Storm Weekly Forecast
Published on May 21, 2008 under Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Seattle Storm News Release
Opening Night Recap
The Storm opened the season at home for the fifth consecutive season and the seventh time in nine years overall. Seattle now owns a 5-4 record in both home openers and season openers, including the Storm's 67-61 win over the Chicago Sky to tip off the season last Saturday in front of the largest Opening Night crowd (12,079) in franchise history. The Storm played the first home game in franchise history against the Comets on 6/1/00, falling 77-47, and opened the 2003 WNBA season in Houston with a 75-64 loss.
How "The Perfect Storm" Was Built
Via Draft:
Kimberly Beck (2008 WNBA Draft - 36th overall pick)
Sue Bird (2002 WNBA Draft - 1st overall pick)
Katie Gearlds (2007 WNBA Draft - 7th overall pick)
Lauren Jackson (2001 WNBA Draft - 1st overall pick)
Tanisha Wright (2005 WNBA Draft - 12th overall pick)
Via Trade:
Ashley Robinson (Acquired from Chicago on 6/29/06 in exchange for Cisti Greenwalt and a 2007 second-round draft pick)
Swin Cash (Acquired from Detroit on 2/19/08 in exchange for the #4 pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft)
Via Free Agency:
Shyra Ely (Signed on 4/25/07)
Yolanda Griffith (Signed on 4/8/08)
Doneeka Lewis (Signed on 7/16/07)
Kelly Santos (Signed on 4/10/08)
Sheryl Swoopes (Signed on 3/3/08)
Game Date Opponent Location Time (PDT) Radio TV
5/22/08 Phoenix US Airways Center 7:00 p.m. 1150 AM N/A
5/24/08 San Antonio AT&T Center 12:30 p.m. 1150 AM ABC
Tickets for all of the Storm's regular-season home games are on sale now.
Tickets are available by logging on to storm.wnba.com, by visiting any Ticketmaster location or by calling 206-217-WNBA.
Storm Record: 2-0
Home: 2-0 East: 1-0
Road: 0-0 West: 1-0
May/June Schedule
Date Opponent Time (PDT)
5/22 at Phoenix 7 p.m.
5/24 at San Antonio 12:30 p.m. (ABC)
5/30 San Antonio 7 p.m.
6/1 Houston 6 p.m.
6/3 at New York 4:30 p.m.
6/4 at Detroit 4:30 p.m.
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