2010 Seattle Storm season
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The 2010 WNBA season was the 11th season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

. The Storm won their second WNBA championship.

Dispersal draft

Based on the Storm's 2009 record, they would pick 10th in the 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...

 dispersal draft
Dispersal draft
A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when their current team goes out of business, consolidates with another team, or for some other reason ceases to exist. Since most sports drafts are held in North America, this is where most dispersal drafts...

. The Storm picked Chelsea Newton
Chelsea Newton
Chelsea Newton was born February 17, 1983 in Monroe, Louisiana. She is a former WNBA player, who last played for the Sacramento Monarchs. She signed with the Seattle Storm, but later retired before even playing a game with them....

.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Storm's selections in the 2010 WNBA Draft
2010 WNBA Draft
The 2010 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 8, 2010. The first round was shown on ESPN2 , while the second and third rounds were shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.A lottery was...

.

Transaction log

  • February 4: The Storm signed Chelsea Newton.
  • February 9: The Storm signed free agent Le'coe Willingham.
  • March 3: The Storm signed Jana Vesela to a training camp contract.
  • March 11: The Storm re-signed Lauren Jackson.
  • March 17: The Storm signed Davanei Hampton to a training camp contract.
  • April 1: The Storm signed Abby Bishop, Laura Kurz and Aja Parham to training camp contracts.
  • April 6: The Storm signed Lindsey Wilson to a training camp contract.
  • April 8: The Storm announced that Katie Gearlds would sit out the 2010 season.
  • April 14: The Storm signed Loree Moore to a training camp contract.
  • April 20: The Storm signed Ashley Robinson and Heather Bowman to training camp contracts.
  • April 22: The Storm signed Svetlana Abrosimova and released Janell Burse.
  • April 30: The Storm waived Tanisha Smith.
  • May 6: The Storm waived Heather Bowman.
  • May 10: The Storm waived Devanei Hampton and Lindsey Wilson.
  • May 11: The Storm waived Laura Kurz.
  • May 14: The Storm waived Aja Parham, Loree Moore and Ashley Walker.

Additions

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| 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...

|| February 9, 2010 || 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"
| Jana Vesela
Jana Veselá
Jana Veselá is a Czech professional basketball player in the WNBA. She also plays for Ros Casares Valencia.-External links:*...

|| March 3, 2010 || 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"
| Lauren Jackson
Lauren Jackson
Lauren Elizabeth Jackson is an Australian professional basketball player. Jackson began her professional career at the Australian Institute of Sport in the WNBL before moving on to the Canberra Capitals. She is currently a forward/centre with the Seattle Storm of the WNBA and the Australian...

|| March 11, 2010 || re-signed
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...


|- style="height:40px"
| Abby Bishop
Abby Bishop
Abby Bishop is an Australian professional basketball player in the WNBA. Bishop also plays for the Dandenong Rangers of the Australian WNBL...

|| April 1, 2010 || 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"
| Ashley Robinson || April 20, 2010 || re-signed
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...


|- 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,...

|| April 22, 2010 || 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="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Katie Gearlds || April 8, 2010 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Janell Burse
Janell Burse
Janell Burse is a 6'5" women's basketball player who recently played center for the Seattle Storm of the WNBA....

|| April 22, 2010 || 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"
| Ashley Walker
Ashley Walker (basketball)
Ashley Walker is an American professional basketball player. She plays the forward position for the Maccabi Bnot Ashdod in the Ligat Ha'al.-Personal life:...

|| May 14, 2010 || 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

Depth

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!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...


| 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:...


| Ashley Robinson / Abby Bishop
Abby Bishop
Abby Bishop is an Australian professional basketball player in the WNBA. Bishop also plays for the Dandenong Rangers of the Australian WNBL...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...


| Lauren Jackson
Lauren Jackson
Lauren Elizabeth Jackson is an Australian professional basketball player. Jackson began her professional career at the Australian Institute of Sport in the WNBL before moving on to the Canberra Capitals. She is currently a forward/centre with the Seattle Storm of the WNBA and the Australian...


| 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...

