The 2017 WNBA draft was the

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's draft for the 2017 WNBA season. On March 30, the WNBA announced that the draft would take place on April 13 in

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Draft lottery

The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2017 draft occurred on September 28, 2016. The winner of the lottery, the San Antonio Stars, picked first.

Lottery chances

All odds out of 1,000 based on percentages (the 11–12–13–14 combination is ignored). * San Antonio Stars (44.2%) – Won *

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(10.4%) *

Dallas Wings The Dallas Wings are an American basketball team based in Arlington, Texas. The Wings play in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team is owned by a group which is led by chairman Bill Cameron. Greg ...

(22.7%) *

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(via

Connecticut Sun The Connecticut Sun are an American professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut that competes in the Eastern Conference (WNBA), Eastern Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was established ...

) (22.7%) This is the fourth time that the lottery was won by the team that had the highest odds. The lottery odds were based on combined records from the 2015 and 2016 WNBA seasons. The San Antonio Stars, with the worst two-year record, were guaranteed no worse than the third pick.

Key

Draft selections

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Notable prospects

On November 29, 2016, WNBA.com posted notable prospects for the draft. The list included: *

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– South Carolina *

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– Washington * Shatori Walker-Kimbrough – Maryland *

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– Baylor * Nina Davis – Baylor *

Nia Coffey Nia Coffey (born June 11, 1995) is an American professional basketball player with the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). A small forward, she was drafted with the fifth overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft, whic ...

– Northwestern *

Brionna Jones Brionna Jones (born December 18, 1995) is an American professional basketball center for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and currently with USK Prague of the Czech Women's Basketball League. She was draft ...

– Maryland On April 6, 2017, the WNBA released the names of the players who would be invited to be in attendance at the draft through their @WNBA Twitter account: *

, Maryland *

, Baylor * Allisha Gray, South Carolina * Kaela Davis, South Carolina *

, Northwestern *

, South Carolina * Erica McCall, Stanford *

, Washington * Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, Maryland * Sydney Wiese, Oregon State

Post-draft day trades

* Chicago Sky trade the draft rights of Chantel Osahor to the Minnesota Lynx for

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Footnotes

References

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