2009 WNBA draft

2009 WNBA draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)December 8, 2008 – April 9, 2009
LocationSecaucus, New Jersey
Network(s)ESPN2, NBATV, ESPNU
Overview
LeagueWNBA
Merging teamsHouston Comets
(folded in 2008)
First selectionAngel McCoughtry
Atlanta Dream
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The 2009 WNBA draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 9, 2009. The first round was shown on ESPN2 (in HD for the first time ever) at 3:00pm ET, while the second and third rounds were shown on ESPNU and NBA TV at 4:00pm.

Additionally, on December 8, 2008, the WNBA held a dispersal draft to re-assign players from the Houston Comets who folded at the end of 2008 WNBA season.[1][2]

  1. ^ "2008 Houston Comets Dispersal Draft Analysis". WNBA. December 8, 2008.
  2. ^ "Defunct Houston Comets Hold Dispersal Draft". NPR. December 9, 2008. Retrieved May 25, 2025.

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