2009 San Antonio Silver Stars season explained

The 2009 WNBA season is the 13th season for the San Antonio Silver Stars franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is their 7th in San Antonio. The Silver Stars were unsuccessful in their attempt to advance to the WNBA Finals for the second consecutive season.

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Silver Stars' 2008 record, they would pick 13th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Silver Stars waived their pick.

WNBA draft

The following are the Silver Stars' selections in the 2009 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
2	14 (from Atl.)	Megan Frazee		Liberty
2	26	Sonja Petrovic	Serbia	Serbia
3	39	Candyce Bingham		Louisville

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Transactions

July 31: The Silve Stars signed Ann Wauters and waived Katie Mattera.
June 5: The Silver Stars waived Joyce Ekworomadu and Bernadette Ngoyisa.
June 1: The Silver Stars waived Valeriya Berezhynska and Candyce Bingham.
May 28: The Silver Stars waived Amber Petillion.
May 25: The Silver Stars waived Morenike Atunrase and signed Joyce Ekworomadu.
May 18: The Silver Stars signed Amber Petillion to a training camp contract.
May 15: The Silver Stars waived Adrienne Ross.
May 12: The Silver Stars waived Sandora Irvin.
May 11: The Silver Stars signed Katie Feenstra Mattera.
April 30: The Silver Stars re-signed Edwige Lawson-Wade.
March 30: The Silver Stars signed Belinda Snell.
March 16: The Silver Stars signed free agent Bernadette Ngoyisa.
January 23: The Silver Stars signed Valeriya Berezhynska to a training-camp contract.
January 8: The Silver Stars re-signed free agent Vickie Johnson.
January 7: The Silver Stars signed Sophia Young to a three-year extension.
April 9, 2008: The Silver Stars traded their first round 2009 Draft pick to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for the Dream's second round 2009 pick as part of the Ann Wauters/Camille Little transaction.

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Date	Trade
April 9, 2008	width=400	To San Antonio Silver Stars	width=400	To Atlanta Dream
April 9, 2008	2nd round 2009 Draft pick, Ann Wauters, Morenike Atunrase	1st round 2009 Draft pick, Camille Little, Chioma Nnamaka

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Sophia Young	January 7, 2009	re-signed
Vickie Johnson	January 8, 2009	re-signed
Belinda Snell	March 30, 2009	Phoenix Mercury
Edwige Lawson-Wade	April 30, 2009	re-signed
Katie Mattera	May 11, 2009	Atlanta Dream

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Sandora Irvin	May 12, 2009	free agent
Adrienne Ross	May 15, 2009	free agent
Morenike Atunrase	May 25, 2009	free agent
Candyce Bingham	June 1, 2009	free agent
Katie Mattera	July 31, 2009	free agent

Schedule

Preseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1 || May 30 || 7:00pm || @ Detroit || 55-62 || Young (14) || Mattera (8) || Johnson (4) || Traverse City West H.S.
2,109 || 0-1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 2 || June 2 || 8:00pm || Indiana || 60-67 || Hammon (12) || Frazee (8) || Johnson (3) || Austin Convention Center
|| 0-2|-

