The 2008 WNBA season

2008 WNBA season

-Season Highlights:*Candace Parker becomes the second and third player in WNBA history to dunk in a regular season game.*A fight breaks out between the Los Angeles Sparks and the Detroit Shock resulting in four ejections and ten suspensions....

 was their 10th season and their 6th in Connecticut. The Sun successfully advanced to the WNBA Playoffs

WNBA Playoffs

The WNBA Playoffs is a best-of-three elimination tournament between eight teams in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association , ultimately deciding the final two teams who will play in the WNBA Finals....

 for the sixth consecutive season. Lindsay Whalen was a key contributor to the club, averaging 14.0 points per game, 5.6 rebounds per game, and 5.4 assists per game.

Expansion Draft

The following player was lost in the Atlanta Dream

Atlanta Dream

The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...

 expansion draft

Expansion draft

An expansion draft, in professional sports, occurs when a sports league decides to create one or more new expansion teams or franchises. This occurs mainly in North American sports. One of the ways of stocking the new team or teams is an expansion draft...

:

• Erika DeSouza

WNBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	9	Amber Holt Amber Holt Amber Shirell Holt is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Holt went to Meadowcreek High School.- Early life :...		Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee State University Middle Tennessee State University, commonly abbreviated as MTSU, is a public university located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States....
1	12 (from Indiana Indiana Fever The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began... )	Ketia Swanier Ketia Swanier Naketia "Ketia" Marie Swanier is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the guard position for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.-College career:...		Connecticut Connecticut Huskies The Connecticut Huskies, also known as the UConn Huskies, are the athletic teams of the University of Connecticut in the United States. The school is a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and the Big East Conference for all sports except Men's Ice Hockey and Women's Ice...
2	23	Jolene Anderson		Wisconsin Wisconsin Badgers The Wisconsin Badgers are the collegiate athletic teams from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. This NCAA Division I athletic program has teams in football, basketball, ice hockey, volleyball, soccer, cross country, tennis, swimming, wrestling, track and field, rowing, golf, and softball...
3	37	Lauren Ervin Lauren Ervin Lauren Ervin is a female basketball player currently playing in the Women's National Basketball Association. She attended the University of Arkansas and was drafted by the Connecticut Sun in the third round of the 2008...		Arkansas Arkansas Ladybacks The women's teams competing for the University of Arkansas , refers to any of the women's sports teams that competes officially for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks. The term Lady'Backs evolved over time as newspaper editors would shorten the mascot name...

Transactions

• August 27: The Sun signed Svetlana Abrosimova and waived Jolene Anderson.
• June 27: The Sun waived Kamesha Hairston.
• May 15: The Sun waived Cori Chambers.
• May 7: The Sun waived Jessica Foley, Tracy Gahan and Christina Quaye.
• May 6: The Sun waived Meredith Alexis and Natalie Berglin.
• April 28: The Sun waived Crystal Erwin, Laura Hall and Jessica Richter.
• April 23: The Sun waived Antoinette Upshaw.
• March 20: The Sun signed Tracy Gahan to a training camp contract.
• March 7: The Sun signed Sandrine Gruda.
• March 5: The Sun signed Jessica Foley to a training camp contract.
• March 3: The Sun signed Natalie Berglin and Kerri Gardin to training camp contracts.
• February 19: The Sun re-signed free agents Lindsay Whalen and Jamie Carey.

