Английская Википедия:2003 WNBA draft
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The 2003 WNBA draft, both the dispersal draft and the regular WNBA draft, took place on April 24. The dispersal draft involved players from the rosters of the Portland Fire and Miami Sol teams which had both folded after the 2002 season. For that reason, Miami's picks obtained in trades were lost.
The year brought multiple changes. Along with the folding of the Fire and the Sol, two teams moved to new cities. The Utah Starzz moved from Salt Lake City, Utah, to San Antonio, Texas, changing their name to the San Antonio Silver Stars, and the Orlando Miracle moved from Orlando, Florida, to Uncasville, Connecticut, to become the Connecticut Sun. The Sun became the first franchise not to be based in a city that also was home to an NBA franchise.
The draft itself also changed. Instead of the previous four-round format, the 2003 draft shrunk to its current format of only three rounds.
Dispersal draft
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | New team | Former team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruth Riley + | C | Шаблон:USA | Detroit Shock | Miami Sol |
| 2 | Sheri Sam + | F/G | Шаблон:USA | Minnesota Lynx | Miami Sol |
| 3 | Betty Lennox + | G | Шаблон:USA | Cleveland Rockers | Miami Sol |
| 4 | Tamicha Jackson | G | Шаблон:USA | Phoenix Mercury | Portland Fire |
| 5 | DeMya Walker | F | Шаблон:USA | Sacramento Monarchs | Portland Fire |
| 6 | Debbie Black | G | Шаблон:USA | Connecticut Sun | Miami Sol |
| 7 | Sylvia Crawley | C | Шаблон:USA | Indiana Fever | Portland Fire |
| 8 | Jenny Mowe | C | Шаблон:USA | Washington Mystics | Portland Fire |
| 9 | Alisa Burras | F | Шаблон:USA | Seattle Storm | Portland Fire |
| 10 | Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough | C | Шаблон:USA | Charlotte Sting | Miami Sol |
| 11 | Elena Baranova + | F | Шаблон:RUS | New York Liberty | Miami Sol |
| 12 | LaQuanda Barksdale | G/F | Шаблон:USA | San Antonio Silver Stars | Portland Fire |
| 13 | Ukari Figgs | G | Шаблон:USA | Houston Comets | Portland Fire |
| 14 | Jackie Stiles ^ + | G | Шаблон:USA | Los Angeles Sparks | Portland Fire |
College Draft
Round 1
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LaToya Thomas | F | Шаблон:USA | Cleveland Rockers | Mississippi State |
| 2 | Chantelle Anderson | C | Шаблон:LIB | Sacramento Monarchs | Vanderbilt |
| 3 | Cheryl Ford + Шаблон:Efn | C | Шаблон:USA | Detroit Shock | Louisiana Tech |
| 4 | Plenette Pierson + | F | Шаблон:USA | Phoenix Mercury | Texas Tech |
| 5 | Kara Lawson + | G | Шаблон:USA | Detroit Shock (from Connecticut, traded to Sacramento) | Tennessee |
| 6 | Gwen Jackson | F | Шаблон:USA | Indiana Fever | Tennessee |
| 7 | Aiysha Smith | C | Шаблон:USA | Washington Mystics | LSU |
| 8 | Jung Sun-min | C | Шаблон:KOR | Seattle Storm | Gwangju Sinsegye Coolcats (South Korea) |
| 9 | Jocelyn Penn | F | Шаблон:USA | Charlotte Sting | South Carolina |
| 10 | Molly Creamer | G | Шаблон:USA | New York Liberty | Bucknell |
| 11 | Coretta Brown | G | Шаблон:USA | San Antonio Silver Stars | North Carolina |
| 12 | Allison Curtin | G | Шаблон:USA | Houston Comets (traded to Detroit) | Tulsa |
Notes: Шаблон:Notelist
Round 2
Round 3
See also
References
Шаблон:WNBA Drafts Шаблон:2003 WNBA draft Шаблон:2003 WNBA season by team
