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.
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:
Team2010recordLotterychancesPick1st2nd3rd4th Tulsa Shock 6–28 442 .442.316 .181 .062 Minnesota Lynx 13–21 276.276 .310 .270 .144 Chicago Sky 14–20 178 .178 .230.317 .275 Minnesota Lynx (from Conn.) 17–17 104 .104 .145 .232.520Shaded block denotes actual lottery result.
Transactions March 11, 2010: Atlanta and San Antonio swap second-round picks as part of the Michelle Snow transaction. April 7, 2010: Connecticut receives a second-round pick from Tulsa as part of the Chante Black/Amber Holt transaction. April 8, 2010: Minnesota receives Connecticut's first-round pick and Tulsa's second-round pick from Connecticut as part of the Kelsey Griffin transaction. May 13, 2010: Chicago receives a second-round pick from Los Angeles as part of the Kristi Toliver transaction. May 27, 2010: Tulsa receives a second-round pick from Indiana as part of the Shavonte Zellous transaction. July 23, 2010: Tulsa receives a first-round pick from Phoenix as part of the Kara Braxton/Nicole Ohlde transaction. Sourcehttp://www.wnba.com/transactions/WNBA_2010.html 2010 WNBA Transactions
Invited players The WNBA announced on April 6, 2011, that 15 players had been invited to attend the draft.
Danielle Adams, Texas A&M Jessica Breland, North Carolina Liz Cambage, Bulleen Boomers (Australia) Sydney Colson, Texas A&M Victoria Dunlap, Kentucky Amber Harris, Xavier Jantel Lavender, Ohio State Maya Moore, Connecticut Kayla Pedersen, Stanford Ta'Shia Phillips, Xavier Jeanette Pohlen, Stanford Danielle Robinson, Oklahoma Carolyn Swords, Boston College Jasmine Thomas, Duke Courtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga
Key
Draft selections
Round 1 PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team 1 Maya Moore * ^ ! Minnesota Lynx Connecticut 2 Liz Cambage * Tulsa Shock Bulleen Boomers (Australia) 3 Courtney Vandersloot * Chicago Sky Gonzaga 4 Amber Harris Minnesota Lynx Xavier 5 Jantel Lavender + Los Angeles Sparks Ohio State 6 Danielle Robinson * San Antonio Silver Stars Oklahoma 7 Kayla Pedersen Tulsa Shock Stanford 8 Ta'Shia Phillips Atlanta Dream Xavier 9 Jeanette Pohlen Indiana Fever Stanford 10 Alex Montgomery New York Liberty Georgia Tech 11 Victoria Dunlap Washington Mystics Kentucky 12Jasmine Thomas + Seattle Storm Duke
Round 2 PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team 13Jessica Breland + Minnesota Lynx North Carolina 14 Felicia Chester Minnesota Lynx DePaul 15 Carolyn Swords Chicago Sky Boston College 16 Sydney Colson Connecticut Sun Texas A&M 17 Angie Bjorklund Chicago Sky Tennessee 18 Rachel Jarry Atlanta Dream Bulleen Boomers 19 Brittany Spears # Phoenix Mercury Colorado 20 Danielle Adams + San Antonio Silver Stars Texas A&M 21 Italee Lucas # Tulsa Shock North Carolina 22 Angel Robinson # New York Liberty Marquette 23 Karima Christmas Washington Mystics Duke 24 Ify Ibekwe Seattle Storm Arizona
Round 3 PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team 25 Chastity Reed Tulsa Shock Arkansas–Little Rock 26 Kachine Alexander # Minnesota Lynx Iowa 27 Amy Jaeschke # Chicago Sky Northwestern 28 Adrienne Johnson Connecticut Sun Louisiana Tech 29 Elina Babkina (pick later voided) Los Angeles Sparks Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia (Poland) 30 Porsha Phillips San Antonio Silver Stars Georgia 31 Tahnee Robinson # Phoenix Mercury Nevada 32 Kelsey Bolte # Atlanta Dream Iowa State 33 Jori Davis # Indiana Fever Indiana 34 Mekia Valentine # New York Liberty UC Santa Barbara 35 Sara Krnjić # Washington Mystics Pécs 2010 (Hungary) 36 Krystal Thomas Seattle Storm Duke
See also List of first overall WNBA draft picks
References
External links 2011 WNBA draft board