2010 Tulsa Shock season explained

Team:	Tulsa Shock
Year:	2010
Attendance:	4,812
Wins:	6
Losses:	28
Conf:	Western
Conf Place:	6th
Coach:	Nolan Richardson
Arena:	BOK Center
Points:	Latta (12.4)
Rebounds:	Black (6.5)
Assists:	Latta (3.9)
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Television:	COX, FS-OK NBATV, ESPN2

The 2010 WNBA season is the 13th season for the Tulsa Shock franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is their first in Tulsa.

Transactions

Dispersal draft

Based on the Detroit Shock's 2009 record, the Tulsa Shock would pick 7th in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Shock picked Scholanda Robinson.

WNBA draft

The following are the Shock's selections in the 2010 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	School/team/country
2	19	Amanda Thompson	Oklahoma
3	31	Vivian Frieson	Gonzaga

Transaction log

March 10: The Shock signed Marion Jones, Natashy Lacy and Iciss Tillis to training camp contracts.
April 1: The Shock signed Ivory Latta to a training camp contract.
April 7: The Shock acquired Amber Holt and Chante Black from the Connecticut Sun in exchange for the seventh pick in the 2010 Draft and a second-round pick in the 2011 Draft.
April 14: The Shock traded Crystal Kelly to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for Shanna Crossley.
April 26: The Shock signed Juanita Ward, Kim Sitzmann, Danielle Green, Brittany Gilliam and Monique Alexander to training camp contracts.
April 28: The Shock signed Christi Thomas.
April 29: The Shock waived Kim Sitzmann, Monique Alexander, Danielle Green and Brittany Gilliam.
May 5: The Shock waived Vivian Frieson and Juanita Ward.
May 11: The Shock released Cheryl Ford.
May 13: The Shock waived Ivory Latta and Christi Thomas.
May 14: The Shock waived Olayinka Sanni and Iciss Tillis.
May 27: The Shock traded Shavonte Zellous to the Indiana Fever in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2011 Draft.
June 2: The Shock signed Ashley Walker.
June 8: The Shock waived Amanda Thompson and Ashley Walker and signed Kiesha Brown and Jennifer Lacy.
June 14: The Shock traded Plenette Pierson to the New York Liberty in exchange for Tiffany Jackson.
July 23: The Shock traded Kara Braxton to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Nicole Ohlde and a first-round pick in the 2011 Draft.
July 26: The Shock traded Alexis Hornbuckle to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Rashanda McCants.^[1]

Trades

Date	Trade
April 7, 2010	width=375	To Tulsa Shock	width=375	To Connecticut Sun
April 7, 2010	Amber Holt and Chante Black	Seventh pick in 2010 Draft and second-round pick in 2011 Draft
April 14, 2010	width=375	To Tulsa Shock	width=375	To San Antonio Silver Stars
April 14, 2010	Shanna Crossley	Crystal Kelly
May 27, 2010	width=375	To Tulsa Shock	width=375	To Indiana Fever
May 27, 2010	Second-round pick in 2011 Draft	Shavonte Zellous
June 14, 2010	width=375	To Tulsa Shock	width=375	To New York Liberty
June 14, 2010	Tiffany Jackson	Plenette Pierson
July 22, 2010	width=375	To Tulsa Shock	width=375	To Phoenix Mercury
July 22, 2010	Nicole Ohlde and a first-round pick in 2011 Draft	Kara Braxton
July 26, 2010	width=375	To Tulsa Shock	width=375	To Minnesota Lynx
July 26, 2010	Rashanda McCants	Alexis Hornbuckle

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Scholanda Robinson	December 14, 2009	Sacramento Monarchs
Marion Jones	March 10, 2010	free agent
Amber Holt	April 7, 2010	Connecticut Sun
Chante Black	April 7, 2010	Connecticut Sun
Shanna Crossley	April 14, 2010	San Antonio Silver Stars
Ashley Walker	June 2, 2010	free agent
Kiesha Brown	June 8, 2010	free agent
Jennifer Lacy	June 8, 2010	free agent
Tiffany Jackson	June 14, 2010	New York Liberty
Ivory Latta	July 5, 2010	free agent
Nicole Ohlde	July 23, 2010	Phoenix Mercury
Rashanda McCants	July 26, 2010	Minnesota Lynx

