2010 WNBA Draft Day 1 Review

The WNBA Draft has been the introduction to many of the great stars in the league. The first day of the draft went three rounds and was full of smart picks and sly trades. The #1 Pick has been used on three Huskies with Sue Bird (2002) and Diana Taurasi (2004) being joined by Tina Charles. Charles looks to continue her winning with the Connecticut Sun. The Sun later traded for the third pick Kelsey Griffin from Minnesota Lynx the two should help Sun a lot next year. The Suns made a bold move to get the talented players they wanted this year by sacrificing their picks for next year. The Suns needed a scorer for their team and they got two with Charles and Griffin who should be able to help the frontcourt of this team greatly.

San Antonio took Charles finals rival with the fifth pick as they grabbed Jayne Appel. Appel is a known winner with three straight final fours trips. The thing is although Appel will be a great center in the WNBA that isn't the real position that San Antonio needed to improve on. The second and third round picks of Alysha Clark and Alexis Rack should be the ones that help solve the backcourt problem. I would consider Alysha Clark as one of the steals of the draft that dropped down the boards because of her smaller size for her forward position.

Another main story was the two top lottery picks that Minnesota possessed for this draft to help build on an already young core. Instead, Minnesota traded the #3 pick, but they did take Monica Wright, a guard out of Virginia. I think Wright may end up being the star of this draft as we will greatly help Minnesota with their backcourt problems. Monica will dish and score and help bring the Lynx to greater glory.

The draft board below as well as the information above was provided by WNBA.com

2010 WNBA DRAFT - ROUND 1

Pick

Team

Record

1

Connecticut Sun | Tina Charles | Connecticut

16-18

2

Minnesota Lynx | Monica Wright | Virginia

14-20

3

Minnesota Lynx | Kelsey Griffin | Nebraska (traded to Connecticut)

14-20

4

Chicago Sky | Epiphanny Prince | Botas/Rutgers

16-18

5

San Antonio Silver Stars | Jayne Appel | Stanford

15-19

6

Washington Mystics | Jacinta Monroe | Florida State

16-18

7

Connecticut Sun | Danielle McCray | Kansas

16-18

8

Los Angeles Sparks | Andrea Riley | Oklahoma State

18-16

9

Atlanta Dream | Chanel Mokango | Mississippi State

18-16

10

Seattle Storm | Alison Lacey | Iowa State

20-14

11

Indiana Fever | Jene Morris | San Diego State

22-12

12

Los Angeles Sparks | Bianca Thomas | Mississippi

18-16

2010 WNBA DRAFT - ROUND 2

Pick

Team

Record

13

New York Liberty | Kalana Greene | Connecticut

13-21

14

Washington Mystics | Jenna Smith | Illinois

16-18

15

Connecticut Sun | Allison Hightower | Louisiana

16-18

16

New York Liberty | Ashley Houts | Georgia

16-18

17

San Antonio Silver Stars | Alysha Clark | Middle Tennessee

15-19

18

Washington Mystics | Shanavia Dowdell | Louisiana Tech

16-18

19

Tulsa Shock | Amanda Thompson | Oklahoma

18-16

20

Los Angeles Sparks | Angel Robinson | Georgia

18-16

21

Atlanta Dream | Brigitte Ardossi | Georgia Tech

18-16

22

Seattle Storm | Tanisha Smith | Texas A&M

20-14

23

Indiana Fever | Armelie Lumanu | Mississippi State

22-12

24

Phoenix Mercury | Tyra Grant | Penn State

23-11

2010 WNBA DRAFT - ROUND 3

Pick

Team

Record

25

New York Liberty | Cory Montgomery | Nebraska

13-21

26

Minnesota Lynx | Gabriela Marginean | Drexel

14-20

27

Connecticut Sun | Johannah Leedham | Franklin Pierce

16-18

28

Chicago Sky | Abi Olajuwon | Oklahoma

16-18

29

San Antonio Silver Stars | Alexis Rack | Mississippi State

15-19

30

Washington Mystics | Alexis Gray-Lawson | California

16-18

31

Tulsa Shock | Vivian Frieson | Gonzaga

18-16

32

Los Angeles Sparks | Rashidat Junaid | Rutgers

18-16

33

Atlanta Dream | Brittainey Raven | Texas

18-16

34

Seattle Storm| Tijana Krivacevic | Hungary

20-14

35

Indiana Fever | Joy Cheek | Duke

22-12

36

Phoenix Mercury | Nyeshia Stevenson | Oklahoma

23-11