The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held its first dispersal draft on April 24, 2003 prior to the 2003 WNBA season.
This dispersal draft consisted of one round to re-assign the 26 players from the Miami Sol and Portland Fire rosters, who both folded after the end of 2002 WNBA season. The remaining fourteen teams in the WNBA each selected one player from either roster in the draft. Former Sol and Fire players not selected in the dispersal draft became unrestricted free agents. The order of selection was determined by teams' 2002 regular season records, going from worst to first.
Key Pos.GFCPositionGuardForwardCenter
Dispersal draft Pick Player Position Nationality New team Former team 1 Ruth Riley + ^ C Detroit Shock Miami Sol 2 Sheri Sam + F/G Minnesota Lynx 3 Betty Lennox * G Cleveland Rockers 4 Tamicha Jackson Phoenix MercuryPortland Fire 5 DeMya Walker + F Sacramento Monarchs 6 Debbie Black G Connecticut Sun Miami Sol 7 Sylvia Crawley C Indiana Fever Portland Fire 8 Jenny Mowe Washington Mystics 9 Alisa Burras F Seattle Storm 10 Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough C Charlotte Sting Miami Sol 11 Elena Baranova + F New York Liberty 12 LaQuanda Barksdale G/F San Antonio Silver Stars Portland Fire 13 Ukari Figgs G Houston Comets 14 Jackie Stiles + ^ Los Angeles Sparks
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