WNBA Phoenix Mercury

Mercury draft room to be broadcast live on ESPN2

Published on April 2, 2007 under Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Phoenix Mercury News Release


PHOENIX - The Phoenix Mercury have partnered with ESPN2 to provide exclusive access inside the team's draft day "war room" during the network's coverage of the 2007 WNBA Draft presented by adidas on Wednesday, April 4.

ESPN2, which will carry the first round of the draft live beginning at 10 a.m. Phoenix time (1 p.m. EST), will have a camera crew inside the Van Arsdale Conference Room at US Airways Center, which will serve as the Mercury's draft headquarters. Viewers will be able to watch live as Phoenix phones-in the first overall selection of the draft.

"Our league has always been about bringing fans closer to the game and providing an experience that most leagues can't," said Mercury President and Chief Operating Officer Jay Parry. "We have taken the opportunity to let our fans-and all WNBA fans-be involved in the draft experience in a unique way by letting ESPN2 get behind the scenes with our basketball staff on Wednesday."

Watching the coverage live from the Toyota Club on the main concourse level of US Airways Center will be Mercury season ticket holders, who the team will host in celebration of the draft, the No. 1 overall pick and to kickoff the countdown to the 2007 season.

Winners of a franchise-best seven straight to finish 2006, the Phoenix Mercury look to pick up where they left off led by All-Stars Diana Taurasi and Cappie Pondexter in the record-shattering offense of head coach Paul Westhead. Under the direction of new general manager Ann Meyers Drysdale, the Mercury own the No. 1 overall pick in the April 4 WNBA Draft. Phoenix opens its 11th WNBA season on Saturday, May 19 at 7:00 p.m. at US Airways Center against the San Antonio Silver Stars.

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