The2025 season for theSeattle Storm of theWomen's National Basketball Association (WNBA) was their 26thseason as a franchise. It was the fourth full season under head coachNoelle Quinn.^[1]

The 2025 season consisted of 44 regular season games played against 12 other teams. The WNBA increased its number of regular season games and announced that the 2025 WNBA Finals would be a best-of-seven series.^[2] TheWNBA players' union announced on October 21, 2024, that they had opted out of thecollective bargaining agreement (CBA) in place with the league, which expired at the end of the 2025 season.^[3]

In November 2024, the Storm's ownership hired a law firm to investigate allegations of player mistreatment by the coaching staff.^[4][5][6] The Storm announced there were no violations found as a result of the investigation. Shortly after the results were published, it was announced thatJewell Loyd had requested a trade.^[7]

The Storm did not have any players taken during theexpansion draft held for theGolden State Valkyries on December 6, 2024.^[8]

On May 3, 2025, the Storm announced that newly signed forwardKatie Lou Samuelson sustained a rightACL tear during practice on May 1.^[9]

In addition to their preseason match-up againstConnecticut on May 4, the Storm also had a closed scrimmage versusLos Angeles on May 10 atPauley Pavilion.^[10][11]

On June 1, 2025, during the Storm's home game against theLas Vegas Aces, a complaint was filed by the Aces with an allegation of a Storm assistant coach cursing at an Aces player.^[12] On June 4, the Storm's general managerTalisa Rhea stated that the WNBA would not be launching an investigation but rather would be "looking into it and that's really the extent of it."^[13][14]

On June 4, 2025, it was reported thatLi Yueru made a request to be traded.^[15] The following day after the Storm's practice, Li explained her request was due to her desire for playing time and stated "I just want to play...I came to America only for one reason—just that I want to play basketball."^[16] She was traded to theDallas Wings on June 14 in exchange for draft picks.^[17]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Club	Outcome	Ref.
1	2	Dominique Malonga	F/C	France	ASVEL Féminin (France)	Signed rookie contract on April 18 Made opening day roster	[18]
3	26	Serena Sundell	G	United States	Kansas State	Signed rookie contract on April 18 Waived on May 12	[19]
3	29	Madison Conner			TCU	Signed rookie contract April 18 Waived on May 6	[20]
3	34	Jordan Hobbs			Michigan		[20]

Seattle Storm roster v t e
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 8 Brown, Lexie 5' 9" (1.75m) 162 lb (73kg) 1994-10-27 Duke 7 G 7 Cooke, Zia 5' 9" (1.75m) 163 lb (74kg) 2001-01-09 South Carolina 2 G 4 Diggins, Skylar 5' 9" (1.75m) 140 lb (64kg) 1990-08-02 Notre Dame 10 F 54 Holmes, Mackenzie 6' 3" (1.91m) 2000-11-01 Indiana R C 13 Magbegor, Ezi 6' 4" (1.93m) 181 lb (82kg) 1999-08-13 Australia 5 F/C 14 Malonga, Dominique 6' 6" (1.98m) 2005-11-16 France R G 25 Mitchell, Tiffany 5' 9" (1.75m) 1994-09-23 South Carolina 9 F 3 Ogwumike, Nneka 6' 2" (1.88m) 190 lb (86kg) 1990-07-02 Stanford 13 F 33 Samuelson, Katie Lou  6' 3" (1.91m) 163 lb (74kg) 1997-06-13 Connecticut 5 G 20 Sykes, Brittney 5' 9" (1.75m) 154 lb (70kg) 1994-02-07 Syracuse 8 G 17 Wheeler, Erica 5' 7" (1.7m) 143 lb (65kg) 1991-05-02 Rutgers 9 F 5 Williams, Gabby 5' 11" (1.8m) 172 lb (78kg) 1996-09-09 Connecticut 6 G/F — Horston, Jordan  (S) 6' 2" (1.88m) 165 lb (75kg) 2001-05-21 Tennessee 2 G — Mühl, Nika  (S) 6' 0" (1.83m) 156 lb (71kg) 2001-04-09 Connecticut 1	Head coach Sonia Raman (Tufts) Player development Elijah Knox (Simpson) Athletic trainer Brittanie Vaughn (Texas Tech) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured  WNBA roster page
East ATL CHI CON IND NY TOR WAS West DAL GS LV LA MIN PHO POR SEA

Pos.	Starter	Bench
PG	Skylar Diggins	Lexie Brown
SG	Erica Wheeler	Tiffany Mitchell Brittney Sykes
SF	Gabby Williams	Katie Lou Samuelson
PF	Nneka Ogwumike	Mackenzie Holmes
C	Ezi Magbegor	Dominique Malonga

Notes:

• Games highlighted in██ representCommissioner's Cup games.
• Game highlighted in██ represents the 2025 WNBA Canada game.

Notes

(#) – League Standing

c – Commissioner's Cup winners

y – Regular Season Champion

x – Clinched playoff berth

e – Eliminated from playoff contention

Source:Overall standings andCommissioner's Cup Standings

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