2011 WNBA draft

2011 meeting of WNBA teams to select players

2011 WNBA draft

General information
Sport| Basketball
Date(s)| April 11, 2011
Location| Bristol, Connecticut
Network(s)| ESPN, NBATV, ESPNU
Overview
League| WNBA
First selection| Maya Moore
Minnesota Lynx

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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

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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:

Team  | 2010
record | Lottery
chances  | Pick

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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th
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  | .520
Shaded block denotes actual lottery result.

## Invited players

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The WNBA announced on April 6, 2011 that 15 players had been invited to attend the draft. Unless indicated otherwise, all players listed are Americans who played at U.S. colleges.[1]

* 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

## Transactions

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* 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.

Source[2]

## Key

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*  | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-WNBA Team

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+ | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
Bold | Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year

## Draft selections

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### Round 1

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Pick  | Player  | Nationality  | Team  | School / club team

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1  | Maya Moore + |  United States | Minnesota Lynx | Connecticut
2  | Liz Cambage + |  Australia | Tulsa Shock | Bulleen Boomers (Australia)
3  | Courtney Vandersloot + |  United States | Chicago Sky | Gonzaga
4  | Amber Harris |  United States | Minnesota Lynx (from Conn.)  | Xavier
5  | Jantel Lavender + |  United States | Los Angeles Sparks | Ohio State
6  | Danielle Robinson + |  United States | San Antonio Silver Stars | Oklahoma
7  | Kayla Pedersen |  United States | Tulsa Shock (from Phx.)  | Stanford
8  | Ta'Shia Phillips |  United States | Atlanta Dream (traded to Wash.)  | Xavier
9  | Jeanette Pohlen |  United States | Indiana Fever | Stanford
10  | Alex Montgomery |  United States | New York Liberty | Georgia Tech
11  | Victoria Dunlap |  United States | Washington Mystics | Kentucky
12  | Jasmine Thomas + |  United States | Seattle Storm | Duke

### Round 2

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Pick  | Player  | Nationality  | Team  | School / club team

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13  | Jessica Breland + |  United States | Minnesota Lynx (from Tul. via Conn.; traded to N.Y.)  | North Carolina
14  | Felicia Chester |  United States | Minnesota Lynx (traded to Atl.)  | DePaul
15  | Carolyn Swords |  United States | Chicago Sky | Boston College
16  | Sydney Colson |  United States | Connecticut Sun (traded to N.Y.)  | Texas A&M
17  | Angie Bjorklund |  United States | Chicago Sky (from L.A.)  | Tennessee
18  | Rachel Jarry |  Australia | Atlanta Dream (from S.A.; traded to Minn.)  | Bulleen Boomers (Australia)
19  | Brittany Spears |  United States | Phoenix Mercury | Colorado
20  | Danielle Adams |  United States | San Antonio Silver Stars (from Atl.)  | Texas A&M
21  | Italee Lucas |  United States | Tulsa Shock (from Ind.)  | North Carolina
22  | Angel Robinson |  United States | New York Liberty (traded to Minn.)  | Marquette
23  | Karima Christmas |  United States | Washington Mystics | Duke
24  | Ify Ibekwe |  United States | Seattle Storm | Arizona

### Round 3

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Pick  | Player  | Nationality  | Team  | School / club team

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25  | Chastity Reed |  United States | Tulsa Shock | Arkansas–Little Rock
26  | Kachine Alexander |  United States | Minnesota Lynx | Iowa
27  | Amy Jaeschke |  United States | Chicago Sky | Northwestern
28  | Adrienne Johnson |  United States | Connecticut Sun | Louisiana Tech
29  | Elina Babkina (pick later voided) |  Latvia | Los Angeles Sparks | Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia (Poland)
30  | Porsha Phillips |  United States | San Antonio Silver Stars | Georgia
31  | Tahnee Robinson |  United States | Phoenix Mercury (traded to Conn.)  | Nevada
32  | Kelsey Bolte |  United States | Atlanta Dream | Iowa State
33  | Jori Davis |  United States | Indiana Fever | Indiana
34  | Mekia Valentine |  United States | New York Liberty | UC Santa Barbara
35  | Sara Krnjić |  Serbia | Washington Mystics | Pécs 2010 (Hungary)
36  | Krystal Thomas |  United States | Seattle Storm | Duke

## See also

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* List of first overall WNBA draft picks

## References

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1. ^ "Top Prospects Invited to Attend WNBA Draft" (Press release). Women's National Basketball Association. April 6, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
2. ^ http://www.wnba.com/transactions/WNBA_2010.html 2010 WNBA Transactions

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

## External links

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* 2011 WNBA draft board

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2011 WNBA draft

First round|

* Maya Moore
* Liz Cambage
* Courtney Vandersloot
* Amber Harris
* Jantel Lavender
* Danielle Robinson
* Kayla Pedersen
* Ta'Shia Phillips
* Jeanette Pohlen
* Alex Montgomery
* Victoria Dunlap
* Jasmine Thomas

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* Jessica Breland
* Felicia Chester
* Carolyn Swords
* Sydney Colson
* Angie Bjorklund
* Rachel Jarry
* Brittany Spears
* Danielle Adams
* Italee Lucas
* Angel Robinson
* Karima Christmas
* Ify Ibekwe

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2011 WNBA season by team

* Draft
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* Connecticut Sun
* Indiana Fever
* New York Liberty
* Washington Mystics

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* Los Angeles Sparks
* Minnesota Lynx
* Phoenix Mercury
* San Antonio Silver Stars
* Seattle Storm
* Tulsa Shock

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