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2008 Seattle Storm season

The 2008 WNBA season was the ninth season for the Seattle Storm. The Storm qualified for the postseason for the fifth consecutive season. Sue Bird was a key contributor to the club, averaging 14.1 points per game, and 5.1 assists per game. With the departure of the Seattle SuperSonics NBA franchise to Oklahoma City, the Storm were forced to look for 30 people in positions in marketing, public relations and corporate and ticket sales. The Storm had a shared services agreement with the Sonics, and the departure left the Storm with many positions vacant. By season's end, the Storm were in negotiations with the city of Seattle in hopes of a long-term lease at KeyArena.

Offseason

On November 30, 2007, the Storm announced the resignation of head coach, Anne Donovan. Her replacement, Brian Agler, was named on January 9, 2008

The following player was selected in the Expansion Draft:

  • Betty Lennox was selected in the 2008 Expansion Draft for the Atlanta Dream.
  • Also acquired the fourth pick in the 2008 WNBA draft and Roneeka Hodges from the Atlanta Dream for Iziane Castro Marques and the eighth pick in the draft.

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool
222Allie QuigleyDePaul
336Kimberly BeckGeorge Washington

Transactions

Trades

June 22, 2008
To Seattle Storm Camille LittleTo Atlanta Dream Second-round pick in the 2009 WNBA draft

Free agents

Yolanda GriffithApril 8, 2008Sacramento Monarchs

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Regular season

Season standings

Season schedule

DateOpponentScoreLeading ScorerAttendanceRecord
May 17vs. Chicago67-61Lauren Jackson (14)12,0791-0
May 20vs. Sacramento74-62Lauren Jackson (17)
Sue Bird (17)
Swin Cash (17)6,8712-0
May 22@ Phoenix87-83Lauren Jackson (30)7,0593-0
May 24@ San Antonio72-87Swin Cash (15)9,7673-1
May 30vs. San Antonio78-57Lauren Jackson (28)6,8104-1
June 1vs. Houston64-63Swin Cash (19)6,1165-1
June 3@ New York63-77Lauren Jackson (19)6,9285-2
June 4@ Detroit67-77Lauren Jackson (27)8,1085-3
June 7vs. Detroit75-67Lauren Jackson (24)7,1056-3
June 11vs. Phoenix83-77Lauren Jackson (20)7,4837-3
June 13@ San Antonio69-74Sue Bird (21)6,4787-4
June 13@ Houston60-68Lauren Jackson (18)7,0237-5
June 16vs. Connecticut67-74Lauren Jackson (26)6,8727-6
June 20vs. Indiana78-70Lauren Jackson (18)7,3938-6
June 24@ Los Angeles62-76Sue Bird (11)8,0328-7
June 29vs. Washington64-49Sue Bird (14)7,9659-7
July 3vs. New York84-71Lauren Jackson (33)6,97310-7
July 5vs. Minnesota96-71Lauren Jackson (34)7,55311-7
July 8@ Sacramento79-64Lauren Jackson (17)5,72712-7
July 10vs. Phoenix89-78Lauren Jackson (25)10,45413-7
July 12vs. Los Angeles70-52Sue Bird (18)10,83314-7
July 18@ Indiana65-59Sheryl Swoopes (15)7,45015-7
July 20@ Washington57-89Katie Gearlds (13)8,54315-8
July 22@ Minnesota76-73Sue Bird (22)12,27616-8
July 25@ Phoenix80-94Yolanda Griffith (17)8,32316-9
July 27vs. Sacramento77-71Sue Bird (24)8,65117-9
August 28vs. Houston66-49Sue Bird (22)8,32018-9
August 31@ Connecticut76-80Sue Bird (24)9,51818-10
September 2@ Atlanta83-69Sue Bird (21)7,39019-10
September 4@ Chicago70-62Sue Bird (19)3,82920-10
September 6vs. Minnesota96-88Sue Bird (23)9,33921-10
September 9@ Sacramento74-77Tanisha Wright (17)
Katie Gearlds (17)11,64421-11
September 12vs. Atlanta77-72Camille Little (21)9,68622-11
September 14@ Los Angeles48-65Shyra Ely (16)13,14222-12

WNBA Playoffs

DateOpponentScoreLeading ScorerAttendanceSeries
Western Conference Semifinals
September 19@ Los Angeles69-77Sue Bird (23)9,601LA leads 1-0
September 21vs. Los Angeles64-50Sue Bird (20)8,230Tied 1-1
September 23vs. Los Angeles64-71Tanisha Wright (20)7,805LA wins 2-1

Player stats

Regular season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
212133.0.452.295.9347.01.21.51.620.2
333333.7.441.343.8712.55.11.10.114.1
312829.9.389.125.7725.41.90.71.011.3
191323.3.532.333.6674.41.41.00.39.7
341423.8.432.167.7873.42.50.90.27.9
303021.9.462.000.6486.31.51.40.67.2
292524.3.391.222.6954.32.11.50.37.1
34313.8.373.391.7391.30.60.30.15.0
34111.4.409.364.6252.60.50.40.23.3
2216.1.390.000.6521.30.20.20.12.1
1705.5.444.667.8330.70.40.20.11.0
33110.0.302.000.3002.20.40.40.60.9
1102.8.000.000.0000.30.10.00.00.0
303.0.000.000.0000.30.00.00.00.0

Seattle Storm Regular Season Stats

Postseason

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
3337.0.460.2941.0002.33.01.30.019.7
3334.3.412.500.7505.72.72.00.013.7
3335.0.333.500.8333.30.31.00.011.7
3224.0.320.200.8893.31.02.00.08.7
3329.0.214.000.8756.31.73.01.34.3
3014.7.333.000.0003.70.70.30.72.7
3115.3.500.000.5004.00.70.30.72.3
307.0.333.250.5000.30.71.00.02.0
201.0.500.000.0000.00.00.00.01.0
201.0.000.000.0000.00.00.00.00.0
202.5.000.000.0000.00.00.00.00.0

Seattle Storm Playoff Stats

Roster

Awards and honors

  • Lauren Jackson, WNBA Player of the Week (June 30 - July 6)
  • Lauren Jackson, ESPY Award for Best WNBA Player
  • Lauren Jackson, WNBA All-Defensive Second Team (Forward)
  • Sue Bird, All-WNBA Second Team (Guard)
  • Lauren Jackson, All-WNBA Second Team (Forward)

References

References

  1. Sports Illustrated, October 6, 2008, Inside the WNBA, p.80
  2. "Sports Business Journal".
  3. "WNBA.com: Atlanta Dream".
  4. [http://www.wnba.com/storm/news/trade080206.html The Storm acquired the fourth pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft and Roneeka Hodges from the Atlanta Dream Seattle for Iziane Castro Marques and the eighth pick in the draft.]
  5. [http://www.wnba.com/storm/news/cash080219.html Traded the No. 4 pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft to the Detroit Shock for Swin Cash.]
  6. [http://www.wnba.com/storm/news/little080622.html Acquired Camille Little from the Atlanta Dream for a second-round pick in the 2009 draft.]
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