2009 Seattle Storm season

2009 Seattle Storm season

Head Coach

Arena

Attendance

7,874 per game

Results
Record	20–14 (.588)
Place	2nd (Western)
Playoff Finish	Lost First Round
Team Leaders
Points	Jackson (19.2)
Rebounds	Jackson (7.0)
Assists	Bird (5.8)
Media
Television	FSN Northwest
Seattle Storm seasons
< 2008	2010 >

The 2009 WNBA season is the tenth season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Storm's 2008 record, they would pick 12th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Storm waived their pick. ^[1]

WNBA Draft

The following are the Storm's selections in the 2009 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	12	Ashley Walker	United States	California
3	38	Mara Freshour	United States	Florida State

^[2]

Transactions

September 10: The Storm signed A'Quonesia Franklin to an end-of-regular season contract.
September 9: The Storm signed La’Tangela Atkinson to an end-of-regular season contract.
June 4: The Storm waived A'Quonesia Franklin and Aja Parham.
May 31: The Storm waived La'Tangela Atkinson and Kasha Terry.
May 22: The Storm waived Kimberly Beck and Mara Freshour.
May 7: The Storm signed La’Tangela Atkinson, A’Quonesia Franklin and Aja Parham to training camp contacts.
May 7: The Storm waived Mel Thomas.
May 4: The Storm re-signed Lauren Jackson.
April 23: The Storm announced that Kristen O'Neill declined her offer to attend training camp.
March 20: The Storm waived Kelly Santos.
March 19: The Storm signed Kasha Terry and Mel Thomas.
February 23: The Storm signed Shannon Johnson.
February 20: The Storm signed Suzy Batkovic.
February 10: The Storm re-signed Ashley Robinson.
February 9: The Storm re-signed Janell Burse.
February 2: The Storm signed Kelly Santos to a training camp contract.
January 31: The Storm waived Sheryl Swoopes.
January 7: The Storm re-signed free agent Tanisha Wright and signed Kimberly Beck and Kristen O'Neill to training-camp contracts.
June 22, 2008: The Storm traded their second round pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft to the Atlanta Dream as part of the Camille Little transaction.

^[3]

Date	Trade
June 22, 2008	To Seattle Storm	To Atlanta Dream
June 22, 2008	Camille Little	second-round pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Tanisha Wright	January 7, 2009	re-signed
Janell Burse	February 9, 2009	re-signed
Ashley Robinson	February 10, 2009	re-signed
Suzy Batkovic	February 20, 2009	free agent
Shannon Johnson	February 23, 2009	Houston Comets
Lauren Jackson	May 4, 2009	re-signed

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Shyra Ely	January 12, 2009	Chicago Sky
Sheryl Swoopes	January 31, 2009	free agent
Yolanda Griffith	February 20, 2009	Indiana Fever
Kelly Santos	March 20, 2009	free agent
Kimberly Beck	May 22, 2009	free agent

Roster

Seattle Storm roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Height	Weight	From
6.0 !C	9	AUS !	Batkovic-Brown, Suzy	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	Australia
1.0 !PG	10	USA !	Bird, Sue	7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	Connecticut
6.0 !C	33	USA !	Burse, Janell	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	199 lb (90 kg)	Tulane
3.0 !SF	2	USA !	Cash, Swin	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	162 lb (73 kg)	Connecticut
2.5 !G/F	4	USA !	Gearlds, Katie	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	Purdue
5.5 !F/C	15	AUS !	Jackson, Lauren	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	Australia
1.0 !PG	14	USA !	Johnson, Shannon	7000170180000000000♠5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	152 lb (69 kg)	South Carolina
4.5 !PF	20	USA !	Little, Camille	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	North Carolina
6.0 !C	43	USA !	Robinson, Ashley	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Tennessee
4.0 !F	44	USA !	Walker, Ashley	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	UC Berkeley
1.0 !PG	30	USA !	Wright, Tanisha	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Penn State

Head coach

Brian Agler (Wittenberg)

Assistant coaches

Shelley Patterson (Washington State)
Nancy Darsch (Springfield)

Athletic trainer

Tom Spencer

Legend

(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured

Season standings

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Phoenix Mercury ^x	23	11	.676	–	12–5	11–6	13–7
Seattle Storm ^x	20	14	.588	3.0	13–4	7–10	13–7
Los Angeles Sparks ^x	18	16	.529	5.0	11–6	7–10	11–9
San Antonio Silver Stars ^x	15	19	.441	8.0	10–7	5–12	10–10
Minnesota Lynx ^o	14	20	.412	9.0	9–8	5–12	7–13
Sacramento Monarchs ^o	12	22	.353	11.0	7–10	5–12	6–14

