2006 WNBA season

The 2006 WNBA season was the Women's National Basketball Association's tenth season.

The league added one team: the Chicago Sky. The Sky were the first expansion team since 2000 when the Indiana Fever, Miami Sol, Portland Fire, and the Seattle Storm came to the WNBA. A separate expansion draft for the took place on November 16, 2005.^[1]

On April 5, the WNBA held their draft. Seimone Augustus of Louisiana State University was the number one overall pick. She was selected by the Minnesota Lynx. Cappie Pondexter of Rutgers University went number two. She was selected by the Phoenix Mercury.

The season started on May 20 with a game between the Sacramento Monarchs and the Phoenix Mercury. The game was televised by ABC. The Monarchs won the game 105–78. On July 12, The All Star Game was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The East All Stars defeated the West All Stars 98–82. Katie Douglas of the Connecticut Sun was named MVP in the game with 16 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists. The 2006 WNBA season concluded on August 13. Lisa Leslie of the Los Angeles Sparks won the league MVP. Mike Thibault of the Connecticut Sun was named Coach of The Year. Seimone Augustus of the Minnesota Lynx was named Rookie of the Year. The season ended with the Detroit Shock winning their second WNBA Championship.

This was the outlook for the 2006 WNBA Playoffs. Teams in italics had home court advantage. Teams in bold advanced to the next round. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoffs seeding in their respective conferences. Numbers to the right of each team indicate the number of games the team won in that round.

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• الترتيب النهائي لبطولة الرابطة الوطنية لكرة السلة النسائية لعام 2006
• تصفيات دوري كرة السلة النسائية الأمريكي لعام 2006
• مسودة دوري كرة السلة النسائية للمحترفات لعام 2006
• ملخص المباراة الأولى من موسم 2006 لدوري كرة السلة النسائي الأمريكي للمحترفات
• ملخص مباراة كل النجوم في دوري كرة السلة النسائي الأمريكي لعام 2006