2024 Seattle Storm season explained

The 2024 season for the Seattle Storm, a professional American basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, is their 25th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). It is their third full season with Noelle Quinn as head coach.^[1] The Storm play their home games at Climate Pledge Arena in the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle; the 2024 season is their first at a new training facility, the Seattle Storm Center for Basketball Performance in Interbay.^[2]

The team's regular season schedule began on May 14 and includes 40 games against the other eleven teams in WNBA. Four games will be played against five teams from the Western Conference and two teams from the Eastern Conference; the Storm will play three games each against the remaining four teams from the Eastern Conference.^[3] Five regular season games in early June will be played against teams in the same conference to determine qualification for the WNBA Commissioner's Cup, an in-season tournament first played in 2021.^[4]

The Storm will play 10 road games out of their first 15 games and return to Seattle for nine consecutive games at home from June 23 to July 14.^[3] The 2024 WNBA season includes a month-long break for the Summer Olympic Games that begins after the WNBA All-Star Game on July 20 in Phoenix, Arizona.^{[5] [6]}

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2024 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
2	14	Nika Mühl		UConn
3	26	Mackenzie Holmes		Indiana

Transactions

Date	Transaction
January 16, 2024	Extended a Qualifying Offer to Joyner Holmes^[7]
January 29, 2024	Signed Joyner Holmes to a Training Camp Contract^[8]
January 31, 2024	Accquired Los Angeles' 1st Round pick in the 2026 draft in exchange for Kia Nurse and the 4th overall pick in the 2024 draft.^[9]
February 1, 2024	Signed Skylar Diggins-Smith^[10]
February 5, 2024	Signed Nneka Ogwumike^[11]
February 23, 2024	Signed Alaina Coates, Kaela Davis, and Kiana Williams to a Training Camp Contracts^[12]
March 25, 2024	Signed Victoria Vivians^[13]
April 22, 2024	Signed Nika Muhl and Quay Miller to Rookie Contracts
May 8, 2024	Waived Alaina Coates, Kaela Davis, and Quay Miller^[14]
May 11, 2024	Traded Jade Melbourne to the Washington Mystics for a 2025 third round draft pick
May 13, 2024	Waived Joyner Holmes^[15]
May 31, 2024	Waived Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu^[16]
June 3, 2024	Signed Joyner Holmes^[17]
July 2, 2024	Waived Kiana Williams^[18]
July 5, 2024	Signed Kiana Williams to a 7-day contract^[19]
July 12, 2024	Released Kiana Williams
July 14, 2024	Signed Kiana Williams to a 7-day contract^[20]
August 19, 2024	Released Kiana Williams
August 19, 2024	Signed Gabby Williams^[21]

Roster changes

Additions

Personnel	Signed/Trade	Former Team
Skylar Diggins-Smith	Signed	Phoenix Mercury
Nika Mühl	Draft	Connecticut
Nneka Ogwumike	Signed	Los Angeles Sparks
Victoria Vivians	Signed	Indiana Fever
Gabby Williams	Signed	—
Kiana Williams	Signed	—

Subtractions

Personnel	Reason	New Team
Tina Charles	Free agency	Atlanta Dream
Ivana Dojkić	Free agency	New York Liberty
Joyner Holmes	Waived	—
Jade Melbourne	Trade	Washington Mystics
Kia Nurse	Trade	Los Angeles Sparks
Yvonne Turner	Free agency	—
Gabby Williams	Free agency	—

Roster

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
	PG	Skylar Diggins-Smith	Nika Mühl
	SG	Jewell Loyd	Sami Whitcomb
	SF	Victoria Vivians	Jordan Horston
	PF	Nneka Ogwumike	Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu
	C	Ezi Magbegor	Mercedes Russell

Schedule

Pre-season

|- style="background:#ffbbbb"| 1| May 5| vs. Los Angeles| L 79–84| Skylar Diggins-Smith (14)| Davis
Diggins-Smith (4)| Skylar Diggins-Smith (5)| Rogers Place
16,655| 0–1|- style="background:#bbffbb"| 2| May 7| Phoenix| W 85–59| Jewell Loyd (18)| Jordan Horston (9)| Skylar Diggins-Smith (5)| Climate Pledge Arena
| 1–1

