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2009 WNBA season The 2009 WNBA season was the 13th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is the first WNBA season without a Houston franchise, the Houston Comets, Comets having folded in December 2008. The season ended with the Phoenix Mercury ...
was the 12th for the
Detroit Shock The Detroit Shock were a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006, and 2008 WNBA champions. Debuting in 1998, the Shock were one of the league's first expansion franchises. Th ...
of the
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in the
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. The Shock attempted to win the
WNBA Finals The WNBA Finals is the championship series of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the conclusion of the league's postseason each fall. The series was named the WNBA Championship until 2002. The series is played between the win ...
, tying the record for most championships with the
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(4 but failed in the conference finals. On June 15, 2009, head coach Bill Laimbeer resigned as head coach of the Detroit Shock, due to family reasons and the desire to become an NBA head coach. Though he was unable to secure an NBA head coaching position, ESPN reported on August 30 that Laimbeer was offered, and accepted, an assistant coach position with the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Shock is able to overcome the early struggles, and in 2008 championship Detroit Shock reached the playoffs in its seventh straight year. It was their final year in Detroit, as the Shock were purchased by Tulsa Hoops, and new ownership moved the team to Tulsa for 2010.


Offseason


Dispersal Draft

Based on the Shock's 2008 record, they could have picked 11th in the
Houston Comets The Houston Comets were a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Houston. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league's existence. They are one of two ...
dispersal draft A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when an existing team folds or is merged into another team. Like most other sports drafts, most dispersal drafts are conducted in closed leagues and are in ...
. However, the Shock waived their pick.


WNBA draft

The following are the Shock's selections in the
2009 WNBA draft The 2009 WNBA draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 9, 2009. The first round was shown on ESPN2 (in HD for the first time ...
.


Transactions

*August 18: The Shock signed Nikki Teasley after Barbara Farris' seven-day contract expired. *August 17: The Shock acquired Crystal Kelly from the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for Kristin Haynie. *August 4: The Shock signed Barbara Farris after Anna DeForge's seven-day contract expired. *July 27: The Shock signed Anna DeForge. *July 23: The Shock waived Anna DeForge. *July 10: The Shock signed Anna DeForge. *July 6: The Shock waived Barbara Farris. *June 28: The Shock terminated the replacement contract of Sherill Baker. *June 26: The Shock signed Sherill Baker to a replacement contract. *June 18: The Shock terminated the replacement contract of Kelly Schumacher due to the return of Cheryl Ford. *June 15: The Shock announced the resignation of Bill Laimbeer. Assistant coach Rick Mahorn was promoted to head coach, while assistant coach Cheryl Reeve took over general management duties. *June 10: The Shock terminated Britany Miller's replacement contract and signed Kelly Schumacher to a replacement contract. *June 8: The Shock signed Britany Miller to a replacement contract. *June 3: The Shock waived Kristen Rasmussen, Tiera DeLaHoussaye, Britany Miller, and Sequoia Holmes. *May 28: The Shock signed Barbara Farris. *May 27: The Shock waived Tanae Davis-Cain. *May 18: The Shock signed Kristen Rasmussen and Sequoia Holmes. *April 22: The Shock signed Kristin Haynie. *April 16: The Shock signed Tiera DeLaHoussaye to a training camp contract. *April 9: The Shock traded Ashley Shields to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for the 18th pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft. *January 30: The Shock signed Ashley Shields to a training-camp contract. *January 9: The Shock re-signed free agent Kara Braxton. *August 19, 2008: The Shock signed Taj McWilliams-Franklin to a one-year extension. *August 12, 2008: The Shock traded their second-round 2009 WNBA Draft pick to the Washington Mystics as part of the Taj McWilliams-Franklin acquisition. WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions
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Free agents


Additions


Subtractions


Roster


Season standings


Schedule


Preseason

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Player statistics


Team statistics


Awards and honors

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Deanna Nolan Deanna Nicole "Tweety" Nolan (; born August 25, 1979) is a retired American-Russian professional basketball player for UMMC Ekaterinburg of the Russian Premier League as well as the Russia women's national basketball team. Her primary position ...
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Deanna Nolan Deanna Nicole "Tweety" Nolan (; born August 25, 1979) is a retired American-Russian professional basketball player for UMMC Ekaterinburg of the Russian Premier League as well as the Russia women's national basketball team. Her primary position ...
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Deanna Nolan Deanna Nicole "Tweety" Nolan (; born August 25, 1979) is a retired American-Russian professional basketball player for UMMC Ekaterinburg of the Russian Premier League as well as the Russia women's national basketball team. Her primary position ...
was named ''WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week'' for the week of September 7, 2009. *
Katie Smith Katie Smith (born June 4, 1974) is an American basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team. She is the former head coach of the New York Liberty. A retired professional baske ...
was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Eastern Conference reserve. *
Shavonte Zellous Shavonte Zellous (born August 28, 1986) is an American-Croatian professional basketball player who plays for ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq of the Ligue Féminine de Basketball. She was a standout basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh. Zello ...
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Deanna Nolan Deanna Nicole "Tweety" Nolan (; born August 25, 1979) is a retired American-Russian professional basketball player for UMMC Ekaterinburg of the Russian Premier League as well as the Russia women's national basketball team. Her primary position ...
was named to the All-WNBA Second Team. *
Deanna Nolan Deanna Nicole "Tweety" Nolan (; born August 25, 1979) is a retired American-Russian professional basketball player for UMMC Ekaterinburg of the Russian Premier League as well as the Russia women's national basketball team. Her primary position ...
was named to the All-Defensive Second Team.


References


External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:2009 Detroit Shock Season Detroit Shock seasons
Detroit Detroit ( , ) is the List of municipalities in Michigan, most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from Windsor, Ontario. It had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 United State ...
Detroit Shock The Detroit Shock were a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006, and 2008 WNBA champions. Debuting in 1998, the Shock were one of the league's first expansion franchises. Th ...