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Deanna Nolan		hiatus
Nikki Teasley		hiatus
Katie Smith	March 16, 2010	Washington Mystics
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	April 22, 2010	New York Liberty
Crystal Kelly	April 14, 2010	San Antonio Silver Stars
Cheryl Ford	May 11, 2010	free agent
Olayinka Sanni	May 14, 2010	free agent
Shavonte Zellous	May 27, 2010	Indiana Fever
Ashley Walker	June 8, 2010	free agent
Amanda Thompson	June 8, 2010	free agent
Plenette Pierson	June 14, 2010	New York Liberty
Natasha Lacy	July 5, 2010	free agent
Kara Braxton	July 23, 2010	Phoenix Mercury
Alexis Hornbuckle	July 26, 2010	Minnesota Lynx

Roster

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Nicole Ohlde	Chante Black
PF	Tiffany Jackson	Jennifer Lacy
SF	Rashanda McCants	Amber Holt
SG	Scholanda Robinson	Shanna Crossley / Marion Jones
PG	Ivory Latta	Kiesha Brown

Schedule

Preseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 1 || May 9 || 2:00pm || Seattle || 90–80 || Braxton, Holt (14) || Black (8) || Lacy, Pierson (4) || BOK Center
N/A || 1–0|-

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1 || May 15 || 8:00pm || Minnesota || NBATV
COX || 74–80 || Holt (16) || Black (10) || Lacy (5) || BOK Center
7,806 || 0-1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 2 || May 20 || 12:30pm || San Antonio || NBATV
FS-OK
FS-SW || 74-83 || Braxton (15) || Braxton, Holt (6) || Zellous (4) || BOK Center
4,636 || 0-2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 3 || May 23 || 7:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 94-82 || Pierson, Zellous (14) || Black (17) || Lacy (7) || Target Center
6,822 || 1-2|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 4 || May 25 || 7:00pm || Phoenix || ESPN2 || 96-110 || Holt (20) || Black (12) || Lacy (7) || BOK Center
4,100 || 1-3|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 5 || May 29 || 8:00pm || Indiana || NBATV
FS-OK || 79-74 || Holt (16) || Black (11) || Lacy (5) || BOK Center
4,005 || 2-3|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 6 || June 4 || 8:00pm || Minnesota || FS-OK || 92-79 || Robinson (20) || Black (11) || Lacy (6) || BOK Center
4,521 || 3-3|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 7 || June 5 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 70-95 || Crossley (20) || Braxton (9) || Lacy (7) || Allstate Arena
4,549 || 3-4|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 8 || June 11 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 75-87 || Braxton (14) || Black (9) || Lacy (5) || AT&T Center
7,076 || 3-5|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 9 || June 12 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || || 84-116 || Crossley (17) || Hornbuckle (8) || Braxton, Crossley (4) || US Airways Center
6,580 || 3-6|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 10 || June 18 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 67-78 || Brown (14) || Braxton (7) || Crossley, Lacy (3) || Target Center
6,953 || 3-7|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 11 || June 19 || 8:00pm || Minnesota || COX || 78-92 || Robinson (14) || Jackson (6) || Hornbuckle, Robinson (4) || BOK Center
5,013 || 3-8|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 12 || June 23 || 12:00pm || @ Atlanta || NBATV
FS-OK
SSO || 90-96 || Robinson (17) || Black (12) || Brown (7) || Philips Arena
9,598 || 3-9|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 13 || June 25 || 8:00pm || New York || COX || 78-92 || Lacy (16) || Black (9) || Hornbuckle, Robinson (3) || BOK Center
4,554 || 3-10|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 14 || June 27 || 4:00pm || Seattle || COX || 72-83 || Robinson (16) || Jackson (8) || Brown, Jackson, Lacy (3) || BOK Center
4,865 || 3-11|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 15 || June 29 || 8:00pm || Connecticut || COX || 89-101 || Robinson (19) || Black (6) || Brown (7) || BOK Center
3,649 || 3-12|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 16 || July 3 || 8:00pm || Washington || COX || 54-69 || Robinson (16) || Black, Jackson (5) || Brown (2) || BOK Center
3,516 || 3-13|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 17 || July 8 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || || 72-100 || Holt (18) || Black (12) || Black (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse
7,077 || 3-14|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 18 || July 13 || 7:00pm || Los Angeles || ESPN2 || 71-87 || Brown (14) || Braxton (10) || Latta (6) || BOK Center
7,073 || 3-15|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 19 || July 16 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 75-70 || Latta (15) || Braxton, Jackson, Lacy (5) || Latta (4) || AT&T Center
9,298 || 4-15|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 20 || July 17 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || || 88-97 || Robinson (15) || Black (13) || Brown (7) || US Airways Center
8,564 || 4-16|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 21 || July 20 || 3:00pm || @ Los Angeles || || 83-86 (OT) || Robinson (19) || Jackson (9) || Latta (7) || STAPLES Center
14,413 || 4-17|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 22 || July 22 || 8:00pm || Phoenix || COX || 91-123 || Braxton (18) || Jackson (9) || Latta (6) || BOK Center
3,333 || 4-18|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 23 || July 25 || 9:00pm || @ Seattle || KONG || 59-75 || Crossley (19) || Robinson (6) || Brown, Jackson (2) || KeyArena
9,686 || 4-19|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 24 || July 27 || 1:30pm || Atlanta || NBATV
COX || 89-105 || Latta (23) || Ohlde (7) || Latta (6) || BOK Center
3,800 || 4-20|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 25 || July 30 || 8:00pm || San Antonio || NBATV
FS-OK || 85-101 || Latta (19) || Jackson (7) || Brown (5) || BOK Center
5,203 || 4-21|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 26 || August 1 || 4:00pm || @ Washington || NBATV
CSN-MA || 62-87 || Jackson (14) || Jackson (7) || Brown (3) || Verizon Center
9,008 || 4-22|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 27 || August 3 || 8:00pm || Seattle || COX || 84-75 || Robinson (21) || Jackson (5) || Latta (7) || BOK Center
3,697 || 5-22|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 28 || August 6 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || || 70-77 || Latta (16) || Jackson (9) || Ohlde (4) || STAPLES Center
8,962 || 5-23|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 29 || August 7 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || KONG || 65-111 || Latta (14) || Jackson (6) || Jackson, Jones, Latta (4) || KeyArena
9,686 || 5-24|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 30 || August 13 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 74-94 || Robinson (14) || Jackson (5) || Latta (5) || AT&T Center
10,244 || 5-25|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 31 || August 14 || 8:00pm || Los Angeles || COX || 87-92 || Latta (26) || Jackson (13) || Holt, Latta (4) || BOK Center
5,719 || 5-26|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 32 || August 17 || 7:30pm || @ Connecticut || || 62-90 || Robinson (18) || Holt (7) || Holt (3) || Mohegan Sun Arena
8,828 || 5-27|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 33 || August 19 || 7:30pm || @ New York || || 85-95 || Crossley (21) || Black (9) || Jackson, Robinson (4) || Madison Square Garden
8,766 || 5-28|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 34 || August 21 || 8:00pm || Chicago || NBATV
FS-OK || 84-71 || Crossley, Jackson (17) || Jackson (9) || Latta (5) || BOK Center
6,321 || 6-28|-

