2009 Seattle Storm season

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

2009 Seattle Storm season
Coach	Brian Agler
Arena	KeyArena
Attendance	7,874 per game
Results
Record	20–14 (.588)
Place	2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost Western Conference Semifinals (2-1) to Los Angeles Sparks
Team Leaders
Points	Jackson (19.2)
Rebounds	Jackson (7.0)
Assists	Bird (5.8)
Media
Television	FSN Northwest
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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
	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 DOB From C 9 Batkovic-Brown, Suzy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 203 lb (92 kg) Australia PG 10 Bird, Sue 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Connecticut C 33 Burse, Janell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 199 lb (90 kg) Tulane SF 2 Cash, Swin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 162 lb (73 kg) Connecticut G/F 4 Gearlds, Katie 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 184 lb (83 kg) Purdue F/C 15 Jackson, Lauren 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 187 lb (85 kg) Australia PG 14 Johnson, Shannon 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 152 lb (69 kg) South Carolina PF 20 Little, Camille 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) North Carolina C 43 Robinson, Ashley 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Tennessee F 44 Walker, Ashley 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) California PG 30 Wright, Tanisha 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
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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
La'Tangela Atkinson	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Suzy Batkovic	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Sue Bird	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Janell Burse	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Swin Cash	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Katie Gearlds	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
A'Quonesia Franklin	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Lauren Jackson	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Shannon Johnson	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Camille Little	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Ashley Robinson	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Ashley Walker	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
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 a Western Conference starter.
• Swin Cash was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as a Western Conference starter.
• Lauren Jackson was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as a 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

1. "WNBA.com: Houston Comets dispersal draft". Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
2. WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board Archived 2009-08-14 at WebCite
3. WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions

External links

• Official Site