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 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
Team	2012 record	Lottery chances	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]

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.

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	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.)

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

[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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v t e 2013 WNBA season by team
Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Finals
Eastern	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics
Western	Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm Tulsa Shock
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v t e 2013 WNBA draft
First round	Brittney Griner Elena Delle Donne Skylar Diggins Tayler Hill Kelsey Bone Tianna Hawkins Toni Young Kayla Alexander Layshia Clarendon A'dia Mathies Kelly Faris Lindsey Moore
Second round	Alex Bentley Sugar Rodgers Kamiko Williams Davellyn Whyte Nadirah McKenith Chelsea Poppens Emma Meesseman Diandra Tchatchouang Jasmine Hassell Brittany Chambers Anna Prins Chucky Jeffery