 / Jana Vesela
Jana Veselá
Jana Veselá is a Czech professional basketball player in the WNBA. She also plays for Ros Casares Valencia.-External links:*...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...


| Swin Cash
Swin Cash
Swintayla Marie Cash , better known as Swin Cash, is an American WNBA player who plays for the Seattle Storm. A prolific scorer and rebounder, as well as a capable ball handler and defender, she helped lead the University of Connecticut women's basketball team to national titles in 2000 and 2002...


| Alison Lacey
Alison Lacey
Alison Lacey is an Australian professional basketball player in the WNBA. She played at Iowa State University from 2006–2010, where she became the highest drafted player in school history. She became the only player from Iowa State, and only the seventh in Big 12 history, to record 1500 points,...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...


| Tanisha Wright
| 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,...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...


| Sue Bird
Sue Bird
Suzanne Brigit "Sue" Bird is an American professional women's basketball player for the Seattle Storm and WBC Spartak Moscow Region....


|
|}

Preseason

{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#2E8B57; color:#FFC322" | 2010 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
|
The 2010 WNBA season was the 11th season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

. The Storm won their second WNBA championship.

Dispersal draft

Based on the Storm's 2009 record, they would pick 10th in the 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...

 dispersal draft
Dispersal draft
A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when their current team goes out of business, consolidates with another team, or for some other reason ceases to exist. Since most sports drafts are held in North America, this is where most dispersal drafts...

. The Storm picked Chelsea Newton
Chelsea Newton
Chelsea Newton was born February 17, 1983 in Monroe, Louisiana. She is a former WNBA player, who last played for the Sacramento Monarchs. She signed with the Seattle Storm, but later retired before even playing a game with them....

.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Storm's selections in the 2010 WNBA Draft
2010 WNBA Draft
The 2010 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 8, 2010. The first round was shown on ESPN2 , while the second and third rounds were shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.A lottery was...

.
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| 1
| 10
| Alison Lacey
Alison Lacey
Alison Lacey is an Australian professional basketball player in the WNBA. She played at Iowa State University from 2006–2010, where she became the highest drafted player in school history. She became the only player from Iowa State, and only the seventh in Big 12 history, to record 1500 points,...


|  Australia
| Iowa State
Iowa State University
Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Iowa State has produced astronauts, scientists, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, along with a host of...


|-
| 2
| 22
| Tanisha Smith
|
| Texas A&M
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...


|-
| 3
| 34
| Tijana Krivacevic
Tijana Krivacevic
Tijana Krivacevic is a Serbian-born Hungarian professional female basketball player. She plays as center / forward. She is the daughter of the former Serbian basketball player Dragoljub Krivacevic, who works as a coach in Hungary, last time under contract by BC Körmend...


|  Hungary
| Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...


|-
|}

Transaction log

  • February 4: The Storm signed Chelsea Newton.
  • February 9: The Storm signed free agent Le'coe Willingham.
  • March 3: The Storm signed Jana Vesela to a training camp contract.
  • March 11: The Storm re-signed Lauren Jackson.
  • March 17: The Storm signed Davanei Hampton to a training camp contract.
  • April 1: The Storm signed Abby Bishop, Laura Kurz and Aja Parham to training camp contracts.
  • April 6: The Storm signed Lindsey Wilson to a training camp contract.
  • April 8: The Storm announced that Katie Gearlds would sit out the 2010 season.
  • April 14: The Storm signed Loree Moore to a training camp contract.
  • April 20: The Storm signed Ashley Robinson and Heather Bowman to training camp contracts.
  • April 22: The Storm signed Svetlana Abrosimova and released Janell Burse.
  • April 30: The Storm waived Tanisha Smith.
  • May 6: The Storm waived Heather Bowman.
  • May 10: The Storm waived Devanei Hampton and Lindsey Wilson.
  • May 11: The Storm waived Laura Kurz.
  • May 14: The Storm waived Aja Parham, Loree Moore and Ashley Walker.

Additions

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| 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...

|| February 9, 2010 || 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"
| Jana Vesela
Jana Veselá
Jana Veselá is a Czech professional basketball player in the WNBA. She also plays for Ros Casares Valencia.-External links:*...

|| March 3, 2010 || 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"
| Lauren Jackson
Lauren Jackson
Lauren Elizabeth Jackson is an Australian professional basketball player. Jackson began her professional career at the Australian Institute of Sport in the WNBL before moving on to the Canberra Capitals. She is currently a forward/centre with the Seattle Storm of the WNBA and the Australian...

|| March 11, 2010 || re-signed
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...


|- style="height:40px"
| Abby Bishop
Abby Bishop
Abby Bishop is an Australian professional basketball player in the WNBA. Bishop also plays for the Dandenong Rangers of the Australian WNBL...

|| April 1, 2010 || 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"
| Ashley Robinson || April 20, 2010 || re-signed
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...


