2012 Seattle Storm season explained

The 2012 WNBA season is the 13th season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Storm's selections in the 2012 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	2 (from Chi.)	Shekinna Stricklen		Tennessee
2	22	Keisha Hampton		DePaul

Transaction log

• April 11, 2011: The Storm acquired a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft from the Indiana Fever as part of the Katie Smith trade. In addition, the Storm traded a third-round pick to Indiana and a first-round pick to the Washington Mystics.
• January 2: The Storm acquired the second overall pick in the 2012 Draft from the Chicago Sky as part of the Swin Cash trade. The storm sent the 23rd overall pick to Chicago.
• January 31: The Storm re-signed Allie Quigley.
• February 6: The Storm signed Ann Wauters.^[1]
• February 9: The Storm re-signed Sue Bird and Tanisha Wright.^[2]
• February 14: The Storm traded Ashley Robinson to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Victoria Dunlap.^[3]
• February 15: The Storm re-signed Ewelina Kobryn and Katie Smith.
• February 27: The Seattle Storm signed Tina Thompson.^[4]
• March 9: The Storm signed Rachel Allison and Alysha Clark.
• April 6: The Storm signed Silvia Dominguez.
• April 12: The Storm signed Lindsay Taylor.
• April 26: The Storm signed Jacqua Williams, Ashley Corral, Dellena Criner, Ashley Gayle, and draft pick Shekinna Stricklen.
• May 1: The Storm waived Rachel Allison, Dellena Criner, and Jacqua Williams.
• May 14: The Storm waived Ashley Gayle and Lindsay Taylor.
• May 16: The Storm waived Ashley Corral and Allie Quigley.
• June 26: The Storm waived Victoria Dunlap.
• June 29: The Storm signed Svetlana Abrosimova.

Trades

Date	Trade
January 2, 2012	width=375	To Seattle Storm	width=375	To Chicago Sky
	Second pick in 2012 Draft	Swin Cash, Le'coe Willingham, and 23rd pick in 2012 Draft
February 14, 2012	width=375	To Seattle Storm	width=375	To Washington Mystics
	Victoria Dunlap	Ashley Robinson

Personnel changes

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Ann Wauters	February 6, 2012	free agent
Tina Thompson	February 22, 2012	Los Angeles Sparks
Alysha Clark	March 9, 2012	free agent
Shekinna Stricklen	April 16, 2012	draft pick
Svetlana Abrosimova	June 29, 2012	free agent

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Belinda Snell	2012	free agent
Swin Cash	January 2, 2012	Chicago Sky
Le'coe Willingham	January 2, 2012	Chicago Sky
Ashley Robinson	February 14, 2012	Washington Mystics
Allie Quigley	May 16, 2012	free agent

Roster

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Ann Wauters	Ewelina Kobryn Lauren Jackson
PF	Camille Little	Tina Thompson
SF	Katie Smith	Shekinna Stricklen Svetlana Abrosimova
SG	Tanisha Wright	Alysha Clark
PG	Sue Bird

Schedule

Preseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1 || Fri 11 || 12:30 || @ Tulsa || || 60-86 || Dunlap (13) || Thompson (6) || Smith (3) || BOK Center
5,297 || 0-1|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 2 || Sun 13 || 5:00 || Los Angeles || || 61-60 || Stricklen (15) || Thompson (5) || Wright (8) || KeyArena
4,628 || 1-1|-

