The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held their third expansion draft on December 15, 1999 for four new WNBA teams, the Indiana Fever, the Miami Sol, the Portland Fire, and the Seattle Storm. This draft allowed the four new expansion teams to select players from the existing WNBA teams to fill their debut rosters prior to the start of the 2000 WNBA season.
The four new teams were given six draft picks each to help stock their new rosters. The draft order was determined by a random drawing. The existing 12 WNBA teams were allowed to protect a total of five players from their 1999 rosters. However, once an existing team had a player selected in this draft, the team could then protect an additional three players from the expansion draft. No players were allocated by the league as "there [weren't] four players of equal ability out there to allocate."
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Expansion draft The following players were drafted for the rosters of the Fever, Sol, Fire, and Storm from the league's existing teams on December 15, 1999: Pick Player Position Nationality Team Former team WNBA years Career with the franchise Ref. 1 Gordana Grubin G FR Yugoslavia Indiana Fever Los Angeles Sparks 1 2000–2001 2 Edna Campbell Seattle Storm Phoenix Mercury 1 2000 3 Kate Starbird Miami Sol Sacramento Monarchs 1 — 4 Alisa Burras F Portland Fire Cleveland Rockers 1 2000–2002 5 Sophia Witherspoon G New York Liberty 3 2000–2001 6 Stephanie McCarty Miami Sol Charlotte Sting 1 — 7 Sonja Henning Seattle Storm Houston Comets 1 2000–2002 8Sandy Brondello + Indiana Fever Detroit Shock 2 — 9 Nyree Roberts C Washington Mystics 2 — 10 Angela Aycock F Seattle Storm Minnesota Lynx 1 2000 11 Debbie Black G Miami Sol Utah Starzz 1 2000–2002 12Tari Phillips * C Portland Fire Orlando Miracle 1 — 13 Coquese Washington G New York Liberty 2 — 14 Sharon Manning F Miami Sol Charlotte Sting 3 2000 15 Nina Bjedov C FR Yugoslavia Seattle Storm Los Angeles Sparks 1 — 16Rita Williams + G Indiana Fever Washington Mystics 2 2000–2002 17 Kara Wolters ^ C Houston Comets 1 2000 18 Toni Foster F Seattle Storm Phoenix Mercury 3 — 19 Lesley Brown Miami Sol Detroit Shock 1 — 20 Molly Goodenbour # G Portland Fire Sacramento Monarchs 0 — 21 Jamila Wideman Cleveland Rockers 3 2000 22 Yolanda Moore F Miami Sol Orlando Miracle 3 — 23 Charmin Smith G Seattle Storm Minnesota Lynx 1 2000–2001 24 Chantel Tremitiere Indiana Fever Utah Starzz 3 2000
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