2010 Seattle Storm season
Introduction The 2010 WNBA season was the 11th season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Storm won their second WNBA championship.
Transactions ===Dispersal draft===Based on the Storm's 2009 record, they would pick 10th in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Storm picked Chelsea Newton.===WNBA draft===The following are the Storm's selections in the 2010 WNBA draft. Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country 1 10 Alison Lacey  Iowa State 2 22 Tanisha Smith  Texas A&M 3 34 Tijana Krivacevic  Hungary===Transaction log===*February 4: The Storm signed Chelsea Newton. *February 9: The Storm signed free agent Le'coe Willingham. *March 3: The Storm signed Jana Vesela to a training camp contract. *March 11: The Storm re-signed Lauren Jackson. *March 17: The Storm signed Davanei Hampton to a training camp contract. *April 1: The Storm signed Abby Bishop, Laura Kurz and Aja Parham to training camp contracts. *April 6: The Storm signed Lindsey Wilson to a training camp contract. *April 8: The Storm announced that Katie Gearlds would sit out the 2010 season. *April 14: The Storm signed Loree Moore to a training camp contract. *April 20: The Storm signed Ashley Robinson and Heather Bowman to training camp contracts. *April 22: The Storm signed Svetlana Abrosimova and released Janell Burse. *April 30: The Storm waived Tanisha Smith. *May 6: The Storm waived Heather Bowman. *May 10: The Storm waived Devanei Hampton and Lindsey Wilson. *May 11: The Storm waived Laura Kurz. *May 14: The Storm waived Aja Parham, Loree Moore and Ashley Walker.===Free agents=======Additions===='''Player''''''Signed''''''Former team''' '''Le'coe Willingham'''  February 9, 2010  Phoenix Mercury '''Jana Vesela'''  March 3, 2010  free agent '''Lauren Jackson'''  March 11, 2010  re-signed '''Abby Bishop'''  April 1, 2010  free agent '''Ashley Robinson'''  April 20, 2010  re-signed '''Svetlana Abrosimova'''  April 22, 2010  free agent====Subtractions===='''Player''''''Left''''''New team''' '''Katie Gearlds'''  April 8, 2010  hiatus '''Janell Burse'''  April 22, 2010  free agent '''Ashley Walker'''  May 14, 2010  free agent
Roster ===Depth=== Sue Bird, on offensePos.StarterBench C '''Camille Little''' Ashley Robinson / Abby Bishop PF '''Lauren Jackson''' Le'coe Willingham / Jana Vesela SF '''Swin Cash''' Alison Lacey SG '''Tanisha Wright''' Svetlana Abrosimova PG '''Sue Bird'''
Season standings
Schedule ===Preseason=== 1  May 2  4:00pm  Phoenix   77–58  Walker (17)  Walker (6)  Lacey (5)  KeyArena  4,912  1–0 2  May 9  2:00pm  @ Tulsa   80–90  Jackson (15)  Cash (7)  Wright (4)  BOK Center  N/A  1–1===Regular season=== 1  May 16  9:00pm  Los Angeles  KONG   81–67  Jackson (23)  Jackson (10)  Bird (4)  KeyArena  9,686  1–0 2  May 19  10:00pm  Minnesota  KING   79–76  Cash (24)  Jackson (8)  Bird (10)  KeyArena  6,687  2–0 3  May 22  10:00pm  @ Phoenix     95–89 (OT)  Jackson (25)  Wright (9)  Bird (8)  US Airways Center  10,144  3–0 4  May 25  10:00pm  Washington     82–76  Bird, Wright (16)  Jackson (7)  Bird (7)  KeyArena  6,612  4–0 5  May 27  8:00pm  @ Chicago  CN100   75–84  Jackson (15)  Jackson (11)  Bird (4)  Allstate Arena  