As expected, Phoenix selected Diana Taurasi with the No. 1 overall pick in Saturday's WNBA draft.

But then the Mercury pulled the unexpected, drafting Chandi Jones with the No. 8 pick, only to immediately trade away the Houston senior.

Phoenix traded Jones to Detroit for Sheila Lambert and two of the Shock's draft picks Saturday, forward Shereka Wright at No. 13 and point guard Erika Valek at 23rd. Wright and Valek were teammates at Purdue.

Later, the Mercury traded their 27th pick, Oklahoma's Maria Villarroel to Houston for the Comets' 26th pick, 6-foot-8 UC Santa Barbara center Lindsay Taylor.