Schedule

Preseason

2009 Game Log: Preseason

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	May 21	10:00pm	Sacramento	64-55	Little (13)	Little, Walker (5)	Atkinson (4)	KeyArena 4,875	1-0
2	May 30	10:00pm	@ Phoenix	58-61	Wright (16)	Walker (12)	Bird (4)	US Airways Center 2,421	1-1

Regular season

2009 Game Log: Regular Season

Watch all games live on WNBA LiveAccess

June

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	June 6	4:00pm	@ Sacramento		71-61	Jackson (23)	Little (6)	Bird (8)	ARCO Arena 14,824	1-0
2	June 7	9:00pm	Sacramento	FSN-NW	80-70	Jackson (25)	Bird, Jackson, Little (5)	Bird (8)	KeyArena 9,686	2-0
3	June 9	7:00pm	@ Indiana	ESPN2	66-73	Jackson (21)	Jackson, Little (6)	Bird (5)	Conseco Fieldhouse 7,253	2-1
4	June 12	8:00pm	@ Minnesota		88-71	Jackson (22)	Jackson (11)	Bird (9)	Target Center 6,423	3-1
5	June 14	6:00pm	@ Chicago		57-64	Jackson (22)	Jackson, Little (8)	Wright (4)	UIC Pavilion 2,681	3-2
6	June 19	10:00pm	Minnesota		90-62	Jackson (26)	Jackson, Johnson (6)	Bird (10)	KeyArena 7,607	4-2
7	June 22	7:00pm	@ Phoenix		93-84	Jackson (25)	Jackson (8)	Bird (9)	US Airways Center 6,181	5-2
8	June 26	10:00pm	Los Angeles		69-67	Jackson (32)	Jackson, Wright (8)	Bird (5)	KeyArena 9,686	6-2
9	June 28	9:30pm	@ Los Angeles	NBA TV FSNW	55-83	Jackson, Little (9)	Cash (8)	Johnson (3)	STAPLES Center 10,797	6-3

July

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
10	July 1	10:00pm	@ Phoenix		83-91	Cash, Jackson (17)	Cash (9)	Wright (6)	US Airways Center 6,341	6-4
11	July 7	3:00pm	San Antonio		66-53	Cash (18)	Cash, Jackson (12)	Bird (3)	KeyArena 10,137	7-4
12	July 9	9:00pm	Sacramento	ESPN2	66-55	Cash (18)	Bird, Cash, Jackson, Wright (5)	Wright (7)	KeyArena 6,838	8-4
13	July 12	9:00pm	Chicago	NBA TV FSN-NW	81-86	Jackson, Wright (18)	Jackson, Wright (7)	Wright (7)	KeyArena 6,796	8-5
14	July 15	10:00pm	Detroit	NBA TV FSN-NW	63-66	Little (12)	Little (6)	Bird (6)	KeyArena 6,821	8-6
15	July 17	10:00pm	@ Sacramento		69-56	Bird (20)	Little (9)	Bird (6)	ARCO Arena 6,386	9-6
16	July 19	8:00pm	Minnesota	FSN-NW	72-69	Little (18)	Cash (9)	Bird, Johnson, Wright (4)	KeyArena 6,912	10-6
17	July 22	10:00pm	Los Angeles		98-87 (3OT)	Bird (23)	Little (14)	Bird, Cash (5)	KeyArena 7,154	11-6
18	July 28	8:00pm	@ San Antonio	KMYS	71-74	Jackson (19)	Cash (11)	Bird (5)	AT&T Center 5,382	11-7

August

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
19	August 1	10:00pm	San Antonio	NBA TV KMYS	85-82 (OT)	Jackson (23)	Jackson (13)	Bird (5)	KeyArena 8,167	12-7
20	August 4	10:00pm	Phoenix		90-101 (OT)	Wright (25)	Cash, Jackson (11)	Wright (7)	KeyArena 6,728	12-8
21	August 6	10:30pm	@ Los Angeles		75-79 (OT)	Jackson (21)	Cash (8)	Bird, Wright (6)	STAPLES Center 9,735	12-9
22	August 8	10:00pm	New York		70-69	Jackson (21)	Jackson (9)	Bird (6)	KeyArena 7,496	13-9
23	August 13	7:00pm	@ Connecticut		53-64	Wright (13)	Jackson (10)	Bird (3)	Mohegan Sun Arena 6,983	13-10
24	August 15	7:00pm	@ Atlanta		79-88	Jackson (25)	Jackson (9)	Bird (12)	Philips Arena 8,751	13-11
25	August 18	7:30pm	@ Detroit		79-75	Jackson (36)	Cash, Jackson (7)	Bird (8)	Palace of Auburn Hills 7,392	14-11
26	August 22	10:00pm	Indiana		74-60	Bird (16)	Cash (9)	Bird, Wright (5)	KeyArena 8,273	15-11
27	August 25	10:00pm	Washington		78-68	Burse (14)	Little (7)	Wright (6)	KeyArena 6,791	16-11
28	August 27	10:00pm	Connecticut		86-74	Bird (21)	Little (10)	Bird (7)	KeyArena 5,688	17-11
29	August 29	10:00pm	Atlanta		91-84 (2OT)	Wright (25)	Little (15)	Bird (8)	KeyArena 9,089	18-11

