The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held their fifth dispersal draft on December 14, 2009.
This dispersal draft re-assigned players from the Sacramento Monarchs who folded in November 2009, prior to the start of the 2010 WNBA season. The remaining twelve active teams in the WNBA each selected one player from the 2009 Monarchs roster in the one-round draft. Teams drafted in inverse order of their 2009 regular season finish. All Monarchs players were available except for unrestricted free agents, Kara Lawson, Ticha Penicheiro, and Hamchetou Maiga-Ba. Key Pos.GFCPositionGuardForwardCenter
Draft The following players were drafted from the roster of the Sacramento Monarchs: Pick Player Position Nationality New team 1Nicole Powell + G/F New York Liberty 2Rebekkah Brunson + F Minnesota Lynx 3 DeMya Walker + F Connecticut Sun 4 Courtney Paris C Chicago Sky 5 Laura Harper F/C San Antonio Silver Stars 6 Kristin Haynie G Washington Mystics 7 Scholanda Robinson G Tulsa Shock 8 No selection – – Los Angeles Sparks 9 – – Atlanta Dream 10 Chelsea Newton G Seattle Storm 11 No selection – – Indiana Fever 12 – – Phoenix Mercury
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