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1 || Fri 18 || 10:00 || Los Angeles || NBATV
KONG
KDOC || 66-72 || Wauters (17) || Thompson (8) || Bird (6) || KeyArena
9,686 || 0-1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 2 || Tue 22 || 10:30 || @ Los Angeles || KONG
KDOC || 61-74 || Wauters (15) || Wauters (8) || Bird (5) || Staples Center
9,238 || 0-2|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 3 || Sun 27 || 7:00 || @ Minnesota || || 71-84 || Wauters (13) || Wauters (9) || Bird (9) || Target Center
7,832 || 0-3|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 4 || Fri 1 || 10:00 || Tulsa || || 76-58 || Bird (27) || Little (9) || Wright (4) || KeyArena
7,489 || 1-3|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 5 || Sun 3 || 8:30 || @ Los Angeles || KONG
KDOC || 65-67 || Smith (19) || Wauters (7) || Bird (6) || Staples Center
12,639 || 1-4|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 6 || Wed 6 || 8:00 || @ Minnesota || || 55-79 || Wright (14) || Dunlap
Wauters (5) || Bird
Wright (3) || Target Center
8,263 || 1-5|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 7 || Sat 9 || 8:00 || @ San Antonio || FS-SW || 67-80 || Stricklen (14) || Little
Stricklen
Wauters (8) || Wright (6) || AT&T Center
8,187 || 1-6|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 8 || Wed 13 || 8:00 || @ Chicago || CN100 || 58-74 || Thompson (13) || Wauters (8) || Bird (10) || Allstate Arena
4,681 || 1-7|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 9 || Fri 15 || 8:00 || @ Tulsa || || 86-73 || Bird (21) || Bird (7) || Wright (7) || BOK Center
5,100 || 2-7|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 10 || Sun 17 || 9:00 || Minnesota || || 65-62 || Bird (21) || Smith
Thompson (5) || Wright (8) || KeyArena
8,349 || 3-7|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 11 || Fri 22 || 10:00 || San Antonio || || 82-76 || Wright (20) || Thompson (9) || Wright (7) || KeyArena
6,849 || 4-7|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 12 || Sun 24 || 7:00 || Washington || || 72-55 || Bird
Wauters (14) || Wauters (7) || Bird
Wright (5) || KeyArena
6,979 || 5-7|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 13 || Tue 26 || 7:00 || @ Washington || ESPN2 || 79-71 || Bird (25) || Wauters (7) || Bird
Little (3) || Verizon Center
6,645 || 6-7|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 14 || Sat 30 || 4:00 || @ New York || NBATV || 59-77 || Thompson
Wauters (10) || Little (7) || Bird (4) || Prudential Center
6,724 || 6-8|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 15 || Sun 1 || 5:00 || @ Connecticut || CPTV-S || 89-83 (OT) || Little (27) || Little (9) || Bird (8) || Mohegan Sun Arena
9,201 || 7-8|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 16 || Sat 7 || 10:00 || @ Los Angeles || ESPN2 || 59-83 || Little (12) || Thompson (7) || Wright (8) || Staples Center
12,229 || 7-9|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 17 || Sun 8 || 9:00 || Phoenix || || 83-68 || Bird (31) || Little (9) || Wright (5) || KeyArena
8,639 || 8-9|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 18 || Wed 11 || 3:00 || Atlanta || || 59-70 || Stricklen (16) || Stricklen (9) || Bird (8) || KeyArena
9,686 || 8-10|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 19 || Fri 13 || 10:00 || @ Phoenix || || 83-64 || Smith (19) || Stricklen (11) || Bird (9) || US Airways Center
7,647 || 9-10|-| colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | Summer Olympic break|-|-| colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | Summer Olympic break|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 20 || Thu 16 || 10:00 || Phoenix || KONG || 72-58 || Little (17) || Little (6) || Wright (8) || KeyArena
6,987 || 10-10|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 21 || Sat 18 || 10:00 || Los Angeles || NBATV
KDOC || 71-82 || Wright (21) || Clark (6) || Wright (4) || KeyArena
9,127 || 10-11|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 22 || Tue 21 || 10:00 || Minnesota || ESPN2 || 73-86 || Little (20) || Little
Stricklen (5) || Bird (4) || KeyArena
6,169 || 10-12|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 23 || Thu 23 || 10:00 || Indiana || || 66-68 || Little (15) || Little (8) || Wright (5) || KeyArena
5,819 || 10-13|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 24 || Sun 26 || 9:00 || New York || || 84-66 || Bird (18) || Little (8) || Bird (10) || KeyArena
6,459 || 11-13|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 25 || Thu 30 || 10:00 || Phoenix || KONG || 68-75 || Little (11) || Wright (8) || Bird (8) || KeyArena
6,379 || 11-14|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 26 || Thu 6 || 10:00 || Tulsa || || 101-74 || Jackson (23) || Stricklen (8) || Wright (8) || KeyArena
5,948 || 12-14|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 27 || Sat 8 || 8:00 || @ Tulsa || || 89-66 || Little (28) || Little (9) || Wright (7) || BOK Center
7,415 || 13-14|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 28 || Tue 11 || 7:00 || @ Atlanta || NBATV
FS-S || 61-77 || Jackson (14) || Jackson (9) || Bird (6) || Philips Arena
5,558 || 13-15|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 29 || Wed 12 || 7:00 || @ Indiana || NBATV || 48-72 || Abrosimova (11) || Jackson (10) || Smith (3) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,337 || 13-16|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 30 || Fri 14 || 8:00 || @ San Antonio || NBATV || 66-90 || Thompson
Wauters (12) || Wauters (9) || 4 players (4) || AT&T Center
7,109 || 13-17|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 31 || Sun 16 || 9:00 || Connecticut || KONG
CPTV-S || 58-60 || Stricklen (12) || Smith (8) || Wright (8) || KeyArena
7,748 || 13-18|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 32 || Tue 18 || 10:00 || Chicago || || 75-60 ||Wauters (16) || Wauters
Stricklen (8) || Bird (8) || KeyArena
6,459 || 14-18|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 33 || Fri 21 || 10:00 || San Antonio || || 84-75 || Smith (16) || Wauters (13) || Smith (6) || KeyArena
8,494 || 15-18|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 34 || Sun 23 || 3:00 || @ Phoenix || ESPN2 || 71-57 || Little (14) || Little (8) || Smith (5) || US Airways Center
7,576 || 16-18|-| All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Postseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1 || September 28 || 9:00 || @ Minnesota || ESPN2 || 70-78 || Stricklen (13) || Stricklen
Thompson (7) || Wright (7) || Target Center
9,213 || 0-1|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 2 || September 30 || 9:00 || Minnesota || ESPN || 86-79 (2OT) || Bird (22) || Jackson (14) || Bird
Wright (7) || KeyArena
8,479 || 1-1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 3 || October 2 || 9:00 || @ Minnesota || ESPN2 || 72-73 || Bird (19) || Jackson (6) || Bird (11) || Target Center
8,023 || 1-2|-

Statistics

Regular season

Notes and References

1. News: Seattle signs veteran C Ann Wauters. ESPN. February 6, 2012. February 21, 2024.
2. News: Sue Bird, Tanisha Wright re-sign. ESPN. February 9, 2012. February 21, 2024.
3. News: Mystics trade Victoria Dunlap to Seattle for Ashley Robinson. Steve. Yanda. The Washington Post. February 14, 2012. February 21, 2024.
4. News: Storm sign veteran Tina Thompson. ESPN. February 27, 2012. February 21, 2024.