2006 WNBA draft | |
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General information | |
Sport | Basketball |
Date(s) | November 16, 2005 – April 5, 2006 |
Location | Boston, Massachusetts (main draft) |
Network(s) | ESPN2, NBATV, ESPNU |
Overview | |
League | WNBA |
Expansion teams | Chicago Sky |
First selection | Seimone Augustus Minnesota Lynx |
On November 16, 2005, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held an expansion draft for the Chicago Sky. It was the first expansion draft since the 2000 season, when the WNBA welcomed the Miami Sol, Portland Fire, Indiana Fever, and Seattle Storm into the league.
On April 5, 2006, the WNBA Draft took place at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The draft was held in conjunction with the 2006 NCAA women's basketball tournament, which had its championship game the night before at the TD Banknorth Garden, now known as TD Garden, in Boston. This marked the first WNBA draft ever held outside New Jersey.
The first round of the draft was televised on ESPN2, while the second and third rounds were shown on ESPNU and NBA TV. Linda Cohn hosted the draft coverage. Four of the top six draft picks would be named to the All-Star Game in their rookie season: Seimone Augustus, Cappie Pondexter, Sophia Young, and Candice Dupree.
Expansion draft
[edit]College Draft
[edit]Round 1
[edit]Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
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1 | Seimone Augustus + | G | ![]() |
Minnesota Lynx | LSU |
2 | Cappie Pondexter + | G | ![]() |
Phoenix Mercury | Rutgers |
3 | Monique Currie | G | ![]() |
Charlotte Sting | Duke |
4 | Sophia Young + | F | ![]() |
San Antonio Silver Stars | Baylor |
5 | Lisa Willis | G | ![]() |
Los Angeles Sparks (from Was.) | UCLA |
6 | Candice Dupree + | F/C | ![]() |
Chicago Sky | Temple |
7 | Shona Thorburn | G | ![]() |
Minnesota Lynx (from Det.) | Utah |
8 | Tamara James | G/F | ![]() |
Washington Mystics (from L.A.) | Miami (FL) |
9 | La'Tangela Atkinson | G/F | ![]() |
Indiana Fever | North Carolina |
10 | Tye'sha Fluker | C | ![]() |
Charlotte Sting (from Hou.) | Tennessee |
11 | Barbara Turner | G | ![]() |
Seattle Storm | Connecticut |
12 | Sherill Baker | G | ![]() |
New York Liberty | Georgia |
13 | Kim Smith | F | ![]() |
Sacramento Monarchs | Utah |
14 | Scholanda Dorrell | G | ![]() |
Sacramento Monarchs (from Conn., via S.A.) | LSU |
Round 2
[edit]Round 3
[edit]Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
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29 | Tiffany Stansbury | F/C | ![]() |
Houston Comets | North Carolina State |
30 | Khara Smith | F | ![]() |
San Antonio Silver Stars | DePaul |
31 | Megan Duffy | G | ![]() |
Minnesota Lynx | Notre Dame |
32 | Crystal Smith | G | ![]() |
Phoenix Mercury | Iowa |
33 | Miriam Sy | C | ![]() |
Washington Mystics | Oklahoma City |
34 | Kerri Gardin | F | ![]() |
Chicago Sky | Virginia Tech |
35 | Zane Teilane | C | ![]() |
Detroit Shock | Western Illinois |
36 | Tiffany Porter-Talbert | G | ![]() |
Los Angeles Sparks | Western Kentucky |
37 | Christelle N'Garsanet | C | ![]() |
New York Liberty | Missouri |
38 | Jessica Foley | G | ![]() |
Indiana Fever (from Hou.) | Duke |
39 | Erin Grant | G | ![]() |
Seattle Storm | Texas Tech |
40 | Marina Kuzina | C | ![]() |
Indiana Fever | Nadezhda Orenburg (Russia) |
41 | Lamisha Augustine | F | ![]() |
Sacramento Monarchs | San Jose State |
42 | Marita Payne | C | ![]() |
Connecticut Sun | Auburn |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- "All-Time WNBA draft history". WNBA. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2008.
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