2013 WNBA draft
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| 2013 WNBA draft | |
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| General information | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| DateTemplate:Pluralize from text | April 15, 2013 |
| Location | Bristol, Connecticut |
| NetworkTemplate:Pluralize from text | ESPN2, ESPNU |
| Overview | |
| League | WNBA |
| First selection | Brittney Griner Phoenix Mercury |
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The 2013 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 15, 2013, at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut at 8:00 pm EDT. The first round was shown on ESPN2 (HD), with the second and third rounds shown on ESPNU.
Draft lottery
The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2013 draft occurred on September 26, 2012. For the first time in league history, the lottery was televised (during SportsCenter at 6:30 pm ET).
Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2013 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:
| Team | 2012 record |
Lottery chances |
Pick | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||||
| Washington Mystics | 5–29 | 442 | .442 | .316 | .181 | .062 | |
| Phoenix Mercury | 7–27 | 276 | .276 | .310 | .270 | .144 | |
| Tulsa Shock | 9–25 | 178 | .178 | .230 | .317 | .275 | |
| Chicago Sky | 14–20 | 104 | .104 | .145 | .232 | .520 | |
| Shaded block denotes actual lottery result. | |||||||
Transactions
- February 2, 2012: The Minnesota Lynx signed-and-traded Alexis Hornbuckle to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for a 2013 second round draft pick.
- March 14, 2012: The Chicago Sky acquired Sonja Petrovic from the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for a 2013 second round draft pick.
- February 19, 2013: The Washington Mystics receive the seventh and 19th overall pick from the Atlanta Dream as part of the Jasmine Thomas trade. Atlanta receives the 13th overall pick.
- February 27, 2013: The New York Liberty receive the seventh overall pick from the Washington Mystics as part of the Kia Vaughn trade. Washington receives the 17th overall pick.
- March 1, 2013: The New York Liberty receive the 15th and 27th overall picks as part of a three-team trade. The Tulsa Shock receive the 29th overall pick.
- April 15, 2013: The New York Liberty receive the 25th overall pick from the Washington Mystics as part of the Quanitra Hollingsworth trade.
Draft invitees
The WNBA announced on April 11, 2013, the 12 players were invited to attend the draft.[1]
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- Template:Flagicon Alex Bentley, Penn State
- Template:Flagicon Kelsey Bone, Texas A&M
- Template:Flagicon Layshia Clarendon, California
- Template:Flagicon Elena Delle Donne, Delaware
- Template:Flagicon Skylar Diggins, Notre Dame
- Template:Flagicon Kelly Faris, Connecticut
- Template:Flagicon Brittney Griner, Baylor
- Template:Flagicon Tianna Hawkins, Maryland
- Template:Flagicon Tayler Hill, Ohio State
- Template:Flagicon Lindsey Moore, Nebraska
- Template:Flagicon Ta’Shauna “Sugar” Rodgers, Georgetown
- Template:Flagicon Toni Young, Oklahoma State
Key
| ! | Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith 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 |
| # | Denotes player who never played in the WNBA regular season or playoffs |
| Bold | Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year |
Draft
Round 1
| Pick | Player | Nationality[a] | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Script error: No such module "Sort". * | Script error: No such module "flag". | Phoenix Mercury | Baylor (Sr.) |
| 2 | Script error: No such module "Sort". ! | Chicago Sky | Delaware (Sr.) | |
| 3 | Script error: No such module "Sort". * | Tulsa Shock | Notre Dame (Sr.) | |
| 4 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Washington Mystics | Ohio State (Sr.) | |
| 5 | Script error: No such module "Sort". + | New York Liberty | Texas A&M (Jr.) | |
| 6 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Seattle Storm | Maryland (Sr.) | |
| 7 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | New York Liberty (from Atlanta via Washington) | Oklahoma State (Sr.) | |
| 8 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Template:Flagicon Canada | San Antonio Silver Stars | Syracuse (Sr.) |
| 9 | Script error: No such module "Sort". + | Script error: No such module "flag". | Indiana Fever | California (Sr.) |
| 10 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Los Angeles Sparks | Kentucky (Sr.) | |
