The 2003 WNBA draft, both the dispersal draft and the annual WNBA draft, took place on April 24, 2003.
The dispersal draft involved players from the rosters of the Portland Fire and Miami Sol teams which had both folded after the 2002 season. For that reason, Miami's picks obtained in trades were lost. Former Sol and Fire players not selected in the dispersal draft became unrestricted free agents. The order of selection was determined by teams' 2002 regular season records, going from worst to first.
Along with the folding of the Fire and the Sol, two teams moved to new cities. The Utah Starzz moved from Salt Lake City, Utah, to San Antonio, Texas, changing their name to the San Antonio Silver Stars, and the Orlando Miracle moved from Orlando, Florida, to Uncasville, Connecticut, to become the Connecticut Sun. The Sun became the first franchise not to be based in a city that also was home to an NBA franchise.
The draft itself also changed. Instead of the previous four-round format, the 2003 draft shrank to its current format of only three rounds.
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