2022 WNBA draft

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2022 WNBA Draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)April 11, 2022
LocationNew York City
Network(s)ESPN
Overview
LeagueWNBA
Teams12
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The 2022 WNBA Draft will be the WNBA's draft for the 2022 WNBA season. It will be held on April 11, 2022, in New York City and aired live on ESPN.[1]

Draft lottery[]

The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2022 draft took place on December 19, 2021 and was televised on ESPN in the United States and on TSN2 in Canada.[2] The four non-playoff teams in 2021 qualified for the lottery drawing: Atlanta Dream, Indiana Fever, Washington Mystics, and the Los Angeles Sparks. The Sparks traded their first-round pick for this draft, so ultimately their lottery pick will belong to the Dallas Wings. The Mystics won the lottery and will have the first pick in the draft. This was the first time that the Mystics won the lottery in franchise history. The Fever will pick second, the Dream third, and Dallas will pick fourth.[3]

Lottery chances[]

Team Combined 2020–2021 record Lottery chances (out of 1,000)
Indiana Fever 12–42 442
Atlanta Dream 15–39 276
Washington Mystics 21–33 178
Los Angeles Sparks 27–27 104

The lottery odds were based on combined records from the 2020 and 2021 WNBA seasons. In the drawing, 14 balls numbered 1–14 are placed in a lottery machine and mixed. Four balls are drawn to determine a four-digit combination (only 11–12–13–14 is ignored and redrawn). The team to which that four-ball combination is assigned receives the No. 1 pick. The four balls are then placed back into the machine and the process is repeated to determine the second pick. The two teams whose numerical combinations do not come up in the lottery will select in the inverse order of their two-year cumulative record. Ernst & Young knows the discreet results before they are announced.[4]

The order of selection for the remainder of the first round as well as the second and third rounds was determined by inverse order of the teams' respective regular-season records solely from 2021.

Eligibility[]

Under the current collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the WNBA and its players' union, draft eligibility for players not defined as "international" requires the following to be true:[5]

  • The player's 22nd birthday falls during the calendar year of the draft. For this draft, the cutoff birth date is December 31, 2000.
  • She has either:
    • completed her college eligibility;
    • received a bachelor's degree, or is scheduled to receive such in the 3 months following the draft; or
    • is at least 4 years removed from high school graduation.

A player who is scheduled to receive her bachelor's degree within 3 months of the draft date, and is younger than the cutoff age, is only eligible if the calendar year of the draft is no earlier than the fourth after her high school graduation.

Players with remaining college eligibility who meet the cutoff age must notify the WNBA headquarters of their intent to enter the draft no later than 10 days before the draft date, and must renounce any remaining college eligibility to do so. A separate notification timetable is provided for players involved in postseason tournaments (most notably the NCAA Division I tournament); those players (normally) must declare for the draft within 24 hours of their final game.

"International players" are defined as those for whom all of the following is true:

  • Born and currently residing outside the U.S.
  • Never "exercised intercollegiate basketball eligibility" in the U.S.

For "international players", the eligibility age is 20, also measured on December 31 of the year of the draft.

Draft[]

First round[]

Pick Player Nationality Team School / club team
1 Washington Mystics
2 Indiana Fever
3 Atlanta Dream
4 Indiana Fever (from Dallas via Los Angeles)[a][b]
5 New York Liberty
6 Indiana Fever[a]
7 Dallas Wings (from Indiana via Dallas and Chicago)[a][c][d]
8 Minnesota Lynx (from Phoenix via New York and Seattle)[e][f][g]
9 Los Angeles Sparks(from Seattle)[h]
10 Indiana Fever (from Minnesota)[i]
11 Las Vegas Aces
12 Connecticut Sun

Second round[]

Pick Player Nationality Team School / club team
13 Minnesota Lynx (from Indiana)[i]
14 Atlanta Dream
15 Atlanta Dream (from Los Angeles)[j]
16 Los Angeles Sparks (from Washington)[k]
17 Seattle Storm (from New York)[f]
18 Seattle Storm (from Dallas)[l]
19 Los Angeles Sparks (from Chicago via Dallas)[m][n]
20 Indiana Fever (from Phoenix)[d]
21 Seattle Storm
22 Minnesota Lynx
23 Las Vegas Aces
24 Connecticut Sun

Third round[]

Pick Player Nationality Team School / club team
25 Indiana Fever
26 Phoenix Mercury (from Atlanta)[o]
27 Los Angeles Sparks
28 Minnesota Lynx (from Washington)[p]
29 New York Liberty
30 Dallas Wings
31 Dallas Wings (from Chicago)[c]
32 Phoenix Mercury
33 Seattle Storm
34 Indiana Fever (from Minnesota)[i]
35 Las Vegas Aces
36 Connecticut Sun

