The WNBA held their draft lottery on Tuesday. The five teams that didn’t qualify for the 2008 season playoffs participated in the lottery (Atlanta, Washington, Chicago, Minnesota and Phoenix). The remaining teams will fall in line with their 2008 overall season record.
Atlanta had the lottery bounce their way and won the first pick for the [...]
The dispersal draft for the Houston Comets was held today. Of the 13 WNBA teams, only 7 selected a player, the rest passed. Beginning with Atlanta, the draft went in the reverse order of their 2008 season finish.
Houston Comets Dispersal Draft Results:
Sancho Lyttle – Atlanta Dream
Matee Ajavon – Washington Mystics
Mistie Williams – Chicago Sky
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Seimone Augustus scored 18 points and Candice Wiggins added 17 to lead the Minnesota Lynx to a 90-78 win over the San Antonio Silver Stars.
Wiggins went 13-of-14 at the free throw line for the Lynx, who have opened the season with six wins in seven games.
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Anna DeForge is an outspoken leader. When the team is slacking in practice, DeForge is one to step up and motivate her team to push through. Team officials wanted a veteran who could show younger players how to succeed and that’s exactly what they got with signing DeForge.
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Candace Parker, 6-4, Tennessee
First pick of the 2008 draft went to L.A. and by the looks of it, the Sparks were patiently waiting to make the announcement and hand Parker her pre-made #3 Sparks jersey.
The Sparks had 2 other picks including Tennessee guard, Shannon Bobbitt and Sharnee’ Zoll a guard from Virginia.
Sylvia Fowles, 6-6, LSU
The [...]