Date	Trade
February 19, 2008	To Connecticut Sun Connecticut Sun The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...	To Indiana Fever Indiana Fever The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...
	Tamika Whitmore Tamika Whitmore Tamika Whitmore is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-College years:She played collegiate basketball while attending the University of Memphis on a scholarship... , Jessica Foley, 12th pick in 2008 Draft 2008 WNBA Draft The 2008 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 9, 2008....	Katie Douglas Katie Douglas Kathryn Elizabeth “Katie” Douglas is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever in the WNBA...
March 6, 2008	To Connecticut Sun Connecticut Sun The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...	To Houston Comets Houston Comets The Houston Comets were a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas, United States. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the best original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league's existence. The Comets were the first dynasty of the WNBA and...
	Barbara Turner Barbara Turner (basketball) Barbara Renee Turner is an American professional basketball player. She plays for Tarsus in Turkey and formerly the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. A small forward, she is 6 feet tall and 78 kg weight....	Megan Mahoney Megan Mahoney Megan Marie Mahoney is an American professional basketball player and a former member of the WNBA's Connecticut Sun and Houston Comets.-High School & College:Mahoney attended Sturgis Brown High School in Sturgis, South Dakota...
March 14, 2008	To Connecticut Sun Connecticut Sun The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...	To Minnesota Lynx Minnesota Lynx The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...
	Tamika Raymond	Kristen Rasmussen Kristen Rasmussen Kristen Rasmussen is a professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for CSS LMK BC Sepsi of Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania....

Additions

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| Lindsay Whalen

Lindsay Whalen

Lindsay Marie Whalen is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun...

|| February 19, 2008 || re-signed

Connecticut Sun

The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...

|- style="height:40px"
| Jamie Carey

Jamie Carey

Jamie Leigh Carey was a professional basketball player, playing the point guard position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA until her retirement in 2009...

|| February 19, 2008 || re-signed

Connecticut Sun

The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...

|- style="height:40px"
| Tamika Whitmore

Tamika Whitmore

Tamika Whitmore is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-College years:She played collegiate basketball while attending the University of Memphis on a scholarship...

|| February 19, 2008 || Indiana Fever

Indiana Fever

The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...

|- style="height:40px"
| Kerri Gardin

Kerri Gardin

Kerri Gardin is an American professional basketball player. She most recently played the forward position for the Washington Mystics in the WNBA.-College career:...

|| March 3, 2008 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|- style="height:40px"
| Barbara Turner

Barbara Turner (basketball)

Barbara Renee Turner is an American professional basketball player. She plays for Tarsus in Turkey and formerly the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. A small forward, she is 6 feet tall and 78 kg weight....

|| March 6, 2008 || Houston Comets

Houston Comets

The Houston Comets were a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas, United States. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the best original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league's existence. The Comets were the first dynasty of the WNBA and...

|- style="height:40px"
| Sandrine Gruda

Sandrine Gruda

Sandrine Gruda is a French professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-Before the WNBA:...

|| March 7, 2008 || draft pick
|- style="height:40px"
| Tamika Raymond|| March 16, 2008 || Minnesota Lynx

Minnesota Lynx

The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

|- style="height:40px"
| Danielle Page|| April 16, 2008 || undrafted rookie
|- style="height:40px"
| Svetlana Abrosimova

Svetlana Abrosimova

Svetlana Olegovna Abrosimova is a Russian basketball player who has played in college, the Olympics, and in professional leagues. She currently plays for the Seattle Storm in the WNBA. She is usually called by her nickname, "Svet" or "Sveta".Abrosimova was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR,...

|| August 27, 2008 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|}

Subtractions

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|- style="height:40px"
| Margo Dydek

Margo Dydek

Małgorzata Dydek , known as Margo Dydek in the United States, was a Polish international professional basketball player. Standing tall, she was famous for being the tallest active professional female basketball player in the world...

|| October 4, 2007 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|- style="height:40px"
| Katie Douglas

Katie Douglas

Kathryn Elizabeth “Katie” Douglas is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever in the WNBA...

|| February 19, 2008 || Indiana Fever

Indiana Fever

The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...

|- style="height:40px"
| Megan Mahoney

Megan Mahoney

Megan Marie Mahoney is an American professional basketball player and a former member of the WNBA's Connecticut Sun and Houston Comets.-High School & College:Mahoney attended Sturgis Brown High School in Sturgis, South Dakota...

|| March 6, 2008 || Houston Comets

Houston Comets

The Houston Comets were a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas, United States. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the best original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league's existence. The Comets were the first dynasty of the WNBA and...

|- style="height:40px"
| Le'Coe Willingham

Le'coe Willingham

Le'coe Willingham is a professional basketball player. Attending Hephzibah High School, she won the 1998 AAAA Georgia State Women's state high jump title...

|| March 10, 2008 || Phoenix Mercury

Phoenix Mercury

The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...

