2013 Seattle Storm season explained

The 2013 WNBA season is the 14th season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Storm's selections in the 2013 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	6	Tianna Hawkins		Maryland
2	18	Chelsea Poppens		Iowa State
3	30	Jasmine James		Georgia

Transaction log

December 14, 2012: Lauren Jackson announces that her hamstring surgery will force her out of the 2013 season.^[1]
January 11: The Storm waive Alison Lacey.
February 7: The Storm signs free agents Temeka Johnson and Noelle Quinn, and waives Ann Wauters
- February 20: The Storm signs free agent Nakia Sanford March 5: The Storm re-signs Alysha Clark.
April 15: The Storm signed 2012 draft pick Keisha Hampton.
April 25: The Storm sign draft picks Tiana Hawkins and Chelsea Poppens.
March 11: The Storm signed Cierra Bravard.
May 4: The Storm waive Chay Shegog.
May 9: Sue Bird undergoes knee surgery, announces that will sit out of 2013 season.^[2]
May 12: The Storm waive Alexis Gray-Lawson.
May 13: The Storm waive Jasmine James and Katelan Redmon.
May 19: The Storm waive Keisha Hampton and Samantha MacKay.

Roster

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Tina Thompson	Ashley Robinson
PF	Camille Little	Joslyn Tinkle
SF	Noelle Quinn	Tianna Hawkins
SG	Tanisha Wright	Alysha Clark
PG	Temeka Johnson

Schedule

Preseason

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | May 12 | @ Los Angeles | | Thompson & Hawkins (8) | Noelle Quinn (7) | Temeka Johnson (5) | Walter Pyramid at Long Beach State
1524 | 1 - 0|- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | May 17 | Tulsa | | Tina Thompson (19) | Shekinna Stricklen (10) | Noelle Quinn (4) | Key Arena
4347 | 2 - 0

