2011 San Antonio Silver Stars season explained

The 2011 WNBA season is the 15th season for the San Antonio Silver Stars franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It was their 9th in San Antonio.

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Silver Stars' selections in the 2011 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	School/team/country
1	6	Danielle Robinson	Oklahoma
2	20 (from Atl.)	Danielle Adams	Texas A&M
3	30	Porsha Phillips	Georgia

Transaction log

February 2: The Silver Stars signed Shanavia Dowdell and Ashley Walker.
March 7: The Silver Stars signed Tully Bevilaqua.^[1]
March 17: The Silver Stars signed Kelly Mazzante.^[2]
April 20: The Silver Stars traded Michelle Snow to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Jia Perkins.^[3]
May 2: The Silver Stars traded second- and third-round picks in the 2012 draft to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for Scholanda Robinson.
May 16: The Silver Stars signed Alysha Clark.
May 31: The Silver Stars waived Shanavia Dowdell.
June 2: The Silver Stars waived Alysha Clark, Kelly Mazzante, and Ashley Walker.

Trades

Date	Trade
April 20, 2011	width=375	To San Antonio Silver Stars	width=375	To Chicago Sky
April 20, 2011	Jia Perkins	Michelle Snow
May 2, 2011	width=375	To San Antonio Silver Stars	width=375	To Tulsa Shock
May 2, 2011	Scholanda Robinson	second- and third-round picks in 2012 draft

Personnel changes

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Tully Bevilaqua	March 7, 2011
Danielle Robinson	April 11, 2011
Danielle Adams	April 11, 2011
Porsha Phillips	April 11, 2011
Jia Perkins	April 20, 2011	Chicago Sky
Scholanda Robinson	May 2, 2011	Tulsa Shock

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Michelle Snow	April 20, 2011	Chicago Sky
Ashley Battle	May 15, 2011	free agent
Helen Darling	May 15, 2011	free agent
Chamique Holdsclaw	May 15, 2011	free agent
Crystal Kelly	May 15, 2011	free agent
Edwige Lawson-Wade	May 15, 2011	free agent

Roster

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Ruth Riley	Danielle Adams
PF	Sophia Young	Jayne Appel
SF	Scholanda Robinson	Porsha Phillips Roneeka Hodges
SG	Tully Bevilaqua	Jia Perkins
PG	Becky Hammon	Danielle Robinson

Schedule

Preseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 1 || May 25 || 7:00pm || @ Connecticut || 80–56 || Young (14) || Riley (7) || Hammon (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena
4,801 || 1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 2 || May 27 || 7:00pm || @ Connecticut || 73–75 || Perkins (13) || Phillips (10) || Robinson (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza
2,139 || 1–1|-

