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WNBA basketball season
The 2024 season for the Seattle Storm , a professional American basketball team based in Seattle , Washington, is their 25th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). It is their third full season with Noelle Quinn as head coach.[ 1] The Storm play their home games at Climate Pledge Arena in the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle; the 2024 season is their first at a new training facility, the Seattle Storm Center for Basketball Performance in Interbay .[ 2]
The team's regular season schedule began on May 14 and includes 40 games against the other eleven teams in WNBA. Four games will be played against five teams from the Western Conference and two teams from the Eastern Conference ; the Storm will play three games each against the remaining four teams from the Eastern Conference.[ 3] Five regular season games in early June will be played against teams in the same conference to determine qualification for the WNBA Commissioner's Cup , an in-season tournament first played in 2021.[ 4]
The Storm will play 10 road games out of their first 15 games and return to Seattle for nine consecutive games at home from June 23 to July 14.[ 3] The 2024 WNBA season includes a month-long break for the Summer Olympic Games that begins after the WNBA All-Star Game on July 20 in Phoenix, Arizona .[ 5] [ 6]
Date
Transaction
January 16, 2024
Extended a Qualifying Offer to Joyner Holmes [ 7]
January 29, 2024
Signed Joyner Holmes to a Training Camp Contract[ 8]
January 31, 2024
Accquired Los Angeles' 1st Round pick in the 2026 draft in exchange for Kia Nurse and the 4th overall pick in the 2024 draft.[ 9]
February 1, 2024
Signed Skylar Diggins-Smith [ 10]
February 5, 2024
Signed Nneka Ogwumike [ 11]
February 23, 2024
Signed Alaina Coates , Kaela Davis , and Kiana Williams to a Training Camp Contracts[ 12]
March 25, 2024
Signed Victoria Vivians [ 13]
April 22, 2024
Signed Nika Muhl and Quay Miller to Rookie Contracts[ 7]
May 8, 2024
Waived Alaina Coates , Kaela Davis , and Quay Miller[ 14]
May 11, 2024
Traded Jade Melbourne to the Washington Mystics for a 2025 third round draft pick
May 13, 2024
Waived Joyner Holmes [ 15]
May 31, 2024
Waived Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu [ 16]
June 3, 2024
Signed Joyner Holmes [ 17]
July 2, 2024
Waived Kiana Williams [ 18]
July 5, 2024
Signed Kiana Williams to a 7-day contract[ 19]
July 12, 2024
Released Kiana Williams (contract ended)
July 14, 2024
Signed Kiana Williams to a 7-day contract[ 20]
August 19, 2024
Released Kiana Williams (contract ended)
August 19, 2024
Signed Gabby Williams [ 21]
Players Coaches Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 4 Diggins-Smith, Skylar 5' 9" (1.75m) 145 lb (66kg) 1990-08-02 Notre Dame 9 F 8 Holmes, Joyner 6' 3" (1.91m) 210 lb (95kg) 1998-02-22 Texas 4 G/F 23 Horston, Jordan 6' 2" (1.88m) 165 lb (75kg) 2001-05-21 Tennessee 1 G 24 Loyd, Jewell 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 1993-10-05 Notre Dame 9 C 13 Magbegor, Ezi 6' 4" (1.93m) 181 lb (82kg) 1999-06-13 Australia 4 G 1 Mühl, Nika 6' 0" (1.83m) 156 lb (71kg) 2001-04-09 Connecticut R F 3 Ogwumike, Nneka 6' 2" (1.88m) 174 lb (79kg) 1990-07-02 Stanford 12 C 21 Russell, Mercedes 6' 6" (1.98m) 195 lb (88kg) 1995-07-27 Tennessee 6 G 35 Vivians, Victoria 6' 1" (1.85m) 183 lb (83kg) 1994-11-17 Mississippi State 5 G 32 Whitcomb, Sami 5' 10" (1.78m) 154 lb (70kg) 1988-07-20 Washington 7 F 5 Williams, Gabby 5' 11" (1.8m) 172 lb (78kg) 1996-09-09 Connecticut 5
Head coach
Noelle Quinn (UCLA )
Assistant coaches
Pokey Chatman (LSU )
Ebony Hoffman (USC )
Perry Huang (Fresno Pacific )
Athletic trainer
Brittanie Vaughn
Legend
(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured
WNBA roster page
2024 game log Total: 19–11 (Home: 12–4; Road: 7–7)
May: 5–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 3–2)
June
: 7–3 (Home: 5–0; Road: 2–3)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
9
June 4
Phoenix
W 80–62
Ezi Magbegor (21)
Ezi Magbegor (9)
Jewell Loyd (6)
Climate Pledge Arena 8,133
6–3
10
June 7
@ Las Vegas
W 78–65
Jewell Loyd (25)
Ezi Magbegor (15)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (7)
Michelob Ultra Arena 10,380
7–3
11
June 9
@ Minnesota
L 64–83
Jewell Loyd (25)
Loyd, Magbegor (7)
Diggins-Smith, Loyd, Ogwumike (3)
Target Center 7,121
7–4
12
June 11
Los Angeles
W 95–79
Nneka Ogwumike (26)
Ezi Magbegor (13)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (6)
