2000 WNBA expansion draft
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The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held their third expansion draft on December 15, 1999 for four new WNBA teams, the Indiana Fever, the Miami Sol, the Portland Fire, and the Seattle Storm.[1][2][3] This draft allowed the four new expansion teams to select players from the existing WNBA teams to fill their debut rosters prior to the start of the 2000 WNBA season.[4]
Miami Sol
Portland Fire
Seattle Storm
| 2000 WNBA expansion draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Date | December 15, 1999 |
| Overview | |
| League | WNBA |
| Expansion teams | Indiana Fever Miami Sol Portland Fire Seattle Storm |
The four new teams were given six draft picks each to help stock their new rosters. The draft order was determined by a random drawing. The existing 12 WNBA teams were allowed to protect a total of five players from their 1999 rosters.[5] However, once an existing team had a player selected in this draft, the team could then protect an additional three players from the expansion draft.[5] No players were allocated by the league as "there [weren't] four players of equal ability out there to allocate."[5]
Key
| Pos. | G | F | C |
| Position | Guard | Forward | Center |
| ^ | 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 |
Expansion draft
The following players were drafted for the rosters of the Fever, Sol, Fire, and Storm from the league's existing teams on December 15, 1999:
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | Former team | WNBA years[a] | Career with the franchise[b] | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gordana Grubin | G |  FR Yugoslavia |
Indiana Fever | Los Angeles Sparks | 1 | 2000–2001 | [6] |
| 2 | Edna Campbell |  United States |
Seattle Storm | Phoenix Mercury | 1 | 2000 | ||
| 3 | Kate Starbird (traded to Utah)[c] | Miami Sol | Sacramento Monarchs | 1 | — | |||
| 4 | Alisa Burras | F | Portland Fire | Cleveland Rockers | 1 | 2000–2002 | ||
| 5 | Sophia Witherspoon | G | New York Liberty | 3 | 2000–2001 | |||
| 6 | Stephanie McCarty (traded to Indiana)[d] | Miami Sol | Charlotte Sting | 1 | — | |||
| 7 | Sonja Henning[8] | United States |
Seattle Storm | Houston Comets | 1 | 2000–2002 | ||
| 8 | Sandy Brondello + (traded to Miami)[d] |  Australia |
Indiana Fever | Detroit Shock | 2 | — | ||
| 9 | Nyree Roberts[e] | C | United States |
Washington Mystics | 2 | — | ||
| 10 | Angela Aycock | F | Seattle Storm | Minnesota Lynx | 1 | 2000 | ||
| 11 | Debbie Black | G | Miami Sol | Utah Starzz | 1 | 2000–2002 | ||
| 12 | Tari Phillips * | C | Portland Fire | Orlando Miracle | 1 | — | ||
| 13 | Coquese Washington | G | New York Liberty | 2 | — | |||
| 14 | Sharon Manning | F | Miami Sol | Charlotte Sting | 3 | 2000 | ||
| 15 | Nina Bjedov | C | FR Yugoslavia |
Seattle Storm | Los Angeles Sparks | 1 | — | |
| 16 | Rita Williams + | G | United States |
Indiana Fever | Washington Mystics | 2 | 2000–2002 | |
| 17 | Kara Wolters ^ | C | Houston Comets | 1 | 2000 | |||
| 18 | Toni Foster | F | Seattle Storm | Phoenix Mercury | 3 | — | ||
| 19 | Lesley Brown | Miami Sol | Detroit Shock | 1 | — | |||
| 20 | Molly Goodenbour # | G | Portland Fire | Sacramento Monarchs | 0 | — | ||
| 21 | Jamila Wideman | Cleveland Rockers | 3 | 2000 | ||||
| 22 | Yolanda Moore | F | Miami Sol | Orlando Miracle | 3 | — | ||
| 23 | Charmin Smith | G | Seattle Storm | Minnesota Lynx | 1 | 2000–2001 | ||
| 24 | Chantel Tremitiere | Indiana Fever | Utah Starzz | 3 | 2000 |
Notes
- Number of years played in the WNBA prior to the draft
- Number of years played for expansion franchise that drafted player
- December 15, 1999 trade: Miami to Utah
- Starbird and a 2000 first-round pick (8th overall) were acquired by the Utah Starzz from Miami Sol
- In exchange, Miami received Elena Baranova and a 2000 second-round pick (19th overall)
- December 15, 1999 trade: Washington to Indiana[9]
- Monica Maxwell and a 2000 fourth-round pick (50th overall) was acquired by the Indiana Fever from the Washington Mystic
- In exchange, Indiana agreed to select Roberts in this expansion draft from the Washington Mystics