|- style="height:40px"
| Nykesha Sales

Nykesha Sales

Nykesha Simone Sales is a former professional basketball player in the WNBA, most recently for the Connecticut Sun. Her primary position is the small forward. Her second position is shooting guard. In 1999 Sales was added to the roster of the USA FIBA Senior National Team team...

|| March 11, 2008 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Kristen Rasmussen

Kristen Rasmussen

Kristen Rasmussen is a professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for CSS LMK BC Sepsi of Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania....

|| March 16, 2008 || Minnesota Lynx

Minnesota Lynx

The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

|- style="height:40px"
| Cori Chambers|| May 15, 2008 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|- style="height:40px"
| Kamesha Hairston

Kamesha Hairston

Kamesha Hairston is an American professional basketball player. She recently played for the Connecticut Sun.-College career:...

|| June 27, 2008 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|- style="height:40px"
| Jolene Anderson|| August 27, 2008 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|}

Roster

Preseason

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|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#092C57; color:#FFC322" | 2008 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
|

The 2008 WNBA season

2008 WNBA season

-Season Highlights:*Candace Parker becomes the second and third player in WNBA history to dunk in a regular season game.*A fight breaks out between the Los Angeles Sparks and the Detroit Shock resulting in four ejections and ten suspensions....

 was their 10th season and their 6th in Connecticut. The Sun successfully advanced to the WNBA Playoffs

WNBA Playoffs

The WNBA Playoffs is a best-of-three elimination tournament between eight teams in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association , ultimately deciding the final two teams who will play in the WNBA Finals....

 for the sixth consecutive season. Lindsay Whalen was a key contributor to the club, averaging 14.0 points per game, 5.6 rebounds per game, and 5.4 assists per game.

Expansion Draft

The following player was lost in the Atlanta Dream

Atlanta Dream

The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...

 expansion draft

Expansion draft

An expansion draft, in professional sports, occurs when a sports league decides to create one or more new expansion teams or franchises. This occurs mainly in North American sports. One of the ways of stocking the new team or teams is an expansion draft...

:

• Erika DeSouza

WNBA Draft

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! style="background:#14345B; color:#ffc322;" width="3%"| Pick
! style="background:#14345B; color:#ffc322;" width="10%"| Player
! style="background:#14345B; color:#ffc322;" width="10%"| Nationality
! style="background:#14345B; color:#ffc322;" width="10%"| School/Team/Country
|-
| 1
| 9
| Amber Holt

Amber Holt

Amber Shirell Holt is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Holt went to Meadowcreek High School.- Early life :...

|
| Middle Tennessee

Middle Tennessee State University

Middle Tennessee State University, commonly abbreviated as MTSU, is a public university located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States....

|-
| 1
| 12 (from Indiana

Indiana Fever

The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...

)
| Ketia Swanier

Ketia Swanier

Naketia "Ketia" Marie Swanier is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the guard position for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.-College career:...

|
| Connecticut

Connecticut Huskies

The Connecticut Huskies, also known as the UConn Huskies, are the athletic teams of the University of Connecticut in the United States. The school is a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and the Big East Conference for all sports except Men's Ice Hockey and Women's Ice...

|-
| 2
| 23
| Jolene Anderson
|
| Wisconsin

Wisconsin Badgers

The Wisconsin Badgers are the collegiate athletic teams from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. This NCAA Division I athletic program has teams in football, basketball, ice hockey, volleyball, soccer, cross country, tennis, swimming, wrestling, track and field, rowing, golf, and softball...

|-
| 3
| 37
| Lauren Ervin

Lauren Ervin

Lauren Ervin is a female basketball player currently playing in the Women's National Basketball Association. She attended the University of Arkansas and was drafted by the Connecticut Sun in the third round of the 2008...

|
| Arkansas

Arkansas Ladybacks

The women's teams competing for the University of Arkansas , refers to any of the women's sports teams that competes officially for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks. The term Lady'Backs evolved over time as newspaper editors would shorten the mascot name...

|-
|}

Transactions

• August 27: The Sun signed Svetlana Abrosimova and waived Jolene Anderson.
• June 27: The Sun waived Kamesha Hairston.
• May 15: The Sun waived Cori Chambers.
• May 7: The Sun waived Jessica Foley, Tracy Gahan and Christina Quaye.
• May 6: The Sun waived Meredith Alexis and Natalie Berglin.
• April 28: The Sun waived Crystal Erwin, Laura Hall and Jessica Richter.
• April 23: The Sun waived Antoinette Upshaw.
• March 20: The Sun signed Tracy Gahan to a training camp contract.
• March 7: The Sun signed Sandrine Gruda.
• March 5: The Sun signed Jessica Foley to a training camp contract.
• March 3: The Sun signed Natalie Berglin and Kerri Gardin to training camp contracts.
• February 19: The Sun re-signed free agents Lindsay Whalen and Jamie Carey.

{| class="navbox wikitable" style="width:80%"
! style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322; width=200"|Date
! style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322;" colspan=2|Trade
|-
| rowspan=2|February 19, 2008
| width=400|To Connecticut Sun

Connecticut Sun

The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...

| width=400|To Indiana Fever

Indiana Fever

The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...

|-
| Tamika Whitmore

Tamika Whitmore

Tamika Whitmore is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-College years:She played collegiate basketball while attending the University of Memphis on a scholarship...

, Jessica Foley, 12th pick in 2008 Draft

2008 WNBA Draft

The 2008 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 9, 2008....

| Katie Douglas

Katie Douglas

Kathryn Elizabeth “Katie” Douglas is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever in the WNBA...

|-
| rowspan=2|March 6, 2008
| To Connecticut Sun

Connecticut Sun

The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...

| To Houston Comets

Houston Comets

The Houston Comets were a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas, United States. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the best original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league's existence. The Comets were the first dynasty of the WNBA and...

|-
| Barbara Turner

Barbara Turner (basketball)

Barbara Renee Turner is an American professional basketball player. She plays for Tarsus in Turkey and formerly the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. A small forward, she is 6 feet tall and 78 kg weight....

| Megan Mahoney

Megan Mahoney

Megan Marie Mahoney is an American professional basketball player and a former member of the WNBA's Connecticut Sun and Houston Comets.-High School & College:Mahoney attended Sturgis Brown High School in Sturgis, South Dakota...

|-
| rowspan=2|March 14, 2008
| To Connecticut Sun

Connecticut Sun

The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...

| To Minnesota Lynx

Minnesota Lynx

The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

|-
| Tamika Raymond
| Kristen Rasmussen

Kristen Rasmussen

Kristen Rasmussen is a professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for CSS LMK BC Sepsi of Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania....

|}

Additions

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|- style="height:40px"
| Lindsay Whalen

Lindsay Whalen

Lindsay Marie Whalen is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun...

|| February 19, 2008 || re-signed

Connecticut Sun

The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...

|- style="height:40px"
| Jamie Carey

Jamie Carey

Jamie Leigh Carey was a professional basketball player, playing the point guard position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA until her retirement in 2009...

|| February 19, 2008 || re-signed

Connecticut Sun

The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...

|- style="height:40px"
| Tamika Whitmore

Tamika Whitmore

Tamika Whitmore is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-College years:She played collegiate basketball while attending the University of Memphis on a scholarship...

|| February 19, 2008 || Indiana Fever

Indiana Fever

The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...

|- style="height:40px"
| Kerri Gardin

Kerri Gardin

Kerri Gardin is an American professional basketball player. She most recently played the forward position for the Washington Mystics in the WNBA.-College career:...

|| March 3, 2008 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|- style="height:40px"
| Barbara Turner

Barbara Turner (basketball)

Barbara Renee Turner is an American professional basketball player. She plays for Tarsus in Turkey and formerly the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. A small forward, she is 6 feet tall and 78 kg weight....

|| March 6, 2008 || Houston Comets

Houston Comets

The Houston Comets were a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas, United States. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the best original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league's existence. The Comets were the first dynasty of the WNBA and...

|- style="height:40px"
| Sandrine Gruda

Sandrine Gruda

Sandrine Gruda is a French professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-Before the WNBA:...

