2002 Detroit Shock season

2002 Detroit Shock season
2002 Detroit Shock season
Coach	Greg Williams (fired Jun. 19, 0–10 record) ; Bill Laimbeer (9–13 record)
Arena	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Attendance	5,886 per game
Results
Record	9–23 (.281)
Place	8th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	← 2001 season 2003 season →

CoachGreg Williams (fired Jun. 19, 0–10 record)
Bill Laimbeer (9–13 record)

ArenaThe Palace of Auburn Hills

Attendance5,886 per game

Record9–23 (.281)

The 2002 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Detroit Shock. The team went 0–13 in their first thirteen games, finishing with a franchise worst 9–23.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	2	Swin Cash	United States	UConn
2	18	Lenae Williams	United States	DePaul
2	20	Ayana Walker	United States	Louisiana Tech
2	21	Jill Chapman	United States	Indiana
2	22	Kathy Wambe	Belgium	Dexia Namur (Belgium)
3	47	Ericka Haney	United States	Notre Dame

Date	Transaction
April 19, 2002	Drafted Swin Cash, Lenae Williams, Ayana Walker, Jill Chapman, Kathy Wambe and Ericka Haney in the 2002 WNBA draft^[1]
April 26, 2002	Waived Rachael Sporn^[1]
May 3, 2002	Traded Claudia Neves to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for a 2003 4th Round Pick^[1]
May 10, 2002	Traded a 2003 4th Round Pick to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for Stacy Clinesmith^[1]
May 24, 2002	Waived Ericka Haney and Stacy Clinesmith^[1]
June 19, 2002	Fired Greg Williams as Head Coach^[1]
June 19, 2002	Hired Bill Laimbeer as Head Coach^[1]
June 21, 2002	Waived Oksana Zakalyuzhnaya^[1]
June 27, 2002	Waived Begoña García^[1]
June 28, 2002	Signed Stacy Clinesmith^[1]
July 7, 2002	Traded Wendy Palmer and a 2003 2nd Round Pick to the Orlando Miracle in exchange for Elaine Powell and a 2003 1st Round Pick ^[1]

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
New York Liberty ^x	18	14	.563	11–10	–
Charlotte Sting ^x	18	14	.563	12–9	–
Washington Mystics ^x	17	15	.531	12–9	1.0
Indiana Fever ^x	16	16	.500	12–9	2.0
Orlando Miracle ^o	16	16	.500	13–8	2.0
Miami Sol ^o	15	17	.469	11–10	3.0
Cleveland Rockers ^o	10	22	.312	7–14	8.0
Detroit Shock ^o	9	23	.281	6–15	9.0

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Swin Cash	32	32	33.7	.408	.206	.762	6.9	2.7	1.2	1.0	14.8
Wendy Palmer	16	16	29.0	.425	.317	.660	6.0	1.3	0.8	0.1	11.5
Elaine Powell	15	13	26.5	.446	.273	.850	4.2	4.0	1.5	0.5	9.9
Deanna Nolan	32	32	25.1	.415	.368	.806	2.7	1.9	0.8	0.4	8.7
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta	32	32	24.3	.467	.000	.590	5.1	1.2	0.5	0.4	8.6
Dominique Canty	28	12	22.3	.338	.200	.724	2.5	3.0	0.8	0.1	5.7
Edwina Brown	28	7	19.6	.328	.500	.719	2.9	2.1	0.9	0.3	4.1
Barbara Farris	32	16	17.6	.419	.000	.738	2.9	0.5	0.4	0.3	4.5
Ayana Walker	32	0	17.1	.377	.222	.694	3.7	0.5	0.4	1.1	5.1
Kelly Santos	12	0	14.1	.381	N/A	.600	2.7	0.6	0.3	0.8	3.7
Stacy Clinesmith	12	0	8.8	.381	.400	.833	0.4	1.4	0.1	0.1	2.3
Begoña García	8	0	8.0	.182	.333	.500	0.5	1.1	0.4	0.0	1.0
Lenae Williams	27	0	6.6	.297	.241	.000	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.0	2.7
Jill Chapman	19	0	6.3	.370	.000	.667	1.4	0.0	0.2	0.1	1.2
Oksana Zakaluzhnaya	3	0	3.3	.333	N/A	N/A	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7

2002 Detroit Shock season

WNBA draft

Transactions

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

Season standings

Statistics

Regular season

References

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v t e Detroit Shock
Founded in 1998 Relocated in 2010 to Tulsa, Oklahoma Based in Auburn Hills, Michigan
Franchise history	Expansion draft Detroit Shock Tulsa Shock Dallas Wings
Arenas	The Palace of Auburn Hills Joe Louis Arena Convocation Center
Head coaches	Nancy Lieberman Greg Williams Bill Laimbeer Rick Mahorn
Administration	Owner: Bill Davidson Karen Davidson General manager: Nancy Lieberman Greg Williams Bill Laimbeer Cheryl Reeve
All-Stars	Kara Braxton Sandy Brondello Swin Cash Cheryl Ford Deanna Nolan Wendy Palmer Ruth Riley Katie Smith
Seasons	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Playoff Appearances	1999 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Conference Titles	2003 2006 2007 2008
WNBA Titles	2003 2006 2008
Rivals	Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever Los Angeles Sparks Phoenix Mercury

v t e 2002 WNBA season by team
Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Finals
Eastern	Charlotte Sting Cleveland Rockers Detroit Shock Indiana Fever Miami Sol New York Liberty Orlando Miracle Washington Mystics
Western	Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Portland Fire Sacramento Monarchs Seattle Storm Utah Starzz
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