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 12th season for the San Antonio Silver Stars.

Expansion Draft

• Chantelle Anderson
  Chantelle Anderson
  Chantelle Denise Anderson, pronounced "shawn-tell", is a retired collegiate and professional basketball player who has played in the Women's National Basketball Association and overseas.-Personal:...
  
   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	Nationality	School/Club Team
2	21 (from NY New York Liberty The New York Liberty is a professional basketball team based in New York City, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was one of the eight original franchises of the league... )	Chioma Nnamaka Chioma Nnamaka Chioma Nnamaka is a professional basketball player of Swedish and Nigerian heritage and is a member of the WNBA's Atlanta Dream.-High School and college:...		Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets The Yellow Jackets is the name used for all of the intercollegiate athletic teams that play for the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. The teams have also been nicknamed the Ramblin' Wreck, Engineers, Blacksmiths, and Golden Tornado. There are 8 men's and 7 women's teams that...
3	39	Alex Anderson		Chattanooga University of Tennessee at Chattanooga The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is a public university located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The University, often referred to as UTC or simply "Chattanooga" , is one of three universities and two other affiliated institutions in the University of Tennessee System; the others being in...

Trades

April 9, 2008 Sign and Trade

To San Antonio Silver Stars San Antonio Silver Stars The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio... Ann Wauters Ann Wauters Ann Hilde Willy Wauters is a Belgian professional basketball player who currently plays for Ros Casares Valencia in Euroleague Women. Wauters played in the WNBA from 2000 to 2009, most recently with the San Antonio Silver Stars. Her primary position is center.-Personal:Wauters began playing... , the draft rights to Morenike Atunrase Morenike Atunrase Morenike Olayinka Atunrase is an American basketball player who played for the WNBA's San Antonio Silver Stars during the 2008 season. She was drafted in 2008 out of Texas A&M, where she played from 2004–08.-Early years:... , and Atlanta's 2009 second-round draft pick.

To 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... Camille Little Camille Little Camille Little is a professional basketball player. In 2007 she began her career in the WNBA with the San Antonio Silver Stars. She played college basketball at North Carolina.-High school:... , the draft rights to Chioma Nnamaka Chioma Nnamaka Chioma Nnamaka is a professional basketball player of Swedish and Nigerian heritage and is a member of the WNBA's Atlanta Dream.-High School and college:... , and San Antonio's 2009 first-round draft pick.

Free agents

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Player	Signed	Former team
Brittany Wilkins	April 2, 2008	Sacramento Monarchs Sacramento Monarchs The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...  (2006)
Edwige Lawson-Wade	April 28, 2008	Seattle Storm Seattle Storm The Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...  (2006)

class="wikitable"> Player Left New team Marie Ferdinand-Harris  February 22, 2008 Los Angeles Sparks

Los Angeles Sparks

The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...

Regular season

Silver Stars guard Shanna Crossley tore the ACL in her left knee during a preseason game against the 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...

. The news was announced by head coach and general manager Dan Hughes on May 14. Crossley injured her knee during San Antonio’s second offensive possession of the game.

Season schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Leading Scorer	Attendance	Record
May 17	@ Sacramento	64-73	Sophia Young (22)	16,225	0-1
May 20	vs. Phoenix	81-76	Sophia Young (25)	9,103	1-1
May 24	vs. Seattle	87-72	Sophia Young (23)	9,767	2-1
May 30	@ Seattle	57-78	Sophia Young (14) Ann Wauters (14)	6,810	2-2
June 3	@ Houston	72-75	Becky Hammon (20)	7,059	2-3
June 6	vs. Washington	63-52	Becky Hammon (20)	5,800	3-3
June 8	@ Minnesota	78-90	Ann Wauters (24)	5,020	3-4
June 11	vs. Indiana	64-53	Sophia Young (17)	6,262	4-4
June 13	vs. Seattle	74-69	Becky Hammon (17)	6,478	5-4
June 15	@ Indiana	70-60	Ann Wauters (19)	7,412	6-4
June 18	@ Atlanta	81-66	Becky Hammon (25)	6,225	7-4
June 20	vs. Los Angeles	77-75	Ann Wauters (21)	10,221	8-4
June 24	vs. Houston	81-82 (OT)	Becky Hammon (25)	7,226	8-5
June 26	@ Houston	71-77	Sophia Young (19)	5,983	8-6
June 28	vs. Minnesota	73-65	Sophia Young (20)	7,513	9-6
July 1	vs. Detroit	79-72 (OT)	Sophia Young (27)	5,656	10-6
July 3	vs. Sacramento	68-67	Sophia Young (20)	6,568	11-6
July 6	@ Washington	83-75	Becky Hammon (28)	10,439	12-6
July 8	vs. New York	83-79	Becky Hammon (27)	6,107	13-6
July 10	@ Chicago	75-67	Ann Wauters (23)	3,040	14-6
July 11	vs. Atlanta	82-74	Becky Hammon (26)	10,943	15-6
July 14	@ Los Angeles	62-75	Becky Hammon (21)	11,976	15-7
July 15	@ Phoenix	97-87	Sophia Young (26)	6,451	16-7
July 19	vs. Minnesota	74-87	Becky Hammon (24)	8,614	16-8
July 24	vs. Chicago	78-67	Sophia Young (20)	9,372	17-8
July 25	@ Minnesota	68-78	Sophia Young (21)	7,247	17-9
July 27	@ Detroit	76-64	Becky Hammon (23)	9,537	18-9
August 28	@ Phoenix	77-55	Sophia Young (18)	7,931	19-9
August 30	@ Los Angeles	53-58	Becky Hammon (17)	9,923	19-10
September 5	vs. Los Angeles	76-58	Edwige Lawson-Wade (14)	9,531	20-10
September 7	@ Connecticut	85-73	Becky Hammon (24)	7,956	21-10
September 9	@ New York	82-76	Becky Hammon (30)	7,994	22-10
September 11	vs. Connecticut	78-74	Sophia Young (24)	6,791	23-10
September 13	vs. Sacramento	77-69	Ann Wauters (18)	9,770	24-10

