2014 WNBA draft

2014 WNBA draft
2014 WNBA draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date(s)	April 14, 2014
Location	Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut
Network(s)	ESPN2, ESPNU
Overview
League	WNBA
First selection	Chiney Ogwumike; Connecticut Sun
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The 2014 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 14, 2014 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, 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 edit

The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2013 draft occurred on December 10, 2013.^[1] The draft lottery was televised (during SportsCenter at 6:30 pm ET).

Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2014 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:

Team	2013 record	Lottery chances	Pick
Team	2013 record	Lottery chances	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Connecticut Sun	10-24	442	.442	.316	.181	.062
Tulsa Shock	11–23	227	.276	.270	.293	.209
New York Liberty	11-23	227	.276	.269	.294	.209
San Antonio Stars	12-22	104	.104	.145	.232	.520
Shaded block denotes actual lottery result.

Invited players edit

The WNBA announced on April 10, 2014 that 12 players had been invited to attend the draft. Unless indicated otherwise, all players listed are Americans who played at U.S. colleges.^[2]

Transactions edit

March 1, 2013: The Minnesota Lynx acquired the 2nd round pick of the Tulsa Shock in a trade that sent Candice Wiggins to Tulsa.
March 11, 2014: The Indiana Fever acquired a first round pick from the Phoenix Mercury as part of the Erin Phillips/Lynetta Kizer transaction.
March 31, 2014: The Connecticut Sun acquired a first round pick from the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Sandrine Gruda.
April 14, 2014: The Connecticut Sun acquired Alyssa Thomas (the New York Liberty's pick in the first round), Kelsey Bone, and the Liberty's 2015 1st round draft pick, in exchange for Tina Charles
April 14, 2014: The Washington Mystics acquired Bria Hartley (the Seattle Storm's first round pick) and Tianna Hawkins for Crystal Langhorne^[3]

Key edit

*	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
Bold	Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year

Draft selections edit

Round 1 edit

Pick	Player	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1	Chiney Ogwumike ⁺	United States	Connecticut Sun	Stanford
2	Odyssey Sims ^*	United States	Tulsa Shock	Baylor
3	Kayla McBride ⁺	United States	San Antonio Stars	Notre Dame
4	Alyssa Thomas ^*	United States	New York Liberty (traded to Conn.)	Maryland
5	Natasha Howard ^*	United States	Indiana Fever	Florida State
6	Stefanie Dolson ⁺	United States	Washington Mystics	Connecticut
7	Bria Hartley	United States	Seattle Storm (traded to Was.)	Connecticut
8	Shoni Schimmel ⁺	United States	Atlanta Dream	Louisville
9	Natalie Achonwa	Canada	Indiana Fever (from Pho.)	Notre Dame
10	Markeisha Gatling	United States	Chicago Sky	N.C. State
11	Chelsea Gray ^*	United States	Connecticut Sun (from L.A.)	Duke
12	Tricia Liston	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Duke

Round 2 edit

Pick	Player	Nationality	Team	School / club team
13	Jordan Hooper	United States	Tulsa Shock (from Conn.)	Nebraska
14	Tyaunna Marshall	United States	New York Liberty	Georgia Tech
15	Asya Bussie	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Tul.)	West Virginia
16	Astou Ndour	Spain	San Antonio Stars	Gran Canarias (Spain)
17	Tiffany Bias	United States	Phoenix Mercury (from Ind.)	Oklahoma State
18	Inga Orekhova	Ukraine	Atlanta Dream (from Was.)	South Florida
19	Michelle Plouffe	Canada	Seattle Storm	Utah
20	Cassie Harberts	United States	Atlanta Dream	USC
21	Maggie Lucas	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Penn State
22	Gennifer Brandon	United States	Chicago Sky	California
23	Jennifer Hamson	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	BYU
24	Christina Foggie	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Vanderbilt

Round 3 edit

Pick	Player	Nationality	Team	School / club team
25	DeNesha Stallworth	United States	Connecticut Sun	Kentucky
26	Meighan Simmons	United States	New York Liberty	Tennessee
27	Theresa Plaisance	United States	Tulsa Shock	LSU
28	Bri Kulas	United States	San Antonio Stars	Missouri
29	Haiden Palmer	United States	Indiana Fever	Gonzaga
30	Carley Mijović	Australia	Washington Mystics	Canberra Capitals (Australia)
31	Mikaela Ruef	United States	Seattle Storm	Stanford
32	Kody Burke	United States	Washington Mystics (from Atl.)	N.C. State
33	Stephanie Talbot	Australia	Phoenix Mercury	Adelaide Lightning (Australia)
34	Jamierra Faulkner	United States	Chicago Sky	Southern Miss
35	Antonita Slaughter	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Louisville
36	Asia Taylor	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Louisville

References edit

^ Connecticut Sun Win Top Pick in 2014 WNBA Draft Lottery Presented by State Farm
^ "2014 WNBA draft attendees announced: 12 prospects invited to Monday draft" (Press release). Swish Appeal. April 10, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
^ Altavilla, John (April 14, 2014). "Dolson, Hartley To Play Together For Mystics". Hartford Courant. Tribune Company. Archived from the original on April 18, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2014.

External links edit

2014 WNBA draft board

[1] Connecticut Sun Win Top Pick in 2014 WNBA Draft Lottery Presented by State Farm

[2] "2014 WNBA draft attendees announced: 12 prospects invited to Monday draft" (Press release). Swish Appeal. April 10, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2014.

[Hartley_trade-3] Altavilla, John (April 14, 2014). "Dolson, Hartley To Play Together For Mystics". Hartford Courant. Tribune Company. Archived from the original on April 18, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2014.

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