2011 Tulsa Shock season explained

The 2011 WNBA season is the 14th season for the Tulsa Shock franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is their 2nd in Tulsa. The Shock finished the season with a league record for lowest winning percentage (.088).

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Shock's selections in the 2011 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	School/team/country
1	2	Elizabeth Cambage	Australia
1	7 (from Pho.)	Kayla Pedersen	Stanford
2	21 (from Ind.)	Italee Lucas	North Carolina
3	25	Chastity Reed	Arkansas-Little Rock

Transaction log

February 1: The Shock traded a second-round pick in the 2012 draft to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Andrea Riley.
February 16: The Shock re-signed Marion Jones.
February 25: The Shock signed Juanita Ward.
March 28: The Shock signed Sheryl Swoopes.
April 8: The Shock signed Miranda Ayim to a training camp contract.
April 30: The Shock signed Darxia Morris to a training camp contract.
May 2: The Shock traded Scholanda Robinson to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for second- and third-round picks in the 2012 draft.
May 3: The Shock signed Betty Lennox.
May 12: The Shock announced Nicole Ohlde's retirement.
May 25: The Shock waived Italee Lucas and Juanita Ward.
June 1: The Shock waived Betty Lennox, Darxia Morris and Rashanda McCants.
June 15: The Shock waived Miranda Ayim.
June 16: The Shock signed Jacinta Monroe.
June 28: The Shock waived Jacinta Monroe.
July 4: The Shock signed Doneeka Lewis.
July 9: The Shock announced that Nolan Richardson resigned from head coach and general manager duties. Assistant coach Teresa Edwards was named interim head coach.
July 15: The Shock signed Betty Lennox and waived Chastity Reed.
July 21: The Shock signed Abi Olajuwon and waived Marion Jones.
July 22: The Shock signed Karima Christmas and waived Doneeka Lewis.

Trades

Date	Trade
February 1, 2011	width=375	To Tulsa Shock	width=375	To Los Angeles Sparks
February 1, 2011	Andrea Riley	second-round pick in 2012 draft
May 2, 2011	width=375	To Tulsa Shock	width=375	To San Antonio Silver Stars
May 2, 2011	second- and third-round picks in 2012 draft	Scholanda Robinson

Personnel changes

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Andrea Riley	February 1, 2011
Sheryl Swoopes	March 28, 2011
Miranda Ayim	April 8, 2011
Liz Cambage	April 11, 2011
Kayla Pedersen	April 11, 2011
Chastity Reed	April 11, 2011
Betty Lennox	July 15, 2011
Abi Olajuwon	July 21, 2011
Karima Christmas	July 22, 2011

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Kiesha Brown	2011
Shanna Crossley	2011	knee injury ^[1]
Scholanda Robinson	May 2, 2011	San Antonio Silver Stars^[2]
Nicole Ohlde	May 12, 2011	retired ^[3]
Chante Black	May 16, 2011	back problems ^[4]
Rashanda McCants	June 1, 2011	free agent
Miranda Ayim	June 15, 2011
Chastity Reed	July 15, 2011
Marion Jones	July 21, 2011

Roster

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Tiffany Jackson	Liz Cambage Abi Olajuwon
PF	Kayla Pedersen	Jennifer Lacy
SF	Sheryl Swoopes	Karima Christmas
SG	Amber Holt	Betty Lennox
PG	Ivory Latta	Andrea Riley

Schedule

Preseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1 || May 29 || 5:00pm || @ Seattle || 70-76 || Holt (25) || Cambage, Jackson (8) || 4 players (2) || KeyArena
4,979 || 0-1|-

