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2015 WNBA draft
General information
Date(s)16 April
Time7pm ET
LocationMohegan Sun, Uncasville
Network(s)ESPN2, ESPNU

The 2015 WNBA draft is the league's draft for the 2015 WNBA season. The Seattle Storm will pick first.

Draft lottery

The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2015 draft occurred on August 21, 2014. The team that would get the first pick would be the winner of the lottery.[1]

Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2015 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:

Team 2014
record
Lottery win
chances
Pick
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Seattle Storm 12-22 359
Tulsa Shock 12-22 359
Connecticut Sun 13-21 178
Connecticut Sun (from New York Liberty) 15-19 104
Shaded block denotes actual lottery result.

Key

PG Point guard SG Shooting guard SF Small forward PF Power forward C Center

College draft

Round 1

Pick Player Nationality WNBA Team School/Club Team/Country
1 Seattle Storm
2 Tulsa Shock
3 Seattle Storm (from Connecticut) [a]
4 Connecticut Sun
5 Chicago Sky
6 San Antonio Stars (from Indiana) [b]
7 Los Angeles Sparks
8 Washington Mystics
9 San Antonio Stars
10 Atlanta Dream
11 Minnesota Lynx
12 Phoenix Mercury[4]

Round 2

Pick Player Nationality WNBA Team School/Club Team/Country
Tulsa
Los Angeles (Through Seattle)
Washington (Through Connecticut/Seattle)
New York
Chicago
Phoenix (through Indiana)
Connecticut (through Los Angeles)
Seattle (through Washington)
San Antonio
Chicago (through Atlanta)
Minnesota
Phoenix

Round 3

Pick Player Nationality WNBA Team School/Club Team/Country

References

  1. ^ Seattle Storm win WNBA draft lottery, secure No. 1 pick - ESPN
  2. ^ "Seattle Storm 2015 Team Transactions". espn.go.com. ESPN. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  3. ^ Fever Acquire Shenise Johnson From Stars
  4. ^ WNBA.com: Seattle Storm Win Top Pick in 2015 WNBA Draft Presented by State Farm
  1. ^ The Storm traded Camille Little and Shekinna Stricklen to Connecticut for the 3rd and 15th picks in this draft.[2]
  2. ^ The Stars traded Shenise Johnson and their second-round pick to Indiana for the first- and third-round picks in this draft.[3]