2010 Minnesota Lynx season
Introduction The 2010 WNBA season is the 12th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association.
Transactions ===Dispersal draft===Based on the Lynx's 2009 record, they would pick 2nd in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Lynx picked Rebekkah Brunson.===WNBA draft===The following are the Lynx's selections in the 2010 WNBA draft. Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country 1 2 (from Conn.) Monica Wright  Virginia 1 3 Kelsey Griffin  Nebraska 3 26 Gabriela Marginean  Drexel===Transaction log===*January 30, 2009: The Lynx traded their second round pick in the 2010 Draft to the Washington Mystics as part of the Lindsey Harding transaction. *January 12: The Lynx traded Renee Montgomery and the first overall pick in the 2010 Draft to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Lindsay Whalen and the second overall pick in the 2010 Draft. *February 8: The Lynx re-signed free agent Seimone Augustus. *February 16: The Lynx withdrew its qualifying offer to Tasha Humphrey, making her an unrestricted free agent. *February 17: The Lynx signed free agent Hamchetou Maiga-Ba. *February 19: The Lynx signed and traded Roneeka Hodges to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for the right to swap second round picks with San Antonio in the 2011 WNBA Draft. *April 8: The Lynx traded the draft rights to Kelsey Griffin to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for their first- and second-round draft picks in the 2011 Draft. *April 20: The Lynx signed Nuria Martinez. *April 22: The Lynx signed Ashley Ellis-Milan, Brittany McCoy, Vanessa Gidden and Jessica Adair to training camp contracts. *May 12: The Lynx waived Jessica Adair, Ashley Ellis-Milan, Vanessa Gidden and Brittany McCoy. *May 24: The Lynx activated Rebekkah Brunson and waived Gabriela Marginean. *July 26: The Lynx traded Rashanda McCants to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for Alexis Hornbuckle. *August 3: The Lynx waived Nuria Martinez and signed Kristen Mann. *August 18: The Lynx signed Jessica Adair and suspended Nicky Anosike.===Trades===DateTradeJanuary 12, 2010'''To Minnesota Lynx''''''To Connecticut Sun''' Lindsay Whalen and second overall pick in 2010 Draft Renee Montgomery and first overall pick in 2010 DraftFebruary 19, 2010'''To Minnesota Lynx''''''To San Antonio Silver Stars''' the right to swap second round picks in the 2011 Draft Roneeka Hodges and right to swap second round picks in the 2011 DraftApril 8, 2010'''To Minnesota Lynx''''''To Connecticut Sun''' first- and second-round draft picks in the 2011 Draft draft rights to Kelsey GriffinJuly 26, 2010'''To Minnesota Lynx''''''To Tulsa Shock''' Alexis Hornbuckle Rashanda McCants===Free agents=======Additions===='''Player''''''Signed''''''Former team''' '''Rebekkah Brunson'''  December 14, 2009  Sacramento Monarchs '''Lindsay Whalen'''  January 12, 2010  Connecticut Sun '''Seimone Augustus'''  February 8, 2010  re-signed '''Hamchetou Maiga-Ba'''  February 17, 2010  Sacramento Monarchs '''Nuria Martinez'''  April 20, 2010  free agent '''Alexis Hornbuckle'''  July 26, 2010  Tulsa Shock '''Kristen Mann'''  August 3, 2010  free agent====Subtractions===='''Player''''''Left''''''New team''' '''Renee Montgomery'''  January 12, 2010  Connecticut Sun '''Tasha Humphrey'''  February 16, 2010  free agent '''Roneeka Hodges'''  February 19, 2010  San Antonio Silver Stars '''Kelly Miller'''  March 17, 2010  Atlanta Dream '''Rashanda McCants'''  July 26, 2010  Tulsa Shock '''Nuria Martinez'''  August 3, 2010  free agent
