# 2009 Seattle Storm season

The 2009 WNBA season is the tenth season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.

## Offseason
### Dispersal Draft

Based on the Storm's 2008 record, they would pick 12th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Storm waived their pick.

### WNBA draft

The following are the Storm's selections in the 2009 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 12 | Ashley Walker | United States | California |
| 3 | 38 | Mara Freshour | United States | Florida State |

### Transactions

* September 10: The Storm signed A'Quonesia Franklin to an end-of-regular season contract.
* September 9: The Storm signed La’Tangela Atkinson to an end-of-regular season contract.
* June 4: The Storm waived A'Quonesia Franklin and Aja Parham.
* May 31: The Storm waived La'Tangela Atkinson and Kasha Terry.
* May 22: The Storm waived Kimberly Beck and Mara Freshour.
* May 7: The Storm signed La’Tangela Atkinson, A’Quonesia Franklin and Aja Parham to training camp contacts.
* May 7: The Storm waived Mel Thomas.
* May 4: The Storm re-signed Lauren Jackson.
* April 23: The Storm announced that Kristen O'Neill declined her offer to attend training camp.
* March 20: The Storm waived Kelly Santos.
* March 19: The Storm signed Kasha Terry and Mel Thomas.
* February 23: The Storm signed Shannon Johnson.
* February 20: The Storm signed Suzy Batkovic.
* February 10: The Storm re-signed Ashley Robinson.
* February 9: The Storm re-signed Janell Burse.
* February 2: The Storm signed Kelly Santos to a training camp contract.
* January 31: The Storm waived Sheryl Swoopes.
* January 7: The Storm re-signed free agent Tanisha Wright and signed Kimberly Beck and Kristen O'Neill to training-camp contracts.
* June 22, 2008: The Storm traded their second round pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft to the Atlanta Dream as part of the Camille Little transaction.
| Date | Trade | Trade |
| June 22, 2008 | To Seattle Storm | To Atlanta Dream |
| June 22, 2008 | Camille Little | second-round pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft |

### Free agents
## Season standings

| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Phoenix Mercury $^x$ | 23 | 11 | .676 | – | 12–5 | 11–6 | 13–7 |
| Seattle Storm $^x$ | 20 | 14 | .588 | 3.0 | 13–4 | 7–10 | 13–7 |
| Los Angeles Sparks $^x$ | 18 | 16 | .529 | 5.0 | 11–6 | 7–10 | 11–9 |
| San Antonio Silver Stars $^x$ | 15 | 19 | .441 | 8.0 | 10–7 | 5–12 | 10–10 |
| Minnesota Lynx $^o$ | 14 | 20 | .412 | 9.0 | 9–8 | 5–12 | 7–13 |
| Sacramento Monarchs $^o$ | 12 | 22 | .353 | 11.0 | 7–10 | 5–12 | 6–14 |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2009 Game Log: Preseason
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 2110:00pmSacramento64-55Little (13)Little, Walker (5)Atkinson (4)KeyArena 4,8751-0
2May 3010:00pm@ Phoenix58-61Wright (16)Walker (12)Bird (4)US Airways Center 2,4211-1 :