|| March 7, 2008 || draft pick
|- style="height:40px"
| Tamika Raymond|| March 16, 2008 || Minnesota Lynx

Minnesota Lynx

The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

|- style="height:40px"
| Danielle Page|| April 16, 2008 || undrafted rookie
|- style="height:40px"
| Svetlana Abrosimova

Svetlana Abrosimova

Svetlana Olegovna Abrosimova is a Russian basketball player who has played in college, the Olympics, and in professional leagues. She currently plays for the Seattle Storm in the WNBA. She is usually called by her nickname, "Svet" or "Sveta".Abrosimova was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR,...

|| August 27, 2008 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|}

Subtractions

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|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322; width:140px"|Player || style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322; width:100px"|Left || style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Margo Dydek

Margo Dydek

Małgorzata Dydek , known as Margo Dydek in the United States, was a Polish international professional basketball player. Standing tall, she was famous for being the tallest active professional female basketball player in the world...

|| October 4, 2007 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|- style="height:40px"
| Katie Douglas

Katie Douglas

Kathryn Elizabeth “Katie” Douglas is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever in the WNBA...

|| February 19, 2008 || Indiana Fever

Indiana Fever

The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...

|- style="height:40px"
| Megan Mahoney

Megan Mahoney

Megan Marie Mahoney is an American professional basketball player and a former member of the WNBA's Connecticut Sun and Houston Comets.-High School & College:Mahoney attended Sturgis Brown High School in Sturgis, South Dakota...

|| March 6, 2008 || Houston Comets

Houston Comets

The Houston Comets were a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas, United States. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the best original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league's existence. The Comets were the first dynasty of the WNBA and...

|- style="height:40px"
| Le'Coe Willingham

Le'coe Willingham

Le'coe Willingham is a professional basketball player. Attending Hephzibah High School, she won the 1998 AAAA Georgia State Women's state high jump title...

|| March 10, 2008 || Phoenix Mercury

Phoenix Mercury

The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...

|- style="height:40px"
| Nykesha Sales

Nykesha Sales

Nykesha Simone Sales is a former professional basketball player in the WNBA, most recently for the Connecticut Sun. Her primary position is the small forward. Her second position is shooting guard. In 1999 Sales was added to the roster of the USA FIBA Senior National Team team...

|| March 11, 2008 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Kristen Rasmussen

Kristen Rasmussen

Kristen Rasmussen is a professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for CSS LMK BC Sepsi of Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania....

|| March 16, 2008 || Minnesota Lynx

Minnesota Lynx

The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

|- style="height:40px"
| Cori Chambers|| May 15, 2008 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|- style="height:40px"
| Kamesha Hairston

Kamesha Hairston

Kamesha Hairston is an American professional basketball player. She recently played for the Connecticut Sun.-College career:...

|| June 27, 2008 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|- style="height:40px"
| Jolene Anderson|| August 27, 2008 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|}

Roster

Preseason

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The 2008 WNBA season

2008 WNBA season

-Season Highlights:*Candace Parker becomes the second and third player in WNBA history to dunk in a regular season game.*A fight breaks out between the Los Angeles Sparks and the Detroit Shock resulting in four ejections and ten suspensions....

 was their 10th season and their 6th in Connecticut. The Sun successfully advanced to the WNBA Playoffs

WNBA Playoffs

The WNBA Playoffs is a best-of-three elimination tournament between eight teams in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association , ultimately deciding the final two teams who will play in the WNBA Finals....

 for the sixth consecutive season. Lindsay Whalen was a key contributor to the club, averaging 14.0 points per game, 5.6 rebounds per game, and 5.4 assists per game.

Expansion Draft

The following player was lost in the Atlanta Dream

Atlanta Dream

The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...

 expansion draft

Expansion draft

An expansion draft, in professional sports, occurs when a sports league decides to create one or more new expansion teams or franchises. This occurs mainly in North American sports. One of the ways of stocking the new team or teams is an expansion draft...

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• Erika DeSouza

WNBA Draft

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| 9
| Amber Holt

Amber Holt

Amber Shirell Holt is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Holt went to Meadowcreek High School.- Early life :...

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| Middle Tennessee

Middle Tennessee State University

Middle Tennessee State University, commonly abbreviated as MTSU, is a public university located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States....

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| 1
| 12 (from Indiana

Indiana Fever

The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...

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| Ketia Swanier

Ketia Swanier

Naketia "Ketia" Marie Swanier is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the guard position for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.-College career:...

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| Connecticut

Connecticut Huskies

The Connecticut Huskies, also known as the UConn Huskies, are the athletic teams of the University of Connecticut in the United States. The school is a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and the Big East Conference for all sports except Men's Ice Hockey and Women's Ice...

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| 2
| 23
| Jolene Anderson
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| Wisconsin

Wisconsin Badgers

The Wisconsin Badgers are the collegiate athletic teams from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. This NCAA Division I athletic program has teams in football, basketball, ice hockey, volleyball, soccer, cross country, tennis, swimming, wrestling, track and field, rowing, golf, and softball...

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| 3
| 37
| Lauren Ervin

Lauren Ervin

Lauren Ervin is a female basketball player currently playing in the Women's National Basketball Association. She attended the University of Arkansas and was drafted by the Connecticut Sun in the third round of the 2008...

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| Arkansas

Arkansas Ladybacks

The women's teams competing for the University of Arkansas , refers to any of the women's sports teams that competes officially for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks. The term Lady'Backs evolved over time as newspaper editors would shorten the mascot name...

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Transactions

• August 27: The Sun signed Svetlana Abrosimova and waived Jolene Anderson.
• June 27: The Sun waived Kamesha Hairston.
• May 15: The Sun waived Cori Chambers.
• May 7: The Sun waived Jessica Foley, Tracy Gahan and Christina Quaye.
• May 6: The Sun waived Meredith Alexis and Natalie Berglin.
• April 28: The Sun waived Crystal Erwin, Laura Hall and Jessica Richter.
• April 23: The Sun waived Antoinette Upshaw.
• March 20: The Sun signed Tracy Gahan to a training camp contract.
• March 7: The Sun signed Sandrine Gruda.
• March 5: The Sun signed Jessica Foley to a training camp contract.
• March 3: The Sun signed Natalie Berglin and Kerri Gardin to training camp contracts.
• February 19: The Sun re-signed free agents Lindsay Whalen and Jamie Carey.

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| rowspan=2|February 19, 2008
| width=400|To Connecticut Sun

Connecticut Sun

The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...

| width=400|To Indiana Fever

Indiana Fever

The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...

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| Tamika Whitmore

Tamika Whitmore

Tamika Whitmore is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-College years:She played collegiate basketball while attending the University of Memphis on a scholarship...

, Jessica Foley, 12th pick in 2008 Draft

2008 WNBA Draft

The 2008 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 9, 2008....

| Katie Douglas

Katie Douglas

Kathryn Elizabeth “Katie” Douglas is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever in the WNBA...

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| rowspan=2|March 6, 2008
| To Connecticut Sun

Connecticut Sun

The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...

| To Houston Comets

Houston Comets

The Houston Comets were a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas, United States. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the best original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league's existence. The Comets were the first dynasty of the WNBA and...

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| Barbara Turner

Barbara Turner (basketball)

Barbara Renee Turner is an American professional basketball player. She plays for Tarsus in Turkey and formerly the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. A small forward, she is 6 feet tall and 78 kg weight....

| Megan Mahoney

Megan Mahoney

Megan Marie Mahoney is an American professional basketball player and a former member of the WNBA's Connecticut Sun and Houston Comets.-High School & College:Mahoney attended Sturgis Brown High School in Sturgis, South Dakota...

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| rowspan=2|March 14, 2008
| To Connecticut Sun

Connecticut Sun

The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...

| To Minnesota Lynx

Minnesota Lynx

The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

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| Tamika Raymond
| Kristen Rasmussen

Kristen Rasmussen

Kristen Rasmussen is a professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for CSS LMK BC Sepsi of Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania....

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Additions

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| Lindsay Whalen

Lindsay Whalen

Lindsay Marie Whalen is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun...

|| February 19, 2008 || re-signed

Connecticut Sun

The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...

