WNBA Draft 2002 - History: How the top picks fared


		11:30 a.m. ET April 19 (ESPN2 & NBA TV/WTSN)

How the Top Picks Fared

2001	2000	1999	1998	1997
Lauren Jackson No. 1 Pick	Ann Wauters No. 1 Pick	Chamique Holdsclaw No. 1 Pick	Margo Dydek No. 1 Pick	Dena Head No. 1 Pick

2001 First-Round Selections and Their First-Year Statistics

1. Seattle Storm -- Lauren Jackson

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
29-29	34.5	149-406	.367	40-129	.310	104-143	.727	6.7	1.5	54	64	442	15.2

2. Charlotte Sting -- Kelly Miller

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
26-0	8.7	22-57	.386	7-19	.368	4-5	.800	1.1	0.5	9	0	55	2.1

3. Indiana Fever -- Tamika Catchings
DNP - Injured

4. Portland Fire -- Jackie Stiles

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
32-32	32.0	156-385	.405	50-116	.431	116-149	.779	2.4	1.7	24	3	478	14.9

5. Miami Sol -- Ruth Riley

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
32-20	25.0	77-162	.475	0-0	---	64-83	.771	4.1	0.8	25	46	218	6.8

6. Detroit Shock -- Deanna Nolan

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
27-0	20.2	64-194	.330	21-73	.288	43-53	.811	2.0	1.1	17	6	192	7.1

7. Minnesota Lynx -- Svetlana Abrosimova

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
26-23	32.5	114-293	.389	19-76	.250	96-132	.727	6.7	2.0	42	9	343	13.2

8. Utah Starzz -- Marie Ferdinand

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
32-22	27.0	143-290	.493	11-42	.262	69-113	.611	2.7	2.5	40	4	366	11.4

9. Washington Mystics -- Coco Miller

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
20-0	6.9	13-40	.325	2-6	.333	6-11	.545	0.5	0.4	6	0	34	1.7

10. Orlando Miracle -- Katie Douglas

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
22-0	20.0	51-141	.362	18-57	.316	34-47	.723	2.3	1.8	37	7	154	7.0

11. Cleveland Rockers -- Penny Taylor

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
32-0	17.5	86-225	.382	22-73	.301	36-46	.783	3.5	1.4	35	11	230	7.2

12. Portland Fire -- LaQuanda Barksdale

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
5-0	7.0	1-10	.100	0-3	.000	0-0	--	1.2	0.8	2	0	2	0.4

13. Phoenix Mercury -- Kristen Veal

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
29-14	22.7	35-125	.280	14-50	.280	32-42	.762	2.1	4.3	33	4	116	4.0

14. Indiana Fever -- Kelly Schumacher

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
28-5	13.6	46-93	.495	3-5	.600	17-20	.850	2.5	0.4	5	29	112	4.0

15. Houston Comets -- Amanda Lassiter

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
32-18	19.2	51-139	.367	26-67	.388	10-15	.667	3.4	1.1	16	21	138	4.3

16. Los Angeles Sparks -- Camille Cooper*

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
4-0	12.8	8-12	.667	0-0	--	10-13	.769	2.8	0.3	0	2	26	6.5

* Cooper was traded to the New York Liberty on June 5, 2001

2000 First-Round Selections and Their First-Year Statistics

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1. Cleveland Rockers -- Ann Wauters

G-GS MPG FGM-A FG% 3PM-A 3P% FTM-A FT% RPG APG STL BLK PTS PPG

32-0 18.7 78-149 .523 0-2 .000 43-58 .741 4.0 1.2 21 24 199 6.2

2. Washington Mystics -- Tausha Mills

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
31-0	9.5	46-105	.438	0-0	---	38-51	.745	2.6	0.3	10	8	130	4.2

3. Detroit Shock -- Edwina Brown

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
32-7	19.3	60-168	.357	1-4	.250	67-80	.838	2.8	2.3	24	5	188	5.9

4. Orlando Miracle -- Cintia dos Santos

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
32-31	25.6	94-222	.423	0-1	.000	40-57	.702	3.9	1.2	16	63	228	7.1

5. Minnesota Lynx -- Grace Daley

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
30-4	19.2		57-147	.388	17-56	.304	42-65	.646	2.4	1.9	12	0	173	5.8

