2002 Detroit Shock season

August 2023 March 2026 Detroit Shock 2002 9 23 Eastern 8th Greg Williams (fired Jun. 19, 0–10 record) Bill Laimbeer (9–13 record) The Palace of Auburn Hills Did not qualify 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. Transactions WNBA draft 2002 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country12Swin CashUConn218Lenae WilliamsDePaul220Ayana WalkerLouisiana Tech221Jill ChapmanIndiana222Kathy WambeDexia Namur (Belgium)347Ericka HaneyNotre Dame Transactions DateTransactionApril 19, 2002 Drafted Swin Cash, Lenae Williams, Ayana Walker, Jill Chapman, Kathy Wambe and Ericka Haney in the 2002 WNBA draft2002 Detroit Shock Transactions https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/DET/2002_transactions.html 2024-08-28 Basketball-Reference.com enApril 26, 2002Waived Rachael SpornMay 3, 2002Traded Claudia Neves to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for a 2003 4th Round PickMay 10, 2002Traded a 2003 4th Round Pick to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for Stacy ClinesmithMay 24, 2002Waived Ericka Haney and Stacy ClinesmithJune 19, 2002Fired Greg Williams as Head CoachHired Bill Laimbeer as Head CoachJune 21, 2002Waived Oksana ZakalyuzhnayaJune 27, 2002Waived Begoña GarcíaJune 28, 2002Signed Stacy ClinesmithJuly 7, 2002Traded Wendy Palmer and a 2003 2nd Round Pick to the Orlando Miracle in exchange for Elaine Powell and a 2003 1st Round Pick Roster Detroit Shock 2002 WNBA 24 Edwina Brown G/F 5 9 163 1978-07-01 2 Texas USA 10 Dominique Canty G 5 9 166 1977-03-02 3 Alabama USA 32 Swin Cash F 6 1 171 1979-09-22 R UConn USA 42 Jill Chapman C 6 4 1979-11-04 R Indiana USA 21 Stacy Clinesmith G 5 5 125 1977-03-02 2 UC Santa Barbara USA 54 Barbara Farris F/C 6 3 200 1976-09-10 2 Tulane USA 5 Begoña García basketball G 5 5 1976-09-03 R SPA 44 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta F 6 3 182 1973-11-05 3 Southern Nazarene Senegal 14 Deanna Nolan G/F 5 9 147 1979-08-25 1 Georgia USA 3 Wendy Palmer F 6 2 165 1974-08-12 5 Virginia USA 5 Elaine Powell G 5 8 150 1975-08-09 3 LSU USA 16 Kelly Santos F 6 3 188 1979-11-10 1 BRA 12 Ayana Walker F 6 3 143 1979-09-10 R Louisiana Tech USA 23 Lenae Williams G/F 5 11 155 1979-07-14 R DePaul USA 7 Oksana Zakalyuzhnaya C 6 6 174 1977-12-18 1 USSR USA Bill Laimbeer Notre Dame USA Laura Ramus 1 Schedule Regular season Detroit Shock 2002 Total: 9–23 (Home: 7–9; Road: 2–14) Detroit Shock May yes 0 0 0 1 |- | 1 | May 30 | @ Orlando | L 66–80 | Swin Cash (16) | Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (7) | Deanna Nolan (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 0–1 Detroit Shock June 1 5 0 7 |- | 2 | June 1 | @ Indiana | L 62–79 | Deanna Nolan (15) | Edwina Brown (6) | Brown Cash (5) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 0–2 |- | 3 | June 2 | Indiana | L 65–78 | Wendy Palmer (16) | Wendy Palmer (5) | Edwina Brown (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 0–3 |- | 4 | June 5 | @ New York | L 59–60 | Swin Cash (15) | Cash Palmer (8) | Edwina Brown (6) | Madison Square Garden | 0–4 |- | 5 | June 6 | @ Cleveland | L 55–72 | Wendy Palmer (15) | Edwina Brown (5) | Dominique Canty (6) | Gund Arena | 0–5 |- | 6 | June 9 | New York | L 63–70 | Swin Cash (14) | Wendy Palmer (15) | Edwina Brown (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 0–6 |- | 7 | June 11 | @ Los Angeles | L 80–90 | Deanna Nolan (18) | Swin Cash (8) | Dominique Canty (3) | Staples Center | 0–7 |- | 8 | June 13 | @ Phoenix | L 67–70 | Wendy Palmer (20) | Cash Ndiaye-Diatta (7) | Dominique Canty (5) | America West Arena | 0–8 |- | 9 | June 15 | @ Portland | L 60–67 | Wendy Palmer (14) | Swin Cash (12) | Edwina Brown (5) | Rose Garden | 0–9 |- | 10 | June 18 | @ Washington | L 67–75 | Nolan Palmer (16) | Wendy