2013 WNBA draft explained

2013 WNBA draft
Sport:	Basketball
Date:	April 15, 2013
Location:	Bristol, Connecticut
Network:	ESPN2, ESPNU
League:	WNBA
First:	Brittney Griner Phoenix Mercury
Prev:	2012
Next:	2014

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
			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
• Kelly Faris, Connecticut
• Brittney Griner, 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 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

Draft selections

Round 1

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1	^*	C	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Baylor (Sr.)
2	^*	G/F	United States	Chicago Sky	Delaware (Sr.)
3	^*	G	United States	Tulsa Shock	Notre Dame (Sr.)
4		G	United States	Washington Mystics	Ohio State (Sr.)
5	^+	C	United States	New York Liberty	Texas A&M (Jr.)
6		F	United States	Seattle Storm	Maryland (Sr.)
7		F	United States	New York Liberty (from Atl. via Was.)	Oklahoma State (Sr.)
8		C	Canada	San Antonio Silver Stars	Syracuse (Sr.)
9	^+	G	United States	Indiana Fever	California (Sr.)
10		G	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Kentucky (Sr.)
11		G	United States	Connecticut Sun	Connecticut (Sr.)
12		G	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Nebraska (Sr.)

Round 2

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School/ club team
13	^+	G		Atlanta Dream (from Was.)	Penn State (Sr.)
14		G		Minnesota Lynx (from Phx.)	Georgetown (Sr.)
15		G		New York Liberty (from Tul.)	Tennessee (Sr.)
16		G		San Antonio Silver Stars (from Chi.)	Arizona (Sr.)
17		G		Washington Mystics (from N.Y.)	St. John's (Sr.)
18		F		Seattle Storm	Iowa State (Sr.)
19	^+	C		Washington Mystics (from Atl.)	Villeneuve-d'Ascq (France)
20		F		San Antonio Silver Stars	Perpignan (France)
21		F		Indiana Fever	Georgia (Sr.)
22		G		Los Angeles Sparks	Kansas State (Sr.)
23		C		Connecticut Sun	Iowa State (Sr.)
24		G		Minnesota Lynx	Colorado (Sr.)

Round 3

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
25		G		New York Liberty (from Was.)	St. John's (Sr.)
26		PF/C		Phoenix Mercury	Penn State (Sr.)
27		G		New York Liberty (from Tul.)	Fenerbahçe (Turkey)
28		F		Chicago Sky	Baylor (Sr.)
29		G		Tulsa Shock (from N.Y.)	Kansas (Sr.)
30		G		Seattle Storm	Georgia (Sr.)
31		G/F		Atlanta Dream	Georgia (Sr.)
32		G		San Antonio Silver Stars	Oklahoma (Sr.)
33		F		Indiana Fever	Florida (Sr.)
34	(pick later voided)	G		Los Angeles Sparks	Elizabeth-Basket Kivorograd (Ukraine)
35		G		Connecticut Sun	South Florida (Sr.)
36		C		Minnesota Lynx	North Carolina (Sr.)

Notes:

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
	C		Temple (Sr.)
	G		North Carolina (Sr.)

See also

• List of first overall WNBA draft picks

References

1. 2013 Draft Invitees . Women's National Basketball Association . April 11, 2013 . April 11, 2013.

• Web site: All-Time WNBA Draft List . WNBA . https://web.archive.org/web/20081012083033/http://wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html . 2008-10-12 . dead .
• Web site: 2013 WNBA Draft Results . WNBA . 2014-03-24 . 2014-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140324155949/http://wnbadraft.net/draft-history/2013-wnba-draft/ . dead .

External links

• 2013 WNBA draft board