2000 WNBA expansion draft

The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held their third expansion draft on December 15, 1999 for four new WNBA teams, the Indiana Fever, the Miami Sol, the Portland Fire, and the Seattle 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 the 2000 WNBA season.^[4]

2000 WNBA expansion draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date(s)	December 15, 1999
Overview
League	WNBA
Expansion teams	Indiana Fever Miami Sol Portland Fire Seattle Storm
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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]

Key

Pos.	G	F	C
Position	Guard	Forward	Center

^	Denotes player who has been inducted to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
*	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
#	Denotes player who never played in the WNBA regular season or playoffs

Expansion draft

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:

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	Former team	WNBA years[a]	Career with the franchise[b]	Ref.
1	Gordana Grubin	G	FR Yugoslavia	Indiana Fever	Los Angeles Sparks	1	2000–2001	[6]
2	Edna Campbell		United States	Seattle Storm	Phoenix Mercury	1	2000
3	Kate Starbird			Miami Sol	Sacramento Monarchs	1	—[c]
4	Alisa Burras	F		Portland Fire	Cleveland Rockers	1	2000–2002
5	Sophia Witherspoon	G			New York Liberty	3	2000–2001
6	Sandy Brondello +		Australia	Miami Sol	Detroit Shock	2	2001–2002
7	Sonja Henning[7]		United States	Seattle Storm	Houston Comets	1	2000–2002
8	Stephanie McCarty			Indiana Fever	Charlotte Sting	1	2000–2001; 2003–2004
9	Nyree Roberts	C			Washington Mystics	2	—
10	Angela Aycock	F		Seattle Storm	Minnesota Lynx	1	2000
11	Debbie Black	G		Miami Sol	Utah Starzz	1	2000–2002
12	Tari Phillips *	C		Portland Fire	Orlando Miracle	1	—
13	Coquese Washington	G			New York Liberty	2	—
14	Sharon Manning	F		Miami Sol	Charlotte Sting	3	2000
15	Nina Bjedov	C	FR Yugoslavia	Seattle Storm	Los Angeles Sparks	1	—
16	Rita Williams +	G	United States	Indiana Fever	Washington Mystics	2	2000–2002
17	Kara Wolters ^	C			Houston Comets	1	2000
18	Toni Foster	F		Seattle Storm	Phoenix Mercury	3	—
19	Lesley Brown			Miami Sol	Detroit Shock	1	—
20	Molly Goodenbour #	G		Portland Fire	Sacramento Monarchs	0	—
21	Jamila Wideman				Cleveland Rockers	3	2000
22	Yolanda Moore	F		Miami Sol	Orlando Miracle	3	—
23	Charmin Smith	G		Seattle Storm	Minnesota Lynx	1	2000–2001
24	Chantel Tremitiere			Indiana Fever	Utah Starzz	3	2000

Notes

1. Number of years played in the WNBA prior to the draft
2. Number of years played for expansion franchise that drafted player
3. December 15, 1999 trade: Miami to Utah

   • Starbird and a 2000 first-round pick (8th overall) were acquired by the Utah Starzz from Miami Sol
   • In exchange, Miami received Elena Baranova and a 2000 second-round pick (19th overall)