Roster ===Depth===Pos.StarterBench C '''Rebekkah Brunson''' Quanitra Hollingsworth PF '''Nicky Anosike''' Charde Houston SF '''Seimone Augustus''' Hamchetou Maiga-Ba / Kristen Mann SG '''Monica Wright''' Candice Wiggins 8px PG '''Lindsay Whalen''' Alexis Hornbuckle
Season standings
Schedule ===Preseason=== 1  April 30  1:00pm  Chicago   78-87  Wright (18)  Marginean (9)  Wright (4)  Concordia University  633  0-1 2  May 6  12:30pm  @ Chicago   65-74  Wright (18)  Wright (6)  Whalen (10)  Allstate Arena  N/A  0-2===Regular season=== 1  May 15  8:00pm  @ Tulsa  NBATVCOX   80-74  Houston (21)  Anosike (9)  Whalen (6)  BOK Center  7,806  1-0 2  May 16  7:00pm  Washington  FS-N   76-87  Houston (19)  5 players (5)  Whalen (7)  Target Center  9,985  1-1 3  May 19  10:00pm  @ Seattle  KING   76-79  Wright (19)  Anosike (10)  Maiga-Ba (4)  KeyArena  6,687  1-2 4  May 23  7:00pm  Tulsa     82-94  Houston (23)  Anosike, Houston (9)  Maiga-Ba, Whalen (4)  Target Center  6,822  1-3 5  May 27  7:30pm  @ Connecticut     79-105  Houston, McCants (16)  Anosike, McCants (7)  Anosike (5)  Mohegan Sun Arena  6,401  1-4 6  May 29  8:00pm  Chicago  CN100   58-73  Houston, McCants (12)  Brunson (9)  Houston (3)  Target Center  6,129  1-5 7  June 1  7:30pm  Phoenix  ESPN2   92-82  Wright (32)  Brunson (15)  Anosike, Whalen (5)  Target Center  6,854  2-5 8  June 4  8:00pm  @ Tulsa  FS-OK   79-92  Brunson (23)  Brunson (11)  Anosike, Whalen (5)  BOK Center  4,521  2-6 9  June 6  7:00pm  Indiana  FS-N   51-89  Wiggins (11)  Brunson (12)  Anosike, Wiggins (3)  Target Center  6,444  2-7 10  June 10  10:00pm  @ Phoenix  FS-A   88-99  Wright (21)  Brunson (12)  Whalen (6)  US Airways Center  5,506  2-8 11  June 13  3:00pm  @ Los Angeles     84-88  Houston (21)  Brunson (15)  Whalen (7)  STAPLES Center  7,005  2-9 12  June 18  8:00pm  Tulsa     78-67  Augustus (27)  Anosike (9)  Whalen (12)  Target Center  6,953  3-9 13  June 19  8:00pm  @ Tulsa  COX   92-78  Wiggins (19)  Brunson (11)  Whalen (6)  BOK Center  5,013  4-9 14  June 22  7:30pm  @ New York     75-68  Brunson (21)  Brunson (13)  Maiga-Ba, Whalen (4)  Madison Square Garden  7,537  5-9 15  June 26  8:00pm  @ San Antonio  NBATVFS-SW   66-80  Augustus (14)  Brunson (9)  Whalen (4)  AT&T Center  10,184  5-10 16  July 1  7:00pm  @ Atlanta  SSO   58-76  Augustus (17)  Anosike (7)  Maiga-Ba, Whalen (2)  Philips Arena  4,020  5-11 17  July 8  8:00pm  San Antonio     89-66  Brunson (24)  Brunson (10)  Whalen (5)  Target Center  7,182  6-11 18  July 14  1:00pm  Atlanta     83-81  Augustus (22)  Brunson (9)  Whalen (7)  Target Center  12,311  7-11 19  July 17  3:30pm  Seattle     71-73  Brunson (19)  Brunson (9)  Whalen (6)  Target Center  7,216  7-12 20  July 22  8:00pm  San Antonio     72-74  Augustus (22)  Brunson (14)  Whalen (8)  Target Center  6,126  7-13 21  July 24  8:00pm  Phoenix  NBATVFS-N   124-127 (2OT)  Augustus (36)  Brunson (17)  Whalen (10)  Target Center  8,518  7-14 22  July 27  8:00pm  Los Angeles     58-71  Whalen, Wright (12)  Brunson (11)  Wright (4)  Target Center  6,215  7-15 23  July 29  10:00pm  @ Phoenix     92-110  Houston (26)  Houston (13)  Whalen (4)  US Airways Center  7,037  7-16 24  August 1  7:00pm  Seattle  NBATVFS-N   72-71  Augustus (24)  Brunson (8)  Whalen (7)  Target Center  7,312  8-16 25  August 3  8:00pm  Connecticut  CSN-NE   111-103 (OT)  Whalen (27)  Anosike (12)  Whalen (12)  Target Center  5,954  9-16 26  August 7  3:00pm  @ Chicago  ESPN2   87-82 (OT)  Augustus (27)  Anosike, Whalen (7)  Whalen (7)  Allstate Arena  4,992  10-16 27  August 8  7:00pm  New York  NBATVFS-N   72-74  Whalen (18)  Brunson (18)  Whalen, Wright (3)  Target Center  9,016  10-17 28  August 10  8:00pm  @ San Antonio     73-66  Augustus (20)  Brunson (12)  Hornbuckle, Whalen (4)  AT&T Center  5,142  11-17 29  August 12  8:00pm  Los Angeles     77-78  Houston (24)  Brunson (14)  Houston, Wright (3)  Target Center  7,867  11-18 30  August 13  7:00pm  @ Washington     58-61  Whalen, Wright (13)  Brunson (10)  Whalen (5)  Verizon Center  7,752  11-19 31  August 15  7:00pm  San Antonio  NBATVFS-NFS-SW   84-78  Whalen (21)  Brunson, Houston (8)  Whalen (12)  Target Center  8,678  12-19 32  August 17  10:00pm  @ Seattle     64-68  Whalen (20)  Houston (9)  Whalen (5)  KeyArena  7,394  12-20 33  August 20  10:30pm  @ Los Angeles     91-98  Houston (21)  Brunson, Houston (7)  Whalen (7)  STAPLES Center  13,154  12-21 34  August 22  5:00pm  @ Indiana  NBATVFS-I   83-79 (OT)  Augustus (25)  Wright (7)  Houston (4)  Conseco Fieldhouse  10,015  13-21 All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess
Statistics ===Regular season=== Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG  1  0  14.0  1.000  .000  .750  8.0  0.0  0.00  0.00  5.0  31  30  29.9  .372  .000  .773  6.8  1.9 2.00 1.03  9.2  25  25  33.3 .429  .336  .667  3.2  1.9  0.68  0.28 16.9  30  30  30.5 .429  .000  .663 10.3  0.8  1.20  0.97  11.3  25  0  7.3  .378  .000  .600  1.8  0.2  0.20  0.04  1.7  13  0  14.9  .283  .167  .750  1.5  1.3  1.38  0.23  3.0 34  8  22.3  .416 .365  .704  4.1  1.4  1.26  0.59  11.8 34  9  13.7  .384  .000  .667  2.3  0.9  0.38  0.15  3.2  5  0  3.0  .167  .250  .000  0.0  0.0  0.00  0.00  0.6  4  0  3.0  .200  .000  .000  1.0  0.3  0.25  0.25  0.5  15  0  8.5  .182  .150  .667  0.7  0.7  0.33  0.00  1.8  33 33 33.6  .410  .231 .899  4.0 5.6  1.39  0.15  12.6  8  7  29.8  .405  .457  .967  2.8  2.1  1.75  0.00  13.8 34  24  25.5  .370  .340  .819  2.9  1.5  1.00  0.21  11.1
Awards and honors *Seimone Augustus was named ''WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week'' for the week of June 12, 2010. *Lindsay Whalen was named ''WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week'' for the week of July 31, 2010. *Rebekkah Brunson was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a WNBA reserve. *Lindsay Whalen was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a WNBA reserve. *Monica Wright was named to the '''All-Rookie Team'''. *Rebekkah Brunson was named to the '''All-Defensive Second Team'''.
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