WNBA Holds Draft Lottery

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Mystics Media Wire

The WNBA will hold its draft lottery on Tuesday, October 23rd. Teams who did not qualify for the playoffs are eligible for the lottery.
 
The Washington Mystics barely missed the playoffs and will have the fifth best chance of landing the top spot. The WNBA’s new franchise based in Atlanta will be assigned the fourth spot.
 
The lottery will establish the order of selection for the first six picks of the draft. The order of selection for the remainder of the first round as well as the second and third rounds is based on each team’s finish during the 2007 regular season.
 
“The upside of not making the playoffs is that you get to go in the lottery, in what promises to be a strong draft,” said General Manager, Linda Hargrove. “Even though we have a low chance of finishing first, there is still that opportunity and it creates a lot of excitement.”
 
The first-round order of selection for the teams that do not receive one of the top six picks, as well as the order of selection for the second and third round is determined by inverse order of their respective regular-season records.
 
Following are the chances - out of a possible 1,000 - for teams in the WNBA Draft Lottery: 2008 WNBA LOTTERY TEAMS Team Record Chances (out of 1,000)
 
Team                              Record                   Chances (out of 1,000)
1. Los Angeles        10-4                            341 
2. Minnesota           10-24                          340
3. Houston              13-21                          167
4. Atlanta*
5. Chicago              14-20                            97
6. Washington       16-18                            55
 
In the 2007 WNBA draft, the Mystics selected Forward Bernice Mosby of Baylor University.
 
In her best game as a rookie, she scored 13 points and grabbed 13 rebounds on June 20th, 2007, against eventual 2007 WNBA champions, Phoenix Mercury. Mosby finished the season with an average of 3.0 points per game and 2.8 rebounds per game.

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