page_title: Tanisha Wright
section_title: WNBA career
hierarchical_section_title: Tanisha Wright / WNBA career
caption_attribution_description: English: Tanisha Wright at 2 August 2015 game
context_page_description: Tanisha Lovely Wright is an American basketball coach, currently an assistant for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association. Wright played 14 WNBA seasons for the Seattle Storm, New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx and played college basketball for the Penn State Nittany Lions. She ranks fourth in school history in points scored with 1,995 points in 134 career games for Penn State. She was drafted in the 2005 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.
context_section_description: Wright helped the Seattle Storm win their second championship in 2010.
  On February 2, 2015 Wright signed as a free agent with the New York Liberty
  In 2017, it was announced that Wright would be sitting out part of the 2017 WNBA season to rest.
  On March 13, 2018, Wright signed a free agent contract with the Minnesota Lynx.
  Wright was traded back to the New York Liberty on April 11, 2019 in exchange for a second round draft pick in the 2020 WNBA draft.
  Wright retired in 2020 and became an assistant coach for the Las Vegas Aces.
caption: Wright at Madison Square Garden in 2015
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