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WNBA top picks Elena Delle Donne, Skylar Diggins and Brittney Griner are in Bristol for the draft.

While many teams fared well in Monday's WNBA draft, no one did better than Bill Laimbeer and the New York Liberty.

As expected, Brittney Griner, Elena Delle Donne and Skylar Diggins were the first three draft picks Monday. Now it's time for the trio to play well and help the WNBA continue to grow.

Liz Cambage, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2011 WNBA draft, will not play for the Tulsa Shock this year after skipping last season to play for Australia in the Olympics.

Going into Wednesday's draft lottery with the best odds of winning the No. 1 pick, Washington was full of hope.Instead, Sheila Johnson and the Mystics got the No. 4 draft pick -- and a heap of disappointment.

The Phoenix Mercury won the WNBA draft lottery Wednesday night and earned the right to choose Brittney Griner with the top pick next year.

Phoenix walked away with the No. 1 pick in Wednesday's WNBA draft lottery. And while it made the Mercury's day, it was the worst-case scenario for Washington, which had the best odds of winning the top pick in the lottery.

Before the most anticipated draft in WNBA history, the Mystics, Shock, Sky and Mercury hope to win the No. 1 pick -- which likely will be Baylor game-changer Brittney Griner -- in Wednesday's draft lottery.

The participants in the WNBA playoffs and the draft lottery are now set. Washington, Phoenix, Tulsa and Chicago -- which lost Thursday and was eliminated from postseason contention -- are the teams that will be in the Brittney Griner sweepstakes. We...

The Tulsa Shock say they expect Elizabeth Cambage to rejoin the team in time for an Aug. 30 game against Los Angeles after she missed the first part of the WNBA season to train with the Australian Olympic team.

Stanford's Nneka Ogwumike was picked No. 1 by the Los Angeles Sparks, espnW followed her through WNBA draft day.

From the big winners (Tulsa) to head-scratching picks (New York), Mechelle Voepel takes a team-by-team look at Monday's WNBA draft.

After going 9-59 in two seasons in Oklahoma, Tulsa is trying to turn into a competitive franchise. Monday, the Shock picked up some players looking for a little redemption, as well.

Monday, Miami's Shenise Johnson might go among the top five picks in the WNBA draft. But it wasn't that long ago that there was actually some question the 5-foot-11 guard would even make it through high school.

History has shown that the first half of the first round of the WNBA draft tends to produce players with the most staying power. But Monday, after Nneka Ogwumike, it's hard to tell which players will hear their names called.

Once more, the balls didn't bounce right for the unlucky Shock. In the WNBA draft lottery, the top pick for 2012 went to Los Angeles.