2010 San Antonio Silver Stars season
Introduction The '''2010 San Antonio Silver Stars season''' was the 14th season overall for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball Association, and their 8th in San Antonio.
Transactions ===Dispersal draft===Based on the Silver Stars' 2009 record, they would pick 5th in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Silver Stars picked Laura Harper.===WNBA draft===The following are the Silver Stars' selections in the 2010 WNBA draft. Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country 1 5 Jayne Appel  Stanford 2 17 Alysha Clark  Middle Tennessee State 3 29 Alexis Rack  Mississippi State===Transaction log===*February 2: The Silver Stars re-signed free agent Ruth Riley. *February 19: The Silver Stars acquired Roneeka Hodges from the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for the right to swap second round picks in the 2011 WNBA Draft. *February 24: The Silver Stars signed Quianna Chaney to a training camp contract. *February 25: Dan Hughes announced that he would step aside from the head coaching position and promoted Sandy Brondello to head coach. *March 9: The Silver Stars signed Tasha Humphrey to a training camp contract. *March 10: The Silver Stars re-signed Shanna Crossley. *March 11: The Silver Stars traded Dalma Ivanyi and the right to swap second round picks in the 2011 WNBA Draft to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for Michelle Snow. *April 6: The Silver Stars signed Deonna Davis to a training camp contract. *April 14: The Silver Stars traded Shanna Crossley to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for Crystal Kelly. *April 22: The Silver Stars re-signed Edwige Lawson-Wade. *April 28: The Silver Stars re-signed Belinda Snell. *April 29: The Silver Stars waived Brittany Jackson. *May 5: The Silver Stars waived Dee Davis and Diana Delva. *May 9: The Silver Stars waived Krystal Vaughn and Alexis Rack. *May 13: The Silver Stars waived Quianna Chaney, Lacey Simpson and Charel Allen. *May 14: The Silver Stars waived Alysha Clark and Tasha Humphrey. *May 21: The Silver Stars signed Chamique Holdsclaw and waived Belinda Snell. *June 9: The Silver Stars signed Allie Quigley and waived Crystal Kelly. *June 29: The Silver Stars waived Megan Frazee and signed Crystal Kelly. *July 15: The Silver Stars waived Allie Quigley. *August 11: The Silver Stars signed Ashley Battle.===Trades===DateTradeFebruary 19, 2010'''To San Antonio Silver Stars''''''To Minnesota Lynx''' Roneeka Hodges and right to swap second round picks in the 2011 Draft the right to swap second round picks in the 2011 DraftMarch 11, 2010'''To San Antonio Silver Stars''''''To Atlanta Dream''' Dalma Ivanyi and right to swap second round picks in the 2011 Draft Michelle Snow and the right to swap second round picks in the 2011 DraftApril 14, 2010'''To San Antonio Silver Stars''''''To Tulsa Shock''' Crystal Kelly Shanna Crossley===Free agents=======Additions===='''Player''''''Signed''''''Former team''' '''Laura Harper'''  December 14, 2009  Sacramento Monarchs '''Ruth Riley'''  February 2, 2010  re-signed '''Roneeka Hodges'''  February 19, 2010  Minnesota Lynx '''Michelle Snow'''  March 10, 2010  Atlanta Dream '''Crystal Kelly'''  April 14, 2010  Tulsa Shock '''Edwige Lawson-Wade'''  April 22, 2010  re-signed '''Belinda Snell'''  April 28, 2010  re-signed '''Chamique Holdsclaw'''  May 21, 2010  Atlanta Dream '''Allie Quigley'''  June 9, 2010  free agent '''Ashley Battle'''  August 11, 2010  free agent====Subtractions===='''Player''''''Left''''''New team''' '''Vickie Johnson'''  2009  retired '''Erin Perperoglou'''  2009  retired '''Shanna Crossley'''  April 14, 2010  Tulsa Shock '''Belinda Snell'''  May 21, 2010  free agent '''Megan Frazee'''  June 27, 2010  free agent '''Allie Quigley'''  July 15, 2010  free agent
