2024 Seattle Storm season

Last updated
2024 Seattle Storm season
Coach Noelle Quinn
Arena Climate Pledge Arena
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Attendance11,184 per game
Results
Record2515 (.625)
Place3rd (Western)
Playoff finish5th seed; Lost in First Round 0–2 to Las Vegas
Team Leaders
Points Jewell Loyd – 19.7 ppg
Rebounds Ezi Magbegor – 8.0 rpg
Assists Skylar Diggins-Smith – 6.4 apg

The 2024 season for the Seattle Storm, a professional American basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, was their 25th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). It was 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 was their first at a new training facility, the Seattle Storm Center for Basketball Performance in Interbay. [2]

Contents

The team's regular season schedule began on May 14 and included 40 games against the other eleven teams in WNBA. Four games were played against five teams from the Western Conference and two teams from the Eastern Conference; the Storm played three games each against the remaining four teams from the Eastern Conference. [3] Five regular season games in early June were 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 played 10 road games out of their first 15 games and returned to Seattle for nine consecutive games at home from June 23 to July 14. [3] The 2024 WNBA season included a month-long break for the Summer Olympic Games that began after the WNBA All-Star Game on July 20 in Phoenix, Arizona. [5] [6]

The Storm finished 25–15 overall, which was fifth place during the regular season. Their 25 wins were the most since the 2018 season. As the fifth seed in the 2024 WNBA Playoffs, they faced off against the Las Vegas Aces in the First Round. The Storm were swept two games to zero, losing the first game 67–78 and the second 73–86 to end their season.

Transactions

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
214 Nika Mühl Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia UConn
326 Mackenzie Holmes Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Indiana

Transactions

DateTransaction
January 16, 2024Extended a Qualifying Offer to Joyner Holmes [7]
January 29, 2024Signed Joyner Holmes to a Training Camp Contract [8]
January 31, 2024Acquired 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, 2024Signed Skylar Diggins-Smith [10]
February 5, 2024Signed Nneka Ogwumike [11]
February 23, 2024Signed Alaina Coates, Kaela Davis, and Kiana Williams to a Training Camp Contracts [12]
March 25, 2024Signed Victoria Vivians [13]
April 22, 2024Signed Nika Mühl and Quay Miller to Rookie Contracts [7]
May 8, 2024Waived Alaina Coates, Kaela Davis, and Quay Miller [14]
May 11, 2024Traded Jade Melbourne to the Washington Mystics for a 2025 third round draft pick
May 13, 2024Waived Joyner Holmes [15]
May 31, 2024Waived Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu [16]
June 3, 2024Signed Joyner Holmes [17]
July 2, 2024Waived Kiana Williams [18]
July 5, 2024Signed Kiana Williams to a 7-day contract [19]
July 12, 2024Released Kiana Williams (contract ended)
July 14, 2024Signed Kiana Williams to a 7-day contract [20]
August 19, 2024Released Kiana Williams (contract ended)
August 19, 2024Signed Gabby Williams [21]

Roster changes

Roster

2024 Seattle Storm roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G 4 Flag of the United States.svg Diggins-Smith, Skylar 5' 9" (1.75m)145 lb (66kg)1990-8-2 Notre Dame 9
F 8 Flag of the United States.svg Holmes, Joyner 6' 3" (1.91m)210 lb (95kg)1998-2-22 Texas 4
G/F 23 Flag of the United States.svg Horston, Jordan 6' 2" (1.88m)165 lb (75kg)2001-5-21 Tennessee 1
G 24 Flag of the United States.svg Loyd, Jewell 5' 11" (1.8m)165 lb (75kg)1993-10-5 Notre Dame 9
C 13 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Magbegor, Ezi 6' 4" (1.93m)181 lb (82kg)1999-6-13 Australia 4
G 1 Flag of Croatia.svg Mühl, Nika 6' 0" (1.83m)156 lb (71kg)2001-4-9 Connecticut R
F 3 Flag of the United States.svg Ogwumike, Nneka 6' 2" (1.88m)174 lb (79kg)1990-7-2 Stanford 12
C 21 Flag of the United States.svg Russell, Mercedes 6' 6" (1.98m)195 lb (88kg)1995-7-27 Tennessee 6
G 35 Flag of the United States.svg Vivians, Victoria 6' 1" (1.85m)183 lb (83kg)1994-11-17 Mississippi State 5
G 32 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Whitcomb, Sami 5' 10" (1.78m)154 lb (70kg)1988-7-20 Washington 7
F 5 Flag of France.svg Williams, Gabby 5' 11" (1.8m)172 lb (78kg)1996-09-09 Connecticut 5
Head coach
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Noelle Quinn (UCLA)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Pokey Chatman (LSU)
Flag of the United States.svg Ebony Hoffman (USC)
Flag of the United States.svg Perry Huang (Fresno Pacific)
Athletic trainer

Brittanie Vaughn



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Depth

Pos.StarterBench
PG Skylar Diggins-Smith Nika Mühl
SG Jewell Loyd Sami Whitcomb
Victoria Vivians
SF Gabby Williams Jordan Horston
PF Nneka Ogwumike Joyner Holmes
C Ezi Magbegor Mercedes Russell

Schedule

The Storm started the season slowly, losing back-to-back games against Minnesota with the second coming in Minnesota in double overtime. They lost to New York as well, but won the remainder of their games in May. They recorded two wins over Washington and Indiana during that run to finish May 5–3. The Storm extended their winning streak to six games by defeating Phoenix and Las Vegas to begin July. Their third loss of the season to Minnesota broke the streak. They won two games before losing to Phoenix and Las Vegas. The Storm finished July by winning three straight games to finish July 7–3. They defeated Dallas to begin July before losing to Chicago. They would defeat Chicago two days later and win three out of their remaining four games before the Olypmic break. The loss came to Las Vegas and the Storm finished July 5–2. They headed into the Olympic break 17–8. The Storm experienced a bit of a hangover coming out of the Olypmic break as they lost their first two games. They split a double header with Washington and defeated Atlanta before losing to New York to end August. They ended August 2–4. However, their overall record of 19–12 saw them clinch a playoff birth on August 30. The Storm opened September with two games in Connecticut, which they split. They would lose for a third time this season to New York before winning five of their last six games. Two of the five wins came against Phoenix and another two came against Los Angeles. The Storm finished 25–15, and in fifth place overall.