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ a b c March 8, 2022: Dallas to Indiana[6]
    • Dallas acquired Teaira McCowan, the 7th pick in 2022 and a Chicago's 2023 first round pick
    • Indiana acquired the 4th and 6th picks in 2022 and a first round pick in 2023
  2. ^ June 2, 2021: Los Angeles to Dallas[7]
    • Los Angeles acquired 2021 first-round and 2022 second-round picks
    • Dallas acquired a 2022 first-round pick
  3. ^ a b June 2, 2021: Dallas to Chicago[8]
    • Chicago acquired Dana Evans and a 2022 first-round pick
    • Dallas acquired Shyla Heal, 2022 first- and third-round picks
  4. ^ a b February 3, 2022: Chicago, Indiana, and Phoenix[9]
    • Chicago acquired Julie Allemand and 2023 first-round pick from Indiana
    • Indiana acquired Bria Hartley, 2022 first-round pick from Chicago, 2022 second-round pick from Phoenix, and 2023 second-round pick from Phoenix
    • Phoenix acquired Diamond DeShields
  5. ^ February 10, 2021: Phoenix to New York[10]
  6. ^ a b February 10, 2021: New York to Seattle[11]
    • New York acquired Natasha Howard
    • Seattle acquired 2021 first-round and 2022 second-round picks, and Phoenix's 2022 first-round pick
  7. ^ February 11, 2021: Seattle to Minnesota[12]
  8. ^ February 3, 2022: Seattle to Los Angeles[13]
  9. ^ a b c February 15, 2021: Minnesota to Indiana[14]
    • Minnesota acquired Indiana's 2022 second-round pick
    • Indiana acquired Odyssey Sims, Temi Fagbenle, Minnesota's 2022 first- and third-round picks
  10. ^ February 5, 2022: Los Angeles to Atlanta[15]
  11. ^ May 13, 2021: Washington to Los Angeles[16]
    • Washington acquired Sydney Wiese
    • Los Angeles acquired Washington's 2022 second-round pick
  12. ^ February 10, 2021: Seattle to Dallas[17]
    • Seattle acquired Katie Lou Samuelson and a 2022 second-round pick
    • Dallas acquired New York's 2021 first-round pick
  13. ^ February 9, 2021: Chicago to Dallas[18]
    • Chicago acquired a 2021 second-round pick
    • Dallas acquired Chicago's 2022 second-round pick
  14. ^ April 14, 2021: Dallas to Los Angeles[19]
    • Dallas acquired a 2022 second-round pick
    • Los Angeles acquired 2021 first-round and 2022 second-round picks
  15. ^ February 13, 2021: Phoenix to Atlanta[20]
    • Phoenix acquired a 2022 third-round pick
    • Atlanta acquired Yvonne Turner
  16. ^ February 5, 2021: Minnesota to Washington[21]
    • Minnesota acquired a 2022 third-round pick
    • Washington acquired Erica McCall

References[]

  1. ^ Philippou, Alexa (2022-03-10). "2022 WNBA draft to be held April 11 in NYC". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  2. ^ "WNBA Draft Lottery 2022 presented By State Farm To Take Place Sunday Dec. 19 On ESPN". espn.com. WNBA. December 2, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  3. ^ "Washington Mystics Win Top Pick In 2022 WNBA Draft Presented By State Farm". wnba.com. WNBA. December 19, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  4. ^ "New York Liberty Wins Top Pick In 2021 WNBA Draft Presented By State Farm". WNBA. December 4, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2021. A representative from the accounting firm of Ernst & Young was in attendance to oversee the Lottery process.
  5. ^ "Article XIII, Section 1: Player Eligibility" (PDF). 2020 Women's National Basketball Association Collective Bargaining Agreement. Women's National Basketball Players Association. pp. 110–111. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  6. ^ "Dallas Wings Acquire Teaira McCowan". WNBA. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  7. ^ "Dallas Wings and Los Angeles Sparks Exchange Draft Picks". WNBA. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  8. ^ "Chicago Sky Acquire Dana Evans From Dallas". WNBA. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
  9. ^ "Mercury, Fever & Sky Complete Three-Team Trade". WNBA.com. 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  10. ^ "MERCURY ACQUIRES ALL-STAR WING KIA NURSE AND WING MEGAN WALKER". WNBA. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  11. ^ "New York Liberty Acquire Natasha Howard And Sami Whitcomb". WNBA. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  12. ^ "Lynx trade Mikiah Herbert Harrigan to Seattle for draft pick". WNBA. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  13. ^ "Storm & Sparks Complete Trade". wnba.com. WNBA. February 3, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  14. ^ "Lynx Acquire 2022 Second-Round Pick For Odyssey Sims and Temi Fagbenle". WNBA. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  15. ^ "Dream Acquire Erica Wheeler, 2023 First Round Pick and 2022 Second Round Pick in Trade with Sparks". WNBA. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  16. ^ "Sparks Trade Sydney Wiese to Washington Mystics". WNBA. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  17. ^ "Storm Acquires Katie Lou Samuelson, Mikiah "Kiki" Herbert Harrigan; Rights To Stephanie Talbot And Two 2022 Draft Picks". WNBA. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  18. ^ "Sky Acquire 2021 Second-Round Draft Pick". WNBA. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  19. ^ "Dallas Wings and Los Angeles Sparks Exchange Draft Picks". WNBA. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  20. ^ "Dream Acquire Yvonne Turner From Phoenix". WNBA. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  21. ^ "Minnesota Lynx Acquire 2022 Third-Round Draft Pick in Exchange for Forward Erica McCall". WNBA. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
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