2,923  4–1 6  May 30  3:00pm  @ San Antonio     84–56  Jackson (27)  Cash (8)  Bird (6)  AT&T Center  4,924  5–1 7  June 1  9:30pm  Atlanta  ESPN2   90–72  Jackson (32)  Jackson (10)  Bird (6)  KeyArena  7,586  6–1 8  June 5  11:00pm  @ Los Angeles  NBATVFS-W   79–75  Bird (22)  Jackson (9)  Bird (6)  Home Depot Center  6,026  7–1 9  June 6  9:00pm  Phoenix  KONG   97–74  Cash, Jackson, Little (16)  Abrosimova (7)  Bird (11)  KeyArena  7,827  8–1 10  June 11  10:00pm  Los Angeles  KONG   82–60  Jackson (17)  Jackson (9)  Bird (5)  KeyArena  7,286  9–1 11  June 17  7:00pm  @ Indiana  FS-I   65–72  Jackson (17)  Jackson (9)  Cash (4)  Conseco Fieldhouse  7,520  9–2 12  June 18  7:30pm  @ New York     92–84  Bird (22)  Jackson (12)  Bird (10)  Madison Square Garden  8,883  10–2 13  June 20  9:00pm  San Antonio  NBATVFS-SW   82–61  Cash (22)  Jackson (14)  Wright (6)  KeyArena  8,086  11–2 14  June 25  10:00pm  Indiana     85–81  Jackson (28)  Jackson (7)  Wright (10)  KeyArena  9,083  12–2 15  June 27  4:00pm  @ Tulsa  COX   83–72  Jackson (24)  Little (9)  Wright (10)  BOK Center  4,865  13–2 16  June 29  10:00pm  San Antonio     86–72  Jackson (31)  Jackson (15)  Wright (12)  KeyArena  7,823  14–2 17  July 3  5:00pm  @ Los Angeles  ESPN2   75–62  Jackson (20)  Cash, Jackson (8)  Bird (7)  STAPLES Center  9,319  15–2 18  July 6  3:00pm  New York     78–70  Cash (20)  Cash (11)  Little, Wright (4)  KeyArena  11,012  16–2 19  July 14  3:30pm  @ Phoenix  FS-A   111–107 (3OT)  Jackson (31)  Jackson (18)  Bird (8)  US Airways Center  13,508  17–2 20  July 17  3:30pm  @ Minnesota     73–71  Jackson (26)  Cash (11)  Wright (10)  Target Center  7,216  18–2 21  July 20  12:30pm  @ San Antonio  NBATVFS-SW   80–74  Jackson (21)  Cash, Jackson (7)  Wright (7)  AT&T Center  12,414  19–2 22  July 25  9:00pm  Tulsa  KONG   75–59  Jackson (16)  Willingham (10)  Bird, Wright (6)  KeyArena  9,686  20–2 23  July 27  9:30pm  Phoenix  ESPN2   91–85  Jackson (33)  Jackson (11)  Bird (7)  KeyArena  8,044  21–2 24  July 29  10:00pm  Chicago  NBATVKONG   80–60  Cash (16)  Little, Willingham (7)  Bird (8)  KeyArena  7,749  22–2 25  August 1  7:00pm  @ Minnesota  NBATVFS-N   71–72  Bird (16)  Robinson (7)  Bird (10)  Target Center  7,312  22–3 26  August 3  8:00pm  @ Tulsa  COX   75–84  Bird (19)  Bird (7)  Wright (7)  BOK Center  3,697  22–4 27  August 5  10:30pm  Connecticut  ESPN2   83–82  Jackson (31)  Jackson (8)  Bird (6)  KeyArena  7,538  23–4 28  August 7  10:00pm  Tulsa  KONG   111–65  Abrosimova (20)  Jackson (10)  Abrosimova (8)  KeyArena  9,686  24–4 29  August 10  7:00pm  @ Atlanta  FS-S   80–70  Jackson, Wright (14)  Jackson (8)  Abrosimova (6)  Philips Arena  6,042  25–4 30  August 13  7:30pm  @ Connecticut     68–88  Abrosmiova (19)  Robinson (7)  Abrosimova (6)  Mohegan Sun Arena  9,197  25–5 31  August 15  4:00pm  @ Washington     71–80  Cash (15)  Abrosimova, Willingham (6)  Bird (7)  Verizon Center  9,438  25–6 32  August 17  10:00pm  Minnesota     68–64  Jackson (24)  Little (14)  Bird (8)  KeyArena  7,394  26–6 33  August 20  10:00pm  @ Phoenix     78–73  Cash (13)  Bird (7)  Bird (5)  US Airways Center  12,459  27–6 34  August 21  11:00pm  Los Angeles  ESPN2   75–74  Little (22)  Cash (7)  Bird (9)  KeyArena  9,686  28–6 All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess===Postseason=== 1  August 25  11:00pm  Los Angeles  ESPN2   79–66  Cash (20)  Jackson (9)  Bird (12)  KeyArena  10,589  1–0  2  August 28  3:00pm  @ Los Angeles  ESPN2   81–66  Jackson (24)  Jackson (9)  Cash (5)  STAPLES Center  8,326  2–0  1  September 2  10:00pm  Phoenix  NBATV   82–74  Jackson (23)  Jackson (17)  Bird (10)  KeyArena  9,686  1–0  2  September 5  3:00pm  @ Phoenix  ABC   91–88  Cash (28)  Cash, Jackson, Little (8)  Bird (8)  US Airways Center  9,010  2–0 1  September 12  3:00pm  Atlanta  ABC   79–77  Jackson (26)  Little (11)  Bird (8)  KeyArena  15,084  1–0  2  September 14  9:00pm  Atlanta  ESPN2   87–84  Jackson (26)  Little (9)  Bird (5)  KeyArena  13,898  2–0  3  September 16  8:00pm  @ Atlanta  ESPN2   87–84  Cash (18)  Jackson (9)  Bird (7)  Philips Arena  10,522  3–0
Statistics ===Regular season=== Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 34  1  20.2  .415  .376  .568  3.1  2.0  1.18  0.09  7.6  33  33  30.5  .434  .399  .857  2.7 5.8  1.52  0.15  11.1  16  0  6.8  .356  .250  .545  1.3  0.3  0.13  0.06  2.8 34 34  30.8  .435  .407  .807  6.0  2.0  0.56  0.50  13.8  32  32 31.0  .462  .346 .910 8.3  1.2  0.94 1.19 20.5  21  0  6.9  .114  .111  1.000  0.8  0.5  0.29  0.05  0.8 34 34  24.6  .500  .348  .711  5.2  1.4 1.62  0.62  10.1  30  0  8.2  .413  .000  .333  1.9  0.5  0.13  0.70  1.4  29  0  11.4 .547  .400  .800  2.0  0.6  0.62  0.24  3.2  33  2  15.6  .538 .452  .667  4.1  0.7  0.48  0.15  5.5 34 34  29.1  .410  .411  .844  3.3  4.5  1.21  0.26  9.2
Awards and honors *Lauren Jackson was named ''WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week'' for the week of May 15, 2010. *Lauren Jackson was named ''WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week'' for the week of May 29, 2010. *Lauren Jackson was named ''WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week'' for the week of June 19, 2010. *Lauren Jackson was named ''WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week'' for the week of June 26, 2010. *Lauren Jackson was named ''WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week'' for the week of July 10, 2010. *Lauren Jackson was named ''WNBA Western Conference Player of the Month'' for May. *Lauren Jackson was named ''WNBA Western Conference Player of the Month'' for June. *Lauren Jackson was named ''WNBA Western Conference Player of the Month'' for July. *Sue Bird was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a Team USA starter. *Swin Cash was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a Team USA reserve. *Lauren Jackson was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a WNBA reserve. *Tanisha Wright was named to the '''All-Defensive First Team'''. *Lauren Jackson was named to the '''All-Defensive Second Team'''. *Lauren Jackson was named to the '''All-WNBA First Team'''. *Sue Bird was named to the '''All-WNBA Second Team'''. *Brian Agler was named '''Coach of the Year'''. *Lauren Jackson was named '''Most Valuable Player'''. *Lauren Jackson was named '''Finals Most Valuable Player'''.
References
External links * 2010: Record-Setting Storm Run