| 11 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Connecticut Sun | Connecticut (Sr.) | |
| 12 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Minnesota Lynx | Nebraska (Sr.) |
Round 2
| Pick | Player | Nationality[a] | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Script error: No such module "Sort". + | Script error: No such module "flag". | Atlanta Dream (from Washington) | Penn State (Sr.) |
| 14 | Script error: No such module "Sort". + | Minnesota Lynx (from Phoenix) | Georgetown (Sr.) | |
| 15 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | New York Liberty (from Tulsa) | Tennessee (Sr.) | |
| 16 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | San Antonio Silver Stars (from Chicago) | Arizona (Sr.) | |
| 17 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Washington Mystics (from New York) | St. John's (Sr.) | |
| 18 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Seattle Storm | Iowa State (Sr.) | |
| 19 | Script error: No such module "Sort". + | Script error: No such module "flag". | Washington Mystics (from Atlanta) | Villeneuve-d'Ascq (France) |
| 20 | Script error: No such module "Sort". # | Script error: No such module "flag". | San Antonio Silver Stars | Perpignan (France) |
| 21 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Indiana Fever | Georgia (Sr.) |
| 22 | Script error: No such module "Sort". # | Los Angeles Sparks | Kansas State (Sr.) | |
| 23 | Script error: No such module "Sort". # | Connecticut Sun | Iowa State (Sr.) | |
| 24 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Minnesota Lynx | Colorado (Sr.) |
Round 3
| Pick | Player | Nationality[a] | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Script error: No such module "Sort". # | Script error: No such module "flag". | New York Liberty (from Washington) | St. John's (Sr.) |
| 26 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Phoenix Mercury | Penn State (Sr.) |
| 27 | Script error: No such module "Sort". # | Script error: No such module "flag". | New York Liberty (from Tulsa) | Fenerbahçe (Turkey) |
| 28 | Script error: No such module "Sort". # | Script error: No such module "flag". | Chicago Sky | Baylor (Sr.) |
| 29 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Tulsa Shock (from New York) | Kansas (Sr.) | |
| 30 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Seattle Storm | Georgia (Sr.) | |
| 31 | Anne Marie Armstrong | Atlanta Dream | Georgia (Sr.) | |
| 32 | Script error: No such module "Sort". # | San Antonio Silver Stars | Oklahoma (Sr.) | |
| 33 | Script error: No such module "Sort". # | Indiana Fever | Florida (Sr.) | |
| 34 | Script error: No such module "Sort".[b] | Script error: No such module "flag". | Los Angeles Sparks | Elizabeth-Basket Kivorograd (Ukraine) |
| 35 | Script error: No such module "Sort". # | Script error: No such module "flag". | Connecticut Sun | South Florida (Sr.) |
| 36 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Script error: No such module "flag". | Minnesota Lynx | North Carolina (Sr.) |
Notes:
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- ^ a b c Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality at time of draft. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.
- ^ Los Angeles's selection of Alina Iagupova was subsequently voided by the league due to her age, under Article XIII, section 1(d) of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.[2]
Notable undrafted players
These players were not selected in the 2013 draft but have played at least one game in the WNBA.
| Player | Position | Nationality | School/club team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | C | Script error: No such module "flag". | Temple (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | G | Script error: No such module "flag". | North Carolina (Sr.) |
See also
References
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2013 Draft Invitees" (Press release). Women's National Basketball Association. April 11, 2013. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kacēns, Jānis (April 17, 2013). "Alina Iagupova's WNBA draft selection has been voided". LoveWomensBasketball.com. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."All-Time WNBA Draft List". WNBA. Archived from the original on October 12, 2008.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2013 WNBA Draft Results". WNBA. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
External links
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