Regular season

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | May 26 | @ Los Angeles | | Camille Little (13) | Quinn, Thompson, Wright, Johnson, Hawkins, & Stricklen (3) | Wright & Johnson (5) | Staples Center
10090 | 0 - 1|- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | June 2 | Phoenix | | Tanisha Wright (20) | Tina Thompson (6) | Temeka Johnson (6) | Key Arena
9686 | 1 - 1|- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | June 7 | Tulsa | | Tina Thompson (17) | Thompson & Little (5) | Quinn, Wright, & Johnson (2) | Key Arena
6879 | 1 - 2|- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | June 14 | @ Atlanta | | Thompson & Johnson (11) | Tina Thompson (7) | Tanisha Wright (6) | Philips Arena
4960 | 1 - 3|- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | June 16 | @ Connecticut | | Tina Thompson (17) | Camille Little (9) | Temeka Johnson (6) | Mohegan Sun Arena
6550 | 2 - 3|- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | June 18 | Washington | | Tina Thompson (30) | Tina Thompson (8) | Tanisha Wright (6) | Key Arena
4579 | 3 - 3|- style="background:#cfc;" | 7 | June 21 | @ San Antonio | | Camille Little (23) | Camille Little (10) | Temeka Johnson (7) | AT&T Center
7009 | 4 - 3|- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 | June 22 | @ Tulsa | | Tianna Hawkins (17) | Little, Wright, & Clark (5) | Temeka Johnson (3) | BOK Center
4327 | 4 - 4|- style="background:#fcc;" | 9 | June 28 | NY Liberty | | Temeka Johnson (22) | Quinn, Little, & Tanisha Wright (5) | Quinn, Wright, Johnson, Stricklen, Hawkins (1) | Key Arena
7687 | 4 - 5|- style="background:#fcc;" | 10 | June 30 | @ Indiana | | Shekinna Stricklen (11) | Camille Little (8) | Wright & Johnson (3) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6355 | 4 - 6|- style="background:#cfc;" | 11 | July 2 | @ Chicago | | Little & Johnson (16) | Tina Thompson (11) | Wright & Johnson (5) | Allstate Arena
5808 | 5 - 6|- style="background:#fcc;" | 12 | July 6 | @ Washington | | Shekinna Stricklen (20) | Camille Little (6) | Temeka Johnson (10) | Verizon Center
6174 | 5 - 7|- style="background:#fcc;" | 13 | July 9 | @ NY Liberty | | Tina Thompson (13) | Tina Thompson (7) | Temeka Johnson (5) | Prudential Center
5766 | 5 - 8|- style="background:#cfc;" | 14 | July 14 | Atlanta | | Tanisha Wright (21) | Camille Little (10) | Temeka Johnson (5) | Key Arena
6479 | 6 - 8|- style="background:#fcc;" | 15 | July 17 | Tulsa | | Camille Little (11) | Little & Clark (6) | Tanisha Wright (5) | Key Arena
9686 | 6 - 9|- style="background:#fcc;" | 16 | July 20 | Los Angeles | | Camille Little (22) | Tina Thompson (7) | Temeka Johnson (5) | Key Arena
6357 | 6 - 10|- style="background:#cfc;" | 17 | July 25 | @ Los Angeles | | Tina Thompson (23) | Thompson & Quinn (8) | Temeka Johnson (4) | Staples Center
12651 | 7 - 10|- style="text-align:center;"| colspan="9" style="background:#bbcaff;"|All-Star Break|- style="background:#cfc;" | 18 | August 1 | Phoenix | | Thompson & Johnson (16) | Tina Thompson (7) | Wright & Johnson (7) | Key Arena
6457 | 8 - 10|- style="background:#fcc;" | 19 | August 4 | @ Minnesota | | Shekinna Stricklen (24) | Wright & Quinn (6) | Tanisha Wright (6) | Target Center
9032 | 8 - 11|- style="background:#cfc;" | 20 | August 6 | @ Phoenix | | Thompson & Wright (19) | Tina Thompson (8) | Tina Thompson (4) | US Airways Center
6877 | 9 - 11|- style="background:#fcc;" | 21 | August 9 | San Antonio | | Shekinna Stricklen (16) | Clark & Quinn (5) | Little, Wright, Johnson, Hawkins, & Quinn (2) | Key Arena
5978 | 9 - 12|- style="background:#cfc;" | 22 | August 11 | San Antonio | | Tina Thompson (17) | Thompson & Quinn (11) | Temeka Johnson (6) | Key Arena
6249 | 10 - 12|- style="background:#fcc;" | 23 | August 15 | Chicago | | Tanisha Wright (20) | Tanisha Wright (5) | Temeka Johnson (6) | Key Arena
6829 | 10 - 13|- style="background:#cfc;" | 24 | August 17 | Indiana | | Tina Thompson (23) | Tina Thompson (7) | Tanisha Wright (8) | Key Arena
6889 | 11 - 13|- style="background:#cfc;" | 25 | August 20 | Los Angeles | | Temeka Johnson (18) | Tina Thompson (10) | Tanisha Wright (9) | Key Arena
6738 | 12 - 13|- style="background:#cfc;" | 26 | August 23 | @ Phoenix | | Temeka Johnson (23) | Stricklen & Thompson (7) | Little & Johnson (3) | US Airways Center
8026 | 13 - 13|- style="background:#fcc;" | 27 | August 25 | @ San Antonio | | Noelle Quinn (14) | Camille Little (6) | Tanisha Wright (7) | AT&T Center
6828 | 13 - 14|- style="background:#cfc;" | 28 | August 27 | @ San Antonio | | Tina Thompson (27) | Tina Thompson (13) | Tanisha Wright (7) | AT&T Center
6097 | 14 - 14|- style="background:#cfc;" | 29 | August 29 | Connecticut | | Thompson & Little (18) | Tina Thompson (9) | Temeka Johnson (9) | Key Arena
5567 | 15 - 14|- style="background:#fcc;" | 30 | August 31 | @ Minnesota | | Tina Thompson (18) | Alysha Clark (5) | Tanisha Wright (10) | Target Center
9123 | 15 - 15|- style="background:#fcc;" | 31 | September 7 | Minnesota | | Tanisha Wright (22) | Tanisha Wright (8) | Tanisha Wright (3) | Key Arena
8147 | 15 - 16|- style="background:#fcc;" | 32 | September 10 | Minnesota | | Tanisha Wright (14) | Noelle Quinn (8) | Tanisha Wright (5) | Key Arena
5486 | 15 - 17|- style="background:#cfc;" | 33 | September 12 | @ Tulsa | | Shekinna Stricklen (26) | Tina Thompson (10) | Tanisha Wright (6) | BOK Center
6513 | 16 - 17|- style="background:#cfc;" | 34 | September 14 | Tulsa | | Tina Thompson (22) | Noelle Quinn (10) | Tanisha Wright (8) | Key Arena
8978 | 17 - 17

Playoffs

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | September 20 | @ Minnesota | | Temeka Johnson (14) | Tina Thompson (8) | Wright & Johnson (4) | Target Center
8832 | 0 - 1|- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | September 22 | Minnesota | | Tanisha Wright (16) | Thompson & Clark (9) | Stricklen, Johnson, & Wright (2) | Tacoma Dome
3457 | 0 - 2

Statistics

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Notes and References

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/basketball/lauren-jackson-finally-discovers-cause-of-hamstring-problems/story-fnanosvn-1226537034035 Lauren Jackson finally discovers cause of hamstring problems
Web site: STORM: Sue Bird Undergoes Successful Knee Surgery . Wnba.com . 2017-07-08.