The 2014 VNBA draft was held on Monday, April 14 , at the headquarters of the ESPN cable channel in Bristol , Connecticut . Players after graduation and foreign players were allowed to participate in the draft. The draft lottery was held on December 10, 2013 , as a result of which the Connecticut Sun team, which she used for 22-year-old Chini Ogwumike , a forward from Stanford University, got the right to choose the first number [1] . The first draft round was broadcast on the ESPN2 sports cable channel (in HD format) at eight o'clock Eastern Standard Time (EDT) , while the second and third rounds were shown on the ESPNU one hour later.
| 2014 VNBA draft | |
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| date of | April 14, 2014 |
| Time | 8:00 pm ( EDT ) |
| A place | Bristol ( Connecticut ) |
| First broadcast | ESPN2 and ESPNU |
| First choice |  Chini Ogwumike Connecticut Sun |
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In total, 36 basketball players were selected for this draft, 30 of them from the USA , 2 from Canada ( Natalie Achonva and Michelle Pluff ) and Australia ( Karli Miyovich and Stefani Talbot ) and one from Spain ( Astu Ndur ) and Ukraine ( Inga Orekhova ) . In addition, the center Astu Ndur was born in the capital of Senegal , the city of Dakar , however, as a child, she moved to Spain with her parents, where she accepted the citizenship of this country, and since 2011 she has been playing for the Islas Gran Canaria club in the Spanish Championship .
Legend to the draft
| Highlighted players selected in the Basketball Hall of Fame | |
| The participants of the All-VNBA All-Star Game and the players of the All-VNBA All-Star Team | |
| Participants of the All-VNBA All-Star Match highlighted | |
| All-national team of VNBA stars highlighted | |
| Selected players who did not play in the VNBA |
Draft Lottery
A draft lottery was held on December 10, 2013 , to determine how to select the first four teams of the upcoming draft, which was televised on the SportsCenter cable channel at 6:30 p.m. EDT . Connecticut Sun won the right to choose first, while Tulsa Shock and San Antonio Stars were awarded second and third choices respectively. The remaining elections of the first round, as well as all elections of the second and third rounds, were carried out by the teams in the reverse order of their final position in the regular season last season [2] .
This table shows the chances of the four worst teams of the past season who did not make it to the playoffs, who fought for the chance to get the first number of the pick in the upcoming draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:
| Worst teams last season | The balance of victories and defeats of four last season's worst teams | Winning odds first draft number | Draft pick number | |||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |||
| Connecticut Sun | 10-24 | 442 | 0.442 | 0.316 | 0.181 | 0,062 |
| Tulsa Shock | 11-23 | 227 | 0.227 | 0.269 | 0.294 | 0.209 |
| New York Liberty | 11-23 | 227 | 0.227 | 0.269 | 0.294 | 0.209 |
| San antonio stars | 12–22 | 104 | 0.104 | 0.145 | 0.232 | 0.520 |
| Note: Shaded table segments indicate actual draft lottery results. | ||||||
Invited Players
On April 10, 2014, a list of twelve players specially invited to participate in this draft was published on the VNBA official website:
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Transactions
- On March 1, 2013, a trilateral deal took place between the teams of New York Liberty , Minnesota Links and Tulsa Shock , which resulted in:
- The Minnesota Links sold Candice Wiggins to Tulsa Shock .
- New York Liberty sold Nicole Powell to Tulsa Shock .
- New York Liberty sold Janelle McCarville to Minnesota Links .
- Tulsa Shock sold the rights to Deanna Nolan to New York Liberty .
- Minnesota Links received the right to choose under the 15th draft number from the Tulsa Shock [4] .
- On March 12, 2014, Indiana Feaver got the right to choose under the 9th draft number from the Phoenix Mercury as a result of a transaction to exchange Erin Phillips for Lynette Kaiser .
- On March 31, 2014, the Connecticut Sun team received the right to choose under the 11th draft number from the Los Angeles Sparks as a result of a deal to sell Sandrine Piles .
- On April 14, 2014, a two-way deal took place between the New York Liberty and Connecticut Sun clubs, which resulted in:
- Connecticut Sun sold Tina Charles to New York Liberty .
- New York Liberty sold Alyssa Thomas and Kelsey Bone , the 5th number of last year’s draft , selected under the 4th draft number, as well as the right to choose in the first round of the 2015 Connecticut Sun draft .
- On April 14, 2014, a two-way deal took place between the Washington Mystics and Seattle Storm teams, which resulted in:
- The Washington Mystics sold Crystal Langhorn to the Seattle Storm .
- The Seattle Storm sold Bia Hartley's 7th pick and Tianna Hawkins , 6th last year’s pick , to Washington Mystics [5] [6] .