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1 || June 6 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || NBA TV
KMYS || 79-90 || Young (25) || Riley (13) || Hammon (8) || US Airways Center
13,582 || 0-1|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 2 || June 13 || 8:00pm || New York || NBA TV
KMYS
MSG || 63-60 || Hammon (16) || Johnson (7) || Hammon (4) || AT&T Center
10,572 || 1-1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 3 || June 19 || 7:30pm || @ New York || NBA TV
MSG || 61-77 || Crossley, Lawson-Wade (12) || Young (7) || Darling, Lawson-Wade (4) || Madison Square Garden
8,046 || 1-2|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 4 || June 21 || 3:00pm || @ Connecticut || NBA TV
WCTX || 58-71 || Young (22) || Riley, Young (7) || Darling (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena
6,928 || 1-3|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 5 || June 23 || 7:30pm || Phoenix || ESPN2 || 91-87 || Hammon (19) || Young (8) || Young (5) || AT&T Center
6,692 || 2-3|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 6 || June 26 || 8:00pm || Sacramento || || 62-52 || Hammon (26) || Young (10) || Hammon (6) || AT&T Center
7,973 || 3-3|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 7 || June 20 || 8:00pm || Washington || || 82-84 || Young (21) || Johnson (7) || Darling (6) || AT&T Center
4,723 || 3-4|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 8 || July 3 || 8:00pm || Chicago || || 85-72 || Young (19) || Riley, Young (8) || Hammon (10) || AT&T Center
6,662 || 4-4|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 9 || July 7 || 3:00pm || @ Seattle || || 53-66 || Hammon (13) || Young (7) || Hammon (5) || KeyArena
10,137 || 4-5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 10 || July 10 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 77-61 || Young (21) || Riley (9) || Lawson-Wade (4) || Target Center
7,409 || 5-5|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 11 || July 12 || 7:00pm || Minnesota || NBA TV
KMYS || 76-83 || Hammon (26) || Young (8) || Hammon (5) || AT&T Center
6,568 || 5-6|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 12 || July 15 || 11:30am || @ Washington || || 79-78 || Hammon (21) || Frazee (6) || Darling, Hammon (5) || Verizon Center
17,220 || 6-6|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 13 || July 17 || 8:00pm || Connecticut || || 64-72 || Hammon (24) || Frazee, Young (9) || Hammon (4) || AT&T Center
9,524 || 6-7|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 14 || July 19 || 6:00pm || @ Chicago || NBA TV
CN100 || 75-85 || Hammon (22) || Hammon, Perperoglou (5) || Hammon, Johnson (3) || UIC Pavilion
3,282 || 6-8|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 15 || July 23 || 12:30pm || Indiana || || 84-65 || Young (24) || Frazee (8) || Hammon, Johnson (4) || AT&T Center
9,985 || 7-8|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 16 || July 28 || 8:00pm|| Seattle || KMYS || 74-71 || Hammon (24) || Frazee (7) || Hammon (4) || AT&T Center
5,382 || 8-8|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 17 || July 30 || 2:30pm || @ Sacramento || || 93-101 (OT) || Hammon (38) || Young (11) || Hammon (6) || ARCO Arena
10,461 || 8-9|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 18 || August 1 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || NBA TV
KMYS || 82-85 (OT) || Hammon (20) || Hammon (10) || Young (4) || KeyArena
8,167 || 8-10|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 19 || August 4 || 3:00pm || @ Los Angeles || || 63-59 || Hammon (20) || Young (9) || Hammon (5) || STAPLES Center
13,865 || 9-10|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 20 || August 6 || 8:00pm || Atlanta || || 84-92 || Hammon (26) || Young (9) || Snell (4) || AT&T Center
5,042 || 9-11|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 21 || August 9 || 6:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 89-87 || Hammon (22) || Young (7) || Hammon (9) || Target Center
7,764 || 10-11|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 22 || August 11 || 8:00pm || Sacramento || || 73-90 || Young (14) || Hammon, Young (6) || Johnson, Lawson-Wade (5) || AT&T Center
4,961 || 10-12|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 23 || August 13 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || || 83-95 || Young (29) || Wauters (10) || Hammon (8) || US Airways Center
6,522 || 10-13|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 24 || August 15 || 8:00pm || Phoenix || NBA TV
KMYS || 106-89 || Young (25) || Frazee (9) || Hammon (6) || AT&T Center
8,933 || 11-13|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 25 || August 20 || 7:30pm || @ Atlanta || || 87-93 || Hammon (23) || Wauters (7) || Hammon, Lawson-Wade (5) || Philips Arena
5,848 || 11-14|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 26 || August 21 || 8:00pm || Los Angeles || NBA TV
KMYS || 66-67 (OT) || Young (31) || Young (7) || Hammon (6) || AT&T Center
9,540 || 11-15|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 27 || August 23 || 6:00pm || @ Detroit || || 84-99 || Young (19) || Young (5) || Darling (7) || Palace of Auburn Hills
7,130 || 11-16|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 28 || August 27 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || NBA TV
FSI || 66-77 || Wauters, Young (18) || Wauters (14) || Hammon (6) || Conseco Fieldhouse
6,836 || 11-17|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 29 || August 29 || 3:00pm || Detroit || ESPN2 || 100-88 (OT) || Hammon (32) || Wauters (11) || Hammon (9) || AT&T Center
7,735 || 12-17|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 30 || September 1 || 8:00pm || Minnesota || || 84-82 (2OT) || Hammon (29) || Riley (8) || Hammon (5) || AT&T Center
4,881 || 13-17|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 31 || September 5 || 8:00pm || Los Angeles || || 89-72 || Johnson (27) || Lawson-Wade (5) || Lawson-Wade (11) || AT&T Center
8,631 || 14-17|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 32 || September 8 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || NBA TV
KMYS || 68-76 || Crossley (16) || Hammon, Wauters, Young (4) || Hammon (7) || STAPLES Center
10,476 || 14-18|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 33 || September 10 || 10:00pm || @ Sacramento || || 80-71 || Hammon (27) || Wauters, Young (6) || Johnson, Lawson-Wade (5) || ARCO Arena
7,566 || 15-18|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 34 || September 12 || 8:00pm || Seattle || || 55-64 || Crossley (12) || Perperoglou (11) || Darling (6) || AT&T Center
10,153 || 15-19|-| All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Postseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 1 || September 17 || 9:00pm || Phoenix || ESPN2 || 92-91 || Young (24) || Wauters (11) || Johnson (8) || AT&T Center
5,721 || 1-0|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 2 || September 19 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || NBA TV || 78-106 || Young (19) || Wauters (5) || Johnson (4) || US Airways Center
7,267 || 1-1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 3 || September 21 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || ESPN2 || 92-100 || Hammon (29) || Young (8) || Wauters (5) || US Airways Center
6,895 || 1-2|-

Regular Season Statistics

Player statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0

Team statistics

Team	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
San Antonio Silver Stars	.000	.000	.000	00.0	00.0	0.0	0.0	00.0	00.0	00.0
Opponents	.000	.000	.000	00.0	00.0	0.0	0.0	00.0	00.0	00.0

Awards and honors

Becky Hammon was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 27, 2009.
Becky Hammon was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 3, 2009.
Vickie Johnson was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 31, 2009.
Becky Hammon was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as a Western Conference starter.
Sophia Young was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as a Western Conference reserve.
Becky Hammon was named to the All-WNBA First Team.
Sophia Young was named to the All-WNBA Second Team.

Notes and References

Web site: WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board . https://web.archive.org/web/20090825071441/http://www.wnba.com/draft2009/draft_board.html . 2009-08-25 . dead . 2009-08-12 .
http://www.wnba.com/transactions/WNBA_2009.html WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions