And Loyd and Bird may be going to the Olympics, too!
Despite a poor 2015 campaign, signs point to a Seattle Storm team that will compete in 2016.
The Storm ended the 2015 season at just 10 wins and 24 losses, but towards the end of the year the team showed they belong and are growing. This was evident by winning 5 of their last 12 games... (Yes, that's right half of their overall games won in the last 1/3 of the season)
The feeling by many in the WNBA world is that the team will be competitive at worst. An aging 2014 team was turned around at the begining of last year with the additions of rookies Jewell Loyd and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis. This gave the team youth moving forward.
On top of this, the team still has productive veterans in Sue Bird and Crystal Langhorne. Bird is coming of a 2015 season that saw her reach her 9th all star team while becoming the first player to ever have 5000 career points and 2000 career assist. Langhirne also surpassed 3000 poi ts last season. These two give the team wisdom to pass to Loud, Lewis, and other younger WNBAers.
This mix of youth and wisdom took time to come together, but the results can be seen in those final 5 of 12 wins down the stretch. The additional off season can only add to this team getting more polished and competing in the West.
So be part othe action and watch this team grow up before your own eyes this season. The complete team Roster and schedule are below to make sure you have all you will need to be in the know for 2016:
2016 STORM ROSTER
#10 SUE BIRD- GUARD
#5 ABBY BISHOP- FORWARD
#32 ALYSHA CLARK- F
#9 MARKEISHA GATLING- CENTER
#3 ANGEL GOODRICH-G
#13 QUANITRA HOLLINGSWORTH- C
#1 CRYSTAL LANGHORNE- F
#24 JEWELL LOYD- G
#23 KALEENA MOSQUEDA-LEWIS- F
#4 JENNA O'HEA- G
#7 RAMU TOKASHIKI- F
#22 MONICA WRIGHT- G
2016 SCHEDULE * ALL TIMES PT
MAY 15- 2 PM@ LA SPARKS
MAY 20- 7PM@ PHX MERCURY
MAY 22- 4PM@ HOME VS. MINNESOTA LYNX
MAY 26- 7PM@ HOME VS. WASHINGTON MYSTICS
MAY 28- 6PM@ HOME VS. CONNECTICUT SUN
JUNE 1- 4PM@ INDIANA FEVER
JUNE 3- 7PM@ HOME VS PHX MERCURY
JUNE 5- 4PM@ HOME VS NY LIBERTY
JUNE 10- 4PM@ CONNECTICUT SUN
JUNE 12- 3PM@ INDIANA FEVER
JUNE 14- 5PM@ SAN ANTONIO STARS
JUNE 16- 5:30PM@ DALLAS WINGS
JUNE 19- 4PM@ HOME VS. MINNESOTA LYNX
JUNE 24- 7PM@ HOME VS. SEATTLE STORM
JUNE 28- 7PM@ HOME VS. ATLANTA DREAM
JUNE 30- 7PM@ HOME VS. DALLAS WINGS
JULY 5- 4PM@ ATLANTA DREAM
JULY 6- 4PM@ NY LIBERTY
JULY 8- 5PM@ SAN ANTONIO STARS
JULY 10- 4PM@ HOME VS INDIANA FEVER
JULY 15- 7PM@ HOME VS. WASHINGTON MYSTICS
JULY 17- 4PM@ HOME VS. CHICAGO SKY
JULY 20- 12:00 PM@ HOME VS. SAN ANTONIO STARS
JULY 22- 5PM@ MINNESOTA LYNX
AUG 26- 7PM@ HOME VS. LA SPARKS
AUG 28-4PM@ MINNESOTA LYNX (ESPN)
AUG 31-PM@ HOME VS. DALLAS WINGS
SEPT 2-5:30 PM@ CHICAGO SKY
SEPT 4- 3PM@ ATLANTA DREAM
SEPT 7- 4PM@ NY LIBERTY
SEPT 9- 4PM@ WASHINGTON MYSTICS
SEPT 11- 4PM@ HOME VS. LA SPARKS
SEPT 15-7PM@ PHX MERCURY
SEPT 18- 4PM@ HOME VS. CHICAGO SKY