5/5/2023 0 Comments Coach key holder![]() The Storm then squared off against an up-and-coming Sacramento Monarchs team in the West Finals. In the playoffs, the Storm made quick work of the Minnesota Lynx, sweeping them in the first round. ![]() The 2004 Storm posted a then franchise-best 20–14 record. In Donovan's first year, Jackson would win the WNBA Most Valuable Player Award, but the team had a disappointing season (with Bird injured for much of the year), and the Storm missed the playoffs. With Bird's playmaking ability and Jackson's scoring and rebounding, the team made the playoffs for the first time in 2002 but were swept by the Los Angeles Sparks.Ĭoach Anne Donovan was hired for the 2003 campaign. In the 2002 draft, the Storm drafted UConn star Sue Bird, filling the Storm's gap at the point guard position. Sue Bird's arrival and the road to the WNBA Finals (2002–2004) Though Seattle did not make the playoffs in the 2001 season, Jackson's impressive rookie performance provided a solid foundation for the franchise to build on. The low record, however, allowed the Storm to draft a 19-year-old Australian standout Lauren Jackson. Coached by Lin Dunn and led by guard Edna Campbell and Czech center Kamila Vodichkova, the team finished with a 6–26 record. The Seattle Storm would tip off their first season (the 2000 WNBA season) in typical expansion fashion. Luckier than most localities that had an ABL team, Seattle was quickly awarded a WNBA franchise and began to play less than two years later. ![]() The Storm's predecessor was the Seattle Reign, a charter member of the American Basketball League (ABL), operating from 1996 through December 1998, when the league folded. Franchise history A gloomy start (2000–2001) The Storm were the sister team of the Seattle SuperSonics of the NBA prior to February 28, 2008, when the team was sold to Force 10 Hoops LLC. Named for the rainy weather of Seattle, the team uses many weather-related icons: the team mascot is Doppler, a maroon-furred creature with a cup anemometer on its head the theme song for Storm home games is AC/DC's " Thunderstruck" and its newsletter is called Stormwatch. The team cultivates a fan-friendly, family environment at home games by having an all-kid dance squad, which leads young fans in a conga line on the court during time-outs, to the music of " C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)" by the Quad City DJ's. They are one of two teams who have never lost a WNBA Finals, the defunct Houston Comets being the other. The Storm are four-time WNBA Champions, with victories in 2004, 2010, 2018, and 2020. The franchise has been home to many high-quality players such as former UConn stars Sue Bird, Swin Cash, and Breanna Stewart 2004 Finals MVP Betty Lennox and Australian power forward Lauren Jackson, a three-time league MVP. The Storm have qualified for the WNBA Playoffs in sixteen of its twenty-one years in Seattle. The team is currently owned by Force 10 Hoops LLC, which is composed of three Seattle businesswomen: Dawn Trudeau, Lisa Brummel, and Ginny Gilder. The team was founded by Ginger Ackerley and her husband Barry ahead of the 2000 season. ![]() The Storm competes in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The Seattle Storm are an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. ![]()
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