WNBA Playoffs

Date	Opponent	Score	Leading Scorer	Attendance	Series
Western Conference Semifinals
September 18	@ Sacramento	85-78	Becky Hammon (30)	7,740	SA leads 1-0
September 20	vs. Sacramento	67-84	Becky Hammon (14)	7,807	Tied 1-1
September 22	vs. Sacramento	86-81 (OT)	Sophia Young (27)	4,247	SA wins 2-1
Western Conference Finals
September 25	@ Los Angeles	70-85	Ann Wauters (18)	7,102°	LA leads 1-0
September 27	vs. Los Angeles	67-66	Sophia Young (21)	7,715	Tied 1-1
September 28	vs. Los Angeles	76-72	Becky Hammon (35)	7,111	SA wins 2-1
WNBA Finals
October 1	vs. Detroit	69-77	Sophia Young (21)	9,380	DET leads 1-0
October 3	vs. Detroit	61-69	Becky Hammon (24)	16,012	DET leads 2-0
October 5	@ Detroit	60-76	Ann Wauters (19)	8,952^	DET wins 3-0

° Played in the Galen Center, Los Angeles, CA

^ Played in the EMU Convocation Center, Ypsilanti, MI

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	33	33	33.4	.390	.350	.937	2.8	4.9	1.3	0.2	17.6
	33	33	31.9	.478	.000	.786	5.6	2.3	1.6	0.5	17.5
	32	31	30.6	.533	.355	.714	7.5	1.8	1.1	1.2	14.7
	34	23	26.7	.427	.431	.771	3.3	1.7	1.1	0.6	7.2
	32	32	27.9	.439	.282	.778	5.3	3.6	0.8	0.2	6.7
	30	3	19.3	.434	.321	.857	3.6	1.0	0.5	1.4	5.1
	31	14	18.7	.268	.200	.789	2.4	1.7	1.1	0.1	3.5
	30	1	9.3	.450	.468	.667	1.0	0.9	0.4	0.0	3.3
	33	0	10.5	.276	.293	.688	1.5	0.7	0.5	0.4	2.2
	21	0	5.5	.321	.250	.636	1.7	0.1	0.1	0.2	1.2
	4	0	1.8	.000	.000	1.000	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
	1	0	0.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	2	0	3.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

San Antonio Silver Stars Regular Season Stats

Postseason

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	9	9	36.8	.421	.458	.895	2.3	4.6	1.0	0.6	18.1
	9	9	36.1	.456	.000	.750	5.9	1.7	1.6	0.1	17.7
	9	9	33.3	.444	.083	.889	5.8	1.6	0.7	1.3	13.4
	9	9	30.4	.492	.400	.636	4.7	3.1	1.0	0.0	8.3
	9	8	27.8	.380	.292	.733	2.9	1.7	0.8	0.2	6.2
	5	0	16.8	.318	.467	1.000	2.4	1.8	0.6	0.0	5.0
	9	1	17.1	.212	.111	.750	2.1	1.1	0.4	0.9	2.0
	6	0	8.8	.385	.286	.000	1.2	0.8	0.5	0.0	2.0
	8	0	5.5	.500	.500	.000	0.9	0.5	0.1	0.1	1.3
	3	0	1.3	.333	.000	.000	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7
	2	0	1.5	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
	2	0	2.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0

San Antonio Silver Stars Playoff Stats

Roster

Awards and honors

• Sophia Young, WNBA Player of the Week (May 17–25)
• Becky Hammon, WNBA Player of the Week (July 7–13)
• Ann Wauters, WNBA Player of the Week (September 8–14)
• Sophia Young, WNBA All-Defensive First Team
• Vickie Johnson, Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award
• Sophia Young, All-WNBA First Team
• Becky Hammon, All-WNBA Second Team