September

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
30	September 1	7:00pm	@ New York		65-58	Little (17)	Little (13)	Wright (3)	Madison Square Garden 8,469	19-11
31	September 3	10:00pm	@ Washington		67-78	Bird (17)	Cash (7)	Bird (6)	Verizon Center 10,648	19-12
32	September 5	10:00pm	@ Minnesota	NBA TV FSN-N	68-76	Wright (20)	Little (8)	Johnson, Wright (4)	Target Center 8,170	19-13
33	September 10	10:00pm	Phoenix		84-92 (OT)	Wright (24)	Burse, Little (9)	Wright (5)	KeyArena 9,089	19-14
34	September 12	9:00pm	@ San Antonio		64-55	Johnson (16)	Little (11)	Johnson (5)	AT&T Center 10,153	20-14

Postseason

2009 Game Log: Postseason

Western Conference Semifinals

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Series
1	September 16	10:00pm	@ Los Angeles	ESPN2	63-70	Cash (24)	Batkovic-Brown (7)	Bird, Wright (5)	STAPLES Center 7,919	0-1
2	September 18	10:00pm	Los Angeles	NBA TV	75-74	Cash (18)	Wright (6)	Wright (9)	KeyArena 8,854	1-1
3	September 20	5:00pm	Los Angeles	ESPN2	64-75	Cash (21)	Cash (10)	Cash (3)	KeyArena 8,159	1-2

Regular Season Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Player Statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Atkinson, La'Tangela !La'Tangela Atkinson	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Batkovic, Suzy !Suzy Batkovic	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Bird, Sue !Sue Bird	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Burse, Janell !Janell Burse	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Cash, Swin !Swin Cash	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Gearlds, Katie !Katie Gearlds	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Franklin, A'Quonesia !A'Quonesia Franklin	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Jackson, Lauren !Lauren Jackson	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Johnson, Shannon !Shannon Johnson	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Little, Camille !Camille Little	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Robinson, Ashley !Ashley Robinson	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Walker, Ashley !Ashley Walker	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Wright, Tanisha !Tanisha Wright	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0

Team Statistics

Team	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
Seattle Storm	.000	.000	.000	00.0	00.0	0.0	0.0	00.0	00.0	00.0
Opponents	.000	.000	.000	00.0	00.0	0.0	0.0	00.0	00.0	00.0

Awards and honors

Lauren Jackson was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 22, 2009.
Sue Bird was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 20, 2009.
Sue Bird was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 24, 2009.
Sue Bird was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Western Conference starter.
Swin Cash was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Western Conference starter.
Lauren Jackson was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Western Conference starter.
Lauren Jackson was named to the All-WNBA First Team.
Lauren Jackson was named to the All-Defensive First Team.
Tanisha Wright was named to the All-Defensive First Team.

References

↑ "WNBA.com: Houston Comets dispersal draft". Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
↑ WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board
↑ WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions

External links

Official Site

2009 WNBA season by team

Draft Transactions Schedule All-Star Game Playoffs Finals

Eastern	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Detroit Shock Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics

Western	Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm

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Seattle Storm

Founded in 2000 Based in Seattle, Washington

Franchise	Franchise Current season

Arenas	KeyArena

Head coaches	Lin Dunn Anne Donovan Brian Agler Jenny Boucek

Administration	Owner: Force 10 Hoops LLC General Manager: Lin Dunn Billy McKinney Karen Bryant Brian Agler Alisha Valavanis

All-Stars	Sue Bird Swin Cash Lauren Jackson Tina Thompson

Seasons	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Playoff appearances	2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Conference Championships	2004 2010

WNBA Championships	2004 2010

Rivals	Los Angeles Sparks Phoenix Mercury

Media	TV: KONG Radio: KFNQ (Progressive Talk 1090) Announcers: Adia Barnes, Dick Fain

Seattle Storm seasons

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates WNBA Finals victory

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