2006 WNBA expansion draft

The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held their fourth expansion draft on November 16, 2005 for the Chicago Sky.^[1] This draft allowed the Chicago Sky to select players from the existing WNBA teams to fill their debut roster prior to the start of the 2006 WNBA season.^[2]

2006 WNBA expansion draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date(s)	November 16, 2005
Overview
League	WNBA
Expansion teams	Chicago Sky
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On November 1, 2005, the existing WNBA teams submitted a list of six protected players from their 2005 rosters.^[3] On November 15, the Sky reviewed these lists and then selected one player from each of the other 13 teams.^[3] The results of this draft were then publicized on November 16, 2005.^[3]

Key

Pos.	G	F	C
Position	Guard	Forward	Center

!	Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
^	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

Expansion draft

The following players were drafted for the rosters of the Sky from the league's existing teams on November 16, 2005:

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Former team	WNBA years[a]	Career with the franchise[b]	Ref.
1	Jia Perkins +	G	United States	Charlotte Sting	2	2006–2010	[4][5]
2	Brooke Wyckoff	F		Connecticut Sun	4	2006–2009
3	Elaine Powell	G		Detroit Shock	7	2006
4	Kiesha Brown			Houston Comets	4	—
5	Deanna Jackson	F		Indiana Fever	4	2006
6	Laura Macchi		Italy	Los Angeles Sparks	2	—
7	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert		United States	Minnesota Lynx	4	2006
8	DeTrina White			New York Liberty	2	—
9	Ashley Robinson	C		Phoenix Mercury	2	2006
10	Chelsea Newton	G		Sacramento Monarchs	1	2006
11	Bernadette Ngoyisa	C	Democratic Republic of the Congo	San Antonio Silver Stars	2	2006
12	Francesca Zara	G	Italy	Seattle Storm	1	—
13	Stacey Dales-Schuman +		Canada	Washington Mystics	3	2006–2007

Notes

1. Number of years played in the WNBA prior to the draft
2. Number of years played for expansion franchise that drafted player