2012 Seattle Storm season

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Storm's selections in the 2012 WNBA draft.

Transaction log

• April 11, 2011: The Storm acquired a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft from the Indiana Fever as part of the Katie Smith trade. In addition, the Storm traded a third-round pick to Indiana and a first-round pick to the Washington Mystics.
• January 2: The Storm acquired the second overall pick in the 2012 Draft from the Chicago Sky as part of the Swin Cash trade. The storm sent the 23rd overall pick to Chicago.
• January 31: The Storm re-signed Allie Quigley.
• February 6: The Storm signed Ann Wauters.
• February 9: The Storm re-signed Sue Bird and Tanisha Wright.
• February 14: The Storm traded Ashley Robinson to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Victoria Dunlap.
• February 15: The Storm re-signed Ewelina Kobryn and Katie Smith.
• February 27: The Seattle Storm signed Tina Thompson.
• March 9: The Storm signed Rachel Allison and Alysha Clark.
• April 6: The Storm signed Silvia Dominguez.
• April 12: The Storm signed Lindsay Taylor.
• April 26: The Storm signed Jacqua Williams, Ashley Corral, Dellena Criner, Ashley Gayle, and draft pick Shekinna Stricklen.
• May 1: The Storm waived Rachel Allison, Dellena Criner, and Jacqua Williams.
• May 14: The Storm waived Ashley Gayle and Lindsay Taylor.
• May 16: The Storm waived Ashley Corral and Allie Quigley.
• June 26: The Storm waived Victoria Dunlap.
• June 29: The Storm signed Svetlana Abrosimova.

Trades

Personnel changes

Additions

Subtractions

Roster

Depth

Season standings

Schedule

Preseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || Fri 11 || 12:30 || @ Tulsa || || 60-86 || Dunlap (13) || Thompson (6) || Smith (3) || BOK Center 5,297 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || Sun 13 || 5:00 || Los Angeles || || 61-60 || Stricklen (15) || Thompson (5) || Wright (8) || KeyArena 4,628 || 1-1 |-

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || Fri 18 || 10:00 || Los Angeles || NBATV KONG KDOC || 66-72 || Wauters (17) || Thompson (8) || Bird (6) || KeyArena 9,686 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || Tue 22 || 10:30 || @ Los Angeles || KONG KDOC || 61-74 || Wauters (15) || Wauters (8) || Bird (5) || Staples Center 9,238 || 0-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || Sun 27 || 7:00 || @ Minnesota || || 71-84 || Wauters (13) || Wauters (9) || Bird (9) || Target Center 7,832 || 0-3 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || Fri 1 || 10:00 || Tulsa || || 76-58 || Bird (27) || Little (9) || Wright (4) || KeyArena 7,489 || 1-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || Sun 3 || 8:30 || @ Los Angeles || KONG KDOC || 65-67 || Smith (19) || Wauters (7) || Bird (6) || Staples Center 12,639 || 1-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || Wed 6 || 8:00 || @ Minnesota || || 55-79 || Wright (14) || Dunlap Wauters (5) || Bird Wright (3) || Target Center 8,263 || 1-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || Sat 9 || 8:00 || @ San Antonio || FS-SW || 67-80 || Stricklen (14) || Little Stricklen Wauters (8) || Wright (6) || AT&T Center 8,187 || 1-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || Wed 13 || 8:00 || @ Chicago || CN100 || 58-74 || Thompson (13) || Wauters (8) || Bird (10) || Allstate Arena 4,681 || 1-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || Fri 15 || 8:00 || @ Tulsa || || 86-73 || Bird (21) || Bird (7) || Wright (7) || BOK Center 5,100 || 2-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || Sun 17 || 9:00 || Minnesota || || 65-62 || Bird (21) || Smith Thompson (5) || Wright (8) || KeyArena 8,349 || 3-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || Fri 22 || 10:00 || San Antonio || || 82-76 || Wright (20) || Thompson (9) || Wright (7) || KeyArena 6,849 || 4-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || Sun 24 || 7:00 || Washington || || 72-55 || Bird Wauters (14) || Wauters (7) || Bird Wright (5) || KeyArena 6,979 || 5-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || Tue 26 || 7:00 || @ Washington || ESPN2 || 79-71 || Bird (25) || Wauters (7) || Bird Little (3) || Verizon Center 6,645 || 6-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || Sat 30 || 4:00 || @ New York || NBATV || 59-77 || Thompson Wauters (10) || Little (7) || Bird (4) || Prudential Center 6,724 || 6-8 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || Sun 1 || 5:00 || @ Connecticut || CPTV-S || 89-83 (OT) || Little (27) || Little (9) || Bird (8) || Mohegan Sun Arena 9,201 || 7-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || Sat 7 || 10:00 || @ Los Angeles || ESPN2 || 59-83 || Little (12) || Thompson (7) || Wright (8) || Staples Center 12,229 || 7-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || Sun 8 || 9:00 || Phoenix || || 83-68 || Bird (31) || Little (9) || Wright (5) || KeyArena 8,639 || 8-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || Wed 11 || 3:00 || Atlanta || || 59-70 || Stricklen (16) || Stricklen (9) || Bird (8) || KeyArena 9,686 || 8-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || Fri 13 || 10:00 || @ Phoenix || || 83-64 || Smith (19) || Stricklen (11) || Bird (9) || US Airways Center 7,647 || 9-10

Postseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || September 28 || 9:00 || @ Minnesota || ESPN2 || 70-78 || Stricklen (13) || Stricklen Thompson (7) || Wright (7) || Target Center 9,213 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || September 30 || 9:00 || Minnesota || ESPN || 86-79 (2OT) || Bird (22) || Jackson (14) || Bird Wright (7) || KeyArena 8,479 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || October 2 || 9:00 || @ Minnesota || ESPN2 || 72-73 || Bird (19) || Jackson (6) || Bird (11) || Target Center 8,023 || 1-2 |-

References

References

1. (February 6, 2012). "Seattle signs veteran C Ann Wauters". [[ESPN]].
2. (February 9, 2012). "Sue Bird, Tanisha Wright re-sign". [[ESPN]].
3. Yanda, Steve. (February 14, 2012). "Mystics trade Victoria Dunlap to Seattle for Ashley Robinson". [[The Washington Post]].
4. (February 27, 2012). "Storm sign veteran Tina Thompson". [[ESPN]].