2020 Seattle Storm season

The 2020 Seattle Storm season will be the franchise's 21st season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The regular season was originally scheduled to tip off at home versus the Dallas Wings on May 15, 2020. However the beginning of the 2020 WNBA schedule will be delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The shortened season will tip off on July 25, 2020 versus the New York Liberty.[1]

2020 Seattle Storm season
CoachDan Hughes
ArenaOriginally: Alaska Airlines Arena
Angel of the Winds Arena
Rescheduled to: IMG Academy gymnasiums, Bradenton, Florida
Attendance0 per game
Results
Record10–1 (.909)
Place1st (Western)
2021 season →

Due to ongoing renovations at KeyArena the Storm will continue to split time between the Alaska Airlines Arena and the Angel of the Winds Arena.[2]

This WNBA season will feature an all-time high 36 regular-season games.[3] However, the plan for expanded games was put on hold on April 3, when the WNBA postponed its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] Under a plan approved on June 15, the league is scheduled to hold a shortened 22-game regular season at IMG Academy, without fans present, starting on July 24.[5][6]

Transactions

WNBA Draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 11 Kitija Laksa  Latvia South Florida/TTT Riga (Latvia)
2 19 Joyner Holmes  United States Texas
3 31 Haley Gorecki  United States Duke

Trades and roster changes
Date Details
February 10, 2020 Traded the 7th pick in the 2020 WNBA draft to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for the 11th pick in the 2020 WNBA draft and F Morgan Tuck.[7]
February 11, 2020 Re-signed F Breanna Stewart[8]
February 24, 2020 Acquired the Connecticut Sun's 2nd round pick in the 2021 WNBA draft in exchange for F Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis[9]
Signed G Epiphanny Prince[10]
February 25, 2020 Re-signed G Sue Bird[11]

Roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G10Bird, Sue5' 9" (1.75m)150 lb (68kg)10-16-1980Connecticut16
G21Canada, Jordin5' 6" (1.68m)135 lb (61kg)08-11-1995UCLA2
F32Clark, Alysha5' 11" (1.8m)167 lb (76kg)07-07-1987Middle Tennessee8
F6Howard, Natasha6' 2" (1.88m)165 lb (75kg)09-02-1991Florida State6
F/C1Langhorne, Crystal6' 2" (1.88m)185 lb (84kg)10-27-1986Maryland12
G24Loyd, Jewell5' 10" (1.78m)148 lb (67kg)10-05-1993Notre Dame5
F0Magbegor, Eziyoda6' 4" (1.93m)176 lb (80kg)08-13-1999AustraliaR
G11Prince, Epiphanny5' 9" (1.75m)179 lb (81kg)01-11-1988Rutgers10
C2Russell, Mercedes6' 6" (1.98m)195 lb (88kg)07-27-1995Tennessee2
F30Stewart, Breanna6' 4" (1.93m)170 lb (77kg)08-27-1994Connecticut3
F3Tuck, Morgan6' 2" (1.88m)207 lb (94kg)04-30-1994Connecticut4
G33Whitcomb, Sami5' 10" (1.78m)145 lb (66kg)07-20-1988Washington3
Head coach
Dan Hughes (Muskingum)
Assistant coaches
Gary Kloppenburg (UC San Diego)
Noelle Quinn (UCLA)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured
  WNBA roster page
East
ATL
CHI
CON
IND
NY
WAS
West
DAL
LV
LA
MIN
PHO
SEA

Game log

Regular season
2020 game log
Total: 10–1
July
August
September
2020 season schedule

Standings
# Team W L PCT GB Conf.
1 Seattle Storm101.909–4–0
2 Las Vegas Aces82.8001.53–1
3 Los Angeles Sparks73.7002.52–2
3 Minnesota Lynx73.7002.50–3
5 Chicago Sky74.63633–1
6 Phoenix Mercury65.54542–3
7 Indiana Fever46.4005.53–1
8 Connecticut Sun47.36462–2
8 Dallas Wings47.36461–3
10 Washington Mystics37.3006.52–3
11 Atlanta Dream29.18281–3
12 New York Liberty19.1008.51–2

Notes

(#) - League Standing
y- Clinched conference
x- Clinched playoff berth
e - Eliminated from playoffs
Home and Away records not shown, as all games played at a neutral location.
Updated to include results from August 16, 2020
Source

Awards and honors
Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Breanna Stewart Western Conference Player of the Week August 3, 2020 [12]
gollark: Anyway, universities just have to base it on predicted grades, past grades, and a "personal statement" and "reference". So you get an "offer", usually saying "if you get X grades you can go to this university", and have to hope that you match that in the exams.
gollark: Yep!
gollark: Stay here, it would be inconvenient and expensive not to.
gollark: The application system here is actually very weird - you don't get grades until August, 2 months before university terms start, but you do applications in September (the **previous** September) to January.
gollark: Not for universities.

References
  1. "2020 Seattle Storm Schedule". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  2. "Seattle Storm Unveils 2020 Schedule". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. January 16, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  3. "Atlanta Dream Announce 2020 Schedule - Atlanta Dream". dream.wnba.com. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  4. "WNBA Statement Regarding the Start of the 2020 Regular Season". 2020-04-03. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  5. "WNBA Announces Plan To Tip Off 2020 Season". WNBA. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  6. "WNBA announces plans for 2020 season to start late July in Florida". NBC Sports Washington. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  7. "Seattle Completes Trade With Connecticut, Acquires Morgan Tuck". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. February 10, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  8. "Seattle Storm Re-Signs Breanna Stewart". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. February 11, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  9. "Sun Acquire Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis from Seattle". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. February 24, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  10. "Seattle Storm Adds Epiphanny Prince in Free Agency". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. February 24, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  11. "Seattle Storm Re-Signs Three-Time WNBA Champion Sue Bird". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. February 25, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  12. "Stewart, Hines-Allen Earn First Players Of The Week Honors Of The Season". wnba.com. WNBA. August 3, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
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