WNBA Career
Lennox was selected by the Minnesota Lynx as the sixth overall pick in the 2000 WNBA Draft and later became the WNBA's Rookie of the Year in 2000. She was also the first Rookie to ever play in the 2000 WNBA All-Star Game that same year. She also made the All-WNBA 2nd Team in 2000 as well. She broke her hip in 2001, and was originally told that her basketball career would be over after the injury. With the work ethic she learned as a child, she fought back from her injury to come back and continues to thrive as a player.
On June 13, 2002, the Minnesota Lynx traded Lennox along with a 2003 first-round draft pick to the Miami Sol in exchange for Tamara Moore and a 2003 second-round draft pick. After the 2002 season ended, the Miami Sol folded, and Lennox was selected by the Cleveland Rockers in the 2003 WNBA Dispersal draft. When the Rockers folded after the 2003 season ended, Lennox went through another Dispersal Draft before the 2004 season. This time, she was selected by the Seattle Storm. The Seattle Storm would reach the WNBA quarterfinals with Lennox for both the 2005 and 2006 seasons.
Lennox led the Seattle Storm to the 2004 WNBA Championship against the Connecticut Sun. She was named the Finals Most Valuable Player, and averaged 22.3 points during the Storm's championship run en route to winning the award. In 2005 with the Seattle Storm she hit her 200th career three-pointer.
On February 6, 2008, Lennox was selected by the Atlanta Dream in the expansion draft. She would play the entire season for the Atlanta Dream, averaging 17.5 points per game. She was the Eastern Conference leading point scorer for the 2008 season. She reached the 3,000 point and 1,000 rebound milestones in the 2008 season as well.
She was acquired by the Los Angeles Sparks for the 2009 season as an unrestricted free agent, where she helped lead them to the Western Conference finals in her tenth season with the WNBA. During the 2010 season a left knee injury would sideline her while playing with the Sparks for the remainder of the season after playing only 11 games.
Betty was signed by the Tulsa Shock for the 2011 season.
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