Charlotte Sting Dispersal Draft To Be Held on January 8

NEW YORK, Jan. 4, 2007 - A Dispersal Draft involving players on the Charlotte Sting roster will take place on Monday, January 8, via conference call at 1:00 p.m. ET.

Tammy Sutton-Brown (L.) is a free agent and not eligible for the Dispersal Draft, but Tangela Smith (R.) is eligible. Kent smith/NBAE/Getty Images

All current Sting players, with the exception of unrestricted free agents Allison Feaster and Tammy Sutton-Brown, are eligible to be selected.

The order of selection, based on the inverse order of 2006 regular season finish (without regard to the results of the Lottery), will be as follows:

1) Chicago Sky
2) Minnesota Lynx
3) New York Liberty
4) San Antonio Silver Stars
5) Phoenix Mercury
6) Washington Mystics
7) Seattle Storm
8) Houston Comets
9) Indiana Fever
10) Sacramento Monarchs
11) Detroit Shock
12) Los Angeles Sparks
13) Connecticut Sun

As previously announced, the Sting will not operate next summer. The WNBA will play the 2007 season with 13 teams.