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1 || June 4 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || COX || 73-93 || Cambage (18) || Cambage (10) || Jackson (4) || AT&T Center
12,406 || 0-1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 2 || June 7 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 65-75 || Cambage (16) || Cambage (15) || Jackson (3) || Target Center
7,713 || 0-2|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 3 || June 10 || 8:00pm || San Antonio || || 62-93 || Cambage
Pedersen (12) || Pedersen (7) || Swoopes (4) || BOK Center
7,509 || 0-3|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 4 || June 12 || 3:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 79-90 || Latta (26) || Pedersen (8) || Pedersen (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena
6,520 || 0-4|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 5 || June 14 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || ESPN2 || 74-82 || Latta (19) || Jackson (11) || Latta (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse
6,024 || 0-5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 6 || June 18 || 8:00pm || Washington || || 77-59 || Latta (22) || Jackson (9) || Pedersen (7) || BOK Center
4,423 || 1-5|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 7 || June 21 || 8:00pm || Seattle || || 77-82 || Jackson (20) || Jackson (10) || Pedersen (4) || BOK Center
4,612 || 1-6|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 8 || June 23 || 12:30pm || New York || || 82-94 || Cambage (22) || Jackson (6) || Latta (7) || BOK Center
4,682 || 1-7|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 9 || June 26 || 4:00pm || @ Washington || CSN-MA || 63-83 || Cambage (15) || Cambage (7) || Latta (5) || Verizon Center
10,675 || 1-8|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 10 || June 30 || 8:00pm || Minnesota || || 71-101 || Latta (13) || Lacy (7) || Pedersen (5) || BOK Center
3,970 || 1-9|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 11 || July 8 || 8:00pm || Phoenix || || 78-86 || Cambage (19) || Pedersen (9) || Lewis (9) || BOK Center
4,081 || 1-10|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 12 || July 10 || 6:00pm || @ Phoenix || NBATV
COX || 63-102 || Jackson (9) || Pedersen (7) || Riley (5) || US Airways Center
7,696 || 1-11|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 13 || July 13 || 12:30pm || @ Chicago || || 54-72 || Lacy (13) || Jackson (11) || Jackson (5) || Allstate Arena
13,838 || 1-12|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 14 || July 15 || 8:00pm || Los Angeles || || 74-79 || Riley (15) || Jackson (10) || Holt (5) || BOK Center
5,034 || 1-13|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 15 || July 17 || 4:00pm || @ New York || NBATV
MSG+ || 57-88 || Jackson (17) || Jackson (11) || Holt (4) || Prudential Center
6,735 || 1-14|-| colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | All-Star break|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 16 || July 26 || 8:00pm || Atlanta || || 68-76 || Cambage (16) || Jackson (17) || Jackson
Latta
Swoopes (3) || BOK Center
3,435 || 1-15|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 17 || July 28 || 8:00pm || Chicago || || 55-64 || Latta (20) || Jackson (15) || Holt (5) || BOK Center
4,012 || 1-16|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 18 || July 30 || 8:00pm || Seattle || || 72-89 || Jackson (16) || Swoopes (8) || Lacy (5) || BOK Center
5,067 || 1-17|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 19 || August 5 || 8:00pm || Indiana || || 65-85 || Jackson
Lacy (12) || Jackson (8) || Jackson (3) || BOK Center
5,013 || 1-18|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 20 || August 6 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 64-72 || Jackson (27) || Jackson (10) || Cambage
Riley (3) || AT&T Center
8,273 || 1-19|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 21 || August 9 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || PRIME || 66-71 || Jackson (18) || Holt (6) || Swoopes (4) || Staples Center
8,255 || 1-20|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 22 || August 11 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || || 63-77 || Cambage (24) || Cambage (10) || Swoopes (3) || KeyArena
6,503 || 1-21|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 23 || August 14 || 7:00pm || @ Minnesota || NBATV
COX
FS-N || 54-82 || Swoopes (9) || Cambage (5) || Swoopes (3) || Target Center
8,388 || 1-22|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 24 || August 21 || 7:00pm || Los Angeles || || 67-73 || Swoopes (17) || Jackson (11) || Latta (6) || BOK Center
6,012 || 1-23|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 25 || August 23 || 8:00pm || Minnesota || || 72-78 || Holt (18) || Jackson (10) || Latta (7) || BOK Center
3,750 || 1-24|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 26 || August 25 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || || 57-74 || Jackson
Swoopes (12) || Jackson (9) || Latta
Riley (3) || KeyArena
6,887 || 1-25|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 27 || August 26 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || NBATV || 77-75 || Jackson (20) || Jackson (11) || Holt (7) || Staples Center
8,997 || 2-25|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 28 || August 28 || 4:00pm || Connecticut || || 83-72 || Swoopes (22) || Jackson (12) || Latta (6) || BOK Center
4,813 || 3-25|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 29 || August 30 || 8:00pm || Phoenix || || 74-96 || Cambage (16) || Pedersen (7) || Latta (6) || BOK Center
3,590 || 3-26|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 30 || September 2 || 8:00pm || Seattle || || 72-78 || Lacy (18) || Jackson (10) || Swoopes (6) || BOK Center
6,117 || 3-27|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 31 || September 4 || 3:00pm || @ Atlanta || SSO || 52-73 || Jackson (15) || Jackson (11) || Swoopes (4) || Allstate Arena
7,661 || 3-28|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 32 || September 8 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || NBATV
COX || 76-91 || Cambage (22) || Jackson (10) || Riley (5) || US Airways Center
8,189 || 3-29|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 33 || September 9 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || NBATV || 73-84 || Cambage
Riley (18) || Jackson (9) || Holt (5) || Staples Center
10,299 || 3-30|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 34 || September 11 || 7:00pm || San Antonio || NBATV
FS-SW || 94-102 (OT) || Riley
Swoopes (20) || Jackson (9) || Holt (7) || BOK Center
5,949 || 3-31|-| All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Statistics

Regular season

GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
3	0	14.0	.444	.000	.000	2.3	0.7	0.67	0.33	2.7
33	11	20.0	.511	.000	.794	4.7	0.5	0.85	0.88	11.5
17	0	9.8	.370	.235	.800	1.2	0.4	0.35	0.18	3.2
26	24	25.6	.302	.214	.905	3.1	2.4	0.69	0.12	6.7
34	32	33.9	.456	.000	.776	8.4	2.0	1.18	0.62	12.4
14	0	6.5	.190	.000	.500	0.4	0.2	0.50	0.14	0.7
34	18	19.2	.402	.350	.700	2.6	1.0	0.59	0.50	6.3
24	24	28.5	.414	.351	.830	2.0	3.2	1.21	0.08	12.2
9	0	6.1	.174	.235	.833	0.9	0.6	0.22	0.00	1.9
5	2	20.2	.279	.269	.000	2.2	2.8	0.80	0.20	6.2
4	0	5.3	.000	.000	.000	1.0	0.3	0.00	0.00	0.0
16	0	6.2	.269	.000	1.000	0.8	0.1	0.00	0.13	1.0
33	20	23.8	.402	.324	.796	3.6	1.8	1.06	0.36	6.8
11	1	13.2	.370	.000	.667	1.9	0.7	0.27	0.09	3.5
33	10	19.0	.314	.214	.855	1.2	1.8	0.97	0.09	6.0
33	28	26.6	.398	.319	.870	4.1	2.3	0.76	0.27	8.2

Awards and honors

Liz Cambage was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a reserve.
Liz Cambage was named to the All-Rookie Team.

References

Web site: SHOCK: Shanna Crossley to Miss 2011 Season.
Web site: Shock Trade Robinson to San Antonio. 2 May 2011.
Web site: SHOCK: Nicole Ohlde Retiring from the WNBA.
Web site: Know Your World Tulsa World. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121014094036/http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/article.aspx?subjectid=413&. 2012-10-14.