2013 WNBA draft

2013 WNBA draft
2013 WNBA draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date(s)	April 15, 2013
Location	Bristol, Connecticut
Network(s)	ESPN2, ESPNU
Overview
League	WNBA
First selection	Brittney Griner; Phoenix Mercury
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The

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.

Invited players

The WNBA announced on April 11, 2013 that 12 players had been invited to attend the draft. Unless indicated otherwise, all players listed are Americans who played at U.S. colleges.^[1]

Alex Bentley, Penn State

Kelsey Bone, Texas A&M

Layshia Clarendon, California

Elena Delle Donne, Delaware

Skylar Diggins, Notre Dame

Connecticut

Baylor

Tianna Hawkins, Maryland

Tayler Hill, Ohio State

Lindsey Moore, Nebraska

Ta’Shauna “Sugar” Rodgers, Georgetown

Toni Young, Oklahoma State

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
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.

Key

PG
Guard
F
Forward
C Center

* 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

Bold Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year

Draft selections

Round 1

Pick Player Position Nationality^[a] Team School / club team

1 Brittney Griner ^* C United States Phoenix Mercury
Baylor
(Sr.)

2 Elena Delle Donne ^* G/F United States Chicago Sky Delaware (Sr.)

3
Skylar Diggins
^* G United States Tulsa Shock Notre Dame (Sr.)

4 Tayler Hill G United States Washington Mystics Ohio State (Sr.)

5 Kelsey Bone ⁺ C United States New York Liberty Texas A&M (Jr.)

6 Tianna Hawkins F United States Seattle Storm Maryland (Sr.)

7 Toni Young F United States New York Liberty (from Atl. via Was.) Oklahoma State (Sr.)

8 Kayla Alexander C Canada San Antonio Silver Stars Syracuse (Sr.)

9 Layshia Clarendon ⁺ G United States Indiana Fever California (Sr.)

10 A'dia Mathies G United States Los Angeles Sparks Kentucky (Sr.)

11 Kelly Faris G United States Connecticut Sun
Connecticut
(Sr.)

12 Lindsey Moore G United States Minnesota Lynx Nebraska (Sr.)

Round 2

Pick Player Position Nationality^[a] Team School/ club team

13 Alex Bentley ⁺ G United States Atlanta Dream (from Was.) Penn State (Sr.)

14 Sugar Rodgers G United States Minnesota Lynx (from Phx.) Georgetown (Sr.)

15 Kamiko Williams G United States New York Liberty (from Tul.) Tennessee (Sr.)

16 Davellyn Whyte G United States San Antonio Silver Stars (from Chi.) Arizona (Sr.)

17 Nadirah McKenith G United States Washington Mystics (from N.Y.) St. John's (Sr.)

18 Chelsea Poppens F United States Seattle Storm Iowa State (Sr.)

19 Emma Meesseman ⁺ C Belgium Washington Mystics (from Atl.) Villeneuve-d'Ascq (France)

20 Diandra Tchatchouang F France San Antonio Silver Stars Perpignan (France)

21 Jasmine Hassell F United States Indiana Fever Georgia (Sr.)

22 Brittany Chambers G United States Los Angeles Sparks Kansas State (Sr.)

23 Anna Prins C United States Connecticut Sun Iowa State (Sr.)

24 Chucky Jeffery G United States Minnesota Lynx Colorado (Sr.)

Round 3

Pick Player Position Nationality^[a] Team School / club team

25 Shenneika Smith G Jamaica New York Liberty (from Was.) St. John's (Sr.)

26 Nikki Greene PF/C United States Phoenix Mercury Penn State (Sr.)

27 Olcay Çakır G Turkey New York Liberty (from Tul.)
Fenerbahçe (Turkey
)

28 Brooklyn Pope F United States Chicago Sky
Baylor
(Sr.)

29 Angel Goodrich G United States Tulsa Shock (from N.Y.) Kansas (Sr.)

30 Jasmine James G United States Seattle Storm Georgia (Sr.)

31 Anne Marie Armstrong [pl] G/F United States Atlanta Dream Georgia (Sr.)

32 Whitney Hand G United States San Antonio Silver Stars Oklahoma (Sr.)

33 Jennifer George F United States Indiana Fever Florida (Sr.)

34 Alina Iagupova ^[b] (pick later voided) G Ukraine Los Angeles Sparks Elizabeth-Basket Kivorograd (Ukraine)

35 Andrea Smith G United States Connecticut Sun South Florida (Sr.)

36 Waltiea Rolle C Bahamas Minnesota Lynx North Carolina (Sr.)

Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. 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

Victoria Macaulay C Australia Temple (Sr.)

Tierra Ruffin-Pratt G United States North Carolina (Sr.)

See also

List of first overall WNBA draft picks

References

^ "2013 Draft Invitees" (Press release). Women's National Basketball Association. April 11, 2013. Retrieved April 11, 2013.

^ Kacēns, Jānis (April 17, 2013). "Alina Iagupova's WNBA draft selection has been voided". LoveWomensBasketball.com. Archived from the original on June 19, 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2013.

"All-Time WNBA Draft List". WNBA. Archived from the original on October 12, 2008.

"2013 WNBA Draft Results". WNBA. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2014.

External links

2013 WNBA draft board

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[nat-2] Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. 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.

[4] 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]

[1] "2013 Draft Invitees" (Press release). Women's National Basketball Association. April 11, 2013. Retrieved April 11, 2013.

[3] Kacēns, Jānis (April 17, 2013). "Alina Iagupova's WNBA draft selection has been voided". LoveWomensBasketball.com. Archived from the original on June 19, 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2013.

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