Throughout their history, when the Seattle Storm have won WNBA titles, it’s been more than just two players that carried them to the top.
Jewell Loyd #24 of the Seattle Storm reacts during the second quarter against the Los Angeles Sparks at Climate Pledge Arena on June 11, 2024 in Seattle, Washington.
Jewell Loyd and Ezi Magbegor were already All-Stars with Seattle, but the additions of veterans Skylar Diggins-Smith and Nneka Ogwumike changed the expectations for this Storm team.After finishing with the second-worst record in the league a season ago, the Storm are showing signs of being a team capable of consideration as a contender.
I think our mindset is just continue to find ways to improve and grow in the game, finding cadence with each other, and rhythm and chemistry in the games — in the time that we cannot practice,” Quinn said. “I’d say 10 but maybe a little more than that because they’re new to the system, playing with each other, but not just those two, other players as well.
A few days later, Ogwumike was back in the lineup and scored 26 points in a win over Los Angeles, highlighting again Seattle’s depth. But around those pairings were stars that may have been underappreciated at the time, yet extremely important to Seattle’s success. In 2004, it was Betty Lennox. In 2010, it was Swin Cash. And in 2018 and 2020 it was the combo of Loyd in the early stages of her career and Natasha Howard.
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