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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 the 10th season for the 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...

. The Lynx were not able to return to the postseason for the first time since 2004.

Expansion Draft

Kristen Mann
Kristen Mann
Kristen Cherie Mann is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-Childhood:Daughter of Kathy Deeds and Gene Mann. She has two brothers, Mack and Guy, and one sister named Payton, all younger than her. She was born August 10, 1983 in Lakewood, California...

was selected in the 2008 Expansion Draft for 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...

.

WNBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	School
1	3	Candice Wiggins Candice Wiggins Candice Dana Wiggins is American basketball guard for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA. She previously played for the Stanford University women's basketball team where she is the all-time leading scorer in Stanford women's basketball history and in the Pac-10 Conference women's basketball history....	Stanford Stanford Cardinal The Stanford Cardinal is the nickname of the athletic teams at Stanford University.-Nickname and mascot history:Following its win over Cal in the first-ever Big Game in 1892, the color cardinal was picked as the primary color of Stanford's athletic teams...
2	16	Nicky Anosike Nicky Anosike Nkolika "Nicky" Nonyelum Anosike is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Washington Mystics.-Personal:...	Tennessee Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball The Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team represents the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee in NCAA women's basketball competition...
3	30	Charde Houston Charde Houston Charde Lakishia Houston is a professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx....	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...

Trades

March 14, 2008	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... 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....	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... Tamika Raymond and the right to swap second-round picks in the 2009 WNBA Draft 2009 WNBA Draft The 2009 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, 2009. The first round was shown on ESPN2 at 3:00pm ET, while the second and third rounds were shown on ESPNU and NBA TV at... .
June 22, 2008	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... LaToya Thomas LaToya Thomas LaToya Monique Thomas is a professional basketball player.-College years:Thomas was a standout four-year starter at Mississippi State University....	To Detroit Shock Detroit Shock The Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champion... Eshaya Murphy Eshaya Murphy Eshaya "Shay" Murphy is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.Murphy attended college at USC and graduated in 2007. Following her collegiate career, she was selected 15th overall in the 2007 WNBA Draft by the Minnesota Lynx...

Free agents

Player	Signed	Former team
Anna DeForge Anna DeForge Anna Louise DeForge is an American professional basketball player who most recently played for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She is the first player from the University of Nebraska to ever play in the WNBA. After finding little success and playing time for several WNBA teams, she finally earned...	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...
Sharnee' Zoll	May 18, 2008	Virginia Virginia Cavaliers The Virginia Cavaliers, also known as Wahoos or Hoos, are the athletic teams officially representing the University of Virginia in college sports. The Cavaliers compete in 25 NCAA Division I varsity sports and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference... (Undrafted)

Player	Left	New team
Amber Jacobs Amber Jacobs Amber Jacobs is the assistant athletic director for Baptist Bible College and is also their head women's basketball coach. Previously, Amber was an assistant coach at the University of Rhode Island women's basketball team and former professional basketball player in the WNBA, for the Los Angeles...	March 17, 2008	Washington Mystics Washington Mystics The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...
Sharnee' Zoll	June 26, 2008

Player	Re-signed
Nicole Ohlde Nicole Ohlde Nicole Katherine Ohlde is an American professional basketball player. She recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-College years:...	March 3, 2008
Vanessa Hayden	April 18, 2008