Statistics

Regular season

GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
34	23	20.9	.537	.000	.347	6.5	0.6	0.53	1.59	3.4
22	16	16.8	.500	.250	.639	4.6	1.3	1.10	0.80	9.3
27	8	17.8	.389	.391	.821	2.0	2.4	0.56	0.00	5.7
30	16	21.3	.404	.422	.800	1.4	1.6	0.87	0.07	9.7
33	9	21.1	.408	.314	.802	3.1	1.8	0.91	0.21	8.7
15	10	21.1	.373	.400	.833	3.5	2.7	1.50	0.70	5.8
25	17	23.7	.399	1.000	.797	5.8	1.4	1.36	0.32	7.6
33	1	9.4	.525	.250	.595	1.6	0.6	0.55	0.21	3.4
34	3	16.8	.383	.386	.750	3.0	0.8	0.79	0.29	7.0
16	3	18.3	.475	.250	.595	2.3	3.5	1.44	0.19	6.3
18	16	28.7	.422	.370	.776	1.4	3.9	1.00	0.11	12.4
6	4	17.7	.350	.278	.400	2.0	1.5	0.83	0.50	5.8
12	9	25.1	.443	.000	.773	3.8	1.4	0.67	0.75	7.9
8	1	15.8	.535	.429	.857	2.5	1.3	1.20	0.40	12.1
34	33	24.6	.402	.303	.708	2.4	1.7	1.56	0.35	11.9
7	0	7.0	.143	.000	.700	1.6	0.4	0.43	0.00	1.6
2	0	4.5	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	1.00	0.00	0.0
4	1	16.8	.161	.100	.833	0.8	2.5	0.50	0.00	4.0

Notes and References

News: Shock complete roster flip with trade. ESPN. July 26, 2010. February 21, 2024.