6. Minnesota Lynx -- Betty Lennox

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
32-31	30.8	201-471	.427	55-139	.396	84-105	.800	5.6	2.6	53	9	541	16.9

7. Portland Fire -- Lynn Pride

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
32-1	14.4	41-118	.347	3-9	.333	29-42	.690	1.9	1.3	16	9	114	3.6

8. Detroit Shock -- Tamicha Jackson

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
17-0	15.7	41-106	.387	8-32	.250	26-35	.743	1.5	2.1	22	0	116	6.8

9. Seattle Storm -- Kamila Vodichkova

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
23-19	21.3	68-171	.398	4-20	.200	60-78	.769	4.2	1.0	13	12	200	8.7

10. Minnesota Lynx -- Maylana Martin

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
30-13	15.2	54-118	.458	5-19	.263	19-32	.594	2.2	0.7	17	13	132	4.4

11. Charlotte Sting -- Summer Erb

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
29-0	9.5	32-73	.438	0-1	.000	28-43	.651	2.2	0.3	8	6	92	3.2

12. Utah Starzz -- Naomi Mulitauaopele

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
22-3	13.2	41-69	.594	2-3	.667	15-20	.750	1.5	0.3	4	6	99	4.5

13. New York Liberty -- Olga Firsova

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
9-0	2.1	4-10	.400	0-1	.000	4-5	.800	0.4	0.1	0	1	12	1.3

14. Sacramento Monarchs -- Katy Steding

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
29-0	10.7	36-95	.379	17-53	.321	2-7	.286	1.3	0.5	11	10	91	3.1

15. Los Angeles Sparks -- Nicole Kubik

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
4-0	4.8	1-3	.333	0-1	.000	4-4	1.000	0.5	0.5	0	0	6	1.5

16. Houston Comets -- Elen Chakirova

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
14-0	10.7	13-30	.433	2-12	.167	29-33	.879	2.2	0.3	5	2	57	4.1

1999 First-Round Selections and Their First-Year Statistics

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1. Washington Mystics -- Chamique Holdsclaw

G-GS MPG FGM-A FG% 3PM-A 3P% FTM-A FT% RPG APG STL BLK PTS PPG

30-30 34.2 202-462 .437 5-29 .172 116-150 .773 8.2 2.4 37 27 525 16.9

2. Sacramento Monarchs -- Yolanda Griffith

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
29-29	33.8	200-370	.541	0-1	.000	145-235	.617	11.3	1.6	73	54	545	18.8

3. Utah Starzz -- Natalie Williams

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
28-26	34.1	180-347	.479	0-2	.000	144-191	.754	9.2	0.9	38	22	504	18.0

4. Los Angeles Sparks -- DeLisha Milton

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
32-32	26.1	125-236	.530	0-1	.000	68-86	.791	5.5	1.6	47	17	318	9.9

5. Detroit Shock -- Jennifer Azzi

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
28-19	29.9		93-181	.514	30-58	.517	86-104	.827	2.2	3.8	24	4	302	10.8

6. New York Liberty -- Crystal Robinson

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
32-9	28.2	125-285	.439	76-174	.437	49-58	.845	2.8	1.5	44	11	375	11.7

7. Minnesota Lynx -- Tonya Edwards

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
32-32	32.2	165-462	.357	66-192	.344	79-98	.806	3.5	2.6	27	13	475	14.8

8. Orlando Miracle -- Tari Phillips

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
32-0	10.5	52-128	.406	0-3	.000	26-54	.481	2.1	0.3	19	8	130	4.1

9. Charlotte Sting -- Dawn Staley

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
32-32	33.3	125-301	.415	33-104	.317	85-91	.934	2.3	5.5	38	3	368	11.5

10. Phoenix Mercury -- Edna Campbell

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
28-24	26.8	95-261	.364	38-101	.376	40-56	.714	1.9	1.3	25	10	268	9.6

11. Cleveland Rockers -- Chasity Melvin

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
32-9	22.2	95-218	.436	1-1	1.000	68-98	.694	4.0	1.2	20	22	259	8.1

12. Houston Comets -- Natalia Zasuluskaya
DNP

1998 First-Round Selections and Their First-Year Statistics

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1. Utah Starzz -- Margo Dydek