Season schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Leading Scorer	Attendance	Record
May 18	vs. Detroit	84-70	Charde Houston (21)	9,972	1-0
May 27	@ Houston	98-92 (OT)	Seimone Augustus (25)	7,261	2-0
May 29	@ Chicago	75-69	Seimone Augustus (19)	3,014	3-0
May 31	vs. Phoenix	94-83	Seimone Augustus (22)	6,914	4-0
June 3	@ Atlanta	85-81	Candice Wiggins (22)	5,844	5-0
June 6	@ Connecticut	77-78	Seimone Augustus (22)	6,327	5-1
June 8	vs. San Antonio	90-78	Seimone Augustus (18)	5,020	6-1
June 10	vs. Connecticut	66-75	Candice Wiggins (22)	7,186	6-2
June 12	vs. Sacramento	78-82	Seimone Augustus (21)	4,875	6-3
June 14	@ New York	76-77	Candice Wiggins (26)	7,452	6-4
June 20	@ Detroit	93-98 (OT)	Seimone Augustus (26)	8,916	6-5
June 21	vs. Houston	65-72	Candice Wiggins (24)	5,865	6-6
June 24	vs. New York	91-69	Seimone Augustus (21)	6,280	7-6
June 26	vs. Sacramento	80-76	Seimone Augustus (23)	5,722	8-6
June 28	@ San Antonio	65-73	Nicky Anosike (16)	7,513	8-7
July 1	vs. Chicago	71-73	Candice Wiggins (17)	4,765	8-8
July 3	@ Los Angeles	88-70	Seimone Augustus (29)	8,587	9-8
July 5	@ Seattle	71-96	Nicky Anosike (15)	7,553	9-9
July 9	vs. Atlanta	67-73	Seimone Augustus (17)	5,893	9-10
July 12	vs. Houston	85-71	Seimone Augustus (27)	6,495	10-10
July 17	@ Houston	88-96	Candice Wiggins (27)	7,261	10-11
July 19	@ San Antonio	87-74	Seimone Augustus (30)	8,614	11-11
July 22	vs. Seattle	73-76	Charde Houston (16)	12,276	11-12
July 24	@ Indiana	84-80 (OT)	Seimone Augustus (25)	6,010	12-12
July 25	vs. San Antonio	78-68	Seimone Augustus (20)	7,247	13-12
July 27	vs. Los Angeles	84-92 (OT)	Seimone Augustus (29)	9,433	13-13
August 30	vs. Washington	92-78	Candice Wiggins (22)	6,980	14-13
September 1	@ Los Angeles	58-82	Seimone Augustus (13)	9,072	14-14
September 3	@ Phoenix	96-103	Seimone Augustus (27)	7,722	14-15
September 6	@ Seattle	88-96	Seimone Augustus (26)	9,339	14-16
September 7	@ Sacramento	71-78	Charde Houston (19)	7,999	14-17
September 9	vs. Indiana	86-76	Charde Houston (18)	6,706	15-17
September 12	vs. Phoenix	87-96	Lindsey Harding (20)	8,343	15-18
September 14	@ Washington	96-70	Charde Houston (18)	10,438	16-18

Regular season

GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
31	31	33.6	.470	.317	.890	3.9	2.7	1.0	0.4	19.1
30	1	27.5	.403	.306	.817	3.2	3.0	1.8	0.2	15.7
34	34	27.1	.438	.000	.699	6.8	1.3	2.2	1.2	9.2
33	0	17.6	.492	.000	.741	3.7	0.8	0.9	0.4	8.8
34	34	24.9	.391	.364	.763	3.0	1.7	0.8	0.2	8.5
24	11	24.6	.367	.080	.694	2.3	3.2	1.1	0.2	6.4
34	34	16.4	.453	.000	.785	3.3	1.3	0.3	0.7	5.8
30	0	10.1	.445	.000	.614	3.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	5.2
32	25	16.7	.398	.313	.667	2.2	2.5	0.7	0.1	3.6
13	0	11.3	.500	.714	.444	1.9	0.2	0.2	0.0	3.6
16	0	7.8	.319	.333	.556	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.2	3.0
31	0	12.7	.375	.348	.739	2.7	0.9	0.4	0.2	2.5
6	0	5.0	.250	.333	.833	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.0	1.7
2	0	2.5	.200	.000	.000	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0

Minnesota Lynx Regular Season Stats

Roster

Awards and honors

Seimone Augustus, WNBA Player of the Week (May 26 - June 1)
Nicky Anosike, WNBA All-Rookie Team (Center)
Candace Wiggins, WNBA All-Rookie Team (Guard)
Candice Wiggins, WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year

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