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.Sports Illustrated, October 6, 2008, Inside the WNBA, p.80 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 Round Pick Player Nationality School222 Allie Quigley DePaul336 Kimberly Beck George Washington
Transactions Trades February 6, 2008The 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. To Seattle Storm Roneeka Hodges and the 4th pick in the 2008 WNBA draft To Atlanta Dream Iziane Castro Marques and the 8th pick in the 2008 WNBA draft (Tamera Young) February 19, 2008Traded the No. 4 pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft to the Detroit Shock for Swin Cash. To Seattle Storm Swin Cash To Detroit Shock No. 4 pick in the 2008 WNBA draft (Alexis Hornbuckle) June 22, 2008Acquired Camille Little from the Atlanta Dream for a second-round pick in the 2009 draft. To Seattle Storm Camille Little To Atlanta Dream Second-round pick in the 2009 WNBA draft
Free agents Player Signed Former team Sheryl Swoopes March 3, 2008 Houston Comets Yolanda Griffith April 8, 2008 Sacramento Monarchs Player Left New team Roneeka Hodges May 14, 2008 Houston Comets (July 5, 2008) Player Re-signed Shyra Ely March 6, 2008 Sue Bird March 14, 2008 Janell Burse April 14, 2008 Ashley Robinson April 18, 2008
Regular season Season standings
Season schedule Date Opponent Score Leading Scorer Attendance Record May 17 vs. Chicago67-61Lauren Jackson (14)12,0791-0 May 20 vs. 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 30 vs. San Antonio78-57Lauren Jackson (28)6,8104-1 June 1 vs. 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 7 vs. Detroit75-67Lauren Jackson (24)7,1056-3 June 11 vs. 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 16 vs. Connecticut67-74Lauren Jackson (26)6,8727-6 June 20 vs. Indiana78-70Lauren Jackson (18)7,3938-6 June 24 @ Los Angeles62-76Sue Bird (11)8,0328-7 June 29 vs. Washington64-49Sue Bird (14)7,9659-7 July 3 vs. New York84-71Lauren Jackson (33)6,97310-7 July 5 vs. Minnesota96-71Lauren Jackson (34)7,55311-7 July 8 @ Sacramento79-64Lauren Jackson (17)5,72712-7 July 10 vs. Phoenix89-78Lauren Jackson (25)10,45413-7 July 12 vs. 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 27 vs. Sacramento77-71Sue Bird (24)8,65117-9 August 28 vs. 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 6 vs. Minnesota96-88Sue Bird (23)9,33921-10 September 9 @ Sacramento74-77Tanisha Wright (17) Katie Gearlds (17)11,64421-11 September 12 vs. Atlanta77-72Camille Little (21)9,68622-11 September 14 @ Los Angeles48-65Shyra Ely (16)13,14222-12
WNBA Playoffs Date Opponent Score Leading Scorer Attendance Record Western Conference Semifinals September 19 @ Los Angeles 69–77 Sue Bird (23) 9,601 0–1 September 21 Los Angeles 64–50 Sue Bird (20) 8,230 1–1 September 23 Los Angeles 64–71 Tanisha Wright (20) 7,805 1–2
Player stats
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 21 21 33.0 .452 .295 .934 7.0 1.2 1.5 1.6 20.2 33 33 33.7 .441 .343 .871 2.5 5.1 1.1 0.1 14.1 31 28 29.9 .389 .125 .772 5.4 1.9 0.7 1.0 11.3 19 13 23.3 .532 .333 .667 4.4 1.4 1.0 0.3 9.7 34 14 23.8 .432 .167 .787 3.4 2.5 0.9 0.2 7.9 30 30 21.9 .462 .000 .648 6.3 1.5 1.4 0.6 7.2 29 25 24.3 .391 .222 .695 4.3 2.1 1.5 0.3 7.1 34 3 13.8 .373 .391 .739 1.3 0.6 0.3 0.1 5.0 34 1 11.4 .409 .364 .625 2.6 0.5 0.4 0.2 3.3 22 1 6.1 .390 .000 .652 1.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 2.1 17 0 5.5 .444 .667 .833 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.1 1.0 33 1 10.0 .302 .000 .300 2.2 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.9 11 0 2.8 .000 .000 .000 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 3 0 3.0 .000 .000 .000 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Seattle Storm Regular Season Stats
Postseason Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 3 3 37.0 .460 .294 1.000 2.3 3.0 1.3 0.0 19.7 3 3 34.3 .412 .500 .750 5.7 2.7 2.0 0.0 13.7 3 3 35.0 .333 .500 .833 3.3 0.3 1.0 0.0 11.7 3 2 24.0 .320 .200 .889 3.3 1.0 2.0 0.0 8.7 3 3 29.0 .214 .000 .875 6.3 1.7 3.0 1.3 4.3 3 0 14.7 .333 .000 .000 3.7 0.7 0.3 0.7 2.7 3 1 15.3 .500 .000 .500 4.0 0.7 0.3 0.7 2.3 3 0 7.0 .333 .250 .500 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.0 2.0 2 0 1.0 .500 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2 0 1.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 0 2.5 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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)
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