Roster ===Depth===Pos.StarterBench C '''Michelle Snow''' Ruth Riley PF '''Sophia Young''' Jayne Appel / Crystal Kelly SF '''Chamique Holdsclaw''' Ashley Battle SG '''Roneeka Hodges''' Edwige Lawson-Wade PG '''Becky Hammon''' Helen Darling
Season standings
Schedule ===Preseason=== 1  May 4  8:00pm  China National Team  91-57  N/A  N/A  N/A  Incarnate Word  N/A  1-0 2  May 8  3:30pm  @ Los Angeles   86-77  Belinda Snell (17)  Alysha Clark (7)  Helen Darling (4)  Walter Pyramid  1,521  2-0===Regular season=== 1  May 15  8:00pm  Atlanta  FS-SW   70-75  Hammon (20)  Riley (6)  Hammon (5)  AT&T Center  9,409  0-1 2  May 20  12:30pm  @ Tulsa  NBATVFS-SWFS-OK   83-74  Young (23)  Snow (15)  Hammon (7)  BOK Center  4,636  1-1 3  May 22  8:00pm  Los Angeles  NBATVFS-SW   88-81  Holdsclaw (19)  Snow (10)  Hammon, Holdsclaw (5)  AT&T Center  7,862  2-1 4  May 28  8:00pm  New York     71-77  Young (17)  Riley (6)  Hammon (8)  AT&T Center  5,293  2-2 5  May 30  3:00pm  Seattle     56-84  Hodges (12)  Snow (6)  Snow (3)  AT&T Center  4,924  2-3 6  June 3  7:00pm  @ Indiana  FS-SWFS-I   57-79  Holdsclaw (12)  Holdsclaw (5)  Lawson-Wade (4)  Conseco Fieldhouse  7,574  2-4 7  June 6  1:00pm  @ Connecticut     68-81  Young (21)  Snow (10)  Lawson-Wade (9)  Mohegan Sun Arena  6,292  2-5 8  June 11  8:00pm  Tulsa     87-75  Holdsclaw (19)  Holdsclaw (11)  Lawson-Wade (9)  AT&T Center  7,076  3-5 6  June 13  3:00pm  @ Atlanta  NBATVSSO   83-90  Young (24)  Holdsclaw (9)  Lawson-Wade (7)  Philips Arena  6,050  3-6 7  June 18  10:00pm  @ Phoenix     108-105  Young (25)  Young (10)  Hammon (10)  US Airways Center  6,147  4-6 8  June 20  9:00pm  @ Seattle  NBATVFS-SW   61-82  Hammon, Holdsclaw (12)  Holdsclaw (9)  Hammon (5)  KeyArena  8,086  4-7 7  June 26  8:00pm  Minnesota  NBATVFS-SW   80-66  Snow (23)  Snow (9)  Hammon (10)  AT&T Center  10,184  5-7 8  June 29  10:00pm  @ Seattle     72-86  Hammon (24)  Appel, Holdsclaw (6)  5 players (1)  KeyArena  7,823  5-8 8  July 1  10:30pm  @ Los Angeles     63-73  Snow (16)  Snow (8)  Lawson-Wade (5)  STAPLES Center  7,803  5-9 7  July 6  8:00pm  Connecticut  ESPN2   79-66  Young (19)  Snow, Young (8)  Hammon (8)  AT&T Center  7,264  6-9 8  July 8  8:00pm  @ Minnesota     66-89  Hodges (15)  Young (5)  Darling (5)  Target Center  7,182  6-10 8  July 14  12:30pm  @ Chicago  CN100   61-88  Young (14)  Snow (8)  Darling, Hammon, Young (4)  Allstate Arena  6,950  6-11 7  July 16  8:00pm  Tulsa     70-75  Holdsclaw (20)  Young (11)  Snow (4)  AT&T Center  9,298  6-12 8  July 18  3:00pm  Los Angeles     83-73  Hodges (24)  Appel, Hodges (5)  Hammon (7)  AT&T Center  6,542  7-12 8  July 20  12:30pm  Seattle  NBATVFS-SW   74-80  Young (18)  Young (7)  Hammon (10)  AT&T Center  12,414  7-13 7  July 22  8:00pm  @ Minnesota     74-72  Holdsclaw (17)  Holdsclaw (8)  Darling (4)  Target Center  6,126  8-13 8  July 24  8:00pm  Chicago  CN100   72-75  Hodges, Snow (13)  Snow (11)  Young (5)  AT&T Center  8,999  8-14 8  July 27  7:30pm  @ New York  ESPN2   72-77  Holdsclaw (18)  Holdsclaw (9)  Hammon, Snow (4)  Madison Square Garden  10,712  8-15 7  July 29  7:00pm  @ Washington  