| 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 |
TheWomen's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held their thirdexpansion draft on December 15, 1999 for four new WNBA teams, theIndiana Fever, theMiami Sol, thePortland Fire, and theSeattle 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 the2000 WNBA season.[4]
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]
| Pos. | G | F | C |
| Position | Guard | Forward | Center |
| ^ | Denotesplayer who has been inducted to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame |
| * | Denotesplayer who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game andAll-WNBA Team |
| + | Denotesplayer who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game |
| # | Denotes player who never played in the WNBA regular season or playoffs |
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:
