus the worst mathematical chance of winning, drew the top pick. It was the first time since the institution of the lottery for the 2002 Draft that the top pick was earned by the team with the worst mathematical chance of winning. Also for the first time, the team with the second-worst odds of earning the top pick, in this case the San Antonio Silver Stars, received the second pick.{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/features/lottery_index_07.html |title=Phoenix Mercury Win Top Pick in 2007 WNBA Draft |publisher=WNBA |date=October 26, 2006 |access-date=January 6, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070128050359/http://www.wnba.com/features/lottery_index_07.html |archive-date=January 28, 2007 |url-status=live }} The remaining first-round picks, plus all picks in the second and third rounds, are allocated in inverse order of regular-season record, without regard to playoff results (as in the NBA Draft).
The main draft was held on April 4, 2007, inside the Renaissance Hotel on Cleveland's Public Square, the day after the 2007 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament ended.{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/news/draft_cleveland_070207.html |title=2007 WNBA Draft to Cap Weeklong Celebration of Women's Basketball in Cleveland |publisher=WNBA |date=February 7, 2007 |access-date=March 9, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314105455/http://www.wnba.com/news/draft_cleveland_070207.html |archive-date=March 14, 2007 |url-status=live }} This draft marked the first WNBA draft ever held outside of New Jersey.
Additionally, on January 8, 2007, the WNBA held a dispersal draft to re-assign players from the Charlotte Sting who folded at the end of 2006 WNBA season.{{cite web |title=2007 Charlotte Sting Dispersal Draft Analysis |url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/features/dispersalanalysis.html |website=WNBA |date= |access-date=May 25, 2025}}
Key
{{WNBA Draft legend|1=y|2=y|4=y|6=y|7=y}}
Draft
=Round 1=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| width=100|Pick
! width=300|Player ! width=200|Nationality ! width=350|Team ! width=300|School / club team |
|---|
| 1
| Lindsey Harding {{small| (traded to Minnesota)}} |rowspan=12| {{USA}} | Duke |
| 2
| Jessica Davenport {{small|(traded to New York)}} |
| 3
| Ole Miss |
| 4
| UCLA |
| 5
| Texas |
| 6
| Baylor |
| 7
| Purdue |
| 8 |
| 9
| Duke |
| 10
| Chicago Sky {{small|(from Sacramento)}} |
| 11
| style="background-color:#FFCC00"|Ivory Latta + |
| 12
| Connecticut Sun {{small|(from Los Angeles)}} | Temple |
| 13
| {{FRA}} | Connecticut Sun | Valenciennes (France) |
=Round 2=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| width=100|Pick
! width=300|Player ! width=200|Nationality ! width=350|Team ! width=300|School / club team |
|---|
| 14
|rowspan=2| {{USA}} | Houston Comets {{small|(from Chicago)}} |
| 15
| USC |
| 16
| {{ISR}} | Maryland |
| 17
|rowspan=7| {{USA}} |
| 18
| Delaware |
| 19
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Megan Vogel # |
| 20
| Chicago Sky {{small|(from Seattle)}} |
| 21
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Jessica Dickson # | Chicago Sky {{small|(from Houston)}} |
| 22
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Lyndsey Medders # |
| 23
| Stanford |
| 24
| {{ITA}} | Minnesota Lynx {{small|(from Detroit)}} |
| 25
|rowspan=2| {{USA}} |
| 26
| Georgia |
=Round 3=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| width=100|Pick
! width=300|Player ! width=200|Nationality ! width=350|Team ! width=300|School / club team |
|---|
| 27
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Jenna Rubino # |rowspan=2| {{USA}} | DePaul |
| 28
| Phoenix Mercury {{small|(from Minnesota)}} | Oklahoma |
| 29
| {{GER}} | Iona |
| 30
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Nare Diawara # | {{MLI}} |
| 31
| {{USA}} |
| 32
| {{TTO}} |
| 33
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Brandie Hoskins # |rowspan=5| {{USA}} |
| 34
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Kristen Newlin # | Stanford |
| 35
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Ashley Key # | North Carolina State |
| 36
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Meg Bulger # |
| 37
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Emily Westerberg # | Phoenix Mercury {{small|(from Detroit)}} |
| 38
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Amanda Brown # | {{CAN}} |
| 39
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Kiera Hardy # | {{USA}} | Nebraska |
See also
References
;General
{{Refbegin}}
- {{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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{{WNBA Drafts}}
{{2007 WNBA draft}}
{{2007 WNBA season by team}}