WNBA Draft

The WNBA Draft is an annual draft held by the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) through which WNBA teams can select new players from a talent pool of college and professional women's basketball players. The first WNBA draft was held in 1997.

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Draft - Women's National Basketball Association - Professional women's basketball players - 1997

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The 1997 WNBA draft, the league's first, was comprised of both college players and professional women's basketball players who had played internationally. A number of players (most notably stars Lisa Leslie, Sheryl Swoopes and Rebecca Lobo) were assigned teams by the league instead of being placed in the original draft pool. Subsequent drafts have been conducted on talent pools primarily comprised of college players.

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Lisa Leslie - Sheryl Swoopes - Rebecca Lobo

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