The 2009 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 9, 2009. The first round was shown on ESPN2 (in HD for the first time ever) at 3:00pm ET, while the second and third rounds were shown on ESPNU and NBA TV at 4:00pm.
A lottery was held on December 9, 2008. The Atlanta Dream received the first overall selection of upcoming 2009 draft. The Washington Mystics received the number two selection. The Chicago Sky came up with the third overall selection, followed by the Minnesota Lynx at four, the Phoenix Mercury at number five. For the first time in WNBA history, the lottery balls were chosen exactly according to odds. Some of the top draftees were Angel McCoughtry, Marissa Coleman, Kristi Toliver, and Renee Montgomery.
The 2009WNBAdraft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft...
The WNBAdraft is an annual draft held by the WNBA through which WNBA teams can select new players from a talent pool of college and professional women's...
allocated in every WNBADraft from 2009 to 2020, with the 2021 draft being only the third in which no Huskies player was chosen.[General] Each WNBA franchise seeks...
2010 WNBAdraft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was...
The WNBAdraft is the league's annual process for determining which Women's National Basketball Association teams receive the rights to negotiate with...
The 2009WNBA Season was the 13th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is the first WNBA season without a Houston franchise, the...
Association (WNBA). This includes ten players taken in the first round of the NBA Draft and six players in the first round of the WNBADraft. In 2009, Blake...
Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) draft. The first pick is awarded to the team that wins the WNBAdraft lottery; in most cases, that team had...
in 2009. She was selected first overall by the Atlanta Dream in the 2009WNBAdraft and was considered its franchise player during her tenure with the...
distinction of having the worst record in the WNBA in 1997 and were the first team to select in the 1998 WNBAdraft. With their selection, they picked 7 ft...
number seven overall pick by the now-defunct Sacramento Monarchs in the 2009WNBAdraft. Paris was born in San Jose, California. Paris' twin sister Ashley...
University of Oklahoma. She was selected on April 9, 2009 with 22nd overall pick in the 2009WNBAdraft by the Los Angeles Sparks. Paris played for Modesto...
Association (WNBA) and current assistant coach for the Connecticut Sun. After a successful college career at Arizona State University, January was drafted by the...
Aliyah Boston. In 2009, the Fever reached the WNBA Finals but fell short to the Phoenix Mercury in game 5. In 2012, the Fever won the WNBA Finals with a 3–1...
University of Pittsburgh. Zellous was drafted 11th in the first round of the 2009WNBAdraft by the Shock. As a rookie in 2009, Zellous ranked second among rookies...
Association (WNBA). She was drafted by Phoenix first overall in the 2004 WNBAdraft. Taurasi has won the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award (2004), three WNBA championships...
were signed. With the second pick in the Houston dispersal draft and the 2009WNBAdraft, the Mystics selected Matee Ajavon and Marissa Coleman, respectively...
In 1998, 2007, 2009, 2014, and 2021 the Mercury went to the WNBA Finals; they lost to Houston in 1998, but won the title in 2007, 2009, and 2014 over...
former first-overall draft pick Ann Wauters, and seven-foot-two-inch center Margo Dydek. In 2008, the Silver Stars went to the WNBA Finals but they were...
Russian team Spartak Moscow, then Turkish team Botaş Spor, before the 2010 WNBAdraft. In 2015, Prince moved to Dynamo Kursk in the European League. Their team...
in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team is owned by a group led by chairman Bill Cameron. Greg Bibb is...
Association (WNBA). Bird was drafted by the Storm first overall in the 2002 WNBAdraft and is considered to be one of the greatest players in WNBA history...
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