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| - Il Draft WNBA 1997 fu il primo draft tenuto dalla WNBA. A differenza dei normali draft, si svolse in tre fasi. Nella prima (22 gennaio 1997), chiamata Initial Player Allocation, 16 giocatrici vennero assegnate a ciascuna squadra senza alcun ordine particolare. Nella seconda (27 febbraio 1997), chiamata Elite Draft, le squadre selezionarono due giocatrici che avevano già militato in altri campionati professionistici. Nella terza (28 aprile 1997), venne tenuto il draft vero e proprio, e le squadre selezionarono giocatrici appena uscite dal college. (it)
- The 1997 WNBA draft was the inaugural draft held by the WNBA through which teams could select new players from a talent pool of college and professional women's basketball players. Unlike later drafts, this draft was unique because there were three different stages in which teams built their rosters. First on January 22, 1997, the Initial Player Allocation draft took place in which 16 players were assigned to each team in no particular order. The elite draft portion comprised professional women's basketball players who had competed in other leagues, usually international leagues. On February 27, 1997, an elite draft added two more players to each team. On April 28, 1997, the four rounds of the regular WNBA draft took place. Draftees Cynthia Cooper, Sheryl Swoopes, and Tina Thompson would b (en)
- Der erste WNBA Draft fand am 28. April 1997 in den NBA Entertainment Studios in Secaucus, New Jersey, Vereinigte Staaten statt. Die Auswahlreihenfolge wurde bei einer Lotterie festgelegt. Im Gegensatz zu den späteren Drafts in der Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) wurde dieser in drei Drafts unterteilt. Am 22. Jänner 1997 fand eine Initial Player Allocation statt, wo jeweils zwei Spielerinnen zu den einzelnen Teams per Zufall zugeteilt wurden. Danach fand am 27. Februar 1997 der Elite Draft statt, wo die acht Mannschaften aus einem Talent Pool in zwei Runden jeweils eine Spielerin auswählen konnten. Bei diesem Draft handelte es sich zu diesem Zeitpunkt ausschließlich um Spielerinnen, die in internationalen Profi-Ligen tätig waren. Als letztes fand schließlich am 28. April 1997 (de)
- La draft WNBA 1997 est la première draft de l’histoire de la Women's National Basketball Association. Cette draft est spécifique car elle est constituée de trois différentes étapes permettant de construire les effectifs des équipes. (fr)
- Драфт ВНБА 1997 года прошёл 28 апреля, в понедельник, в студии развлечений НБА (англ. NBA Entertainment Studios) в городке , штат Нью-Джерси. Этот драфт стал первым драфтом ВНБА, к участию в котором были допущены не только игроки после окончания колледжа и игроки-иностранцы, но и профессиональные баскетболистки из других лиг. В отличие от всех последующих драфтов первый проходил в три этапа, в которых команды комплектовали свой состав. (ru)
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