NBATVCSN-MA   79-75  Holdsclaw (17)  Holdsclaw (11)  Hammon (6)  Verizon Center  9,212  9-15 8  July 30  8:00pm  @ Tulsa  NBATVFS-OK   101-85  Hammon (22)  Snow (7)  Hammon, Holdsclaw, Lawson-Wade (3)  BOK Center  5,203  10-15 8  August 3  8:00pm  Phoenix     92-103  Young (24)  Holdsclaw, Snow (7)  Hammon (11)  AT&T Center  6,116  10-16 7  August 6  10:00pm  @ Phoenix     87-103  Hammon, Holdsclaw (21)  Holdsclaw (9)  Snow (4)  US Airways Center  12,909  10-17 8  August 8  8:00pm  @ Los Angeles  NBATVFS-SWFS-W   92-83  Hodges (19)  Young (10)  Hammon (7)  STAPLES Center  9,793  11-17 8  August 10  8:00pm  Minnesota     66-73  Young (19)  Snow (10)  Hammon (8)  AT&T Center  5,142  11-18 7  August 13  8:00pm  Tulsa     94-74  Holdslcaw (18)  Kelly (9)  Hammon (8)  AT&T Center  10,244  12-18 8  August 15  7:00pm  @ Minnesota  NBATVFS-SWFS-N   78-84  Hammon (30)  Hammon, Hodges (6)  Hammon, Hodges, Young (3)  Target Center  8,678  12-19 8  August 17  8:00pm  Washington     76-66  Young (19)  Hodges, Snow (5)  Hammon (5)  AT&T Center  6,801  12-20 7  August 20  8:00pm  Indiana     75-61  Young (22)  Snow (8)  Hammon, Snow (6)  AT&T Center  10,807  13-20 8  August 22  3:00pm  Phoenix     83-82  Hammon (30)  Young (10)  Hodges (6)  AT&T Center  8,331  14-20 All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess===Postseason=== 1  August 26  9:00pm  @ Phoenix  ESPN2   93-106  Hammon (19)  Young (9)  Hammon, Snow (4)  US Airways Center  8,927  0-1  2  August 28  1:00pm  Phoenix  ESPN2   73-92  Hammon (21)  Young (9)  Hammon (7)  AT&T Center  6,763  0-2
Statistics ===Regular season=== Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG  28  0  10.9  .535  .333  .559  2.5  0.5  0.25  0.18  3.4  5  0  7.0  .333  .000  .000  1.8  0.2  0.00  0.00  1.6  33  1  11.8  .300  .273  .647  1.0  1.4  0.61  0.03  1.9  10  0  10.1  .375  .111  .684  2.1  0.1  0.00  0.00  3.8  32  32 33.6  .442 .390 .960  2.9 5.4  1.13  0.25  15.1 34  19  25.3  .357  .308  .758  3.2  1.4  0.44  0.29  7.7  29  29  29.0  .494  .355  .806  5.3  2.0  1.48  0.34  13.6  26  0  9.3  .440  1.000  .739  1.2  0.3  0.27  0.04  3.0  33  19  21.9  .370  .339  .907  1.9  2.8  1.06  0.06  6.5  4  0  6.3  .500  .500  .667  0.3  0.0  0.00  0.00  3.5  20  2  13.1  .537  .200  .800  2.3  1.0  0.25  0.65  3.8  2  1  19.0  .333  .200  1.000  2.0  2.5  0.00  0.00  4.5 34  33  24.1 .574  .000  .719 6.2  1.6  0.97 0.74  10.4 34 34  31.8  .501  .263  .658  5.2  2.4 1.59  0.26 15.3===Postseason=== Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2  0  12.0  .500  .000  .750  3.5  1.0  0.00  0.00  5.5 2  0  17.0  .200  .500  .750  3.0  2.0  0.50  0.00  3.0 2  0  7.0  .500  .000  .000  0.5  0.0  0.00  0.00  1.0 2 2 37.0  .393  .389 1.000  3.5 5.5  0.50  0.00 20.0 2 2  28.5  .529  .429  .000  1.5  1.5  0.00  0.00  10.5  1  0  6.0  .000  .000  .500  2.0  0.0  0.00  0.00  1.0 2 2  28.5 .538 .625 1.000  1.5  4.0 2.00  0.50  12.5 2  0  15.5  .455  .000 1.000  2.0  0.0  1.50 1.50  7.5 2 2  19.0  .333  .000  .667  4.0  2.0  0.50  0.00  7.0 2 2  33.0  .406  .000  .556 9.0  2.5  1.00  0.50  15.5
Awards and honors *Jayne Appel was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a WNBA reserve. *Becky Hammon was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a WNBA reserve. *Michelle Snow was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a WNBA starter. *Sophia Young was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a WNBA reserve.
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