Regular season

|- style="background:#ffbbbb"| 1| May 14| Minnesota| L 70–83| Nneka Ogwumike (20)| Jewell Loyd (10)| Skylar Diggins-Smith (6)| Climate Pledge Arena
8,508| 0–1|- style="background:#ffbbbb"| 2| May 17| @ Minnesota| L 93–102 (2OT)| Nneka Ogwumike (24)| Horston, Ogwumike (11)| Jewell Loyd (6)| Target Center
7,208| 0–2|- style="background:#bbffbb"| 3| May 19| @ Washington| W 84–75| Jewell Loyd (24)| Ezi Magbegor (14)| Skylar Diggins-Smith (5)| Entertainment and Sports Arena
4,200| 1–2|- style="background:#ffbbbb"| 4| May 20| @ New York| L 63–74 | Jewell Loyd (13)| Jewell Loyd (9)| Skylar Diggins-Smith (7)| Barclays Center
9,381| 1–3|- style="background:#bbffbb"| 5| May 22| Indiana| W 85–83| Jewell Loyd (32)| Jewell Loyd (11) | Jewell Loyd (6)| Climate Pledge Arena
18,343| 2–3|- style="background:#bbffbb"| 6| May 25| Washington| W 101–69| Nneka Ogwumike (19)| Mercedes Russell (7)| Skylar Diggins-Smith (9)| Climate Pledge Arena
8,846| 3–3|- style="background:#bbffbb"| 7| May 28| @ Chicago| W 77–68| Skylar Diggins-Smith (21)| Ezi Magbegor (12)| Jewell Loyd (6)| Wintrust Arena
7,807| 4–3|- style="background:#bbffbb"| 8| May 30| @ Indiana| W 103–88| Jewell Loyd (22)| Ezi Magbegor (8)| Skylar Diggins-Smith (9)| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
15,022| 5–3|- style="background:#bbffbb"| 9| June 4| Phoenix| W 80–62| Ezi Magbegor (21)| Ezi Magbegor (9)| Jewell Loyd (6)| Climate Pledge Arena
8,133| 6–3|- style="background:#bbffbb"| 10| June 7| @ Las Vegas| W 78–65| Jewell Loyd (25)| Ezi Magbegor (15)| Skylar Diggins-Smith (7)| Michelob Ultra Arena
10,380| 7–3|- style="background:#ffbbbb"| 11| June 9| @ Minnesota| L 64–83| Jewell Loyd (25)| Loyd, Magbegor (7)| Diggins-Smith,
Loyd, Ogwumike (3)| Target Center
7,121| 7–4|- style="background:#bbffbb"| 12| June 11| Los Angeles| W 95–79| Nneka Ogwumike (26)| Ezi Magbegor (13)| Skylar Diggins-Smith (6)| Climate Pledge Arena
8,202| 8–4|- style="background:#bbffbb"| 13| June 13| @ Dallas| W 92–84| Skylar Diggins-Smith (21)| Ezi Magbegor (10)| Diggins-Smith, Loyd (6)| College Park Center
5,568| 9–4|- style="background:#ffbbbb"| 14| June 16| @ Phoenix| L 78–87| Nneka Ogwumike (15)| Nneka Ogwumike (11)| Skylar Diggins-Smith (8)| Footprint Center
9,444| 9–5|- style="background:#ffbbbb"| 15| June 19| @ Las Vegas| L 83–94| Nneka Ogwumike (21)| Ezi Magbegor (13)| Skylar Diggins-Smith (6)| Michelob Ultra Arena
10,380| 9–6|- style="background:#bbffbb"| 16| June 23| Connecticut| W 72–61| Jewell Loyd (16)| Ezi Magbegor (9)| Skylar Diggins-Smith (8)| Climate Pledge Arena
9,935| 10–6|- style="background:#bbffbb"| 17| June 27| Indiana| W 89–77| Jewell Loyd (34)| Nneka Ogwumike (11)| Skylar Diggins-Smith (9)| Climate Pledge Arena
18,343| 11–6|- style="background:#bbffbb"| 18| June 29| Dallas| W 97–76| Jewell Loyd (30)| Jordan Horston (11)| Diggins-Smith,
Loyd, Ogwumike (5)| Climate Pledge Arena
9,080| 12–6|- style="background:#bbffbb" | 19| July 1| Dallas| W 95–71| Jewell Loyd (26)| Ezi Magbegor (7)| Skylar Diggins-Smith (5)| Climate Pledge Arena
7,202| 13–6|- style="background:#ffbbbb"| 20| July 5| Chicago| L 84–88| Jordan Horston (20)| Ezi Magbegor (8)| Skylar Diggins-Smith (9)| Climate Pledge Arena
10,725| 13–7|- style="background:#bbffbb"| 21| July 7| Chicago| W 84–71| Nneka Ogwumike (24)| Ogwumike, Magbegor (13)| Skylar Diggins-Smith (8)| Climate Pledge Arena
11,283| 14–7|- style="background:#ffbbbb"| 22| July 10| Las Vegas| L 79–84| Jewell Loyd (28)| Ezi Magbegor (10)| Skylar Diggins-Smith (8)| Climate Pledge Arena
12,500| 14–8|- style="background:#bbffbb" | 23| July 12| Minnesota| W 91–63| Nneka Ogwumike (26)| Magbegor, Vivians (8)| Skylar Diggins-Smith (12)| Climate Pledge Arena
8,320| 15–8|- style="background:#bbffbb"| 24| July 14| Atlanta| W 81–70| Ezi Magbegor (18)| Nneka Ogwumike (12)| Jewell Loyd (7)| Climate Pledge Arena
10,036| 16–8|- style="background:#bbffbb" | 25| July 16| @ Los Angeles| W 89–83| Jewell Loyd (30)| Nneka Ogwumike (10)| Jewell Loyd (7)| Crypto.com Arena
18,724| 17–8|- style="background:#ffbbbb"| 26| August 16| @ Atlanta| L 81–83| Skylar Diggins-Smith (29)| Ezi Magbegor (7)| rowspan=2| Skylar Diggins-Smith (5)| Gateway Center Arena
3,260| 17–9|- style="background:#ffbbbb"| 27| August 18| @ Indiana| L 75–92| Jewell Loyd (26)| Nneka Ogwumike (9)| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
17,274| 17–10|- style="background:#bbffbb" | 28| August 20| @ Washington| W 83–77| Nneka Ogwumike (24)| Ezi Magbegor (14)| Skylar Diggins-Smith (5)| Entertainment and Sports Arena
4,200| 18–10|- | 29| August 26| Washington| | | | | Climate Pledge Arena
| |- | 30| August 28| Atlanta| | | | | Climate Pledge Arena
| |- | 31| August 30| New York| | | | | Climate Pledge Arena
| |- | 32| September 1| @ Connecticut| | | | | Mohegan Sun Arena
| |- | 33| September 3| @ Connecticut| | | | | Mohegan Sun Arena
| |- | 34| September 5| @ New York| | | | | Barclays Center
| |- | 35| September 7| Phoenix| | | | | Climate Pledge Arena
| |- | 36| September 11| @ Los Angeles| | | | | Crypto.com Arena
| |- | 37| September 13| @ Dallas| | | | | College Park Center
| |- | 38| September 15| Los Angeles| | | | | Climate Pledge Arena
| |- | 39| September 17| Las Vegas| | | | | Climate Pledge Arena
| |- | 40| September 19| @ Phoenix| | | | | Footprint Center
|

