# 2025 Seattle Storm season

The 2025 season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) will be their 26th season as a franchise. It will be the fourth full season under head coach Noelle Quinn.
The 2025 season will consist of 44 regular season games played against 12 other teams. The WNBA increased its number of regular season games and announced that the 2025 WNBA Finals would be a best-of-seven series. The WNBA players' union announced on October 21, 2024, that they had opted out of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) in place with the league, which expires at the end of the 2025 season.
In November 2024, the Storm's ownership hired a law firm to investigate allegations of player mistreatment by the coaching staff. The Storm announced there were no violations found as a result of the investigation. Shortly after the results were published, it was announced that Jewell Loyd had requested a trade.
The Storm did not have any players taken during the expansion draft held for the Golden State Valkyries on December 6, 2024.

## Draft

| Round | Pick |
| 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 26 |
| 3 | 29 |
| 3 | 34 |

## Transactions
### Front office and coaching

| Date | Details |
| March 5 | Hired Mitch Thompson as assistant coach |
| March 5 | Hired Elijah Knox as player development coach |
| March 5 | Promoted Drew Stanich to assistant general manager |

### Trades

February :
| February 1 (Three-team trade) | To Seattle Storm2025 No. 2 draft pick and rights to Li Yueru (from Los Angeles Sparks) 2026 first round draft pick (from Las Vegas Aces) | To Las Vegas AcesJewell Loyd (from Seattle Storm) 2025 No. 13 draft pick (from Los Angeles Sparks) |
| February 14 | To Seattle StormLexie Brown 2025 No. 26 draft pick | To Los Angeles Sparks2025 No. 21 draft pick 2027 second round draft pick |

### Free agency
#### Core designation

| Player | Date | Notes | Ref. |
| Gabby Williams | January 14 | Reported 1-year deal | |

#### Re-signed

| Player | Date | Notes | Ref. |
| Nneka Ogwumike | February 8 | Reported 1-year deal | |

#### Additions

| Player | Date | Notes | Former Team |
| Li Yueru | February 1 | Training camp contract | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Alysha Clark | February 9 | One-year deal | Las Vegas Aces |
| Erica Wheeler | February 12 | Training camp contract | Indiana Fever |
| Mackenzie Holmes | February 13 | Rookie contract (2024 draft pick – No. 26) | Indiana |
| Zia Cooke | February 13 | Training camp contract | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Brianna Fraser | February 13 | Training camp contract | Galatasaray S.K. |
| Katie Lou Samuelson | February 21 | Details to be announced | Indiana Fever |

#### Subtractions / Unsigned

| Player | Date | Reason | New Team |
| Joyner Holmes | February 2 | Free agency – unrestricted | Dallas Wings |
| Sami Whitcomb | February 2 | Free agency – unrestricted | Phoenix Mercury |
| Mercedes Russell | February 11 | Free agency – unrestricted | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Victoria Vivians | — | Free agency – unrestricted | TBD |

## Roster
### Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| PG | Skylar Diggins-Smith | Lexie Brown Nika Mühl |
| SG | Erica Wheeler | |
| SF | Gabby Williams | Alysha Clark Jordan Horston |
| PF | Nneka Ogwumike | |
| C | Ezi Magbegor | Li Yueru |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2025 pre-season game log Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) :
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 4
Connecticut
Climate Pledge Arena
2
TBA :
2025 pre-season schedule :

### Regular season

2025 game log Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) :
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 17
@ Phoenix
PHX Arena
0–0
2
May 19
@ Dallas
College Park Center
0–0
3
May 23
Phoenix
Climate Pledge Arena
0–0
4
May 25
Las Vegas
Climate Pledge Arena
0–0
5
May 27
@ Minnesota
Target Center
0–0
6
May 30
Atlanta
Climate Pledge Arena
0–0 :
June
: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7
June 1
Las Vegas
Climate Pledge Arena
0–0
8
June 3
Dallas
Climate Pledge Arena
0–0
9
June 7
@ Phoenix
PHX Arena
0–0
10
June 11
Minnesota
Climate Pledge Arena
0–0
11
June 14
@ Golden State
Chase Center
0–0
12
June 17
@ Los Angeles
Crypto.com Arena
0–0
13
June 20
@ Las Vegas
Michelob Ultra Arena
0–0
14
June 22
New York
Climate Pledge Arena
0–0
15
June 24
Indiana
Climate Pledge Arena
0–0
16
June 27
Connecticut
Climate Pledge Arena
0–0
17
June 29
Golden State
Climate Pledge Arena
0–0 :
July
: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
18
July 3
@ Atlanta
Gateway Center Arena
0–0
19
July 6
@ New York
Barclays Center
0–0
20
July 9
@ Connecticut
Mohegan Sun Arena
0–0
21
July 11
Connecticut
Climate Pledge Arena
0–0
22
July 13
Washington
Climate Pledge Arena
0–0
23
July 16
Golden State
Climate Pledge Arena
0–0
24
July 22
Dallas
Climate Pledge Arena
0–0
25
July 24
@ Chicago
Wintrust Arena
0–0
26
July 26
@ Washington
CareFirst Arena
0–0
27
July 28
@ Connecticut
Mohegan Sun Arena
0–0 :
August
: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
28
August 1
Los Angeles
Climate Pledge Arena
0–0
29
August 3
Indiana
Climate Pledge Arena
0–0
30
August 5
Minnesota
Climate Pledge Arena
0–0
31
August 8
@ Las Vegas
Michelob Ultra Arena
0–0
32
August 10
Los Angeles
Climate Pledge Arena
0–0
33
August 13
Atlanta
Climate Pledge Arena
0-0
34
August 15
@ Atlanta
Rogers Arena
0–0
35
August 17
Phoenix
Climate Pledge Arena
0–0
36
August 19
@ Chicago
Wintrust Arena
0–0
37
August 22
@ Dallas
College Park Center
0–0
38
August 24
@ Washington
CareFirst Arena
0–0
39
August 26
@ Indiana
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
0–0
40
August 28
@ Minnesota
Target Center
0–0
41
August 30
Chicago
Climate Pledge Arena
0–0 :
September
: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
42
September 1
Los Angeles
Climate Pledge Arena
0–0
43
September 5
New York
Climate Pledge Arena
0–0
44
September 9
Golden State
Climate Pledge Arena
0–0 :
2025 season schedule :

## Standings

| # | vteTeam | W | L | PCT | GB | Conf. | Home | Road | Cup |
| 1 | Atlanta Dream | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Chicago Sky | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Connecticut Sun | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 4 | Dallas Wings | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 5 | Golden State Valkyries | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 6 | Indiana Fever | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 7 | Las Vegas Aces | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 8 | Los Angeles Sparks | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 9 | Minnesota Lynx | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 10 | New York Liberty | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 11 | Phoenix Mercury | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 12 | Seattle Storm | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 13 | Washington Mystics | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
Notes
    (#) – League Standing
    x – Clinched playoff berth
    e – Eliminated from playoff contention
    Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings