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.

## 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[1]

## Invited players

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The WNBA announced on April 6, 2011, that 15 players had been invited to attend the draft.[2]

* 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

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!  | Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

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^  | Denotes player who has been inducted to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
*  | 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
# | Denotes player who never played in the WNBA regular season or playoffs
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 | Minnesota Lynx (from Connecticut) | Xavier
5  | Jantel Lavender + | Los Angeles Sparks | Ohio State
6  | Danielle Robinson *  | San Antonio Silver Stars | Oklahoma
7  | Kayla Pedersen | Tulsa Shock (from Phoenix) | Stanford
8  | Ta'Shia Phillips (traded to Washington) | Atlanta Dream | Xavier
9  | Jeanette Pohlen | Indiana Fever | Stanford
10  | Alex Montgomery | New York Liberty | Georgia Tech
11  | Victoria Dunlap | Washington Mystics | Kentucky
12  | Jasmine Thomas + | Seattle Storm | Duke

### Round 2

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

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13  | Jessica Breland + (traded to New York) |  United States | Minnesota Lynx (from Tulsa via Connecticut) | North Carolina
14  | Felicia Chester (traded to Atlanta) | Minnesota Lynx  | DePaul
15  | Carolyn Swords | Chicago Sky | Boston College
16  | Sydney Colson (traded to New York) | Connecticut Sun | Texas A&M
17  | Angie Bjorklund | Chicago Sky (from Los Angeles) | Tennessee
18  | Rachel Jarry (traded to Minnesota) |  Australia | Atlanta Dream (from San Antonio) | Bulleen Boomers (Australia)
19  | Brittany Spears # |  United States | Phoenix Mercury | Colorado
20  | Danielle Adams + | San Antonio Silver Stars (from Atlanta) | Texas A&M
21  | Italee Lucas # | Tulsa Shock (from Indiana) | North Carolina
22  | Angel Robinson # (traded to Minnesota) | New York Liberty | Marquette
23  | Karima Christmas | Washington Mystics | Duke
24  | Ify Ibekwe | 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 # | Minnesota Lynx | Iowa
27  | Amy Jaeschke # | Chicago Sky | Northwestern
28  | Adrienne Johnson # | 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 # (traded to Connecticut) | 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 # |  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. ^ http://www.wnba.com/transactions/WNBA_2010.html 2010 WNBA Transactions
2. ^ "Top Prospects Invited to Attend WNBA Draft" (Press release). Women's National Basketball Association. April 6, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2011.

* "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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* Los Angeles Sparks
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* Seattle Storm
* Tulsa Shock

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