|- 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,...

|| April 22, 2010 || 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

{|class="navbox wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Katie Gearlds || April 8, 2010 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Janell Burse
Janell Burse
Janell Burse is a 6'5" women's basketball player who recently played center for the Seattle Storm of the WNBA....

|| April 22, 2010 || 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"
| Ashley Walker
Ashley Walker (basketball)
Ashley Walker is an American professional basketball player. She plays the forward position for the Maccabi Bnot Ashdod in the Ligat Ha'al.-Personal life:...

|| May 14, 2010 || 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

Depth

{| style="text-align: center; background:#2E8B57; color:#FFC322"
!width="50"|Pos.
!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...


| 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:...


| Ashley Robinson / Abby Bishop
Abby Bishop
Abby Bishop is an Australian professional basketball player in the WNBA. Bishop also plays for the Dandenong Rangers of the Australian WNBL...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...


| Lauren Jackson
Lauren Jackson
Lauren Elizabeth Jackson is an Australian professional basketball player. Jackson began her professional career at the Australian Institute of Sport in the WNBL before moving on to the Canberra Capitals. She is currently a forward/centre with the Seattle Storm of the WNBA and the Australian...


| 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...

 / Jana Vesela
Jana Veselá
Jana Veselá is a Czech professional basketball player in the WNBA. She also plays for Ros Casares Valencia.-External links:*...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...


| Swin Cash
Swin Cash
Swintayla Marie Cash , better known as Swin Cash, is an American WNBA player who plays for the Seattle Storm. A prolific scorer and rebounder, as well as a capable ball handler and defender, she helped lead the University of Connecticut women's basketball team to national titles in 2000 and 2002...


| Alison Lacey
Alison Lacey
Alison Lacey is an Australian professional basketball player in the WNBA. She played at Iowa State University from 2006–2010, where she became the highest drafted player in school history. She became the only player from Iowa State, and only the seventh in Big 12 history, to record 1500 points,...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...


| Tanisha Wright
| 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,...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...


| Sue Bird
Sue Bird
Suzanne Brigit "Sue" Bird is an American professional women's basketball player for the Seattle Storm and WBC Spartak Moscow Region....


|
|}

Preseason

{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#2E8B57; color:#FFC322" | 2010 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
|
The 2010 WNBA season was the 11th season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

. The Storm won their second WNBA championship.

Dispersal draft

Based on the Storm's 2009 record, they would pick 10th in the 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...

 dispersal draft
Dispersal draft
A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when their current team goes out of business, consolidates with another team, or for some other reason ceases to exist. Since most sports drafts are held in North America, this is where most dispersal drafts...

. The Storm picked Chelsea Newton
Chelsea Newton
Chelsea Newton was born February 17, 1983 in Monroe, Louisiana. She is a former WNBA player, who last played for the Sacramento Monarchs. She signed with the Seattle Storm, but later retired before even playing a game with them....

.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Storm's selections in the 2010 WNBA Draft
2010 WNBA Draft
The 2010 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 8, 2010. The first round was shown on ESPN2 , while the second and third rounds were shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.A lottery was...

.
{| class="navbox wikitable"
! style="background:#2E8B57; color:#FFC322;" width="2%"| Round
! style="background:#2E8B57; color:#FFC322;" width="5%"| Pick
! style="background:#2E8B57; color:#FFC322;" width="10%"| Player
! style="background:#2E8B57; color:#FFC322;" width="10%"| Nationality
! style="background:#2E8B57; color:#FFC322;" width="10%"| School/Team/Country
|-
| 1
| 10
| Alison Lacey
Alison Lacey
Alison Lacey is an Australian professional basketball player in the WNBA. She played at Iowa State University from 2006–2010, where she became the highest drafted player in school history. She became the only player from Iowa State, and only the seventh in Big 12 history, to record 1500 points,...


|  Australia
| Iowa State
Iowa State University
Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Iowa State has produced astronauts, scientists, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, along with a host of...


|-
| 2
| 22
| Tanisha Smith
|
| Texas A&M
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...


|-
| 3
| 34
| Tijana Krivacevic
Tijana Krivacevic
Tijana Krivacevic is a Serbian-born Hungarian professional female basketball player. She plays as center / forward. She is the daughter of the former Serbian basketball player Dragoljub Krivacevic, who works as a coach in Hungary, last time under contract by BC Körmend...


|  Hungary
| Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...


