2025 Seattle Storm season

2025 Seattle Storm season
Coach	Noelle Quinn
Arena	Climate Pledge Arena Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	0–0
Place	0th (Western)
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The 2025 season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) will be 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]

Draft

See also: 2025 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Club	Outcome
1	2
3	26
3	29
3	34

Transactions

Main article: List of 2025 WNBA season transactions

Trades

February 1, 2025 [9] [10] (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)
	To Los Angeles Sparks Kelsey Plum (from Las Vegas Aces) 2025 No. 9 draft pick (from Seattle Storm)
February 14, 2025 [11]	To Seattle Storm Lexie Brown 2025 No. 26 draft pick	To Los Angeles Sparks 2025 No. 21 draft pick 2027 second round draft pick

Free agency

Core designation

Player	Date	Notes	Ref.
Gabby Williams	January 14, 2025	Reported 1-year deal	[12] [13] [14]

Re-signed

Player	Date	Notes	Ref.
Nneka Ogwumike	February 8, 2025	Reported 1-year deal	[15] [16]

Additions

Player	Date	Notes	Former Team	Ref.
Li Yueru	February 1, 2025	Training camp contract	Los Angeles Sparks	[17]
Alysha Clark	February 9, 2025	One-year deal	Las Vegas Aces	[18]
Erica Wheeler	February 12, 2025	Training camp contract	Indiana Fever	[19]
Mackenzie Holmes	February 13, 2025	Rookie contract (2024 draft pick – No. 26)	Indiana	[20]
Zia Cooke		Training camp contract	Los Angeles Sparks	[21]
Brianna Fraser			Galatasaray S.K.
Katie Lou Samuelson	February 21, 2025	Details to be announced	Indiana Fever	[22]

Subtractions / Unsigned

Player	Date	Reason	New Team	Ref.
Joyner Holmes	February 2, 2025	Free agency – unrestricted	Dallas Wings	[23]
Sami Whitcomb			Phoenix Mercury	[24]
Mercedes Russell	February 11, 2025		Los Angeles Sparks	[25]
Victoria Vivians	—		TBD

Roster

Seattle Storm roster v t e
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 8 Brown, Lexie 5' 9" (1.75m) 162 lb (73kg) 1994-10-27 Duke 7 F 32 Clark, Alysha 5' 11" (1.8m) 167 lb (76kg) 1987–07-07 Middle Tennessee 12 G – Cooke, Zia 5' 9" (1.75m) 163 lb (74kg) 2001-01-09 South Carolina 2 G 4 Diggins-Smith, Skylar 5' 9" (1.75m) 145 lb (66kg) 1990-08-02 Notre Dame 10 F – Fraser, Brianna 6' 3" (1.91m) 1997-05-22 Maryland R F – Holmes, Mackenzie 6' 3" (1.91m) 2000-11-01 Indiana R G/F 23 Horston, Jordan   6' 2" (1.88m) 165 lb (75kg) 2001-05-21 Tennessee 2 C 28 Li Yueru 6' 7" (2.01m) 1999–03-28 China 2 C 13 Magbegor, Ezi 6' 4" (1.93m) 181 lb (82kg) 1999-08-13 Australia 5 G 1 Mühl, Nika   6' 0" (1.83m) 156 lb (71kg) 2001-04-09 Connecticut 1 F 3 Ogwumike, Nneka 6' 2" (1.88m) 174 lb (79kg) 1990-07-02 Stanford 13 F 33 Samuelson, Katie Lou 6' 3" (1.91m) 163 lb (74kg) 1997-06-13 Connecticut 5 G 17 Wheeler, Erica 5' 7" (1.7m) 143 lb (65kg) 1991-05-02 Rutgers 9 F 5 Williams, Gabby 5' 11" (1.8m) 172 lb (78kg) 1996-09-09 Connecticut 6	Head coach Noelle Quinn (UCLA) Assistant coaches Pokey Chatman (LSU) Ebony Hoffman (USC) Athletic trainer Brittanie Vaughn Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured   WNBA roster page
East ATL CHI CON IND NY WAS West DAL GS LV LA MIN PHO SEA

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
PG	Skylar Diggins-Smith	Lexie Brown Nika Mühl
SG	Erica Wheeler
SF	Gabby Williams	Alysha Clark Jordan Horston
PF	Nneka Ogwumike
C	Ezi Magbegor	Li Yueru

Schedule

Preseason

2025 pre-season game log Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 4 Connecticut Climate Pledge Arena 2 TBA
2025 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2025 game log Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 17 @ Phoenix PHX Arena 0–0 2 May 19 @ Dallas College Park Center 0–0 3 May 23 Phoenix Climate Pledge Arena 0–0 4 May 25 Las Vegas Climate Pledge Arena 0–0 5 May 27 @ Minnesota Target Center 0–0 6 May 30 Atlanta Climate Pledge Arena 0–0
June : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 7 June 1 Las Vegas Climate Pledge Arena 0–0 8 June 3 Dallas Climate Pledge Arena 0–0 9 June 7 @ Phoenix PHX Arena 0–0 10 June 11 Minnesota Climate Pledge Arena 0–0 11 June 14 @ Golden State Chase Center 0–0 12 June 17 @ Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena 0–0 13 June 20 @ Las Vegas Michelob Ultra Arena 0–0 14 June 22 New York Climate Pledge Arena 0–0 15 June 24 Indiana Climate Pledge Arena 0–0 16 June 27 Connecticut Climate Pledge Arena 0–0 17 June 29 Golden State Climate Pledge Arena 0–0
July : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 18 July 3 @ Atlanta Gateway Center Arena 0–0 19 July 6 @ New York Barclays Center 0–0 20 July 9 @ Connecticut Mohegan Sun Arena 0–0 21 July 11 Connecticut Climate Pledge Arena 0–0 22 July 13 Washington Climate Pledge Arena 0–0 23 July 16 Golden State Climate Pledge Arena 0–0 24 July 22 Dallas Climate Pledge Arena 0–0 25 July 24 @ Chicago Wintrust Arena 0–0 26 July 26 @ Washington CareFirst Arena 0–0 27 July 28 @ Connecticut Mohegan Sun Arena 0–0
August : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 28 August 1 Los Angeles Climate Pledge Arena 0–0 29 August 3 Indiana Climate Pledge Arena 0–0 30 August 5 Minnesota Climate Pledge Arena 0–0 31 August 8 @ Las Vegas Michelob Ultra Arena 0–0 32 August 10 Los Angeles Climate Pledge Arena 0–0 33 August 13 Atlanta Climate Pledge Arena 0-0 34 August 15 @ Atlanta Rogers Arena 0–0 35 August 17 Phoenix Climate Pledge Arena 0–0 36 August 19 @ Chicago Wintrust Arena 0–0 37 August 22 @ Dallas College Park Center 0–0 38 August 24 @ Washington CareFirst Arena 0–0 39 August 26 @ Indiana Gainbridge Fieldhouse 0–0 40 August 28 @ Minnesota Target Center 0–0 41 August 30 Chicago Climate Pledge Arena 0–0
September : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 42 September 1 Los Angeles Climate Pledge Arena 0–0 43 September 5 New York Climate Pledge Arena 0–0 44 September 9 Golden State Climate Pledge Arena 0–0
2025 season schedule

Standings

#	v t e Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Conf.	Home	Road	Cup
1	Atlanta Dream	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
2	Chicago Sky	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
3	Connecticut Sun	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
4	Dallas Wings	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
5	Golden State Valkyries	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
6	Indiana Fever	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
7	Las Vegas Aces	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
8	Los Angeles Sparks	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
9	Minnesota Lynx	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
10	New York Liberty	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
11	Phoenix Mercury	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
12	Seattle Storm	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
13	Washington Mystics	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0

Notes

(#) – League Standing

x – Clinched playoff berth

e – Eliminated from playoff contention

Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

References

1. "Quinn Signs Extension; Chatman Elevated to Associate GM". storm.wnba.com. Seattle Storm. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
2. Voepel, Michael; Philippou, Alexa (October 22, 2024). "10 biggest questions for WNBA offseason, 2025: Liberty repeat? Clark encore? Taurasi retirement?". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
3. Voepel, Michael (October 21, 2024). "WNBA players opt out of CBA; stoppage possible". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
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9. "Storm Acquire No. 2 Pick in the 2025 Draft, Rights to Li Yueru and 2026 First Round Pick". Seattle Storm. February 1, 2025. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
10. "Las Vegas Aces Welcome Two-Time WNBA Champion Jewell Loyd in Three-Team Trade". Las Vegas Aces. WNBA. February 1, 2025. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
11. "Storm Acquire WNBA Champion Lexie Brown". Seattle Storm. February 14, 2025. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
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14. "Two-Time Olympian Gabby Williams Returns to the Storm". storm.wnba.com. Seattle Storm. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
15. "Nine-Time All-Star Nneka Ogwumike Re-Signs with Seattle". storm.wnba.com. Seattle Storm. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
16. Allen, Percy (January 31, 2025). "Storm bringing back Nneka Ogwumike for another year". Seattle Times . Retrieved February 9, 2025.
17. "Seattle Storm Signs Li Yueru". Seattle Storm. February 1, 2025. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
18. "Three-Time WNBA Champion Alysha Clark Signs with Seattle". storm.wnba.com. Seattle Storm. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
19. "Ten-Year Veteran Erica Wheeler Signs with the Storm". storm.wnba.com. Seattle Storm. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
20. "Rookie Forward Mackenzie Holmes Signs with the Storm". Seattle Storm. WNBA. February 13, 2025. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
21. "Seattle Signs Zia Cooke and Brianna Fraser". storm.wnba.com. Seattle Storm. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
22. "Katie Lou Samuelson Returns to Seattle". Seattle Storm. February 21, 2025. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
23. "Dallas Wings Sign Kaila Charles, Joyner Holmes, Luisa Geiselsöder To Training Camp Contracts". Dallas Wings. February 2, 2025. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
24. "Phoenix Mercury Sign Two-Time Wnba Champion Sami Whitcomb". Phoenix Mercury. February 2, 2025. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
25. "Sparks Sign Two-Time WNBA Champion Center Mercedes Russell". sparks.wnba.com. Los Angeles Sparks. February 12, 2025. Retrieved February 12, 2025.

External links

• Official team website