in Chicago for five years and posted a career-best 17.0 points per game in 2008. In 2009, Perkins was named to the Eastern Conference All-Star team as a reserve. Prior to the 2011 season, she was traded to the San Antonio Stars in exchange for Michelle Snow. That same year, Perkins made her first playoff appearance. During the 2016 WNBA Draft, Perkins was traded to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Jazmon Gwathmey. In February 2018, it was announced that Perkins had officially retired from the game of basketball. WNBA playoffs The Silver Stars qualified for the 2011 WNBA Playoffs and Perkins made her first career postseason appearance in 2011, where the Stars lost in the first round to the Minnesota Lynx. Perkins scored the team's high of 24 points in the 2nd game of the series, played in San Antonio, where the Stars won 84-75. The next year, the Stars made the 2012 WNBA Playoffs, where the Stars improved to the third seeded spot. However, their season came to an early end as the Los Angeles Sparks defeated them 2-0 in the 1st round. The Stars missed the playoffs in 2013, but came back in 2014 as the third seed. However, they met the same sticky end that they did in 2012, losing 2-0 to the Lynx. Perkins has played in every playoff game the Stars have partaken in since 2011. In her first season with the Lynx, they made it all the way to the WNBA Finals where the faced the Sparks. However, they Lynx ended up losing the series 2-3. In her second season with the Lynx, they made it back to the Finals for the third straight season. This time the Lynx would win in 5 games against the Sparks, winning their fourth championship in seven seasons, tying the now-defunct Houston Comets for most championship titles. WNBA career statistics Source Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2004 | style="text-align:left;"| Charlotte | 4 || 0 || 4.3 || .000 || .000 || .750 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 0.8 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 0.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2005 | style="text-align:left;"| Charlotte | 30 || 11 || 15.5 || .424 || .333 || .633 || 1.5 || 1.1 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 1.0 || 5.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2006 | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 30 || 27 || 28.0 || .351 || .277 || .806 || 3.6 ||