| 2002 WNBA draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Date(s) | April 19, 2002 |
| Overview | |
| League | WNBA |
| First selection | Sue Bird Seattle Storm |
The2002WNBA draft was the first to implement a lottery that arranges the order of the first four overall picks. The lottery gave four teams with the identically worst record of 10–22 from the2001 season an equal chance to own the first overall selection, which the Seattle Storm did.[1]
Four of the top six draft picks,Sue Bird (#1),Swin Cash (#2),Asjha Jones (#4) andTamika (Williams) Raymond (#6) were from the same team, the 2002 NCAA champion University of Connecticut.
| * | 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 |
| Bold | Denotesplayer who won Rookie of the Year |
Connecticut Huskies playersTamika Williams,Sue Bird,Asjha Jones andSwin Cash were all selected in the first round of the draft. Each player had immediate impacts with their 2002 WNBA Teams. Cash, Bird and Williams accounted for 21.3, 19.9 and 17.3 percent, respectively, of their teams’ total points, rebounds and assists. Jones, a reserve, posted 8.8 percent of the Mystics' total output in those three key categories.[2]
