2000 WNBA expansion draft


The Women's National Basketball Association 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 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:
PickPlayerPositionNationalityTeamFormer teamWNBA yearsCareer with the franchiseRef.
1Gordana GrubinGUSArefn|December 15, 1999 trade: Miami to Utah
  • Starbird and a 2000 first-round pick were acquired by the Utah Starzz from Miami Sol
  • In exchange, Miami received Elena Baranova and a 2000 second-round pick |group=lower-alpha|name=SolStarzzUSAUSAUSArefn|December 15, 1999 trade: Miami to Indiana
  • McCarty was acquired by the Indiana Fever from Miami Sol
  • In exchange, Miami received Brondello and a 2000 first-round pick |group=lower-alpha|name=StephSandyUSAUSAefn|name=StephSandyAUSrefn|December 15, 1999 trade: Washington to Indiana
  • Monica Maxwell and a 2000 fourth-round pick was acquired by the Indiana Fever from the Washington Mystic
  • In exchange, Indiana agreed to select Roberts in this expansion draft from the Washington Mystics|group=lower-alphaUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA