2025 Seattle Storm season | |
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Coach | Noelle Quinn |
Arena | Climate Pledge Arena Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Attendance | per game |
Results | |
Record | 20–18 (.526) |
Place | 3rd (Western) |
The 2025 season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is their 26th season as a franchise. It will be the fourth full season under head coach Noelle Quinn. [1]
The 2025 season will consist of 44 regular season games played against 12 other teams. The WNBA increased its number of regular season games and announced that the 2025 WNBA Finals would be a best-of-seven series. [2] The WNBA players' union announced on October 21, 2024, that they had opted out of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) in place with the league, which expires at the end of the 2025 season. [3]
In November 2024, the Storm's ownership hired a law firm to investigate allegations of player mistreatment by the coaching staff. [4] [5] [6] The Storm announced there were no violations found as a result of the investigation. Shortly after the results were published, it was announced that Jewell Loyd had requested a trade. [7]
The Storm did not have any players taken during the expansion draft held for the Golden State Valkyries on December 6, 2024. [8]
On May 3, 2025, the Storm announced that newly signed forward, Katie Lou Samuelson, sustained a right ACL tear during practice on May 1. [9]
In addition to their preseason match-up against Connecticut on May 4, the Storm also had a closed scrimmage versus Los Angeles on May 10 at Pauley Pavilion. [10] [11]
On June 1, 2025 during the Storm's home game against the Las Vegas Aces, a complaint was filed by the Aces with an allegation of a Storm assistant coach cursing at an Aces player. [12] On June 4, the Storm's general manager, Talisa Rhea, stated that the WNBA would not be launching an investigation but rather would be "looking into it and that's really the extent of it." [13] [14]
On June 4, 2025, it was reported that Li Yueru made a request to be traded. [15] The following day after the Storm's practice, Li explained her request was due to her desire for playing time and stated, "I just want to play...I came to America only for one reason—just that I want to play basketball." [16] She was traded to the Dallas Wings on June 14 in exchange for draft picks. [17]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Club | Outcome | Ref. |
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1 | 2 | Dominique Malonga | F/C | ![]() | ASVEL Féminin (France) | Signed rookie contract on April 18 Made opening day roster | [18] |
3 | 26 | Serena Sundell | G | ![]() | Kansas State | Signed rookie contract on April 18 Waived on May 12 | [19] |
3 | 29 | Madison Conner | TCU | Signed rookie contract April 18 Waived on May 6 | [20] | ||
3 | 34 | Jordan Hobbs | Michigan | [20] |
Date | Details | Ref. |
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March 5 | Hired Mitch Thompson as assistant coach | [21] |
Hired Elijah Knox as player development coach | ||
Promoted Drew Stanich to assistant general manager | ||
July 23 | Bobby Wagner joined team ownership group | [22] |
February | |||
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February 1 (Three-team trade) | To Seattle Storm 2025 No. 2 draft pick and rights to Li Yueru (from Los Angeles Sparks) 2026 first round draft pick (from Las Vegas Aces) | To Las Vegas Aces Jewell Loyd (from Seattle Storm) 2025 No. 13 draft pick (from Los Angeles Sparks) | [23] [24] |
To Los Angeles Sparks Kelsey Plum (from Las Vegas Aces) 2025 No. 9 draft pick (from Seattle Storm) | |||
February 14 | To Seattle Storm Lexie Brown 2025 No. 26 draft pick | To Los Angeles Sparks 2025 No. 21 draft pick 2027 second round draft pick | [25] |
June | |||
June 14 | To Seattle Storm 2026 second round draft pick (with right to swap with the Connecticut Sun) | To Dallas Wings | [17] [26] |
August | |||
August 5 | To Seattle Storm Brittney Sykes | To Washington Mystics Alysha Clark Zia Cooke 2026 first round pick (Seattle’s own) | [27] |
Player | Date | Notes | Ref. |
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Gabby Williams | January 14 | Reported 1-year deal | [28] [29] [30] |
Player | Date | Notes | Ref. |
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Nneka Ogwumike | February 8 | Reported 1-year deal | [31] [32] |
Jordan Horston | May 13 | Exercised team option (Fourth-year) | [33] |
Player | Date | Notes | Former Team | Ref. |
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Li Yueru | February 1 | Training camp contract | Los Angeles Sparks | [34] |
Alysha Clark | February 9 | One-year deal | Las Vegas Aces | [35] |
Erica Wheeler | February 12 | Training camp contract | Indiana Fever | [36] |
Mackenzie Holmes | February 13 | Rookie contract (2024 draft pick – No. 26) | Indiana Hoosiers | [37] |
June 16 | Rest of season contract | Free agent | [38] | |
Zia Cooke | February 13 | Training camp contract | Los Angeles Sparks | [39] |
Brianna Fraser | Galatasaray S.K. | |||
Katie Lou Samuelson | February 21 | Details not announced | Indiana Fever | [40] |
Madison Conner | April 18 | Rookie contract (2025 draft pick – No. 29) | TCU Horned Frogs | |
Jordan Hobbs | Rookie contract (2025 draft pick – No. 34) | Michigan Wolverines | ||
Dominique Malonga | Rookie contract (2025 draft pick – No. 2) | ASVEL Féminin | ||
Serena Sundell | Rookie contract (2025 draft pick – No. 26) | Kansas State Wildcats | ||
Tiffany Mitchell | July 10 | Rest of season contract | Free agent | [41] |
Zia Cooke | August 18 | [42] | ||
Player | Date | Reason | New Team | Ref. |
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Joyner Holmes | February 2 | Free agency – unrestricted | Las Vegas Aces | [43] [44] |
Sami Whitcomb | Phoenix Mercury | [45] | ||
Mercedes Russell | February 11 | Los Angeles Sparks | [46] | |
Victoria Vivians | April 16 | Adelitas de Chihuahua | [47] | |
Jordan Horston | April 17 | Suspended contract – full season | N/A – retained rights | [48] |
Nika Mühl | ||||
Madison Conner | May 6 | Waived | — | [20] |
Jordan Hobbs | — | |||
Serena Sundell | May 12 | — | [19] | |
Brianna Fraser | — | |||
Mackenzie Holmes | — |
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May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
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May: 3–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–2)
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June : 7–4 (Home: 4–2; Road: 3–2)
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July : 6–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 4–2)
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August: 4–7 (Home: 0–5; Road: 4–2)
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September : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
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2025 season schedule |
Notes:
# | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Conf. | Home | Road | Cup |
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1 | x – Minnesota Lynx | 30 | 7 | .811 | – | 18–2 | 18–1 | 12–6 | 5–1 |
2 | Atlanta Dream | 24 | 13 | .649 | 6 | 12–6 | 12–5 | 12–8 | 3–2 |
3 | Las Vegas Aces | 24 | 14 | .632 | 6.5 | 14–8 | 14–5 | 10–9 | 2–4 |
4 | Phoenix Mercury | 22 | 14 | .611 | 7.5 | 12–9 | 12–6 | 10–8 | 4–2 |
5 | New York Liberty | 22 | 15 | .595 | 8 | 11–5 | 14–5 | 8–10 | 4–1 |
6 | Seattle Storm | 20 | 18 | .526 | 10.5 | 10–11 | 8–10 | 12–8 | 4–2 |
7 | Golden State Valkyries | 19 | 18 | .514 | 11 | 8–12 | 10–7 | 9–11 | 3–3 |
8 | c – Indiana Fever | 19 | 18 | .514 | 11 | 11–9 | 10–9 | 9–9 | 4–1 |
9 | Los Angeles Sparks | 17 | 18 | .486 | 12 | 7–12 | 7–10 | 10–8 | 2–4 |
10 | Washington Mystics | 16 | 22 | .421 | 14.5 | 8–9 | 10–10 | 6–12 | 2–3 |
11 | e – Connecticut Sun | 9 | 27 | .250 | 20.5 | 7–9 | 6–12 | 3–15 | 1–4 |
12 | e – Chicago Sky | 9 | 27 | .250 | 20.5 | 3–15 | 5–14 | 4–13 | 1–4 |
13 | e – Dallas Wings | 9 | 29 | .237 | 21.5 | 3–17 | 5–15 | 4–14 | 1–5 |
Notes
Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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Skylar Diggins | WNBA All-Star Reserve | July 7 | [49] |
Nneka Ogwumike | Western Conference Player of the Week | June 24 | [50] |
WNBA All-Star Starter | June 30 | [51] | |
Gabby Williams | WNBA All-Star Reserve | July 7 | [49] |