Statistics

Regular season

^‡Waived/Released during the season
^†Traded during the season
^≠Acquired during the season

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Jewell Loyd	WNBA All-Star	July 2, 2024	^[22]
Nneka Ogwumike	WNBA All-Star	July 2, 2024

External links

• Official team website

Notes and References

1. News: Allen . Percy . September 25, 2023 . Storm sign Noelle Quinn to multiyear contract extension . . limited . January 30, 2024.
2. News: September 26, 2023 . Sellen tops out Storm training facility in Interbay . . subscription . January 30, 2024.
3. News: Allen . Percy . December 18, 2023 . Here's a look at the Storm's 2024 schedule . The Seattle Times . limited . January 30, 2024.
4. News: Voepel . M.A. . M.A. Voepel . December 18, 2023 . WNBA goes to more compact format for Commissioner's Cup . . January 30, 2024.
5. News: Pickman . Ben . Merchant . Sabreena . December 18, 2023 . WNBA unveils 2024 schedule with 40 regular-season games, new Commissioner's Cup format . . subscription . January 30, 2024.
6. News: Feinberg . Doug . December 18, 2023 . WNBA to take its usual month-long break for the Olympics . . January 30, 2024.
7. Web site: WNBA Transactions . acrossthetimeline.com . Across the Timeline . 20 April 2024.
8. Web site: Storm Re-Signs Joyner Holmes. storm.wnba.com. WNBA. January 29, 2024. March 4, 2024.
9. Web site: Storm trade Kia Nurse, No. 4 draft pick to Sparks for '26 1st-rounder. ESPN. Michael Voepel. January 31, 2024. March 4, 2024.
10. Web site: Storm Signs Free Agent Skylar Diggins-Smith. storm.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2024. March 4, 2024.
11. Web site: Storm Signs Forward Nneka Ogwumike. storm.wnba.com. WNBA. February 5, 2024. March 4, 2024.
12. Web site: Seattle signs three to training camp contracts . storm.wnba.com . . February 23, 2024. May 8, 2024.
13. Web site: Storm Signs guard Victoria Vivians. storm.wnba.com. WNBA. March 25, 2024. March 26, 2024.
14. Web site: Seattle waives Miller, Coates, and Davis . WNBA. May 8, 2024.
15. Web site: Storm sets roster for 2024 season opener . storm.wnba.com . . May 13, 2024. May 13, 2024.
16. Web site: Storm waives Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu. storm.wnba.com. WNBA. May 31, 2024. June 1, 2024.
17. Web site: Storm signs Joyner Holmes to rest-of-season contract. storm.wnba.com. WNBA. June 3, 2024. June 3, 2024.
18. Web site: Storm waives guard Kiana Williams. storm.wnba.com. WNBA. July 2, 2024. July 3, 2024.
19. Web site: Storm re-signs Kiana Williams to seven-day contract. storm.wnba.com. WNBA. July 5, 2024. July 7, 2024.
20. 1812528819187953996. SeattleStormPR. July 14, 2024. July 15, 2024. ROSTER UPDATE—The Storm has signed guard Kiana Williams to a second seven-day contract. Williams will be active today as Seattle hosts Atlanta at 3 p.m..
21. Web site: Gabby Williams signs with the Storm. storm.wnba.com. WNBA. August 20, 2024. August 20, 2024.
22. Rosters Set for AT&T WNBA All-Star 2024 on July 20 . WNBA . July 2, 2024.