Round One
| The choice | Player | Position | Citizenship | Draft team | University / Former team |
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| one | Chini Ogwumike | Forward | USA | Connecticut Sun | Stanford University |
| 2 | Odyssey Sims | Defender | USA | Tulsa Shock | Baylor University |
| 3 | Kayla McBride | Defender / Forward | USA | San antonio stars | University of Notre Dame |
| four | Alyssa Thomas | Forward | USA | New York Liberty (then sold to Connecticut Sun ) | University of Maryland College Park |
| 5 | Natasha Howard | Forward | USA | Indiana feaver | Florida State University |
| 6 | Stephanie Dolson | Center | USA | Washington Mystics | University of Connecticut |
| 7 | Bria Hartley | Defender | USA | Seattle storm (then sold to Washington Mystics ) | University of Connecticut |
| 8 | Shawnee Schimmel | Defender | USA | Atlanta Dream | University of Louisville |
| 9 | Natalie Achonwa | Forward | Canada | Indiana feaver (right of choice from Phoenix Mercury ) | University of Notre Dame |
| 10 | Markish Gatling | Center | USA | Chicago skye | North Carolina State University |
| eleven | Chelsea Gray | Defender | USA | Connecticut Sun (eligible from Los Angeles Sparks ) | Duke University |
| 12 | Trisia Liston | Defender / Forward | USA | Minnesota links | Duke University |
Round Two
| The choice | Player | Position | Citizenship | Draft team | University / Former team |
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| 13 | Jordan Hooper | Forward | USA | Tulsa Shock (Choice from Connecticut Sun ) | University of Nebraska at Lincoln |
| fourteen | Tionna marshall | Defender | USA | New York Liberty | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| fifteen | Asia Bassi | Center | USA | Minnesota Links (choice from Tulsa Shock ) | University of West Virginia |
| 16 | Astu Ndur | Center | Senegal / Spain | San antonio stars | Islas Gran Canaria |
| 17 | Tiffany bayas | Defender | USA | Phoenix Mercury ( Indiana Feaver Choice) | University of Oklahoma, Stillwater |
| eighteen | Inga Orekhova | Defender | Ukraine | Atlanta Dream (Choice by Washington Mystics ) | University of South Florida |
| 19 | Michelle Pluff | Forward | Canada | Seattle storm | University of Utah |
| twenty | Cassie harberts | Forward | USA | Atlanta Dream | University of Southern California |
| 21 | Maggie Lucas | Defender | USA | Phoenix Mercury | Pennsylvania State University |
| 22 | Jennifer brandon | Forward | USA | Chicago skye | University of California, Berkeley |
| 23 | Jennifer hamson | Center | USA | Los Angeles Sparks | Brigham Young University |
| 24 | Christina Foggy | Defender | USA | Minnesota links | Vanderbilt University |
Round Three
| The choice | Player | Position | Citizenship | Draft team | University / Former team |
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| 25 | Denisha Stallworth | Center | USA | Connecticut Sun | University of Kentucky |
| 26 | Meigan Simmons | Defender | USA | New York Liberty | University of Tennessee |
| 27 | Theresa Playans | Forward | USA | Tulsa Shock | Louisiana State University |
| 28 | Bree Koulas | Forward | USA | San antonio stars | University of Missouri |
| 29th | Hayden Palmer | Defender | USA | Indiana feaver | Gonzaga University |
| thirty | Carly Mijovich | Forward / Center | Australia | Washington Mystics | Canberra Capitals ( WNBL ) |
| 31 | Michaela Roof | Forward | USA | Seattle storm | Stanford University |
| 32 | Cody burke | Forward | USA | Washington Mystics (choice from Atlanta Dream ) | North Carolina State University |
| 33 | Stephanie Talbot | Forward | Australia | Phoenix Mercury | Adelaide Lightning ( WNBL ) |
| 34 | Jamirra Faulkner | Defender | USA | Chicago skye | University of Southern Mississippi |
| 35 | Antonita Sloter | Defender | USA | Los Angeles Sparks | University of Louisville |
| 36 | Aizha Taylor | Forward / Defender | USA | Minnesota links | University of Louisville |
Notes
- ↑ Chiney Ogwumike Selected With No. 1 Overall Pick . wnba.com . WNBA Enterprises, LLC. Date of treatment July 4, 2015.
- ↑ Connecticut Sun Win Top Pick in 2014 WNBA Draft Lottery Presented by State Farm . wnba.com . WNBA Enterprises, LLC. Date of treatment July 4, 2015.
- ↑ 2014 WNBA draft attendees announced: 12 prospects invited to Monday draft . swishappeal.com . Vox Media, Inc. Date of treatment July 4, 2015.
- ↑ 2013 WNBA Transactions . wnba.com . WNBA Enterprises, LLC. Date of treatment July 3, 2015.
- ↑ Dolson, Hartley To Play Together For Mystics . courant.com . Hartford Courant . Date of treatment July 4, 2015.
- ↑ 2014 WNBA Transactions . wnba.com . WNBA Enterprises, LLC. Date of treatment July 3, 2015.
Links
- 2014 WNBA Draft wnba.com . WNBA Enterprises, LLC. Date of treatment July 4, 2015.
- 2014 WNBA Draft Board . wnba.com . WNBA Enterprises, LLC. Date of treatment July 4, 2015.
- 2014 WNBA Draft draftsite.com . USA TODAY Sports Digital Properties. Date of treatment July 4, 2015.