### Regular season

2009 Game Log: Regular Season :
June
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1June 64:00pm@ Sacramento71-61Jackson (23)Little (6)Bird (8)ARCO Arena 14,8241-0
2June 79:00pmSacramentoFSN-NW80-70Jackson (25)Bird, Jackson, Little (5)Bird (8)KeyArena 9,6862-0
3June 97:00pm@ IndianaESPN266-73Jackson (21)Jackson, Little (6)Bird (5)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,2532-1
4June 128:00pm@ Minnesota88-71Jackson (22)Jackson (11)Bird (9)Target Center 6,4233-1
5June 146:00pm@ Chicago57-64Jackson (22)Jackson, Little (8)Wright (4)UIC Pavilion 2,6813-2
6June 1910:00pmMinnesota90-62Jackson (26)Jackson, Johnson (6)Bird (10)KeyArena 7,6074-2
7June 227:00pm@ Phoenix93-84Jackson (25)Jackson (8)Bird (9)US Airways Center 6,1815-2
8June 2610:00pmLos Angeles69-67Jackson (32)Jackson, Wright (8)Bird (5)KeyArena 9,6866-2
9June 289:30pm@ Los AngelesNBA TV FSNW55-83Jackson, Little (9)Cash (8)Johnson (3)STAPLES Center 10,7976-3 :
July
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
10July 110:00pm@ Phoenix83-91Cash, Jackson (17)Cash (9)Wright (6)US Airways Center 6,3416-4
11July 73:00pmSan Antonio66-53Cash (18)Cash, Jackson (12)Bird (3)KeyArena 10,1377-4
12July 99:00pmSacramentoESPN266-55Cash (18)Bird, Cash, Jackson, Wright (5)Wright (7)KeyArena 6,8388-4
13July 129:00pmChicagoNBA TV FSN-NW81-86Jackson, Wright (18)Jackson, Wright (7)Wright (7)KeyArena 6,7968-5
14July 1510:00pmDetroitNBA TV FSN-NW63-66Little (12)Little (6)Bird (6)KeyArena 6,8218-6
15July 1710:00pm@ Sacramento69-56Bird (20)Little (9)Bird (6)ARCO Arena 6,3869-6
16July 198:00pmMinnesotaFSN-NW72-69Little (18)Cash (9)Bird, Johnson, Wright (4)KeyArena 6,91210-6
17July 2210:00pmLos Angeles98-87 (3OT)Bird (23)Little (14)Bird, Cash (5)KeyArena 7,15411-6
18July 288:00pm@ San AntonioKMYS71-74Jackson (19)Cash (11)Bird (5)AT&T Center 5,38211-7 :
August
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
19August 110:00pmSan AntonioNBA TV KMYS85-82 (OT)Jackson (23)Jackson (13)Bird (5)KeyArena 8,16712-7
20August 410:00pmPhoenix90-101 (OT)Wright (25)Cash, Jackson (11)Wright (7)KeyArena 6,72812-8
21August 610:30pm@ Los Angeles75-79 (OT)Jackson (21)Cash (8)Bird, Wright (6)STAPLES Center 9,73512-9
22August 810:00pmNew York70-69Jackson (21)Jackson (9)Bird (6)KeyArena 7,49613-9
23August 137:00pm@ Connecticut53-64Wright (13)Jackson (10)Bird (3)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,98313-10
24August 157:00pm@ Atlanta79-88Jackson (25)Jackson (9)Bird (12)Philips Arena 8,75113-11
25August 187:30pm@ Detroit79-75Jackson (36)Cash, Jackson (7)Bird (8)Palace of Auburn Hills 7,39214-11
26August 2210:00pmIndiana74-60Bird (16)Cash (9)Bird, Wright (5)KeyArena 8,27315-11
27August 2510:00pmWashington78-68Burse (14)Little (7)Wright (6)KeyArena 6,79116-11
28August 2710:00pmConnecticut86-74Bird (21)Little (10)Bird (7)KeyArena 5,68817-11
29August 2910:00pmAtlanta91-84 (2OT)Wright (25)Little (15)Bird (8)KeyArena 9,08918-11 :
September
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
30September 17:00pm@ New York65-58Little (17)Little (13)Wright (3)Madison Square Garden 8,46919-11
31September 310:00pm@ Washington67-78Bird (17)Cash (7)Bird (6)Verizon Center 10,64819-12
32September 510:00pm@ MinnesotaNBA TV FSN-N68-76Wright (20)Little (8)Johnson, Wright (4)Target Center 8,17019-13
33September 1010:00pmPhoenix84-92 (OT)Wright (24)Burse, Little (9)Wright (5)KeyArena 9,08919-14
34September 129:00pm@ San Antonio64-55Johnson (16)Little (11)Johnson (5)AT&T Center 10,15320-14 :
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess :

### Postseason

2009 Game Log: Postseason :
Western Conference Semifinals
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 1610:00pm@ Los AngelesESPN263-70Cash (24)Batkovic-Brown (7)Bird, Wright (5)STAPLES Center 7,9190-1
2September 1810:00pmLos AngelesNBA TV75-74Cash (18)Wright (6)Wright (9)KeyArena 8,8541-1
3September 205:00pmLos AngelesESPN264-75Cash (21)Cash (10)Cash (3)KeyArena 8,1591-2 :

## Regular Season Statistics
### Player statistics

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| La'Tangela Atkinson | 0 | 0 | 00.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| Suzy Batkovic | 0 | 0 | 00.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| Sue Bird | 0 | 0 | 00.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| Janell Burse | 0 | 0 | 00.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| Swin Cash | 0 | 0 | 00.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| Katie Gearlds | 0 | 0 | 00.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| A'Quonesia Franklin | 0 | 0 | 00.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| Lauren Jackson | 0 | 0 | 00.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| Shannon Johnson | 0 | 0 | 00.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| Camille Little | 0 | 0 | 00.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| Ashley Robinson | 0 | 0 | 00.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| Ashley Walker | 0 | 0 | 00.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| Tanisha Wright | 0 | 0 | 00.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |

### Team statistics

| Team | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PF | PPG |
| Seattle Storm | .000 | .000 | .000 | 00.0 | 00.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 00.0 | 00.0 | 00.0 |
| Opponents | .000 | .000 | .000 | 00.0 | 00.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 00.0 | 00.0 | 00.0 |

## Awards and honors

* Lauren Jackson was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 22, 2009.
* Sue Bird was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 20, 2009.
* Sue Bird was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 24, 2009.
* Sue Bird was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as a Western Conference starter.
* Swin Cash was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as a Western Conference starter.
* Lauren Jackson was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as a Western Conference starter.
* Lauren Jackson was named to the All-WNBA First Team.
* Lauren Jackson was named to the All-Defensive First Team.
* Tanisha Wright was named to the All-Defensive First Team.