The Storm Is Almost Here!

     The 2011-2012 Seattle Storm basketball season is just around the corner. Opening Night is June 4th, 12:00 p.m. at KeyArena. Celebration of the Champions! Buy tickets soon and be sure to arrive early! With All-Stars Sue Bird, Lauren Jackson, and Swin Cash fresh off the offseason break, the Storm is looking to capture their third championship in franchise history.

      For those of you who haven't heard much about the Seattle Storm, here's some background information:

- The Storm has won two WNBA championships. Once in 2004 and once in 2010.
-Anne Donovan, the former Storm coach, was the first WNBA female coach to win a championship in 2004 with the Storm. 
-They have the best female basketball player in the world in Lauren Jackson and one of, if not the best point guard in the world, Sue Bird.
- The Storm first came into the WNBA in 2000.
- From the 2005-2009 season, the Storm only made it to the first round of the playoffs.
- In 2008, when the Sonics moved to OKC, the Storm was purchased by 4 local Seattle women, otherwise known as Force 10 Hoops.
- With new ownership also came a new coach, Brian Agler. He is still coach of the team today.

       However, if all of the information above did not catch your interest enough, this season, the Storm will be adding a whole new dimension to their game. All-Star veteran Katie Smith, will be joining the team in a trade from the Washington Mystics. Katie brings more experience, especially playoff experience to this already great Seattle Storm team. When it was first announced that the Storm was looking into acquiring Katie, I was overjoyed! I loved watching Katie play throughout the years and she was always one of my favorites aside from all the Storm players! Katie brings a lot of good, hard defense to this sometimes very offensive-minded team.  I will greatly look forward to see Katie play on opening night and see how she contributes to the team off the bench! Coincidentally, opening night of the Seattle Storm is on Katie's 37th birthday! What a great gift!

        Overall, this season is looking great for the Storm and I hope that everyone will make it to a game this upcoming season! If not, tell your friends about the Storm. We need all the fan support we can get! Go Storm!

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