Pre-season

2024 pre-season game log
Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0)
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1May 5vs. Los Angeles L 79–84 Skylar Diggins-Smith (14) Davis
Diggins-Smith (4)
Skylar Diggins-Smith (5) Rogers Place
16,655
0–1
2May 7 Phoenix W 85–59 Jewell Loyd (18) Jordan Horston (9)Skylar Diggins-Smith (5) Climate Pledge Arena
1–1
2024 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2024 game log
Total: 25–15 (Home: 14–6; Road: 11–9)
May: 5–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1May 14 Minnesota L 70–83 Nneka Ogwumike (20) Jewell Loyd (10) Skylar Diggins-Smith (6) Climate Pledge Arena
8,508
0–1
2May 17@ Minnesota L 93–102 (2OT) Nneka Ogwumike (24) Horston, Ogwumike (11)Jewell Loyd (6) Target Center
7,208
0–2
3May 19@ Washington W 84–75 Jewell Loyd (24) Ezi Magbegor (14)Skylar Diggins-Smith (5) Entertainment and Sports Arena
4,200
1–2
4May 20@ New York L 63–74 Jewell Loyd (13)Jewell Loyd (9)Skylar Diggins-Smith (7) Barclays Center
9,381
1–3
5May 22 Indiana W 85–83 Jewell Loyd (32)Jewell Loyd (11)Jewell Loyd (6)Climate Pledge Arena
18,343
2–3
6May 25Washington W 101–69 Nneka Ogwumike (19) Mercedes Russell (7)Skylar Diggins-Smith (9)Climate Pledge Arena
8,846
3–3
7May 28@ Chicago W 77–68 Skylar Diggins-Smith (21)Ezi Magbegor (12)Jewell Loyd (6) Wintrust Arena
7,807
4–3
8May 30@ Indiana W 103–88 Jewell Loyd (22)Ezi Magbegor (8)Skylar Diggins-Smith (9) Gainbridge Fieldhouse
15,022
5–3
June : 7–3 (Home: 5–0; Road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
9June 4 Phoenix W 80–62 Ezi Magbegor (21)Ezi Magbegor (9) Jewell Loyd (6) Climate Pledge Arena
8,133
6–3
10June 7@ Las Vegas W 78–65 Jewell Loyd (25)Ezi Magbegor (15) Skylar Diggins-Smith (7) Michelob Ultra Arena
10,380
7–3
11June 9@ Minnesota L 64–83 Jewell Loyd (25)Loyd, Magbegor (7)Diggins-Smith,
Loyd, Ogwumike (3)
Target Center
7,121
7–4
12June 11 Los Angeles W 95–79 Nneka Ogwumike (26)Ezi Magbegor (13)Skylar Diggins-Smith (6)Climate Pledge Arena
8,202
8–4
13June 13@ Dallas W 92–84 Skylar Diggins-Smith (21)Ezi Magbegor (10)Diggins-Smith, Loyd (6) College Park Center
5,568
9–4
14June 16@ Phoenix L 78–87 Nneka Ogwumike (15)Nneka Ogwumike (11)Skylar Diggins-Smith (8) Footprint Center
9,444
9–5
15June 19@ Las Vegas L 83–94 Nneka Ogwumike (21)Ezi Magbegor (13)Skylar Diggins-Smith (6)Michelob Ultra Arena
10,380
9–6
16June 23 Connecticut W 72–61 Jewell Loyd (16)Ezi Magbegor (9)Skylar Diggins-Smith (8)Climate Pledge Arena
9,935
10–6
17June 27 Indiana W 89–77 Jewell Loyd (34)Nneka Ogwumike (11)Skylar Diggins-Smith (9)Climate Pledge Arena
18,343
11–6
18June 29Dallas 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
19July 1 Dallas W 95–71 Jewell Loyd (26) Ezi Magbegor (7) Skylar Diggins-Smith (5) Climate Pledge Arena
7,202
13–6
20July 5 Chicago L 84–88 Jordan Horston (20)Ezi Magbegor (8)Skylar Diggins-Smith (9)Climate Pledge Arena
10,725
13–7
21July 7Chicago W 84–71 Nneka Ogwumike (24)Ogwumike, Magbegor (13)Skylar Diggins-Smith (8)Climate Pledge Arena
11,283
14–7
22July 10 Las Vegas L 79–84 Jewell Loyd (28)Ezi Magbegor (10)Skylar Diggins-Smith (8)Climate Pledge Arena
12,500
14–8
23July 12 Minnesota W 91–63 Nneka Ogwumike (26)Magbegor, Vivians (8)Skylar Diggins-Smith (12)Climate Pledge Arena
8,320
15–8
24July 14 Atlanta W 81–70 Ezi Magbegor (18)Nneka Ogwumike (12)Jewell Loyd (7)Climate Pledge Arena
10,036
16–8
25July 16@ Los Angeles W 89–83 Jewell Loyd (30)Nneka Ogwumike (10)Jewell Loyd (7) Crypto.com Arena
18,724
17–8
August : 2–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
26August 16@ Atlanta L 81–83 Skylar Diggins-Smith (29) Ezi Magbegor (7)Skylar Diggins-Smith (5) Gateway Center Arena
3,260
17–9
27August 18@ Indiana L 75–92 Jewell Loyd (26) Nneka Ogwumike (9) Gainbridge Fieldhouse
17,274
17–10
28August 20@ Washington W 83–77 Nneka Ogwumike (24)Ezi Magbegor (14)Skylar Diggins-Smith (5) Entertainment and Sports Arena
4,200
18–10
29August 26Washington L 72–74 Jewell Loyd (16)Nneka Ogwumike (10)Skylar Diggins-Smith (8) Climate Pledge Arena
9,535
18–11
30August 28Atlanta W 85–81 Jewell Loyd (28)Ezi Magbegor (9)Skylar Diggins-Smith (9)Climate Pledge Arena
9,228
19–11
31August 30 New York L 85–98 Skylar Diggins-Smith (26)Nneka Ogwumike (8)Skylar Diggins-Smith (7)Climate Pledge Arena
15,800
19–12
September : 6–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 4–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
32September 1@ Connecticut L 86–93 Jewell Loyd (27) Nneka Ogwumike (11) Diggins-Smith, Whitcomb (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
8,910
19–13
33September 3@ Connecticut W 71–64 Skylar Diggins-Smith (18)Ogwumike, Williams (6)Gabby Williams (5)Mohegan Sun Arena
7,454
20–13
34September 5@ New York L 70–77 Skylar Diggins-Smith (21) Ezi Magbegor (7)Skylar Diggins-Smith (6) Barclays Center
10,873
20–14
35September 7 Phoenix W 90–66 Jewell Loyd (20)Ogwumike, Russell (8)Skylar Diggins-Smith (11) Climate Pledge Arena
14,066
21–14
36September 11@ Los Angeles W 90–82 Skylar Diggins-Smith (26)Magbegor, Ogwumike (8)Diggins-Smith, Loyd (5) Crypto.com Arena
9,561
22–14
37September 13@ Dallas W 83–81 Skylar Diggins-Smith (21)Gabby Williams (7)Jewel Loyd (6) College Park Center
5,728
23–14
38September 15Los Angeles W 90–87 Nneka Ogwumike (23)Nneka Ogwumike (7)Skylar Diggins-Smith (6)Climate Pledge Arena
11,301
24–14
39September 17 Las Vegas L 72–85 Nneka Ogwumike (19) Horston, Ogwumike (6)Skylar Diggins-Smith (9)Climate Pledge Arena
14,298
24–15
40September 19@ Phoenix W 89–70 Nneka Ogwumike (17) Joyner Holmes (10)Diggins-Smith, Williams (6) Footprint Center
11,333
25–15
2024 season schedule

Playoffs

2024 playoff game log
First round vs. Las Vegas Aces
Lost Series: 0–2
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Series
1September 22@ Las Vegas L 67–78 Skylar Diggins-Smith (16) Mercedes Russell (12)Skylar Diggins-Smith (8) Michelob Ultra Arena
10,369
0–1
2September 24 L 73–86 Gabby Williams (20) Nneka Ogwumike (10)Skylar Diggins-Smith (10)Michelob Ultra Arena
10,370
0–2
2024 playoff schedule

Standings

#Team W L PCT GB Conf. Home Road Cup
1yxNew York Liberty 328.80016–416–416–45–0
2cxMinnesota Lynx 3010.750214–616–414–64–1
3xConnecticut Sun 2812.700414–614–614–64–1
4xLas Vegas Aces 2713.675512–813–714–62–3
5xSeattle Storm 2515.625713–714–611–94–1
6xIndiana Fever 2020.5001211–912–88–123–2
7xPhoenix Mercury 1921.4751310–1010–109–113–2
8xAtlanta Dream 1525.375177–138–127–131–4
9eWashington Mystics 1426.350187–135–159–111–4
10eChicago Sky 1327.325195–156–147–131–4
11eDallas Wings 931.225236–147–132–180–5
12eLos Angeles Sparks 832.200245–155–153–172–3

Notes

(#) – League Standing
c – Commissioner's Cup winners
y – Regular Season Champion
x – Clinched playoff berth
e – Eliminated from playoff contention
Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

Playoffs

Round One:
Best-of-3
Semifinals:
Best-of-5
Finals:
Best-of-5
         
1 New York Liberty 2
8 Atlanta Dream 0
1 New York Liberty 3
4 Las Vegas Aces 1
4 Las Vegas Aces 2
5 Seattle Storm 0
1 New York Liberty 3
2 Minnesota Lynx 2
2 Minnesota Lynx 2
7 Phoenix Mercury 0
2 Minnesota Lynx 3
3 Connecticut Sun 2
3 Connecticut Sun 2
6 Indiana Fever 0

Bold Series winner

Statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage 3P%  3-point field-goal percentage FT%  Free-throw percentage TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per gameTeam leaderLeague leader

Regular season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPFPPG
Jewell Loyd 373733.7.360.274.8814.53.61.40.22.31.819.7
Nneka Ogwumike 373731.8.511.405.8767.62.31.90.51.42.316.7
Skylar Diggins-Smith 404031.6.427.291.8672.66.41.70.92.82.815.1
Ezi Magbegor 373730.7.512.245.8748.02.01.12.21.43.211.7
Gabby Williams 121129.0.481.323.7374.03.71.70.31.41.810.3
Jordan Horston 391422.3.493.250.7214.31.81.30.71.71.96.8
Sami Whitcomb 40315.3.346.292.8181.91.60.80.21.01.45.0
Mercedes Russell 37615.7.517.6363.00.80.60.20.71.23.9
Victoria Vivians 351512.8.333.319.6672.00.80.40.20.61.23.1
Joyner Holmes 2708.6.423.194.6361.80.90.20.20.81.02.9
Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu 705.1.667.3331.30.10.00.00.40.70.9
Kiana Williams 1303.5.250.3330.20.40.00.00.20.20.8
Nika Mühl 1603.6.071.0000.60.40.10.00.30.60.1


Waived/Released during the season
Traded during the season
Acquired during the season

Playoffs

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPFPPG
Gabby Williams 2237.0.452.3331.0006.52.50.50.52.02.017.0
Nneka Ogwumike 2237.0.324.2221.00010.02.03.00.50.51.014.5
Skylar Diggins-Smith 2236.0.313.3001.0002.09.02.01.52.03.014.5
Ezi Magbegor 1128.0.600.667.0007.02.00.00.00.04.014.0
Jewell Loyd 2229.5.263.333.7503.52.00.50.00.02.07.5
Jordan Horston 2017.5.571.0001.0002.50.01.51.01.01.06.0
Mercedes Russell 2123.0.5001.0007.00.00.50.02.50.05.0
Victoria Vivians 107.0.0000.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Joyner Holmes 102.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Sami Whitcomb 102.0.0000.00.00.00.01.01.00.0

Awards and honors

RecipientAwardDate awardedRef.
Skylar Diggins-Smith AP Comeback Player of the YearSeptember 22, 2024 [22]
Jewell Loyd WNBA All-Star July 2, 2024 [23]
Ezi Magbegor WNBA All-Defensive First Team September 29, 2024 [24]
Nneka Ogwumike WNBA All-Star July 2, 2024 [23]
AP All-WNBA Second TeamSeptember 22, 2024 [22]
WNBA All-Defensive Second Team September 29, 2024 [24]
All-WNBA Second Team October 16, 2024 [25]

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