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| Jamie Carey

Jamie Carey

Jamie Leigh Carey was a professional basketball player, playing the point guard position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA until her retirement in 2009...

|| February 19, 2008 || re-signed

Connecticut Sun

The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...

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| Tamika Whitmore

Tamika Whitmore

Tamika Whitmore is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-College years:She played collegiate basketball while attending the University of Memphis on a scholarship...

|| February 19, 2008 || Indiana Fever

Indiana Fever

The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...

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| Kerri Gardin

Kerri Gardin

Kerri Gardin is an American professional basketball player. She most recently played the forward position for the Washington Mystics in the WNBA.-College career:...

|| March 3, 2008 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|- style="height:40px"
| Barbara Turner

Barbara Turner (basketball)

Barbara Renee Turner is an American professional basketball player. She plays for Tarsus in Turkey and formerly the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. A small forward, she is 6 feet tall and 78 kg weight....

|| March 6, 2008 || Houston Comets

Houston Comets

The Houston Comets were a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas, United States. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the best original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league's existence. The Comets were the first dynasty of the WNBA and...

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| Sandrine Gruda

Sandrine Gruda

Sandrine Gruda is a French professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-Before the WNBA:...

|| March 7, 2008 || draft pick
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| Tamika Raymond|| March 16, 2008 || Minnesota Lynx

Minnesota Lynx

The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

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| Danielle Page|| April 16, 2008 || undrafted rookie
|- style="height:40px"
| Svetlana Abrosimova

Svetlana Abrosimova

Svetlana Olegovna Abrosimova is a Russian basketball player who has played in college, the Olympics, and in professional leagues. She currently plays for the Seattle Storm in the WNBA. She is usually called by her nickname, "Svet" or "Sveta".Abrosimova was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR,...

|| August 27, 2008 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

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Subtractions

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|- style="height:40px"
| Margo Dydek

Margo Dydek

Małgorzata Dydek , known as Margo Dydek in the United States, was a Polish international professional basketball player. Standing tall, she was famous for being the tallest active professional female basketball player in the world...

|| October 4, 2007 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|- style="height:40px"
| Katie Douglas

Katie Douglas

Kathryn Elizabeth “Katie” Douglas is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever in the WNBA...

|| February 19, 2008 || Indiana Fever

Indiana Fever

The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...

|- style="height:40px"
| Megan Mahoney

Megan Mahoney

Megan Marie Mahoney is an American professional basketball player and a former member of the WNBA's Connecticut Sun and Houston Comets.-High School & College:Mahoney attended Sturgis Brown High School in Sturgis, South Dakota...

|| March 6, 2008 || Houston Comets

Houston Comets

The Houston Comets were a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas, United States. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the best original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league's existence. The Comets were the first dynasty of the WNBA and...

|- style="height:40px"
| Le'Coe Willingham

Le'coe Willingham

Le'coe Willingham is a professional basketball player. Attending Hephzibah High School, she won the 1998 AAAA Georgia State Women's state high jump title...

|| March 10, 2008 || Phoenix Mercury

Phoenix Mercury

The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...

|- style="height:40px"
| Nykesha Sales

Nykesha Sales

Nykesha Simone Sales is a former professional basketball player in the WNBA, most recently for the Connecticut Sun. Her primary position is the small forward. Her second position is shooting guard. In 1999 Sales was added to the roster of the USA FIBA Senior National Team team...

|| March 11, 2008 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Kristen Rasmussen

Kristen Rasmussen

Kristen Rasmussen is a professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for CSS LMK BC Sepsi of Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania....

|| March 16, 2008 || Minnesota Lynx

Minnesota Lynx

The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

|- style="height:40px"
| Cori Chambers|| May 15, 2008 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|- style="height:40px"
| Kamesha Hairston

Kamesha Hairston

Kamesha Hairston is an American professional basketball player. She recently played for the Connecticut Sun.-College career:...

|| June 27, 2008 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|- style="height:40px"
| Jolene Anderson|| August 27, 2008 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

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Roster

Preseason

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