Palmer (9) | Dominique Canty (5) | MCI Center | 0–10 |- | 11 | June 21 | Orlando | L 59–80 | Swin Cash (20) | Palmer Walker (9) | Canty Ndiaye-Diatta (2) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 0–11 |- | 12 | June 26 | Charlotte | L 73–80 | Dominique Canty (17) | Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (7) | Dominique Canty (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 0–12 |- | 13 | June 28 | Miami | L 74–78 (OT) | Swin Cash (17) | Wendy Palmer (9) | Dominique Canty (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 0–13 |- | 14 | June 30 | Sacramento | W 71–60 | Swin Cash (19) | Swin Cash (11) | Dominique Canty (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 1–13 Detroit Shock July 4 2 1 4 |- | 15 | July 1 | @ Minnesota | L 80–85 (OT) | Swin Cash (16) | Swin Cash (8) | Swin Cash (5) | Target Center | 1–14 |- | 16 | July 6 | @ Houston | L 40–61 | Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (12) | Cash Ndiaye-Diatta (6) | Deanna Nolan (3) | Compaq Center | 1–15 |- | 17 | July 8 | @ Utah | L 76–94 | Swin Cash (25) | Swin Cash (6) | Deanna Nolan (5) | Delta Center | 1–16 |- | 18 | July 10 | New York | W 66–63 | Swin Cash (16) | Swin Cash (10) | Dominique Canty (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 2–16 |- | 19 | July 12 | Minnesota | W 72–69 | Swin Cash (18) | Swin Cash (6) | Elaine Powell (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 3–16 |- | 20 | July 18 | @ Washington | L 59–63 | Swin Cash (16) | Swin Cash (15) | Edwina Brown (5) | MCI Center | 3–17 |- | 21 | July 20 | Miami | W 69–48 | Swin Cash (11) | Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (6) | Nolan Powell (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 4–17 |- | 22 | July 23 | Utah | L 75–86 | Swin Cash (21) | Swin Cash (11) | Elaine Powell (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 4–18 |- | 23 | July 25 | Washington | W 64–58 | Swin Cash (17) | Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (12) | Elaine Powell (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 5–18 |- | 24 | July 27 | @ Charlotte | W 74–66 | Swin Cash (20) | Swin Cash (10) | Elaine Powell (8) | Charlotte Coliseum | 6–18 |- | 25 | July 28 | Seattle | L 59–72 | Swin Cash (15) | Ndiaye-Diatta Powell (7) | Elaine Powell (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 6–19 Detroit Shock August 2 2 1 2 |- | 26 | August 1 | Cleveland | L 66–68 | Swin Cash (19) | Swin Cash (10) | Elaine Powell (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 6–20 |- | 27 | August 3 | @ Cleveland | W 68–57 | Swin Cash (24) | Swin Cash (14) | Elaine Powell (6) | Gund Arena | 7–20 |- | 28 | August 4 | Phoenix | W 91–75 | Swin Cash (14) | Swin Cash (9) | Dominique Canty (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 8–20 |- | 29 | August 6 | Charlotte | L 65–76 | Elaine Powell (15) | Kelly Santos (7) | Swin Cash (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 8–21 |- | 30 | August 9 | Indiana | W 55–54 | Brown Cash (10) | Elaine Powell (5) | Elaine Powell (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 9–21 |- | 31 | August 11 | @ Orlando | L 58–71 | Elaine Powell (15) | Elaine Powell (8) | Elaine Powell (4) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 9–22 |- | 32 | August 13 | @ Miami | L 56–61 | Swin Cash (13) | Swin Cash (8) | Swin Cash (4) | American Airlines Arena | 9–23 det 2002 Season standings DET Statistics Regular season 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 2.3Begoña García808.0.182.333.5000.51.10.40.01.0Lenae Williams2706.6.297.241.0000.70.10.10.02.7Jill Chapman1906.3.370.000.6671.40.00.20.11.2Oksana Zakaluzhnaya303.3.333N/AN/A0.00.00.00.30.7 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season References Category:Detroit Shock seasons Detroit Detroit Shock