Climate Pledge Arena 8,202
8–4
13
June 13
@ Dallas
W 92–84
Skylar Diggins-Smith (21)
Ezi Magbegor (10)
Diggins-Smith, Loyd (6)
College Park Center 5,568
9–4
14
June 16
@ Phoenix
L 78–87
Nneka Ogwumike (15)
Nneka Ogwumike (11)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (8)
Footprint Center 9,444
9–5
15
June 19
@ Las Vegas
L 83–94
Nneka Ogwumike (21)
Ezi Magbegor (13)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (6)
Michelob Ultra Arena 10,380
9–6
16
June 23
Connecticut
W 72–61
Jewell Loyd (16)
Ezi Magbegor (9)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (8)
Climate Pledge Arena 9,935
10–6
17
June 27
Indiana
W 89–77
Jewell Loyd (34)
Nneka Ogwumike (11)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (9)
Climate Pledge Arena 18,343
11–6
18
June 29
Dallas
W 97–76
Jewell Loyd (30)
Jordan Horston (11)
Diggins-Smith, Loyd, Ogwumike (5)
Climate Pledge Arena 9,080
12–6
July
: 5–2 (Home: 4–2; Road: 1–0)
August: 2–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–2)
September
: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
2024 season schedule
Notes
(#) – League Standing
c – Commissioner's Cup winners
x – Clinched playoff berth
e – Eliminated from playoff contention
Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings
Player
GP
GS
MPG
FG%
3P%
FT%
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
PPG
‡ Waived/Released during the season
† Traded during the season
≠ Acquired during the season
^ Allen, Percy (September 25, 2023). "Storm sign Noelle Quinn to multiyear contract extension" . The Seattle Times . Retrieved January 30, 2024 .
^ "Sellen tops out Storm training facility in Interbay" . Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce . September 26, 2023. Retrieved January 30, 2024 .
^ a b Allen, Percy (December 18, 2023). "Here's a look at the Storm's 2024 schedule" . The Seattle Times . Retrieved January 30, 2024 .
^ Voepel, M.A. (December 18, 2023). "WNBA goes to more compact format for Commissioner's Cup" . ESPN . Retrieved January 30, 2024 .
^ Pickman, Ben; Merchant, Sabreena (December 18, 2023). "WNBA unveils 2024 schedule with 40 regular-season games, new Commissioner's Cup format" . The Athletic . Retrieved January 30, 2024 .
^ Feinberg, Doug (December 18, 2023). "WNBA to take its usual month-long break for the Olympics" . Associated Press . Retrieved January 30, 2024 .
^ a b "WNBA Transactions" . acrossthetimeline.com . Across the Timeline. Retrieved 20 April 2024 .
^ "Storm Re-Signs Joyner Holmes" . storm.wnba.com . WNBA . January 29, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2024 .
^ Michael Voepel (January 31, 2024). "Storm trade Kia Nurse, No. 4 draft pick to Sparks for '26 1st-rounder" . ESPN . Retrieved March 4, 2024 .
^ "Storm Signs Free Agent Skylar Diggins-Smith" . storm.wnba.com . WNBA . February 1, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2024 .
^ "Storm Signs Forward Nneka Ogwumike" . storm.wnba.com . WNBA . February 5, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2024 .
^ "Seattle signs three to training camp contracts" . storm.wnba.com . WNBA . February 23, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024 .
^ "Storm Signs guard Victoria Vivians" . storm.wnba.com . WNBA . March 25, 2024. Retrieved March 26, 2024 .
^ "Seattle waives Miller, Coates, and Davis" . WNBA . May 8, 2024.
^ "Storm sets roster for 2024 season opener" . storm.wnba.com . WNBA . May 13, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024 .
^ "Storm waives Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu" . storm.wnba.com . WNBA . May 31, 2024. Retrieved June 1, 2024 .
^ "Storm signs Joyner Holmes to rest-of-season contract" . storm.wnba.com . WNBA . June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 3, 2024 .
^ "Storm waives guard Kiana Williams" . storm.wnba.com . WNBA . July 2, 2024. Retrieved July 3, 2024 .
^ "Storm re-signs Kiana Williams to seven-day contract" . storm.wnba.com . WNBA . July 5, 2024. Retrieved July 7, 2024 .
^ @SeattleStormPR (July 14, 2024). "ROSTER UPDATE—The Storm has signed guard Kiana Williams to a second seven-day contract. Williams will be active today as Seattle hosts Atlanta at 3 p.m." (Tweet ). Retrieved July 15, 2024 – via Twitter .
^ "Gabby Williams signs with the Storm" . storm.wnba.com . WNBA . August 20, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024 .
^ a b "Rosters Set for AT&T WNBA All-Star 2024 on July 20" . WNBA (Press release). July 2, 2024.
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