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Storm F Camille Little looks to pass PHOTO: WNBA Series Note: The Storm did not advance to the postseason for the first time since 2003. The team held its exit interviews in August. This series will feature conversations from the 12-player roster. In a new move, the WNBA held the draft lottery four days after…

Seattle (11-20) played one of its best games of the season on Thursday at KeyArena to stay alive in the postseason hunt. My game story about the 88-68 win against Atlanta is mostly about rookie Shoni Schimmel’s return to the Northwest. Here’s highlights and some good stats that didn’t fit:   GAME HIGHLIGHTS The 29-point Storm…

Storm F Camille Little splits Minnesota defenders for a layin PHOTO: LINDSEY WASSON / THE SEATTLE TIMES Storm F Camille Little scored a career-high 31 points in a win against Minnesota on Friday. She’s the fifth player in team history to reach the mark. C Lauren Jackson has scored 30-points or more 27 times in her…

WNBA All-Star voting opens Tuesday at 11am PDT and concludes July 2. Fans have to vote for a traditional “starting five,” the Storm submitting Sue Bird, Tanisha Wright, Camille Little, Crystal Langhorne and Shekinna Stricklen as part of the official 60-player ballot representing the 12 WNBA teams. The WNBA will announce the All-Star starters on…

A simple but complicated question was posed on Twitter: @JaydaEvans: How can #SeattleStorm become better? — SEAHAWKS fanatic (@ichiro998) May 18, 2014 You may have noticed something different to start the Storm season. Two games into the schedule and everyone on the roster has logged seven minutes or more, including league veteran Nicole Powell, who…

Storm G Tanisha Wright drives to hoop LINDSEY WASSON / THE SEATTLE TIMES The Storm lost 74-67 in an exhibition game against Los Angeles on Sunday. It was Seattle’s only sanctioned WNBA warm-up due to scheduling conflicts to organize the standard two. With the regular-season opener Friday and the core having only been together…

Storm F Michelle PlouffePhoto courtesy of the Seattle Storm Utah’s grinding defensive style is paying off for Michelle Plouffe at Storm training camp. Drafted in the second-round by Seattle in April, Plouffe filled an early training-camp necessity in Storm coach Brian Agler needing bodies to fill out practices sans his main starters and All-Star Sue…

Storm F Camille Little on defense in Final Eight Storm stars Camille Little and Tanisha Wright helped lead their Turkish team to a club-first EuroLeague Final Eight appearance held in Ekaterinburg this week. It’s also Wright and Little’s first time playing with the club, Kayseri Kaski spor. The team opened pool play Monday against…

Storm F Camille Little with 2010 WNBA title trophyPHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Storm F Camille Little re-signed with Seattle on Monday. It’s a multiyear deal but terms of the deal were not immediately released. Little, a full-time starter since she was traded to Seattle from Atlanta in 2008, was a key member of the Storm’s 2010…

Storm G Tanisha Wright is guarded by Courtney Vandersloot Storm stars Tanisha Wright and Camille Little did what was needed to help their Turkish team Kayseri Kaski spor advance to the prestigious EuroLeague Final Eight. Kayseri defeated Beretta Famila Schio 63-61 on Wednesday to clinch the deciding game in the best-of-three ELW series. Wright…