|-
|}

Transaction log

  • February 4: The Storm signed Chelsea Newton.
  • February 9: The Storm signed free agent Le'coe Willingham.
  • March 3: The Storm signed Jana Vesela to a training camp contract.
  • March 11: The Storm re-signed Lauren Jackson.
  • March 17: The Storm signed Davanei Hampton to a training camp contract.
  • April 1: The Storm signed Abby Bishop, Laura Kurz and Aja Parham to training camp contracts.
  • April 6: The Storm signed Lindsey Wilson to a training camp contract.
  • April 8: The Storm announced that Katie Gearlds would sit out the 2010 season.
  • April 14: The Storm signed Loree Moore to a training camp contract.
  • April 20: The Storm signed Ashley Robinson and Heather Bowman to training camp contracts.
  • April 22: The Storm signed Svetlana Abrosimova and released Janell Burse.
  • April 30: The Storm waived Tanisha Smith.
  • May 6: The Storm waived Heather Bowman.
  • May 10: The Storm waived Devanei Hampton and Lindsey Wilson.
  • May 11: The Storm waived Laura Kurz.
  • May 14: The Storm waived Aja Parham, Loree Moore and Ashley Walker.

Additions

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|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:100px"|Signed
| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:210px"|Former team
|- 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...

|| February 9, 2010 || 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"
| Jana Vesela
Jana Veselá
Jana Veselá is a Czech professional basketball player in the WNBA. She also plays for Ros Casares Valencia.-External links:*...

|| March 3, 2010 || 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"
| Lauren Jackson
Lauren Jackson
Lauren Elizabeth Jackson is an Australian professional basketball player. Jackson began her professional career at the Australian Institute of Sport in the WNBL before moving on to the Canberra Capitals. She is currently a forward/centre with the Seattle Storm of the WNBA and the Australian...

|| March 11, 2010 || re-signed
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...


|- style="height:40px"
| Abby Bishop
Abby Bishop
Abby Bishop is an Australian professional basketball player in the WNBA. Bishop also plays for the Dandenong Rangers of the Australian WNBL...

|| April 1, 2010 || 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"
| Ashley Robinson || April 20, 2010 || re-signed
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...


|- 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,...

|| April 22, 2010 || 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

{|class="navbox wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Katie Gearlds || April 8, 2010 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Janell Burse
Janell Burse
Janell Burse is a 6'5" women's basketball player who recently played center for the Seattle Storm of the WNBA....

|| April 22, 2010 || 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"
| Ashley Walker
Ashley Walker (basketball)
Ashley Walker is an American professional basketball player. She plays the forward position for the Maccabi Bnot Ashdod in the Ligat Ha'al.-Personal life:...

|| May 14, 2010 || 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

Depth

{| style="text-align: center; background:#2E8B57; color:#FFC322"
!width="50"|Pos.
!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...


| 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:...


| Ashley Robinson / Abby Bishop
Abby Bishop
Abby Bishop is an Australian professional basketball player in the WNBA. Bishop also plays for the Dandenong Rangers of the Australian WNBL...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...


| Lauren Jackson
Lauren Jackson
Lauren Elizabeth Jackson is an Australian professional basketball player. Jackson began her professional career at the Australian Institute of Sport in the WNBL before moving on to the Canberra Capitals. She is currently a forward/centre with the Seattle Storm of the WNBA and the Australian...


| 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...

 / Jana Vesela
Jana Veselá
Jana Veselá is a Czech professional basketball player in the WNBA. She also plays for Ros Casares Valencia.-External links:*...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...


| Swin Cash
Swin Cash
Swintayla Marie Cash , better known as Swin Cash, is an American WNBA player who plays for the Seattle Storm. A prolific scorer and rebounder, as well as a capable ball handler and defender, she helped lead the University of Connecticut women's basketball team to national titles in 2000 and 2002...


| Alison Lacey
Alison Lacey
Alison Lacey is an Australian professional basketball player in the WNBA. She played at Iowa State University from 2006–2010, where she became the highest drafted player in school history. She became the only player from Iowa State, and only the seventh in Big 12 history, to record 1500 points,...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...


| Tanisha Wright
| 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,...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...


| Sue Bird
Sue Bird
Suzanne Brigit "Sue" Bird is an American professional women's basketball player for the Seattle Storm and WBC Spartak Moscow Region....


|
|}

Preseason

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! colspan=2 style="background:#2E8B57; color:#FFC322" | 2010 Game Log: Preseason
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