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 1 || June 4 || 8:00pm || Tulsa || COX || 93–73 || Young (20) || Hodges
Riley
Young (4) || Hammon
Hodges
D. Robinson (5) || AT&T Center
12,406 || 1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 2 || June 10 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || || 93–62 || Hodges (19) || Phillips (8) || Hammon (5) || BOK Center
7,509 || 2–0|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 3 || June 11 || 8:00pm || Atlanta || || 86–74 || Adams (32) || Adams (7) || Hammon (8) || AT&T Center
9,140 || 3–0|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 4 || June 17 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || FS-A || 101–99 || Young (26) || Young (8) || Hammon (9) || US Airways Center
12,274 || 4–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 5 || June 21 || 8:00pm || Phoenix || ESPN2 || 98–105 || Hammon (28) || Appel (11) || Hammon
D. Robinson (7) || AT&T Center
7,072 || 4–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 6 || June 24 || 8:00pm || Los Angeles || || 90–80 (OT) || Perkins (31) || Riley (9) || Hammon (9) || AT&T Center
8,617 || 5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 7 || June 26 || 3:00pm || @ Atlanta || NBATV
SSO || 92–86 || Perkins (25) || Perkins (8) || Hammon (6) || Philips Arena
5,718 || 6–1|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 8 || June 28 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 84–74 || Young (19) || Young (9) || Hammon (5) || Allstate Arena
3,894 || 7–1 |-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 9 || July 1 || 7:00pm || @ New York || NBATV || 75–81 || Adams (19) || Young (8) || Hammon (5) || Prudential Center
6,714 || 7–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 10 || July 8 || 8:00pm || New York || NBATV || 73–76 || Hammon (18) || Young (8) || Young (6) || AT&T Center
8,100 || 7–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 11 || July 12 || 8:00pm || Los Angeles || NBATV
FS-SW
PRIME || 74–84 || Young (22) || Young (11) || Hammon (7) || AT&T Center
6,769 || 7–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 12 || July 14 || 9:00pm || Seattle || ESPN2 || 69–66 || Adams (23) || Adams
Young (6) || Hammon (9) || AT&T Center
9,167 || 8–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 13 || July 18 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || || 79–69 || Hammon (26) || Young (10) || D. Robinson (6) || Staples Center
8,818 || 9–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 14 || July 21 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || NBATV
FS-SW || 55–73 || Young (12) || Appel (6) || Bevilaqua
Hammon (2) || KeyArena
6,922 || 9–5 |-| colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | All-Star break|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 15 || July 26 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || CSN-MA || 73–67 || Hammon (22) || Appel (12) || D. Robinson (3) || Verizon Center
11,331 || 10–5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 16 || July 28 || 12:30pm || Phoenix || NBATV
FS-SW
FS-A || 102–91 || Hammon (33) || Appel (8) || D. Robinson (8) || AT&T Center
14,797 || 11–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 17 || July 31 || 3:00pm || Minnesota || NBATV || 69–70 || Perkins (18) || Appel (8) || Hammon (6) || AT&T Center
7,260 || 11–6 |-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 18 || August 2 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || || 64–78 || S. Robinson (12) || Young (5) || Bevilauqa
Hammon (4) || KeyArena
6,179 || 11–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 19 || August 4 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || NBATV
FS-SW || 60–62 || Young (18) || Young (13) || Hammon (4) || Target Center
8,123 || 11–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 20 || August 6 || 8:00pm || Tulsa || || 72–64 || Young (20) || Appel (6) || Hammon (5) || AT&T Center
8,273 || 12–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 21 || August 9 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || || 68–81 || Hammon (19) || Young (9) || Hammon (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse
7,520 || 12–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 22 || August 11 || 7:30pm || @ Connecticut || FS-SW || 72–59 || Hammon (18) || Young (8) || Hammon (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena
5,334 || 13–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 23 || August 14 || 3:00pm || Chicago || NBATV
CN100 || 73–85 || Perkins (18) || Young (6) || D. Robinson (7) || AT&T Center
7,060 || 13–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 24 || August 16 || 8:00pm || Indiana || || 63–65 || Perkins
D. Robinson
S. Robinson (10) || Young (13) || Bevilaqua (4) || AT&T Center
6,358 || 13–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 25 || August 20 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || NBATV
FS-SW
FS-A || 81–87 || Hammon (22) || Hammon
Young (8) || Hammon (10) || US Airways Center
10,134 || 13–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 26 || August 23 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || || 55–63 || Young (14) || Young (8) || Hammon (5) || KeyArena
6,559 || 13–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 27 || August 26 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || NBATV || 75–85 || Adams (11) || Young (6) || Hammon (9) || Target Center
9,212 || 13–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 28 || August 28 || 3:00pm || Minnesota || || 61–72 || Hodges (12) || Hammon (7) || Hammon (7) || AT&T Center
7,924 || 13–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 29 || August 30 || 8:00pm || Connecticut || || 78–66 || Hammon (16) || Perkins (8) || Hammon (6) || AT&T Center
6,934 || 14–15 |-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 30 || September 1 || 8:00pm || Phoenix || || 86–68 || Perkins (23) || Young (9) || D. Robinson (7) || AT&T Center
6,502 || 15–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 31 || September 3 || 8:00pm || Seattle || NBATV || 60–70 || Young (22) || Riley
Young (5) || D. Robinson (6) || AT&T Center
9,575 || 15–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 32 || September 6 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || NBATV
FS-SW
PRIME || 82–65 || Hammon (37) || Appel (8) || Hammon (5) || Staples Center
8,502 || 16–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 33 || September 10 || 8:00pm || Washington || NBATV || 82–74 || Young (17) || Appel
Young (8) || Hammon (11) || AT&T Center
12,813 || 17–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 34 || September 11 || 7:00pm || @ Tulsa || NBATV
FS-SW || 102–94 (OT) || D. Robinson (36) || Adams (8) || D. Robinson (6) || BOK Center
5,949 || 18–16 |-| All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Postseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1 || September 16 || 9:00pm || @ Minnesota || NBATV || 65–66 || Adams
Hammon (16) || Young (9) || Young (6) || Target Center
11,891 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 2 || September 18 || 5:00pm || Minnesota || ESPN2 || 84–75 || Perkins (24) || Adams
Perkins (6) || Hammon (6) || AT&T Center
7,023 || 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 3 || September 20 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || ESPN2 || 67–85 || Young (17) || Riley (6) || Hammon (5) || Target Center
8,734 || 1–2|-

Statistics

Regular season

GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
23	0	20.9	.430	.350	.746	4.3	0.6	0.52	0.65	12.4
31	0	14.6	.472	.333	.560	4.6	0.8	0.55	0.65	3.2
34	25	14.5	.451	.286	.722	1.4	1.6	0.71	0.06	2.9
33	33	31.8	.440	.389	.892	2.9	5.8	1.48	0.21	15.9
28	5	9.8	.404	.400	1.000	1.3	0.5	0.18	0.07	3.9
34	8	25.1	.418	.313	.845	3.5	1.4	1.29	0.26	12.0
31	1	8.3	.390	.000	.474	1.9	0.3	0.16	0.39	1.8
34	34	19.0	.485	.571	.769	3.8	1.2	0.35	0.88	5.6
34	9	23.1	.460	.000	.903	2.3	3.9	0.82	0.12	8.2
32	22	16.2	.335	.340	.705	1.5	0.4	0.72	0.22	4.8
33	33	31.6	.429	.000	.592	6.4	2.3	2.03	0.48	13.2

Postseason

Awards and honors

Becky Hammon was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 25, 2011.
Danielle Adams was named Rookie of the Month for the month of June.
Danielle Adams was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a reserve.
Becky Hammon was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a reserve.
Danielle Adams was named to the All-Rookie Team.
Danielle Robinson was named to the All-Rookie Team.

Notes and References

News: Silver Stars add veteran G Bevilaqua. WFMY. March 7, 2011. February 21, 2024.
News: Silver Stars sign guard. MySA. March 17, 2011. February 21, 2024.
News: Silver Stars acquire G Perkins from Chicago. WLTX. April 20, 2011. February 21, 2024.