2016 Washington Mystics season

Last updated
2016 Washington Mystics season
Coach Mike Thibault
Arena Verizon Center
Attendanceper game
Results
Record47 (.364)
Place5th (Eastern)

The 2016 WNBA season for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association was scheduled to begin May 14, 2016.

Washington Mystics Womens basketball team

The Washington Mystics are a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded prior to the 1998 season, and is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which also owns the Mystics' NBA counterpart, the Washington Wizards. Sheila C. Johnson, co-founder of BET and ex-wife of Charlotte Sting owner Robert L. Johnson, is the managing partner.

The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a professional basketball league in the United States. It is currently composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996, as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association (NBA), and league play started in 1997. The regular season is played from May to September with the All Star game being played midway through the season in July and the WNBA Finals at the end of September until the beginning of October.

Contents

Transactions

WNBA Draft

Trades

Roster

Season standings

Eastern Conference WLPCTGBHomeRoadConf.
3 - New York Liberty 2113.618-10-711-611-5
4 - Chicago Sky 1816.529311-67-108-8
5 - Indiana Fever 1717.50048-99-88-8
6 - Atlanta Dream 1717.500411-66–119-7
e - Connecticut Sun 1420.41278-96-114-12
e - Washington Mystics 1321.38285-128-98-8

Schedule

Preseason

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and honors

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