What NBA Team Drafted Lusia Harris?
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Lusia Harris was the first woman ever drafted by an NBA team. She was drafted by the New Orleans Jazz in the 1977 NBA Draft.
The Minnesota Lynx selected Lusia Harris with the third pick in the 1979 WNBA Draft.
The Minnesota Lynx selected Lusia Harris with the third pick in the 1979 WNBA Draft. The Lynx were a charter member of the Women’s NBA, which was founded in 1996. Prior to that, Harris had played for several different teams in the now-defunct Women’s Professional Basketball League (WBL).
Harris played college basketball at Louisiana Tech University.
Lusia Harris was the first woman ever drafted by an NBA team. She was selected in the 1977 NBA draft by the New Orleans Jazz, though she never played in the NBA.
She was inducted into the Louisiana Tech Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999.
Lusia Harris (born c. 1958) is a former American basketball player. She was one of the first players to be drafted in the Women’s Basketball League (WBL), being selected in the second round of the 1981 draft by the New Orleans Jazz.