G-GS MPG FGM-A FG% 3PM-A 3P% FTM-A FT% RPG APG STL BLK PTS PPG

30-30 28.0 146-303 .482 1-7 .143 93-127 .732 7.6 1.8 14 114 386 12.9

2. Sacramento Monarchs -- Ticha Penicheiro

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
30-30	36.0	55-165	.333	10-43	.233	70-109	.642	4.7	7.5	67	3	190	6.3

3. Washington Mystics -- Murriel Page

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
30-30	31.8	104-217	.479	0-2	.000	41-65	.631	6.9	1.3	19	13	249	8.3

4. Detroit Shock -- Korie Hlede

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
27-27	33.8	135-345	.391	29-74	.392	83-103	.806	5.2	2.7	21	1	382	14.1

5. Los Angeles Sparks -- Allison Feaster

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
3-0	13.7		3-14	.214	2-10	.200	2-2	1.00	0.3	0.7	1.0	2	10	3.3

6. Cleveland Rockers -- Cindy Blodgett

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
22-0	8.4	19-66	.288	10-37	.270	15-24	.625	0.6	0.8	9	0	63	2.9

7. Charlotte Sting -- Tracy Reid

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
30-30	32.2	151-310	.487	0-2	.000	111-181	.613	5.2	1.5	40	12	413	13.8

8. Phoenix Mercury -- Maria Stepanova

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
20-0	6.5	26-61	.426	0-0	--	14-22	.636	1.9	0.4	3	11	66	3.3

9. New York Liberty -- Alicia Thompson

G-GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PTS	PPG
19-0	6.6	9-39	.231	1-1	1.000	12-19	.632	1.3	0.2	1	2	31	1.6

10. Houston Comets -- Polina Tzekova
DNP

1997 First-Round Selections and Their First-Year Statistics

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ELITE DRAFT
1. Utah Starzz -- Dena Head

G-GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PG

27-4 17.4 .390 .313 .844 2.3 1.7 0.52 0.30 5.7

2. Cleveland Rockers -- Isabelle Fijalkowski

G-GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PG

28-28 28.7 .508 .250 .786 5.6 2.4 0.61 0.64 11.9

3. Charlotte Sting -- Rhonda Mapp

G-GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PG

28-23 25.4 .492 .500 .774 5.5 2.3 0.75 0.43 11.6

4. New York Liberty -- Kym Hampton

G-GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PG

28-28 23.7 .471 .000 .640 5.8 1.4 1.39 0.68 9.7

5. Houston Comets -- Wanda Guyton

G-GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PG

25-25 26.7 .467 --- .559 5.4 0.5 1.04 0.32 6.1

6. Sacramento Monarchs -- Judy Mosley-McAfee

G-GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PG

12-9 22.1 .458 --- 1.000 3.9 0.8 0.67 0.17 4.6

7. Phoenix Mercury -- Bridget Pettis

G-GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PG

28-28 30.1 .333 .306 .898 3.8 2.8 1.75 0.43 12.6

8. Los Angeles Sparks -- Daedra Charles

G-GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PG

28-1 10.1 .403 .000 .667 1.7 0.4 0.36 0.36 2.3

REGULAR DRAFT
1. Houston Comets -- Tina Thompson

G-GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PG

28-28 31.6 .418 .370 .838 6.6 1.1 0.75 1.00 13.2

2. Sacramento Monarchs -- Pam McGee

G-GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PG

27-23 25.6 .459 .286 .705 4.4 0.7 1.00 0.52 10.6

3. Los Angeles Sparks -- Jamila Wideman

G-GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PG

28-14 22.6 .236 .194 .794 2.0 3.7 0.86 0.04 3.0

4. Cleveland Rockers -- Eva Nemcova

G-GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PG

28-28 33.7 .473 .435 .855 3.9 2.4 1.39 0.29 13.7

5. Utah Starzz -- Tammi Reiss

G-GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PG

28-26 29.7 .312 .297 .764 2.8 3.1 0.82 0.07 7.7

6. New York Liberty -- Sue Wicks

G-GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PG

28-0 11.9 .355 .286 .667 3.4 1.0 0.61 0.64 3.6

7. Charlotte Sting -- Tora Suber

G-GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PG

28-8 17.0 .370 .397 .683 1.5 2.0 0.46 0.11 4.7

8. Phoenix Mercury -- Toni Foster

G-GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PG

28-28 26.3 .468 .167 .704 6.1 1.0 1.89 0.75 8.8

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